Large-scale network models of IL-1 and IL-6 signalling and their hepatocellular specification.

abstract：:As the usage of fluorescence microscopy as a tool to study biological systems continues to grow, so does the need for additional tools that permit the selective detection of proteins of interest. Existing selective and well-characterized kinase inhibitors may be exploited to develop novel small molecule probes useful ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhang Z,Kwiatkowski N,Zeng H,Lim SM,Gray NS,Zhang W,Yang PL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induced reprogramming of somatic cells has had a great impact on stem cell research, and the reprogramming technologies have evolved from four transgenic factors (Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc; OSKM) to just a few microRNAs (mainly miR-290/302 seed family). Despite these advances, the molecular events occurring during v...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Yang CS,Rana TM

更新日期：2013-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental data from biological pathways come in many forms: qualitative or quantitative, static or dynamic. By combining a variety of these heterogeneous sources of data, we construct a mathematical model of a critical regulatory network in vertebrate development, the Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway. The structure...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Boykin ER,Ogle WO

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic screens for human disease genes have emerged in recent years, due to the wealth of information provided by genome sequences and large scale datasets. Here we review how integration of genomic data in yeast and human is helping to elucidate the genetic basis of mitochondrial diseases. The identification of n...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Perocchi F,Mancera E,Steinmetz LM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genome-wide screen of a yeast non-essential gene-deletion library was used to identify sick phenotypes due to oxygen deprivation. The screen provided a manageable list of 384 potentially novel as well as known oxygen responding (anoxia-survival) genes. The gene-deletion mutants were further assayed for sensitivity t...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Samanfar B,Omidi K,Hooshyar M,Laliberte B,Alamgir M,Seal AJ,Ahmed-Muhsin E,Viteri DF,Said K,Chalabian F,Golshani A,Wainer G,Burnside D,Shostak K,Bugno M,Willmore WG,Smith ML,Golshani A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein tyrosine phosphatases are crucial regulators of signal transduction and function as antagonists towards protein tyrosine kinases to control reversible tyrosine phosphorylation, thereby regulating fundamental physiological processes. Growing evidence has supported the notion that reversible oxidative inactivati...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Garcia FJ,Carroll KS

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon entering biological systems, such as the blood stream, nanoparticles form molecular complexes with the proteins encountered called protein coronas, which shield the surface of the exogenous nanoparticle. The most abundant blood proteins, such as albumin, initially occupy the surface of the nanoparticle. Owing to ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ramezani F,Rafii-Tabar H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical modifications to mRNA, especially N6-methyladenosine (m6A) and 5-methylcytosine (m5C), have been recently shown to be associated with crucial biological functions. Despite the intriguing advancements, little is known so far about the dynamic landscape of RNA methylome across different cell types and how th...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Liu L,Zhang SW,Zhang YC,Liu H,Zhang L,Chen R,Huang Y,Meng J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic information in genomes is ordered, arranged in such a way that it constitutes a code, the so-called cis regulatory code. The regulatory machinery of the cell, termed trans-factors, decodes and expresses this information. In this way, genomes maintain a potential repertoire of genetic programs, parts of which a...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Rangel-Chavez C,Galan-Vasquez E,Martinez-Antonio A

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological networks are effective tools for studying molecular interactions. Modular structure, in which genes or proteins may tend to be associated with functional modules or protein complexes, is a remarkable feature of biological networks. Mining modular structure from biological networks enables us to focus on a s...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Jiao QJ,Huang Y,Shen HB

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mono-site mutations of the absolutely conserved residues, (464)LGR(466), in the α-helix 5 (h5) of HPV16 L1 completely disrupted the pentamer formation. The implication of this finding is the potential usage of a h5-like peptide as the reagent to interfere with the pentamer formation and stability as an anti-HPV re...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Jin S,Pan D,Zha X,Yu X,Wu Y,Liu Y,Yin F,Chen XS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the fundamental goals in cellular biochemistry is to identify the functions of proteins in the context of compartments that organize them in the cellular environment. To realize this, it is indispensable to develop an automated method for fast and accurate identification of the subcellular locations of uncharac...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Cheng X,Xiao X,Chou KC

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic heart failure (CHF), as a progressive clinical syndrome, is characterized by failure of enough blood supply from the heart to meet the body's metabolic demands, and there is intense interest in identifying novel biomarkers that could make contributions to the diagnosis of CHF. Metabolomics, compared with curre...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Wang J,Li Z,Chen J,Zhao H,Luo L,Chen C,Xu X,Zhang W,Gao K,Li B,Zhang J,Wang W

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential idea of regenerative medicine is to fix or replace tissues or organs with alive and patient-specific implants. Pluripotent stem cells are able to indefinitely self-renew and differentiate into all cell types of the body which makes them a potent substantial player in regenerative medicine. The easily acc...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Baranek M,Belter A,Naskręt-Barciszewska MZ,Stobiecki M,Markiewicz WT,Barciszewski J

