abstract：:Structures arising from actin-based cell membrane movements, including ruffles, lamellipodia, and filopodia, play important roles in a broad spectrum of cellular functions, such as cell motility, axon guidance in neurons, wound healing, and micropinocytosis. Previous studies investigating these cell membrane dynamics ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ueda Y,Sato M

更新日期：2018-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway controls cell proliferation and differentiation, and therefore, when this pathway is excessively activated, it causes tumorigenesis. Our chemical suppressor screening in zebrafish embryos identified antifungal azoles including clotrimazole, miconazole, and itraconazole, as Wnt/β-cat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yonezawa H,Ogawa M,Katayama S,Shimizu Y,Omori N,Oku Y,Sakyo T,Uehara Y,Nishiya N

更新日期：2018-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the regeneration of the adult liver depends on hepatic progenitor cells (HPCs), many uncertainties regarding hepatic regeneration in the injured liver remain. Trefoil factor family 1 (TFF1), a secretory protein predominantly expressed in the gastrointestinal tract, is responsible for mucosal restitution. Here...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi Y,Yamaguchi J,Kokuryo T,Ebata T,Yokoyama Y,Nagino M

更新日期：2018-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases associated with structural conversion of α-helical prion protein (PrP) into its β-sheet rich isoform (PrPSc). Previous genetic analyses have indicated that several amino acid residues involved in the hydrophobic core of PrP (such as V180, F198, and V210) play a criti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kakuda K,Yamaguchi KI,Kuwata K,Honda R

更新日期：2018-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac fibrosis is an important cardiac remodeling event in the development of inflammation dilated cardiomyopathy （iDCM）. We have previously observed that degradation enhancer of androgen receptor (ASC-J9®) could improve cardiac inflammation and fibrosis. Using Primary CFs, we demonstrated that ASC-J9® attenuates th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Y,Ma W,Lu S,Yan L,Hu F,Wang Z,Cheng B

更新日期：2018-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Screening and identifying the gene mutation of EXT1, EXT2 and EXT3 associated with multiple exostosis (ME) and the expression in tumor tissues. METHODS:Nine patients with multiple exostosis were collected and genomic DNA was extracted. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and direct sequencing techn...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu ZY,Wang Y,Wang JW,Chen YZ,Guo Y

更新日期：2018-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of p-coumaric acid on the longitudinal growth of the long bone in adolescent male rats. Teatment with p-coumaric acid significantly increased the tibial length and the height of each growth plate zone and the ratio of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine-positive cells relati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee JH,Chung YH,Kim HH,Bang JS,Jung TW,Park T,Park J,Kim U,Lee SH,Jeong JH

更新日期：2018-11-10 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：:SAP90/PSD95-associated proteins (SAPAPs) are one type of scaffold protein in the postsynaptic density (PSD). Scaffold proteins play an important role in synaptic function. Recently, many studies have shown that mutations associated with scaffold proteins cause dysfunction in neuronal circuitry and in behavior. SAPAP4,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu B,Li C,Lei H

更新日期：2018-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Alisol B-23-acetate (AB23A), a tetracyclic triterpenoid isolated from the rhizome of Alisma orientale, has been reported to exert anti-proliferative activities in human colon, ovarian and gastric cancer cells. However, the anti-cancer effect of this compound on human lung cancer cells has not yet been thoroughly eluci...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang J,Li H,Wang X,Shen T,Wang S,Ren D

更新日期：2018-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasculo-toxic effect of meglumine antimoniate (MA) was confirmed in our previous investigation. The current study investigates the association of this effect with altered VEGF-A and VEGF-R2 expression. Additional mechanisms by which MA causes vascular toxicity are not clearly understood. We hypothesized that MA ma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Khosravi A,Sharifi I,Tavakkoli H,Keyhani AR,Afgar A,Salari Z,Mosallanejad SS,Bamorovat M,Sharifi F,Hassanzadeh S,Sadeghi B,Dabiri S,Mortazaeizdeh A,Sheikhshoaie Z,Salarkia E

