Presence of dioxins in human follicular fluid: their possible stage-specific action on the development of preimplantation mouse embryos.

abstract：:Elevated levels of oxidatively induced DNA lesions have been reported in malignant pancreatic tissues relative to normal pancreatic tissues. However, the ability of the pancreatic cancer cells to remove these lesions has not previously been addressed. This study analyzed the effectiveness of the pancreatic cancer cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nyaga SG,Lohani A,Evans MK

更新日期：2008-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are important initiators in innate immune responses against pathogenic microbes such as viruses, intracellular bacteria or parasites. Although the innate immune system is designed to fight infectious pathogens, excessive activation of TLR signaling may lead to unwarranted inflammation with h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu J,Zhang Z,Chai L,Che Y,Min S,Yang R

更新日期：2013-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Akt kinase-interacting protein 1 (Aki1)/Freud-1/CC2D1A is localized in the cytosol, nucleus, and centrosome. Aki1 plays distinct roles depending on its localization. In the cytosol, it acts as a scaffold protein in the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1)/Akt pathway. I...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakamura A,Naito M,Arai H,Fujita N

更新日期：2010-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The E2F activity plays a critical role in the control of cell cycle and action of tumor suppressor proteins and is also a target of the transforming proteins of small DNA tumor viruses. We describe here molecular cloning and functional characterization of a fifth member of the E2F family of transcription factors. E2F-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vaishnav YN,Vaishnav MY,Pant V

更新日期：1998-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:CAP is a multifunctional protein; the N-terminal region binds adenylyl cyclase and controls its response to Ras while the C-terminal region is involved in cytoskeletal regulation. In between the two regions, CAP possesses two proline-rich segments, P1 and P2, resembling a consensus sequence for binding SH3 domains. We...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yanagihara C,Shinkai M,Kariya K,Yamawaki-Kataoka Y,Hu CD,Masuda T,Kataoka T

更新日期：1997-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) production is increased in the intestine and may contribute to intestinal injury in sepsis. However, the tissue expression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) mRNA throughout the digestive tract and its relation with the mucosal damage after endotoxin challenge remain unknown. We therefore measured tissu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen K,Inoue M,Okada A

更新日期：1996-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemin (iron protoporphyrin IX) is a necessary component of many proteins, functioning either as a cofactor or an intracellular messenger. Hemoproteins have diverse functions, such as transportation of gases, gas detection, chemical catalysis and electron transfer. Stanniocalcin 1 (STC1) is a protein involved in respir...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Westberg JA,Jiang J,Andersson LC

更新日期：2011-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A20 is a zinc finger protein that renders cells resistant to apoptosis. However, the recent demonstration that A20-deficient mice develop severe inflammation and are hyper-responsive to LPS suggests that A20 may play a key role in regulating the inflammatory response. This study, for the first time, explores the likel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： O'Reilly SM,Moynagh PN

更新日期：2003-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative damage to DNA has been reported to occur in a wide variety of disease states. The most widely used "marker" for oxidative DNA damage is 8-hydroxyguanine. However, the use of only one marker has limitations. Exposure of calf thymus DNA to an .OH-generating system (CuCl(2), ascorbate, H(2)O(2)) or to hypochlor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Whiteman M,Hong HS,Jenner A,Halliwell B

更新日期：2002-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins have been reported to have anti-carcinogenic properties in addition to their cholesterol-lowering effects, but the mechanism is unknown. Thioredoxin reductases (TrxR) are selenium-containing enzymes of great importance for carcinogenesis and their levels are increased in neoplastic cells. The aim of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Skogastierna C,Johansson M,Parini P,Eriksson M,Eriksson LC,Ekström L,Björkhem-Bergman L

更新日期：2012-01-20 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：:In cells, there exists a delicate balance between accumulation of charged metal cations and abundant anionic complexes such as phosphate. When phosphate metabolism is disrupted, cell-wide spread disturbances in metal homeostasis may ensue. The best example is a yeast pho80 mutant that hyperaccumulates phosphate and as...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rosenfeld L,Culotta VC

更新日期：2012-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Discoidin domain receptor 2 (DDR2) is a receptor tyrosine kinase that is activated by fibrillar collagens. DDR2 regulates cell proliferation, cell adhesion, migration, and extracellular matrix remodeling. The decrement of endogenous DDR2 represses osteoblastic marker gene expression and osteogenic differentiation in m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawai I,Hisaki T,Sugiura K,Naito K,Kano K

更新日期：2012-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine rhodopsin was recombined with various phospholipids in which the lipid acyl chain composition was held constant at that of egg phosphatidylcholine (PC), while the identity of the headgroups was varied. The ratio of MII/MI produced in the recombinant membrane vesicles by an actinic flash was studied as a functio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gibson NJ,Brown MF

更新日期：1991-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Epinephrine is known to be rapidly oxidized during sepsis. Ischemia and acidosis, which often accompany sepsis, are associated with the release of weakly bound cupric ions from plasma proteins. We investigated whether copper promotes oxidation of epinephrine at both physiological and acidic pH and whether D-Asp-D-Ala-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Roberts A,Bar-Or D,Winkler JV,Rael LT

