Checkpoint-dependent phosphorylation of Med1/TRAP220 in response to DNA damage.

abstract：:Although viral vectors are efficient systems to transfer foreign genes into cells or target tissues, safety issues remain in relation to human gene therapy. Microbubbles currently used as ultrasound contrast agents have been applied in transfection of genes. This study was designed to test the transfection efficiency ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Guo DP,Li XY,Sun P,Wang ZG,Chen XY,Chen Q,Fan LM,Zhang B,Shao LZ,Li XR

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was undertaken to examine the effects of C-peptide on glomerular volume (V(GLOM)), mesangial matrix synthesis, and degradation in streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats with poor or moderate glycemic control. Series 1 (poor glycemic control) included groups of healthy rats, hyperglycemic rats, diabetic insulin-t...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Sun W,Gao X,Zhao X,Cui D,Xia Q

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide (CO) is often viewed as a lethal gas in light of its capacity to prevent oxygen uptake in hemoglobin; however, it also functions to regulate a variety of proteins and physiological processes. Here we show that CO is an important chemical cue, to which neurons respond strongly, and this response is then...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao H,Liu B,Zhang Q,Wu X,Yu Y,Jesse FF,Li L

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several essential biological progresses in mammals are regulated by circadian rhythms. Though the molecular mechanisms of oscillating these circadian rhythms have been uncovered, the specific functions of the circadian genes are not very clear. It has been reported that knocking down circadian genes by microRNA is a u...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao X,Zhu X,Cheng S,Xie Y,Wang Z,Liu Y,Jiang Z,Xiao J,Guo H,Wang Y

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte senescence is characterized by exposure of cell surface epitopes on cell membrane proteins leading to immune mediated removal of red blood cells. One mechanism for antigen formation is tyrosine phosphorylation (Tyr-P) of the transmembrane protein band 3 by Syk kinase. Our aim was to test the hypothesis tha...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Bordin L,Fiore C,Bragadin M,Brunati AM,Clari G

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyl-coenzymeA:cholesterol acyltransferase 2 (ACAT2) is abundantly expressed in intestine and fetal liver of healthy human. Our previous studies have shown that in monocytic cells the low-level expression of human ACAT2 gene with specific CpG-hypomethylated promoter is regulated by the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Guo D,Zhang X,Li Q,Qian L,Xu J,Lu M,Hu X,Zhu M,Chang CC,Song B,Chang T,Xiong Y,Li B

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists have been used to treat neurodegenerative diseases induced by glutamate excitotoxicity in clinics. However, the universality of the glutamic acid neurotransmitter system makes the glutamic acid receptor blockers inefficient and unsafe. Thus, regulating the downstre...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Tian Y,He Y,Song W,Zhang E,Xia X

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether apelin-13 induced THP-1 monocytes (MCs) adhesion to ECV304 human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) via 14-3-3 signaling transduction pathway and the potential novel physiological function and signaling transduction pathway of apelin-APJ, HUVECs ECV304 were cultured in DMEM and MCs THP-1 ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li X,Zhang X,Li F,Chen L,Li L,Qin X,Gao J,Su T,Zeng Y,Liao D

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Both inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4) and phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) are well known as tumor suppressors that are closely related to tumor occurrence and progression. It was reported that ING4 and PTEN showed synergistic antitumor activities in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. The two tu...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Rakshit N,Yang S,Zhou W,Xu Y,Deng C,Yang J,Yu H,Wei W

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) plays a prominent role in the pathogenesis of infectious diseases. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), which can attach to and invade human osteoblasts, is the most common causative agent of osteomyelitis. To determine whether S. aureus can activate NF-κB in human osteoblasts and explore ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Ning R,Zhang X,Guo X,Li Q

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HEAT repeat-containing protein 1 (HEATR1) is related to the progression of several cancers. However, the role of HEATR1 in gastric cancer (GC) remains unknown. In the present study, we aimed to detect the expression of HEATR1 in GC and identify its role. The expressions of HEATR1 in GC tissues were analyzed using The ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao J,Zhu Y,Fu Q,Zhu Y,Zhao G

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:An L-amino acid oxidase (LAAO), NA-LAAO, was purified from the venom of Naja atra. Its N-terminal sequence shows great similarity with LAAOs from other snake venoms. NA-LAAO dose-dependently induced aggregation of washed human platelets. However, it had no activity on platelets in platelet-rich plasma. A low concentra...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li R,Zhu S,Wu J,Wang W,Lu Q,Clemetson KJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutively activated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) plays an important role in the formation of many tumors including ovarian cancer. In this study, RNA interference specific to STAT3 was employed to study its effects on the inhibition of STAT3 signaling and on the growth of ovarian can...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Huang F,Tong X,Fu L,Zhang R

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to construct a lentiviral expression vector containing a scavenger receptor (SR-PSOX) that binds with uniquely phosphatidylserine and oxidized lipoprotein with six histidine tags and to investigate the function of SR-PSOX in atherosclerosis. We utilize the ViraPower lentiviral expression syste...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Quan Z,Yang H,Yang Y,Yan B,Cao R,Wen G,Liu C,Xu Y

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric ulcers (GUs) are common pathologies that affect many people around the world. Excessive alcohol consumption is one of the main causes of GUs; however, there are still lack of effective drugs for the prevention or therapy of GUs. In this study, we evaluated the protective effects and possible mechanisms of kaem...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li Q,Hu X,Xuan Y,Ying J,Fei Y,Rong J,Zhang Y,Zhang J,Liu C,Liu Z

