Molecular docking study on the α3β2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor complexed with α-conotoxin GIC.

abstract：:Cardiac regeneration with adult stem-cell (ASC) therapy is a promising field to address advanced cardiovascular diseases. In addition, extracellular vesicles (EVs) from ASCs have been implicated in acting as paracrine factors to improve cardiac functions in ASC therapy. In our work, we isolated human cardiac mesenchym...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kang IS,Suh J,Lee MN,Lee C,Jin J,Lee C,Yang YI,Jang Y,Oh GT

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tunicamycin, an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress inducer, specifically inhibits N-glycosylation. The cyclic AMP (cAMP) response element-binding protein H (CREBH) was previously shown to be regulated by UPR-dependent proteolytic cleavage in the liver. On the other hand, the role of CREBH in other tissues is unknown. I...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Jang WG,Kim EJ,Koh JT

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the mechanisms involved in KHG26377 regulation of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) activity, focusing on the roles of SIRT4 and SIRT3. Intraperitoneal injection of mice with KHG26377 reduced GDH activity with concomitant repression of glucose-induced insulin secretion. Consistent with their known function...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim EA,Yang SJ,Choi SY,Lee WJ,Cho SW

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stresses and nutritional starvation are two main external signals for the induction of sex pheromones in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. In an attempt to identify the components involved in transduction of starvation signals, we screened 135 temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants and isolated 6 mutants that i...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Jun J,Kim D

更新日期：2008-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine methylation plays crucial roles in many cellular functions including signal transduction, RNA transcription, and regulation of gene expression. Protein arginine methyltransferase 8 (PRMT8), a unique brain-specific protein, is localized to the plasma membrane. However, the detailed molecular mechanisms underly...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park SW,Jun YW,Choi HE,Lee JA,Jang DJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activities of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) might be mediated through a classical receptormediated or non-classical endocytic pathway. JAB1 (C-Jun activation domain-binding protein-1) promotes the degradation of the tumor suppressor, p53, and the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, p27. Wh...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park YH,Jeong MS,Ha KT,Yu HS,Jang SB

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Insulin has antiapoptotic activity in various cell types. However, the signaling pathways underlying the antiapoptotic activity of insulin is not yet known. This study was conducted to determine if cAMP affects the antiapoptotic activity of insulin and the activity of PI3K and ERK in CHO cells expressing human insulin...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Cui ZG,Hong NY,Guan J,Kang HK,Lee DH,Lee YK,Park DB

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of lipids in cell signaling and tissue physiology is demonstrated by the many CNS pathologies involving deregulated lipid metabolism. One such critical metabolic event is the activation of phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)), which results in the hydrolysis of membrane phospholipids and the release of free fatt...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Adibhatla RM,Hatcher JF

更新日期：2008-08-31 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：:Although there have been many studies of native Korean cattle, Hanwoo, there have been no selective sweep studies in these animals. This study was performed to characterize genetic variation and identify selective signatures. We sequenced the genomes of 12 cattle, and identified 15125420 SNPs, 1768114 INDELs, and 3445...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee T,Cho S,Seo KS,Chang J,Kim H,Yoon D

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pphsc70 (heat shock cognate 70) gene was isolated from the endoparasitoid Pteromalus puparum and then characterized. The full-length cDNA was 2204 base pair (bp) and contained a single 1968 bp ORF that encoded a polypeptide of 656 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 71.28 kDa. Phylogenetic analysis base...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Wang H,Dong SZ,Li K,Hu C,Ye GY