更新日期：2018-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. So far, almost all treatments are almost ineffective for pancreatic cancer. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop novel therapeutics for pancreatic cancer treatment. Immune checkpoints blockade therapies, includi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fan P,Ma J,Jin X

更新日期：2018-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Bortezomib (BTZ) is one of the most frequently used drugs in treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), but drug-resistance often occurs and limits its clinical efficacy. Annexin A1 (ANXA1) is upregulated in MM, and its knockdown enhances chemosensitivity in MM. However, whether ANXA1 inhibition can increase antitumor activi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jia C,Kong D,Guo Y,Li L,Quan L

更新日期：2018-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Co3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) are one kind of the important nanomaterials that have the application potential in catalyst, electrochromic devices, sensors, etc. However, their biological effect remains to be detailed. In this study, we investigated the effect of the as-synthesized Co3O4 NPs (15-30 nm) on the growth of mam...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang H,Ren T,Zhu N,Yu Q,Li M

更新日期：2018-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 2 (ABCG2) confers to the major phenotypes of side population (SP) cells, the cancer stem-like cells. In this study, the SP cells displayed a distinctly higher ABCG2 expression level, sphere formation efficiency (SFE) and growth rate even under hypoxia condition. CXCR4 overexpre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He C,Zhang H,Wang B,He J,Ge G

更新日期：2018-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The bridging element for electron transfer in proteins is the hydrogen bond according to the new experimental perspective in preference to carbon-carbon σ-bond presently used. The purpose of this study is to identify an alternative pathway linked by hydrogen bonds suitable for electron transfer from heme-Fe of cytochr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramasarma T,Vaigundan D

更新日期：2018-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The splicing factor SPF45 (RBM17) is a well-known component of the spliceosome that is involved in alternative splicing. RBM17 is frequently overexpressed in many tumors and plays a crucial role in cancer progression and drug resistance. However, the role of RBM17 in the development of glioma has not been thoroughly e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lu J,Li Q,Cai L,Zhu Z,Guan J,Wang C,Xia J,Xia L,Wen M,Zheng W,Su Z,Wang C

更新日期：2018-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Large tumor suppressor kinase 1 (LATS1) is a serine/threonine kinase of the AGC kinase family in mammals and involved in various biological processes, it is a key regulator of cell cycle progression. However, the role of LATS1 in central nervous system trauma is still unknown. In present study, we performed an acute s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Y,Chen M

更新日期：2018-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin contains multiple redox sensitive methionines whose oxidation alters the regulation of numerous targets. Molecular dynamics simulations were used to define the molecular principles that govern how calmodulin is structurally poised to detect and respond to methionine oxidation. We found that calmodulin's ope...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Walgenbach DG,Gregory AJ,Klein JC

更新日期：2018-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many advances have been made in the treatment of gastric cancer (GC), numerous difficulties, such as the emergence of chemo-drug resistance, continue to lead to disappointing GC prognoses. Thus, novel alternative strategies are urgently needed. The use of natural products could be a viable option to treat GC....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhou Q,Wu X,Wen C,Wang H,Wang H,Liu H,Peng J

更新日期：2018-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The age-related reduction in the function of osteoblasts plays a central role in the pathogenesis of bone loss and osteoporosis. Collagen synthesis is a primary function of differentiated osteoblasts, however, the mechanisms for age-related changes in collagen synthesis in human osteoblasts remain elusive. We use Gene...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang X,Zhao G,Zhang Y,Wang J,Wang Y,Cheng L,Sun M,Rui Y

更新日期：2018-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccines fail to induce protective antibody titers in 5-10% of immune-competent vaccines. Therefore, safe and effective HBV vaccines are still clinically needed. METHODS:In this study, we developed a plasmid DNA vaccine encoding CD317 single-chain fragment variable (α317...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang G,Li X,Liu L,Li J,Chen Q,Huang S,Li Y,Wan X

更新日期：2018-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Norepinephrine (NE) modulates brain functions depending on both the internal and external environment. While the neuromodulatory actions of NE have been well characterized, the response and involvement of cortical astrocytes to physiological noradrenergic systems remain largely unknown, especially at the molecular lev...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nuriya M,Morita A,Shinotsuka T,Yamada T,Yasui M

