Glucocorticoid effects on glucose transport and transporter gene expression in L6 muscle cells.

abstract：:Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are major players in liver fibrogenesis. Accumulating evidence shows that suppression of autophagy plays an important role in the development and progression of liver disease. Phospholipase D1 (PLD1), which catalyzes the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine to yield phosphatidic acid (PA) an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Seo HY,Jang BK,Jung YA,Lee EJ,Kim HS,Jeon JH,Kim JG,Lee IK,Kim MK,Park KG

更新日期：2014-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) is known to prevent apoptosis through the Bax pathway and to promote neovascularization by enhancing the mobilization of stem cells, their differentiation. This study was performed to investigate the effect of TUDCA on erythropoiesis in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Since erythropo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hong SH,Yoon KJ,Lim KH,Um YJ,Cho JG,Jo YJ,Park SG

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothetical lambda protein ORF314 shows significant homology with the carboxyl end of phage T4 tail-fiber protein gp37. Homology can also be demonstrated between hypothetical lambda protein ORF194 and a fragment of bacteriophage T4 protein gp38. This sequence homology is also reflected in the genomic sequences of the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： George DG,Yeh LS,Barker WC

更新日期：1983-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatectomy (Px) is known to cause islet hypertrophy and is a putative method to mimic hyperglycemia representing type II diabetes mellitus. Therefore, finding new genes related to pancreatectomy will help to understand the molecular mechanism of hypertrophy and hyperglycemia, and may provide new diagnostic markers...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lim HW,Lee JE,Shin SJ,Lee YE,Oh SH,Park JY,Seong JK,Park JS

更新日期：2002-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase (iPFK-2; PFKFB3) produces fructose-2,6-bisphosphate (F2,6BP), which is a potent allosteric activator of 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase (PFK-1), the rate-limiting step in glycolysis. iPFK-2 functions as an activator of anaerobic glycolysis within the hypoxic microenvironment of growing tumo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chesney J,Telang S,Yalcin A,Clem A,Wallis N,Bucala R

更新日期：2005-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of TNF alpha receptors and their regulation by the endocrine system were examined in testicular Sertoli cells. By using cross-linking experiments as well as northern blotting analysis, we detected the p55 receptor type (MW: 55 kDa, mRNA: 2.3 kb), but not the p75 TNF alpha receptor type. Furthermore, we ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mauduit C,Besset V,Caussanel V,Benahmed M

更新日期：1996-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Attachment of leukocytes to the vascular endothelium and the subsequent migration of cells into the vessel wall are early events in atherogenesis. This process requires the expression of endothelial adhesion molecules. Since tea catechins are reputed to promote antiatherogenic activities, we investigated the effects o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ludwig A,Lorenz M,Grimbo N,Steinle F,Meiners S,Bartsch C,Stangl K,Baumann G,Stangl V

更新日期：2004-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a cDNA glass microarray, the expression of 1081 genes in immature and mature dendritic cells (DCs) of two different individuals has been studied. The upregulation of mRNA transcripts of genes encoding the transcription factor ZFM1, Mos proto-oncogene serine/threonine-protein kinase, B-cell-specific transcription...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lapteva N,Nieda M,Ando Y,Ide K,Hatta-Ohashi Y,Dymshits G,Ishikawa Y,Juji T,Tokunaga K

更新日期：2001-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two multidrug-resistant human leukemic CCRF-CEM sublines (CEM/VCR R and CEM/VLB100) were significantly more resistant to tetracycline, a hydrophilic antibiotic, than parental cells (P < 0.001). Verapamil and cyclosporin A completely reversed tetracycline resistance in CEM/VCR R cells, which also accumulated and retain...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kavallaris M,Madafiglio J,Norris MD,Haber M

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an aggressive and highly chemo-resistant tumour. In this study, we examined cisplatin-induced apoptosis in mouse models of this disease and investigated the role of constitutive and inducible expression of apoptosis related genes in this process. All of the four mouse MM cell lines exami...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fox SA,Kusmiaty,Loh SS,Dharmarajan AM,Garlepp MJ

更新日期：2005-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino-acid sequence of human glutathione reductase was measured according to two- and three-amino-acid sequences. The measured frequency and probability were compared with predicted frequency and probability. Of 477 two-amino-acid sequences in human glutathione reductase, 176 (36.897%) and 90 (18.868%) sequences c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu G

更新日期：2000-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The oyster vasa-like gene was previously demonstrated to be specifically expressed in germline cells of adult oysters Crassostrea gigas. In the present study, this gene was used as a molecular marker to establish the developmental pattern of germline cells during oyster ontogenesis, using whole-mount in situ hybridiza...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fabioux C,Huvet A,Lelong C,Robert R,Pouvreau S,Daniel JY,Minguant C,Le Pennec M

更新日期：2004-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the positive inotropic effect of the vasoactive peptide hormone, endothelin-1 (ET-1), involves inhibition of cardiac K(+) currents. In order to identify the K(+) currents modulated by ET-1, the outward K(+) currents of isolated rat ventricular myocytes were investigated using whole-cell patc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： James AF,Ramsey JE,Reynolds AM,Hendry BM,Shattock MJ

更新日期：2001-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of HMG 14 proteins from calf thymus and avian erythrocytes was studied using a cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase from bovine lung. HMG 14 from calf thymus was a good substrate for the enzyme, but HMG 14 from avian erythrocytes was not phosphorylated. Of the potential phosphorylation sites, the one in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Palvimo J,Linnala-Kankkunen A,Mäenpää PH

