Expressional analysis of an EREBP transcription factor gene OsEBP-89 in rice.

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：: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：:Emodin, a natural anthraquinone extracted from the Chinese herbs rhubarb and giant knotweed rhizome, has been reported to enhance osteoblast differentiation. However, the mechanisms underlying its ability to regulate osteogenesis are unclear. The objective of this study was to determine the role of emodin in osteoblas...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Chen X,Zhang S,Chen X,Hu Y,Wu J,Chen S,Chang J,Wang G,Gao Y

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4) and phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) are well known as tumor suppressors that are closely related to tumor occurrence and progression. It was reported that ING4 and PTEN showed synergistic antitumor activities in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. The two tu...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Rakshit N,Yang S,Zhou W,Xu Y,Deng C,Yang J,Yu H,Wei W

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) function as negative regulators of gene expression involved in cancer metastasis. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential roles of miR-218 in non-small cell lung cancer and validate its regulation mechanism. Functional studies showed that miR-218 overexpression inhibited cell migration...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang C,Ge S,Hu C,Yang N,Zhang J

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor, which occurs in adolescents. As reported by our previous studies, HER4 indicates a poor prognosis of primary osteosarcoma. However, its mechanisms in the pathogenesis of osteosarcoma have not yet been studied. The purpose of this study was to investigate th...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li X,Huang Q,Wang S,Huang Z,Yu F,Lin J

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a Gram-positive pathogen which causes tuberculosis in both animals and humans. All tested rH-NS formulations induced a specific Th1 response, as indicated by increased production of interferon γ (IFN-γ) and interleukin 2 (IL-2) by lymphocytes in the spleen of mice which were immuniz...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu Y,Chen S,Pan B,Guan Z,Yang Z,Duan L,Cai H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human-induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells share the same key properties as embryonic stem cells, and may be generated from patient- or disease-specific sources, which makes them attractive for personalized medicine, drug screens, or cellular therapy. Long-term cultivation and maintenance of normal iPS cells in an und...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Liu T,Chen Q,Huang Y,Huang Q,Jiang L,Guo L

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:Aberrant microRNA (miRNA) expression plays a critical role in osteosarcoma (OS) pathogenesis. In this study, we elucidated the involvement of miR-487a in OS and the underlying molecular mechanisms. We found that miR-487a was upregulated in OS clinical samples and cell lines. Knockdown of miR-487a suppressed OS cell gr...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Gu Z,Wu S,Xu G,Wu W,Mao B,Zhao S

更新日期：2020-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a ubiquitous endocrine neuropeptide found in vertebrate and invertebrate. In our present work, two NPY-like exocrine conopeptides (designated as cono-NPYs) were first identified in the venom of cone snails. Both cono-NPYs showed sequence characteristics of invertebrate NPYs, suggesting that som...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wu X,Shao X,Guo ZY,Chi CW

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is indispensable for the development and maintenance of brown adipose tissue (BAT), and its activity is inhibited due to obesity. The isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) is a mitochondrial enzyme responsible for the production of α-ketoglutarate, a key intermediate metabolite integrat...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Cao Y,Liu X,Zhao J,Du M

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Necroptosis is a type of regulated cell death that has been implicated in various diseases. Receptor-interacting protein 3 (RIP3), a member of the RIP family, is an important mediator of the necroptotic pathway. Cleavage of RIP3 at Asp328 by caspase-8 abolishes the kinase activity of RIP3, which is critical for necrop...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Shang L,Ding W,Li N,Liao L,Chen D,Huang J,Xiong K

更新日期：2017-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor of human interleukin 4 (hIL4R) has been found to be present on many types of cancer, so it may be a good target for cancer therapy. Here, fusion toxin gene DT4H has been constructed by fusing DNA sequence encoding the first 389 amino acids of diphtherial toxin (DT), which can not bind its own receptor, to hum...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Zhang YJ,Hu XB,Li SX,Tian LP,Yang SL,Gong Y

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutant N-terminal huntingtin (Htt) protein resulting from Huntington's disease (HD) with expanded polyglutamine accumulates and forms aggregates in vulnerable neurons. Both ubiquitin proteasomal and autophagic pathways contribute to the degradation of mutant Htt. Here, we focus on the involvement of chaperone-mediated...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Qi L,Zhang XD

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is one of the deadliest malignant tumors, and many genes play important roles in its development. The hepatocyte nuclear factor-1a (HNF-1a) gene encodes HNF-1a, which is a transcriptional activator. HNF-1a regulates the tissue-specific expression of multiple genes, especially in pancre...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Fan Z,Fan K,Deng S,Gong Y,Qian Y,Huang Q,Yang C,Cheng H,Jin K,Luo G,Liu C,Yu X

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is an essential physiological process that plays a critical role in development and tissue homeostasis. The progress of apoptosis is regulated in an orderly way by a series of signal cascades under certain circumstances. The caspase-cascade system plays vital roles in the induction...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Fan TJ,Han LH,Cong RS,Liang J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs are highly conserved endogenous small noncoding RNAs and demonstrated to play important roles in the metastatic cascade of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), including the process of anoikis resistance. In this study, the correlation between miRNA-363-3p (miR-363-3p) expression and PTC metastasis was analyze...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Pan Y,Zhu X,Wang K,Chen Y

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS), including H(2)O(2), play a critical role in the pathophysiology of osteoporosis. Therefore, agents or antioxidants that can inhibit ROS production have a high clinical value in the treatment of osteoporosis. Curculigoside (CUR), one of the main bioactive phenolic compounds isolated from ...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wang Y,Zhao L,Wang Y,Xu J,Nie Y,Guo Y,Tong Y,Qin L,Zhang Q

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated the inhibition of the Lux quorum-sensing system by N-acyl cyclopentylamine (Cn-CPA). The Lux quorum-sensing system regulates luminescence gene expression in Vibrio fischeri. We have already reported on the synthesis of Cn-CPA and their abilities as inhibitors of the quorum-sensing...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Wang W,Morohoshi T,Ikeda T,Chen L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to obtain the recombinant human PACAP efficiently by intein-mediated single column purification, a gene encoding human PACAP was synthesized and cloned into Escherichia coli expression vector pKYB. The recombinant vector pKY-PAC was transferred into E. coli ER2566 cells and the target protein was over-express...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Yu RJ,Hong A,Dai Y,Gao Y

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

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：: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

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) function as key regulators of gene expression in various cancers. In this study, the aim is to explore the roles and regulation mechanism of miR-181c in neuroblastoma (NB) cells. We found that miR-181c was downregulated in metastatic NB tissues, compared with primary NB tissues. Then functional stud...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Li Y,Wang H,Li J,Yue W

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:N6-methyladenosine (m6A), a methylation in the N6 position of adenosine especially in the mRNA, exerts diverse physiological and pathological functions. However, the precise role of m6A methylation in hypoxic preconditioning (HPC) is still unknown. Here, we observed that HPC treatment protected H9c2 cells against H2O2...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： Su Y,Xu R,Zhang R,Qu Y,Zuo W,Ji Z,Geng H,Pan M,Ma G

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that over-expression of GRP75 can protect cells under different types of stress. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of GRP75 on the liver both in vivo and in vitro. To evaluate the effect of GRP75 over-expression on oxidative damage in the liver in vitro, cell viability and the m...

journal_title：Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica

authors： E Q,Liu X,Liu Y,Liu W,Zuo J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00