Chlorpromazine inhibits both the constitutive nitric oxide synthase and the induction of nitric oxide synthase after LPS challenge.

abstract：:Most in vivo studies on the conversion to insulin-producing cells with AAV carrying PDX1 gene are performed in rodents. However, there is little information regarding Adeno-associated virus (AAV) carrying PDX1 gene transduced to human liver in vivo because accidental death caused by unpredicted factors cannot be denie...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hashimoto H,Mizushima T,Ogura T,Kagawa T,Tomiyama K,Takahashi R,Yagoto M,Kawai K,Chijiwa T,Nakamura M,Suemizu H

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The death of cardiomyocytes after myocardial infarction (MI) often leads to ventricular remodeling as well as heart failure (HF). The cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) have the ability to regenerate functional heart muscle in patients after MI, which provides a promising method for MI-induced HF therapy. However, to dat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li L,Wang Q,Yuan Z,Chen A,Liu Z,Wang Z,Li H

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient cold temperature, as an abiotic stress, regulates the survival, stability, transmission, and infection of pathogens. However, the effect of cold temperature on the host receptivity to the pathogens has not been fully studied. In this study, the expression of terminal α-2,3- and α-2,6-sialic acids were increase...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moon SC,Joo SY,Chung TW,Choi HJ,Park MJ,Choi HJ,Bae SJ,Kim KJ,Kim CH,Joo M,Ha KT

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies suggest that the anticancer drugs VP16-213 and VM26 produce cytotoxicity by inducing protein-associated DNA breakage in vivo through interaction with a yet unknown nuclear component. The effects of these drugs and their congeners on topoisomerase activities was investigated. VP16-213, VM26, and congeners activ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Minocha A,Long BH

更新日期：1984-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:PSI domains are cysteine-rich modules found in extracellular fragments of hundreds of signaling proteins, including plexins, semaphorins, integrins, and attractins. Here, we report the solution structure of the PSI domain from the human Met receptor, a receptor tyrosine kinase critical for proliferation, motility, and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kozlov G,Perreault A,Schrag JD,Park M,Cygler M,Gehring K,Ekiel I

更新日期：2004-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of analogs of the blocked insect myotropic neuropeptide leucopyrokinin (LPK) has demonstrated its relative insensitivity to amino acid substitution in the N-terminal in contrast to the C-terminal region. Truncated analogs of LPK without the first, second, and third N-terminal amino acids retain a significan...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nachman RJ,Holman GM,Cook BJ

更新日期：1986-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is critical for the maintenance of genomic stability. MMR is initiated by recognition of DNA mismatches by the protein, MutS, which subsequently recruits downstream repair factors. To better understand the mechanism by which MutS identifies and specifically binds mismatched basepairs embedded...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jia Y,Bi L,Li F,Chen Y,Zhang C,Zhang X

更新日期：2008-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The anti-lung tumor potential of 11-carbonyl-β-boswellic acid was investigated. MATERIALS & METHODS:The inhibitory effects of 11-carbonyl-β-boswellic acid on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was assessed by proliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle and molecular mechanisms in NSCLC H446 cells in vitro. The res...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang G,Yang J,Zhang L,Cao L,Zhang M,Niu X,Zhou Z,Zhang X,Li P,Liu JF

更新日期：2018-09-18 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：:Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy is an important cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Tubulointerstitial inflammation and subsequent fibrosis appear to be a major contributor of the disease progression to ESKD; however, the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. Herein, we report that a unique feature of CY...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui TG,Ichikawa T,Yang M,Dong X,Li J,Cui T

更新日期：2009-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Hsp90 interacts with proteins that mediate signaling pathways involved in the regulation of essential processes such as proliferation, cell cycle control, angiogenesis and apoptosis. Hsp90 inhibition is therefore an attractive strategy for blocking abnormal pathways that are crucial for cancer cell growth. In the pres...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zuo K,Li D,Pulli B,Yu F,Cai H,Yuan X,Zhang X,Lv Z

更新日期：2012-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 951 backcross progeny have been obtained from a backcross segregating for the mouse deafness mutation, shaker-2(sh-2). Linkage analysis provides a detailed genetic map in the vicinity of sh-2 which comprises 40 backcross mice identified as recombinant within a 4 cM region. This allows construction of a cont...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wakabayashi Y,Kikkawa Y,Matsumoto Y,Shinbo T,Kosugi S,Chou D,Furuya M,Jishage K,Noda T,Yonekawa H,Kominami R

更新日期：1997-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Although leukotriene B4 (LTB4) has been reported to stimulate monocytes and neutrophils, its role on dendritic cell (DC) activity has not been examined. Here, we investigated the expression of LTB4 receptor and the effect of LTB4 on human DC chemotaxis. We analyzed LTB4 receptors, BLT1 and BLT2, by using RT-PCR. DCs e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shin EH,Lee HY,Bae YS

更新日期：2006-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mechanosensitive channel of Large conductance (MscL) allows bacteria to rapidly adapt to changing environmental conditions such as osmolarity. The MscL channel opens in response to increases in membrane tension, which allows for the efflux of cytoplasmic constituents. Here we describe the cloning and expression of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jones SE,Naik RR,Stone MO

更新日期：2000-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that astrocytes release gliotransmitters (i.e., ATP, L-glutamate, D-serine, and peptide hormones) and participate actively in synaptic functioning. Although ATP release from astrocytes modulates the activity of neurons, the mechanisms regulating the ATP release from astrocytes and the sou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oya M,Kitaguchi T,Yanagihara Y,Numano R,Kakeyama M,Ikematsu K,Tsuboi T

