Expression of 4alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase in human epidermal keratinocytes.

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play critical roles in the proliferation of bovine preadipocytes. miR-2400 is a novel and unique miRNA from bovines. In the present study, we separated and identified preadipocytes from bovine samples. miR-2400 overexpression increased the rate of preadipocyte proliferation, which was analyzed with ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wei Y,Cui YF,Tong HL,Zhang WW,Yan YQ

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The human pregnane X receptor (hPXR) plays a key role in the regulation of both drug metabolism and efflux by inducing the expression of CYP3A4 and MDR1 gene. Using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis, we identified seven novel splicing variants of hPXR in tissue from a single human liver...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukuen S,Fukuda T,Matsuda H,Sumida A,Yamamoto I,Inaba T,Azuma J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The K-sam gene was first identified as an amplified gene in the poorly differentiated types, especially in the scirrhous type, of gastric cancers. We have recently found and reported that the carboxyl-terminal exons of K-sam are frequently deleted in the scirrhous type of gastric cancer. The deletion generates prefere...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ueda T,Sasaki H,Aoyagi K,Narikiyo M,Tsubosa Y,Kuwahara Y,Sakamoto H,Mafune K,Yoshida T,Makuuchi M,Terada M

更新日期：1999-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs) alpha, beta/delta, and gamma are novel nuclear hormone receptors activated by long chain fatty acids and synthetic ligands and which regulate lipid metabolism. Recent studies have detected PPARgamma mRNA in human mammary tumor cell lines. The current study examin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gimble JM,Pighetti GM,Lerner MR,Wu X,Lightfoot SA,Brackett DJ,Darcy K,Hollingsworth AB

更新日期：1998-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is a potent carcinogen associated with gastric cancer malignancy. Recently, H. pylori Heat shock protein 60 (HpHSP60) has been reported to promote cancer development by inducing chronic inflammation and promoting tumor cell migration. This study demonstrates a role for HpHSP60 in angiogenesis, a ne...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lin CS,He PJ,Hsu WT,Wu MS,Wu CJ,Shen HW,Hwang CH,Lai YK,Tsai NM,Liao KW

更新日期：2010-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological and experimental data suggest a role for polyunsaturated fatty acids in the etiology of breast cancer. In this report we have studied arachidonic acid and linoleic acid metabolism in the human breast carcinoma cell line BT-20 which overexpresses both EGF receptor and the homologous erbB-2 oncogene prod...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reddy N,Everhart A,Eling T,Glasgow W

更新日期：1997-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel human gene containing an ankyrin repeat and BTB/POZ domains (BPOZ) was isolated from a human leukocyte cDNA library. The cDNA sequence contains an open reading frame of 1434 bp that encodes 478 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular mass of 53.9 kDa. Sequence pattern analysis shows that BPOZ contains a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dai KS,Wei W,Liew CC

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme is central to oxygen sensing and utilization in all living organisms. It directly regulates numerous molecular and cellular processes for systems that sense or use oxygen. In mammals, heme plays an indispensable role in erythroid cell differentiation. To investigate heme regulatory functions, we identified, by di...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu Y,Hon T,Zhang L

更新日期：1999-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:FLASH is a huge multifunctional nuclear protein that has been linked to apoptotic signalling, transcriptional control and Cajal body function. To gain further insight into the functions of the FLASH protein, we performed a yeast two-hybrid screening with FLASH as bait and identified the SUMO-conjugating enzyme Ubc9 as...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Alm-Kristiansen AH,Norman IL,Matre V,Gabrielsen OS

更新日期：2009-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of the anti-aging protein α-Klotho, in its soluble form (s-Klotho), are depressed in the circulation of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) or type 2 diabetes (T2D). Gene transfer experiments have suggested a protective role for β-cell specific expression of α-Klotho in murine models of T1D and T1D, but the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Prud'homme GJ,Glinka Y,Kurt M,Liu W,Wang Q

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell cycle arrest is essential for initiation of muscle differentiation in myoblasts. Given the previously described essential role for p38 MAPK in myogenesis, we undertook the present study to investigate the role of p38 MAPK in the cell cycle arrest that initiates muscle differentiation. p38 MAPK activity increased ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee J,Hong F,Kwon S,Kim SS,Kim DO,Kang HS,Lee SJ,Ha J,Kim SS

更新日期：2002-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that the principal neutralizing domain of V3 of the HIV-1 gp120 induces an antigen-specific activation apoptosis of responding effector CD4+ T lymphocytes, a phenomenon inhibited by RANTES, an agonist of CCR5. Here, addressing the question of how a hypervariable region could induce such a selective re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Baritaki S,Zafiropoulos A,Sioumpara M,Politis M,Spandidos DA,Krambovitis E

更新日期：2002-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously found a new endogenous factor in rat liver cytosol, named ATP-stimulated glucocorticoid-receptor translocation promoter (ASTP), that increased the binding of activated glucocorticoid-receptor to nuclei in the presence of ATP. We have cloned and sequenced a cDNA (2989 bp) encoding the ASTP protein. An ope...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okamoto K,Hirano H,Isohashi F

更新日期：1993-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous study, the novel GRN-41 peptide generated from alternative splicing of the Mozambique tilapia PGRN1 gene was identified to be a potent peptide that protected against V. vulnificus in the transgenic zebrafish model by modulating innate immune-related genes. In this study, the anti-bacterial activities o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu SH,Chou HY,Liu PC,Wu JL,Gong HY