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:All trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) is widely used to direct the differentiation of cultured stem cells. When exposed to the pluripotent human embryonal carcinoma (EC) stem cell line, TERA2.cl.SP12, ATRA induces ectoderm differentiation and the formation of neuronal cell types. We report in this study that novel polyene ch...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Clemens G,Flower KR,Gardner P,Henderson AP,Knowles JP,Marder TB,Whiting A,Przyborski S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rule-based modeling provides a means to represent cell signaling systems in a way that captures site-specific details of molecular interactions. For rule-based models to be more widely understood and (re)used, conventions for model visualization and annotation are needed. We have developed the concepts of an extended ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Chylek LA,Hu B,Blinov ML,Emonet T,Faeder JR,Goldstein B,Gutenkunst RN,Haugh JM,Lipniacki T,Posner RG,Yang J,Hlavacek WS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial biofilms are defined as a community of surface-attached bacteria that are protected by an extracellular matrix of biomolecules. We have recently reported the synthesis of a small molecule, denoted TAGE, based on the natural product bromoageliferin and demonstrated that TAGE has anti-biofilm activity against ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Huigens RW 3rd,Ma L,Gambino C,Moeller PD,Basso A,Cavanagh J,Wozniak DJ,Melander C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a serious microvascular syndrome of diabetes, and is one of the most frequent causes of blindness in the world. It has three progressive stages with complex metabolic deregulations in the holistic system of Western medicine. Chinese medicine classifies DR into two different syndrome types;...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Li X,Luo X,Lu X,Duan J,Xu G

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious diseases caused by bacterial pathogens pose a major concern to public health and, thus, greater attention must be given to providing insightful knowledge on host-pathogen interactions. There are several theories addressing the dynamics of complex mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions. The availability of...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kamaladevi A,Marudhupandiyan S,Balamurugan K

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative analysis of the complete genome sequences from a variety of poorly studied organisms aims at predicting ecological and behavioral properties of these organisms and helping in characterizing their habitats. This task requires finding appropriate descriptors that could be correlated with the core traits of e...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Galperin MY,Higdon R,Kolker E

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo analysis is of paramount importance in monitoring physiological processes that take place in living organisms. Mass spectrometry, an analytical technique with high speed, sensitivity and specificity, is indispensable in biochemical studies nowadays. However, traditional mass spectrometric techniques are of lim...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： So PK,Hu B,Yao ZP

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyethylenimine (PEI, especially with M(w) of 25,000) has been known as an efficient gene carrier and a gold standard of gene transfection due to its high transfection efficiency (TE). However, high concomitant cytotoxicity limited the application of PEI. In this report, several cationic polymers derived from low mol...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Li S,Wang Y,Zhang J,Yang WH,Dai ZH,Zhu W,Yu XQ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug combinations have been widely applied to treat complex diseases, like cancer, HIV and cardiovascular diseases. One of the most important characteristics for drug combinations is the synergistic effects among different drugs, that is to say, the combination effects are larger than the sum of individual effects. Al...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Chen D,Zhang H,Lu P,Liu X,Cao H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blockage of the interactions between immunologic checkpoint protein PD-1 and its ligand PD-L1 showed efficacy for cancer treatment. X-ray structures have captured static conformational snapshots of PD-1 and revealed that the CC' loop adopts an open conformation in the apo-protein but turns into a closed form and inter...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Liu W,Huang B,Kuang Y,Liu G

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the thermodynamics of the interaction between the TATA-box-binding protein from Pyrococcus horikoshii (PhoTBP) and its target DNA (TATA-1). The interaction between PhoTBP and double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) is entropically favorable and enthalpically unfavorable. The thermodynamic parameters for TATA-...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Nagatoishi S,Tanaka Y,Kudou M,Tsumoto K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of complex formation between amyloid-β fragments using surface plasmon resonance biosensing and electrospray mass spectrometry reveals that region 11-14 mediates zinc-induced dimerization of amyloid-β and may serve as a potential drug target for preventing development and progression of Alzheimer's disease. ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kozin SA,Mezentsev YV,Kulikova AA,Indeykina MI,Golovin AV,Ivanov AS,Tsvetkov PO,Makarov AA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family members JNK and p38 are two homologous protein-serine/threonine kinases but play distinct roles in the pathological process of neurological disorders. Selective targeting of JNK over p38 has been established as a potential therapeutic approach to epilepsy and other ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhuo ZH,Sun YZ,Jin PN,Li FY,Zhang YL,Wang HL

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptation of the cellular network to functional changes, timing and patterning of gene expression is regulated by binding of transcription factors to gene regulatory elements, which in turn depends on co-occurring histone modifications. These two layers influence each other, enabling a further level of regulatory...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Schueler M,Zhang Q,Schlesinger J,Tönjes M,Sperling SR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small molecule 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (5,6,7,8-tetrahydro[1]benzothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)hydrazone (Exo2) stimulates morphological changes at the mammalian Golgi and trans-Golgi network that are virtually indistinguishable from those induced by brefeldin A. Both brefeldin A and Exo2 protect cells from...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Guetzoyan LJ,Spooner RA,Boal F,Stephens DJ,Lord JM,Roberts LM,Clarkson GJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of disulfide bonds provides critical information regarding the structure and function of a protein and is a key aspect in understanding signaling cascades in biological systems. Recent proteomic approaches using digestion enzymes have facilitated the characterization of disulfide-bonds and/or oxidiz...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Na S,Paek E,Choi JS,Kim D,Lee SJ,Kwon J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00