The effect of interaction between human urokinase and its competitive inhibitor, N alpha-benzoyl-L-arginine amide, on reduction of a specific SS bond related to enzymatic activity.

abstract：:Free fatty acids (FFAs) act as extracellular signaling molecules through binding to G-protein-coupled FFA receptors (FFARs). GPR120 and GPR40 are identified as FFARs for medium- and long-chain fatty acids. In the present study, we investigated roles of GPR120 and GPR40 in cellular functions of pancreatic cancer PANC-1...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukushima K,Yamasaki E,Ishii S,Tomimatsu A,Takahashi K,Hirane M,Fukushima N,Honoki K,Tsujiuchi T

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat molars and incisors have different root patterning mechanisms: the former form a multirooted pattern while the latter form a single-rooted analogue. But the genetic signals that control root patterning are poorly understood. In this study, to identify the special molecular signals which may lead to the molar root ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xing X,Deng Z,Yang F,Watanabe S,Wen L,Jin Y

更新日期：2007-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:AF1q has a precise oncogenic function. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether CBD has an effect on the AF1q/ICAM-1 regulatory axis in Burkitt's lymphoma (BL), and thus has potential to enhance immunotherapy and reduce side effects. METHODS:We established BL cell lines with altered AF1q expression usin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Togano T,Kim N,Kim N,Park GS,Park AK,Bennet M,Park J

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The myelin basic proteins (MBPs) are a family of polypeptides that are predominantly expressed in the nervous system where they play a major role in myelination. We have generated four lines of transgenic mice carrying a transgene in which 1.34 kb of the 5'-flanking sequence of the mouse MBP gene was fused upstream of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Asipu A,Mellor AL,Blair GE

更新日期：2001-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether oral administration of an arginase inhibitor regulates adipose tissue macrophage infiltration and inflammation in mice with high fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity. Male C57BL/6 mice (n = 30) were randomly assigned to control (CTL, n = 10), HFD only (n = 10), and HFD with arginase inhibitor N(ω...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hu H,Moon J,Chung JH,Kim OY,Yu R,Shin MJ

更新日期：2015-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a heterogeneous subset of stromal stem cells isolated from many adult tissues. Previous studies reported that MSCs can differentiate to both mesodermal and neural lineages by a phenomenon referred to as ''dedifferentiation'' or ''transdifferentiation''. However, since MSCs have only b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morikawa S,Mabuchi Y,Niibe K,Suzuki S,Nagoshi N,Sunabori T,Shimmura S,Nagai Y,Nakagawa T,Okano H,Matsuzaki Y

更新日期：2009-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:NOS activity has been recently described in airway epithelial cells. Because these cells are often ciliated we hypothesized that NO modulates airway ciliary beating. CBF was measured in cultured BBECs using video microscopy. L-NMMA, a NOS inhibitor, caused a 40% decrease in CBF following pre-stimulation with isoproter...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jain B,Rubinstein I,Robbins RA,Leise KL,Sisson JH

更新日期：1993-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-treatment of neutrophils with either pertussis or cholera toxins does not inhibit neutrophil activation by surface bound IgG. In contrast, pretreatment with the phorbol ester, phorbol myristate acetate, results in a dose dependent inhibition of degranulation by surface bound IgG. This inhibition is similar to that...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Blackburn WD Jr,Heck LW

更新日期：1989-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cis-acting elements GM-kappa B/GC-box and CLE0, of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene are required for maximal induction in Jurkat T cells by costimulation with phorbol-12-myristate acetate (PMA) and Ca2+ ionophore (A23187). The GM-kappa B sequence is recognized by NF-kappa B, which...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsuboi A,Muramatsu M,Tsutsumi A,Arai K,Arai N

更新日期：1994-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:PML-RARalpha is a chimeric transcription factor tightly associated with acute promyelocytic leukemia. PML-RARalpha plays an important role in the aberrant transcription repression on the target genes of wild-type retinoic acid receptors. Here, we demonstrated that HDAC3, one component of the N-CoR transcription repres...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Atsumi A,Tomita A,Kiyoi H,Naoe T

更新日期：2006-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanosecond and steady fluorescence techniques have been employed to study the interaction of retinol with protein disulfide isomerase (PDI). Retinol binds tightly to PDI; and the rotational correlation time (θ = 36 ns) corresponds to a monomeric subunit of 55 kDa. The enzyme does not undergo aggregation in the p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Churchich JE

更新日期：1999-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:GPR35, previously an orphan G-protein coupled receptor, is a receptor for kynurenic acid. Here we examine the distribution of GPR35 in the rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and the effects of its selective activation. GPR35 was expressed predominantly by small- to medium-diameter neurons of the DRG. Many of these same ne...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohshiro H,Tonai-Kachi H,Ichikawa K

更新日期：2008-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of arachidonic acid on the enzyme complexes in the electron transport system were investigated using submitochondrial particles from rat brain. Arachidonic acid irreversibly inhibited NADH-CoQ oxidoreductase (complex I) activity, but had no effect on the activities of succinate-CoQ oxidoreductase (complex ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morii H,Takeuchi Y,Watanabe Y

更新日期：1991-08-15 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：:A novel method using an amplifier with a cantilever and gold nanoparticles successfully to extend the length of the target for the specific and high sensitive detection of DNA was reported. When the size of gold nanoparticle is 50 nm, a sensitivity of 10(-15)M for the single base mutation detection has been achieved. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu T,Tang J,Han M,Jiang L

