Identification of neuropeptide Y-like conopeptides from the venom of Conus betulinus.

abstract：:Adiponectin, an adipokine synthesized and secreted majorly by adipose tissue, is reported to exert cardioprotective properties via anti-inflammation and antiapoptosis. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a common inflammation and apoptosis inducer of cardiomyocytes. However, few studies have reported the roles of adiponectin ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Hao R,Su G,Sun X,Kong X,Zhu C,Su G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy), which is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis, might cause dysregulation of gene expression, but the characteristics and key links involved in its pathogenic mechanisms are still poorly understood. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of HHcy on DNA me...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Jiang Y,Sun T,Xiong J,Cao J,Li G,Wang S

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:Defective DNA damage response is a threat to genome stability and a proven cause of tumorigenesis. C21ORF2 (chromosome 21 open reading frame 2) is a novel gene on chromosome 21, and the C21ORF2 protein is found to interact with NEK1. Earlier studies showed that C21ORF2 might be associated with some human genetic disea...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Fang X,Lin H,Wang X,Zuo Q,Qin J,Zhang P

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most deadly human malignant diseases and the sixth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in China. Gemcitabine is the only first-line chemotherapeutic agent used for the palliative treatment of patients with PDAC, but chemo-resistance limits their efficacy. Here, ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Yao J,Li Z,Wang X,Xu P,Zhao L,Qian J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two full-length cDNAs, named CaM1a and CaM1b, encoding the highly conserved calmodulin1 (CaM1) proteins, were isolated from the cDNA library of amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense. There are only two nucleotide differences between them, producing one amino acid difference between CaM1a and CaM1b. Comparison ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Luan J,Liu Z,Zhang S,Li H,Fan C,Li L

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is an essential physiological process that plays a critical role in development and tissue homeostasis. The progress of apoptosis is regulated in an orderly way by a series of signal cascades under certain circumstances. The caspase-cascade system plays vital roles in the induction...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Fan TJ,Han LH,Cong RS,Liang J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the guanosine triphosphatase activating proteins (GAPs) on spermatogenesis has been studied for years, though no GAPs have been explored in epididymis, an essential organ for sperm maturation. In this study, a new GAP member, designated as MacGAP, was cloned in human epididymis. The MacGAP gene encodes a...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li X,Liu Q,Liu S,Zhang J,Zhang Y

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Edaravone is a novel free radical scavenger that exerts neuroprotective effects by inhibiting endothelial injury and by ameliorating neuronal damage in brain ischemia. Recently, it was reported that edaravone could alleviate the pathology and cognitive deficits of Alzheimer's disease patients. However, its relevance t...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li X,Lu F,Li W,Qin L,Yao Y,Ge X,Yu Q,Liang X,Zhao D,Li X,Zhang J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal development of central nervous system (CNS) caused by neural tube defects is not only a major contributor in the prevalence of stillbirths and neonatal deaths but also causes lifelong physical disability in surviving infants. Due to insufficient known investigated causes, CNS developmental abnormality has bro...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Jia S,Zhang L,Zhang K,Wang L,Khan A,Zhang J,Sun Y,Wang Y,Song M,Lyu Y,Li M,Lu X,Niu B,Liu Z,Xie J

更新日期：2020-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are some short RNAs that regulate multiple biological functions at post-transcriptional levels, such as tumorigenic processes, inflammatory lesions and cell apoptosis. Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox factor 1 (ZEB1) is a crucial mediator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). It induces mali...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao L,Li R,Xu S,Li Y,Zhao P,Dong W,Liu Z,Zhao Q,Tan B

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique temporal expression pattern of miR-200c in epididymis during post-natal development in juvenile rats was revealed by our home-made miRNA microarray in this paper. It was found that miR-200c expressed in the lowest level at Day 7 and then increased to the highest at Day 36 followed by a dramatic decrease. Th...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wang J,Ruan K

