Study of a novel brain relatively specific gene LRRC4 involved in glioma tumorigenesis suppression using the Tet-on system.

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：: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：: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：:Dementia, a devastating neurological disorder commonly found in the elderly, is characterized by severe cognitive and memory impairment. Ample clinical and epidemiological evidence has depicted a close association between dementia and heart failure. While cerebral blood under perfusion and neurohormonal activation due...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Yang M,Li C,Zhang Y,Ren J

更新日期：2020-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to determine the electron transfer activity and proton pumping ability of the cytochrome bc1 complex for better understanding its structure and function. In this study, several methods for determining the electron transfer and proton pumping of the bc1 complex, including the traditional and the new met...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Qu Y,Dong F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although viral vectors are efficient systems to transfer foreign genes into cells or target tissues, safety issues remain in relation to human gene therapy. Microbubbles currently used as ultrasound contrast agents have been applied in transfection of genes. This study was designed to test the transfection efficiency ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Guo DP,Li XY,Sun P,Wang ZG,Chen XY,Chen Q,Fan LM,Zhang B,Shao LZ,Li XR

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists have been used to treat neurodegenerative diseases induced by glutamate excitotoxicity in clinics. However, the universality of the glutamic acid neurotransmitter system makes the glutamic acid receptor blockers inefficient and unsafe. Thus, regulating the downstre...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Tian Y,He Y,Song W,Zhang E,Xia X

更新日期：2017-09-01 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 aim of this study is to construct a lentiviral expression vector containing a scavenger receptor (SR-PSOX) that binds with uniquely phosphatidylserine and oxidized lipoprotein with six histidine tags and to investigate the function of SR-PSOX in atherosclerosis. We utilize the ViraPower lentiviral expression syste...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Quan Z,Yang H,Yang Y,Yan B,Cao R,Wen G,Liu C,Xu Y

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ cell nuclear factor (GCNF) is a transcription factor that can repress gene transcription and plays an important role during spermatogenesis. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta (PPARdelta) is a nuclear hormone receptor belonging to the steroid receptor superfamily. It can activate the expression of m...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： He C,Ding N,Kang J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural alkaloid berberine has been recently described as a promising anticancer drug. In order to improve its efficacy and bioavailability, several derivatives have been designed and synthesized and found to be even more potent than the lead compound. Among the series of berberine derivatives we have produced, fi...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Guamán Ortiz LM,Croce AL,Aredia F,Sapienza S,Fiorillo G,Syeda TM,Buzzetti F,Lombardi P,Scovassi AI

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothionein 2A (MT2A) is a small stress response protein that can be induced by exposure to toxic metals. It is highly expressed in breast cancer cells. In this study, the cDNA encoding the human MT2A protein was expressed as glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion protein in Escherichia coli. Recombinant MT2A prot...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Marikar FM,Sun QM,Hua ZC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy), which is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis, might cause dysregulation of gene expression, but the characteristics and key links involved in its pathogenic mechanisms are still poorly understood. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of HHcy on DNA me...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Jiang Y,Sun T,Xiong J,Cao J,Li G,Wang S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most deadly human malignant diseases and the sixth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in China. Gemcitabine is the only first-line chemotherapeutic agent used for the palliative treatment of patients with PDAC, but chemo-resistance limits their efficacy. Here, ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Yao J,Li Z,Wang X,Xu P,Zhao L,Qian J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are a group of toxic proteins that can specifically act on the universally conserved sarcin/ricin domain (S/R domain) of the largest RNA in ribosome and thus irreversibly inactivate ribosome for protein synthesis. Cinnamomin is a multifunctional type II RIP isolated in our laborat...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Xu H,Liu WY

更新日期：2004-03-01 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 present study aims to characterize the effect of chronic intermittent hypoxia and HIF1α on the non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) process in mice, and to explore the role of the Treg/Th17 balance in the formation of NASH inflammation and fibrosis. To achieve this purpose, simple steatosis was induced in mice by ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu J,Li W,Zhu W,He W,Zhao H,Xiang Y,Liu C,Wu W

