abstract：:Occlusion of a coronary artery if maintained for longer period of time results in damage of the cardiac tissue. However, restoration of blood flow to previously ischemic tissue can itself induce further cardiac damage, a phenomenon known as myocardial reperfusion injury. Cardiac homoeostasis is supported by a network ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Rohrbach S,Troidl C,Hamm C,Schulz R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiology of some inflammatory arterial diseases (such as vasculitis, atherogenesis and aneurysms) has been widely investigated in the last decades. Among different soluble molecules, proinflammatory cytokines (such as TNF-α, IL-1 and IL-6) were shown to trigger critical pathways regulating these arterial di...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Carbone F,Montecucco F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the status of DNA methylation are one of the most common molecular alterations in human neoplasia. We aimed to identify epigenetic molecular markers in serum for early detection of breast cancer. Authors analyzed retrospectively the methylation status of RARβ2 and APC genes in serum samples from 121 breast ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Swellam M,Abdelmaksoud MD,Sayed Mahmoud M,Ramadan A,Abdel-Moneem W,Hefny MM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the impact of pancreatic cancer cell interaction with macrophages on the differentiation and function of macrophages and the behaviors of pancreatic cancer cells in vitro is evaluated. The expression of immunocompetent cell-associated markers in 22 pancreatic cancer specimens was characterized by immuno...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Meng F,Li C,Li W,Gao Z,Guo K,Song S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation end-products comprise a complex and heterogeneous group of compounds that have been implicated in diabetes-related complications. The importance of the Maillard reaction is depicted by the formation of reactive intermediate products known as α-oxoaldehydes, such as 3-deoxyglucosone (3-DG). This prod...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ashraf JM,Ahmad S,Rabbani G,Jan AT,Lee EJ,Khan RH,Choi I

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of tumor suppressor gene, lethal(2)giant larvae [l(2)gl], leads to brain tumor in Drosophila melanogaster at larval stage of development and severe brain dysplasia in mice. We have studied the effect of two potential antitumor drugs artemisinin and curcumin in the perspective of inhibiting l(2)gl brain tumor....

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Das SS,Nanda GG,Alone DP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are inherited metabolic diseases caused by deficiencies in lysosomal proteins, which result in accumulation of undegraded metabolites and disruption of lysosomal proteostasis. Despite significant progress in the molecular genetics and biochemistry underlying the cellular pathogenesis...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Segatori L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The invasion and chemoresistance are crucial causes of morbidity and relapse for cancer patients. Axl is implicated in the modulation of cell invasion, cancer metastasis, and chemosensitivity in human breast carcinoma cell lines. Both breast cancer cell lines and tissues displayed increased expression of Axl, and it o...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Li Y,Jia L,Ren D,Liu C,Gong Y,Wang N,Zhang X,Zhao Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current landscapes of novel therapeutic approaches rely mostly on gene-targeted technologies, enabling to fight rare genomic diseases, from infections to cancer and hereditary diseases. Although, reaching the action-site for this novel treatments requires to deliver nucleic acids, or other macromolecules into cell...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： de Figueiredo IR,Freire JM,Flores L,Veiga AS,Castanho MARB

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) contributes to maintain homeostatic levels of extracellular calcium. In addition, CaSR controls other cellular activities such as proliferation and migration, particularly in cells not related to extracellular calcium homeostasis, potentially by cross-talking with parallel signaling pat...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Organista-Juárez D,Carretero-Ortega J,Vicente-Fermín O,Vázquez-Victorio G,Sosa-Garrocho M,Vázquez-Prado J,Macías-Silva M,Reyes-Cruz G

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, the experiments used to construct the ambient pH-signaling network involved in the secretion of enzymes by filamentous fungi have been reviewed, focusing on the phosphate-repressible phosphatases in Aspergillus nidulans. Classic and molecular genetics have been used to demonstrate that proteolysis of ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Rossi A,Cruz AH,Santos RS,Silva PM,Silva EM,Mendes NS,Martinez-Rossi NM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How cells regulate Gq efficacy (initiation and termination of Gq signaling) to effect response remains a central question in pharmacology and drug discovery. Phospholipase C-β1 (PLC-β1) is an effector and a GTPase activating protein (GAP) specific to Gαq. The physiological function of PLC-β1 GAP remains unclear and co...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Litosch I

