Human erythrocyte ankyrin, a cytoskeleton component, generates the p57 membrane proteinase which cleaves C3, the third component of complement.

abstract：:Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) is a risk factor for schizophrenia and other major mental illnesses. Its protein binding partners include the Nuclear Distribution Factor E Homologs (NDE1 and NDEL1), LIS1, and phosphodiesterases 4B and 4D (PDE4B and PDE4D). We demonstrate that NDE1, NDEL1 and LIS1, together with t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bradshaw NJ,Ogawa F,Antolin-Fontes B,Chubb JE,Carlyle BC,Christie S,Claessens A,Porteous DJ,Millar JK

更新日期：2008-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of tenascin (Tn), an extracellular matrix glycoprotein, was analyzed in the human small intestine. Three major oligomeric forms of intestinal Tn (320 kDa, 220 kDa and 200 kDa) were identified in both the fetus and the adult. The intestinal 200 kDa form was not found expressed by intestinal mesenchymal c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Beaulieu JF,Jutras S,Kusakabe M,Perreault N

更新日期：1993-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonuclease inhibitors were purified from the latent ribonuclease fractions of porcine thyroid and liver and used to test the hypothesis that their inhibition of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A is correctly described by tight-binding rather than Michaelis-Menton kinetics. Both proteins were found to act as slow, tig...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Turner PM,Lerea KM,Kull FJ

更新日期：1983-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages in tumor are mostly M2-polarized and have been reported to promote tumorigenesis, which are also defined as tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). β-elemene has therapeutic effects against several cancers, however, it remains unknown whether β-elemene could inhibit cancer by targeting TAMs. Herein, we examin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu X,Xu M,Li N,Li Z,Li H,Shao S,Zou K,Zou L

更新日期：2017-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:When rat hepatoma cells (R-Y121B) were incubated with insulin at 37 degrees C, concanavalin A increased insulin internalization into cells. When R-Y121B cells were first incubated with labeled insulin at 4 degrees C then with concanavalin A at various concentrations at 37 degrees C, the total cellular radioactivity wa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sorimachi K,Yasumura Y

更新日期：1984-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue factor (TF) is an initiation factor for blood coagulation and its expression is induced on endothelial cells during inflammatory or immune responses. We designed an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (AS-1/TF) for rat TF and studied its effect on hepatic ischemic reperfusion injury. AS-1/TF was delivered intravenou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakamura K,Kadotani Y,Ushigome H,Akioka K,Okamoto M,Ohmori Y,Yaoi T,Fushiki S,Yoshimura R,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2002-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Lentil seedling amine oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of putrescine and in the presence of tetranitromethane gives rise to the formation of nitroform anion. The initial rate of substrate and enzyme-dependent nitroform production is linearly related to the functional active site content and is proportional to the tetra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Medda R,Padiglia A,Pedersen JZ,Floris G

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) is a Ser/Thr protein kinase primarily expressed in the central nervous system and is known to cause X-linked neurodevelopmental disorders such as Rett syndrome. However, the mechanisms regulating CDKL5 have not yet been fully clarified. Therefore, in this study, we investigated t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oi A,Katayama S,Hatano N,Sugiyama Y,Kameshita I,Sueyoshi N

更新日期：2017-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The products of the human hepatitis B virus (HBV) and woodchuck hepatitis B virus X genes (pXs) transactivate homologous and heterologous genes including the HBV-X and core promoters, the human immunodeficiency viruses 1 (HIV-1) and 2 (HIV-2) long terminal repeats and the beta interferon regulatory sequences. We repor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Balsano C,Avantaggiati ML,Natoli G,De Marzio E,Will H,Perricaudet M,Levrero M

