Silencing survivin gene expression promotes apoptosis of human breast cancer cells through a caspase-independent pathway.

abstract：:The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a member of the steroid/retinoid receptor superfamily of nuclear receptors that controls mineral ion homeostatis and has potential tumor-suppressive functions for various cancer types, specifically prostate cancer. A VDR ablated transgenic animal model (VDDRII, vitamin D-dependent ricke...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Guzey M,Jukic D,Arlotti J,Acquafondata M,Dhir R,Getzenberg RH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In women, calcium excretion in the urine rises after menopause and falls with estrogen replacement therapy. The amount of calcium lost in the urine following estrogen therapy is less than should occur based on changes in serum calcium and the amount of calcium filtered by the kidney. This suggests there may be a direc...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Criddle RA,Zheng MH,Dick IM,Callus B,Prince RL

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase (HO-1) is a stress protein that has been suggested to participate in defense mechanisms against agents that induce oxidative injury such as hemoglobin/heme, hypoxia-ischemia and cytokines. Overexpression of HO-1 in endothelial cells (EC) might, therefore, protect against oxidative stress produced under ...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Deramaudt BM,Braunstein S,Remy P,Abraham NG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular life-span of neonatal human brain microvascular endotheliocytes (HBME) was estimated by population doubling levels (PDLs) for serial subcultivations until spontaneous proliferation stoppage, and was 2.4-fold longer for continuous administration with the 6-O-phosphorylated derivative (TocP) of alpha-tocopherol...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Tanaka Y,Moritoh Y,Miwa N

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) play an important role in the regulation of insulin action by dephosphorylating the active (autophosphorylated) form of the insulin receptor and attenuating its tyrosine kinase activity. PTPases can also modulate post-receptor signalling by catalyzing the dephosphorylation of ce...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Goldstein BJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristic changes in vimentin were studied in 9L rat brain tumor cells treated at 45 degrees C. During heat-shock treatment, vimentin molecules were rapidly phosphorylated and reorganized from a filamentous form into a perinuclear higher-order structure that was less extractable by nonionic detergent. These effec...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Cheng TJ,Lai YK

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is found in a variety of cells and tissues. We have previously shown that bFGF is a transforming growth factor, but only when fused to a signal peptide (sp-bFGF). Cells expressing the native bFGF are tumorigenic in nude mice only, where the tumors form at a low frequency and grow ...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Rogelj S,Weinberg RA,Fanning P,Klagsbrun M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) increases steady-state mRNA levels of several extracellular matrix proteins in mineralized connective tissues. Bone sialoprotein (BSP) is a major constituent of the bone matrix, thought to initiate and regulate the formation of mineral crystals. To determine the molecular pat...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Ogata Y,Niisato N,Furuyama S,Cheifetz S,Kim RH,Sugiya H,Sodek J

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated the direct involvement of a type 1 Ser/Thr phosphatase (PPase 1) in endothelial cell (EC) barrier regulation [Am. J. Physiol. 269:L99-L108, 1995]. To further extend this observation, we microinjected either the Ser/Thr PPase inhibitor, calyculin, or the PPase 1 inhibitory protein, I-2 i...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Verin AD,Csortos C,Durbin SD,Aydanyan A,Wang P,Patterson CE,Garcia JG

更新日期：2000-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have demonstrated the role of A3 adenosine receptor (A3AR) and signaling pathways in the multiple aspects of the tumor. However, there is a little study about the function of A3AR in the biological processes of cancer stem cells (CSCs). CSCs have a critical role in the maintenance and survival of brea...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Jafari SM,Panjehpour M,Aghaei M,Joshaghani HR,Enderami SE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is known to have a number of biological properties including promoting tumor progression of human carcinomas. Metastasis involves a number of events that are attributed to induction by paracrine factors such as HGF. Identification of natural inhibitors of these events would allow better ...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Uchiyama A,Essner R,Doi F,Nguyen T,Ramming KP,Nakamura T,Morton DL,Hoon DS

更新日期：1996-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) is a monolayer of polarized cells located between retinal photoreceptors and blood vessels of the choroid. The basal surface of RPE cells rests on Bruch's membrane, a complex extracellular matrix structure which becomes abnormal in several disease processes, including age-related...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Mousa SA,Lorelli W,Campochiaro PA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we have reported the production of a monoclonal antibody (Mab 1.2) which recognizes a cytoplasmic protein, terminin, in three different molecular weights: 90 (Tp90), 60 (Tp60), and 30 kDa (Tp30) forms. Further characterization shows that Tp90 is found in young growing and nongrowing quiescent fibroblasts, w...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Wang E,Liu D

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysozyme (LYZ) c-like proteins are primarily present in the testis and epididymis of male reproductive tissues. Here, we report a novel member of the c-type LYZ family, the seminal vesicle-secreted LYZ c-like protein (SVLLP). Three forms of SVLLP were purified from mouse seminal vesicle secretions and characterized as...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Ou CM,Lee RK,Lin MH,Lu CH,Yang TH,Yeh LY,Tsai PJ,Li SH

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we have shown that transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) 1, basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) BB inhibit the synthesis of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) II, but their effects on IGF binding protein (IGFBP)-6 in osteoblast cultures are not known. IGFBP-6 b...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Gabbitas B,Canalis E

