Estrogen attenuates endothelin-1 production by bovine endothelial cells via estrogen receptor.

abstract：:Incubation of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in the presence of S-adenosyl-L-methionine, a methyl donor for the enzymatic N-methylation of phosphatidylethanolamine, increased Ca2+-stimulated ATPase activity. The increase in Ca2+-ATPase activity was not due to changes in the affinity for Ca2+ and was prevented by ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ganguly PK,Panagia V,Okumura K,Dhalla NS

更新日期：1985-07-16 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：:Deltakephalin, Tyr-D-Thr-Gly-Phe-Leu-Thr (DTLET) was rationally designed as pure delta-probe from proposed models of mu and delta opiate receptors. On peripheral organs, deltakephalin displays a 3000 times higher inhibitory potency on the electrically stimulated mouse vas deferens (IC50 = 0.15 nM) as on the guinea pig...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zajac JM,Gacel G,Petit F,Dodey P,Rossignol P,Roques BP

更新日期：1983-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of the rat 40S ribosomal subunit protein S18 was deduced from the sequence of nucleotides in a recombinant cDNA. S18 has 152 amino acids and has a molecular weight of 17,707. Hybridization of the cDNA to digests of nuclear DNA suggests that there are 10-13 copies of the S18 gene. The mRNA for t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chan YL,Paz V,Wool IG

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at in vivo visualization of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) by optical imaging using a representative compound of a class of autofluorescent 2,3-diaryl-substituted indole-based selective COX-2 inhibitors (2,3-diaryl-indole coxibs). COX-2 was successfully visualized in mice models with phorbol myristate ester...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tondera C,Ullm S,Laube M,Meister S,Neuber C,Mosch B,Kniess T,Pietzsch J

更新日期：2015-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin basic protein (MBP) has been shown to bind calmodulin (CaM) in a specific Ca(2+)-dependent manner via a primary target sequence at its C-terminus [Protein Sci. 12 (2003) 1507]. Upon deimination of MBP, the nature of the interaction changed significantly, suggesting either a new binding site or different conform...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Libich DS,Hill CM,Haines JD,Harauz G

更新日期：2003-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The human amyloid beta protein is a major component of brain amyloid found in patients with Alzheimer's disease. As an initial step to understand the biological function of its precursor protein, we have isolated cDNA for the mouse homolog of the human beta protein precursor. Comparison of the predicted amino acid seq...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamada T,Sasaki H,Furuya H,Miyata T,Goto I,Sakaki Y

更新日期：1987-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cell molecular mimicry of stem cells (SC) follows with enhanced proliferative and renewal capacities. In support, numerous mediators of SC self-renewal have been evinced to exhibit oncogenic potential. More and more researches showed that the embryonic stem cell self-renewal genes express in various cancer cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Deng L,Xiang X,Yang F,Xiao D,Liu K,Chen Z,Zhang R,Feng G

更新日期：2017-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We cloned and sequenced a full-length cDNA of human placental N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase, the enzyme deficient in Morquio disease. The 2339-nucleotide sequence contained 1566 nucleotides which encoded a polypeptide of 522 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence was composed of a 26-amino ac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tomatsu S,Fukuda S,Masue M,Sukegawa K,Fukao T,Yamagishi A,Hori T,Iwata H,Ogawa T,Nakashima Y

更新日期：1991-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryo development proceeds under strict temporal control and an embryonic molecular clock (EC), evidenced by cyclic gene expression, is operating during somite formation and limb development, providing temporal information to precursor cells. In somite precursor cells, EC gene expression and periodicity depends on Re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sheeba CJ,Palmeirim I,Andrade RP

更新日期：2012-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A neuropeptide was isolated from the corpora cardiaca of the corn earworm moth Heliothis zea, and purified by sequential gradient elution in three reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatographic steps. The primary structure, pGlu-Leu-Thr-Phe-Ser-Ser-Gly-Trp-Gly-Asn-NH2 was determined by automated gas-phase Edma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jaffe H,Raina AK,Riley CT,Fraser BA,Bird TG,Tseng CM,Zhang YS,Hayes DK

更新日期：1988-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:C-C chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) and its ligands CCL19 contributes to the directional migration of certain cancer cell lines, but its role in the migration of BMSCs remains vague. The aim of this study was to determine the possible interaction between CCL19-induced conditions and matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP9) expr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang W,Tu G,Lv C,Long J,Cong L,Han Y

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Styrene is an important chemical extensively used in the petrochemical and polymer industries. In Pseudomonas fluorescens ST, styrene metabolism is controlled by a two-component regulatory system, very uncommon in the degradation of aromatic compounds. The two-component regulatory proteins StyS and StyR regulate the e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Leoni L,Ascenzi P,Bocedi A,Rampioni G,Castellini L,Zennaro E

更新日期：2003-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Although, as their names imply, estrogen receptors [ERs] and estrogen-related receptors [ERRs] are related transcription factors, their evolutionary relationships to each other are not fully understood. To elucidate the origins and evolution of ERs and ERRs, we searched for their orthologs in the recently sequenced ge...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Baker ME

更新日期：2008-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to identify mammalian cell line(s) which possess intrinsic enzymatic activity of beta-carotene 15, 15'-dioxygenase. This enzyme (EC1.13.11.21) converts beta-carotene to retinal (precursor of retinol and retinoic acid). To assess activity, cellular enzyme preparations were incubated with b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： During A,Albaugh G,Smith JC Jr