更新日期：2013-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the role of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) in insulin action, we employed a specific inhibitor of PI3K, LY294002, and measured five biological functions of insulin in mouse 3T3 fibroblasts overexpressing human insulin receptors. LY294002 had no effect on tyrosine phosphorylation of both the ins...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sanchez-Margálet V,Goldfine ID,Vlahos CJ,Sung CK

更新日期：1994-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol is one of the lipids that construct thylakoid membranes, and is distributed from cyanobacteria to plastids in plants including a red lineage. One of the most primitive red algae, Cyanidioschyzon melorae, similar to cyanobacteria and green plants, possesses homologs of the SQD1 and SQD2 g...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sato N,Kobayashi S,Aoki M,Umemura T,Kobayashi I,Tsuzuki M

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the possible participation of nitric oxide (NO) in the activation of cyclooxygenase, a heme-containing enzyme, induced by interleukin-1 (IL-1) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). IL-1 induced a delayed and prolonged release of both NO and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) from VSMC. NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-N...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inoue T,Fukuo K,Morimoto S,Koh E,Ogihara T

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural maintenance of chromosome 1 (Smc1) is a multifunctional protein, which has been implicated in sister chromatid cohesion, DNA recombination and repair, and the activation of cell cycle checkpoints by ionizing radiation, ultraviolet light, and other genotoxic agents. In order to identify the proteins that int...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ryu MJ,Kim BJ,Lee JW,Lee MW,Choi HK,Kim ST

更新日期：2006-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocyte enhancer factor 2C (MEF2C) plays an important role in cardiovascular development and is a key transcription factor for cardiac hypertrophy. Here, we describe MEF2C regulation by insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and its role in IGF-1-induced cardiac hypertrophy. We found that IGF-1 addition to cultured rat ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Muñoz JP,Collao A,Chiong M,Maldonado C,Adasme T,Carrasco L,Ocaranza P,Bravo R,Gonzalez L,Díaz-Araya G,Hidalgo C,Lavandero S

更新日期：2009-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the presence of the carbohydrate ligand for E-selectin on the cell surface of rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). Rat PMN, isolated from peripheral blood, adhered to recombinant rat E-selectin-coated microplates. The adhesion was inhibited either by an anti-rat E-selectin monoclonal antibody (MAb),...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Misugi E,Kawamura N,Imanishi N,Tojo SJ,Morooka S

更新日期：1995-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite decades of intensive studies, the failure to identify plasmodesmata (PD) localization sequences has constrained our understanding of Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) movement. Recently, we identified the first PD localization signal (major PLS) in the TMV movement protein (MP), which encompasses the first 50 amino a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu Y,Huang C,Zeng J,Yu H,Li Y,Yuan C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Chinese hamster ovary cell clones resistant to okadaic acid (OA) were isolated. The OA-resistance was associated with resistance to colchicine, Vinca alkaloids and inhibitors of DNA topoisomerase (topo) II. Drug accumulation assays showed that the intracellular levels of OA, vinblastine and vincristine, but not th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tohda H,Yasui A,Yasumoto T,Nakayasu M,Shima H,Nagao M,Sugimura T

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Four conserved residues of Clostridium thermocellum endoglucanase CelC were replaced by site-directed mutagenesis. Proteins mutated in His-90, Asn-139 and Glu-140 showed strongly reduced activity, in agreement with predictions of sequence alignments. Mutations in Glu-140 did not result in any detectable change in Km, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Navas J,Béguin P

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The human pterin-4 alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase (PCD)/dimerization cofactor for the transcription factor HNF-1 alpha is a bifunctional protein proposed to be involved in entirely different biochemical functions. We previously established the complete amino acid sequence for the human liver PCD and subsequently isol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Thöny B,Neuheiser F,Blau N,Heizmann CW

更新日期：1995-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Small ubiquitin-like modifiers (SUMOs) are proteins homologous to ubiquitin that possibly regulate intranuclear protein localization, nuclear transport, and ubiquitination. We examined patients of DRPLA, SCA1, MJD, and Huntington's disease and found that neurons in affected regions of the brain react strongly to SUMO-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ueda H,Goto J,Hashida H,Lin X,Oyanagi K,Kawano H,Zoghbi HY,Kanazawa I,Okazawa H

更新日期：2002-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BBMM) were infected in vitro with a cytopathic (cp) and a noncytopathic (ncp) biotype of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV). The virus strains used, TGAN (ncp) and TGAC (cp), originate from one animal and are antigenically closely related. Both TGAC and TGAN infected a subset of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Adler H,Frech B,Meier P,Jungi TW,Peterhans E

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and sequenced a cDNA encoding the human luteinizing hormone--choriogonadotropin (LH/hCG) receptor. The deduced amino acid sequence (699 residues) containing seven putative transmembrane segments displays sequence similarity to G protein-coupled receptors. The receptor consists of 335 residue extracell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Minegishi T,Nakamura K,Takakura Y,Miyamoto K,Hasegawa Y,Ibuki Y,Igarashi M,Minegish T corrected to Minegishi T

更新日期：1990-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Zymosan particles opsonised with human serum factors functionally activate human neutrophils and induce a substantial modification of the human neutrophil cytosolic glyoxalase system. The activity of glyoxalase I increases and the activity of glyoxalase II decreases by 20-40% of their resting cell activities during th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Thornalley PJ,Della Bianca V,Bellavite P,Rossi F

更新日期：1987-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Strikingly variable clinical phenotypes can be found in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) even with the same ABCD1 mutation. ABCD2 is the closest homolog to ABCD1. Since ABCD2 overexpression complements the loss of ABCD1 in vivo and in vitro, we have investigated the possible role of the ABCD2 gene locus as determ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maier EM,Mayerhofer PU,Asheuer M,Köhler W,Rothe M,Muntau AC,Roscher AA,Holzinger A,Aubourg P,Berger J

更新日期：2008-12-05 00:00:00