Corticotropin-releasing factor differentially regulates proopiomelanocortin messenger ribonucleic acid levels in anterior as compared to intermediate pituitary lobes of rats.

abstract：:The efp, a member of the RING finger family, was previously identified as an estrogen responsive gene. Here, we characterized basal promoter of the human efp gene. Transcription initiation site was found at position -60 G relative to the site for translation initiation, and TATA motif was absent. Deletion and mutation...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ikeda K,Inoue S,Orimo A,Sano M,Watanabe T,Tsutsumi K,Muramatsu M

更新日期：1997-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are major players in liver fibrogenesis. Accumulating evidence shows that suppression of autophagy plays an important role in the development and progression of liver disease. Phospholipase D1 (PLD1), which catalyzes the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine to yield phosphatidic acid (PA) an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Seo HY,Jang BK,Jung YA,Lee EJ,Kim HS,Jeon JH,Kim JG,Lee IK,Kim MK,Park KG

更新日期：2014-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Hydroxyheptanal (2-HH) is one of the reactive aldehyde species generated during the peroxidation of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as linoleic and arachidonic acids. Analogous to the Maillard reaction of reducing sugars, 2-HH readily reacts with lysine epsilon-amino groups. In the present study, to define the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Itakura K,Furuhata A,Shibata N,Kobayashi M,Uchida K

更新日期：2003-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutritional and pharmacological factors are needed to prevent bone loss that occurs with increasing age. The chemical compounds that act on bone metabolism as nutrients in food, however, are poorly understood. The effect of resveratrol, a natural phytoestrogen, on the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizutani K,Ikeda K,Kawai Y,Yamori Y

更新日期：1998-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes containing the expression vector pRSVneo coding for neomycin phosphotransferase-II were used for a gene transfer into rat liver cells in vivo. After intravenous application of liposomes to male Wistar-rats, non-integrated vector DNA was detected by blot-hybridisation in isolated nuclei of hepatocytes. Presen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Leibiger B,Leibiger I,Sarrach D,Zühlke H

更新日期：1991-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-catenin has essential roles in morphogenesis and human cancer, both as a subunit of adhesive complexes in the cell membrane and as a transcriptional coactivator in the Wnt signaling pathway. In addition, beta-catenin also has the ability to transport lymphoid enhancer binding factor-1 into the nucleus. In this st...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hsu HT,Liu PC,Ku SY,Jung KC,Hong YR,Kao C,Wang C

更新日期：2006-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Delipidated proteins from a fraction of mouse lung homogenate enriched for lamellar bodies of type 2 pneumocytes were characterized by a combination of gel filtration and enzyme immunoassay for the presence of a surfactant-associated antigen. Immunoreactivity was associated with a protein of Mr 250-270,000 as well as ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kumar RK,Smith GJ,Truscott JY,Hristoforidis CP,Lykke AW

更新日期：1986-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have constructed a hybrid multicomponent dioxygenase gene cluster in which the bphA1 gene, coding for ISP alpha subunit of biphenyl dioxygenase from Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707, has been replaced by the bedC1 gene encoding the corresponding subunit of benzene dioxygenase from P. putida ML2. Escherichia coli...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tan HM,Cheong CM

更新日期：1994-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Using affinity chromatography on immobilized transcortin of 125I-labeled, cholate-solubilized plasma membranes of human syncytiotrophoblast, a transcortin-binding protein with a minimal Mr of about 20 kDa has been isolated. It was found to be a sialoglycoprotein with an isoelectric point at pH 4.4 (about 5.0 after the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Krupenko SA,Avvakumov GV,Strel'chyonok OA

更新日期：1991-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Using SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, we investigated the difference in the molecular structure between human and bovine ceruloplasmin. In both cases, we found that the protein is present in two majors forms of different molecular mass. The difference between human and bovine ceruloplasmin was more obvious w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boivin S,Aouffen M,Fournier A,Mateescu MA

更新日期：2001-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial fibrosis and loss of parenchymal tubular cells are the common outcomes of progressive renal diseases. Pro-inflammatory cytokines have been known contributing to the damage of tubular cells and fibrosis responses after renal injury. Interleukin (IL)-33 is a tissue-derived nucleus alarmin that drives inflam...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen WY,Chang YJ,Su CH,Tsai TH,Chen SD,Hsing CH,Yang JL

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of mercapto- and chlorodicarbanonaborates on mitochondrial, FAD-linked, L-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity was tested. The mercaptodicarbanonaborate was found to be a more potent inhibitor than the chloro derivative. The Ki of mercapto- and chlorodicarbanonaborates were 0.8 M and 480 M...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Drahota Z,Saf P,Rauchová H,Kalous M

更新日期：1995-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in human BIGH3 (TGFB1), a gene identified after treatment of an adenocarcinoma cell line with TGF-beta, have been observed in patients with granular Groenouw type I, Reis-Bücklers, Thiel-Behnke, Avellino, and Lattice type I and IIIa, six autosomal dominant corneal dystrophies linked to chromosome 5q. In orde...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schorderet DF,Menasche M,Morand S,Bonnel S,Büchillier V,Marchant D,Auderset K,Bonny C,Abitbol M,Munier FL

更新日期：2000-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Nischarin, a novel integrin binding protein, has been demonstrated its negative effects on cell migration and invasion. However, the biological role of Nischarin in breast cancer has not been fully elucidated yet. Our study aimed to analyze the association between Nischarin expression and clinical features of breast c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chang C,Wei W,Han D,Meng J,Zhu F,Xiao Y,Wu G,Shi X,Zhang L

