An RNA oligonucleotide corresponding to the polypyrimidine region of the rat alpha 1(I) procollagen promoter forms a stable triplex and inhibits transcription.

abstract：:The amino-acid sequence of human glutathione reductase was measured according to two- and three-amino-acid sequences. The measured frequency and probability were compared with predicted frequency and probability. Of 477 two-amino-acid sequences in human glutathione reductase, 176 (36.897%) and 90 (18.868%) sequences c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu G

更新日期：2000-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHGPx) is the only known intracellular antioxidant enzyme that can directly reduce lipid hydroperoxide in membrane. Mitochondrial and non-mitochondrial PHGPx and sperm nuclei GPx are transcribed from one gene by alternative transcription using different first exons Ia...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imai H,Hirao F,Sakamoto T,Sekine K,Mizukura Y,Saito M,Kitamoto T,Hayasaka M,Hanaoka K,Nakagawa Y

更新日期：2003-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity of thalamic neurons has been shown to be modulated via type-1 metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR1) activation, which initiates an intracellular Ca signaling cascade involving phospholipase Cbeta4 (PLCbeta4) and leading to the activation of conventional protein kinase C (cPKC). In the present study, we inv...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kameyama M,Yamaguchi I,Ichikawa K,Sugiyama T,Hirono M,Hori H,Ikeda M,Kuwahata Y,Eguchi N,Urade Y,Yoshioka T

更新日期：2003-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Protocols were defined that enable patch-clamp studies of the approximately 107 pS voltage dependent channel and a class of activity we refer to as MCC (multiconductance channel) which is characterized by multiple levels and transitions as high as 1 to 1.5 nS. If free calcium was kept at 10(-7) M or lower during mitoc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kinnally KW,Zorov D,Antonenko Y,Perini S

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have been demonstrated to regulate myeloid cell differentiation. In the present study the effects of the HDAC inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) on the tetraspanin cell surface antigen CD9 were determined in primary murine macrophages. TSA inhibited CD9 protein and message expression ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang XQ,Alfaro ML,Evans GF,Zuckerman SH

更新日期：2002-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Gemin4 is a ubiquitously expressed multifunctional protein that is involved in U snRNP assembly, apoptosis, nuclear/cytoplasmic transportation, transcription, and RNAi pathways. Gemin4 is one of the core components of the Gemin-complex, which also contains survival motor neuron (SMN), the seven Gemin proteins (Gemin2-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lorson MA,Dickson AM,Shaw DJ,Todd AG,Young EC,Morse R,Wolstencroft C,Lorson CL,Young PJ

更新日期：2008-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating hormones are engaged in initiating and controlling the process of spermatogenesis, however, the Sertoli cell tight junctions prevent these substances from directly influencing the spermatogenic cells. Thus, the Sertoli cells play a vital role in regulating the spermatogenic process. Our studies correlate r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Page KC,Heitzman DA,Chernin MI

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) is an obligate intracellular organism that depends on nutrients from the host cell for their replication and proliferation. Therefore, the interaction between this pathogen and host induces sustained endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the infected cells. Unfolded protein respon...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wen Y,Luo F,Zhao Y,Su S,Shu M,Li Z

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell growth and differentiation are opposite events in the myogenic lineage. Growth factors block the muscle differentiation program by inducing the expression of transcription factors that negatively regulate the expression of muscle regulatory genes like MyoD. In contrast, extracellular clues that induce cell cycle ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pedraza-Alva G,Zingg JM,Donda A,Pérez-Martínez L

更新日期：2009-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-molecule imaging by scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) yields the atomic-resolution (0.6A) structure of individual B-type DNA molecules. The strong correlation between these STM structures and those predicted from the known base sequence indicates that sequencing of single DNA molecules using STM may be feasi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zareie MH,Lukins PB

更新日期：2003-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A single base change resulting in the substitution of Cys for Arg at position 519 of the type II collagen triple helix is a predisposing factor in the pathogenesis of a precocious-onset form of familial osteoarthritis associated with a mild chondrodysplasia. Cartilage obtained at the time of total knee replacement in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Holderbaum D,Malemud CJ,Moskowitz RW,Haqqi TM

更新日期：1993-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most malignant tumors with high incidence and mortality worldwide, and the multidrug resistance (MDR) often results in chemotherapy failure in GC. DJ-1 has been well indicated to be associated with drug resistance in multiple cancers. However, the role of DJ-1 in the MDR of gastric ca...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu HY,Duan GL,Xu RY,Li XR,Xiao L,Zhao L,Ma ZX,Xu XW,Qiu LJ,Zhu ZM,Chen HP

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor uPAR play a major role in immune cell-mediated, including natural killer (NK) cell-mediated, degradation of extracellular matrices. Herein, we investigate the effects of IL-2 on NK cell uPA and uPAR. RNA and protein analyses showed upregulation of uPA and uPAR fol...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Al-Atrash G,Shetty S,Idell S,Xue Y,Kitson RP,Halady PK,Goldfarb RH

更新日期：2002-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) reduces oxidation of ApoB-containing particles in vitro and in patients with hypertriglyceridemia. EPA may produce these effects through a potent antioxidant mechanism, which may facilitate LDL clearance and slow plaque progression. We hypothesize that EPA antioxidant...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sherratt SCR,Mason RP

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the BRI1-Associated Receptor Kinase 1 (BAK1) was firstly identified as a co-receptor of BRI1 that mediates brassinosteroids (BR) signaling, the functional roles of BAK1, as a versatile co-receptor for various ligand-binding leucine-rich repeat (LRR)-containing receptor-like kinase (RLKs), are being extended to i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim SY,Shang Y,Joo SH,Kim SK,Nam KH

