abstract：:Stem cells with the ability to differentiate in specialized cell types can be extracted from a wide array of adult tissues including skeletal muscle. Here we have analyzed a population of cells isolated from skeletal muscle on the basis of their poor adherence on uncoated or collagen-coated dishes that show multi-line...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Arsic N,Mamaeva D,Lamb NJ,Fernandez A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing both the TET-OFF and TET-ON systems in combination with transcriptional control elements of the Tie-2 gene, we have established a series of transgenic activator and responder mice for TET-regulated endothelial cell-specific transgene expression in double transgenic mouse embryos and in adult mice. TET-regula...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Deutsch U,Schlaeger TM,Dehouck B,Döring A,Tauber S,Risau W,Engelhardt B

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single cell of wild-type Dictyostelium discoideum forms a visible colony on a plastic dish in several days, but due to enhanced cell migration, amiB-null mutant cells scatter over a large area and do not form noticeable colonies. Here, with an aim to identify genes involved in cell migration, we isolated suppresser ...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Nagasaki A,Uyeda TQ

更新日期：2008-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Whey Acidic Protein (WAP) gene expression is specific to the mammary gland and regulated by lactogenic hormones to peak during lactation. It differs markedly from the more constitutive expression of the two flanking genes, Ramp3 and Tbrg4. Our results show that the tight regulation of WAP gene expression parallels var...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Montazer-Torbati MB,Hue-Beauvais C,Droineau S,Ballester M,Coant N,Aujean E,Petitbarat M,Rijnkels M,Devinoy E

更新日期：2008-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The NF-kappaB/RelA family of transcription factors regulates inducible transcription of a large number of genes in response to diverse stimuli. Little is known, however, about the location of NF-kappaB in the cytoplasm and the transport mechanism to the nucleus. We found that NF-kappaB is associated with the actin-bin...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Babakov VN,Petukhova OA,Turoverova LV,Kropacheva IV,Tentler DG,Bolshakova AV,Podolskaya EP,Magnusson KE,Pinaev GP

更新日期：2008-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a recessive, neuromuscular disease, is caused by a mutation or deletion in the SMN1 gene. The SMN2 gene is present in the same region of chromosome 5 and is similar in DNA sequence to SMN1 except for a T at position +6 of exon 7 that is likely the predominant functional difference betwee...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： DiMatteo D,Callahan S,Kmiec EB

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Total epidermal keratinocytes are a heterogeneous population of cells, including undifferentiated stem/progenitor cells (EpSPs) and their more differentiated progeny (Non-SP cells). Our previous in vivo data showed that EpSPs enhanced blood flow restoration when injected into an ischemic limb, whereas Non-SP cells had...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Oberley CC,Gourronc F,Hakimi S,Riordan M,Bronner S,Jiao C,Dunnwald M

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In many animals, the germ line develops from a distinct mitochondria-rich region of embryonic cytoplasm called the germ plasm. However, the protein composition of germ plasm and its formation remain poorly understood, except in Drosophila. Here, we show that Xpat, a recently identified protein component of Xenopus ger...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Hames RS,Hames R,Prosser SL,Euteneuer U,Lopes CA,Moore W,Woodland HR,Fry AM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myostatin, a Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGF-beta) super-family member, has previously been shown to negatively regulate satellite cell activation and self-renewal. However, to date the mechanism behind Myostatin function in satellite cell biology is not known. Here we show that Myostatin signals via a Pax7-depen...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： McFarlane C,Hennebry A,Thomas M,Plummer E,Ling N,Sharma M,Kambadur R

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated a central role for the exchange protein activated by cAMP (Epac) in the inhibition of Fcgamma-receptor-mediated phagocytosis and bacterial killing by prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) in macrophages. However, the subcellular localization of Epac, and its primary target Rap1, has yet to be de...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Brock TG,Serezani CH,Carstens JK,Peters-Golden M,Aronoff DM

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sertoli cells of testis belong to a unique type of polarized epithelial cells and are essential for spermatogenesis. They form the blood-testis barrier at the base of seminiferous tubule. Their numerous long, microtubule-rich processes extend inward and associate with developing germ cells to sustain germ cell growth ...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Wang F,Zhang Q,Cao J,Huang Q,Zhu X

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-cultures of lutropin receptor (LHR) positive and negative Leydig cells were used to test the hypothesis that the LHR provokes phosphorylation of the extracellular regulated kinases (ERK1/2) using intracellular and intercellular pathways. Addition of hCG to MA-10 cells (LHR positive) stimulates phosphorylation of th...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Shiraishi K,Ascoli M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible methylation of the protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit (PP2A(C)(1)) is an important regulatory mechanism playing a crucial role in the selective recruitment of regulatory B subunits. Here, we investigated the subcellular localization of leucine carboxyl methyltransferase (LCMT1) and protein phosphatase...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Longin S,Zwaenepoel K,Martens E,Louis JV,Rondelez E,Goris J,Janssens V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In multiple myeloma, which commonly depends on interleukin 6, IL-6, survival signaling induced by this cytokine is largely mediated by activation of STAT3. Interferon alpha (IFNalpha) treatment of cell lines derived from multiple myeloma or of myeloma tumor cells ex vivo leads to apoptosis. In this study we demonstrat...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Thyrell L,Arulampalam V,Hjortsberg L,Farnebo M,Grandér D,Pokrovskaja Tamm K