更新日期：1998-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification and mapping of genes within the Down syndrome region is an important step toward a complete understanding of the pathogenesis of this disorder. The objective of the present work is to identify and map genes within the Down syndrome region-2. Chromosome 21 cosmid clones corresponding to "cosmid pocke...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vidal-Taboada JM,Bergoñón S,Sánchez M,López-Acedo C,Groet J,Nizetic D,Egeo A,Scartezzini P,Katsanis N,Fisher EM,Delabar JM,Oliva R

更新日期：1998-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Small GTPase Rap1 has been implicated in the proper differentiation of testicular germ cells. In the present study, we investigated the functional significance of RA-GEF-2/Rapgef6, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rap1, in testicular differentiation using mice lacking RA-GEF-2. RA-GEF-2 was expressed predomina...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okada K,Miyake H,Yamaguchi K,Chiba K,Maeta K,Bilasy SE,Edamatsu H,Kataoka T,Fujisawa M

更新日期：2014-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that PSK has an antiviral effect on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in vitro. One of the mechanisms of this effect is attributable to the inhibition of binding of HIV with lymphocytes. Here, we found that PSK inhibits reverse transcriptase in a non-competitive way in vitro. Such inhibition may be important...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hirose K,Hakozaki M,Kakuchi J,Matsunaga K,Yoshikumi C,Takahashi M,Tochikura TS,Yamamoto N

更新日期：1987-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Although mast cells are traditionally thought to function as effector cells in allergic responses, they have increasingly been recognized as important regulators of various immune responses. Mast cells mature locally; thus, tissue-specific influences are important for promoting mast cell accumulation and survival in t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cho KA,Park M,Kim YH,Woo SY

更新日期：2017-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between oxidative stress and Bcl-2 expression was investigated in two different experimental models of oxidative stress. Acute oxidative stress was assessed by measuring, with fluorescence microscopy and cytofluorimetry, the increase in fluorescence of the oxidation-sensitive probe dihydrorhodamine 12...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Longoni B,Boschi E,Demontis GC,Marchiafava PL,Mosca F

更新日期：1999-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, little is known about the molecular mechanisms controlling the regulation of phospholipase C-delta1 (PLC-delta1) gene expression. To understand the mechanisms responsible for the regulation of PLC-delta1 gene expression, the 5'-flanking region of the mouse PLC-delta1 gene was isolated from a mouse genomic DNA...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim JK,Lee WK,Nam HW,Lee KH,Han H,Rha HK,Jun TY,Kim KS,Choi CR

更新日期：2000-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Human polymorphonuclear leukocytes in the presence of the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 plus Ca2+ incorporated exogenously-added [3H]acetate or 1-0-[3H]-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (lysoplatelet-activating factor) into platelet-activating factor (PAF,1-0-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine). The incorporation of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Billah MM,Siegel MI

更新日期：1984-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that human rhabdomyosarcoma cells are induced to differentiate by TPA, in the absence of appreciable alterations of the muscle regulatory genes and their products (1). The question was addressed whether the tumor suppressor p53 could be a target of TPA action in these cells. Genomic analysi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Germani A,Fusco C,Martinotti S,Musarò A,Molinaro M,Zani BM

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to now, all reported Ca(2+)-regulated photoproteins, except for mnemiopsin, have been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. In this study, the cDNA for an isotype of mnemiopsin, from the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, has been cloned, sequenced, and functionally expressed. The full length cDNA encoding mnemiopsi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jafarian V,Sariri R,Hosseinkhani S,Aghamaali MR,Sajedi RH,Taghdir M,Hassannia S

更新日期：2011-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and related compounds modulate various endocrine functions by enhancing ligand metabolism, altering hormone synthesis, down regulating receptor levels, and interfering with gene transcription. In the present study, we investigated the effects of TCDD on testosterone signal tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jana NR,Sarkar S,Ishizuka M,Yonemoto J,Tohyama C,Sone H

更新日期：1999-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate for the first time that major structural changes are imposed on various phospholipid bilayers by diacylglycerol, a product of phosphatidylinositol metabolism. By 5 mole percent in phosphatidylethanolamine a lamellar to hexagonal transition starts that is complete at 10 mole percent. At 30 mole percent i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Das S,Rand RP

更新日期：1984-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Virosomes as membranous vesicles with viral fusion protein in their membrane are versatile vehicles for cargo delivery. The vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (VSV-G) is a common fusogenic protein used in virosome preparation. This glycoprotein has been used in liposomal systems so far, but in this study, we have...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Asadikaram G,Poustforoosh A,Pardakhty A,Torkzadeh-Mahani M,Nematollahi MH

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：:Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has recently been performed as a novel strategy to treat patients with new-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, the mechanism of autologous HSCT-induced remission of diabetes remains unknown. In order to help clarify the mechanism of remission-induction follow...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wen Y,Ouyang J,Yang R,Chen J,Liu Y,Zhou X,Burt RK

更新日期：2008-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular dynamics simulation method is used to assess the contribution of a disease-associated salt bridge in the early stages of the conformational rearrangement of human prion protein upon Arg208-->His mutation, which causes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Previous investigations have suggested that the breakage of this...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bamdad K,Naderi-Manesh H

更新日期：2007-12-28 00:00:00