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shiga toxin (Stx) producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is responsible to bloody diarrhea (hemorrhagic colitis) and the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). STEC strains carry inducible lambda phages integrated into their genomes that encode Stx 1 and/or 2, with several allelic variants each one. O157:H7 is the serotype that ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ibarra C,Amaral MM,Palermo MS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S-Nitrosation is rapidly emerging as a regulatory mechanism in vascular biology, with particular importance in the onset of hyperpermeability induced by pro-inflammatory agents. This review focuses on the role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)-derived nitric oxide (NO) in regulating S-Nitrosation of adherens...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Durán WN,Beuve AV,Sánchez FA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) signaling is a key pathway in the control of cell growth and survival. Three critical nodes in the IGF-1 signaling pathway have been described in cardiomyocytes: protein kinase Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), Ras/Raf/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and phosph...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Troncoso R,Díaz-Elizondo J,Espinoza SP,Navarro-Marquez MF,Oyarzún AP,Riquelme JA,Garcia-Carvajal I,Díaz-Araya G,García L,Hill JA,Lavandero S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we discuss single molecule observation of rotational catalysis by E. coli ATP synthase (F-ATPase) using small gold beads. Studies involving a low viscous drag probe showed the stochastic properties of the enzyme in alternating catalytically active and inhibited states. The importance of subunit intera...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Nakanishi-Matsui M,Sekiya M,Futai M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since about 60 years a phenomenon now called permeability transition is known in mitochondria. It involves a large pore in the inner mitochondrial membrane, the permeability transition pore (PTP) whose molecular structure is still unknown. Year after year, new hypotheses have been developed how this pore could look li...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Siemen D,Ziemer M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large amount of evidence suggests a pathogenic link between cholesterol homeostasis dysregulation and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In cell culture systems, the production of amyloid-β (Aβ) is modulated by cholesterol, and studies on animal models have consistently demonstrated that hypercholesterolemia is associated wi...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ricciarelli R,Canepa E,Marengo B,Marinari UM,Poli G,Pronzato MA,Domenicotti C

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that results in loss of memory and cognitive function, eventually leading to dementia. A key neuropathological event in AD is the cerebral accumulation of senile plaques formed by aggregates of amyloid-β-peptides (Aβ). Aβ results from two sequential ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Tamagno E,Guglielmotto M,Monteleone D,Vercelli A,Tabaton M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcineurin (CN) is the only serine/threonine specific protein phosphatase regulated by Ca(2+) /calmodulin (CaM), which is composed of catalytic A subunit (CNA) and regulatory B subunit (CNB). Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor associated factor 3 (TRAF3) is an essential component in the Toll like receptors and TNF ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Wang X,Huang Y,Li L,Wei Q

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo site-directed mutagenesis by single-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid recombineering is a facile method to change the color of fluorescent proteins (FPs) without cloning. Two different starting alleles of GFP were targeted for mutagenesis: gfpmut3* residing in the Escherichia coli genome and egfp carried by a bac...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Valledor M,Hu Q,Schiller P,Myers RS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the most lethal gynaecological cancers, which usually has a poor prognosis due to late diagnosis. A large percentage of the OC cell population is in a nonproliferating and quiescent stage, which poses a barrier to success when using most chemotherapeutic agents. Recent studies have shown ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Duncan K,Uwimpuhwe H,Czibere A,Sarkar D,Libermann TA,Fisher PB,Zerbini LF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumstatin is a candidate tumor suppressor that plays an important role in tumor growth and angiogenesis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlation between tumstatin-mRNA expression and the clinicopathologic characteristics, tumor angiogenesis, outcome of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Luo YQ,Ming Z,Zhao L,Yao LJ,Dong H,Du JP,Wu SZ,Hu W

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesize that the various, previously reported, reactivities of neuroglobin with redox partners and oxygen provide for the establishment of a redox cycle within cells, such as neurons and retinal rod cells. Using native cell lysates, from cultured human cells of neuronal origin, we have estimated the rate of red...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Brittain T,Skommer J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depurinating DNA adducts formed by aromatic hydrocarbons and catechol estrogen quinones play a major role in cancer initiation. Most of these adducts depurinate instantaneously, but some guanine adducts depurinate from DNA with half-lives of hours. We report here, that after 10 h at 37 °C, reaction of estradiol-3,4-qu...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Cavalieri E,Saeed M,Zahid M,Cassada D,Snow D,Miljkovic M,Rogan E

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter spp., particularly Acinetobacter baumannii, is increasing rapidly. A. baumannii possesses two intrinsic β-lactamase genes, in addition to weak permeability and efflux systems, that together confer a natural reduced susceptibility to antibiotics. In addition, numerous acquired mec...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Poirel L,Bonnin RA,Nordmann P

