A direct evidence of the localization of mitochondrial calmodulin.

abstract：:In this investigation, the activities of five enzymes (catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glucose-6-dehydrogenase) involved in oxygen radical (OR)-detoxification and antioxidative defense were measured in conjunction with an index of lipid peroxidation in major prostatic lob...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ghatak S,Ho SM

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) is a toxin secreted by activated human eosinophils. The properties of mature ECP have been well studied but those of the signal peptide of ECP (ECPsp) are not clear. In this study, several chimeric proteins containing N-terminal fusion of ECPsp were generated, and introduced into Esch...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu CM,Chang MD

更新日期：2004-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:As we reported before, exoglycosidase treatment of human serum IgA1 changed it to a sticky molecule. In order to examine the presence of the specific binding protein to the sticky IgA1 in human serum, IgA1, asialo-IgA1 (IgA1-S) and asialo-, agalacto-IgA1 (IgA1-SG)/Sepharose column chromatography of normal human serum ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iwase H,Yokozeki Y,Hiki Y,Tanaka A,Kokubo T,Sano T,Ishii-Karakasa I,Hisatani K,Kobayashi Y,Hotta K

更新日期：1999-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide(CGRP) on the release of atrial natriuretic peptide(ANP) was studied in spontaneously beating, isolated rat atria. CGRP stimulated the ANP release in a dose-dependent manner. When the atria were incubated with a combination of phentolamine, propranolol, and atropine, these ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamamoto A,Kimura S,Hasui K,Fujisawa Y,Tamaki T,Fukui K,Iwao H,Abe Y

更新日期：1988-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Some mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) causing a number of neuromuscular diseases are suggested to arise spontaneously during the life of an individual. To substantiate the extent and the rate of these somatic mutations, mtDNA specimens from post-mortem human heart muscles of subjects in differing age groups were...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayakawa M,Hattori K,Sugiyama S,Ozawa T

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:GPR109A (PUMA-G, NIACR1, HCA(2)) and GPR81 (HCA(1)) are G protein-coupled receptors located predominantly on adipocytes that mediate anti-lipolytic effects. These cell surface receptors give the adipocyte the ability to "sense" metabolic changes in the environment and respond through lipolytic regulation and release o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wanders D,Graff EC,Judd RL

更新日期：2012-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Didemnin B, a cyclic N-methylated peptolide induces apoptosis in human HL-60 cells. When incubated with 1 microM didemnin B, unsynchronized HL-60 cultures undergo apoptosis to 100% within 140 minutes. Apoptosis has been assessed by the typical apoptotic morphology, the presence of double-stranded DNA fragments within ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Grubb DR,Wolvetang EJ,Lawen A

更新日期：1995-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Episomal vectors can allow efficient genetic modification of cells and have the potential advantage of avoiding chromosomal position of integration effects. Here we explore the use of an Epstein-Barr virus-based episomal vector with human embryonic stem (ES) cells, and find high initial transfection rates, but a rapid...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kameda T,Smuga-Otto K,Thomson JA

更新日期：2006-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:2'-Deoxycoformycin (dCF), a specific and potent inhibitor of adenosine deaminase, has demonstrated significant antitumor effect on lymphoid malignancies. The drug induced functional and morphologic differentiation of myeloid leukemia cells in combination with 2'-deoxyadenosine (dAd), but not dCF alone. NB4, a cell lin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Niitsu N,Umeda M,Honma Y

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies characterizing H-ras have been conducted in constitutively expressing cell lines. To explore the early interaction between H-ras p21 and signal transduction systems we have utilized an NIH3T3 fibroblast line transfected with a steroid inducible MMTV H-ras vector. Exposure to dexamethasone resulted in tran...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Murphy SK,Lindberg JB,Prussack DA

更新日期：1994-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary cellular target of the clinical nitrogenous bisphosphonates is the isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway. Specifically these drugs inhibit the enzyme farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase and deplete cells of larger isoprenoids. Inhibition of this enzyme results in impaired processing of both farnesylated and geranylger...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wiemer AJ,Tong H,Swanson KM,Hohl RJ

更新日期：2007-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the garfish olfactory nerve, the time-courses of lateral expansion (swelling) and birefringence changes in nerve fibers have been examined at the site of application of electric current pulses. The effects of various chemical agents on these non-electrical signs of rapid structural changes in the nerve fibers ha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tasaki I,Byrne PM

更新日期：1992-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear orphan receptor TLX is an essential regulator of the growth of neural stem cells. However, its exact function in pancreatic islet cells is still unknown. In the present study, gene expression profiling analysis revealed that overexpression of TLX in beta cell line MIN6 causes suppression of 176 genes and upreg...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shi X,Xiong X,Dai Z,Deng H,Sun L,Hu X,Zhou F,Xu Y

更新日期：2015-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep deprivation (SD) has detrimental effects on the physiological function of the brain. However, the underlying mechanism remains elusive. In the present study, we investigated the expression of candidate plasticity-related gene 15 (cpg15), a neurotrophic gene, and its potential role in SD using a REM-SD mouse mode...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li CJ,Li JJ,Jiang Y,Mu YW,Lu DX,Xiao ZY,Jiang HY,Zhao JJ,Chen XH

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA-ELISA) was developed for molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The primers targeting 16S rRNA were used for the amplification of bacterial RNA by the isothermal digoxigenin (DIG)-labeling NASBA process, resulting in t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gill P,Ramezani R,Amiri MV,Ghaemi A,Hashempour T,Eshraghi N,Ghalami M,Tehrani HA

