A splice junction mutation in the alpha(M) gene of phosphorylase kinase in a patient with myopathy.

abstract：:We previously described the identification of the 3'end of an unknown gene CDK7 using differential display which appeared to be up-regulated in diabetic kidneys [R.A. Page, C.A. Morris, J.D. Williams, C.J. von Ruhland, A.N. Malik, Isolation of diabetes-associated kidney genes using differential display, Biochem. Bioph...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Malik AN,Rossios C,Al-Kafaji G,Shah A,Page RA

更新日期：2007-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of SDS-insoluble protein aggregates in affected neurons is a cellular pathological feature of polyglutamine (polyQ) disease. We identified a multi-WD-domain protein, receptor for activated protein kinase C1 (RACK1), as a novel polyQ aggregate component from a Drosophila transgenic polyQ disease model. We sho...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lam W,Chan WM,Lo TW,Wong AKY,Wu CC,Chan HYE

更新日期：2008-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:17α-estradiol is a hormonally inactive isomer of 17β-estradiol, but with similar potency as neuroprotector. However, we have previously reported that pretreatment with high concentration (10 μM) of both estrogens abolishes their neuroprotection in rat cerebellar granule neurons. Here, we have examined neuroprotective ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sørvik IB,Paulsen RE

更新日期：2017-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:15(S)-15-methyl-prostaglandin E1 and prostaglandin I2 rapidly and reversibly inhibit formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine induced superoxide production by human neutrophils. In contrast, 15(S)-15-methyl-prostaglandin E1 and prostaglandin I2 did not alter the rate or the total amount of superoxide production by human ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fantone JC,Kinnes DA

更新日期：1983-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate-gated chloride (GluCl) channels are pentameric receptors for the inhibitory neurotransmitter glutamate in invertebrates and are a major target for macrolide anthelmintics. Three amino acids in GluCl channels are reported to render macrolide resistance in nematodes and insects. To examine whether these three ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamaguchi M,Sawa Y,Matsuda K,Ozoe F,Ozoe Y

更新日期：2012-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxysterols are 27-carbon oxidation products of cholesterol metabolism. Oxysterols possess several biological actions, including the promotion of cell death. Here, we examined the ability of several oxysterols to induce short-term death in cancerous (human breast cancer and mouse skin melanoma cells) and non-cancerous ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Levy D,Correa de Melo T,Ohira BY,Fidelis ML,Ruiz JLM,Rodrigues A,Bydlowski SP

更新日期：2018-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascent to high-altitude results in decreased inspired partial pressure of oxygen because of a decrease in barometric pressure. Altitude acclimatization requires physiological and metabolic changes to improve tolerance to altitude hypoxia. Cellular response to hypoxia results into changes in the profile of gene express...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dolt KS,Karar J,Mishra MK,Salim J,Kumar R,Grover SK,Qadar Pasha MA

更新日期：2007-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular acidic pH-activated chloride channel I(Cl, acid), has been characterized in HEK 293 cells and mammalian cardiac myocytes. This study was designed to characterize I(Cl,acid) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs). The activation and deactivation of the current rapidly and repeatedly follows the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ma ZY,Zhang W,Chen L,Wang R,Kan XH,Sun GZ,Liu CX,Li L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2008-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is associated with extensive cognitive impairments, although the biochemical and physiological basis of these deficits are unknown. As the hippocampus plays a vital role in cognitive functions, we have selected this tissue to analyze changes in gene expression at two different ages. Array technology is utilized ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kumar VB,Franko MW,Farr SA,Armbrecht HJ,Morley JE

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) regulates many of the factors responsible for controlling the development of bone marrow progenitor cells (BMPCs). The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of GH in osteogenic differentiation of BMPCs using GH receptor null mice (GHRKO). BMPCs from GHRKO and their wild-type (WT) littermates ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cool SM,Grünert M,Jackson R,Li H,Nurcombe V,Waters MJ

更新日期：2005-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin (CaM) plays a crucial role in metabolism and physiology of eukaryotes by regulating biological activities. Multiple lines of evidences indicate that the phosphorylated flavonoids possess relatively stronger affinities for proteins by forming non-covalent complexes with them, and that the cellular functions ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li L,Wei DQ,Wang JF,Chou KC

更新日期：2007-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of several agents known to interact with muscarinic acetylcholine receptors on the release of choline from slices of rat corpus striatum into the incubation medium has been investigated. The amount of released choline was increased if choline, acetylcholine, or oxotremorine had been added to the incubation ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dolezal V,Tucek S

更新日期：1984-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia-induced podocyte injury plays a vital role in the development of diabetic nephropathy. Sulfiredoxin-1 (Srxn1) is emerging as a cytoprotective protein that protects from various insults in a wide range of cell types. However, whether Srxn1 is involved in regulating hyperglycemia-induced podocyte injury an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shen Y,Chen S,Zhao Y

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition experiments with D-mannose oligosaccharides establish that conglutinin recognises terminal alpha 1----2 mannobiosyl units present in the glycopeptide of the alpha-chain of the complement component C3b. On the basis of its three domain structure and the homology of its N-terminal amino-acid sequence to that ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Young NM,Leon MA

更新日期：1987-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase-3 and caspase-7 are structurally closely related and demonstrate overlapping substrate specificity. However, during apoptosis, they are differentially regulated and show distinct subcellular localizations, implying the presence of specific substrates. In this study, to identify caspase-7 substrates, we treated...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jang M,Park BC,Lee AY,Na KS,Kang S,Bae KH,Myung PK,Chung BC,Cho S,Lee DH,Park SG

