Gastrin-releasing peptide induces monocyte adhesion to vascular endothelium by upregulating endothelial adhesion molecules.

abstract：:Thioredoxin (TRX) is a ubiquitous dithiol-oxidoreduction enzyme broadly expressed in cells from prokaryote to eukaryote organisms. Human thioredoxin (human TRX) gene, previously cloned in our laboratory, codes for a 12-kDa protein found in the culture supernatant of several hemopoietic human cell lines. This protein i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wollman EE,Kahan A,Fradelizi D

更新日期：1997-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:As a first step toward improving dideoxynucleoside inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus replication in human lymphocytes, we examined the kinetics of 5'-phosphorylation of a series of 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides, using deoxycytidine kinase purified from human thymus extracts. Nucleosides with the 2'-deoxyribose moi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Johnson MA,Johns DG,Fridland A

更新日期：1987-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:By DNA sequence analysis, we have determined a spectrum of 61 spontaneous mutations occurring in the endogenous tonB gene in the polA1 strain of Escherichia coli. The overall mutation frequency was approximately 2.4-fold higher in the polA1 strain and this was attributable to enhanced rates of deletion and frameshift ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Agemizu Y,Uematsu N,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1999-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) infection is considered an important etiological factor for the development of persistent apical periodontitis (PAP), but the exact mechanisms of autophagy between E. faecalis and immune cells remain unknown. In this study, we elucidated how E. faecalis lipoteichoic acid (LTA) is as...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin D,Gao Y,Zhao L,Chen Y,An S,Peng Z

更新日期：2018-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The patch clamp technique applied to canine atrial myocyte sarcolemma, showed that 2 types of K+ channels were differentially affected by Ach. The 2 channel types differed in conductance, responses to [Ca++], and sensitivity to membrane potential. Addition of Ach (10(-9) M to 10(-6) M) to pipette solutions increased o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bubien JK,Woods WT Jr

更新日期：1987-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:TANC1 and its close relative TANC2 are two important synaptic scaffold proteins which play critical roles in regulating densities of synaptic spines and excitatory synapse strength. Recent studies indicated TANC1 and TANC2 are candidate genes of several neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). So far, the biochemical prope...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yang Q,Liu H,Li Z,Wang Y,Liu W

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effect of hypoxia and nutrient depletion on the growth of human neuroblastoma cells with normal or enhanced expression of the N-myc oncogene. The combination of both conditions reduced the growth of neuroblastoma cells with normal N-myc expression. However, this effect was much more pronounced in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rössler J,Schwab M,Havers W,Schweigerer L

更新日期：2001-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the classical complement pathway has been proposed as a mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. This activation is a result of the binding of C1q to amyloid beta-peptide (A beta). Recent work has shown that A beta/C1q binding has an additional consequence: enhanced formation of the neuroto...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Webster S,Glabe C,Rogers J

更新日期：1995-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined age-associated changes of respiratory enzyme activities and protein synthesis in mitochondria isolated from mouse brain with high oxidative activities. Cytochrome c oxidase activity increased unexpectedly with aging, while the mitochondrial translational activities showed two phases of alterations: they in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takai D,Inoue K,Shisa H,Kagawa Y,Hayashi J

更新日期：1995-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:T box (Tbx) genes are a large family of transcription regulators that play critical roles in invertebrate and vertebrate development. Mutations in Tbx5 gene have been found to cause Holt-Oram syndrome (HOS) in humans. Partial dysfunction of TBX5 in mouse also causes HOS phenotype. Little is known about its molecular a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He ML,Chen Y,Peng Y,Jin D,Du D,Wu J,Lu P,Lin MC,Kung HF

更新日期：2002-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the in vivo phosphorylation of isocitrate lyase and examines the possible consequences to the control of the Kreb's cycle and glyoxylate bypass. NADP-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase from E. coli was the first bacterial protein whose enzymic activity was shown to be modulated by reversible phosp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hoyt JC,Reeves HC

更新日期：1988-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The x-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra of hemoglobin and myoglobin have been measured at the wiggler beam line of the Frascati Synchrotron Radiation Facility. The energy shifts of the iron absorption jump edge and the chemical shifts of the bound excited state at threshold of 1s core excitations, goi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bianconi A,Congiu-Castellano A,Dell'Ariccia M,Giovannelli A,Burattini E,Durham PJ

更新日期：1985-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexamethasone (DEX), a potent glucocorticoid, increased the expression of T-cell death associated gene 8 (TDAG8), a proton-sensing G protein-coupled receptor, which is associated with the enhancement of acidic pH-induced cAMP accumulation, in peritoneal macrophages. We explored the role of increased TDAG8 expression i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He XD,Tobo M,Mogi C,Nakakura T,Komachi M,Murata N,Takano M,Tomura H,Sato K,Okajima F

更新日期：2011-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) are short noncoding RNAs that function in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. They play critical regulatory roles in many cardiovascular diseases, including ischemia-induced cardiac injury. Here, we report microRNA-22, highly expressed in the heart, can protect card...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li G,Wang G,Ma L,Guo J,Song J,Ma L,Zhao X

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic block copolymers composed of polyoxyethylene and poly-oxypropylene have been demonstrated to possess ionophore activity selective for monovalent cations and to cause histamine release from mouse mast cells and human basophils. We now report calcium-dependent release of granule contents from human neutrophils...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Atkinson P,Berkow RL

