Chromatin neutral sphingomyelinase and its role in hepatic regeneration.

abstract：:The present study was conducted to determine whether fetuin-A, a dominant serum protein plays a role in chemo-attraction and chemo-invasion of carcinoma cells in vitro. Serum is normally used as positive chemotaxis control in Boyden chamber motility assays, prompting the need to identify the factor/s in serum that con...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nangami GN,Watson K,Parker-Johnson K,Okereke KO,Sakwe A,Thompson P,Frimpong N,Ochieng J

更新日期：2013-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Blot-hybridization of sea urchin (Tripneustes gratilla) genomic DNA with a cloned rDNA probe revealed individual variation in the length of the rDNA repeat unit and also in the non-transcribed spacer sequences. The number of distinct rDNA repeat subclasses distinguishable within any one sea urchin was limited and usua...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Simmen FA,Mandel M,Humphreys T

更新日期：1986-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminal differentiation of myocytes involves withdrawal from the cell cycle, induction of myogenin expression, and finally formation of myotubes. To study the factors that regulate the initial phase of muscle differentiation, we analyzed the binding activities of transcription factors AP-1, Sp-1, and NF-kappa B in L6...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lehtinen SK,Rahkila P,Helenius M,Korhonen P,Salminen A

更新日期：1996-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The repair-associated gene XRCC1 was previously cloned by complementing the hamster mutant EM9, which has a high rate of spontaneous SCE and hypersensitivity to DNA damaging agents. In analyzing XRCC1 gene expression, similar levels of steady-state mRNA were found in normal cells, Bloom's syndrome cells with altered S...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yoo H,Li L,Sacks PG,Thompson LH,Becker FF,Chan JY

更新日期：1992-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) play significant roles in diverse biological processes and their deregulation is implicated in carcinogenesis. miR-146a executes tumour suppressive or oncogenic functions depending on the cancer type, but its effect on human cervical (CaCx) and colorectal (CRC) cancers have not been examined thus fa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sathyanarayanan A,Chandrasekaran KS,Karunagaran D

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently discovered natural heptadecapeptide nociceptin (orphanin FQ) shares some homology with the opioid peptides but it binds to a distinct receptor type, termed nociceptin receptor. This study demonstrates the presence of specific nociceptin recognition sites in brain membrane fractions of an amphibian, Rana e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Benyhe S,Monory K,Farkas J,Tóth G,Guerrini R,Salvadori S,Orosz G,Wollemann M,Borsodi A

更新日期：1999-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is associated with extensive cognitive impairments, although the biochemical and physiological basis of these deficits are unknown. As the hippocampus plays a vital role in cognitive functions, we have selected this tissue to analyze changes in gene expression at two different ages. Array technology is utilized ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kumar VB,Franko MW,Farr SA,Armbrecht HJ,Morley JE

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their advantages in analysis, 4D NMR experiments are still infrequently used as a routine tool in protein NMR projects due to the long duration of the measurement and limited digital resolution. Recently, new acquisition techniques for speeding up multidimensional NMR experiments, such as nonlinear sampling, i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shigemitsu Y,Ikeya T,Yamamoto A,Tsuchie Y,Mishima M,Smith BO,Güntert P,Ito Y

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus; 45 animals per group) were either sham-exposed or exposed to a sinusoidal magnetic field for 56 days (Experiment 1: 50 Hz, 450 microTesla peak; max. dB/dt = 140 mTesla s(-1); 24 hrs day(-1)). Except for day 7, no effects were observed with respect to body weights during exp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Niehaus M,Brüggemeyer H,Behre HM,Lerchl A

更新日期：1997-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisense activity in living cells has been thought to occur via a mechanism involving both DNA-mediated hybridization arrest of target mRNA and RNase H-mediated mRNA digestion. Therefore an ideal antisense agent should be permeable to the cell and possess capacities (1) to form a thermally stable duplex in vivo with ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsukura M,Okamoto T,Miike T,Sawai H,Shinozuka K

更新日期：2002-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study revealed that low density lipoprotein (LDL) obtained from rabbits fed highly purified eicosapentaenoic acid-ethyl ester (EPA-E) (EPA-LDL) was significantly less susceptible to oxidative modification catalyzed by Cu2+ as compared to LDL from rabbits fed a normal diet (control LDL). In a comparison of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saito H,Chang KJ,Tamura Y,Yoshida S

更新日期：1991-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work had suggested the presence of significant levels of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) catalytic activity in human small intestinal microsomes, with undetectable to low UGT1A6 and 2B7 activities. To confirm the presence of UGT1A1 isoform in human small bowel, to explore the possible absence of UGT1...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Paine MF,Fisher MB

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In epithelial cells progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle and preparing the cell for the S phase is regulated by cyclin D1-cdk4. Cells that express the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) are dependent on cyclin D1-cdk4 activity for their proliferation while cells that do not express pRb are not. Overexpression ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kent LL,Hull-Campbell NE,Lau T,Wu JC,Thompson SA,Nori M

更新日期：1999-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Homo-oligomerization via a coiled-coil (C-C) domain has been shown to be necessary for the promyelocytic leukemia (PML)-retinoic acid receptor-alpha (RARalpha) fusion protein to acquire oncogenic potential in acute promyelocytic leukemia. We show here that PML(DeltaC-C)-RARalpha, which contains a deletion in its C-C d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim YE,Kim DY,Lee JM,Kim ST,Han TH,Ahn JH