更新日期：2008-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientists planning research that involves the use of animals are required to examine the possibilities for replacement, reduction, or refinement (the Three Rs), and their protocol must be reviewed by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Good scientific practice involving appropriate search techniques on t...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Choe BI,Lee GH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular senescence is a state of permanent cell cycle arrest which exhibits large and flattened morphological characteristics. Cellular senescence might evolve to a beneficial process to suppress the accumulation of severely damaged cells. However, senescent cells are considered as the cause of age-related pathologie...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee JS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 20 (TOMM20) plays an essential role as a receptor for proteins targeted to mitochondria. TOMM20 was shown to be overexpressed in various cancers. However, the oncological function and therapeutic potential for TOMM20 in cancer remains largely unexplored. The purpose of this ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park SH,Lee AR,Choi K,Joung S,Yoon JB,Kim S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs (GRFs) are sequencepecific DNA-binding transcription factors that regulate various aspects of plant growth and development. GRF proteins interact with a transcription cofactor, GRF-INTERACTING FACTOR (GIF), to form a functional transcriptional complex. For its activities, the GRF-GIF duo requ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim JH

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an essential cytokine that has functions in the formation of new blood vessels and regression of cardiac hypertrophy. VEGF/VEGF-receptor-1 (VEGFR1) signaling plays a key role in the regression of cardiac hypertrophy, whereas VEGF/VEGFR2 signaling leads to cardiac hypertroph...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee JS,Song DW,Park JH,Kim JO,Cho C,Kim DH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell proliferation is a delicately regulated process that couples growth signals and metabolic demands to produce daughter cells. Interestingly, the proliferation of tumor cells immensely depends on glycolysis, the Warburg effect, to ensure a sufficient amount of metabolic flux and bioenergetics for macromolecule synt...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kee HJ,Cheong JH

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：:Osteoclasts are multinucleated giant cells derived from myeloid progenitors. Excessive bone resorption by osteoclasts can result in serious clinical outcomes for which better treatment options are needed. Here, we identified fibronectin leucine-rich transmembrane protein 2 (Flrt2), a ligand of the Unc5 receptor family...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Shirakawa J,Takegahara N,Kim H,Lee SH,Sato K,Yamagishi S,Choi Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:Liver cells experience hypoxic stress when drug-metabolizing enzymes excessively consume O2 for hydroxylation. Hypoxic stress changes the transcription of several genes by activating a heterodimeric transcription factor called hypoxia-inducible factor- 1α/β (HIF-1α/β). We found that hypoxic stress (0.1% O2) decreased ...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Moon Y,Park B,Park H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ras/Raf/MEK/Erk signaling pathway is important for regulation of cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, survival, and apoptosis in response to a variety of extracellular stimuli. Lack of Erk MAPK activation is observed in several cancer cells despite active activation of Ras. However, little is known about t...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Park YJ,Lee JM,Shin SY,Kim YH

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies, memory storage was localized to engram cells distributed across the brain. While these studies have provided an individual cellular profile of engram cells, their synaptic connectivity, or whether they follow Hebbian mechanisms, remains uncertain. Therefore, our recent study investigated whether s...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Kim JI,Choi DI,Kaang BK

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Muscle fibers are generally formed as multinucleated fibers that are differentiated from myoblasts. Several reports have identified transcription factors and proteins involved in the process of muscle differentiation, but the roles of microRNAs (miRNAs) in myogenesis remain unclear. Here, comparative analysis of the m...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Lee B,Shin YJ,Lee SM,Son YH,Yang YR,Lee KP

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid droplet (LD) is a cellular organelle that stores neutral lipids as a source of energy and carbon. However, recent research has emerged that the organelle is involved in lipid synthesis, transportation, and metabolism, as well as mediating cellular protein storage and degradation. With the exception of multi-cell...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Liu Y,Zhang C,Shen X,Zhang X,Cichello S,Guan H,Liu P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sterile alpha motif (SAM) is a putative protein interaction domain involved in a wide variety of biological processes. Here we report the identification and characterization of a novel gene, SAMD4B, which encodes a putative protein of 694 amino acids with a SAM domain. Northern blot and RT-PCR analysis showed that...

journal_title：BMB reports

authors： Luo N,Li G,Li Y,Fan X,Wang Y,Ye X,Mo X,Zhou J,Yuan W,Tan M,Xie H,Ocorr K,Bodmer R,Deng Y,Wu X

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00