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA replication (or origin) licensing pathway represents a critical step in cell proliferation control downstream of growth signalling pathways. Repression of origin licensing through down-regulation of the MCM licensing factors (Mcm2-7) is emerging as a ubiquitous route for lowering proliferative capacity as meta...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Barkley LR,Hong HK,Kingsbury SR,James M,Stoeber K,Williams GH

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesion to the extracellular matrix regulates numerous changes in the actin cytoskeleton by regulating the activity of the Rho family of small GTPases. Here, we report that adhesion and the associated changes in cell shape and cytoskeletal tension are all required for GTP-bound RhoA to activate its downstream effecto...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Bhadriraju K,Yang M,Alom Ruiz S,Pirone D,Tan J,Chen CS

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B is an important regulator of cell function. In living cells PTP1B activity is restricted to the vicinity of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by post-translational C-terminal attachment of PTP1B to the ER membrane network. In our study we investigated the membrane anchor of PTP1B by use of ...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Anderie I,Schulz I,Schmid A

更新日期：2007-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ets variant gene 5 (ETV5) and glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) are produced in Sertoli cells and required for maintenance and self-renewal of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) in mice. Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) have been reported to stimulate Etv5 mRNA expression, and FSH was shown to stimulate Gdnf...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Simon L,Ekman GC,Tyagi G,Hess RA,Murphy KM,Cooke PS

更新日期：2007-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated injury to the stratum corneum of mammalian skin (caused by friction, soaps, or organic solvents) elicits hyperkeratosis and epidermal thickening. Functionally, these changes serve to restore the cutaneous barrier and protect the organism. To better understand the molecular and cellular basis of this response,...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Ajani G,Sato N,Mack JA,Maytin EV

更新日期：2007-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alexander disease (AxD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by large cytoplasmic aggregates in astrocytes and myelin abnormalities and caused by dominant mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), the main intermediate filament protein in astrocytes. We tested the effects of ...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Mignot C,Delarasse C,Escaich S,Della Gaspera B,Noé E,Colucci-Guyon E,Babinet C,Pekny M,Vicart P,Boespflug-Tanguy O,Dautigny A,Rodriguez D,Pham-Dinh D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanotransferrin is a glycoprotein expressed at the cell membrane and secreted in the extracellular environment. Recombinant truncated form of membrane-bound melanotransferrin (sMTf) was reported to exert in vitro anti-angiogenic properties. Here we show that sMTf treatment leads to a 50% inhibition of neovasculariza...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Rolland Y,Demeule M,Michaud-Levesque J,Béliveau R

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors have been shown to affect endocytosis or subsequent intracellular sorting in various receptor systems. Agonist-activated beta(2)-adrenergic receptors undergo desensitization by mechanisms that include the phosphorylation, endocytosis and degradation of receptors. Following endo...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Awwad HO,Iyer V,Rosenfeld JL,Millman EE,Foster E,Moore RH,Knoll BJ

更新日期：2007-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The RAI gene is also known as iASPP and PPP1R13L. Recent investigations have shown that the region encompassing RAI is important for the development of cancer in young and middle-aged persons. It has been speculated that the RAI product induces apoptosis by blocking NF-kappaB or inhibits apoptosis by blocking p53. Eit...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Laska MJ,Strandbygård D,Kjeldgaard A,Mains M,Corydon TJ,Memon AA,Sørensen BS,Vogel U,Jensen UB,Nexø BA

更新日期：2007-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation Factor (F)Xa is a serine protease that plays a crucial role during blood coagulation by converting prothrombin into active thrombin. Recently, however, it emerged that besides this role in coagulation, FXa induces intracellular signaling leading to different cellular effects. Here, we show that coagulation...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Borensztajn KS,Bijlsma MF,Groot AP,Brüggemann LW,Versteeg HH,Reitsma PH,Peppelenbosch MP,Spek CA

更新日期：2007-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), upregulated in renal diseases, have a combinational effect on epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) of renal proximal tubular cells. The aim of this study was to examine the mechanism regarding the combinational effect of EGF and TGF...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Tian YC,Chen YC,Chang CT,Hung CC,Wu MS,Phillips A,Yang CW

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human keratin family comprises 54 members, 28 type I and 26 type II. Out of the 28 type I keratins, 17 are epithelial and 11 are hair keratins. Similarly, the 26 type II members comprise 20 epithelial and 6 hair keratins. As, however, 9 out of the 37 epithelial keratins are specifically expressed in the hair folli...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Schweizer J,Langbein L,Rogers MA,Winter H

