Optimized adaptor polymerase chain reaction method for efficient genomic walking.

abstract：:Alteration in cellular energy metabolism plays a critical role in the development and progression of cancer. Leptin is a hormone secreted by adipose tissue. Recent reports have shown that leptin can induce cancer cell proliferation and regulate cell energy metabolism, but the regulatory mechanism is still unclear. Her...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu Q,Sun Y,Fei Z,Yang Z,Duan K,Zi J,Cui Q,Yu M,Xiong W

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide (CO) is often viewed as a lethal gas in light of its capacity to prevent oxygen uptake in hemoglobin; however, it also functions to regulate a variety of proteins and physiological processes. Here we show that CO is an important chemical cue, to which neurons respond strongly, and this response is then...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao H,Liu B,Zhang Q,Wu X,Yu Y,Jesse FF,Li L

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-methyladenosine (m6A), a methylation in the N6 position of adenosine especially in the mRNA, exerts diverse physiological and pathological functions. However, the precise role of m6A methylation in hypoxic preconditioning (HPC) is still unknown. Here, we observed that HPC treatment protected H9c2 cells against H2O2...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Su Y,Xu R,Zhang R,Qu Y,Zuo W,Ji Z,Geng H,Pan M,Ma G

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia is a key component of the tumor microenvironment and represents a well-documented source of therapeutic failure in clinical oncology. Recent work has provided support for the idea that non-coding RNAs, and in particular, microRNAs, may play important roles in the adaptive response to low oxygen in tumors. Spec...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Huang X,Zuo J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) is expressed in pancreatic β cells and is involved in insulin secretion. However, the precise mechanisms remain unclear. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK), which plays a vital role in the anchoring of insulin granules on pancreatic β cell me...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang K,Yuan Q,Xie J,Yuan L,Wang Y

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence analysis of oxazolomycin (OZM) biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces albus JA3453 revealed a gene, ozmH, encoding a hybrid polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide enzyme. Tandem ketosynthase (KS) domains (KS 10-1 and KS 10-2) were characterized and they show significant homology with known KSs. Using an al...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Song D,Coughlin J,Ju J,Zhou X,Shen B,Zhao C,Deng Z

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid cancer is one of the common malignancies of the endocrine system and the number of thyroid cancer cases is increasing constantly. Significant work has focused on the molecular mechanisms of thyroid cancer, but many mechanisms remain undiscovered. In this study, we employed a comprehensive analysis of whole-tra...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Guan Y,Bhandari A,Xia E,Kong L,Zhang X,Wang O

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis is the main reason for high recurrence and poor survival of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The molecular mechanism underlying HCC metastasis remains unclear. In this study, we found that argininosuccinate synthase 1 (ASS1) expression was significantly decreased and down-regulation of ASS1 was closely corre...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Tao X,Zuo Q,Ruan H,Wang H,Jin H,Cheng Z,Lv Y,Qin W,Wang C

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several essential biological progresses in mammals are regulated by circadian rhythms. Though the molecular mechanisms of oscillating these circadian rhythms have been uncovered, the specific functions of the circadian genes are not very clear. It has been reported that knocking down circadian genes by microRNA is a u...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao X,Zhu X,Cheng S,Xie Y,Wang Z,Liu Y,Jiang Z,Xiao J,Guo H,Wang Y

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia-mediated reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation plays an important role in hyperglycemia-induced endothelial injury. Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1)/nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)/antioxidant response element (ARE) pathway inhibition participates in hyperglycemia-induc...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Chen X,Qi J,Wu Q,Jiang H,Wang J,Chen W,Mao A,Zhu M

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is an essential physiological process that plays a critical role in development and tissue homeostasis. The progress of apoptosis is regulated in an orderly way by a series of signal cascades under certain circumstances. The caspase-cascade system plays vital roles in the induction...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Fan TJ,Han LH,Cong RS,Liang J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue infection is a major cause of morbidity in tropical and subtropical regions, bringing nearly 40% of the world population at risk and causing more than 20,000 deaths per year. But there is neither a vaccine for dengue disease nor antiviral drugs to treat the infection. In recent years, dengue infection has been ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Qi RF,Zhang L,Chi CW

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) isoforms (alpha and gamma) are known to be expressed in pancreatic islets as well as in insulin-producing cell lines. Ligands of PPAR have been shown to enhance glucose-induced insulin secretion in rat pancreatic islets. However, their effect on insulin secretion is st...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Xu ZK,Chen NG,Ma CY,Meng ZX,Sun YJ,Han X

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subfamily of voltage-dependent potassium (Kv) channel interacting protein 4 (KChIP4) is made up of the auxiliary interacting protein of voltage-dependent potassium channels. In this study, the structure of four splicing variants of the human KChIP4 gene was analyzed. Three of the four isoforms of the KChIP4 gene, ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Deng XY,Cai F,Xia K,Pan Q,Long ZG,Wu LQ,Liang DS,Dai HP,Zhang ZH,Xia JH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hippo pathway plays important roles in organ development, tissue regeneration, and human diseases, such as cancer. In the canonical Hippo pathway, the MST1/2-LATS1/2 kinase cascade phosphorylates and inhibits transcription coactivators Yes-associated protein and transcription coactivator with PDZ-binding motif and...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Cao X,Wang C,Liu J,Zhao B

