Identification and characterization of the zinc finger protein SjZF in Schistosoma japonicum.

abstract：:Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity bridges humoral immunity and cellular immunity. Thus vaccine candidates which can elicit both broadly neutralizing antibodies and potent antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) are recommended. Previously, a panel of functional epitopes that can elicit ADCC ef...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang J,Liu M,Ding N,Li Y,Shao J,Zhu M,Xie Z,Sun K

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory transduction in the cochlea depends on regulated ion secretion and absorption. Results of whole-organ experiments suggested that Reissner's membrane may play a role in the control of luminal Cl(-). We tested for the presence of Cl(-) transport pathways in isolated mouse Reissner's membrane using whole-cell pat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim KX,Marcus DC

更新日期：2010-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of extracellular ATP on intracellular free Ca2+ was characterized in quin2-loaded parotid acinar cells. ATP specifically increased the intracellular Ca2+ concentration six-fold above a basal level of 180 nM. Of other purine nucleotides tested, only adenylylthiodiphosphate (ATP gamma S) had significant activ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McMillian MK,Soltoff SP,Cantley LC,Talamo BR

更新日期：1987-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) is expressed not only in neuronal cells but also in non-neuronal cells such as astroglial cells. In the present study, the prion protein (PrP) gene (Prnp)-deficient astroglial cell line GpL1 from hippocampal cells of ZrchI Prnp(-/-) mice were established. Transfection of Prnp suppressed...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishimura T,Sakudo A,Xue G,Ikuta K,Yukawa M,Sugiura K,Onodera T

更新日期：2008-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a novel approach for analysis of TRPC channel activity, we report here that NSAIDs are involved into regulation of TRPC channels in the podocytes of the freshly isolated decapsulated glomeruli. Fluorescence and electron microscopy techniques confirmed the integrity of podocytes in the glomeruli. Western blotting...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ilatovskaya DV,Levchenko V,Ryan RP,Cowley AW Jr,Staruschenko A

更新日期：2011-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The methylcoenzyme M methylreductase reaction has an absolute requirement for 7-mercaptoheptanoylthreonine phosphate or component B, which is the active component of the intact molecule previously referred to as cytoplasmic cofactor. A hydrolytic fragment of cytoplasmic cofactor has been purified and identified as uri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Marsden BJ,Sauer FD,Blackwell BA,Kramer JK

更新日期：1989-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular structures of enzyme mimics may be modified to optimize their catalytic properties. In this study, to generate artificial enzyme mimics, Watson-Crick base paired DNA duplexes were designed as scaffolds which were assembled by nucleotides modified with specific functional groups. This process allowed vari...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu L,Ji C,Bai Y,He J,Liu K

更新日期：2013-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of the Aβ(1-40) peptide is linked to the development of extracellular plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. While previous studies commonly show the Aβ(1-40) is largely unstructured in solution, we show that Aβ(1-40) can adopt a compact, partially folded structure. In this structure (PDB ID: 2LFM)...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vivekanandan S,Brender JR,Lee SY,Ramamoorthy A

更新日期：2011-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous experiments have demonstrated that the intermediary metabolite 6-hydroxymethylbenzo[a] pyrene (HMBP) can be activated to the electrophilic mutagen, 6-sulfooxymethylbenzo[a]pyrene (SMBP), by rat and mouse liver PAPS-dependent sulfotransferase activity or by chemical synthesis. This aralkylating metabolite and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Flesher JW,Horn J,Lehner AF

更新日期：1997-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural data are presented on time-course changes in isolated rat hepatocyte suspensions exposed either to 1.2 or 1.8 mM CCl4 for up to 1 h. The subcellular changes at the lower concentration, but not the higher, are shown to closely parallel those reported to occur in rat hepatocytes following ingestion of CC...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tyson CA,Story DL,Stephens RJ

更新日期：1983-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous genetic evidence led to the conclusion that proteinase B of yeast was not involved in the function of chitin synthetase 1 (Chs1), based on the demonstration of normal septum formation, cell division and chitin deposition in mutants devoid of the proteinase (Zubenko, G.S., Mitchell, A.P., and Jones, E.W. (1979...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Silverman SJ,Shaw JA,Cabib E

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Translational control by specific eIF2alpha phosphorylation on serine 51 has been characterized in all eukaryotes with the significant exception of plants. In order to evaluate the capability of plant eIF2alpha to functionally control translation, the wild type (51S) and a nonphosphorylatable mutant (51A) of wheat eIF...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chang LY,Yang WY,Roth D

更新日期：2000-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed the real-time PCR quantification of endothelin-A (ET-A) and endothelin-B (ET-B) receptor genes and present their relative expression levels in various adult tissues and during development in mouse using the 2(-Delta Delta C(T)) method. ET-A and ET-B receptors were detected in all tissues examined. Gene ex...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Adur J,Takizawa S,Quan J,Uchide T,Saida K

更新日期：2003-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The ontogeny of T-Kininogen expression in the rat liver was examined. Levels approximately 6 fold higher than seen in the adult liver are present during the perinatal period. Elevated levels are also seen in the maternal liver, beginning 5 days prior to parturition. The timing of induction in the fetal and maternal li...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mann EA,Lingrel JB