更新日期：2017-03-11 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：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the predominant form of primary liver cancer, is one of the most common cancers worldwide and the third most common cause of cancer-related death. Imaging studies including ultrasound and computed tomography are recommended for early detection of HCC, but they are operator dependent, co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nomura F,Sogawa K,Noda K,Seimiya M,Matsushita K,Miura T,Tomonaga T,Yoshitomi H,Imazeki F,Takizawa H,Mogushi K,Miyazaki M,Yokosuka O

更新日期：2012-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNA-222 (miR-222) has been shown to initiate the activation of hepatic stellate cells, which plays an important role in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of miR-22 in a mouse model of biliary atresia (BA) induced by Rhesus Rotavirus (RRV) infection. New-born Balb/c ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shen WJ,Dong R,Chen G,Zheng S

更新日期：2014-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The close association of inflammation, angiogenesis and cancer progression is now highlighted, and in this study we especially focused on a close association of inflammation and lymphangiogenesis. We found that proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), could induce lymphangiogenesis in mouse cornea throu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Watari K,Nakao S,Fotovati A,Basaki Y,Hosoi F,Bereczky B,Higuchi R,Miyamoto T,Kuwano M,Ono M

更新日期：2008-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Succinate-ubiquinone reductase (complex II) is an important enzyme complex in aerobic respiration and the tricarboxylic acid cycle. We recently identified two distinct cDNAs for the human flavoprotein subunit (Fp) from a single individual and demonstrated mRNAs of these two isoforms, Type I Fp and Type II Fp, in skele...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tomitsuka E,Goto Y,Taniwaki M,Kita K

更新日期：2003-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) is a ubiquitous transcription factor activated by various stimuli implicated in heart failure progression. However, its activation in heart failure has not been well defined yet. Therefore, we investigated activation of NF-kappaB after myocardial infarction. For the first time, we per...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tillmanns J,Carlsen H,Blomhoff R,Valen G,Calvillo L,Ertl G,Bauersachs J,Frantz S

更新日期：2006-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Using genomic restriction analysis of 14 unrelated patients with salt-losing congenital adrenal hyperplasia, we identified three different CA21HB mutation patterns: no detectable restriction fragment abnormalities (16/28 haplotypes), deletion of the active CA21HB gene (9/28), and apparent conversion of the active CA21...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jospe N,Donohoue PA,Van Dop C,McLean RH,Bias WB,Migeon CJ

更新日期：1987-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In rat pancreatic acinar cells epidermal growth factor (EGF) and insulin increase both basal and cholecystokinin (CCK-OP) stimulated amylase release in vitro (1) as a long term function of this tissue. Here we show that preincubation of isolated plasma membranes with EGF or with insulin leads to increased incorporatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pröfrock A,Schnefel S,Schulz I

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) was induced in the liver, lung and brain of the mouse injected intraperitoneally with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), showing maximal enzyme activity four hours after the injection. The increase of ODC activity was due to the enhanced syntheses of mRNA and protein. The inducti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hibasami H,Tsukada T,Maekawa S,Sakurai M,Nakashima K

更新日期：1987-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Potassium tellurite (K(2)TeO(3)) is harmful to most organisms and specific mechanisms explaining its toxicity are not well known to date. We previously reported that the lpdA gene product of the tellurite-resistant environmental isolate Aeromonas caviae ST is involved in the reduction of tellurite to elemental telluri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Castro ME,Molina RC,Díaz WA,Pradenas GA,Vásquez CC

更新日期：2009-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The jelly coat of echinoderm eggs contains a glycoconjugate, acrosome reaction-inducing substance (ARIS), that is essential for triggering the acrosome reaction in homologous spermatozoa. In the starfish, Asterias amurensis, ARIS is a sulfated glycoprotein of an apparent molecular size of greater than 10(7). Since its...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okinaga T,Ohashi Y,Hoshi M

更新日期：1992-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:TRPA1 of insects and several tetrapod vertebrates except for those of rodents have been reported to be activated by noxious chemicals and also by high temperature with a relatively clear threshold. We previously analyzed the characteristics of two TRPA1 paralogs of zebrafish (zTRPA1a, b) and demonstrated that zTRPA1a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oda M,Saito K,Hatta S,Kubo Y,Saitoh O

更新日期：2017-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex of immobilized human plasminogen (iHPlg) and streptokinase (SK) has a lower catalytic activity in hydrolysis of plasmin-specific substrate S-2251 with a kcat/Km of 0.005 microM-1 x s-1, compared to 0.031 microM-1 x s-1 of immobilized human plasmin (iHPlm) and 0.078 microM-1 x s-1 of HPlm. The SK in the com...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shi GY,Chang BI,Wu DH,Wu HL

更新日期：1993-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitously expressed Calpains 1 and 2 belong to a family of calcium-dependent intracellular cysteine proteases. Both calpains are heterodimers consisting of a large subunit and a small regulatory subunit encoded by the gene Capns1. To investigate a role for the calpain small subunit in cells of the osteoblast li...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kashiwagi A,Fein MJ,Shimada M

更新日期：2011-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Microarray technology provides a powerful approach to understand complex biological systems. The most common application of microarray technology is to document gene expression profiles of all genes within a genome in response to specific conditions such as disease, drug application, or genotype. One result of this te...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Díaz E

更新日期：2009-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae antizyme (AZ) resembles mammalian AZ in its mode of synthesis by translational frameshifting and its ability to inhibit and facilitate the degradation of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC). Despite many studies on the interaction of AZ and ODC, the ODC:AZ complex has not been purified from any sour...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chattopadhyay MK,Fernandez C,Sharma D,McPhie P,Masison DC

更新日期：2011-03-11 00:00:00