Structural characterization of As-MIF and hJAB1 during the inhibition of cell-cycle regulation.

abstract：:Aromatic (ar)-turmerone from turmeric oil displays anti-tumorigenesis activity that includes inhibited cell proliferation. This study investigated ar-turmerone-mediated apoptotic protein activation in human lymphoma U937 cells. Ar-turmerone treatment inhibited U937 cell viability in a concentration-dependent fashion, ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee Y

更新日期：2009-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The transient interactions between cellular components, particularly on membrane surfaces, are critical in the proper function of many biochemical reactions. For example, many signaling pathways involve dimerization, oligomerization, or other types of clustering of signaling proteins as a key step in the signaling cas...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Jepson TA,Chung JK

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant GAPDH expression following S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) treatment was compared in HepG2 cells, which express functional p53, and Hep3B cells, which lack functional p53. The results of Western blotting and fluorescent immunocytochemistry revealed that nuclear translocation and accumulation of GAPDH occur in bot...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim JJ,Lee MY

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we characterized the function of HS1-binding protein 3 (HS1BP3), which is mutated in essential tremor and may be involved in lymphocyte activation. We found that HS1BP3 localized to the mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum partially. Overexpression of HS1BP3 induced apoptosis in HEK293T and HeL...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Shi T,Xie J,Xiong Y,Deng W,Guo J,Wang F,Ma D

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular senescence is a state of permanent cell cycle arrest which exhibits large and flattened morphological characteristics. Cellular senescence might evolve to a beneficial process to suppress the accumulation of severely damaged cells. However, senescent cells are considered as the cause of age-related pathologie...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee JS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide, there is an urgent need to understand the mechanisms underlying cancer progression and the development of cancer inhibitors. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a major transcription factor that regulates the proliferation and survival of ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim BR,Ha J,Kang E,Cho S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caffeoylserotonin (CaS), one derivative of serotonin (5-HT), is a secondary metabolite produced in pepper fruits with strong antioxidant activities. In this study, we investigated the effect of CaS on proliferation and migration of human keratinocyte HaCaT cells compared to that of 5-HT. CaS enhanced keratinocyte prol...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim HE,Cho H,Ishihara A,Kim B,Kim O

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the relationships between genes, brains, and behaviors has changed a lot since the first behavioral mutants were isolated in the fly bottles of the Benzer lab at Caltech (1), but Drosophila is still an excellent model system for studying the neurobiology of behavior. Recent advances provide an unp...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Jones WD

更新日期：2009-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectin-3 is a carbohydrate-binding protein and regulates diverse functions, including cell proliferation and differentiation, mRNA splicing, apoptosis induction, immune surveillance and inflammation, cell adhesion, angiogenesis, and cancer-cell metastasis. Galectin-3 is also recommended as a diagnostic or prognostic...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim SJ,Chun KH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses have evolved to manipulate the host cell machinery for virus propagation, in part by interfering with the host cellular signaling network. Molecular studies of individual pathways have uncovered many viral host-protein targets; however, it is difficult to predict how viral perturbations will affect the signali...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Xue Q,Miller-Jensen K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corn silk (CS) has long been consumed as a traditional herb in Korea. Maysin is a major flavonoid of CS. The effects of maysin on macrophage activation were evaluated, using the murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cells. Maysin was isolated from CS by methanol extraction, and preparative C18 reverse phase column chromatograph...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee J,Kim SL,Lee S,Chung MJ,Park YI

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inter-cellular communication via diffusible small molecules is a defining character not only of multicellular forms of life but also of single-celled organisms. A large number of bacterial genes are regulated by the change of chemical milieu mediated by the local population density of its own species or others. The ce...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Mitchell RJ,Lee SK,Kim T,Ghim CM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine methylation plays crucial roles in many cellular functions including signal transduction, RNA transcription, and regulation of gene expression. Protein arginine methyltransferase 8 (PRMT8), a unique brain-specific protein, is localized to the plasma membrane. However, the detailed molecular mechanisms underly...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park SW,Jun YW,Choi HE,Lee JA,Jang DJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA helicases DDX5 and DDX17 are multitasking proteins that regulate gene expression in different biological contexts through diverse activities. Special attention has long been paid to their function as coregulators of transcription factors, providing insight about their functional association with a number of chroma...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Giraud G,Terrone S,Bourgeois CF

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to investigate the protective role of taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) against cadmium (Cd) induced oxidative stress in murine erythrocytes. Cadmium chloride (CdCl(2)) was chosen as the source of Cd. Experimental animals were treated with either CdCl(2) alone or taurine, followed b...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Sinha M,Manna P,Sil PC

更新日期：2008-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight loss ≥ 5 percent is sufficient to significantly reduce health risks for obese people; therefore, development of novel weight loss compounds with reduced toxicity is urgently required. After screening of natural compounds with antiadipogenesis properties in 3T3-L1 cells, we determined that kahweol, a coffee-spec...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Baek JH,Kim NJ,Song JK,Chun KH

