A new form of amyloid protein associated with chronic hemodialysis was identified as beta 2-microglobulin.

abstract：:NOX1 (NADPH oxidase) similar to phagocyte NADPH oxidase, is expressed mainly in the colon epithelium and it is responsible for host defense against microbial infections by generating ROS (reactive oxygen species). NOX1 is activated by two regulatory cytosolic proteins that form a hetero-dimer, Noxo1 (NOX organizer 1) ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shrestha P,Yun JH,Ko YJ,Kim M,Bae YS,Lee W

更新日期：2017-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Two novel subtilisin-like serine proteases (AS-E1 and -E2) that activate prothrombin have been identified in a culture of the fungus Acremonium sp. The enzymes were purified through repeated hydrophobic interaction chromatography. The N-terminal sequences of AS-E1 (34.4 kDa) and AS-E2 (32 kDa) showed high similarity t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu C,Matsushita Y,Shimizu K,Makimura K,Hasumi K

更新日期：2007-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclast activity is enhanced in acidic environments following systemic or local inflammation. However, the regulatory mechanism of receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) expression in osteoblasts under acidic conditions is not fully understood. In the present paper, we detected the mRNA expression of the G-prot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okito A,Nakahama K,Akiyama M,Ono T,Morita I

更新日期：2015-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a homology search with endostatin, the C-terminus 185 aa of collagen XVIII, we report the cloning, expression, and antiangiogenic activity of a 22 kDa human collagen XV fragment, that we have named restin. Restin was expressed in the prokaryotic pET expression system. We have shown that restin inhibits the mi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramchandran R,Dhanabal M,Volk R,Waterman MJ,Segal M,Lu H,Knebelmann B,Sukhatme VP

更新日期：1999-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The proton-translocating pyridine nucleotide transhydrogenase of Escherichia coli is composed of two types of subunits, alpha and beta, organized as an alpha(2)beta(2) tetramer. The protein contains three recognizable domains, of which domain II is the transmembrane region of the molecule containing the pathway for pr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hou C,Bragg PD

更新日期：2001-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian progesterone secretion during the diestrus stage of the estrous cycle is produced by luteal cells derived from granulosa and thecal cells after the differentiation process that follows ovulation. Our results show that blockade of the preovulatory rise of ovarian ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), a key enzyme in p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bastida CM,Tejada F,Cremades A,Peñafiel R

更新日期：2002-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing and the adult brain respond in similar ways to ischemia, but also display clear differences. For example, the relative contributions of necrosis and apoptosis to neuronal death may be different, such that apoptotic mechanisms would be more prevalent in the developing brain. During normal development, mo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Blomgren K,Zhu C,Hallin U,Hagberg H

更新日期：2003-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is an energy sensor that regulates cellular metabolism. Changes in AMPK activity contribute to the regulation of insulin secretion. Epidemiological evidence links the ingestion of saturated fatty acid with hyperinsulinemia. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang X,Zhou L,Li G,Luo T,Gu Y,Qian L,Fu X,Li F,Li J,Luo M

更新日期：2007-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is a glycolytic enzyme that catalyzes the final step of glycolysis and produces NAD+. In somatic cells, LDH forms homotetramers and heterotetramers that are encoded by two different genes: LDHA (skeletal muscle type, M) and LDHB (heart type, H). Analysis of LDH isozymes is important for und...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Goto T,Sugawara K,Nakamura S,Kidokoro SI,Wakui H,Nunomura W

更新日期：2016-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Daudi lymphoma cells, of a line sensitive to growth inhibition by alpha interferon, showed dose-dependent plasma membrane depolarization within 10 min after exposure to natural or recombinant alpha interferons (10 to 1000 IU/ml). This biophysical change was detected flow cytometrically by measuring the intensity of fl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Grimley PM,Aszalos A

更新日期：1987-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Various elicitors were examined by Northern blot analysis to investigate the simultaneous induction of gene expression of antibacterial proteins such as cecropin B, attacin and lebocin from the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), lipid A, 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate (KDO) and peptidoglycan (PG) triggered effic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Taniai K,Furukawa S,Shono T,Yamakawa M

更新日期：1996-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In hematopoietic cells, Ras has been implicated in signaling pathways that prevent apoptosis triggered by deprivation of cytokines, such as interleukin-3 (IL-3). However, the mechanism whereby Ras suppresses cell death remains incompletely understood. We have investigated the role of Ras in IL-3 signal transduction by...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Terada K,Kaziro Y,Satoh T

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunosuppressant FK506 inhibits thymocyte positive selection. Calcineurin, a FK506-sensitive Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, is presumed to be involved in this event without direct evidence. We have previously shown that moderate stimulation of CD4(+)CD8(+) thymocytes with a combination of the calc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuwata T,Asada A,Ohoka Y,Mukai M,Miyaike M,Iwata M

更新日期：1998-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unknown how very short introns (<65 nt; termed 'ultra-short' introns) could be spliced in a massive spliceosome (>2.7 MDa) without steric hindrance. By screening an annotated human transcriptome database (H-InvDB), we identified three model ultra-short introns: the 56-nt intron in the HNRNPH1 (hnRNP H1) gene, th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sasaki-Haraguchi N,Shimada MK,Taniguchi I,Ohno M,Mayeda A

更新日期：2012-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the formation of extracellular amyloid plaques containing the amyloid β-protein (Aβ) within the parenchyma of the brain. Aβ42, which is 42 amino acids in length, is considered to be the key pathogenic factor in AD. Iron deposition is found abundantly in the amyloid plaques ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shen X,Liu J,Fujita Y,Liu S,Maeda T,Kikuchi K,Obara T,Takebe A,Sayama R,Takahashi T,Matsue A,Sera K,Michikawa M,Komano H,Zou K