更新日期：1989-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the importance of charge and hydrogen-bonding potential of the phosphodiester backbone for binding and cleavage by EcoRI restriction endonuclease. We used 12-mer oligodeoxynucleotide substrates with single substitutions of phosphates by chiral methylphosphonates at each position of the recognition sequ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rosati O,Srivastava TK,Katti SB,Alves J

更新日期：2002-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling by TNF-family receptor CD40 involves TRAF-family adaptor proteins, leading to activation of protein kinases that induce NFkappaB-family transcription factors. We report here that mitogen activated protein kinase kinase kinase-8 (MAP3K8), Tpl2/COT1, is recruited to the CD40 complex via a mechanism dependent o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chan H,Reed JC

更新日期：2005-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) or scleroderma is a generalized disorder of connective tissue. The etiology is poorly understood; however, both genetic and environmental factors have been implicated. To investigate the disease-susceptible gene for SSc, we examined the association of the disease with a gene (COL1A2) for type ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hata R,Akai J,Kimura A,Ishikawa O,Kuwana M,Shinkai H

更新日期：2000-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Number and molecular Brightness (N&B) analysis is a powerful method used to monitor protein aggregation in living cells. Here, we used the N&B method to characterize the unexpanded HTT protein oligomerization after the internalization of the mutant HTT (mHTT) which contains a CAG repeat extensions encoding for long po...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sameni S,Zhang R,Digman MA

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA fragmentation factors (DFF) form protein complexes consisting of nuclease DFF40/CAD and inhibitory chaperon DFF45/ICAD. Although activated caspase-3 has been shown to cleave DFF complexes with the release of active DFF40 and DNA fragmentation, the organ-specific mechanisms of DFF turnover during liver injury accom...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xiang Y,Johnson EA,Zhang C,Huang G,Hayes RL,Wang KK,Svetlov SI

更新日期：2006-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae uso1-1 mutant stops the transport of secretory proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus at 37 degrees C. We found that this temperature-sensitive defect was suppressed either by increasing the concentration of calcium ion in the medium or by introducing in the cell the SL...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kito M,Seog DH,Igarashi K,Kambe-Honjo H,Yoda K,Yamasaki M

更新日期：1996-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed in a primary culture of rat testicular cells that spermatogenic cells specifically bind to somatic Sertoli cells and that this interaction is needed for spermatogenic cells to differentiate in vitro. Adopting an expression cloning procedure, we here isolated a cDNA coding for a spermatogenic cell ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maeda T,Sakashita M,Ohba Y,Nakanishi Y

更新日期：1998-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO*) is produced endogenously from NOS isoforms bound to sarcolemmal (SL) and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membranes. To investigate whether locally generated NO* directly affects the activity of enzymes mediating ion active transport, we studied whether knockout of selected NOS isoforms would affect the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhou L,Burnett AL,Huang PL,Becker LC,Kuppusamy P,Kass DA,Kevin Donahue J,Proud D,Sham JS,Dawson TM,Xu KY

更新日期：2002-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant reproduction is an extremely important phenomenon, as it is strongly associated with plant genetics and early development. Additionally, foundations of the reproductive system have direct implications on plant breeding and agriculture. Investigation of the functions of male and female gametophytes is critical si...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu X,Wu X,Adhikari PB,Zhu S,Kinoshita Y,Berger F,Higashiyama T,Kasahara RD

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of Bruton's agammaglobulinemia tyrosine kinase (Btk) SH2 domain was modeled based on v-Src. Btk SH2 is presumably very related to the other SH2 structures consisting of two beta-sheets surrounded by two alpha-helices, with a well conserved hydrophobic core and phoshotyrosyl peptide bind...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vihinen M,Nilsson L,Smith CI

更新日期：1994-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative real-time RT-PCR was used to investigate the effects of prototypical drug-metabolizing enzyme inducers rifampicin (Rif), dexamethasone (Dex), and omeprazole (Ome) on mRNA expression levels of the housekeeping genes beta-actin (ACTB), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), beta-glucuronidase (GU...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishimura M,Koeda A,Suzuki E,Shimizu T,Kawano Y,Nakayama M,Satoh T,Narimatsu S,Naito S

更新日期：2006-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Anchoring protein alphaKAP targets calmodulin kinase II (CaMKII) to the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and in the rabbit is a substrate of CaMKII itself in fast-twitch, but not in slow-twitch muscle. This work was aimed at elucidating the molecular basis for differential phosphorylation of alphaKAP. Here we show that tw...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Damiani E,Sacchetto R,Salviati L,Margreth A

更新日期：2003-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcineurin is a Ca2+ calmodulin dependent protein phosphatase which has an important role in the control of intracellular Ca2+ signalling. The protein is a heterodimer of one catalytic (CnA) subunit and one regulatory (CnB) subunit. As suggested by the protein sequence and confirmed by the crystallographic structure,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guerini D

更新日期：1997-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In rice, Hd3a, GF14 and OsFD1 proteins, forming florigen activation complex, are key components in flowering time regulation. GF14 genes in rice response to biotic and abiotic stress has also been well addressed. The role of GF14e in rice defense has been well studied. However, whether Hd3a and OsFD1 play roles in def...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ke Y,Wu M,Zhang Q,Li X,Xiao J,Wang S

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A dye displacement method was developed for determination of the affinities of compounds toward the active site of the detergent-solubilized sarcoplasmic reticulum CaATPase. Titration of the enzyme with 2',3'-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-ADP resulted in a large absorbance difference in the visible spectrum. Subsequent add...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Coll RJ,Murphy AJ

更新日期：1986-07-31 00:00:00