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cells experience hypoxic stress when drug-metabolizing enzymes excessively consume O2 for hydroxylation. Hypoxic stress changes the transcription of several genes by activating a heterodimeric transcription factor called hypoxia-inducible factor- 1α/β (HIF-1α/β). We found that hypoxic stress (0.1% O2) decreased ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Moon Y,Park B,Park H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single-stranded DNA binding activity of the Escherichia coli RecA protein is crucial for homologous recombination to occur. This and other biochemical activities of ssDNA binding proteins may be affected by various factors. In this study, we analyzed the effect of CaCl(2), NaCl and NH(4)NO(3) salts in combination ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Ziemienowicz A,Rahavi SM,Kovalchuk I

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Jun activation-domain binding protein 1 (Jab1) induces p53 nuclear export and cytoplasmic degradation, but the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. Here, we show that phosphorylation at the threonine 155 residue is essential for Jab1-mediated p53 nuclear export. Jab1 stimulated phosphorylation of p53 at T155...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee EW,Oh W,Song HP,Kim WK

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously considered as a component of transcriptional noise, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) were neglected as a therapeutic target, however, recently increasing evidence has shown that lncRNAs can participate in numerous biological processes involved in genetic regulation including epigenetic, transcriptional, and po...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Chen X,Sun Y,Cai R,Wang G,Shu X,Pang W

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polo-like kinase-1 (Plk1) belongs to a family of serine-threonine kinases and plays a critical role in mitotic progression. Plk1 involves in the initiation of mitosis, centrosome maturation, bipolar spindle formation, and cytokinesis, well-reported as traditional functions of Plk1. In this review, we discuss the role ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Hyun SY,Hwang HI,Jang YJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt signaling pathway is well known to play major roles in skeletal development and homeostasis. In certain aspects, fracture repair mimics the process of bone embryonic development. Thus, the importance of Wnt signaling in fracture healing has become more apparent in recent years. Here, we summarize recent resear...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Xu H,Duan J,Ning D,Li J,Liu R,Yang R,Jiang JX,Shang P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain (NOD) is an innate pattern recognition receptor that recognizes pathogen- and damage-associated molecular patterns. The 29-kDa amino-terminal fibronectin fragment (29-kDa FN-f) is a matrix degradation product found in the synovial fluids of patients with osteoarthritis...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Hwang HS,Lee MH,Choi MH,Kim HA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we cloned the ERF-B3 subfamily transcription factor gene BnaERF-B3-hy15 from Brassica napus L. Huyou15. This 600 bp gene encodes a 199 amino acid classic ethylene responsive factor (ERF), which shown no binding or very weak binding GCC box-binding activity by the yeast one-hybrid assay. We used gene shu...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Jin XF,Zhu B,Peng RH,Jiang HH,Chen JM,Zhuang J,Zhang J,Yao QH,Xiong AS

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential anti-metastasis and anti-invasion activities of early growth response gene-1 (Egr-1) and claudin-3, a tight junction (TJ)-related protein, were evaluated using histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors in human hepatocarcinoma cells. The results of wound healing and Transwell assays showed that HDAC inhibito...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim SO,Choi BT,Choi IW,Cheong J,Kim GY,Kwon TK,Kim ND,Choi YH

更新日期：2009-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclasts are multinucleated giant cells derived from myeloid progenitors. Excessive bone resorption by osteoclasts can result in serious clinical outcomes for which better treatment options are needed. Here, we identified fibronectin leucine-rich transmembrane protein 2 (Flrt2), a ligand of the Unc5 receptor family...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Shirakawa J,Takegahara N,Kim H,Lee SH,Sato K,Yamagishi S,Choi Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have shown great potential in treating bone deficiency. Human adipose-derived stem cells (HASCs) are multipotent progenitor cells with multi-lineage differentiation potential. Human amnion-derived mesenchymal stem cells (HAMSCs) are capable of promoting osteogenic differentiation of MSCs....

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Wang Y,Chen X,Yin Y,Li S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell therapies utilizing mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have a great potential in many research and clinical settings. The mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of MSCs have been studied previously and the paracrine effects elicited by their production of various growth factors and cytokines were recognized as ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park SK,Lee JS,Choi EK,You D,Kim CS,Suh N

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large data set of Hanwoo (Korean cattle) ESTs was analyzed to obtain differential gene expression results for the following three libraries: intramuscular fat, longissimus dorsi muscle and liver. To better understand the gene expression profiles, we identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) via digital gene e...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lim D,Lee SH,Cho YM,Yoon D,Shin Y,Kim KW,Park HS,Kim H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dazl gene encodes a germ-cell-specific RNA-binding protein which is essential for spermatogenesis. It has been proposed that this protein (DAZL) binds to RNA in the cytoplasm of germ cells and controls spermatogenesis. Using the specific nucleic acids associated with proteins (SNAAP) technique, we identified 17 ta...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Zeng M,Deng W,Wang X,Qiu W,Liu Y,Sun H,Tao D,Zhang S,Ma Y

更新日期：2008-04-30 00:00:00