Positive inotropic effects and receptors of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in porcine ventricular muscles.

abstract：:P53 is renowned as a cellular tumor suppressor poised to instigate remedial responses to various stress insults that threaten DNA integrity. P53 levels and activities are kept under tight regulation involving a complex network of activators and inhibitors, which determine the type and extent of p53 growth inhibitory s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Levav-Cohen Y,Goldberg Z,Zuckerman V,Grossman T,Haupt S,Haupt Y

更新日期：2005-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have discovered two new exons in the mouse fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2 or bFGF) gene that can be alternatively spliced to the second coding exon of the gene. The newly identified exons 1b and 1c are located at, respectively, approximately 19 and 32 kb downstream of the canonical exon 1a. Using RT-PCR analysis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dirks RP,Potter SJ,Griep AE

更新日期：2001-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), a member of nuclear receptors, is expressed at a high level in adipose tissue and plays an important role in adipocyte differentiation. In the present study, we identified the expression of PPARgamma in rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMC) using reverse t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iijima K,Yoshizumi M,Ako J,Eto M,Kim S,Hashimoto M,Sugimoto N,Liang YQ,Sudoh N,Toba K,Ouchi Y

更新日期：1998-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in phospholipid and fatty acid profile are hallmarks of cancer progression. Increase in peripheral benzodiazepine receptor expression has been implicated in breast cancer. The benzodiazepine, Ro5-4864, increases cell proliferation in some breast cancer cell lines. Biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine (PC) has b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Akech J,Sinha Roy S,Das SK

更新日期：2005-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF1R) require homo- and hetero-dimerisation with their own family members to acquire full function. We recently showed that IGF1R gene silencing led to EGFR hyper-phosphorylation in human breast cancer cells, and hypothes...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Riedemann J,Takiguchi M,Sohail M,Macaulay VM

更新日期：2007-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes prepared from lecithin:cholesterol:p-aminophenyl-alpha-mannoside (7:2:1, v/v/v) were efficiently incorporated into the mouse brain across the blood brain barrier. Furthermore, liposomes injected intraperitoneally were exclusively distributed into lysosome rich fraction and also taken up by glial cells. These...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Umezawa F,Eto Y

更新日期：1988-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase D (PKD) has been established as a negative modulator of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway. We previously demonstrated that induced expression of constitutively active PKD (PKD-S744/748E) that mimics phosphorylation by PKC is sufficient to attenuate epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimula...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hurd C,Rozengurt E

更新日期：2003-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect midgut peritrophic membrane (PM) is a functional structure that protects insects against chemical damage and microorganism infection. The essential component in PM is chitin and its synthesis is catalyzed by Class B chitin synthase (CHSB), which plays a unique role in chitin-containing organisms and thus repres...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Qu M,Liu T,Yang J,Yang Q

更新日期：2011-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chikungunya is a severe disease that results from infection with the chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus. Thus, we (1) explored a new approach to combining previously researched drugs that have shown the potential to inhibit CHIKV infection; and (2) demonstrated the antiviral effects of (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gall...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lu JW,Hsieh PS,Lin CC,Hu MK,Huang SM,Wang YM,Liang CY,Gong Z,Ho YJ

更新日期：2017-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse Msx 1 gene, orthologous of the Drosophila msh, is involved in several developmental processes. BMP family members are major proteins in the regulation of Msx 1 expression. BMP signaling activates Smad 1/5/8 proteins, which associate to Smad 4 before translocating to the nucleus. Analysis of Msx 1 promoter reveal...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Alvarez Martinez CE,Binato R,Gonzalez S,Pereira M,Robert B,Abdelhay E

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystal structure of the complex between porcine beta-trypsin and the second domain of the Kazal-type ovomucoid turkey egg white trypsin inhibitor (OMTKY2) has been determined at 1.9A resolution. A peptide fragment from the first domain has been crystallized with the complex. Restrained-refinement of the structure led...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ibrahim BS,Pattabhi V

更新日期：2004-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to a role in translation, AIMP1 is secreted to affect various immune cells, such as macrophages, dendritic cells, B cells, and natural killer cells. However, the direct effects of AIMP1 on T cells have not yet been reported. In this study, we investigated whether AIMP1 could modulate T cell responses direc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim MS,Lee A,Cho D,Kim TS

更新日期：2019-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of cytochrome b5 to rat cytochrome P450 2B1 was inhibited (by 75%) by a synthetic peptide corresponding to P450 residues 116-134. The role of Lys-122 and Arg-125 were evaluated using peptides in which one or both of these basic residues were replaced with Glu. The Lys-122 substitution nearly abolished while th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Omata Y,Sakamoto H,Robinson RC,Pincus MR,Friedman FK

更新日期：1994-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven tumors independently derived from a v-Ha-ras-expressing pre-B cell line were examined to determine the oncogene activations cooperating with v-Ha-ras in in vivo tumor progression. The pre-B cell line was generated by infection with Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMuLV) and a MoMuLV-derived recombinant expressin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen SC,Redenius D,Schwartz RC

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus infection triggers innate responses to host cells including production of type I interferon (IFN). Since IFN production is also induced by treatment with poly(I:C), viral double-stranded (ds) RNA has been postulated to play a direct role in the process. In the present study, we investigated the effect of dsRNA b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iwamura T,Yoneyama M,Koizumi N,Okabe Y,Namiki H,Samuel CE,Fujita T

