Monoacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 (MGAT1) localizes to the ER and lipid droplets promoting triacylglycerol synthesis.

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：:Hemistepsin A (HsA) is a guaianolide sesquiterpene lactone that inhibits hepatitis and liver fibrosis. We evaluated the effects of HsA on liver X receptor (LXR)-mediated hepatic lipogenesis in vitro and in vivo. Up to 10 M, HsA did not affect the viability of HepG2 and Huh7 cells. Pretreatment with 5-10 μM HsA signif...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim JK,Cho IJ,Kim EO,Lee DG,Jung DH,Ki SH,Ku SK,Kim SC

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanin synthesis is regulated by melanocyte specific enzymes and related transcription factors. β-carboline alkaloids including harmaline and harmalol are widely distributed in the environment including several plant families and alcoholic beverages. Presently, melanin content and tyrosinase activity were increased i...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park SY,Kim YH,Kim YH,Park G,Lee SJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:We previously reported the involvement of zinc-finger protein 143 (ZNF143) on cancer cell motility in colon cancer cells. Here, ZNF143 was further characterized in breast cancer. Immunohistochemistry was used to determine the expression of ZNF143 in normal tissues and in tissues from metastatic breast cancer at variou...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Paek AR,Mun JY,Hong KM,Lee J,Hong DW,You HJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell proliferation is a delicately regulated process that couples growth signals and metabolic demands to produce daughter cells. Interestingly, the proliferation of tumor cells immensely depends on glycolysis, the Warburg effect, to ensure a sufficient amount of metabolic flux and bioenergetics for macromolecule synt...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kee HJ,Cheong JH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a novel member of BTB-kelch proteins, named KBTBD7, was cloned from a human embryonic heart cDNA library. The cDNA of KBTBD7 is 3,008 bp long and encodes a protein product of 684 amino acids (77.2 kD). This protein is highly conserved in evolution across different species. Western blot analysis indicate...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Hu J,Yuan W,Tang M,Wang Y,Fan X,Mo X,Li Y,Ying Z,Wan Y,Ocorr K,Bodmer R,Deng Y,Wu X

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeodomain (HD) is a highly conserved DNA-binding domain composed of helix-turn-helix motif. Drosophila Vnd (Ventral nervous system defective) containing HD acts as a regulator to either enhance or suppress gene expression upon binding to its target sequence. In this study, kinetic analysis of Vnd binding to DNA was ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Yoo S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to clarify the impact of Ca-binding sites (Ca1 and 2) on the conformational stability of neutral proteases (NPs), we have analyzed the thermal, pH and organic solvent stability of a NP variant, V189P/A195E/G203D/A268E (Q-mutant), from Salinovibrio proteolyticus. This mutant has shown to bind calcium more tigh...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Asghari SM,Khajeh K,Dalfard AB,Pazhang M,Karbalaei-Heidari HR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress and inflammation are common to many pathological conditions. Defense mechanisms protect cells from oxidative stress, but can become over-activated following injury and inflammation. NF-κB and Nrf2 transcription factors regulate proinflammatory and antioxidant gene expression, respectively. Studies hav...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Hwang YJ,Song J,Kim HR,Hwang KA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the prevalence of obesity has increased explosively over the last several decades, associated metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases, have been also increased. Thus, new strategies for preventing and treating them are needed. The nuclear peroxisome pr...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Choi SS,Park J,Choi JH

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipocyte differentiation is a complex developmental process forming adipocytes from various precursor cells. The murine 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cell line has been most frequently used in the studies of adipocyte differentiation. Differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes includes a medium containing fetal bovine serum (FBS)...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park J,Park J,Nahm SS,Choi I,Kim J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphatase 4 (PP4), one of serine/threonine phosphatases, is involved in many critical cellular pathways, including DNA damage response (DNA repair, cell cycle regulation, and apoptosis), tumorigenesis, cell migration, immune response, stem cell development, glucose metabolism, and diabetes. PP4 has been stea...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park J,Lee DH

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：: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：:Glucose effects on the vegetative growth of Dictyostelium discoideum Ax2 were studied by examining oxidative stress and tetrahydropteridine synthesis in cells cultured with different concentrations (0.5X, 7.7 g L(-1); 1X, 15.4 g L(-1); 2X, 30.8 g L(-1)) of glucose. The growth rate was optimal in 1X cells (cells grown ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park SO,Kim HL,Lee SW,Park YS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing generates several interleukin-6 (IL-6) isoforms; for them an antagonistic activity to the wild-type IL-6 has been proposed. In this study we quantified the relative abundance of IL-6 mRNA isoforms in a panel of mouse tissues and in C2C12 cells during myoblast differentiation or after treatment wit...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Annibalini G,Guescini M,Agostini D,Matteis RD,Sestili P,Tibollo P,Mantuano M,Martinelli C,Stocchi V

