Simultaneous detection of native and luminol-dependent luminescence of stimulated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

abstract：:Licochalcone (LA) is a novel estrogenic flavonoid isolated from PC-SPES composition herb licorice root that was reported to show significant antitumor activity in various malignant human cell lines. To better understand its anti-CaP activities, we have investigated LA-elicited growth control and induction of apoptosis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fu Y,Hsieh TC,Guo J,Kunicki J,Lee MY,Darzynkiewicz Z,Wu JM

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Subpeptin JM4-A and subpeptin JM4-B are two novel antimicrobial peptides produced by Bacillus subtilis JM4. To identify putative genes involved in their production, degenerate PCR primers targeted to conserved motifs of nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) were used. A resulting 1.2 kb PCR product had high sequenc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu S,Zhong J,Huan L

更新日期：2006-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is known to play an essential role in vascular development. We have overexpressed VEGF122 or VEGF170, which are equivalent to mouse VEGF120 and VEGF164, in developing Xenopus embryos. Overexpression of VEGF170 but not VEGF122 demonstrated an absence of expression of hematopoie...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koibuchi N,Taniyama Y,Nagao K,Ogihara T,Kaneda Y,Morishita R

更新日期：2006-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:An affinity gel containing a newly synthesized derivative of naltrexone, beta-naltrexyl-6-ethylenediamine (NED), was used to purify opioid binding sites by 300-450-fold. Binding sites solubilized from brains of toad, rat and cow using digitonin in the presence of 0.5 M NaCl are retained by the gel and can be eluted wi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gioannini TL,Howard A,Hiller JM,Simon EJ

更新日期：1984-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell membrane receptor for epidermal growth factor (EGF) appears to be a glycoprotein of Mr 170,000 and mediates the mitogenic and metabolic responses of cells with EGF receptors (EGF-R). Normal rat kidney (NRK) have about 3 X 10(5) EGF-R per cell. Upon transformation of NRK cells by Kirsten sarcoma virus, the tra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chua CC,Geiman DE,Schreiber AB,Ladda RL

更新日期：1984-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:TRAIP/RNF206 plays diverse roles in cell cycle progression, DNA damage response, and DNA repair pathways. Physiological importance of TRAIP is highlighted by the identification of pathogenic mutations of TRAIP gene in patients diagnosed with primordial dwarfism. Although the diverse functions of TRAIP in the nucleus h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park IS,Han Yg,Chung HJ,Jung YW,Kim Y,Kim H

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To further extend the previous analysis of cis-acting elements and cognate trans-acting factors that contribute to GM-CSF transcriptional regulations, we have examined a promoter region between -1742 and -2010. DNase I footprinting assays showed four protected sequences named A, B, C and D. DNA transfections in the T-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Musso M,Ghiorzo P,Fiorentini P,Giuffrida R,Ciotti P,Garré C,Ravazzolo R,Bianchi-Scarrà G

更新日期：1996-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a close linear correlation between the log partition coefficient (Pa) of a series of 2'-deoxyriboside (dR), 2',3'-didehydro-3'-dideoxyriboside (ddeR), 2',3'-dideoxyriboside (ddR), 3'-fluoro-2',3'-dideoxyriboside (FddR) and 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxyriboside (AzddR) derivatives of uracil, cytosine, thymine, guanin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Balzarini J,Cools M,De Clercq E

更新日期：1989-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic peptide (5-28AA; ANP) and atrial extract (ANS) stimulated rat renal gluconeogenesis in cortical tubule suspension in a dose dependent fashion only from substrates that enter gluconeogenesis via phosphoenol-pyruvate carboxylase. The effects of ANP and ANS were significantly potentiated by cAMP and cG...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Obara T,Yamada H,Nakada J,Endou H

更新日期：1985-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Imipenem is often used to treat intensive care unit patients infected by Enterobacter aerogenes, but it is leading to an increasing number of antibiotic resistant strains. Clinical isolates and imipenem resistant variants presented a high level of resistance to beta-lactam antibiotic group and to chemically unrelated ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bornet C,Chollet R,Malléa M,Chevalier J,Davin-Regli A,Pagès JM,Bollet C

更新日期：2003-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of current study was to elucidate whether aquaporin-9 (AQP9) expression was involved in the progression of bone loss induced by microgravity. We used the hind-limb suspension (HLS) mice model to simulate microgravity and induce bone loss. It was found that HLS exposure decreased femur bone mineral density (BMD...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bu G,Shuang F,Wu Y,Ren D,Hou S

更新日期：2012-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to evaluate the functional significance of the previously observed increase in the level of IGF-II receptors despite the loss of growth promoting activity of IGF-II in differentiated limb buds in organ culture. In the present study IGF-II and insulin at similar concentration (0.1-1 mic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bhaumick B,Bala RM

更新日期：1988-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus-specific CD8(+) T-cell responses are crucial for the control of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) replication. Multiple studies on HIV-infected individuals and SIV-infected macaques have indicated association of several major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) gen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nomura T,Yamamoto H,Takahashi N,Naruse TK,Kimura A,Matano T

更新日期：2014-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated levels of plasma homocysteine (Hcy) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease though it is uncertain whether increases in Hcy represent a cause or a consequence of the disease process. Plasma Hcy exists in reduced, free oxidized, and protein-bound forms, that together comprise total Hcy (tH...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Legendre C,Caussé E,Chaput E,Salvayre R,Pineau T,Edgar AD

更新日期：2002-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Following ischemia-reperfusion, there is a sustained increase of TNF-alpha both locally in the heart as well as in circulating levels in blood. While TNF-alpha has been implicated in cardiomyocyte apoptosis which occurs in several cardiomyopathies, the molecular pathways by which TNF-alpha induces apoptosis in these c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bajaj G,Sharma RK

