Identification of a prealbumin variant in the serum of a Japanese patient with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy.

abstract：:Lp-A-I was isolated by immunoaffinity chromatography and then separated into two fractions of large and small Lp-A-I particles by conventional ultracentrifugation with a cut-off density of 1.125 g/ml. The large and small particle-rich fractions were then radiolabeled with [125I]-Na and [131I]-Na, respectively. Both of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saku K,Liu R,Ohta T,Jimi S,Matsuda I,Arakawa K

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a previous finding that fusion of a somatic cell with an embryonic stem (ES) cell reprogrammed the somatic cell, genes for reprogramming transcription factors were selected and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology was developed. The cell fusion itself produced a tetraploid cell. To avoid nuclear fus...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim SM,Wada KI,Ueki M,Hosokawa K,Maeda M,Sakai Y,Ito Y

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The proB proA operons (which are blocked by the feedback inhibition of proline production) of Escherichia coli wild type or with the mutation proBosm, blocking feedback inhibition effect of proline production, were cloned in a broad host range shuttle vector pVA 12-2. The hybrid plasmids pLVA(proB+A+) and pNSA(proBosm...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Neumivakin LV,Solovjev VP,Sokhansanj A,Tilba VA,Moseiko NA,Shachbasian RV,Piruzian ES

更新日期：1995-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In the TT cell line of human medullary thyroid carcinoma, the viral Harvey ras (v-rasH) oncogene induces differentiation, marked by morphological changes, diminution of growth, and increased expression of the calcitonin gene. Here, we show that the transcriptional factor c-jun is increased during v-rasH induced differ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nelkin BD,Borges M,Mabry M,Baylin SB

更新日期：1990-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone is one of the essential target tissues of growth hormone (GH). In bone remodeling, cell-matrix attachment is important where focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is involved. FAK plays a central role in determining the shape and motility of cells in response to the extracellular matrix stimuli. In the present study, we ha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi MO,Takahashi Y,Iida K,Okimura Y,Kaji H,Abe H,Chihara K

更新日期：1999-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:TMEM1 (EHOC-1) gene encodes a putative transmembrane protein and is located on human chromosome band 21q22.3. Analysis of a 122,638-bp genomic sequence revealed that TMEM1 gene consists of 23 exons spanning approximately 94 kb and is transcribed in the direction of centromere to telomere. The 5' region of the TMEM1 ge...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagamine K,Kudoh J,Kawasaki K,Minoshima S,Asakawa S,Ito F,Shimizu N

更新日期：1997-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromedin B and neuromedin C are the novel mammalian bombesin-like peptides isolated from porcine spinal cord. We have developed highly specific and sensitive radioimmunoassays for neuromedin B and neuromedin C, and determined their regional distribution in rat central nervous system. Prior to measurements of the tis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Minamino N,Kangawa K,Matsuo H

更新日期：1984-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin (ET)-1 and big ET-1 both caused contraction of isolated porcine coronary arteries, but the potency of big ET-1 was 1/100-1/200 that of ET-1. These responses were independent of the vascular endothelium. Phosphoramidon blocked the vasoconstriction caused by 30 nM big ET-1, but was ineffective on the action o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukuroda T,Noguchi K,Tsuchida S,Nishikibe M,Ikemoto F,Okada K,Yano M

更新日期：1990-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The most widely used rate expression for single-substrate enzyme catalyzed reactions, namely the Michaelis-Menten kinetics is based upon the assumption that enzyme concentration is in excess of the substrate in the medium and the rate is mainly limited by the substrate concentration according to saturation kinetics. H...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kargi F

更新日期：2009-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect experiments suggest that DNA polymerase gamma is involved in the mitochondrial DNA replication process. This report describes an in vitro mitochondrial DNA replication assay directed by the origin of replication of the Heavy strand mt DNA. The assay requires all four dNTP, rNTP and an ATP regenerating system....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lestienne P

更新日期：1987-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) for anti-angiogenic or pro-apoptotic factors in endothelial cells (ECs) has great potential for the treatment of ischemic diseases by promoting angiogenesis or inhibiting apoptosis. Here, we report the utility of small interfering RNA (siRNA) in inhibiting EC apoptosis induced by tumor necrosis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cho SW,Hartle L,Son SM,Yang F,Goldberg M,Xu Q,Langer R,Anderson DG

更新日期：2008-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Deoxyglucosone (3-DG) is a metabolite of glucose that is thought to lead to the production of advanced glycation end products in diabetes. The previous assay for 3-DG in serum was based on a multi-step protocol, including derivatization, extraction, HPLC separation, and detection. In the current studies, we establis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Uchida Y,Kurano Y,Endo T,Aoyama M,Ito S

更新日期：2004-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation mutants of chinese hamster ovary cells were used to analyse the role played by surface-exposed carbohydrates on the process of interaction of Trypanosoma cruzi with the host cell. Adhesion and invasion of the parasites were markedly reduced in cells which express very few sialic acid residues. Infection ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ciavaglia Mdo C,de Carvalho TU,de Souza W

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied about the physicochemical stability of a novel heparin-binding growth/differentiation factor, midkine (MK). It was found that synthetic human MK was heat and acid stable. Neither incubation at 80 degrees C for 90 sec nor treatment at low pH affected the elution profile of MK molecule on the high performance...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kojima S,Inui T,Muramatsu H,Kimura T,Sakakibara S,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1995-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperphosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases-1/2 (ERK1/2) is known to promote cancer cell proliferation. We therefore investigated the constitutive phosphorylation levels of ERK1/2 and the expression of its downstream targets c-Fos, c-Jun, and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in biopsied human gastri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu WK,Sung JJ,Yu L,Li ZJ,Chu KM,Cho CH