更新日期：2006-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase (ROCK) family of proteins, including ROCK1 and ROCK2, are key regulators of actin and intermediate filament morphology. The newly discovered ROCK substrate Tubulin polymerization promoting protein 1 (TPPP1) promotes microtubule polymerization and inhibits the activity of Histone d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schofield AV,Gamell C,Bernard O

更新日期：2013-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that estrogen effects in the heart include direct hormone effects on the myocardium. In a recent study we found that one beneficial effect of estradiol on the myocardium is the inhibition of apoptosis in cardiac myocytes. This effect was associated with a reduction of NF-kappaB activity. In th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pelzer T,Neumann M,de Jager T,Jazbutyte V,Neyses L

更新日期：2001-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The ribonucleotide reductase from the strictly anaerobic methanogen Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum has been partially purified by ion-exchange and gel-filtration chromatography. Its molecular weight is estimated to be 100,000 by the latter step. Unlike all previously studied ribonucleotide reductases, the enzyme...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sze IS,McFarlan SC,Spormann A,Hogenkamp HP,Follmann H

更新日期：1992-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived hormone, attenuates the production of TNFalpha by activated human macrophages. In the present study, we used porcine blood-derived macrophages to test the hypothesis that the anti-inflammatory action of adiponectin includes suppression of IL6 and an induction of IL10. Adiponectin supp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wulster-Radcliffe MC,Ajuwon KM,Wang J,Christian JA,Spurlock ME

更新日期：2004-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of dietary fatty acids on intestinal apolipoprotein (apo) A-IV and C-III expression in the newborn piglet. Two-day-old female piglets received one of three isocaloric formulas containing medium-chain triglycerides (TG) (MCT), intermediate-chain saturated TG (ICST)...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Black DD,Wang H,Hunter F,Zhan R

更新日期：1996-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytochrome P-450 catalyzing 26-hydroxylation of C27-steroids (cytochrome P-450(26] was purified from rabbit liver mitochondria. The specific content of the cytochrome P-450 was 13.6 nmol per mg of protein and the 26-hydroxylase activity towards 5 beta-cholestane-3 alpha, 7 alpha, 12 alpha-triol was 31,300 pmol/nmo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dahlbäck H

更新日期：1988-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Using fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated H-2K(b) CTL epitope (SIINFEKL) as a model system, we investigated the antigen delivery route by pH-sensitive liposomes in vivo. Fluorescence was initially detected in lymph nodes at 3 h after immunization, and its intensity reached a peak value in superticial inguinal...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee KY,Chun E,Seong BL

更新日期：2002-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Alisol B-23-acetate (AB23A), a tetracyclic triterpenoid isolated from the rhizome of Alisma orientale, has been reported to exert anti-proliferative activities in human colon, ovarian and gastric cancer cells. However, the anti-cancer effect of this compound on human lung cancer cells has not yet been thoroughly eluci...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang J,Li H,Wang X,Shen T,Wang S,Ren D

更新日期：2018-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila DLG (Discs Large Tumor Suppresser Protein) is a component of septate junctions, and disruption of its gene leads to over growth of imaginal discs. Homologs of Drosophila DLG recently isolated from mammalian tissue have been classified as members of the MAGUK (Membrane Associated GUanylate Kinase) superfamil...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inagaki H,Maeda S,Lin KH,Shimizu N,Saito T

更新日期：1999-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:NAD+ is a co-enzyme in redox reactions and a substrate required for activity of various enzyme families, including sirtuins and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases. Dietary supplementation of NAD+ precursors nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) or nicotinamide riboside (NR) protects against metabolic disease, neurodegenerative ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fan R,Cui J,Ren F,Wang Q,Huang Y,Zhao B,Wei L,Qian X,Xiong X

更新日期：2018-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay (RIA) was developed to detect the 4200 Dalton amyloid (A4) peptide or it's precursor (A4P) in human serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A synthetic peptide containing the first 28 amino acids of the 43 amino acid A4 peptide was covalently coupled to bovine thyroglobulin and a polyclonal antiserum in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pardridge WM,Vinters HV,Miller BL,Tourtellotte WW,Eisenberg JB,Yang J

更新日期：1987-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have investigated the potential for a pro-oxidant interaction of iron and ascorbate in vivo in iron and ascorbate cosupplementation or ascorbate supplementation studies. In this study, for the first time, the effects of iron supplementation on oxidative damage to DNA in healthy individuals with plasma a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Proteggente AR,England TG,Rice-Evans CA,Halliwell B

更新日期：2001-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported synergistic induction of apoptosis by IFN-gamma plus either cyclosporin A (CsA) or tacrolimus (FK506) in gastric carcinoma cells. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the mechanism for this synergistic induction of apoptosis. IFN-gamma plus CsA synergistically induced caspase-3 mediated apoptosi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Beppu K,Morisaki T,Matsunaga H,Uchiyama A,Ihara E,Hirano K,Kanaide H,Tanaka M,Katano M

更新日期：2003-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) plays an important role in immune response, apoptosis, and anti-tumor activity. Its biological activity depends on expression of IFN-gamma receptor (IFN-gammaR). To address whether increased expression of IFN-gammaR is associated in vivo with a higher biological response by IFN-gamma, we c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishida Y,Maeda Y,Hara A,Arima T,Kimura E,Yamashita S,Uyama E,Mita S,Uchino M

更新日期：2002-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A dot-blot hybridization procedure with synthetic oligonucleotide probes is reported, which allows the quantitative titration in genomic DNA of variant forms of repeated genes differing by a single nucleotide change. It involves the utilization of a pair of 22-base long oligonucleotides matching the two variant sequen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nicoloso M,Liang HQ,Bachellerie JP

更新日期：1989-03-31 00:00:00