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common autoimmune diseases, but its autoimmune mechanisms are not clearly understood. Recently, anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies have been specifically observed in sera of RA patients. Furthermore, we identified RA-susceptible variant in a gene encoding citrullinating ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suzuki A,Yamada R,Ohtake-Yamanaka M,Okazaki Y,Sawada T,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2005-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In isolated rabbit proximal tubules the addition of 2.0 microM but not 0.2 microM ionomycin induced a sustained increase in cell pH ([pH]i). This [pH]i response to 2.0 microM ionomycin was shown to be independent of several transporters such as Na+/H+ exchanger, Na(+)-HCO3- cotransporter, Cl-/HCO3- exchanger, or H(+)-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamada H,Seki G,Taniguchi S,Uwatoko S,Suzuki K,Kurokawa K

更新日期：1996-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular basis for group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR1 and 5) coupling to membrane ion channels and intracellular calcium pools is not fully understood. Homer is a family of post synaptic density proteins functionally and physically attached to target proteins at proline-rich sequences. In the presen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lv MM,Cheng YC,Xiao ZB,Sun MY,Ren PC,Sun XD

更新日期：2014-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) was originally identified as hepatotrophic factor for liver regeneration. More recently, HGF was revealed to stimulate proliferation of various epithelial cells. At present study, we have investigated the mitogenic effect of HGF on gastric epithelial cells in the primary culture system. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi M,Ota S,Terano A,Yoshiura K,Matsumura M,Niwa Y,Kawabe T,Nakamura T,Omata M

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxysterols are 27-carbon oxidation products of cholesterol metabolism. Oxysterols possess several biological actions, including the promotion of cell death. Here, we examined the ability of several oxysterols to induce short-term death in cancerous (human breast cancer and mouse skin melanoma cells) and non-cancerous ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Levy D,Correa de Melo T,Ohira BY,Fidelis ML,Ruiz JLM,Rodrigues A,Bydlowski SP

更新日期：2018-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Our laboratory demonstrated that endoplasmic reticulum iPLA2 (ER-iPLA2) activity protects renal cells from oxidant-induced cell death and lipid peroxidation. The goals of this study were to determine the PLA2 isoform(s) responsible for ER-iPLA2 activity in different species and tissues. ER-iPLA2 activity was observed ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kinsey GR,Cummings BS,Beckett CS,Saavedra G,Zhang W,McHowat J,Schnellmann RG

更新日期：2005-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The high affinity laminin receptor is differentially expressed in metastasis. We now report that there are multiple copies (6 +/- 1) of the laminin receptor gene in the murine genome of normal diploid cells as well as in cell lines derived from cancer cells. We have analyzed three distinct cDNA clones isolated from an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fernández MT,Castronovo V,Rao CN,Sobel ME

更新日期：1991-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Study the effects of alcohol extract of Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn (AESM) on the metabolism of blood fat, morphology of fenestrated liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC), and the ultrastructure of liver cells of the rats with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). METHODS:Divide SD rats into control ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Peng Q,Zhang Q,Xiao W,Shao M,Fan Q,Zhang H,Zou Y,Li X,Xu W,Mo Z,Cai H

更新日期：2014-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between huntingtin-associated protein1 (HAP1) gene and radiation therapy of breast cancer cells. METHODS:HAP1 gene was transfected into breast cancer MCF-7 cells, which was confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu J,Zhang JY,Yin L,Wu JZ,Guo WJ,Wu JF,Chen M,Xia YY,Tang JH,Ma YC,He X

更新日期：2015-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:RegIIIβ and RegIIIγ are antimicrobial peptides expressed in intestinal epithelial cells. Expression of these peptides is reportedly decreased by high-fat diet (HFD) and increased by indigestible oligosaccharides in mice. Clearly, these dietary regimens change the structure of intestinal microbiota. We employed an inte...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Udomsopagit T,Miwa A,Seki M,Shimbori E,Kadota Y,Tochio T,Sonoyama K