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The glutathione reductase gene, gor, was cloned from the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli. Its gene expression and enzyme characteristics were found to be different from those of previously studied homologues. Northern blot hybridization, promoter-lacZ fusion, and enzyme assay experiments revealed th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Loprasert S,Whangsuk W,Sallabhan R,Mongkolsuk S

更新日期：2005-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A reverse micellar system containing Tween 85 and water in isopropylpalmitate was developed which permitted the solubilization of bacteria in the form of homogenous organic solutions. The presence of the bacteria in solution was demonstrated by light microscopy. Immediately after solubilization, isolated bacterial cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Häring G,Luisi PL,Meussdoerffer F

更新日期：1985-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the oligosaccharide chains of the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) of Trypanosoma brucei brucei MITat 1.6. Glycopeptides were generated by Pronase digestion, purified by gel permeation and ion-exchange chromatography, and structurally characterized by 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy in combination with c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Strang AM,Allen AK,Holder AA,van Halbeek H

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We initiated the present work as part of an effort to identify and characterize genes from the EST2-HMG14 region from human chromosome 21 potentially responsible for some of the Down syndrome (DS) features. Genomic sample sequencing with cosmid clone A1047 located in the ETS2-HMG14 region of chromosome 21 has led to t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vidal-Taboada JM,Sanz S,Egeo A,Scartezzini P,Oliva R

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly complete cDNA clones for human aldolase A mRNA were isolated from human liver cDNA library and the nucleotide sequence determined. Using the cDNA clone as a probe the length of human aldolase A mRNAs, isolated from the skeletal muscle, liver and placenta tissues, was measured by RNA blotting and estimated to be...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakakibara M,Mukai T,Hori K

更新日期：1985-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The (45)Ca(2+) influx into right-side-out resealed ghosts (RG) prepared from human red blood cells (RBC) was measured. The (45)Ca(2+) equilibration occurred with t(1/2)=2.5 min and the steady-state was reached after 17 min with the level of 22+/-2 micromol/L(packed cells) at 37 degrees C. The rate of the influx was 97...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hudec R,Lakatos B,Orlický J,Varecka L

更新日期：2004-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to dimerization and polymerization of samples as previously suggested, it appears that during FAB-MS, reactions in the sample matrix can occur to yield new compounds that are recombinations of molecular fragments. This type of reaction may be especially critical to the integrity of peptide sequencing using...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kurlansik L,Williams TJ,Campana JE,Green BN,Anderson LW,Strong JM

更新日期：1983-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK) of smooth muscle consists of an actin-binding domain at the N-terminal, the catalytic domain in the central portion, and the myosin-binding domain at the C-terminal. The kinase activity is mediated by the catalytic domain that phosphorylates the myosin light-chain of 20kDa (MLC20), act...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakamura A,Xie C,Zhang Y,Gao Y,Wang HH,Ye LH,Kishi H,Okagaki T,Yoshiyama S,Hayakawa K,Ishikawa R,Kohama K

更新日期：2008-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein synthesis and degradation balance have a crucial role in maintenance of cellular homeostasis and function. The ubiquitin-proteasome system is one of the major cellular proteolytic machineries responsible for the removal of normal, abnormal, denatured or in general damaged proteins. Proteasome is a multisubunit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakellari M,Chondrogianni N,Gonos ES

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of the receptor tyrosine kinase Axl and its ligand Gas6 has been shown to promote multiple tumorigenic processes, as well as to correlate with worse prognosis in many different tumor types. However, studies of Axl expression and function in osteosarcoma have rarely been reported. In this study, we report...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Han J,Tian R,Yong B,Luo C,Tan P,Shen J,Peng T

更新日期：2013-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors affecting Ins(1,3,4,5)P4-mediated nuclear Ca2+ uptake are investigated, which include Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 receptor ligand specificity and free external Ca2+ concentrations. Among various inositol phosphates examined, Ins(1,3,4,5)P4, Ins(3,4,5,6)P4, and Ins(1,3,4,5,6)P5 can also stimulate 45Ca2+ influx into isolated...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hsu AL,Lu PJ,Chen CS

更新日期：1998-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Imidazoquinoline compounds, such as resiquimod (R-848), are well known topically active immune modifiers that bind to toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7). The aim of this study was to characterize the R-848 induced inflammatory response in mice and to validate the response using methyl-prednisolone and anti-TNF antibody. Intr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Karlsson A,Jägervall K,Utkovic H,Karlsson L,Rehnström E,Fredin MF,Gillberg PG,Jansson L,Michaëlsson E,Melgar S

更新日期：2008-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two fragments of the E. coli rrnB ribosomal RNA P1 promoter Upstream Activation Region exhibit a constant gel retardation, over a polyacrylamide gel concentration range of 3% to 10%. Gel retardation is usually seen to increase with polyacrylamide gel concentration as in the case of the 219 base pair Crithidia fascicul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wheeler D

更新日期：1993-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on molecular modelling study, we propose that the reaction between L-aspartate an carbamoylphosphate, catalyzed by E. coli aspartate carbamoyltransferase, may proceed via a tetrahedral intermediate and that the breakdown of the intermediate is facilitated by an intramolecular proton transfer between the amino gr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gouaux JE,Krause KL,Lipscomb WN

更新日期：1987-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cell fusion is a phenomenon that is observed in various tissues in vivo, resulting in acquisition of physiological functions such as liver regeneration. Fused cells such as hybridomas have also been produced artificially in vitro. Furthermore, it has been reported that cellular reprogramming can be induced b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imai H,Kusakabe KT,Kiso Y,Hattori S,Kai C,Ono E,Kano K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00