更新日期：2007-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, an endogenous factor(s) involved in the suppression of the induction of CYP1A1 was studied. Analyzing the sequences, we found that the sequence of xenobiotic responsive element (XRE) in the upstream region of the human CYP1A1 gene was overlapped with that of the upstream stimulatory factor 1 (USF1)-bind...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi Y,Nakayama K,Itoh S,Kamataki T

更新日期：1997-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify endoproteolytic activity that processes the enkephalin precursor, a novel approach was undertaken for the production of model substrate in the form of recombinant 35S-(Met)-preproenkephalin (35S-(Met)-PPE), generated by in vitro transcription and translation of the rat PPE cDNA. Endoproteolytic activity in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hook VY,Hegerle D,Affolter HU

更新日期：1990-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The small heat shock proteins are the ubiquitous proteins found in a wide range of organisms and function as molecular chaperones by binding to the folding intermediates of their substrates. Although the crystal structure of HSP16.5, a small heat shock protein from Methanococcus jannaschii, revealed that it is a hollo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim DR,Lee I,Ha SC,Kim KK

更新日期：2003-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) to riboflavin carrier protein (RCP) purified from human amniotic fluid were raised in two rabbits. These pAbs apart from recognizing the parent antigen, reacted significantly with chicken RCP as well. When all the 212 octapeptides overlapping by one amino acid residue and covering the enti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Subramanian S,Adiga PR

更新日期：1999-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:C-terminal binding protein 2 (CtBP2) is a transcriptional co-repressor involved in cell migration, apoptosis, and tumorization. Up-regulation of CtBP2 is implicated in various human cancers including breast cancers. In our present study, we found that the C-terminus of Hsc70-interacting protein (CHIP) regulated the st...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee JS,Yoo SJ

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

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：:The human cDNA encoding a novel protein serine/threonine kinase most closely related to p70 S6 kinase was isolated from the human erythroleukemia cDNA library and termed p70(S6Kbeta). p70(S6Kbeta) has 67% amino acid identity in overall sequence with human p70(S6K), and the potential phosphorylation sites of p70(S6K) a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saitoh M,ten Dijke P,Miyazono K,Ichijo H

更新日期：1998-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The activation of hepatic stellate cells plays a central role in the development of liver fibrosis during chronic liver trauma. The aim of the present study was to identify a compound that inhibits the activation process of stellate cells. METHODS:Rat primary cultured stellate cells and a human stellate cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui W,Wang M,Maegawa H,Teranishi Y,Kawada N

更新日期：2012-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a modified method enabling stable MALDI-MS analysis and fluorescent detection of sialyl-compounds. The modification involved the amidation of sialic acid (Neu5Ac) at the position of the carboxyl group using the fluorescent reagent, 2-(2-pyridilamino)ethylamine (PAEA). In this study the following sialyl-co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Endo S,Morita M,Ueno M,Maeda T,Terabayashi T

更新日期：2009-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study are to identify the sex steroid-metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzymes of the vomeronasal organ (VNO) and to determine the activities of VNO microsomes to metabolize estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone. Several P450 isoforms, including CYP1A2, CYP2A, CYP2B, CYP2C, CYP2G1, and CYP3A, NADPH P4...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gu J,Dudley C,Su T,Spink DC,Zhang QY,Moss RL,Ding X

更新日期：1999-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Allelic variants of the genes for chemokine receptors and their natural ligands, the chemokines, and cytokines can affect HIV-1 disease progression. This study investigates the level of expression of the CCR5-Delta32, CCR2b-641, RANTES In1.1C, SDF-1 3'A, IL-10-5'-592A and IL-4-589T alleles in two unique HIV-1 infected...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mahajan SD,Agosto-Mojica A,Aalinkeel R,Reynolds JL,Nair BB,Sykes DE,Martinez J,Adams J,Singh N,Bernstein Z,Hsiao CB,Schwartz SA

更新日期：2010-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic initiation factor 2Bε (eIF2Bε) plays a critical role in the initiation of mRNA translation and its expression and guanine nucleotide exchange activity are major determinants of the rate of protein synthesis. In this work we provide evidence that the catalytic epsilon subunit of eIF2B is subject to ubiquitin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tuckow AP,Kazi AA,Kimball SR,Jefferson LS

更新日期：2013-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis and autophagy are crucial mechanisms regulating cell death, and the relationship between apoptosis and autophagy in the liver has yet to be thoroughly explored. TIGAR (TP53-induced glycolysis and apoptosis regulator), which is a p53-inducible gene, functions in the suppression of ROS (reactive oxygen species...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ye L,Zhao X,Lu J,Qian G,Zheng JC,Ge S

更新日期：2013-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of non-integrating human artificial chromosomes (HACs) in gene therapy possibly allows for safe and reliable genetic modification of human cells without insertional mutagenesis and/or unexpected oncogene activations. Although we previously demonstrated that the HAC provides long-term therapeutic erythropoietin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kakeda M,Nagata K,Osawa K,Matsuno H,Hiratsuka M,Sano A,Okazaki A,Shitara S,Nishikawa S,Masuya A,Hata T,Wako S,Osaki M,Kazuki Y,Oshimura M,Tomizuka K

更新日期：2011-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To search autoantigens in autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), we have screened the human pancreas cDNA library with a patient's serum and obtained 10 positive clones. Seven out of 10 clones were amylase alpha-2A, the autoantibody to which was specifically detected in sera from patients with AIP and fulminant type 1 diabete...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takizawa S,Endo T,Wanjia X,Tanaka S,Takahashi M,Kobayashi T

更新日期：2009-08-14 00:00:00