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) (EC 1.2.1.12), a key enzyme of carbon metabolism, was purified and characterized to homogeneity from skeletal muscle of Camelus dromedarius. The protein was purified approximately 26.8 folds by conventional ammonium sulphate fractionation followed by Blue Sepharose CL-6...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Fourrat L,Iddar A,Soukri A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) and cysteamine (Cys) capped CdTe quantum dots (QDs) were successfully prepared and used to investigate the combined influence of surface modification, size distribution, and interaction time on their cytotoxicity in human pancreatic carcinoma (PANC-1) cells. Results indicated that the smal...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Chang S,Kang B,Liu X,Dai Y,Chen D

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectin-3 (Gal-3) which shows affinity of β-galactosides is a cancer-related protein. Thus, it is important to understand its ligand binding mechanism and then design its specific inhibitor. It was suggested that the positions of water molecules in Gal-3 ligand-binding site could be replaced by appropriate chemical g...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Su J,Zhang T,Wang P,Liu F,Tai G,Zhou Y

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma is a common malignant cancer with high incidence. And long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play pivotal roles in the development of different types of cancers. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of lncRNA maternally expressed gene 3 (MEG3) in the development and progression of hepatocel...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Dong H,Zhang Y,Xu Y,Ma R,Liu L,Luo C,Jiang W

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Luffin-a, a single-chain Type I ribosome-inactivating protein, which is known to be the most toxic of the luffin family and apparently possesses antitumor activity, was isolated from Luffa cylindrica seeds. In the present study, mature alpha-luffin was cloned from L. cylindrica and it was found that mature alpha-luffi...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu L,Wang R,He W,He F,Huang G

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common and aggressive malignancy of the biliary tract. Betulinic acid (BetA) has been reported to have anti-inflammatory and antitumor effects; however, the effect of BetA on GBC is still unknown. In this study, we investigated the effect of BetA on five GBC cell lines and found th...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wang H,Dong F,Wang Y,Wang X,Hong D,Liu Y,Zhou J

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal development of central nervous system (CNS) caused by neural tube defects is not only a major contributor in the prevalence of stillbirths and neonatal deaths but also causes lifelong physical disability in surviving infants. Due to insufficient known investigated causes, CNS developmental abnormality has bro...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Jia S,Zhang L,Zhang K,Wang L,Khan A,Zhang J,Sun Y,Wang Y,Song M,Lyu Y,Li M,Lu X,Niu B,Liu Z,Xie J

更新日期：2020-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The flacherie disease in the silkworm is caused by the infectious flacherie virus (IFV). IFV relies on its 5' region of genomic RNA to recruit host-related factors to implement viral translation and replication. To identify host proteins bound to the 5'-region of IFV RNA and identify proteins important for its functio...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li M,He X,Liu H,Fu Z,He X,Lu X

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding a special thermophilic multifunctional amylase OPMA-N was cloned from Bacillus sp. ZW2531-1. OPMA-N has an additional 124-residue N-terminal domain compared with typical amylases and forms a relatively independent domain with a β-pleated sheet and random coil structure. Here we reported an unusual subs...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li F,Zhu X,Li Y,Cao H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and has a strong correlation with heart failure. However, the effects of HHcy on cardiac tissue remain less well understood. To elucidate the role of p53-dependent apoptosis in HHcy-induced cardiac injury, we fed ApoE(-/-) mice with high methionin...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Ma S,Zhang H,Sun W,Gong H,Wang Y,Ma C,Wang J,Cao C,Yang X,Tian J,Jiang Y

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta is a pleiotropic cytokine regulating a variety of cellular processes such as cell growth, differentiation, apoptosis, migration, cell adhesion, and immune response. In the well-understood classical TGF-beta signaling pathway, TGF-beta activates Smad signalling via its two cell sur...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Yan X,Liu Z,Chen Y

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyl-coenzymeA:cholesterol acyltransferase 2 (ACAT2) is abundantly expressed in intestine and fetal liver of healthy human. Our previous studies have shown that in monocytic cells the low-level expression of human ACAT2 gene with specific CpG-hypomethylated promoter is regulated by the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Guo D,Zhang X,Li Q,Qian L,Xu J,Lu M,Hu X,Zhu M,Chang CC,Song B,Chang T,Xiong Y,Li B

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At initial stages in the Rhizobium legume symbiosis, most nodulation genes are controlled by NodD protein and plant inducers. Some genetic studies and other reports have suggested that NodD may be activated by its direct interaction with plant inducers. However, there has been no molecular evidence of such an inducing...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li F,Hou B,Chen L,Yao Z,Hong G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The critical molecular mechanism in the development of the pulmonary fibrosis remains unknown, leaving diagnosed patients with a poor prognosis. To isolate the genes specifically up-regulated in pulmonary fibrosis, we established a rat silicosis model 360 d after treatment with crystalline silica suspension. Radiograp...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Jin Z,Liu B,Feng D,Chen C,Li X,Hu Y,Peng J,Liu Y,Du J,Fu C,Wen J

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is one of the deadliest malignant tumors, and many genes play important roles in its development. The hepatocyte nuclear factor-1a (HNF-1a) gene encodes HNF-1a, which is a transcriptional activator. HNF-1a regulates the tissue-specific expression of multiple genes, especially in pancre...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Fan Z,Fan K,Deng S,Gong Y,Qian Y,Huang Q,Yang C,Cheng H,Jin K,Luo G,Liu C,Yu X

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00