更新日期：2007-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of types III and IV intermediate filaments (IFs) is known to regulate their organization and function. Phosphorylation of the amino-terminal head domain sites on types III and IV IF proteins plays a key role in the assembly/disassembly of IF subunits into 10 nm filaments, and influences the phosphoryla...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Sihag RK,Inagaki M,Yamaguchi T,Shea TB,Pant HC

更新日期：2007-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamin-associated polypeptides (LAPs) comprise inner nuclear membrane proteins tightly associated with the peripheral lamin scaffold as well as proteins forming stable complexes with lamins in the nucleoplasm. The involvement of LAPs in a wide range of human diseases may be linked to an equally bewildering range of the...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Schirmer EC,Foisner R

更新日期：2007-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF/FGF7) and fibroblast growth factor 10 (FGF10/KGF2) regulate keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation by binding to the tyrosine kinase KGF receptor (KGFR). KGF induces keratinocyte motility and cytoskeletal rearrangement, whereas a direct role of FGF10 on keratinocyte migration is...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Ceccarelli S,Cardinali G,Aspite N,Picardo M,Marchese C,Torrisi MR,Mancini P

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ING1b is the most studied ING family protein and perhaps the most ubiquitously and abundantly expressed. This protein is involved in the regulation of various biological functions ranging from senescence, cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, to DNA repair. ING1b is upregulated by UV irradiation and enhances the removal of bu...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Kuo WH,Wang Y,Wong RP,Campos EI,Li G

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (VD(3)) induces differentiation in a number of leukemia cell lines and under various conditions is able to either stimulate or inhibit nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) activity. Here we report a time-dependent biphasic regulation of NF-kappaB in VD(3)-treated HL-60 leukemia cells. After VD...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Tse AK,Wan CK,Shen XL,Zhu GY,Cheung HY,Yang M,Fong WF

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel (Taxol) has been successfully combined with the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab (Herceptin) in the treatment of ErbB2 overexpressing cancers. However, this combination therapy showed an unexpected synergistic increase in cardiac dysfunction. We have studied the mechanisms of paclitaxel/anti-ErbB2 cardiotoxi...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Pentassuglia L,Timolati F,Seifriz F,Abudukadier K,Suter TM,Zuppinger C

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) can modulate the activity of various MAP kinases. However, how this pathway may mediate TGFbeta-induced malignant phenotypes remains elusive. We investigated the role of autocrine TGFbeta signaling through MAP kinases in the regulation of cell survival in breast carcinoma MCF-...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Lei X,Yang J,Nichols RW,Sun LZ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excision of chromatin loop domains and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation are widely considered as consecutive stages of chromatin disassembly during apoptosis. We report here on apoptosis induced by staurosporine in NB-2a neuroblastoma cells, which was accompanied by excision of chromatin loop domains, but proceeded ...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Solovyan VT

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the identification and characterization of STIP, a multi-domain nuclear protein that contains a G-patch, a coiled-coil, and several short tryptophan-tryptophan repeats highly conserved in metazoan species. To analyze their functional role in vivo, we cloned nematode stip-1 genes and determined the spati...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Ji Q,Huang CH,Peng J,Hashmi S,Ye T,Chen Y

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast tumor cells enter the bloodstream long before the development of clinically evident metastasis. However, the early presence of such bloodborne cells predicts poor patient outcome. Nearly 90% of human breast tumors arise as carcinomas from mammary epithelial cells, so it is important to study how these cells res...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Whipple RA,Cheung AM,Martin SS

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins play a major role in cell adhesion and migration. Previous work reported that a cleaved form of integrin alpha6 (alpha6p) was detected in invasive human prostate cancer tissue, absent in normal prostate tissue and was produced by urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator (uPA) in a plasmin-independent manner. Usi...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Pawar SC,Demetriou MC,Nagle RB,Bowden GT,Cress AE

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actin interaction of coronin 3 has been mainly documented by in vitro experiments. Here, we discuss coronin 3 properties in the light of new structural information and focus on assays that reflect in vivo roles of coronin 3 and its impact on F-actin-associated functions. Using GFP-tagged coronin 3 fusion proteins ...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Rosentreter A,Hofmann A,Xavier CP,Stumpf M,Noegel AA,Clemen CS

更新日期：2007-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), a member of the TGF-beta superfamily, is involved in development, morphogenesis, cell proliferation and apoptosis. Dysregulation of BMP signaling has been suggested in tumorigenesis. In an analysis of human colon normal mucosa and tumors at different stages by immunohistochemistry, we...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Deng H,Makizumi R,Ravikumar TS,Dong H,Yang W,Yang WL

更新日期：2007-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a pleiotropic cytokine promoting proliferation, migration and survival in several cell types. HGF and its cognate receptor c-Met are expressed in cardiac cells during early cardiogenesis, but data concerning its role in cardiac differentiation of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and the un...

journal_title：Experimental cell research

authors： Roggia C,Ukena C,Böhm M,Kilter H

更新日期：2007-03-10 00:00:00