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:The plasminogen activator inhibitor type-2 (PAI-2) dependent apoptosis protection is due to the 33 amino acids fragment located between helix C and D of PAI-2, this fragment may interact with some unknown intracellular proteins. In this study we used the fragment between helix C and D of PAI-2 as a bait to perform a y...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Fan J,Zhang YQ,Li P,Tong C,Tan L,Zhu YS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a fascinating target for cancer therapy due to its significant role in the crossroad of multiple signaling pathways associated with cell proliferation and regulation. Hsp90 inhibitors have the potential to be developed into anti-cancer drugs. Here, we identified nicotinic-mycoepoxydien...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Sun Y,Xiao S,Chen J,Wang M,Zheng Z,Song S,Zhang L

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major concern in hospitals and the bacterial community of which has not been systemically discussed yet. Sputum from patients in the acute stages is a kind of accessible sample reflecting its features. In our study, we analyzed 45 sputum samples from 45 patients with CAP. Eighte...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Chen C,Shen T,Tian F,Lin P,Li Q,Cui Z,Zhang Y,Xue M,Ye J,Guo X,Zhou Y

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is one of the most lethal cancers in China because of high incidence and high mortality. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and vessel endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C) were found to play an important role in lymphangiogenesis of malignant tumors. In this study, we investigated whether lymphatic microvessel densi...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Guo X,Chen Y,Xu Z,Xu Z,Qian Y,Yu X

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia is a key component of the tumor microenvironment and represents a well-documented source of therapeutic failure in clinical oncology. Recent work has provided support for the idea that non-coding RNAs, and in particular, microRNAs, may play important roles in the adaptive response to low oxygen in tumors. Spec...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Huang X,Zuo J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LRRC4 is a novel relatively specific gene, which displays significant down-regulation in primary brain tumor biopsies and has the potential to suppress brain tumor growth. In this study, we investigated the growth inhibitory effect of LRRC4 on tumorigencity in vivo and on cell proliferation in vitro by a tetracycline-...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang QH,Wang LL,Cao L,Peng C,Li XL,Tang K,Li WF,Liao P,Wang JR,Li GY

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:Thyroid cancer is one of the common malignancies of the endocrine system and the number of thyroid cancer cases is increasing constantly. Significant work has focused on the molecular mechanisms of thyroid cancer, but many mechanisms remain undiscovered. In this study, we employed a comprehensive analysis of whole-tra...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Guan Y,Bhandari A,Xia E,Kong L,Zhang X,Wang O

更新日期：2020-02-03 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：: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：:Human glioma is the most common primary brain tumor and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Aberrant expressions of microRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in glioma progression. In the present study, we aimed to elucidate the roles of miR-4530 in the pathogenesis of gliomas. miR-4530 expression was examined in h...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wang T,Zhang Y,Cui B,Wang M,Li Y,Gao K

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated that the expression of the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) AFAP1-AS1 in pancreatic cancer is negatively correlated with survival and prognosis. However, the effects of oridonin and lncRNA AFAP1-AS1 on the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and migration of pancreatic cancer cells ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Lou S,Xu J,Wang B,Li S,Ren J,Hu Z,Xu B,Luo F

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolin-1 is regulated by estrogen in vascular smooth muscle cells. Raloxifene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator that possibly has cardioprotective properties without an increased risk of cancer or other side effects of estrogen, may be used in women with risk of coronary artery disease. However, the relations...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Yang FL,He H,Liu XX,Tu B,Zeng XW,Su JX,Wang X,Hu Q

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis is the main reason for high recurrence and poor survival of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The molecular mechanism underlying HCC metastasis remains unclear. In this study, we found that argininosuccinate synthase 1 (ASS1) expression was significantly decreased and down-regulation of ASS1 was closely corre...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Tao X,Zuo Q,Ruan H,Wang H,Jin H,Cheng Z,Lv Y,Qin W,Wang C

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:The subfamily of voltage-dependent potassium (Kv) channel interacting protein 4 (KChIP4) is made up of the auxiliary interacting protein of voltage-dependent potassium channels. In this study, the structure of four splicing variants of the human KChIP4 gene was analyzed. Three of the four isoforms of the KChIP4 gene, ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Deng XY,Cai F,Xia K,Pan Q,Long ZG,Wu LQ,Liang DS,Dai HP,Zhang ZH,Xia JH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00