Substance K and substance P as possible endogenous substrates of angiotensin converting enzyme in the brain.

abstract：:By the use of well-characterized antibodies against porcine dynorphin-A(1-8), an endogenous opioid peptide, and the use of a modified immunofluorescence microscopic technique, dynorphin-A(1-8) stained perikarya, nerve fibres, and nerve terminals were visualized in the rat duodenum. Dynorphin-A(1-8) immunoreactive peri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wolter HJ

更新日期：1985-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A question whether MAP1 and MAP2 (the major microtubule associated proteins from mammalian brain) bind to common or distinct sites on the microtubule surface was studied. Microtubules were assembled from tubulin and MAP1 and then centrifuged through a layer of MAP2 solution under conditions where no repolymerization o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuznetsov SA,Rodionov VI,Gelfand VI,Rosenblat VA

更新日期：1984-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that the alkyl-lysophospholipid 1-octadecyl-2-methyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine (ET-18-OCH3) was able to induce apoptosis in human promyelocytic HL-60 leukemic cells, as evidenced by the internucleosomal degradation of the cellular DNA into the characteristic 180-200 bp DNA fragments. This effect was o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mollinedo F,Martínez-Dalmau R,Modolell M

更新日期：1993-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are important enzymes for the transcriptional regulation of gene expression in eukaryotic cells. Deacetylation of epsilon-acetyl-lysine residues within the N-terminal tail of core histones mediates changes in both histone-DNA and histone-non-histone protein interactions. However, surprisin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Riester D,Wegener D,Hildmann C,Schwienhorst A

更新日期：2004-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:PPARgamma agonists inhibit liver fibrosis, but the mechanisms involved are uncertain. We hypothesized that PPARgamma agonists inhibit transforming growth factor (TGF)beta1-activation of TGFbeta receptor (TGFbetaR)-1 signaling in quiescent stellate cells, thereby abrogating Smad3-dependent induction of extracellular ma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao C,Chen W,Yang L,Chen L,Stimpson SA,Diehl AM

更新日期：2006-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the use of a combination of adipose tissue derived adult stem cells (ADSCs) obtained from liposuction and injectable poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) spheres for adipose tissue engineering. Adipogenesis was examined in nude mice injected subcutaneously with ADSCs (group I), PLGA spheres (group II), or...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choi YS,Cha SM,Lee YY,Kwon SW,Park CJ,Kim M

更新日期：2006-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl2-associated athoanogene (BAG) 3 is a member of the co-chaperone BAG family. It is induced by stressful stimuli such as heat shock and heavy metals, and it regulates cellular adaptive responses against stressful conditions. In this study, we identified a novel role for BAG3 in regulating the nuclear shuttling of HS...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jin YH,Ahn SG,Kim SA

更新日期：2015-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:BRAF25 is an alternatively spliced protein of BRAF35 (see associated paper). We have mapped the BRAF25 gene to chromosome sub-band 19p13.3, a region where loss of chromosomal heterozygosity has been reported in about 50% of ovarian cancers. Because of the high incidence of genetic links of prostate cancer to breast an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang C,McCarty IM,Balazs L,Li Y,Steiner MS

更新日期：2002-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that the expression of osteocalcin, the only recognized osteoblast-specific protein, is regulated by 1 alpha-25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 through a distinct vitamin D3 receptor and a cis-acting DNA response element. In addition, recent data obtained with plasmid constructs have shown a positive interaction ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oliva A,Della Ragione F,Fratta M,Marrone G,Palumbo R,Zappia V

更新日期：1993-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA topoisomerase type I and II activities were determined by serial dilution in nuclear extracts from control and ataxia-telangiectasia lymphoblastoid cells. Topoisomerase I activity, assayed by relaxation of supercoiled plasmid DNA, was found to be approximately the same in both cell types. In order to remove interf...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mohamed R,Pal Singh S,Kumar S,Lavin MF

更新日期：1987-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat Bone/Liver/kidney/Placenta Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) is transcribed from two alternative promoters spaced over 25 kb apart, resulting in two variant transcripts that are identical in their coding sequence. We investigated the steady-state levels of the two variant transcripts in various rat tissues and cell l...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zernik J,Kream B,Twarog K

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenin is a potent angiogenic factor secreted by cultured tumor cells and is found in various normal organs and tissues. The ovary is one of the adult organs in which angiogenesis normally occurs during the female reproductive cycle. In this study, we examined whether angiogenin protein is localized and if angioge...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee HS,Lee IS,Kang TC,Jeong GB,Chang SI

更新日期：1999-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths. Due to relapse after current therapy regimens, cancer stem cells (CSCs) are being studied to target this small tumor-initiating population. Anterior gradient 2 (AGR2), a disulfide isomerase protein, is a well-known pro-oncogenic/metastatic oncoge...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dahal Lamichane B,Jung SY,Yun J,Kang S,Kim DY,Lamichane S,Kim YJ,Park JH,Jang WB,Ji ST,Dehua L,Ha JS,Kim YH,Kwon SM

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Ras can become activated via multiple distinct receptors in T lymphocytes. However, mechanistic studies of Ras signaling in normal T cells have been hampered by the lack of an efficient technology for gene transfer into resting post-thymic cells. We have overcome this limitation by utilizing adenoviral transduction of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Marks RE,Ho AW,Rivas F,Marshall E,Janardhan S,Gajewski TF

更新日期：2003-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexokinase II protein is augmented in denervated skeletal muscle; therefore, we determined if hexokinase II gene transcription rates and mRNA levels are increased with denervation. The right hindlimb skeletal muscles of male rats were denervated while the left hindlimbs were sham operated. Seventy-two h following surg...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jones JP,Roberts BR,Tapscott EB,Dohm GL

