Accelerating repaired basement membrane after bevacizumab treatment on alkali-burned mouse cornea.

abstract：:Gap junctions and their structural proteins, connexins (Cxs), have been implicated in carcinogenesis. To explore the involvement of Cx32 in gastric carcinogenesis, immunochemical analysis of Cx32 and proliferation marker Ki67 using tissue-microarrayed human gastric cancer and normal tissues was performed. In addition,...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Jee H,Lee SH,Park JW,Lee BR,Nam KT,Kim DY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells undergo uncontrolled proliferation, and aberrant mitochondrial alterations. Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated protein 1 (TRAP1) is a mitochondrial heat shock protein. TRAP1 mRNA is highly expressed in some cancer cell lines and tumor tissues. However, the effects of its overexpression on mitochond...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Im CN,Seo JS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a surveillance mechanism ensuring the fast decay of mRNAs harboring a premature termination codon (PTC). As a quality control mechanism, NMD distinguishes PTCs from normal termination codons in order to degrade PTC-carrying mRNAs only. For this, NMD is connected to various other c...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lejeune F

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) catalyzes the interconversion of fructose-6-phosphate and mannose-6-phosphate in the extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) synthesis pathway. The gene encoding PMI in Sphingomonas chungbukensis DJ77 was cloned and expressed in E. coli. The pmi gene is 1,410 nucleotides long and the deduced ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Tran ST,Le DT,Kim YC,Shin M,Choi JD

更新日期：2009-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation induces the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that promote apoptotic cell death. We showed that cytosolic NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDPc) plays an essential role in the control of cellular redox balance and defense against oxidative damage, by supplying NADPH for...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee SJ,Park JW

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serine/threonine kinase mTOR is essential for the phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3K) signaling pathway, and regulates the development and function of immune cells. Aberrant activation of mTOR signaling pathway is associated with many cancers including leukemia. Here, we report the contributions of mTOR signaling to...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park S,Sim H,Lee K

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：:Insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 signaling (IIS) pathway regulates aging in many organisms, ranging from simple invertebrates to mammals, including humans. Many seminal discoveries regarding the roles of IIS in aging and longevity have been made by using the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans and the fruit fly...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Altintas O,Park S,Lee SJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salsolinol (1-methyl-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline) is a compound derived from dopamine metabolism and is capable of causing dopaminergic neurodegeneration. Oxidative modification of neurofilament proteins has been implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. In this study, oxidative m...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kang JH

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Protein phosphatase 1 consists of a secondary structure arrangement, conserved in the serine/threonine protein phosphatase gene family, flanked by nonconserved N-terminal and C-terminal domains. The deletion mutant of PP1 with the 8 nonconserved N-terminal residues removed was designated PP1-(9-330). PP1-(9-330) had a...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Xie X,Huang W,Xue C,Wei Q

更新日期：2008-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The 12 kDa FK506-binding protein (FK506BP12), an immunosuppressor, modulates T cell activation via calcineurin inhibition. In this study, we investigated the ability of PEP-1-FK506BP12, consisting of FK506BP12 fused to the protein transduction domain PEP-1 peptide, to suppress catabolic responses in primary human chon...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Hwang HS,Park IY,Kim DW,Choi SY,Jung YO,Kim HA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have become popular as an approach for the identification of large numbers of phenotype-associated variants. However, differences in genetic architecture and environmental factors mean that the effect of variants can vary across populations. Understanding population genetic diver...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim YU,Kim YJ,Lee JY,Park K

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：: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：:Fibrin is a natural provisional matrix found in wound healing, while type I collagen is a major organic component of bone matrix. Despite the frequent use of fibrin and type I collagen in bone regenerative approaches, their comparative efficacies have not yet been evaluated. In the present study, we compared the effec...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Oh JH,Kim HJ,Kim TI,Woo KM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is a natural and gradual process in human life. It is influenced by heredity, environment, lifestyle, and disease. DNA methylation varies with age, and the ability to predict the age of donor using DNA from evidence materials at a crime scene is of considerable value in forensic investigations. Recently, many st...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Jung SE,Shin KJ,Lee HY

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：: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：:We investigate the correlation between the glycosylation modified prion proteins and apoptosis. The wild-type PRNP gene and four PRNP gene glycosylated mutants were transiently expressed in HeLa cells. The effect of apoptosis induced by PrP mutants was confirmed by MTT assay, Hochest staining, Annexin-V staining and P...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Yang Y,Chen L,Pan HZ,Kou Y,Xu CM

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have reported that delayed-rectifier Kv channels regulate apoptosis in the nervous system. Herein, we investigated changes in the expression of the delayed-rectifier Kv channels Kv1.2, Kv2.1, and Kv3.1 after acute spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats. We performed RT-PCR analysis and found an increase in th...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Song MY,Moon YJ,Shin SK,Kim TY,Yune TY,Park KS

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:The aim of work was to investigate changes of 7-ketocholesterol synthesis in alveolar macrophages in the dynamic of lung mechanical ventilation with injurious parameters. The goal of in vitro part of work was to observe influence of 7-ketocholesterol on iNOS and MIP1 Beta production in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BA...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Klimenko OV,Vobruba V,Martasek P

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Integrated Stress Response (ISR) refers to a signaling pathway initiated by stress-activated eIF2α kinases. Once activated, the pathway causes attenuation of global mRNA translation while also paradoxically inducing stress response gene expression. A detailed analysis of this pathway has helped us better understan...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Ryoo HD,Vasudevan D

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) is a positive strand RNA virus. We have modified TYMV coat protein (CP) by inserting a c-Myc epitope peptide at the N- or C-terminus of the CP, and have examined its effect on assembly. We introduced the recombinant CP constructs into Nicotiana benthamiana leaves by agroinfiltration. ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Shin HI,Chae KH,Cho TJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：: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：:Methylglyoxal (MG) was identified as an intermediate in non-enzymatic glycation and increased levels were reported in patients with diabetes. In this study, we evaluated the effects of MG on the modification of ferritin. When ferritin was incubated with MG, covalent crosslinking of the protein increased in a time- and...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： An SH,Lee MS,Kang JH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic protein type 2 receptor (BMPR2) is one of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily receptors, performing diverse roles during embryonic development, vasculogenesis, and osteogenesis. Human BMPR2 consists of 1,038 amino acids, and contains functionally conserved extracellular, transmembra...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim MJ,Park SY,Chang HR,Jung EY,Munkhjargal A,Lim JS,Lee MS,Kim Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00