更新日期：2001-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are newly identified, potent producers of type 2 cytokines, such as IL-5 and IL-13, and contribute to the development of allergic lung inflammation induced by cysteine proteases. Although it has been shown that inducible costimulator (ICOS), a costimulatory molecule, is expressed ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kamachi F,Isshiki T,Harada N,Akiba H,Miyake S

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:An antifungal protein, AtUSP protein (At3g53990), was isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana leaves by ion and size chromatography and sequenced by N-terminal sequencing. The AtUSP gene amplified from an Arabidopsis leaf cDNA library was transformed to Escherichia coli to express the AtUSP protein. The recombinant protein...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park SC,Jung YJ,Lee Y,Kim IR,Seol MA,Kim EJ,Jang MK,Lee JR

更新日期：2017-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation of normal myoblasts into dystrophic muscles is a potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). However, the success of such grafts is limited by the immune system responses. To avoid rejection problems, autologous transplantation of the patient's corrected myoblasts has been proposed. Regr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huard C,Moisset PA,Dicaire A,Merly F,Tardif F,Asselin I,Tremblay JP

更新日期：1998-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) modulate various cellular functions, in addition to providing substrates for the production of proteins. In this study, we examined the effect of BCAAs on the secretion of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) by hepatic stellate cells. A hepatic stellate cell clone was cultured in medium s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tomiya T,Inoue Y,Yanase M,Arai M,Ikeda H,Tejima K,Nagashima K,Nishikawa T,Fujiwara K

更新日期：2002-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effects of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) on the expression of uPAR and the mechanism by which it regulates expression of uPAR was examined in two different colon cancer cell lines HCT116 and GEO, respectively. The study shows that under physiological concentration, aspirin upregulates steady-state ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jamaluddin MS

更新日期：2006-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary copper-deficiency in rats produced a organ-specific decrease of copper content. This was paralleled by a decrease of the activity of the copper-enzyme superoxide dismutase. In liver such a decrease is partially due to the existence of an apo-form of superoxide dismutase, which can be reactivated by addition of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rossi L,Ciriolo MR,Marchese E,De Martino A,Giorgi M,Rotilio G

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There are very few reports on antifungal proteins from rhizomes and there is none from the family of Zingiberaceae. An antifungal protein with a novel N-terminal sequence was isolated from ginger rhizomes utilizing a protocol that involved ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, affinity chromatography on Affi-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang H,Ng TB

更新日期：2005-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitous eukaryotic protein kinase CKII (casein kinase II) has been found to interact with a number of cellular proteins, either through the catalytic subunit or the regulatory subunit. Using the yeast two-hybrid screening method, we found that the catalytic subunit of Drosophila melanogaster CKII (DmCKII) inter...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao W,Bidwai AP,Glover CV

更新日期：2002-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Full-length human p53 protein was examined using tryptophan fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy (CD) to monitor unfolding. No significant alteration in tryptophan fluorescence for the tetrameric protein was detectable over a wide range of either urea or guanidine hydrochloride concentrations, in contrast ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nichols NM,Matthews KS

更新日期：2001-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals dietary ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron for more efficient absorption by the intestine. Analysis of a pig duodenal membrane fraction revealed two NADH-dependent ferric reductase activities, one associated with a b-type cytochrome and the other not. Purification and characterization of the non-cytochr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee PL,Halloran C,Cross AR,Beutler E

更新日期：2000-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Large tumor suppressor kinase 1 (LATS1) is a serine/threonine kinase of the AGC kinase family in mammals and involved in various biological processes, it is a key regulator of cell cycle progression. However, the role of LATS1 in central nervous system trauma is still unknown. In present study, we performed an acute s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Y,Chen M

更新日期：2018-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) induces intrahepatic cholestasis and canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter (CMOAT/MRP2) plays a central role in hepatic bilirubin transport. This study examined the role of Kupffer cell in LPS-induced cholestasis. Rats were injected intravenously with LPS. Kupffer cells were ina...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakamura J,Nishida T,Hayashi K,Kawada N,Ueshima S,Sugiyama Y,Ito T,Sobue K,Matsuda H

更新日期：1999-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An inhibitor of reverse transcriptase of Moloney leukemia virus was reported previously in the cytoplasm of the cultured cells (1). In this report, the mechanism of the inhibition was examined. The inhibitory activity was completely abrogated by treatment at 55 degrees C for 20 min. Destruction of the reaction product...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rokutanda M,Watanabe ST,Maeda YY

更新日期：1984-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:An antiserum was generated against a C-terminal peptide of the mouse activin type II receptor (ActR-II), which specifically immunoprecipitates ActR-II protein transiently expressed in COS-1 cells. Autophosphorylation activity of the ActR-II was examined in [32P]orthophosphate labeled COS-1 cells. The immunoprecipitate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ichijo H,Yamashita H,ten Dijke P,Eto Y,Heldin CH,Miyazono K

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous fungus Aspergillus ochraceus TS produces an inducible microsomal cytochrome P-450 linked monooxygenase which is capable of hydroxylating benzo(a)pyrene in presence of O2 and NADPH. The addition of Benzo(a)pyrene, 3-Methyl cholanthrene, beta-Naphthoflavone and other aryl hydrocarbons during the inductio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dutta D,Ghosh DK,Mishra AK,Samanta TB

更新日期：1983-09-15 00:00:00