Contribution of CD14 to endotoxin-induced liver injury may depend on types of macrophage activation in rats.

abstract：:A voltage-dependent K+ current has been revealed in whole-cell recordings carried out on immortalized cells obtained from the human tracheal epithelium. At positive membrane potentials the current shows a time dependent inactivation which is accelerated by increasing the depolarizing step. Forskolin, a direct activato...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Galietta LJ,Rasola A,Barone V,Gruenert DC,Romeo G

更新日期：1991-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese superoxide dismutase (GP-MnSOD), a component of the so-called 'green protein' (green protein complex) from the facultative anaerobic halodenitrifier Bacillus halodenitrificans, has been crystallized using the hanging-drop vapor diffusion method. Crystals have unit-cell parameters a=b=93.4 A, c=65.0 A, and be...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liao J,Li M,Liu MY,Chang T,Le Gall J,Gui LL,Zhang JP,Liang DC,Chang WR

更新日期：2002-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK in the stretch-induced MAPKs (extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), p38MAPK) activation in mutant FAK-transfected fibroblasts. In response to uniaxial cyclic stretch (1 Hz, 120% in length), the levels of tyrosine phosphorylation of the Tyr-397 and Tyr-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang JG,Miyazu M,Matsushita E,Sokabe M,Naruse K

更新日期：2001-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that lipid metabolism is controlled, in part, by circadian clocks. However, circadian clocks lose temporal precision with age and correlates with elevated incidence in dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome in older adults. Because our lab has shown that lipoic acid (LA) improves lipid homeostasis ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keith D,Finlay L,Butler J,Gómez L,Smith E,Moreau R,Hagen T

更新日期：2014-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The diastereomeric GSH derivatives gamma-L-Glu-L-allo-thioThr-Gly (6) and gamma-L-Glu-L-thioThr-Gly (6a) have been synthesized as specific probes of the steric environment near the cysteinyl residue of enzyme bound glutathionyl substrates. Experiments with glyoxalase I indicate that while 6a-methylglyoxal thiohemiacet...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xie XF,Creighton DJ

更新日期：1991-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional biopolymer scaffolds are in high demand for tissue regeneration. In this study, we incorporated functionalized CNT in collagen or silk protein solution to generate biocomposite fibers by electrospinning. The addition of CNT reinforced the strength of the scaffolds and rendered the fibers electrical conducti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chi N,Wang R

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a PCR-based cloning strategy we have isolated a cDNA from mouse brain and named it fex, because it codes for a novel putative G protein-coupled receptor expressed in follicles. The deduced amino acid sequence shows a higher degree of homology to the family of glycoprotein receptors, namely those for FSH, LH, and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hermey G,Methner A,Schaller HC,Hermans-Borgmeyer I

更新日期：1999-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma high (HDL) and low (LDL) density lipoproteins were isolated from rats fed a diet supplemented with either fish (menhaden) oil or hydrogenated coconut oil (control). Fluorescence polarization and electron spin resonance of labelled fatty acid probe molecules incorporated into the outer amphiphilic monolayer of H...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Belcher D,Stillwell W,Langsford CA,Wassall SR

更新日期：1988-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Co3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) are one kind of the important nanomaterials that have the application potential in catalyst, electrochromic devices, sensors, etc. However, their biological effect remains to be detailed. In this study, we investigated the effect of the as-synthesized Co3O4 NPs (15-30 nm) on the growth of mam...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang H,Ren T,Zhu N,Yu Q,Li M

更新日期：2018-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The rSK3 gene encodes a small conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel that is transcriptionally regulated by estrogen. To examine determinants of rSK3 gene expression, the CAP site was defined and the promoter was identified. A 33 bp sequence adjacent to the promoter was shown to act as an enhancer in L6 cells that ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jacobson D,Pribnow D,Herson PS,Maylie J,Adelman JP

更新日期：2003-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine catabolism is considered to be an important metabolic pathway for cancer cells. Glutaminase (GLS) is the important rate-limiting enzyme of glutamine catabolism. miR-137 functions as a tumor suppressor in many human malignant tumors. However, the role and molecular mechanism of miR-137 and GLS in malignant me...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Luan W,Zhou Z,Zhu Y,Xia Y,Wang J,Xu B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide deformylase in bacteria is involved in removal of N-formyl group from newly synthesized proteins. The gene encoding this enzyme from Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The enzyme activity of the recombinant protein (mPDF) was insensitive to modulation by common monoval...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saxena R,Chakraborti PK

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of low density lipoprotein (LDL) on histamine release from purified human lung mast cells. LDL inhibited anti-IgE- induced histamine release in a dose-dependent manner, with 100 micrograms/ml LDL-protein inhibiting histamine release by 53 +/- 8% (mean +/- SEM); half-maximal inhibition occurred a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schulman ES,Quinn TJ,Post TJ,O'Donnell P,Rodriguez A,Gonen B

更新日期：1987-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the nm23/NDP-K gene correlates with reduced metastasis in some tumors and with increased proliferation in both nontransformed and transformed cells in culture. Decreased nm23/NDP-K expression results in mitotic arrest in neuroblasts of developing Drosophila. In order to better understand the biological r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sorscher SM,Steeg P,Feramisco JR,Buckmaster C,Boss GR,Meinkoth J

更新日期：1993-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:High sensitivity detection of DNA is essential for genomics. The intrinsic fluorescence from DNA is very weak and almost all methods for detecting DNA rely on the use of extrinsic fluorescent probes. We show that the intrinsic emission from DNA can be enhanced many-fold by spatial proximity to silver island films. Sil...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lakowicz JR,Shen B,Gryczynski Z,D'Auria S,Gryczynski I