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:An amino acid substitution of Met for Val at position 30 of plasma prealbumin is known to be closely related to heredo-familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy(FAP). As a first step in development of a direct method for diagnosis of the disease, cDNA for normal human prealbumin was cloned and its nucleotide sequence was de...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sasaki H,Sakaki Y,Matsuo H,Goto I,Kuroiwa Y,Sahashi I,Takahashi A,Shinoda T,Isobe T,Takagi Y

更新日期：1984-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The death of cardiomyocytes after myocardial infarction (MI) often leads to ventricular remodeling as well as heart failure (HF). The cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) have the ability to regenerate functional heart muscle in patients after MI, which provides a promising method for MI-induced HF therapy. However, to dat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li L,Wang Q,Yuan Z,Chen A,Liu Z,Wang Z,Li H

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranslational histone modifications play an important role in modulating gene expression and chromatin structure. Here we report the identification of histone H3K79 dimethylation in the simple eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum. We have deleted the D. discoideum Dot1/KMT4 homologue and demonstrate that it is the s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Müller-Taubenberger A,Bönisch C,Fürbringer M,Wittek F,Hake SB

更新日期：2011-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Under many physiological circumstances, Na(+)- and Cl(-)-dependent, hemicholinium-3 (HC-3)-sensitive, high-affinity choline uptake (HACU) in cholinergic neurons is thought to be rate-limiting in the biosynthesis of acetylcholine (ACh). Based on sequence information provided by the Human Genome Project and the recently...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Apparsundaram S,Ferguson SM,George AL Jr,Blakely RD

更新日期：2000-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor tyrosine kinase EphA7 is specifically expressed in otic region in Xenopus early development. However, its role in otocyst development remains unknown. Knockdown of EphA7 by a specific morpholino oligonucleotide (MO) reduced the size of the otocyst and triggered otic epithelial cell extrusion. Interestingly, E...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang X,Sun J,Wang Z,Li C,Mao B

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3C-like protease (3CL(pro)) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) plays key roles in viral replication and is an attractive target for anti-SARS drug discovery. In this report, a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based method was developed to assess the proteolytic activity of SAR...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuang WF,Chow LP,Wu MH,Hwang LH

更新日期：2005-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammary epithelial cells derived from the entire mammary parenchyma or only end buds were isolated by collagenase digestion of mammary glands from virgin mice. Cells were cultured within collagen gels in serum-free medium containing insulin. Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF or FGF-7) and acidic fibroblast growth factor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imagawa W,Cunha GR,Young P,Nandi S

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) is an ADP- ribosylation enzyme and plays important roles in a variety of cellular processes, including DNA damage response and tumor development. However, the post-transcriptional regulation of PARP1 remains largely unknown. In this study, we identified that the mRNA of PARP1 is ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Song D,Huang H,Wang J,Zhao Y,Hu X,He F,Yu L,Wu J

更新日期：2017-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells enhance autophagic activity as a survival measure against metabolic and therapeutic stresses. The inhibition of autophagy may represent a valuable sensitizing target for cancer treatment. Recently, we examined the ability of various cytochalasins to inhibit autophagy and demonstrated the potent inhibitory...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takanezawa Y,Nakamura R,Kojima Y,Sone Y,Uraguchi S,Kiyono M

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanism of the phosphorylation-dependent activation of tryptophan hydroxylase is studied with respect to the role of the 14-3-3 protein. Reexamination of the system reconstituted with the purified TRH and the 14-3-3 protein showed that the level of the TRH activity correlated with the extent of the Ca2...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Furukawa Y,Ikuta N,Omata S,Yamauchi T,Isobe T,Ichimura T

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The monoclonal antibody 6E2 raised against the embryonal carcinoma cell line NCR-G3 had been shown to also react with human germ cells. Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) immunostaining revealed that 6E2 specifically reacts with sialosylglobopenta osylceramide (sialylGb5), which carries an epitope of stage-specific embry...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sato B,Katagiri YU,Miyado K,Akutsu H,Miyagawa Y,Horiuchi Y,Nakajima H,Okita H,Umezawa A,Hata J,Fujimoto J,Toshimori K,Kiyokawa N

更新日期：2007-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of endothelin-1 (ET-1) on secretion and synthesis of rat atrial natriuretic peptide (rANP) as well as its mRNA levels was studied in primary cultures of neonatal rat atrial cardiocytes. ET-1 dose-dependently (10(-10)-10(-7) M) increased media and cellular rANP-like immunoreactivity as well as its cytoplasmi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukuda Y,Hirata Y,Taketani S,Kojima T,Oikawa S,Nakazato H,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1989-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Triiodothyronine (T3) effects on cultured Sertoli cells from immature rats were investigated by evaluating the production of androgen binding protein (ABP) a biochemical marker of Sertoli cell function. The results demonstrate that T3 administration to the rat as well as T3 addition to the culture medium specifically ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fugassa E,Palmero S,Gallo G

更新日期：1987-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin (EPO) has been known to have cytoprotective effects on several types of tissues, presumably through modulation of apoptosis and inflammation. The effect of EPO on myocardial inflammation, however, has not yet been clarified. We investigated the cardioprotective effects of EPO in rats with experimental a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mitsuma W,Ito M,Kodama M,Fuse K,Okamura K,Minagawa S,Kato K,Hanawa H,Toba K,Nakazawa M,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2006-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the involvement of G(i/o) protein in NO production following the activation of proteinase-activated receptor-4 (PAR-4) in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells. AYPGKF-NH(2) (PAR-4 activating peptide), thrombin, and ionomycin induced a concentration-dependent NO production, with the maximal producti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Momota F,Hirano K,Hirano M,Nishimura J,Kanaide H

更新日期：2006-04-07 00:00:00