Nitric oxide mediates interleukin-1-induced prostaglandin E2 production by vascular smooth muscle cells.

abstract：:Bile acids of patients with renal failure and of healthy subjects were analyzed by capillary gas chromatography after group separation. The amount of bile acids in the total dialysate (150 L) of the patients was smaller than that in the 24-h urine of healthy subjects. Polar bile acid sulfates constituted 17.3% and 30....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamaga N,Adachi K,Kohara H,Shimizu K

更新日期：1988-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathways formed of delocalized π-electron systems and polar groups of polypeptide chains bridged by hydrogen bonds are referred as π-H pathways. Suitable for electron transfer, these pathways in cytochrome c oxidase connect CuA, the source of electrons distributed in cytochrome c oxidase, with the metal centers, heme ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramasarma T,Vaigundan D

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The exposure of hydrophobic sites on calmodulin, skeletal muscle troponin C and their tryptic fragments was investigated using Phenyl-Sepharose chromatography. A strong binding of both proteins and their fragments corresponding to the NH2-terminal halves of polypeptide chain of respective proteins in the presence of c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brzeska H,Szynkiewicz J,Drabikowski W

更新日期：1983-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 [DPP-4) has evolved into an important target in diabetes therapy due to its role in incretin hormone metabolism. In contrast to its systemic effects, cellular functions of membranous DPP-4 are less clear. Here we studied the role of DPP-4 in hepatic energy metabolism. In order to distinguish sys...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rufinatscha K,Radlinger B,Dobner J,Folie S,Bon C,Profanter E,Ress C,Salzmann K,Staudacher G,Tilg H,Kaser S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) is a nuclear DNA binding protein that participates in processes involving nicking and resealing DNA strands. A genomically unstable subpopulation of PARP-1(-/-) cells has recently been described, which disappears after stable transfection of the cells with complete PARP-1 cDNA. H...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cayuela ML,Carrillo A,Ramirez P,Parrilla P,Yélamos J

更新日期：2001-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A small fraction of tumor cells are thought to possess the potential for both multiple-lineage differentiation and self-renewal, which underlies the cancer stem cell hypothesis. However, the differentiation mechanisms of these cells have not been elucidated due to a lack of appropriate culture methods. Here, we establ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawamata M,Katsuda T,Yamada Y,Ochiya T

更新日期：2017-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmon calcitonin potently competes for amylin binding sites in rat brain and has amylin-like actions upon glucose metabolism in rat muscle. We report here that [125I]-salmon calcitonin binds to rat hindlimb muscle membranes with high affinity (Kd = 0.47 pM). Binding was inhibited by rat amylin (Ki = 2 nM), rat alpha ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kenney MA,Moore CX,Pittner R,Beaumont K

更新日期：1993-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we briefly review RRF (ribosome recycling factor, previously called ribosome releasing factor) (for recent reviews covering historical background see (1, 2)). ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kaji A,Teyssier E,Hirokawa G

更新日期：1998-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A bioassay based on the measurement of thymidine incorporation into trichloroacetic acid-insoluble materials in erythroid cell suspensions from fetal calf liver was used as the assay for purification of two small peptides (erythrotropins I and II) from fetal calf intestine. The peptides were purified using reversed-ph...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Congote LF

更新日期：1983-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc ribbon domain-containing 1 (ZNRD1), a transcription-associated gene, was recently found to be downregulated in human gastric cancer tissues as compared to the matched adjacent nonneoplastic tissues. In this study, we constructed the siRNA eukaryotic expression vectors of ZNRD1 and transfected them into normal gas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hong L,Zhang Y,Liu N,Liu C,Zhi M,Pan Y,Lan M,Sun L,Fan D

更新日期：2004-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidosqualene:protostadienol cyclase (OSPC) from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, catalyzes the cyclization of (3S)-2,3-oxidosqualene into protosta-17(20)Z,24-dien-3beta-ol which is the precursor of the steroidal antibiotic helvolic acid. To shed light on the structure-function relationship between OSPC and oxidosqua...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kimura M,Kushiro T,Shibuya M,Ebizuka Y,Abe I

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of our studies on polyamine biosynthesis in yeast, the metabolism of methylthioadenosine was studied in a mutant that lacks methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (meu1delta). The nucleoside accumulates in this mutant and is mainly excreted into the culture medium. Intracellular accumulation of the nucleoside is en...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chattopadhyay MK,Tabor CW,Tabor H

更新日期：2006-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth and differentiation factors (GDF)-5, -6, and -7 are members of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) family. Previous studies suggest their importance in bone development and in tendon/ligament morphogenesis. The cells of the dental attachment apparatus, cementum, periodontal ligament, and alveolar bone proper a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morotome Y,Goseki-Sone M,Ishikawa I,Oida S

更新日期：1998-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:By the use of well-characterized antibodies against porcine dynorphin-A(1-8), an endogenous opioid peptide, and the use of a modified immunofluorescence microscopic technique, dynorphin-A(1-8) stained perikarya, nerve fibres, and nerve terminals were visualized in the rat duodenum. Dynorphin-A(1-8) immunoreactive peri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wolter HJ

更新日期：1985-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the mechanism of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, we investigated the effect of glucocorticoid on canonical Wnt signaling that emerged as a novel key pathway for promoting bone formation. Wnt3a increased the T-cell factor (Tcf)/lymphoid enhancer factor (Lef)-dependent transcriptional activity in primary...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohnaka K,Tanabe M,Kawate H,Nawata H,Takayanagi R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binge drinking is the consumption of large volumes of alcohol in short periods and exerts its effects on the central nervous system, including the hippocampus. We have previously shown that binge drinking alters mitochondrial dynamics and induces neuroinflammation in the hippocampus of adolescent rats. Mild traumatic ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mira RG,Lira M,Quintanilla RA,Cerpa W