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) production is considered to be a promising approach to the treatment of various diseases, including inflammation and cancer. In this study, we examined the effects of the Agrocybe chaxingu beta-glucan (polysaccharide) on lipopolysaccaride (LPS)-induced n...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee BR,Kim SY,Kim DW,An JJ,Song HY,Yoo KY,Kang TC,Won MH,Lee KJ,Kim KH,Joo JH,Ham HJ,Hur JH,Cho SW,Han KH,Lee KS,Park J,Choi SY,Eum WS

更新日期：2009-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Dorsoventral patterning of body axis in vertebrate embryo is tightly controlled by a complex regulatory network of transcription factors. Ventx1.1 is known as a transcriptional repressor to inhibit dorsal mesoderm formation and neural differentiation in Xenopus. In an attempt to identify, using chromatin immunoprecipi...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kumar S,Umair Z,Kumar V,Lee U,Choi SC,Kim J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ras/Raf/MEK/Erk signaling pathway is important for regulation of cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, survival, and apoptosis in response to a variety of extracellular stimuli. Lack of Erk MAPK activation is observed in several cancer cells despite active activation of Ras. However, little is known about t...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park YJ,Lee JM,Shin SY,Kim YH

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L). Lam.) is relatively tolerant to unfavorable growth conditions such as drought, yet has not been exploited to provide a better understanding of the molecular basis of drought stress tolerance. We obtained 983 high-quality expressed sequence tags of 100 bp or longer (average length of 7...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim SH,Song WK,Kim YH,Kwon SY,Lee HS,Lee IC,Kwak SS

更新日期：2009-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are a diverse family of homo- or heteropentameric ligand-gated ion channels. Understanding the physiological role of each nAChR subtype and the key residues responsible for normal and pathological states is important. α-Conotoxin neuropeptides are highly selective probes capa...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee C,Lee SH,Kim DH,Han KH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientists planning research that involves the use of animals are required to examine the possibilities for replacement, reduction, or refinement (the Three Rs), and their protocol must be reviewed by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Good scientific practice involving appropriate search techniques on t...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Choe BI,Lee GH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fas-associated protein with death domain (FADD), an adaptor that bridges death receptor signaling to the caspase cascade, is indispensible for the induction of extrinsic apoptotic cell death. Interest in the non-apoptotic function of FADD has greatly increased due to evidence that FADD-deficient mice or dominant-negat...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee EW,Seo J,Jeong M,Lee S,Song J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs; TIMP-1, -2, -3 and -4) are endogenous inhibitor for matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) that are responsible for remodeling the extracellular matrix (ECM) and involved in migration, invasion and metastasis of tumor cells. Unlike under normal conditions, the imbalance between...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim YS,Kim SH,Kang JG,Ko JH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report the identification and characterization of a novel C2H2 zinc finger protein, ZNF552, from a human embryonic heart cDNA library. ZNF552 is composed of three exons and two introns and maps to chromosome 19q13.43. The cDNA of ZNF552 is 2.3 kb, encoding 407 amino acids with an amino-terminal KRAB ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Deng Y,Liu B,Fan X,Wang Y,Tang M,Mo X,Li Y,Ying Z,Wan Y,Luo N,Zhou J,Wu X,Yuan W

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-18 production may enhance immune system defense against KG-1 cells ; NB4 cells, which are associated with good prognosis, do not produce IL-18. In this study, we treated KG-1 cells with IL-18 and used microarray technology to assess subsequent effects on gene expression. In UniGene-array of 7488 human genes, expres...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Seo M,Park M,Yook Y,Kwon YS,Suh YJ,Kim MJ,Cho D,Park JH

更新日期：2008-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer (BRC) is the most invasive cancer in women. Although the survival rate of BRC is gradually increasing due to improved screening systems, development of novel therapeutic targets for inhibition of BRC proliferation, metastasis and recurrence have been constantly needed. Thus, in this study, we identified ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Ryu TY,Kim K,Kim SK,Oh JH,Min JK,Jung CR,Son MY,Kim DS,Cho HS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p13 gene was first described in Leucania separata multinuclear polyhedrosis virus (Ls-p13) several years ago, but the function of P13 protein has not been experimentally investigated to date. In this article, we indicated that the expression of p13 from Heliothis armigera single nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (Ha-p...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lu N,Du E,Liu Y,Qiao H,Yao L,Pan Z,Lu S,Qi Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00