Functional synergism of Human Defensin 5 and Human Defensin 6.

abstract：:Actin is a highly abundant cytoskeletal protein that is essential for all eukaryotic cells and participates in many structural and functional roles. It has long been noted that estrogen affects cellular morphology. However, recent studies observed that both estrogen and tamoxifen induce a remarkable cytoskeletal remod...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Z,Sun L,Liang S,Liu ZC,Zhao ZY,Yang J,Wang D,Yang DQ

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the positive inotropic effect of the vasoactive peptide hormone, endothelin-1 (ET-1), involves inhibition of cardiac K(+) currents. In order to identify the K(+) currents modulated by ET-1, the outward K(+) currents of isolated rat ventricular myocytes were investigated using whole-cell patc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： James AF,Ramsey JE,Reynolds AM,Hendry BM,Shattock MJ

更新日期：2001-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:HCV and HBV are the major causes of chronic liver diseases worldwide. Patients with both viruse's co-infection tend to develop severer liver diseases and are at high risk of liver-related death. NS5A protein of HCV plays key roles in HCV replication and inhibition of host immune responses. In this study, we described ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pan Y,Wei W,Kang L,Wang Z,Fang J,Zhu Y,Wu J

更新日期：2007-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The microtubule motor kinesin-1 is responsible for the nuclear positioning during myogenesis. Here we show that the coiled-coil stalk/tail domain containing the kinesin light chain (KLC) binding sites targets to the perinuclear region like endogenous Kif5b, while the globular tail domain cannot. To investigate which f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Z,Xue W,Li X,Lin R,Cui J,Huang JD

更新日期：2013-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaf-1/Rip11 encoded by the clone KIAA0857 participates in endosomal recycling through the interaction with both gamma-SNAP, a member of the soluble NSF attachment protein family, and a small GTPase, Rab11. Gaf-1/Rip11 and other Rab11-interacting proteins constitute a novel protein family that is involved in the endocy...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawase K,Shibata M,Kawashima H,Hatsuzawa K,Nagahama M,Tagaya M,Tani K

更新日期：2003-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The Notch3 N-terminal sequence is conserved across several mammalian species but diverges from the three other Notch proteins. We determined the significance of the N-terminal sequence using deletion mutants. The first 39 amino acids are required for Notch3 receptor expression, processing, and functional activity. In ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang Y,Jia L,Lee SJ,Wang MM

更新日期：2007-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclasts are hematopoietic cells essential for bone resorption. To understand the process of osteoclastogenesis, we have developed a culture system that employs a stromal cell line, in which differentiation of osteoclasts from single embryonic stem (ES) cells occurs. This culture, which did not require any cell pas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hemmi H,Okuyama H,Yamane T,Nishikawa S,Nakano T,Yamazaki H,Kunisada T,Hayashi S

更新日期：2001-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The eukaryotic DNA cytosine-5-methyltransferase (E.C.2.1.1.37) is known to methylate cytosine in DNA mainly, but not exclusively in C-G. In the present study the minor, non-C-G recognition sequences of a rat DNA methyltransferase were analyzed by Maxam-Gilbert sequencing of in vitro methylated SV40 DNA. The enzyme met...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hubrich-Kühner K,Buhk HJ,Wagner H,Kröger H,Simon D

更新日期：1989-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To unravel the roles of sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.), we reduced its activity in transgenic muskmelon plants by an antisense approach. For this purpose, an 830 bp cDNA fragment of muskmelon sucrose phosphate synthase was expressed in antisense orientation behind the 35S promoter of t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tian H,Ma L,Zhao C,Hao H,Gong B,Yu X,Wang X

更新日期：2010-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Since we recently reported that high density lipoprotein, which contains the bioactive lipid sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) [Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 23 (2003) 802], induced human coronary artery endothelial cell (HCEC) tube formation mediated by a Ras/Raf/ERK (extracellular signal-activated kinase) pathway, w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miura S,Tanigawa H,Matsuo Y,Fujino M,Kawamura A,Saku K

更新日期：2003-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The paired helical filaments of highly phosphorylated tau protein are the main components of neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Protein kinases including glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3beta), cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5), and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) have been implicated in NFT f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jämsä A,Hasslund K,Cowburn RF,Bäckström A,Vasänge M

更新日期：2004-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel cDNA clone was identified through yeast two-hybrid experiments. Following cross-examination between the cDNA clones, EST clones, and the cosmid clone, we could digitally assemble a new zinc finger transcription factor gene. This predicted gene has a cDNA size of about 1960 bp and is translated into a 487-amino...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin W,Lai CH,Tang CJ,Huang CJ,Tang TK

更新日期：1999-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability and catalytic efficacy of the L-2-haloacid dehalogenase isolated from Azotobacter sp. RC26 were studied after immobilisation on a DEAE Sephacel solid matrix. While the optimum temperature for the soluble dehalogenase falls in the range of 30-40 degrees C, the activity of the immobilised enzyme shows a fo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Diez A,Prieto MI,Alvarez MJ,Bautista JM,Garrido J,Puyet A

更新日期：1996-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Our goal was to characterize the glucose transporter in synaptosomes and to compare it to the different forms of transporter already identified. Cross-reactivity with antibodies to the human erythrocyte transporter, Km of glucose uptake, reversibility of NEM inhibition of transport, and insulin sensitivity were all ex...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bhattacharyya MV,Brodsky JL

