Estimation of pyruvate decarboxylation in perfused rat skeletal muscle.

abstract：:Mangosteen, a fruit mainly produced in Southeast Asia, has been used as food and as an antipyretic and for treating skin diseases. The xanthones contained in mangosteen have many physiological activities including melanin suppression and anticancer activities, but little is known about the physiological effects of the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin M,Zhou S,Sakamoto K

更新日期：2020-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoke is a major risk factor for lung cancer and respiratory infections. This increased susceptibility may result from cigarette smoke-induced impairment of the immune system. In this study, we evaluated the effect of nicotine on the production of inflammatory mediators by activated macrophages. Pretreatment...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sugano N,Shimada K,Ito K,Murai S

更新日期：1998-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Groucho is a corepressor that forms a macromolecular complex for its corepressor activity, in which HDAC1 is an essential component for the modulation of chromatin structure and transcriptional repression of target genes. Here, we show that Groucho is covalently conjugated with small ubiquitin-related modifier-1 (SUMO...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ahn JW,Lee YA,Ahn JH,Choi CY

更新日期：2009-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We showed previously that the neuropeptide, galanin, transiently and promptly increases the cytoplasmic concentration of Ca2+, [Ca2+]i, in insulin producing clonal RINm5F cells prior to a reduction in [Ca2+]i. We found that galanin (100 nM) transiently increased the [Ca2+]i in the presence of 15 mM glyceraldehyde and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ahrén B

更新日期：1996-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed to determine if interleukin-1 (IL-1) acts as a chemical messenger in the central nervous system (CNS) regulation of gastric secretion and ulcer formation, using male Wistar rats. The central injection of IL-1 dose-dependently inhibited gastric acid secretion in pylorus-ligated rats at 1...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Uehara A,Okumura T,Kitamori S,Takasugi Y,Namiki M

更新日期：1990-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the molecular mechanisms underlying tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) mediated regulation of the human gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) gene were examined. TPA challenge of HeLa cells resulted in an increase of GGT mRNA and enzyme activity. Deletion analysis of the promoter revealed that the -3...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Daubeuf S,Duvoix A,Wellman-Rousseau M,Diederich M,Visvikis A

更新日期：2004-01-09 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：:To investigate regulation mechanisms of G2/M phase transition, we studied the association of cell cycle progression with p53-dependent p21/waf-1 and cyclinG expression. We used doxorubicin (DOX) and sodium butyrate (NaB) to accumulate p53 protein. DOX treatment resulted in an apparent increase of cells in the G2/M fra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimizu A,Nishida J,Ueoka Y,Kato K,Hachiya T,Kuriaki Y,Wake N

更新日期：1998-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The apical ectodermal ridge (AER) controls limb outgrowth and patterning, such that its removal causes changes in mesodermal gene expression, cell death and limb truncation. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family members are expressed in the AER and can rescue limb bud outgrowth after AER removal. Cells localized under...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pascoal S,Andrade RP,Bajanca F,Palmeirim I

更新日期：2007-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphofructokinase-2 from rat liver is inhibited by phosphoenolpyruvate and ADP. Phosphoenolpyruvate reduces the maximum activity in respect to fructose-6-phosphate and ATP but does not give rise to complete inhibition of phosphofructokinase-2. ADP increases the apparent Michaelis constant of the enzyme for ATP and l...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kretschmer M,Hofmann E

更新日期：1984-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The patch clamp technique applied to canine atrial myocyte sarcolemma, showed that 2 types of K+ channels were differentially affected by Ach. The 2 channel types differed in conductance, responses to [Ca++], and sensitivity to membrane potential. Addition of Ach (10(-9) M to 10(-6) M) to pipette solutions increased o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bubien JK,Woods WT Jr

更新日期：1987-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years a variety of recombinant methods have been developed for efficient production of bispecific antibodies (BsAb) in various formats. Bispecific diabody (bDAb), a 55-60 kDa molecule comprising two non-covalently associated cross-over single chain Fv (scFv) polypeptides, represents one of the most promising...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lu D,Jimenez X,Witte L,Zhu Z

更新日期：2004-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoglobin is a recently discovered myoglobin-related O2-binding protein of vertebrates with uncertain function. It occurs as single-copy gene in mammals. Here, we demonstrate the presence of two paralogous cytoglobin genes (Cygb-1 and Cygb-2) in the teleost fishes Danio rerio, Oryzias latipes, Tetraodon nigroviridis,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fuchs C,Luckhardt A,Gerlach F,Burmester T,Hankeln T

更新日期：2005-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor activator of nuclear factor (NF)-κB ligand (RANKL)-activated signaling is essential for osteoclast differentiation, activation, and survival. Salicortin is a phenolic glycoside that has been isolated from many plants such as Populus and Salix species, and has been shown to have anti-amnesic and anti-adipogeni...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nie S,Xu J,Zhang C,Xu C,Liu M,Yu D

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol is a critical regulator of lipid bilayer dynamics and plasma membrane organization in eukaryotes. A variety of ion channels have been shown to be modulated by cellular cholesterol and partition into cholesterol-enriched membrane rafts. However, very little is known about functional role of membrane cholest...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chubinskiy-Nadezhdin VI,Negulyaev YA,Morachevskaya EA

更新日期：2011-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrolysis of p-nitrophenylphosphorylcholine, p-nitrophenylphosphate, and phosphorylcholine was quantitated in homogenates prepared from the occipital and temporal regions of control and Alzheimer's Disease patient brain. There were no significant differences detected in activities of enzymes cleaving the first 2 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kanfer JN,McCartney DG