更新日期：2005-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin inhibits hepatic very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) apo B secretion in rats. Current studies test whether the insulin effect is LDL receptor-mediated by examining the effect of insulin on VLDL apo B secretion in hepatocytes derived from Ldlr-/- and control mice. Primary hepatocytes were incubated overnight wi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chirieac DV,Cianci J,Collins HL,Sparks JD,Sparks CE

更新日期：2002-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, one of the most common causes of chronic liver disease, is strongly associated with metabolic syndrome. Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) has been reported to inhibit lipoprotein lipase; however, the effect of NDGA on hepatic lipid metabolism remains unclear. We evaluated body weight, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee MS,Kim D,Jo K,Hwang JK

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and high yield purification procedure for the isolation of F0F1-ATPase from spinach leaf mitochondria has been developed. This is the first report concerning purification and composition of the plant mitochondrial F0F1-ATPase. The enzyme is selectively extracted from inner membrane vesicles with the zwitterio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hamasur B,Glaser E

更新日期：1990-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:2'-Deoxycoformycin (dCF), a specific and potent inhibitor of adenosine deaminase, has demonstrated significant antitumor effect on lymphoid malignancies. The drug induced functional and morphologic differentiation of myeloid leukemia cells in combination with 2'-deoxyadenosine (dAd), but not dCF alone. NB4, a cell lin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Niitsu N,Umeda M,Honma Y

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we report the first comparative study of cold-adapted imidase (EC 3.5.2.2) from the fish (Oreochromis niloticus) liver and its thermophilic counterparts taken from pig liver and Escherichia coli (overexpressed recombinant hydantoinase from Agrobacterium radiobacter NRRL B1). Approximately 6000-fold purif...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang CY,Yang YS

更新日期：2003-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Din7 is a DNA damage-inducible mitochondrial nuclease that modulates the stability of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. How DIN7 gene expression is regulated, however, has remained largely unclear. Using promoter sequence alignment, we found a highly conserved 19-bp sequence in the promoter region...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yoshitani A,Yoshida M,Ling F

更新日期：2008-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To resolve a controversy in the literature concerning the affinity of Mg++ for ATP to be used in our noninvasive 31P NMR procedure for the determination of free Mg++ in living cells, we have reinvestigated the apparent dissociation constant of MgATP under physiologic ionic conditions and over the cellular range of ATP...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gupta RK,Gupta P,Yushok WD,Rose ZB

更新日期：1983-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder of the axial skeleton and shows significant inherited susceptibility. Auto-immune responses have been traditionally considered as a putative pathogenetic event in AS. However, no consistent self-antigen has been identified to responsible for the d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu J,Zhu P,Peng J,Li K,Du J,Gu J,Ou Y

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse hepatocytes were found to adhere much stronger to intact native type I collagen than to native, telopeptide-devoid collagen. Removal of telopeptides (by pepsin treatment) caused disintegration of supramolecular collagen aggregates. Similar differences in hepatocyte adhesion were observed between oligomeric and m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Berman A,Morozevich G,Karmansky I,Gleiberman A,Bychkova V

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular location of phosphoprotein pp 105 was determined in various mouse cell lines with rabbit anti mouse pp 105 serum. Immunofluorescence was predominantly observed in the nucleoli in addition to a diffuse but weaker fluorescence of the whole nucleus. Cell surface fluorescence was obtained only with cells grow...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pfeifle J,Anderer FA

更新日期：1983-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the role of K+ channels in mediating vasorelaxation produced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in endothelial-denuded strips of rat aorta precontracted with phenylephrine (1 microM). Salmonella typhosa LPS (0.1 microgram/ml) caused significant relaxation of tension which peaked at approximately 4h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hall S,Turcato S,Clapp L

更新日期：1996-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-penetrating peptides are a group of peptides which can transport different types of cargo molecules such as drugs across plasma membrane and have been applied in the treatment of various diseases. Thus, the accurate prediction of cell-penetrating peptides with bioinformatics methods will accelerate the developmen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tang H,Su ZD,Wei HH,Chen W,Lin H

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies from our laboratory demonstrated that Egr-1 is upregulated in the rat duodenal mucosa during cysteamine-induced duodenal ulceration and that antisense egr-1 oligonucleotide aggravates the duodenal ulcers. This study was aimed to determine the effects of cysteamine on redox-sensitive Egr-1 transcriptiona...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Khomenko T,Deng X,Jadus MR,Szabo S

更新日期：2003-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to their spontaneous accumulation in inflamed or infected areas, blood phagocytes are potent drug vectors with specific targeting. Drug like molecule loading was obtained by use of cell electropermeabilization in which the impermeability of their plasma membrane is transiently impaired. Electrical conditions were ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sixou S,Teissié J

更新日期：1992-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:GLP-1 can help to overcome problems of liver cells metabolism, not only pancreatic cell. But the explicit mechanism of this effect remains unclear. In recent years, microRNAs have received the attention of researchers and some microRNAs have important implications for diabetes. The mitochondrial protective gene PGC-1α...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang C,Li Q,Wang W,Guo L,Guo C,Sun Y,Zhang J

更新日期：2015-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermal unfolding of myosin in skeletal muscle myofibrils was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). In the absence of nucleotide two major transitions with Tm of 52 degrees C and 58 degrees C, and a minor transition with Tm of 19 degrees C were detected. The unfolding can be characterized with a tota...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lörinczy D,Belagyi J

更新日期：1995-12-14 00:00:00