更新日期：1983-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling has been significantly implicated in the pathogenesis of aneurysm, prominently the initiation and progression of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) is the principal resident cell in aortic wall and is essential for its structure and functio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gao F,Chambon P,Offermanns S,Tellides G,Kong W,Zhang X,Li W

更新日期：2014-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We address the question-can we use experimental design methods to investigate peptide conformation and identify conformational parameters that may contribute more significantly to the potential energy than others? We used mutually orthogonal Latin square design to sample the conformational space of peptides and analys...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vengadesan K,Anbupalam T,Gautham N

更新日期：2004-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of central nervous system (CNS) neuronal networks involves processes including neuroblast migration, axonal pathfinding, and synaptogenesis. To evaluate the role of the axonal guidance molecule DSCAM in CNS connectivity, we generated a lacZ reporter construct, Pr1.8-betagal, containing a 1.8kb fragment...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Barlow GM,Lyons GE,Richardson JA,Sarnat HB,Korenberg JR

更新日期：2002-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The P-type ATPases affected in Menkes and Wilson diseases, ATP7A and ATP7B, respectively, are key copper transporters that regulate copper homeostasis. The N termini of these proteins are critical in regulating their function and activity, and contain six copper-binding motifs MxCxxC. In this study, we describe the id...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lim CM,Cater MA,Mercer JF,La Fontaine S

更新日期：2006-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The family of peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) is conserved from insects to mammals. Recently, Drosophila PGRP-SC1B was demonstrated to be an N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase (NAMLAA), an enzyme that cleaves the lactylamide bond between muramic acid and the peptide chain in peptidoglycan (PGN). We now show...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gelius E,Persson C,Karlsson J,Steiner H

更新日期：2003-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase, namely nicotinamide, benzamide, m-methoxybenzamide and 3-aminobenzamide, augmented chondrocytic differentiation chick embryo limb bud mesenchymal cells, in culture. These inhibitors stimulated early appearance and massive formation of cartilage nodules in micromass cultures s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishio A,Nakanishi S,Doull J,Uyeki EM

更新日期：1983-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is a type of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which is a major cause of blindness in elder patients. Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) promotes tumor angiogenesis via upregulating the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) and vascular e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ding D,Zhu M,Liu X,Jiang L,Xu J,Chen L,Liang J,Li L,Zhou T,Wang Y,Shi H,Yuan Y,Song E

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Under many physiological circumstances, Na(+)- and Cl(-)-dependent, hemicholinium-3 (HC-3)-sensitive, high-affinity choline uptake (HACU) in cholinergic neurons is thought to be rate-limiting in the biosynthesis of acetylcholine (ACh). Based on sequence information provided by the Human Genome Project and the recently...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Apparsundaram S,Ferguson SM,George AL Jr,Blakely RD

更新日期：2000-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The internucleosomal cleavage of genomic DNA is a biochemical hallmark of apoptosis. DNase gamma, a Mg2+/Ca2+-dependent endonuclease, has been suggested to be one of the apoptotic endonucleases, but its biochemical characteristic has not been fully elucidated. Here, using recombinant DNase gamma, we showed that DNase ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizuta R,Mizuta M,Araki S,Shiokawa D,Tanuma S,Kitamura D

更新日期：2006-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the T cell Ig and mucin (TIM) family have recently been implicated in the control of T cell-mediated immune responses. In this study, we found TIM-1 expression on anti-IgM- or anti-CD40-stimulated splenic B cells, which was further up-regulated by the combination of anti-IgM and anti-CD40 Abs. On the other ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ma J,Usui Y,Takeda K,Harada N,Yagita H,Okumura K,Akiba H

更新日期：2011-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin activation of target enzymes depends on the interaction between calmodulin hydrophobic regions and some enzyme areas. The Ca2+ induced exposure of calmodulin hydrophobic sites was studied by means of 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate, a fluorescent probe. Scatchard and Job plots showed that the calmodul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Follenius A,Gerard D

更新日期：1984-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:TGFbeta is of crucial importance during transdifferentiation of resting retinoid-storing hepatic stellate cells (HSC) to extracellular matrix producing myofibroblasts (MFB) and consequently, inhibition of TGFbeta signal transduction is an effective means for preventing experimental fibrosis. We have shown that isolate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dooley S,Streckert M,Delvoux B,Gressner AM

更新日期：2001-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila DLG (Discs Large Tumor Suppresser Protein) is a component of septate junctions, and disruption of its gene leads to over growth of imaginal discs. Homologs of Drosophila DLG recently isolated from mammalian tissue have been classified as members of the MAGUK (Membrane Associated GUanylate Kinase) superfamil...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inagaki H,Maeda S,Lin KH,Shimizu N,Saito T

更新日期：1999-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelin/granulin growth factor is synthesized as a 593 amino acid precursor protein that contains 7.5 imperfectly conserved repeats of approximately 57 amino acids. Processed epithelin/granulin peptides have been isolated from vertebrate/invertebrate species and are growth factors implicated in epithelial and haemic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Trinh DP,Brown KM,Jeang KT

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to its interaction at hypothalamic sites to affect feeding and energy expenditure, leptin has been shown to exhibit a proliferative response in erythropoietic cells. The functional leptin receptor is also present in pancreatic islets and we now demonstrate that a commonly used clonal insulin secreting beta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Islam MS,Morton NM,Hansson A,Emilsson V

更新日期：1997-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasectomy induces an immediate biophysical incompetence in epididymal spermatozoa in terms of the erroneous execution of membrane configuration processes, premature membrane melting and untimely protein gyration. Disturbances in the planned expression 'foreign proteins' and the possible 'swinging off' of these molecul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chatterjee S,Laloraya M,Kumar GP

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00