更新日期：2001-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:First messengers and viral transfection are the two most common ways to stimulate cells for signal output, although their applications are limited. We investigated mechanisms of inducing neural stem cell differentiation using recombinant ephrin-B2/Fc and found that it acted as a ligand and inhibited endogenous ephrin-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xiaodong H,Zhen H,Min S,Zhiming C,Hongyan J,Chong Z,Xuefeng T,Guohua J

更新日期：2013-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphibian skin contains rich bradykinin-related peptides, but the mode of biosynthesis of these peptides is unknown. In the present study, a novel bradykinin-related peptide, termed bombinakinin M, was purified from skin secretions of the Chinese red belly toad Bombina maxima. Its primary sequence was established as D...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lai R,Liu H,Hui Lee W,Zhang Y

更新日期：2001-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Endochondral ossification is a crucial process for longitudinal growth of bones. Differentiating chondrocytes in growth cartilage form four sequential zones of proliferation, alignment into column, hypertrophy, and substitution of chondrocytes with osteoblasts. Wnt/β-catenin signaling is essential for differentiation ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takegami Y,Ohkawara B,Ito M,Masuda A,Nakashima H,Ishiguro N,Ohno K

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-23 plays a predominant role in the development of autoimmune diseases by inducing IL-17-producing helper T (Th17) cells. The receptor for IL-23 consists of a heterodimer composed of the IL-12 receptor beta1 (IL-12Rbeta1) and the IL-23 receptor (IL-23R), which is mainly expressed on Th17 cells. A recen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sonobe Y,Liang J,Jin S,Zhang G,Takeuchi H,Mizuno T,Suzumura A

更新日期：2008-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Imipenem is often used to treat intensive care unit patients infected by Enterobacter aerogenes, but it is leading to an increasing number of antibiotic resistant strains. Clinical isolates and imipenem resistant variants presented a high level of resistance to beta-lactam antibiotic group and to chemically unrelated ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bornet C,Chollet R,Malléa M,Chevalier J,Davin-Regli A,Pagès JM,Bollet C

更新日期：2003-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A direct radioimmunoassay for the rapid and accurate detection of human ANP from unextracted plasma is described. The sensitivity was approximately 50 pg/ml, respectively 2.5 pg/tube, the intra-assay variation 4%, and the inter-assay variation less than 12%. Rat ANP (1-28, 5-25, 5-27 and 5-28), oxydized and reduced hA...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jüppner H,Brabant G,Kapteina U,Kirschner M,Klein H,Hesch RD

更新日期：1986-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) in mammalian tumors or tissues is often associated with the overexpression of the putative drug efflux pump P-glycoprotein (Pgp). One theory concerning the mechanism of Pgp activity is that efflux of ATP is coupled to drug efflux. Evidence in support of this theory has been observed in mamma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boyum R,Guidotti G

更新日期：1997-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the coupling of human alpha(1A)-, alpha(1B)-, and alpha(1D)-adrenoceptors (expressed at approximately 2000 fmol/mg protein in Chinese hamster ovary cells) to cellular growth promotion (as assessed by [(3)H]thymidine incorporation) and related signaling mechanisms. Maximum elevation of intracellular Ca...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keffel S,Alexandrov A,Goepel M,Michel MC

更新日期：2000-06-16 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 NUCKS gene is located on human chromosome 1q32.1 and consists of seven exons and six introns. The gene lacks a TATA box but contains two Inr elements, two GC boxes, and one consensus-binding site for E2F-1. NUCKS is expressed in all human adult and foetal tissues investigated, and has all the features of being a h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Grundt K,Haga IV,Aleporou-Marinou V,Drosos Y,Wanvik B,Østvold AC

更新日期：2004-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The Impact is an evolutionarily conserved gene subjected to genomic imprinting in mouse but not in human. A characteristic tandem repeat similar to those found in many other imprinted genes and an elevated expression level, both observed only for the mouse gene, are implicated in the evolution of imprinting, to which ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okamura K,Sakaki Y,Ito T

更新日期：2005-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genes expressing 70 kDa heat shock proteins were identified in Cyprinus carpio. The sequence similarities and the intron-interrupted structure of the coding regions indicate that carp Hsc70-1 and Hsc70-2 belong to the Hsp70 cognate subfamily. The expressions of the two hsc70 genes were followed by semi-quantitativ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ali KS,Dorgai L,Abrahám M,Hermesz E

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have screened genomic DNA for the identification of D4 dopamine receptor polymorphisms. We show that the D4 dopamine receptor genotype in 72 severely affected chronic alcoholics is heterogeneous, with individuals homozygous and heterozygous for the various D4 receptor alleles. Alcoholics demonstrated a greater prev...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： George SR,Cheng R,Nguyen T,Israel Y,O'Dowd BF

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of studies have indicated that microRNAs (miRNAs) are critical regulators of carcinogenesis and cancer progression and may serve as potential therapeutic tools for cancer therapy. Frizzled7 (Fzd7), the most important receptor of the Wnt signaling pathway, is extensively involved in cancer development ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ren W,Li C,Duan W,Du S,Yang F,Zhou J,Xing J

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable interest in the role of metals such as iron, copper, and zinc in amyloid plaque formation in Alzheimer's disease. However to convincingly establish their presence in plaques in vivo, a sensitive technique is required that is both quantitatively accurate and avoids isolation of plaques or staining...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rajendran R,Minqin R,Ynsa MD,Casadesus G,Smith MA,Perry G,Halliwell B,Watt F

更新日期：2009-04-24 00:00:00