更新日期：2008-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study has focused on the role of the 42- and 44-kDa mitogen-activated protein kinases (p42/44 MAPKs) and the 38-kDa mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) in the proliferation of the pancreatic beta-cell line MIN6. MIN6 beta-cell proliferation was assessed by measuring 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Burns CJ,Squires PE,Persaud SJ

更新日期：2000-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation and histone H3 lysine 27 methylation (H3K27me) are repressive marks that silence gene expression. The M phase phosphoprotein (MPP8) associates with proteins involved in both DNA methylation and histone modifications, and therefore, is a potential candidate to mediate cr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Murata K,Sato S,Haruta M,Goshima T,Chiba Y,Takahashi S,Sharif J,Koseki H,Nakanishi M,Shimada M

更新日期：2015-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:MH1C1 rat hepatoma cells express the alpha isoenzyme as the only phorbol-ester sensitive isoform of protein kinase C (PKC). In this cell line, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) induced a marked, dose-dependent growth inhibition. The administration of the PKC inhibitor staurosporine was able to mimic the effect of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Perletti GP,Smeraldi C,Porro D,Piccinini F

更新日期：1994-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Human polymorphonuclear leukocytes in the presence of the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 plus Ca2+ incorporated exogenously-added [3H]acetate or 1-0-[3H]-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (lysoplatelet-activating factor) into platelet-activating factor (PAF,1-0-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine). The incorporation of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Billah MM,Siegel MI

更新日期：1984-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Eicosanoid formation by transcellular routes can amplify the levels and types of lipid mediators within a local milieu. To evaluate the role of adhesion in this process, we assessed the influence of mAb against adhesion molecules on LTC4 generation by PMN-endothelial cell interaction. Transcellular LTC4 generation was...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brady HR,Serhan CN

更新日期：1992-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic DNA of the phytopathogenic Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora LY34 was partially digested with Sau3AI, ligated into the BamHI site of pBlue-script II SK+, and introduced into E. coli. Two clones that were able to hydrolyse carboxymethylcellulose were selected. 1.5 kb and 1.2 kb fragments containing the celA ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park YW,Lim ST,Cho SJ,Yun HD

更新日期：1997-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) is essential in intracellular signal transduction for various cell functions including natural killer (NK) cell activity. This enzyme is hydrolysed by calpain, which is Ca2+-dependent thiol proteinase. We showed here that in NK activity-deficient beige (bg/bg) mouse, the model of Chediak-Higashi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ito M,Sato A,Tanabe F,Ishida E,Takami Y,Shigeta S

更新日期：1989-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Four IgE-binding epitopes have been characterized that cover a large area (40%) of the molecular surface of lipid transfer protein allergens of Rosaceae (apple, peach, apricot, and plum). They mainly correspond to electropositively charged regions protruding on the molecular surface of the modeled apple (Mal d 3), apr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Borges JP,Barre A,Culerrier R,Granier C,Didier A,Rougé P

更新日期：2008-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Human endothelial cell thrombin receptors were functionally expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes by injection of RNA extracted from human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Oocytes injected with endothelial cell RNA responded to thrombin with a Ca2(+)-dependent depolarizing current whose size depended on the amount of R...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pipili-Synetos E,Gershengorn MC,Jaffe EA

更新日期：1990-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The human ST2 gene has been known to encode three splice variants; namely, a soluble secreted form of ST2, a transmembrane form of ST2L, and ST2V of undetermined localization. Therefore, analysis of tissue distribution and subcellular localization of ST2V is important to elucidate functional relationships among the th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tago K,Noda T,Hayakawa M,Iwahana H,Yanagisawa K,Yashiro T,Tominaga S

更新日期：2001-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:With aging and stress, the myocardium undergoes structural remodeling, often leading to fibrosis. The purpose of this study is to examine whether lumican, one of the class II small leucine-rich proteoglycans, has a protective role in cardiac remodeling and fibrosis. In attempts to elucidate the hypothesis that lumican...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen SW,Tung YC,Jung SM,Chu Y,Lin PJ,Kao WW,Chu PH

更新日期：2017-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatectomy (Px) is known to cause islet hypertrophy and is a putative method to mimic hyperglycemia representing type II diabetes mellitus. Therefore, finding new genes related to pancreatectomy will help to understand the molecular mechanism of hypertrophy and hyperglycemia, and may provide new diagnostic markers...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lim HW,Lee JE,Shin SJ,Lee YE,Oh SH,Park JY,Seong JK,Park JS

更新日期：2002-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned the 5' upstream -1034 to +88 fragment of the human inducible nitric oxide synthase (hiNOS) gene and demonstrate its competence to promote luciferase gene transcription in vascular-smooth-muscle (VSM) cells and macrophages. Sequential 5' end-deletions localized positive regulatory elements of hiNOS trans...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kolyada AY,Savikovsky N,Madias NE

更新日期：1996-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Invaison plasmid antigen D (IpaD) and water-extracted outer-membrane proteins (OMPs) from Shigella flexneri were used to investigate some of the structural relationships of this pathogen's invasions. Extracellular presentation of the three invasion plasmid antigens (Ipa) B, C, and D is required for the S. flexneri inv...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Marquart ME,Picking WL,Picking WD

更新日期：1995-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The octaheme cytochrome c3 (Mr 26000) from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Norway was studied using cyclic voltammetry at the pyrolytic graphite electrode. The kinetics of reduction of the octaheme cytochrome c3 (Mr 26000) from D. desulfuricans Norway by the Ni-Fe-Se hydrogenase purified from the same organism was investi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Haladjian J,Bianco P,Guerlesquin F,Bruschi M

更新日期：1991-08-30 00:00:00