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is one of the most lethal cancers in China because of high incidence and high mortality. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and vessel endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C) were found to play an important role in lymphangiogenesis of malignant tumors. In this study, we investigated whether lymphatic microvessel densi...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Guo X,Chen Y,Xu Z,Xu Z,Qian Y,Yu X

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NifA is the general transcriptional activator of nitrogen fixation genes in diazotrophic bacteria. In Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae strain 8401/pRL1JI, the NifA gene is part of a gene cluster (fixABCXNifAB). In this study, results showed that in R. leguminosarum bv.viciae 8401/pRL1JI, host factor required (Hfq), ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang Y,Hong G

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defective DNA damage response is a threat to genome stability and a proven cause of tumorigenesis. C21ORF2 (chromosome 21 open reading frame 2) is a novel gene on chromosome 21, and the C21ORF2 protein is found to interact with NEK1. Earlier studies showed that C21ORF2 might be associated with some human genetic disea...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Fang X,Lin H,Wang X,Zuo Q,Qin J,Zhang P

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural alkaloid berberine has been recently described as a promising anticancer drug. In order to improve its efficacy and bioavailability, several derivatives have been designed and synthesized and found to be even more potent than the lead compound. Among the series of berberine derivatives we have produced, fi...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Guamán Ortiz LM,Croce AL,Aredia F,Sapienza S,Fiorillo G,Syeda TM,Buzzetti F,Lombardi P,Scovassi AI

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is indispensable for the development and maintenance of brown adipose tissue (BAT), and its activity is inhibited due to obesity. The isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) is a mitochondrial enzyme responsible for the production of α-ketoglutarate, a key intermediate metabolite integrat...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Cao Y,Liu X,Zhao J,Du M

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic walking is one of the most useful approaches in genome-related research. Three kinds of PCR-based methods are available for this purpose. However, none of them has been generally applied because they are either insensitive or inefficient. Here we present an efficient PCR protocol, an optimized adaptor PCR meth...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Xu P,Hu RY,Ding XY

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play a vital role in viral control and clearance. Recent studies have elucidated that Tapasin, an endoplasmic reticulum chaperone, is a well-known molecule that appears to be essential in peptide-loading process. The Janus kinase/signal transducers and ac...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wu S,Chen X,Tang Y,Zhang Y,Li D,Chen J,Wang J,Tang Z,Zang G,Yu Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is one of the deadliest malignant tumors, and many genes play important roles in its development. The hepatocyte nuclear factor-1a (HNF-1a) gene encodes HNF-1a, which is a transcriptional activator. HNF-1a regulates the tissue-specific expression of multiple genes, especially in pancre...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Fan Z,Fan K,Deng S,Gong Y,Qian Y,Huang Q,Yang C,Cheng H,Jin K,Luo G,Liu C,Yu X

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) function as negative regulators of gene expression involved in cancer metastasis. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential roles of miR-218 in non-small cell lung cancer and validate its regulation mechanism. Functional studies showed that miR-218 overexpression inhibited cell migration...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang C,Ge S,Hu C,Yang N,Zhang J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies virus (RV) causes a fatal disease in both human and animals. The disease can be prevented by post-exposure prophylaxis in individuals exposed to RV. However, the neutralization effect is limited after the virus enters into the host cells. So, it is important to identify new targets for rabies therapy. In this s...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu Y,Sun L,Yu P,Li A,Li C,Tang Q,Li D,Liang M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectin-3 (Gal-3) which shows affinity of β-galactosides is a cancer-related protein. Thus, it is important to understand its ligand binding mechanism and then design its specific inhibitor. It was suggested that the positions of water molecules in Gal-3 ligand-binding site could be replaced by appropriate chemical g...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Su J,Zhang T,Wang P,Liu F,Tai G,Zhou Y

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutant N-terminal huntingtin (Htt) protein resulting from Huntington's disease (HD) with expanded polyglutamine accumulates and forms aggregates in vulnerable neurons. Both ubiquitin proteasomal and autophagic pathways contribute to the degradation of mutant Htt. Here, we focus on the involvement of chaperone-mediated...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Qi L,Zhang XD

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuron restrictive silencer factor (NRSF), also known as repressor element-1 silencing transcription factor, has been reported to modulate neuronal excitability and acts as endogenous anticonvulsant in kainic acid-induced or kindling-evoked seizure activity. However, whether NRSF functions in pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-i...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu M,Sheng Z,Cai L,Zhao K,Tian Y,Fei J

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique temporal expression pattern of miR-200c in epididymis during post-natal development in juvenile rats was revealed by our home-made miRNA microarray in this paper. It was found that miR-200c expressed in the lowest level at Day 7 and then increased to the highest at Day 36 followed by a dramatic decrease. Th...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wang J,Ruan K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian STE20-like kinase 1 (Mst1) is the mammalian homologue of Drosophila Hippo, a major inhibitor of cell proliferation in Drosophila. It ubiquitously encodes serine threonine kinase that belongs to the family of protein kinases related to yeast STE20, and is involved in cell proliferation, apoptosis, oncogenesis...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Xu C,Liu C,Huang W,Tu S,Wan F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00