更新日期：2003-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the extraction and purification of PrP(C), in its native monomeric form, from outdated human platelet concentrates is described. Both calcium ionophore platelet activation and lysis in Triton X-100 were evaluated as methods for the extraction of soluble platelet PrP(C) in its monomeric form. Following pla...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jones M,Head MW,Connolly JG,Farquhar CF,Hornsey VS,Pepper DS,MacGregor IR

更新日期：2005-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned two cDNA isoforms as well as genomic sequences of the mouse Prx V gene and characterized their molecular genetic features. Two isoforms of the mouse Prx V cDNA were identified from liver and testis. The testis-originated long transcripts had extra 1164-bp 5'-UTR sequences compared to the liver-originate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee TH,Kim SJ,Kang SW,Lee KK,Rhee SG,Yu DY

更新日期：2000-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Auxins regulate various aspects of plant growth and development. However, the mechanism by which these hormones elicit diverse physiological processes is not clear. We present evidence for the role of auxin in protein phosphorylation and the possible involvement of calmodulin in auxin-induced changes. In the presence ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reddy AS,Chengappa S,Poovaiah BW

更新日期：1987-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Exploring the molecular mechanisms that regulate the osteogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) will bring us more efficient methods for improving the treatment of bone-related diseases. In this study, we analyzed the effects of miR-31 on the osteogenesis of hMSCs. The overexpression of miR-31 repressed the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xie Q,Wang Z,Bi X,Zhou H,Wang Y,Gu P,Fan X

更新日期：2014-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A stability map of local secondary structure of the mRNA of the triple-helical alpha 2(I) chain domain of chicken type I collagen was obtained by plotting the free energy of the optimal secondary structure of a local segment in mRNA against the segment position along a base sequence of the mRNA. It was found that the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zama M

更新日期：1990-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Replacement of leucine in the chemotactic peptide For-Met-Leu-Phe by the sterically constrained amino acids alpha-aminoisobutyric acid and aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid affords compounds of equal or greater activity than the parent. NMR studies indicate that the parent compound is present as a beta-sheet in solution...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Semus SF,Becker EL,Toniolo C,Freer RJ

更新日期：1988-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The patients suffering from acidosis usually sign psychological deficits. The cerebral dysfunction is reportedly caused by an acid-induced functional impairment of GABAergic neurons; however, the role of pyramidal neurons in this process remains unclear. By using electrophysiological method and changing extracellular ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao H,Cai Y,Yang Z,He D,Shen B

更新日期：2011-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicastrin is a recently discovered protein interacting with presenilins and the beta-amyloid precursor protein, the proteins playing key roles in Alzheimer's disease and which, when mutated, appear responsible for early-onset familial forms of Alzheimer's disease. Nicastrin was reported to modulate beta-amyloid produc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fergani A,Yu G,St George-Hyslop P,Checler F

更新日期：2001-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific peptide (SAMS peptide) phosphorylation assay has previously been used to measure and subsequently purify rat liver 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). In this report, we show that this peptide and a peptide based on the sequence surrounding the site phosphorylated on 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sullivan JE,Carey F,Carling D,Beri RK

更新日期：1994-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The human ABCG2 protein, a member of ABC transporter family, was shown to transport anti-cancer drugs and normal cell metabolites. Earlier studies have demonstrated the expression of ABCG2 in hematopoietic stem cells and erythroid cells; however little is known about the expression and activity of ABCG2 in mature eryt...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Leimanis ML,Georges E

更新日期：2007-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased microvessel density in atherosclerotic plaques plays a major role in promoting plaque destabilization resulting in increased risk of stroke and myocardial infarction. Previously we have shown that expression of the inflammatory cytokine, Oncostatin-M (OSM), in human atherosclerotic plaques correlated with in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Albasanz-Puig A,Murray J,Namekata M,Wijelath ES

更新日期：2012-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are an important factor in the development of skin lesions in diabetes. A new antioxidant, hydrogen, can selectively neutralize hydroxyl radicals (()OH) and peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) in cell-free systems, whereas it seldom reacts with other ROS. Fibroblasts are a key component of skin. In t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu P,Wang Z,Sun X,Chen X,Zeng S,Chen L,Li S

更新日期：2011-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are acknowledged as crucial regulators involved in multiple pathological processes, including cancer. Although some lncRNAs are studied in melanoma, the association between lncRNA and melanoma progression still remains vague. And the function of LINC00963 in melanoma is waiting for invest...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiao H,Jiang S,Wang H,Li Y,Zhang W

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In a simple salts medium, monolayers of IEC-6 intestinal cells achieved concentrations of unmetabolized formycin B (an analog of inosine) about 6-fold higher than in the medium. Rates of formycin B influx were a saturable function of Na+ concentrations in the medium. Although IEC-6 cells possess sites with high affini...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jakobs ES,Paterson AR

更新日期：1986-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that endothelin-1 (ET-1) stimulates interleukin-6 (IL-6), a potent bone resorptive agent, through p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase and p38 MAP kinase in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells. In the present study, we investigated the involvement of Rho-kinase in the ET-1-stimulated I...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tokuda H,Hanai Y,Matsushima-Nishiwaki R,Yamauchi J,Doi T,Harada A,Takai S,Kozawa O

更新日期：2007-11-03 00:00:00