更新日期：1991-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated how [1-14C]propionyl-CoA, which is the first product of the peroxisomal beta-oxidation of [1-14C] pristanic acid, is transported to mitochondria for further oxidation in human skin fibroblasts from patients with a defect in the mitochondrial carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase and carnitine-palmit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jakobs BS,Wanders RJ

更新日期：1995-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The first several months of life are a critical period for neuronal plasticity in the visual cortex, during which anatomical and physiological development depends upon visual experience. Rearing in darkness slows the time course of this critical period, such that at 5 weeks normal cats are more plastic than dark-reare...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yang C,Silver B,Ellis SR,Mower GD

更新日期：2001-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of leucine uptake by addition of concanavalin A, mediated by increase of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration [( Ca2+]), in lymphocytes (Mitsumoto, Y., Sato, K. and Mohri, T. (1988) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 968, 353-358) was abolished by N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide (W-7) and chlorprom...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sato K,Mitsumoto Y,Mohri T

更新日期：1988-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of synthetic peptide substrates for vertebrate collagenase having the structure Ac-Pro-Leu-Gly-X-Leu-Gly-OC2H5, where X is Leu, Ile, Val, Phe and Ala, have been prepared. Collagenolytic enzymes from various sources cleave these substrates with differing relative rate patterns. This series of peptides should b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Weingarten H,Feder J

更新日期：1986-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Secreted gelatinase from human neutrophils was purified as a 94 kDa polypeptide. Gelatinolytic and type IV collagenolytic activities of the purified protein were measured and compared. Immunoglobulins purified from antisera raised against gelatinase inhibited both the gelatinase and type IV collagenase activities. The...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morel F,Berthier S,Guillot M,Zaoui P,Massoubre C,Didier F,Vignais PV

更新日期：1993-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been withdrawn at the request of the editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gou X,Yang HA,He WY,Xiao MC,Wang M

更新日期：2010-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural stem cell (NSC) niche in subventricular zone (SVZ) of adult mammalian brain contains dense vascular plexus, where endothelial cells (ECs) regulate NSCs by releasing plenty of angiocrine factors. However, the role of ECs-derived exosomes, a novel type of mediators of intercellular communications, in the regu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang YZ,Liu F,Song CG,Cao XL,Zhang YF,Wu HN,Guo CJ,Li YQ,Zheng QJ,Zheng MH,Han H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is relatively common in elderly patients with atherosclerosis. MURC (muscle-restricted coiled-coil protein)/Cavin-4 modulating the caveolae function of muscle cells is expressed in cardiomyocytes, skeletal muscle cells and smooth muscle cells. Here, we show a novel functional role of MU...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyagawa K,Ogata T,Ueyama T,Kasahara T,Nakanishi N,Naito D,Taniguchi T,Hamaoka T,Maruyama N,Nishi M,Kimura T,Yamada H,Aoki H,Matoba S

更新日期：2017-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Four peptides possessing both natriuretic activity and smooth muscle relaxant activity were isolated from rat atrium and their amino acid sequences determined. The four peptides designated ANF-I, ANF-II, ANF-III and ANF-IV containing 35, 31, 30 and 25 amino acid residues, respectively, were obtained in a molar ratio o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Misono KS,Grammer RT,Fukumi H,Inagami T

更新日期：1984-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:CHFR ubiquitin ligase acts as a checkpoint upon DNA damage and its functional inactivation is one of key characteristics of tumor development and metastasis. Despite the crucial role in maintaining genome integrity and cell cycle progression, little is known how CHFR stability is regulated. Here, we showed that CHFR i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kwon YE,Bae SJ,Kim M,Seol JH

更新日期：2013-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoacoustic Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy was used to study phosphoamino acids and phosphoproteins. Using this method, we have found that the spectral properties of phosphate esters depend on the nature of the linkage, pH, and binding of metal ion. At high pH values, dianionic symmetric stretching of phosp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Graves DJ,Luo S

更新日期：1994-11-30 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：:Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) encoded by serpinf1 is a potent antiangiogenic factor found in a wide variety of fetal and adult tissues. Several reports have shown that lack of PEDF leads to osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) type VI whose hallmark is a defect in mineralization that leads to excessive osteoid buil...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li F,Armstrong GB,Tombran-Tink J,Niyibizi C

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the involvement of G(i/o) protein in NO production following the activation of proteinase-activated receptor-4 (PAR-4) in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells. AYPGKF-NH(2) (PAR-4 activating peptide), thrombin, and ionomycin induced a concentration-dependent NO production, with the maximal producti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Momota F,Hirano K,Hirano M,Nishimura J,Kanaide H

更新日期：2006-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) specifically phosphorylates the E1alpha subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC). Sequence analysis of cloned PDKs led to the proposal that they are mechanistically related to prokaryotic 2-component His-kinases. The reaction mechanism of protein His-kinases involves auto...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mooney BP,David NR,Thelen JJ,Miernyk JA,Randall DD

更新日期：2000-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Impermeable ferricyanide stimulates the growth of HeLa cells in absence of fetal bovine serum or other growth factors. A series of impermeable oxidants with redox potentials down to -125 mV stimulate equivalent growth. All of these oxidants are reduced by the transplasma membrane electron transport system. Oxidants wi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sun IL,Crane FL,Löw H,Grebing C

更新日期：1984-12-14 00:00:00