Identification of the alternative promoters of the KChIP4 subfamily.

abstract：:Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is a dynamic and reversible process with DNA methylation, histone modifications, and chromatin remodeling. Recently, groundbreaking studies have demonstrated the importance of DNA and chromatin regulatory proteins from different aspects, including stem cell, development, and tu...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Ning B,Li W,Zhao W,Wang R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi), a posttranscriptional gene silencing process mediated by small double-stranded RNA specifically complementary to the targeted transcript, has been used extensively in the development of novel therapeutic approaches against various human diseases including chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). He...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Yang F,Zhang Y,Cao YL,Wang SH,Liu L

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：: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：:Bcl-2, a prominent member of the Bcl-2 family proteins, is responsible for the dysregulation of apoptosis and resistance to chemotherapy. In this study, we investigated whether small hairpin RNA (shRNA) targeting at Bcl-2 mRNA could enhance cytarabine (Ara-C)-induced apoptosis in Raji cells. Bcl-2 shRNA was transfecte...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： He D,Fang B

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the pro-apoptotic mechanism of C-phycocyanin (C-PC)-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) in a murine tumor model and cultured MCF-7 cells. The mice were divided into four groups: control, He-Ne laser radiation, C-PC treatment, and C-PC treatment + He-Ne laser radiation. The effe...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li B,Chu X,Gao M,Li W

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotton fiber developmental transition from elongation to secondary cell wall biosynthesis is a critical growth shifting phase that affects fiber final length, strength, and other properties. Morphological dynamic analysis indicated an asynchronous fiber developmental pattern between two most important commercial cotto...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhou X,Hu W,Li B,Yang Y,Zhang Y,Thow K,Fan L,Qu Y

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic walking is one of the most useful approaches in genome-related research. Three kinds of PCR-based methods are available for this purpose. However, none of them has been generally applied because they are either insensitive or inefficient. Here we present an efficient PCR protocol, an optimized adaptor PCR meth...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Xu P,Hu RY,Ding XY

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasminogen activator inhibitor type-2 (PAI-2) dependent apoptosis protection is due to the 33 amino acids fragment located between helix C and D of PAI-2, this fragment may interact with some unknown intracellular proteins. In this study we used the fragment between helix C and D of PAI-2 as a bait to perform a y...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Fan J,Zhang YQ,Li P,Tong C,Tan L,Zhu YS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of chronic neuropathic pain are not clear. Serum microRNAs (miRNAs) might show a special feature for chronic nervous lesions. However, little is known about the changes in circulating miRNAs for the neuropathic pain. Therefore, changes in the circulating miRNAs expression profile for the neuropathic pai...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Xu Y,Zhang X,Pu S,Wu J,Lv Y,Du D

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in post-transcriptional gene silencing of target messenger RNAs, which are involved in virtually all biological processes. Previously, we have demonstrated that spheroid body-forming cells from the MKN-45 cancer cell line possessed gastric cancer stem cell (CSC) properties. In t...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu J,Ma L,Wang Z,Wang L,Liu C,Chen R,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolin-1 is regulated by estrogen in vascular smooth muscle cells. Raloxifene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator that possibly has cardioprotective properties without an increased risk of cancer or other side effects of estrogen, may be used in women with risk of coronary artery disease. However, the relations...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Yang FL,He H,Liu XX,Tu B,Zeng XW,Su JX,Wang X,Hu Q

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPase) exist ubiquitously in prokaryotes and eukaryotes and play important roles in the regulation of physiological activities. We report here the expression, purification and characterization of an active and soluble PTPase from Thermus thermophilus HB27 in Esc...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wang Y,Meng F,Zhang Y

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique temporal expression pattern of miR-200c in epididymis during post-natal development in juvenile rats was revealed by our home-made miRNA microarray in this paper. It was found that miR-200c expressed in the lowest level at Day 7 and then increased to the highest at Day 36 followed by a dramatic decrease. Th...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wang J,Ruan K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis remains a major global health problem and effective vaccines are urgently needed. In this study, we used the combined DNA- and protein-based vaccines of immunodominant antigen Rv0577 to boost BCG and evaluated their immunogenicity in BALB/c mice. Our data suggest that the booster vaccine may substantially...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Gu D,Chen W,Mi Y,Gong X,Luo T,Bao L

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutively activated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) plays an important role in the formation of many tumors including ovarian cancer. In this study, RNA interference specific to STAT3 was employed to study its effects on the inhibition of STAT3 signaling and on the growth of ovarian can...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Huang F,Tong X,Fu L,Zhang R

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:Canonical meiosis is characterized by two sequential rounds of nuclear divisions following one round of DNA replication-reductional segregation of homologous chromosomes during the first division and equational segregation of sister chromatids during the second division. Meiosis in an inverted order of two nuclear div...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li W,He X

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play a vital role in viral control and clearance. Recent studies have elucidated that Tapasin, an endoplasmic reticulum chaperone, is a well-known molecule that appears to be essential in peptide-loading process. The Janus kinase/signal transducers and ac...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wu S,Chen X,Tang Y,Zhang Y,Li D,Chen J,Wang J,Tang Z,Zang G,Yu Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:LT(K63), a non-toxic mutant and LT(R72), a low toxic mutant of E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin are frequently used mucosal adjuvants. In many cases, the adjuvanticity of LT(K63) is lower than that of LT(R72), but LT(K63), which induces a mixed Th1/Th2 response, exhibits a higher level of protection than LT(R72) which ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Feng Q,Yang J,Luo P,Zhang WJ,Zou QM

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：: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：:Inter-species nuclear transfer could be used to preserve North Goat (Capra ibex), an endangered species. We established the culture conditions for ibex-hirus reconstructed embryos and optimized the method for DNA extractions of a single cell and early cloned embryo. By using mitochondria-specific probes of ibex and hi...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Jiang Y,Liu SZ,Zhang YL,Jiang MX,Sun QY,Chen DY

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte senescence is characterized by exposure of cell surface epitopes on cell membrane proteins leading to immune mediated removal of red blood cells. One mechanism for antigen formation is tyrosine phosphorylation (Tyr-P) of the transmembrane protein band 3 by Syk kinase. Our aim was to test the hypothesis tha...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Bordin L,Fiore C,Bragadin M,Brunati AM,Clari G

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：: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：: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：:Renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) is a common cause of acute renal failure in many clinical settings. Our study aimed to elucidate the role of lentiviral vector-mediated KSR1 gene silencing in inflammatory factor expression and proliferation of renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs) in a rat model of I/R injury. Male S...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Bai Y,Han G,Guo K,Yu L,Du X,Xu Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HEAT repeat-containing protein 1 (HEATR1) is related to the progression of several cancers. However, the role of HEATR1 in gastric cancer (GC) remains unknown. In the present study, we aimed to detect the expression of HEATR1 in GC and identify its role. The expressions of HEATR1 in GC tissues were analyzed using The ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhao J,Zhu Y,Fu Q,Zhu Y,Zhao G

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00