更新日期：1988-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular microenvironment plays a key role in regulation of cellular functions and growth control. We show here that membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) acts as a growth promoter in confluent culture. When MT1-MMP was silenced in HT1080 fibrosarcoma cells, cells created three dimensional (3D) f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takino T,Guo L,Domoto T,Sato H

更新日期：2013-07-05 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 polyketide synthases found in a variety of plants and fungi provide a varied source of biologically active compounds of pharmacological and medicinal interest. Stilbene synthase and chalcone synthase catalyze the formation of a common tetraketide intermediate, but use different cyclization mechanisms to produce di...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Healy EF,Cervantes L,Nabona B,Williams J

更新日期：2018-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Many plasma membrane proteins, including the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor, possess basic regions on the cytoplasmic surface of the membrane. To examine the function of these positively charged regions, we constructed mutated EGF receptor genes lacking this region by substitution of the basic amino acid resid...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamane K,Toyoshima C,Nishimura S

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A truncated form of 24kDa FGF-2 consisting of 86 NH(2)-terminal amino acids (ATE+31) inhibits cell migration in vitro and tumor development and angiogenesis in vivo. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is phosphorylated on tyrosine and serine sites after cell stimulation by growth factors. This study examined the effect of AT...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin AH,Eliceiri BP,Levin EG

更新日期：2009-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In chaperoning dithiothreitol-denatured alpha-lactabumin, alpha-crystallin forms a chaperoning complex. In order to study the kinetics of such chaperoning it needs to be established whether the formation of the chaperoning complex is a reversible or irreversible process. The chaperoning reaction was studied by dynamic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Neal R,Zigler JS Jr,Bettelheim FA

更新日期：2001-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribosyl) transferase (pADPRT) catalyzes the formation of poly(ADP-ribose) from NAD+. Several nuclear proteins and pADPRT itself are targets for the modification by poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation. It is demonstrated here that poly(ADP-ribose) or pADPRT automodified with poly(ADP-ribose) interacts no...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mayer-Kuckuk P,Ullrich O,Ziegler M,Grune T,Schweiger M

更新日期：1999-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here that at least seven low Mr GTP-binding proteins (range 21.5 to 29 kDa) are associated with the membranes of zymogen granules from rat pancreas. GTP binding proteins of similar Mr but in different relative proportions were found in the cytosolic fraction. Treatment of intact granules with either trypsin ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Padfield PJ,Jamieson JD

更新日期：1991-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The DiFi and HT-29 human colorectal cancer cell lines were characterized and compared with respect to binding properties of alpha adrenoceptors present on the cell surface. Both cell lines possessed alpha-1 and alpha-2 adrenoceptors of high affinity; however, DiFi cells were rich in alpha-1 adrenoceptors, whereas HT-2...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Agrawal DK,Wildrick DM,Boman BM

更新日期：1992-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterised by chronic inflammation of synovial tissue with aggressive proliferation of synovial cells causing destruction of cartilage and bone. Immunopathological mechanisms, infectious causes and genetic factors have been discussed, but the etiology of the disease has not been underst...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mangasser-Stephan K,Dooley S,Welter C,Mutschler W,Hanselmann RG

更新日期：1997-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed lesioned LDL in both atherosclerotic humans and in the apo E deficient (E degree) mice and compared its characteristics to plasma LDL. Lesioned LDL, in comparison to plasma LDL, was minimally oxidized and aggregated. Upon incubation of E degree-aortic lesions with 125[I]-labeled LDL, a time-dependent oxida...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aviram M,Maor I,Keidar S,Hayek T,Oiknine J,Bar-El Y,Adler Z,Kertzman V,Milo S

更新日期：1995-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) administered to young male guinea pigs at a dose of 1 microgram/kg (single intraperitoneal injection) caused a large reduction in adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity. This effect occurred rapidly; a 70% decrease was noticed after 24 hour and 80% of LPL activity w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brewster DW,Matsumura F

更新日期：1984-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of N-formylated chemotactic peptides to specific cell surface receptors on polymorphonuclear leukocytes initiates a wide range of biological responses including migration of inflammatory cells, superoxide release, lysosomal enzyme secretion, calcium mobilization, and cellular activation. We previously establis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shawar SM,Rich RR,Becker EL

更新日期：1995-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Regenerating gene (Reg) I has been identified as a regenerative/proliferative factor for pancreatic islet cells. We examined Reg I expression in the regenerating liver of a rat model that had been administered 2-acetylaminofluorene and treated with 70% partial hepatectomy (2-AAF/PH model), where hepatocyte and cholang...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang J,Koyota S,Zhou X,Ueno Y,Ma L,Kawagoe M,Koizumi Y,Okamoto H,Sugiyama T

更新日期：2009-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanosecond and steady fluorescence techniques have been employed to study the interaction of retinol with protein disulfide isomerase (PDI). Retinol binds tightly to PDI; and the rotational correlation time (θ = 36 ns) corresponds to a monomeric subunit of 55 kDa. The enzyme does not undergo aggregation in the p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Churchich JE

更新日期：1999-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) plays a major role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and restenosis by regulating both migration and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) after an arterial injury. In this study, we examined the inhibitory effect of three major flavonoids in Scutellariae Radix, b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee SO,Jeong YJ,Yu MH,Lee JW,Hwangbo MH,Kim CH,Lee IS

更新日期：2006-12-08 00:00:00