更新日期：2006-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse gene encoding the mu opioid receptor, Oprm, undergoes extensive alternatively splicing, with 14 variants having been identified. However, only one variant of human mu opioid receptor gene (Oprm), MOR-1A, has been described. We now report two novel splice variants of the human Oprm gene, hMOR-1O and hMOR-1X. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pan YX,Xu J,Mahurter L,Xu M,Gilbert AK,Pasternak GW

更新日期：2003-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Th2 cell differentiation is critically influenced by transcription factor GATA-3 and by various cis-acting elements including enhancers, silencers and a locus control region (LCR) in the Th2 cytokine locus. Th2 LCR-deficient Th2 cells completely lost the expression of GATA-3 and the phosphorylation of STAT6. Histone 3...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hwang SS,Kim K,Lee GR

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Follistatin, activin and inhibin proteins are produced by granulosa cells, but the mechanisms controlling their production remain unclear. Here, we examined how the protein kinase A (PKA) and protein kinase C (PKC) pathways act and interact to regulate production of these proteins. Granulosa cells from immature rats w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyanaga K,Erickson GF,DePaolo LV,Ling N,Shimasaki S

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic prostaglandin (PG) E synthase (cPGES) is constitutively expressed in various cells and regulates cyclooxygenase (COX)-1-dependent immediate PGE(2) generation. Its primary structure is identical to co-chaperone p23, a heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90)-binding protein. We have revealed that Hsp90 regulated both cP...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakatani Y,Hokonohara Y,Kakuta S,Sudo K,Iwakura Y,Kudo I

更新日期：2007-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of p-coumaric acid on the longitudinal growth of the long bone in adolescent male rats. Teatment with p-coumaric acid significantly increased the tibial length and the height of each growth plate zone and the ratio of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine-positive cells relati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee JH,Chung YH,Kim HH,Bang JS,Jung TW,Park T,Park J,Kim U,Lee SH,Jeong JH

更新日期：2018-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450s (CYPs) play critical role in oxidative metabolism of numerous xenobiotics and endogenous compounds. The first CYP3A subfamily member in saltwater crocodile has been cloned and modelled for three-dimensional (3D) structure. The full-length cDNA was obtained employing reverse transcription polymerase ch...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tabassum R

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a cDNA encoding human epidermal transglutaminase, a key enzyme of terminal differentiation of keratinocytes. A cDNA library from cultured human keratinocytes was screened by a PCR-amplified partial cDNA fragment of the enzyme with oligonucleotide primers based on the homology of the transglutaminase f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamanishi K,Liew FM,Konishi K,Yasuno H,Doi H,Hirano J,Fukushima S

更新日期：1991-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:P53 is renowned as a cellular tumor suppressor poised to instigate remedial responses to various stress insults that threaten DNA integrity. P53 levels and activities are kept under tight regulation involving a complex network of activators and inhibitors, which determine the type and extent of p53 growth inhibitory s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Levav-Cohen Y,Goldberg Z,Zuckerman V,Grossman T,Haupt S,Haupt Y

更新日期：2005-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a specific radioimmunoassay we have isolated and sequenced a new 45-amino acid peptide from rat atria which exhibits similar physiological and pharmacological properties to rat atrial natriuretic peptide (rANP). We have termed the new peptide iso-rANP, because of its functional and structural similarities to rAN...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Flynn TG,Brar A,Tremblay L,Sarda I,Lyons C,Jennings DB

更新日期：1989-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive cellular cholesterol is transported to the liver by a pathway called 'reverse cholesterol transport.' Scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI) mediates cholesterol uptake in the liver. Polyunsaturated fatty acids, known to activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR), have been reported to in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Malerød L,Sporstøl M,Juvet LK,Mousavi A,Gjøen T,Berg T

更新日期：2003-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In some v-Ha-ras-transfected cell lines, serum deprivation results in apoptosis. Clarification of the molecular mechanisms by which oncogenic Ras controls susceptibility to apoptosis may assist in the development of effective therapies against human cancer with oncogenic ras gene. In this report, we established a v-Ha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Arase Y,Hiwasa T,Hasegawa R,Nomura J,Ito H,Suzuki N

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutant superoxide dismutase 1 (mSOD1) is often found as aggregates at the outer-membrane of mitochondria in motor neurons of various mouse models and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (f-ALS) patients. It has been postulated that disruption of mitochondrial function by physical association of misfolded mSOD1 aggr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wei R,Bhattacharya A,Chintalaramulu N,Jernigan AL,Liu Y,Van Remmen H,Chaudhuri AR

更新日期：2012-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) functions in the deamination of monoamines, including dopamine and norepinephrine. The search for MAO-B inhibitors increased following the discovery that the enzyme may be responsible for generating neurotoxins from various endogenous or exogenous compounds. Computational screening methods ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Harkcom WT,Bevan DR

更新日期：2007-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac ryanodine receptor gene (RyR2) mutations cause fatal arrhythmogenic diseases such as catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. The N-terminal region of RyR2 is one of the hot spots for mutations. In this study, we investigated cardiac phenotypes ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okudaira N,Kuwahara M,Hirata Y,Oku Y,Nishio H

更新日期：2014-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we have investigated the transfer of radioactive palmitic acid between membrane phospholipids and acyl-L-carnitines in intact human erythrocytes. During the incubation period of labeled erythrocyte in non-defatted bovine serum albumin, radioactivity in phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine incr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Arduini A,Tyurin V,Tyuruna Y,Arrigoni-Martelli E,Molajoni F,Dottori S,Federici G

更新日期：1992-08-31 00:00:00