更新日期：2017-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine induced pancreatic beta-cell destruction seen in Type 1 diabetes and islet graft rejection involves multiple intracellular signaling pathways that directly or indirectly lead to inflammatory damage or programmed cell death. IL-1beta has been shown to stimulate the 12-lipoxygenase pathway product 12-HETE, in R...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bleich D,Chen S,Wen Y,Nadler JL

更新日期：1997-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:By dimerizing with E2F proteins, TFDP has profound influence on cellular E2F activities. While TFDP1 and 2 enhance the DNA binding and the transcriptional activity of E2F, the newly identified member of the DP family, TFDP3 primarily functions as a negative regulator. To further characterize the inhibitory property of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tian C,Lv D,Qiao H,Zhang J,Yin YH,Qian XP,Wang YP,Zhang Y,Chen WF

更新日期：2007-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogeneity in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy is thought to have derived from conformational variation in an abnormal isoform of the prion protein (PrPSc). To characterize PrPSc in bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie, we analyzed the newly generated N-terminus of PrPSc isoforms by digestion w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi HK,Yokoyama T,Takata M,Iwamaru Y,Imamura M,Ushiki YK,Shinagawa M

更新日期：2005-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established a highly sensitive semi-nested PCR assay for the detection of H. pylori infection using gastric juice samples, which can be aspirated with disposable nasogastric tubes. The primers targeting H. pylori urease A gene were designed based on the sequence conservation analysis of sixteen H. pylori strai...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawamata O,Yoshida H,Hirota K,Yoshida A,Kawaguchi R,Shiratori Y,Omata M

更新日期：1996-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Missense mutations in the enzyme, glycine N-methyltransferase (GNMT) have been shown to be one cause of persistent isolated hypermethioninaemia in humans. These mutations were first identified by metabolite analysis and were shown to be L49P, N140S, and H176N by gene sequencing. Here we report the kinetic and conforma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Luka Z,Wagner C

更新日期：2003-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated Kupffer cells and hepatic macrophages can produce massive liver necrosis through microcirculatory disturbance due to sinusoidal fibrin deposition. This mechanism is involved in the development of liver injury after endotoxin administration in rats pretreated with heat-killed Propionibacterium acnes (P.acnes)...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Toshima K,Mochida S,Ishikawa K,Matsui A,Arai M,Ogata I,Fujiwara K

更新日期：1998-05-29 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：:We established two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) which specifically recognize human 'functionally inactive' recombinant IL-18, and IL-18 protein polymorphism was examined using human monocytes and macrophages (M phi). In 6 day GM-CSF-treated M phi, an 'inactive' IL-18-recognizing mAb 21 detected the IL-18 proform (24 k...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kikkawa S,Matsumoto M,Shida K,Fukumori Y,Toyoshima K,Seya T

更新日期：2001-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:SEZ-12 is one of the seizure-related cDNAs which was isolated by differential hybridization from primary cultured neurons from the mouse cerebral cortex with or without pentylenetetrazol (PTZ). SEZ-12 expression is transiently down-regulated in the mouse brain by injection of PTZ. To characterize SEZ-12, isolation of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kajiwara K,Nagasawa H,Shimizu-Nishikawa K,Ookura T,Kimura M,Sugaya E

更新日期：1996-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are involved in protein folding, aggregation, transport and/or stabilization by acting as a molecular chaperone, leading to inhibition of apoptosis by both caspase dependent and/or independent pathways. HSPs are overexpressed in a wide range of human cancers and are implicated in tumor cell ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sarkar R,Mukherjee S,Biswas J,Roy M

更新日期：2012-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a widely distributed protein kinase that regulates numerous physiological functions. Inhibitors of CaMKII are useful tools for investigating the CaMKII functions. Here we identified a novel CaMKII inhibitor protein (CaM-KIIN) from the human dendritic cell cDNA...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang J,Li N,Yu J,Zhang W,Cao X

更新日期：2001-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) is a key enzyme of glycolysis which is highly expressed in many tumor cells, and plays an important role in the Warburg effect. In previous study, we found PIM2 phosphorylates PKM2 at Thr454 residue (Yu, etl 2013). However, the functions of PKM2 Thr454 modification in cancer cells still remai...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu Z,Huang L,Qiao P,Jiang A,Wang L,Yang T,Tang S,Zhang W,Ren C

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-h incubation of cultured human fibroblasts with 5 x 10(-5) M oleic acid or polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) from the (n-6) (linoleic, gamma-linolenic and arachidonic acids) or (n-3) (alpha-linolenic and eicosapentaenoic acids) series resulted in an enrichment of the cells with the introduced fatty acid. Cell en...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mazière C,Conte MA,Degonville J,Ali D,Mazière JC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-treatment of neutrophils with either pertussis or cholera toxins does not inhibit neutrophil activation by surface bound IgG. In contrast, pretreatment with the phorbol ester, phorbol myristate acetate, results in a dose dependent inhibition of degranulation by surface bound IgG. This inhibition is similar to that...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Blackburn WD Jr,Heck LW

更新日期：1989-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical application of hexadecane has been shown to induce hyperproliferation and hyperkeratosis in rodent skin. The application of hexadecane to epidermis from the backs of piglets less than 1 week old resulted in a rapid biphasic-rise in the level of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity. The second phase of the el...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Owusu S,Cunliffe WJ,Wood EJ

更新日期：1989-06-30 00:00:00