POU-domain genes in planarian Dugesia japonica: the structure and expression.

abstract：:Two novel allergens, designated Mal f 2 and Mal f 3 according to the WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Subcommittee recommendation, were isolated from the lipophilic yeast Malassezia furfur cell extracts and the genes coding for those were cloned. Mal f 2 and Mal f 3 had apparent molecular weights of 21 kDa and 20 kDa, r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yasueda H,Hashida-Okado T,Saito A,Uchida K,Kuroda M,Onishi Y,Takahashi K,Yamaguchi H,Takesako K,Akiyama K

更新日期：1998-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The (1)H NMR spectrum of the perchloric acid extract of carp seminal plasma was heavily congested. It is demonstrated that proton-detected C,H chemical shift correlation spectroscopy (HSQC, HSQC-TOCSY) allows an unequivocal identification of proline, glutamate, taurine, and methionine sulfoxide, although several key p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kalic M,Lauterwein J,Büsselmann G,Kamp G

更新日期：2000-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data has suggested a role for nitric oxide (NO) both in the induction of immunity and as an effector of tissue injury in experimental models of inflammation. In this study, we have tested the efficacy of two inhibitors of NO synthase, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) and aminoguanidine (AG), to modify the auto...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Woolfson RG,Qasim FJ,Thiru S,Oliveira DB,Neild GH,Mathieson PW

更新日期：1995-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria, a disease accounting for more than one million deaths per year, is caused by intraerythrocytic growth of Plasmodia. Parasitemia may be blunted by suicidal erythrocyte death or eryptosis, which is characterized by cell shrinkage and phosphatidylserine exposure. Triggers of eryptosis include lead nitrate (Pb(NO...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koka S,Huber SM,Boini KM,Lang C,Föller M,Lang F

更新日期：2007-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinoblastoma gene product (pRB) has been known to contain a sequence-nonspecific DNA binding activity. It is unknown whether pRB can recognize and bind to specific DNA sequences. We have recently identified a rat genomic DNA fragment, termed REC11, which can interact with rat Cdc37-related protein (RCdc37). In t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ozaki T,Sakiyama S

更新日期：1996-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic elastase has been implicated in the pathophysiology of severe acute pancreatitis, characterized by systemic inflammatory response, distant organ failure, and high mortality. Here we show that pancreatic elastase activates transcription factors NF-kappaB, AP-1, and NFAT in human myeloid cells (U-937 and THP-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hietaranta A,Mustonen H,Puolakkainen P,Haapiainen R,Kemppainen E

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 (EV71) has led to recent outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in China, resulting in high mortality. In this study, several monoclonal antibodies were generated by immunizing mice with two synthetic peptides, SP55 and SP70, containing amino acids 163-177 and 208-222 of VP1. The specificities...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li X,Mao C,Ma S,Wang X,Sun Z,Yi Y,Guo M,Shen X,Sun L,Bi S

更新日期：2009-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroquine inhibited carbachol-induced amylase release in a dose-dependent fashion in rat pancreatic acini; cholecystokinin- and bombesin-induced secretory responses were almost unchanged by the antimalarial drug. The inhibition of carbachol-induced amylase release by chloroquine was competitive in nature with a Ki o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Habara Y,Williams JA,Hootman SR

更新日期：1986-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Small heat-shock proteins (sHSPs) represent an abundant and ubiquitous family of molecular chaperones. The current model proposes that sHSPs function to prevent irreversible aggregation of non-native proteins by forming soluble complex. The chaperone activity of sHSPs is usually determined by the capacity to suppress ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiao W,Li P,Zhang J,Zhang H,Chang Z

更新日期：2005-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, T cell cytokines such as IL-17 and IFN-γ have been shown to play important roles in the progression of brain injury induced by ischemia. We have shown that IL-23 from infiltrated macrophages activates γδT cells, thereby inducing IL-17 from these cells. However, deletion of the IL-23 gene in mice showed a mor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Konoeda F,Shichita T,Yoshida H,Sugiyama Y,Muto G,Hasegawa E,Morita R,Suzuki N,Yoshimura A

更新日期：2010-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated that connexin 43 (Cx43) mediates signals important for osteoblast function and osteogenesis. The role of gap junctional communication in bone resorption is less clear. We have investigated the expression of Cx43 mRNA in osteoclasts and bone resorption cultures and furthermore, the fun...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ransjö M,Sahli J,Lie A

更新日期：2003-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A complementary DNA clone encoding serum amyloid A protein has been isolated from an acute rabbit liver cDNA library. Complete nucleotide sequence analysis reveals that the cloned gene contains a 24 bases 5' untranslated region, 369 bases coding region and a 106 bases 3' untranslated region. Primer extension analysis ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ray BK,Ray A

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxemia is characterized by multiple dysfunctions of the micro-vascular endothelium. Of these, vascular leakage is an initial event that aggravates vascular dysfunction can lead to systemic vascular collapse and organ failure. Thus, prevention of vascular leakage may ameliorate endotoxin-induced dysfunctions of bl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hwang JA,Lee EH,Lee SD,Park JB,Jeon BH,Cho CH

更新日期：2009-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The alternatively spliced isoform of the nonmuscle myosin II heavy chain B (MHC-B) with an insert of 21 amino acids at the 50- to 20-kDa junction of the globular region of myosin has been demonstrated to be expressed specifically in the central nervous system (CNS) in chicken. To explore the role of this B2 inserted i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi M,Hirano T,Uchida K,Yamagishi A

更新日期：1999-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysophosphatidyl-L-serine (lysoPS) is thought to be an immunological regulator because it dramatically augments the degranulation of rat peritoneal mast cells (RPMCs). This stimulatory effect may be mediated by a lysoPS receptor, but its molecule has not been identified yet. During a ligand fishing study for the orpha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sugo T,Tachimoto H,Chikatsu T,Murakami Y,Kikukawa Y,Sato S,Kikuchi K,Nagi T,Harada M,Ogi K,Ebisawa M,Mori M

