Snail1 is involved in de novo cardiac fibrosis after myocardial infarction in mice.

abstract：:Human-induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells share the same key properties as embryonic stem cells, and may be generated from patient- or disease-specific sources, which makes them attractive for personalized medicine, drug screens, or cellular therapy. Long-term cultivation and maintenance of normal iPS cells in an und...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu T,Chen Q,Huang Y,Huang Q,Jiang L,Guo L

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-quadruplexes are higher-order nucleic acid structures formed in G-rich sequences in DNA or RNA. G-quadruplexes are distributed in many locations in the human genome, including promoter regions, and are viewed as promising therapeutic targets. Uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1) is a mitochondrial thermogenic gene critical f...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao Y,Uhler JP

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl-2, a prominent member of the Bcl-2 family proteins, is responsible for the dysregulation of apoptosis and resistance to chemotherapy. In this study, we investigated whether small hairpin RNA (shRNA) targeting at Bcl-2 mRNA could enhance cytarabine (Ara-C)-induced apoptosis in Raji cells. Bcl-2 shRNA was transfecte...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： He D,Fang B

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several discriminate functions for predicting core promoters that based on the potential cooperation between transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) are discussed. It is demonstrated that the promoter predicting accuracy is improved when the cooperation among TFBSs is taken into consideration. The core promoter reg...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Ma XT,Qian MP,Tang HX

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4) and phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) are well known as tumor suppressors that are closely related to tumor occurrence and progression. It was reported that ING4 and PTEN showed synergistic antitumor activities in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. The two tu...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Rakshit N,Yang S,Zhou W,Xu Y,Deng C,Yang J,Yu H,Wei W

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NifA is the general transcriptional activator of nitrogen fixation genes in diazotrophic bacteria. In Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae strain 8401/pRL1JI, the NifA gene is part of a gene cluster (fixABCXNifAB). In this study, results showed that in R. leguminosarum bv.viciae 8401/pRL1JI, host factor required (Hfq), ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang Y,Hong G

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria play a key role in the regulation of apoptosis induced by numerous antitumor chemotherapeutic and other toxic agents. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) exerts significant cellular killing efficacy through either an apoptotic or necrotic cell death pathway. This study investigated the mechanism underlying the kil...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Huang HF,Chen YZ,Wu Y

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence suggests that specific spatio-temporal microRNA (miRNA) expression is required for heart development. In recent years, hundreds of miRNAs have been discovered. In contrast, functional annotations are available only for a very small fraction of these regulatory molecules. In order to provide a global ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu G,Ding M,Chen J,Huang J,Wang H,Jing Q,Shen B

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T helper cell type 1 (Th1) and 2 (Th2) play central roles in immune regulation. To identify the novel genes differentially expressed between Th1 and Th2 cells, CD4+ T cells were isolated from DO11.10 transgenic mice and induced under Th1 or Th2 conditions. Microarray showed differential expression of neutrophilic gran...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Xie D,Liu Z,Li Z,Ji Y,Chen J,Sun B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian STE20-like kinase 1 (Mst1) is the mammalian homologue of Drosophila Hippo, a major inhibitor of cell proliferation in Drosophila. It ubiquitously encodes serine threonine kinase that belongs to the family of protein kinases related to yeast STE20, and is involved in cell proliferation, apoptosis, oncogenesis...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Xu C,Liu C,Huang W,Tu S,Wan F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is a brain-gut peptide that serves as a natural ligand for growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR). It also exists abundantly in the cardiovascular system. In order to evaluate the possible role of ghrelin in the development of atherosclerosis, the effect of ghrelin on the expression of cell differentiatio...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang M,Yuan F,Chen H,Qiu X,Fang W

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LT(K63), a non-toxic mutant and LT(R72), a low toxic mutant of E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin are frequently used mucosal adjuvants. In many cases, the adjuvanticity of LT(K63) is lower than that of LT(R72), but LT(K63), which induces a mixed Th1/Th2 response, exhibits a higher level of protection than LT(R72) which ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Feng Q,Yang J,Luo P,Zhang WJ,Zou QM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (TPP) is an essential enzyme for growth of mycobacteria, which has been identified to be a potential anti-tuberculosis drug target. However, the biochemical and ligand-binding properties and the 3D structure of TPP remain unclear so far. In the present study, we expressed the recombin...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Shi L,Zhang H,Qiu Y,Wang Q,Wu X,Wang H,Zhang X,Lin D

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play a vital role in viral control and clearance. Recent studies have elucidated that Tapasin, an endoplasmic reticulum chaperone, is a well-known molecule that appears to be essential in peptide-loading process. The Janus kinase/signal transducers and ac...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wu S,Chen X,Tang Y,Zhang Y,Li D,Chen J,Wang J,Tang Z,Zang G,Yu Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several essential biological progresses in mammals are regulated by circadian rhythms. Though the molecular mechanisms of oscillating these circadian rhythms have been uncovered, the specific functions of the circadian genes are not very clear. It has been reported that knocking down circadian genes by microRNA is a u...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao X,Zhu X,Cheng S,Xie Y,Wang Z,Liu Y,Jiang Z,Xiao J,Guo H,Wang Y