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the hand plate development, the processes of cell differentiation and control of cell death are relevant to ensure a correct shape of the limb. The progenitor cell pool that later will differentiate into cartilage to form the digits arises from undifferentiated mesenchymal cells beneath the apical ectodermal ri...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Chimal-Monroy J,Abarca-Buis RF,Cuervo R,Díaz-Hernández M,Bustamante M,Rios-Flores JA,Romero-Suárez S,Farrera-Hernández A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell (TC) activation requires the coordinated signaling of the T cell receptor (TCR) and coreceptor molecules, allowing TCs to respond to lower degrees of TCR occupancy. Coreceptor molecules set the threshold for TC activation by controlling different regulatory signaling loops. The Cbl family members prevent undesi...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Pedraza-Alva G,Mérida LB,del Rio R,Fierro NA,Cruz-Muñoz ME,Olivares N,Melchy E,Igras V,Holländer GA,Burakoff SJ,Rosenstein Y

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic targeting has shown promise to improve the efficacy and safety of different classes of therapeutic agents by enabling their active guidance to the site of disease and minimizing dissemination to nontarget tissues. However, its translation into clinic has proven difficult because of inherent limitations of tra...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Chorny M,Fishbein I,Forbes S,Alferiev I

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review we discuss the limited efficacy for current pharmacological agents used in prophylaxis and treatment of thrombosis and highlight targeted delivery of anti-thrombotic agents to fibrin, platelets, red blood cells and endothelium. ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Carnemolla R,Muzykantov VR

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, cytochrome P450 170A1 (CYP170A1) has been found to be a bifunctional protein, which catalyzes both monooxygenase activity and terpene synthase activity by two distinct active sites in the well-established P450 protein structure. Therefore, CYP170A1 is identified clearly as a moonlighting protein. The known a...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Zhao B,Waterman MR

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The posttranscriptional regulation of miRNAs is important for organism development. To investigate the role of miRNAs in angiogenesis, we performed a loss-of-function screening assay in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and found that knockdown of 7 miRNAs (miR-95a, miR-126, miR-129, miR-137, miR-139, mi...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Li YX,Liu DQ,Zheng C,Zheng SQ,Liu M,Li X,Tang H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cooperative effects in ligand binding and dissociation kinetics are much less investigated than steady state kinetics or equilibrium binding. Nevertheless, cooperativity in ligand binding leads necessarily to characteristic properties with respect to kinetic properties of the system. In case of positive cooperativity ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Hellmann N

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cells of yellow-spotted river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis, Pleurodira, Chelonia, REPTILIA) have two hemoglobin (Hb) components, Hb A and Hb D. We purified the hemoglobin component homologous to amniote (reptiles, birds, and mammals) adult Hb A which comprises two identical α(A) -globin polypeptides and two ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Hasegawa T,Shishikura F,Kuwada T

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin and its various derivatives affect cancer progression in humans. In this study, we show that heparin uptaken intracellularly by melanoma cells activated a signaling cascade, which in turn inhibited melanoma cell adhesion and migration. The reduced ability of M5 cells to adhere onto the fibronectin (FN) substra...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Chalkiadaki G,Nikitovic D,Berdiaki A,Katonis P,Karamanos NK,Tzanakakis GN

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood glucose is the primary cellular substrate and in vivo must be tightly maintained. The liver plays a key role in glucose homeostasis increasing or decreasing glucose output and uptake during fasting and feeding. Glucokinase (GCK) is central to this process. Its activity is modulated in a coordinated manner via a ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Massa ML,Gagliardino JJ,Francini F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, following the discovery of the human heme protein neuroglobin, many studies have searched for evidence for this protein's mechanism of action. Much data has accrued showing that high levels of neuroglobin will protect cells from apoptotic cell death, following a wide range of challenges. Various ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Brittain T,Skommer J,Henty K,Birch N,Raychaudhuri S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small noncoding RNAs are key controllers of cellular function, and their deregulation can lead to cancer development and metastatic evolution. This review summarizes the most important examples of small RNAs involved in human cancer and discusses their clinical use as biomarkers and drug targets for diagnosis, prognos...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Rovira C,Güida MC,Cayota A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transketolase (TK, EC 2.2.1.1), the key enzyme of the non-oxidative branch of pentose phosphate pathway of hydrocarbon transformation, plays an important role in a system of substrate rearrangement between pentose shunt and glycolysis, acting as a reversible link between the two metabolic pathways. In addition, it sup...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Kochetov GA,Sevostyanova IA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular nucleic acid binding protein (CNBP) has been implicated in vertebrate craniofacial development and in myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) and sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) human diseases. In these seemingly unrelated biological processes, CNBP appears to be involved in controlling cell death and prolife...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Calcaterra NB,Armas P,Weiner AM,Borgognone M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00