更新日期：2003-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The maintenance of telomere length is crucial for survival of cells. Telomerase is an RNA-containing reverse transcriptase, which is responsible for elongation of shortened telomeres. Telomerase reactivation has been suggested to be involved in malignant progressions. To study on the involvement of telomerase activati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miura M,Karasaki Y,Abe T,Higashi K,Ikemura K,Gotoh S

更新日期：1998-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure is described for preparation of homogeneous inositol monophosphate phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.25) from beef brain in less than 2 days with an overall recovery of 15-25%. This enzyme, an essential part of the inositol phospholipid cycle in brain, is a proposed site of action of lithium ions in manic-depressive d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Meek JL,Rice TJ,Anton E

更新日期：1988-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the ability of two well-characterized eukaryotic homing endonucleases, I-PpoI from the myxomycete Physarum polycephalum and I-CreI from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, to generate site-specific DNA double-strand breaks in human cells. These 18-kDa proteins cleave highly conserved 15- or 24...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Monnat RJ Jr,Hackmann AF,Cantrell MA

更新日期：1999-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:CD40-mediated signals can induce cell aggregation, proliferation and rescue from apoptosis in WEHI231. To define which segment of cytoplasmic domain of CD40 and how signals are involved in those events, we generated mutant CD40 transfectants. We demonstrated the same 10 amino acid segment that could bind to tumor necr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hara T,Murakami M,Maeda H,Hibi M,Uede T

更新日期：1997-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-Galactosidase, the product of the melA gene, was purified from a strain of Escherichia coli harboring a plasmid carrying melA, which over-produced the alpha-galactosidase. An apparent molecular weight was determined to be 50 kDa. The amino acid composition of this enzyme was determined. The result indicates that...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagao Y,Nakada T,Imoto M,Shimamoto T,Sakai S,Tsuda M,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：1988-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine proteases and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are important factors in the degradation of organic matrix components of bone. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is an osteoblast-secreted decoy receptor that inhibits osteoclast differentiation and activation. This study investigated the direct effects of human OPG on cathe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wittrant Y,Couillaud S,Theoleyre S,Dunstan C,Heymann D,Rédini F

更新日期：2002-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:While recent insights indicate that the transcription factor Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is indispensable for vascular homeostasis, its exact role in proliferation and angiogenesis and how it functions remain unresolved. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of KLF4 in the proliferations of endo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zheng X,Li A,Zhao L,Zhou T,Shen Q,Cui Q,Qin X

更新日期：2013-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of membranes from murine erythroleukemia cells was performed in the presence and absence of the polar solvent dimethyl sulfoxide. Quantitation of the phosphoamino acid content revealed that DMSO stimulated phosphotyrosine accumulation by three-fold; serine and threonine phosphorylation decreased signif...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Earp HS,Rubin RA,Austin KS,Dy RC

更新日期：1983-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins (PGs) released by cultured rat Kupffer cells in response to stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or ethanol were extracted from culture media, separated by HPLC and measured by radioimmunoassay. LPS (0.5-5 micrograms/ml) enhanced, after a 3-4 hrs lag period, the production of PGE2 (7-10 fold by 24 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Victorov AV,Hoek JB

更新日期：1995-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Groucho is a protein implicated in Notch signaling and involved in segmentation and neural development in Drosophila. Groucho forms transcription complexes with the basic helix-loop-helix proteins encoded by the hairy/Enhancer of split ("hairy-like") gene family. These interactions are mediated by the carboxyl-termina...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Grbavec D,Stifani S

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug transporters are of considerable importance because they present problems in the treatment of infectious disease and cancer. A central issue is the ability of efflux pumps to recognize an astounding array of structurally diverse compounds. The yeast Pdr5p efflux pump, which is a member of the ATP-binding cas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Golin J,Ambudkar SV,May L

更新日期：2007-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic regulation necessary for the formation of a four-chambered heart is tightly regulated by transcription factors such as TBX20, a member of the T-box (TBX) transcription factor family. TBX20 is critical for proper cardiogenesis and is expressed in the heart throughout development. Missense mutations in TBX20...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Debenedittis P,Harmelink C,Chen Y,Wang Q,Jiao K

更新日期：2011-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:(6R)5,6,7,8 tetrahydrobiopterin (6-BH4) is an important cofactor in the regulation of melanogenesis in melanocytes, where it controls: (a) the supply of L-tyrosine from L-phenylalanine via phenylalanine hydroxylase, and (b) regulates directly dopaquinone formation from L-tyrosine via tyrosinase. 6-BH4 undergoes redox-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schallreuter KU,Büttner G,Pittelkow MR,Wood JM,Swanson NN,Körner C

更新日期：1994-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Start domain-containing protein 3 (Stard3) plays roles in intracellular cholesterol distribution, however, the role of Stard3 in the adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes remains unclear. We demonstrated that Stard3 expression was significantly increased during the adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, accompanied by a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhou X,Gao H,Guo Y,Chen Y,Ruan XZ

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) are critical in ventilated and poly-traumatized patients. Most important, these bacteria cause frequent and chronic pulmonary infections in patients with cystic fibrosis. Therefore, identification of molecular mechanisms that mediate the infection of mammalian cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kirschnek S,Adams C,Gulbins E

更新日期：2005-02-18 00:00:00