更新日期：1986-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate whether p21waf-1/cip-1/sdi-1 expression is associated with loss of growth potential of hepatocytes of old rats, we determined p21waf-1/cip-1/sdi-1 expression of hepatocytes from old (30 months) rats during the cell cycle in primary culture. A high level of expression of p21waf-1/cip-1/sdi-1 was detected a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sawada N,Kojima T,Obata H,Saitoh M,Isomura H,Kokai Y,Satoh M,Mori M

更新日期：1996-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel conformation-specific antibodies were raised against a cyclic chimeric dodecapeptidyl multiple antigen peptide (cCD-MAP) constructed with a spacer-armed Gly-Asp dipeptide and two pentapeptides (S(169)-Q(170)-K(171)-E(172)-G(173) of CCR5 and E(179)-A(180)-D(181)-D(182)-R(183) of CXCR4) which are components of the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Misumi S,Takamune N,Ido Y,Hayashi S,Endo M,Mukai R,Tachibana K,Umeda M,Shoji S

更新日期：2001-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) supplies the majority of the energy requirements of most eucaryotic cells. A null mutation in the Caenorhabditis elegans nuo-1 gene encoding a subunit of complex I (NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is lethal, leading to a developmental arrest at the third larval stage. To ident...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ndegwa S,Lemire BD

更新日期：2004-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Current studies were undertaken to determine the presence of a specific antigenic protein on the outer membrane of Salmonella typhi. Immunoblot analysis using sera from patients with fevers revealed that the 50 kD band was specifically recognized only by typhoid sera. The 50 kD band located on the outer membrane is pr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ismail A,Hai OK,Kader ZA

更新日期：1991-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have a high incidence of bacterial and viral infections. Fifteen non-dialysed (ND), 15 haemodialysed (HD), 15 patients with peritoneal dialysis (PD), and 15 healthy controls were included. T cell proliferation was measured by [3H]thymidine uptake. Apoptosis and cell phenotype...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moser B,Roth G,Brunner M,Lilaj T,Deicher R,Wolner E,Kovarik J,Boltz-Nitulescu G,Vychytil A,Ankersmit HJ

更新日期：2003-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Exogenous angiogenin undergoes rapid nuclear translocation in cultured human umbilical artery endothelial cells at 37 degrees C but not at 4 degrees C. Treatment of cells with colchicine, nocodazole and taxol, which disrupt the microtubule system, does not affect the nuclear translocation process of angiogenin, sugges...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li R,Riordan JF,Hu G

更新日期：1997-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-33, an IL-1 family member, acts as an extracellular cytokine by binding its cognate receptor, ST2. IL-33 is also a chromatin-binding transcriptional regulator highly expressed in the nuclei of endothelial cells. However, the function of IL-33 as a nuclear factor is poorly defined. Here, we show that I...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Choi YS,Park JA,Kim J,Rho SS,Park H,Kim YM,Kwon YG

更新日期：2012-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-protein-coding RNAs that function as post-transcriptional gene regulators. Recent evidence has shown that miRNA plays a pivotal role in the development of many cancers including glioma, a lethal brain cancer. We have recently compared the miRNA expression profiles between normal brain and gl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xia H,Qi Y,Ng SS,Chen X,Chen S,Fang M,Li D,Zhao Y,Ge R,Li G,Chen Y,He ML,Kung HF,Lai L,Lin MC

更新日期：2009-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the isolation and characterization of a novel class of leukocyte peptides with possible cytokine-like activities which we call granulins. They are cystine-rich with molecular weights of approximately 6 Kda, except for granulin D, which appears to be a dimer. We present the sequence of one member of this fami...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bateman A,Belcourt D,Bennett H,Lazure C,Solomon S

更新日期：1990-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is the bulk degradation of cytosolic materials in lysosomes/vacuoles of eukaryotic cells. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 17 Atg proteins are known to be involved in autophagosome formation. Genome wide analyses have shown that Atg17 interacts with numerous proteins. Further studies on these interacti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kabeya Y,Kawamata T,Suzuki K,Ohsumi Y

更新日期：2007-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a typing assay for HIV-1 using subtype specific peptides corresponding to the five major subtypes of HIV-1 (A to E). In eight patients serologically subtyped as A (n = 1), B (n = 3), C (n = 3) and E (n = 1) phyllogenetic analysis of sequenced V3 domain DNA completely correlated to the peptide serotyping. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sherefa K,Sönnerborg A,Steinbergs J,Sällberg M

更新日期：1994-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In continuation of our recent observations indicating the presence of a lone calcineurin-dependent response element (CDRE) in the -3730bp upstream region of copper-induced metallothionein (CuMT) gene of Neurospora [K.S. Kumar, S. Dayananda, C. Subramanyam, Copper alone, but not oxidative stress, induces copper-metallo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kumar KS,Ravi Kumar B,Siddavattam D,Subramanyam C

更新日期：2006-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic carcinoma is characterized by a poor prognosis and lack of response to conventional therapy. The regulatory mechanisms for the rapid proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells and the particular aggressiveness of this cancer are still not fully understood. In mammalian cells, three MAPK families including ERK...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ding XZ,Adrian TE

更新日期：2001-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane-associated guanylate kinase-interacting protein (MAGUIN)-1 was identified as a protein interacting with synaptic scaffolding molecule (S-SCAM) and postsynaptic density (PSD)-95/synapse-associated protein (SAP)90. MAGUIN-1 has a chimerical molecular structure composed of one sterile alpha motif, one PSD-95/Dlg...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yao I,Ohtsuka T,Kawabe H,Matsuura Y,Takai Y,Hata Y

更新日期：2000-04-13 00:00:00