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Presenilins (PS) have been reported to be functionally involved in amyloid precursor protein processing, notch receptor signaling, and programmed cell death, or apoptosis. To understand the role of PS1 in the signaling events, we investigated in this study the role of PS1 in the basal level of mitogen-activated protei...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim MY,Park JH,Choi EJ,Park HS

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major interaction site for tumor-promoting phorbol esters is the calcium-activated, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C), a key-element in signal transduction. Binding of phorbol esters results in enzyme activation which mediates, at least in part, the action of these agents. We have investigat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Roghani M,Da Silva C,Castagna M

更新日期：1987-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we assessed the profile of cell proliferation, Na,K-ATPase activity and apoptosis in primary cultures of proximal tubule cells. Freshly isolated proximal tubules exhibited apoptosis very early in culture: floated cells within 6 hr; attached tubule cells within 20 hr. The onset of apoptosis in either att...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tang MJ,Cheng YR,Lin HH

更新日期：1996-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant scorpion anti-excitation peptide (rANEP) has previously been expressed using the pET32a system and purified via affinity chromatography. However, rANEP is expressed in BL21(DE3) cells as an inclusion body, and the affinity tag can not be removed. To overcome this problem, we used a variety of protein, DsbA...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Han T,Ming H,Deng L,Zhu H,Liu Z,Zhang J,Song Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E Prostanoid (EP) receptors play an important role in urinary Na(+) excretion. In the kidney, the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is the rate-limiting-step for Na(+) reabsorption. We hypothesized that activation of EP1/EP3 regulates the expression of ENaC in the face of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system (RAAS) act...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： González AA,Céspedes C,Villanueva S,Michea L,Vio CP

更新日期：2009-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Lembehyne A (LB-A), a spongean polyacetylene, induced neuronal cell differentiation in a neuroblastoma cell line, Neuro 2A. The LB-A treatment of Neuro 2A cells predominantly resulted in a morphological change with bipolar neurites. The acetylcholinesterase activity of Neuro 2A was also increased by the treatment of L...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aoki S,Matsui K,Takata T,Hong W,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2001-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported the identification of two closely related RNA binding proteins from Trypanosoma brucei which we have termed p34 and p37. The predicted primary structures of the two proteins are highly homologous with one major difference, an 18-amino-acid insert in the N-terminal region of p37. These two p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pitula J,Ruyechan WT,Williams N

更新日期：2002-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been demonstrated to be intensively involved in the development of various carcinomas, including glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). However, only a few of them have been well characterized. LncRNA CASP5 have been found to be up-regulated in GBM tissues compared with normal tis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhou Y,Dai W,Wang H,Pan H,Wang Q

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Podocytes are the major site of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production in the kidney, and up-regulation of VEGF plays a critical role in the progression of diabetic nephropathy. Using a differentiated mouse podocyte cell line, we investigated the roles of protein kinase C (PKC) and extracellular signal-r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hoshi S,Nomoto K,Kuromitsu J,Tomari S,Nagata M

更新日期：2002-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated that allergic asthma can induce atherosclerosis formation in mice. Moreover, allergic asthma and atherosclerosis have been shown to be strongly associated with dyslipidemia. In this study, we investigated the underlying mechanism of allergic asthma-aggravated atherosclerosis-induced c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gao S,Wang C,Li W,Shu S,Zhou J,Yuan Z,Wang L

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin, a vasoconstrictor peptide, plays important roles not only in the mammalian circulatory system but also in non-mammalian systems, such as the gill lamellar vascular network with complex structural characteristics. Here, we show that (i) the contraction of pillar cells that delimit the lamellar vasculature i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sultana N,Nag K,Kato A,Hirose S

更新日期：2007-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil migration and activation are the cornerstones of the acute inflammatory response. Interleukin-8 triggers several functions of neutrophils in host defense: chemotaxis, degranulation and enzyme release, and superoxide production. Interleukin-8 is most potent as a chemoattractant, so chemotaxis is likely the m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Quan JM,Martin TR,Rosenberg GB,Foster DC,Whitmore T,Goodman RB

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether chondroitin sulfates (CSs) exert inhibitory effects on heparanase (Hpse), the sole endoglycosidase that cleaves heparan sulfate (HS) and heparin, which also stimulates chemokine production. Hpse-mediated degradation of HS was suppressed in the presence of glycosaminoglycans derived from a squid car...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Higashi N,Maeda R,Sesoko N,Isono M,Ishikawa S,Tani Y,Takahashi K,Oku T,Higashi K,Onishi S,Nakajima M,Irimura T

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase-independent, non-apoptotic cell death is an important therapeutic target in myocardial ischemia. Leptin, an adipose-derived hormone, is known to exhibit cytoprotective effects on the ischemic heart, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. In this research, we found that pretreatment of leptin strongly suppre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takatani-Nakase T,Takahashi K

更新日期：2015-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to establish a working cellular model for the study of post-receptor signaling events, insulin-dependent phosphatidylinositol 3' (PtdIns 3')-kinase activity was investigated in circulating mononuclear cells from normal subjects. The p85 alpha regulatory subunit of PtdIns 3'-kinase co-precipitated with activat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Renard E,Grigorescu F,Lavabre C,Kahn CR

更新日期：1995-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha) induces dose- and time-dependent stimulation of prostacyclin (PGI2) production by cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells. The lowest stimulatory concentration of TGF alpha was 0.1 ng/ml and the maximal response, a 2.7-fold rise, was obtained with 10 ng/ml. The stim...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ristimäki A

更新日期：1989-05-15 00:00:00