更新日期：2006-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:For a series of adenosine analogues a close correlation (r = 0.986) was found between their antiviral potency (against vesicular stomatitis virus) and their inhibitory effects (Ki/Km) on S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) hydrolase; thus, in order of increasing inhibitory potency for both virus replication and AdoHcy hyd...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： De Clercq E,Cools M

更新日期：1985-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A few decades ago, researchers found emerging evidence showing that a number of sequential events lead to the pathological cascade of Alzheimer's disease (AD) which is caused by the accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ), a physiological peptide, in the brain. Therefore, regulation of Aβ represents a crucial treatment appr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oh JH,Choi S,Shin J,Park JS

更新日期：2016-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a heterogeneous subset of stromal stem cells isolated from many adult tissues. Previous studies reported that MSCs can differentiate to both mesodermal and neural lineages by a phenomenon referred to as ''dedifferentiation'' or ''transdifferentiation''. However, since MSCs have only b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morikawa S,Mabuchi Y,Niibe K,Suzuki S,Nagoshi N,Sunabori T,Shimmura S,Nagai Y,Nakagawa T,Okano H,Matsuzaki Y

更新日期：2009-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have classified microvesicles into two subtypes: larger MVs released upon stimulation of prostate cancer cells, sMVs, and smaller cMVs, released constitutively. cMVs are released as part of cell metabolism and sMVs, released at 10-fold higher levels, produced upon activation, including sublytic C5b-9. From electron...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Stratton D,Moore C,Antwi-Baffour S,Lange S,Inal J

更新日期：2015-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Although compelling data have demonstrated the effectiveness of estrogen replacement therapy for the treatment of accelerated bone loss in postmenopausal osteoporosis and ovariectomized animals, the mechanisms by which estrogens reduce bone resorption remain to be elucidated. To address this issue, in the present stud...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zecchi-Orlandini S,Formigli L,Tani A,Benvenuti S,Fiorelli G,Papucci L,Capaccioli S,Orlandini GE,Brandi ML

更新日期：1999-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide kinase (CERK) and its product, ceramide-1-phosphate (Cer-1-P), are implicated in signaling processes, but the action mechanisms are not fully elucidated. When checking for intracellular effects of Cer-1-P by exposing CERK-expressing CHO cells to truncated ceramides, an unexpected decrease in CERK activity and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Van Overloop H,Van Veldhoven PP

更新日期：2007-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have generated a great deal of interest in clinical situations, due principally to their potential use in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering applications. However, the therapeutic application of MSCs remains limited, unless the favorable effects of MSCs on tumor growth in vivo, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shin KK,Lee AL,Kim JY,Lee SY,Bae YC,Jung JS

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Keap1 is proposed to be a sensor protein of electrophilic compounds and a transducer of the signal from electrophilic compounds for transcriptional activation. Thus, the use of keap1 gene-knockout (KO) mice is a straightforward approach in order to clarify the molecular background for the use of electrophilies as neur...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Satoh T,Harada N,Hosoya T,Tohyama K,Yamamoto M,Itoh K

更新日期：2009-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenylenediamine derivatives can function as a hydrogen donor and reportedly exert various biological actions including cytoprotective effects against oxidative stress, possibly by acting as an antioxidant. Previous studies showed that feeding of such compounds to mice reduced their body weight, but the precise mechan...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yanagitai M,Kitagawa T,Okawa K,Koyama H,Satoh T

更新日期：2012-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:SMRT acts as a corepressor for a range of transcription factors. The amino-terminal part of the protein includes domains that mainly mediate transcriptional repression whilst the carboxy-terminal part includes domains that interact with nuclear receptors using up to three motifs called CoRNR boxes. The region of the S...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Short S,Malartre M,Sharpe C

更新日期：2005-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Pol III promoters synthesize shRNA and elicit RNAi efficiently, however, a major limitation is that they are constitutively expressed in all cell types. To circumvent this problem, in the present study, we described a novel shRNA vector based on Pol II/T7 dual-promoter couple system: the transcription of shRN...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Peng Y,Lu JX,Shen XF

更新日期：2007-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it has been shown that calpains may play a positive role in causing apoptosis of T cells, we report here that, on the contrary, the inhibition of calpain-like activities can induce apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells. Two calpain inhibitors were used to test growth response on prostate cancer cells and s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu W,Murtha PE,Young CY

更新日期：1995-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA topoisomerase type I and II activities were determined by serial dilution in nuclear extracts from control and ataxia-telangiectasia lymphoblastoid cells. Topoisomerase I activity, assayed by relaxation of supercoiled plasmid DNA, was found to be approximately the same in both cell types. In order to remove interf...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mohamed R,Pal Singh S,Kumar S,Lavin MF

更新日期：1987-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:O-GlcNAcylation is a kind of post-translational modification and many nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins are O-GlcNAcylated. In this study, we demonstrated that thiazolidinediones (TZDs), which are used as insulin sensitizer, specifically inhibited the O-GlcNAcylation of Sp1 but did not affect the O-GlcNAcylation of the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chung SS,Kim JH,Park HS,Choi HH,Lee KW,Cho YM,Lee HK,Park KS

更新日期：2008-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine retinal rod outer segment membranes are enriched in a phosphoinositide-specific phosphodiesterase (phospholipase C) activity strictly modulated by free calcium ion concentration. The enzyme(s) was highly active on phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate: maximal hydrolysis rate was attained at 10(-5)M Ca2+ and ac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Panfoli I,Morelli A,Pepe I

更新日期：1990-11-30 00:00:00