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked increase in protein levels of Mn-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) was found in TNF-resistant cell lines after treatment with Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF). No such increase was observed in Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (Cu, Zn-SOD) protein in either TNF-resistant or sensitive cells. These results support the data that ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawaguchi T,Takeyasu A,Matsunobu K,Uda T,Ishizawa M,Suzuki K,Nishiura T,Ishikawa M,Taniguchi N

更新日期：1990-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In the previous study (Sato K.-I. et al. (1997) FEBS Lett. 410, 136-140), we showed that the phosphorylation of Shc protein by c-Src is dependent on the binding of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P2) to the PTB domain of Shc. In this study, we demonstrate that, in contrast to c-Src, v-Src and epiderm...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sato K,Gotoh N,Otsuki T,Kakumoto M,Aoto M,Tokmakov AA,Shibuya M,Fukami Y

更新日期：1997-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the binding and pharmacologic properties of peptides encoded by complementary mRNA derived from the human and rat angiotensinogen gene (human and rat IIA, respectively). Human IIA (identical with AII in 4 amino acids) inhibited binding of [125I]AII to rat adrenal glomerulosa particles (Ki = 0.62 +/- 0....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wiest SA,Gesellchen PD,Zimmerman K,Steinberg MI

更新日期：1990-07-31 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：:Akt is one of the critical mediators in cellular signaling, and overactivation of Akt related pathway frequently occurs in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we presented that Akt was upregulated in HCC cell lines, and its active phosphorylated form was mainly located in the nucleus. Employing the laser co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu L,Hu C,Li J,Xue P,He X,Ge C,Qin W,Yao G,Gu J

更新日期：2007-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorimetry and spectrophotometry have been used to study the binding of dimethyl, dipropyl, dibutyl and diphenylnitrosamine to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor isolated, and purified, from Torpedo fuscomaculata. Scatchard analysis indicates that all four ligands are true agonists of the receptor exhibiting positive c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kapp EA,Daya S,Whiteley CG

更新日期：1990-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemorrhagic snake venom induces apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells [S. Araki, T. Ishida, T. Yamamoto, K. Kaji, and H. Hayashi (1993) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 190 , 148-153]. We have identified that a cytotoxic substance of Korean snake venom which is responsible for the apoptosis is L-amino acid oxidase (LAO)...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suhr SM,Kim DS

更新日期：1996-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclei of the dorsolateral prostate of rats contain a large amount of androgen-dependent non-histone protein (20K-NHP) (mol. wt. not equal to 20,000; pI not equal to 11.5) (Matuo et al. (1]. Its content in the nuclei increased most markedly during 4-8 weeks of age, when functional differentiation of the prostate was m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matuo Y,Nishi N,Tanaka Y,Muguruma Y,Tanaka K,Akatsuka Y,Matsui SI,Sandberg AA,Wada F

更新日期：1984-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspases are the primary executioners of apoptosis. Although procaspases believe to exist as inactive forms in cells, the detailed regulatory system remains unclear. Here we show that glucocorticoid modulatory element-binding protein 1 (GMEB1) is capable of binding to the prodomain of caspase-2. We found that this mol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsuruma K,Nakagawa T,Shirakura H,Hayashi N,Uehara T,Nomura Y

更新日期：2004-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to prevent methylene blue (MB), a photosensitizer, from being reduced by plasma reductases will greatly improve its efficacy in photodynamic therapy (PDT) applications. We have developed a delivery approach for PDT by encapsulating MB using nanoparticle platforms (NPs). The 30-nm polyacrylamide-based NPs p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tang W,Xu H,Park EJ,Philbert MA,Kopelman R

更新日期：2008-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Foam cell formation in the arterial wall plays a key role in the development of atherosclerosis. Recent studies showed that Urotensin II (U II) is involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Here we examined the effects of human U II on ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) expression and the under...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Y,Wu JF,Tang YY,Zhang M,Li Y,Chen K,Zeng MY,Yao F,Xie W,Zheng XL,Zeng GF,Tang CK

更新日期：2014-10-03 00:00:00