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Folate deficiency produces a marked decrease in the ratio of S-adenosylmethionine to S-adenosylhomocysteine. This ratio regulates the activity of many cellular methylation reactions including that of DNA. We used bacterial CpG methylase to evaluate the effect of folate deficiency on methylation of DNA from livers of w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Balaghi M,Wagner C

更新日期：1993-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular acidic pH-activated chloride channel I(Cl, acid), has been characterized in HEK 293 cells and mammalian cardiac myocytes. This study was designed to characterize I(Cl,acid) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs). The activation and deactivation of the current rapidly and repeatedly follows the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ma ZY,Zhang W,Chen L,Wang R,Kan XH,Sun GZ,Liu CX,Li L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2008-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:As a typical organism of platyhelminth, Dugesia japonica attracts more and more attention for its strong regenerative ability. Protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT) family is composed of a class of enzymes with methyltransferase activities, which play fundamental roles in vivo in many important physiological proce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang Y,Wu W,Gao L,Chen M,Liu X,Huang M,Li A,Zheng K,Liu D,Deng H,Zhao B,Liu B,Pang Q

更新日期：2020-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We immobilize alpha-amylase extracted from Bacillus Iicheniformis on the surfaces of superparamagnetic particles and investigate the effect of a rotational magnetic field on the enzyme's activity. We find that the activity of the enzyme molecules immobilized on superparamagnetic particles increases in the rotational m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizuki T,Watanabe N,Nagaoka Y,Fukushima T,Morimoto H,Usami R,Maekawa T

更新日期：2010-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein acetylation is an important and reversible post-translational modification (PTM), and it governs a variety of cellular dynamics and plasticity. Experimental identification of acetylation sites is labor-intensive and often limited by the availability of reagents such as acetyl-specific antibodies and optimizati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li A,Xue Y,Jin C,Wang M,Yao X

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PILRα is an immune inhibitory receptor possessing an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) in its cytoplasmic domain enabling it to deliver inhibitory signals. Binding of PILRα to its ligand CD99 is involved in immune regulation; however, whether there are other PILRα ligands in addition to CD99 is not...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kogure A,Shiratori I,Wang J,Lanier LL,Arase H

更新日期：2011-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]cyclo(His-Pro) bound with high affinity (59 nM) to a single class of sites in rat liver plasma membranes, without significant tracer degradation during equilibration for 60 min at 0 degrees C. Binding was specific and saturable (3.9 pmol/mg protein), and were increased by the addition of K+, Mg++ and Na+ at optima...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mori M,Yamada M,Yamaguchi M,Suzuki M,Ohshima K,Kobayashi I,Kobayashi S

更新日期：1986-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation and histone H3 lysine 27 methylation (H3K27me) are repressive marks that silence gene expression. The M phase phosphoprotein (MPP8) associates with proteins involved in both DNA methylation and histone modifications, and therefore, is a potential candidate to mediate cr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Murata K,Sato S,Haruta M,Goshima T,Chiba Y,Takahashi S,Sharif J,Koseki H,Nakanishi M,Shimada M

更新日期：2015-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:By DNA sequence analysis, we have determined a spectrum of 61 spontaneous mutations occurring in the endogenous tonB gene in the polA1 strain of Escherichia coli. The overall mutation frequency was approximately 2.4-fold higher in the polA1 strain and this was attributable to enhanced rates of deletion and frameshift ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Agemizu Y,Uematsu N,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1999-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), a major mediator of innate immune responses, on cognitive performance in a type 1 diabetes model (T1D). After administration of streptozotocin, both TLR4 knockout (TLR4 KO) and wild type (WT) diabetic mice displayed metabolic alterations similar to those observe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawamoto EM,Cutler RG,Rothman SM,Mattson MP,Camandola S

更新日期：2014-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Gb3/CD77 synthase (α1,4-galactosyltransferase, P(k) synthase), encoded by A4GALT gene, is known for synthesis of Gal(α1-4)Gal moiety in globotriaosylceramide (Gb3Cer, CD77, P(k) blood group antigen), a glycosphingolipid of the globo series. Recently, it was shown that c.631C > G mutation in A4GALT, which causes ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kaczmarek R,Duk M,Szymczak K,Korchagina E,Tyborowska J,Mikolajczyk K,Bovin N,Szewczyk B,Jaskiewicz E,Czerwinski M

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor p18 blocks progression of the cell cycle by associating with the cyclin D-dependent kinases CDK6 and CDK4. To better understand the regulation of p18 gene expression, we isolated full-length cDNA clones from a human BT-20 breast cancer cell cDNA library. These clones were th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Blais A,Labrie Y,Pouliot F,Lachance Y,Labrie C

更新日期：1998-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is usually caused by absence of the nuclear membrane protein, emerin, due to nonsense mutations or deletions, but a few missense mutations also exist. A pathogenic g993t mutation causes a Q133H change in the nuclear targeting region of emerin, but it may also reduce emerin le...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Holt I,Clements L,Manilal S,Morris GE

更新日期：2001-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular matrix facilitates anchorage-dependent cell survival via interaction of its arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) motif with integrins. In this report, we describe an unexpected, apoptosis-promoting the effect of immobilized RGD (iRGD) on tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced apoptosis. Mesangial ce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moreno-Manzano V,Lucio-Cazana J,Konta T,Nakayama K,Kitamura M

更新日期：2000-10-22 00:00:00