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia, a diagnostic characteristic of diabetes mellitus, is detrimental to pancreatic β cells. Delphinidin, a member of the anthocyanin family, inhibits glucose absorption, increases glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) secretion, and improves insulin secretion in diabetes. However, whether delphinidin plays a prot...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Lai D,Huang M,Zhao L,Tian Y,Li Y,Liu D,Wu Y,Deng F

更新日期：2019-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common category and disease entity of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Osalmide and pterostilbene are natural products with anticancer activities via different mechanism. In this study, using a new synthetic strategy for the two natural products, we obtained the compound DCZ0801,...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Xi M,He W,Li B,Zhou J,Xu Z,Wu H,Zhang Y,Song D,Hu L,Lu Y,Bu W,Kong Y,Chen G,Chang S,Shi J,Zhu W

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomas are the most common brain tumors of the central nervous system. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms and biological function of SIRT6 in human gliomas. The expression levels of SIRT6 in glioma tissues and cells were analyzed by qRT-PCR and western blot analysis. CCK8 and clonogenicity assays...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Chen X,Li D,Gao Y,Cao Y,Hao B

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence suggests that specific spatio-temporal microRNA (miRNA) expression is required for heart development. In recent years, hundreds of miRNAs have been discovered. In contrast, functional annotations are available only for a very small fraction of these regulatory molecules. In order to provide a global ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu G,Ding M,Chen J,Huang J,Wang H,Jing Q,Shen B

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that oncostatin M (OSM) could initiate cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation both in vivo and in vitro. OSM-induced cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation might be a new target for the treatment of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). This study was designed to determine the role of OSM in cardiomyocyte dedifferenti...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang X,Ma S,Zhang R,Li S,Zhu D,Han D,Li X,Li C,Yan W,Sun D,Xu B,Wang Y,Cao F

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PKZ, protein kinase containing Z-DNA domains, is a novel member of the vertebrate eIF2α kinase family. Containing a catalytic domain in C-terminus and two Z-DNA binding domains (Zα1 and Zα2) in N-terminus, PKZ can be activated through the binding of Zα to Z-DNA. However, the regulatory function of PKZ Zα remains to be...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Lu P,Deng S,Wu C,Zhu Y,Liu Y,Lin G,Yan Y,Hu C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hippo pathway was initially identified in Drosophila by genetic mosaic screens for tumor suppressor genes. Researches indicated that the Hippo pathway is a key regulator of organ size and is conserved during evolution. Furthermore, studies of mouse models and clinical samples demonstrated the importance of Hippo p...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhu C,Li L,Zhao B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs have been reported to be closely related to the development of human lung cancers. However, the functions of microRNAs in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain largely undefined. Here, we investigated the role of microRNA-193b (miR-193b) in NSCLC. Our data showed that miR-193b was markedly down-regulated...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Hu H,Li S,Liu J,Ni B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some barley mutants can synthesize neither anthocyanins nor proanthocyanidins in the seed coat, which is related to several genes in locus Ant13, but the exact model of action remains unknown. We used the cDNA microarray technology with barley transcription-deficient mutant (ant13-152) that does not synthesize proanth...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Pang JS,He MY,Liu B

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the molecular basis of heterosis, suppression subtractive hybridization was used to investigate the differences in gene expression between porcine Longissimus dorsi of F1 hybrids Large WhitexMeishan and their female parents Meishan. From two specific subtractive cDNA libraries, the clones selected by reverse ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Huang T,Xiong YZ,Lei MG,Xu DQ,Deng CY

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Metformin, a first line medication for type II diabetes, initially entered the spotlight as a promising anti-cancer agent due to epidemiologic reports that found reduced cancer risk and improved clinical outcomes in diabetic patients taking metformin. To uncover the anti-cancer mechanisms of metformin, preclinical stu...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Saini N,Yang X

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (cEPCs) play an important role in cancer development. Previous studies showed that serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels and the number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (cEPCs) in the peripheral blood are both involved in tumor neoangiogenesis, and can be used ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li Y,Liu J,Zhao Z,Wen L,Li H,Ren J,Liu H

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00