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major goal of researchers and oncologists is to develop promising ground for novel therapeutic strategies to prevent recurrence or relapse of cancer. Recent evidences suggest that a subset of cells called cancer stem cells (CSCs) are present within the tumor mass which possess tumorigenic capacity and may be respo...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Bhattacharyya S,Khanduja KL

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs are highly conserved endogenous small noncoding RNAs and demonstrated to play important roles in the metastatic cascade of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), including the process of anoikis resistance. In this study, the correlation between miRNA-363-3p (miR-363-3p) expression and PTC metastasis was analyze...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Pan Y,Zhu X,Wang K,Chen Y

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortactin, an actin-binding protein and a substrate of Src, is encoded by the EMS1 oncogene. Cortactin is known to activate Arp2/3 complex-mediated actin polymerization and interact with dynamin, a large GTPase and proline rich domain-containing protein. Transferrin endocytosis was significantly reduced in cells by kn...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Chen L,Wang ZW,Zhu JW,Zhan X

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality control (QC) system of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an important monitoring mechanism in the protein maturation process, which ensures export of properly folded proteins from the ER. Incorrectly or incompletely folded proteins are retained in the ER for refolding or degradation by the ER-residing prot...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wu JC,Liang ZQ,Qin ZH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore new targets for hepatoma research, we used a surface display library to screen novel tumor cell-specific peptides. The bacterial FliTrx system was screened with living normal liver cell line L02 and hepatoma cell line HepG2 successively to search for hepatoma-specific peptides. Three clones (Hep1, Hep2, and...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li W,Lei P,Yu B,Wu S,Peng J,Zhao X,Zhu H,Kirschfink M,Shen G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that combination treatment with natural products and chemotherapy agents can improve the sensitivity and cytotoxicity of chemotherapy agents. Resveratrol, a natural product, has many biological effects including antitumor and antiviral activities, as well as vascular protective effect. The a...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Hu S,Li X,Xu R,Ye L,Kong H,Zeng X,Wang H,Xie W

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotton fiber developmental transition from elongation to secondary cell wall biosynthesis is a critical growth shifting phase that affects fiber final length, strength, and other properties. Morphological dynamic analysis indicated an asynchronous fiber developmental pattern between two most important commercial cotto...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhou X,Hu W,Li B,Yang Y,Zhang Y,Thow K,Fan L,Qu Y

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:An L-amino acid oxidase (LAAO), NA-LAAO, was purified from the venom of Naja atra. Its N-terminal sequence shows great similarity with LAAOs from other snake venoms. NA-LAAO dose-dependently induced aggregation of washed human platelets. However, it had no activity on platelets in platelet-rich plasma. A low concentra...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li R,Zhu S,Wu J,Wang W,Lu Q,Clemetson KJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) is expressed in pancreatic β cells and is involved in insulin secretion. However, the precise mechanisms remain unclear. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK), which plays a vital role in the anchoring of insulin granules on pancreatic β cell me...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang K,Yuan Q,Xie J,Yuan L,Wang Y

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been established that hyaluronic acid (HA) glycans (nHA) and oligosaccharide (oHA) exert different effects on the biological function of the vascular endothelial cell (EC), resulting in altered regulation of angiogenesis. However, the specific mechanism is still unclear. Our study focused on the effects of nHA ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Mo W,Yang C,Liu Y,He Y,Wang Y,Gao F

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether apelin-13 induced THP-1 monocytes (MCs) adhesion to ECV304 human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) via 14-3-3 signaling transduction pathway and the potential novel physiological function and signaling transduction pathway of apelin-APJ, HUVECs ECV304 were cultured in DMEM and MCs THP-1 ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li X,Zhang X,Li F,Chen L,Li L,Qin X,Gao J,Su T,Zeng Y,Liao D

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:HEAT repeat-containing protein 1 (HEATR1) is related to the progression of several cancers. However, the role of HEATR1 in gastric cancer (GC) remains unknown. In the present study, we aimed to detect the expression of HEATR1 in GC and identify its role. The expressions of HEATR1 in GC tissues were analyzed using The ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao J,Zhu Y,Fu Q,Zhu Y,Zhao G

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified a matrix protein, MSI7, from pearl oyster Pinctada fucata. According to the structural analysis, the DGD site in the N-terminal of MSI7 is crucial for its role in the shell formation. In this study, we expressed a series of recombinant MSI7 proteins, including the wild-type and several mutants...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Feng Q,Fang Z,Yan Z,Xing R,Xie L,Zhang R

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotrimeric G-proteins localized in the plasma membrane convey the signals from G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) to different effectors. At least some types of G-protein α subunits have been shown to be partly released from plasma membranes and to move into the cytosol after receptor activation by the agonists. ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Drastichova Z,Novotny J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to construct a lentiviral expression vector containing a scavenger receptor (SR-PSOX) that binds with uniquely phosphatidylserine and oxidized lipoprotein with six histidine tags and to investigate the function of SR-PSOX in atherosclerosis. We utilize the ViraPower lentiviral expression syste...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Quan Z,Yang H,Yang Y,Yan B,Cao R,Wen G,Liu C,Xu Y

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00