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), the major cellular constituent of an artery, synthesize the bulk of fibrillar collagens, including type V/XI, which regulates heterotypic collagen fibril assembly. Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is a heparin-binding polypeptide growth factor that has been implicated in impor...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Kypreos KE,Sonenshein GE

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that the antitumor drug doxorubicin (Dox) exerts its toxic effects via GATA-4 depletion and that over-expression of GATA-4 reverses Dox-induced toxicity and apoptosis; however, the precise mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we observed, for the first time, that EGF protects cells against Do...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Yao CX,Shi JC,Ma CX,Xiong CJ,Song YL,Zhang SF,Zhang SF,Zang MX,Xue LX

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane receptors for steroid hormones affect signaling pathways that modulate nuclear function, influence neuronal activity, ion flow, and the circulatory system. Indeed, 'new' steroid hormones have been identified by their interaction with membrane-initiated signaling systems. A brief summary of the FASEB Summer Re...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Nemere I,Pietras RJ,Blackmore PF

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) plays a crucial role in the maturation and differentiation of B-lymphocytes and immunoglobulin synthesis. Recently Btk has been described to be present in significant amount in human platelets. To investigate the regulation of this kinase in the platelets we studied its subcellular redis...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Mukhopadhyay S,Ramars AS,Dash D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During cardiac muscle development, most cardiomyocytes permanently withdraw from the cell cycle. Previously, by suppressive subtractive hybridization, we identified calcyclin-binding protein/Siah-interacting protein (CacyBP/SIP) as one of the candidates being upregulated in the hyperplastic to hypertrophic switch, sug...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Au KW,Kou CY,Woo AY,Chim SS,Fung KP,Cheng CH,Waye MM,Tsui SK

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong activation of the ERK signal is required for hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) to inhibit proliferation of the human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HepG2. However, it is still to be elucidated whether the activation alone is sufficient to induce the inhibitory effect. In this study, we constructed HepG2 cell c...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Shirako E,Hirayama N,Tsukada Y,Tanaka T,Kitamura N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormones and growth factors are generally released from larger precursors by limited proteolysis. The causative agents remain poorly defined with respect to location and properties. One subset of proteases, the glandular kallikreins, have been implicated in a few cases, in part because of their specific association wi...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Isackson PJ,Dunbar JC,Bradshaw RA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A critical feature for fibroblasts differentiation into myofibroblasts is the expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) during the tissue injury and repair process. The epigenetic mechanism, DNA methylation, is involved in regulating α-SMA expression. It is not clear how methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (M...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Xiang Z,Zhou Q,Hu M,Sanders YY

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connexin43 (Cx43) is a ubiquitously expressed member of the gap junction protein family that mediates gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) by allowing exchange of cytosolic materials. Previous studies have used Cx43 truncated at the cytoplasmic tail (C-tail) to demonstrate that the C-tail is essential to re...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Crespin S,Bechberger J,Mesnil M,Naus CC,Sin WC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiomyocyte (CM) differentiation of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) is routinely cultured as two-dimensional (2D) monolayer, which doesn't mimic in vivo physiological environment and may lead to low differentiated level of ESCs. Here, we develop a novel strategy that enhances CM differentiation of ESCs in collagen m...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Ou DB,He Y,Chen R,Teng JW,Wang HT,Zeng D,Liu XT,Ding L,Huang JY,Zheng QS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleolus is a multifunctional nuclear compartment widely known to be involved in several cellular processes, including mRNA maturation and shuttling to cytoplasmic sites, control of the cell cycle, cell proliferation, and apoptosis; thus, it is logical that many viruses, including herpesvirus, target the nucleolu...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Arcangeletti MC,Rodighiero I,Mirandola P,De Conto F,Covan S,Germini D,Razin S,Dettori G,Chezzi C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25(OH)2D3) possesses proliferation and differentiation modulating effects in many cell types in vitro. We studied the effect of 1,25(OH)2D3 on 3H-thymidine incorporation in FRTL5 cells, a cultured rat thyroid follicular cell line. 1,25(OH)2D3 alone at 10(-11) and 10(-9) M exerted no ef...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Ongphiphadhanakul B,Ebner SA,Fang SL,Lombardi A,Baran DT,Braverman LE

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Collagen is a core protein that maintains the homeostasis of the extracellular matrix (ECM), and its dysregulation in human cancers has attracted increasing attention. In tumors, increased lysyl oxidase (LOX)-catalyzed collagen cross-linking plays a critical role in collagen dysregulation. However, the expre...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Yu M,Shen W,Shi X,Wang Q,Zhu L,Xu X,Yu J,Liu L

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pro-oxidant effect of L-ascorbic acid (LAA) is toxic to leukemia cells. LAA induces the oxidation of glutathione to its oxidized form (GSSG) and this is followed by a concentration-dependent H(2)O(2) accumulation, which occurs in parallel to the induction of apoptosis. To identify early protein targets of LAA in l...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Park S,Lee J,Yeom CH

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of thymic lymphoma that are obtained from AKR mice and are kept in the cold for at least several days can induce lipolytic activity in rat adipocyte suspensions. Freshly prepared extracts have low activity but contain a low molecular weight material of less than 10,000 daltons that aggregates on standing in t...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Kitada S,Hays EF,Mead JF,Zabin I

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00