更新日期：2018-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common cancers and is the second-leading cause of cancer-associated morbidity worldwide. Oxysterols are oxidized derivatives of cholesterol that may be important in many biological processes, but the levels and roles of oxysterols in gastric tumours remain to be elucidated. The l...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guo F,Hong W,Yang M,Xu D,Bai Q,Li X,Chen Z

更新日期：2018-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in mass spectrometry have expanded our knowledge of lipids and lipid metabolic pathways involved in many (patho)physiological events. Targeted and non-targeted lipidomics are powerful analytical strategies with distinct features, and a combination of these two approaches is often employed to maximize t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee HC,Yokomizo T

更新日期：2018-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Start domain-containing protein 3 (Stard3) plays roles in intracellular cholesterol distribution, however, the role of Stard3 in the adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes remains unclear. We demonstrated that Stard3 expression was significantly increased during the adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, accompanied by a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhou X,Gao H,Guo Y,Chen Y,Ruan XZ

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP is the universal energy currency but mysteriously its cellular concentration is much higher than that needed for providing energy. Recently ATP was decoded to act as a hydrotrope to dissolve liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of FUS whose aggregation leads to ALS/FTD. By DIC microscopy and NMR, here we characte...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kang J,Lim L,Song J

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria has been identified as a promising target in several cancers. However, little is known on the effects of targeting mitochondria in retinoblastoma. In this work, we show that anti-malarial atovaquone, at clinically achievable concentration, demonstrates inhibitory effects to retinoblastoma cells, to a more...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ke F,Yu J,Chen W,Si X,Li X,Yang F,Liao Y,Zuo Z

更新日期：2018-10-02 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：:Functional biopolymer scaffolds are in high demand for tissue regeneration. In this study, we incorporated functionalized CNT in collagen or silk protein solution to generate biocomposite fibers by electrospinning. The addition of CNT reinforced the strength of the scaffolds and rendered the fibers electrical conducti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chi N,Wang R

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) plays an important role in cholesterol and lipid metabolism. Regulating the activities of key transporters and receptors in RCT, such as ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), helps to prevent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. In this study, we used an ABCA1 promoter luc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang X,Luo J,Li N,Liu L,Han X,Liu C,Zuo X,Jiang X,Li Y,Xu Y,Si S

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:While recent evidence has uncovered that circular RNAs (circRNAs) are vital regulators of carcinogenesis, their role in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is not clearly understood. In this study, we reveal that lower levels of circRNA circ-ITCH are expressed in PTC tissues than in normal adjacent tissues. Gain-of-functio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang M,Chen B,Ru Z,Cong L

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that High mobility group A2 (HMGA2), a non-histone protein, can promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which plays a critical role in prostate cancer progression and metastasis. Interestingly, full-length or wild-type HMGA2 and truncated (lacking the 3'UTR) HMGA2 isoforms are overexpressed...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hawsawi O,Henderson V,Burton LJ,Dougan J,Nagappan P,Odero-Marah V

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) protects retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in experimental retinal ischemia and glaucoma by scavenging reactive oxygen species. We tested whether a diet supplemented with ubiquinol, the reduced form of CoQ10, promotes RGC survival and blocks the apoptotic pathway in ischemic mouse retina induced by ac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ju WK,Shim MS,Kim KY,Bu JH,Park TL,Ahn S,Weinreb RN

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD)/re-oxygenation (OGDR) induces severe injury to neuronal cells. The expression and potential function of NKILA (NF-κB Interacting LncRNA) in OGDR-treated neuronal cells were tested in this study. We show that OGDR induced NKILA upregulation to in-activate NF-κB signaling in SH-SY5Y cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang M,Jiang YM,Xia LY,Wang Y,Li WY,Jin T

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer has become one of commonest urologic tumors in male. In recent years, miRNAs are continually attracting attentions of researchers for their special regulatory function in human cancers. Previous study has revealed that miR-410 acts as a biomarker for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Whereas, the speci...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang Y,Zhang D,Lv J,Wang S,Zhang Q

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin has been thought to be secreted to plasma soon after the production because of the difficulty of Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry. We established the new methods of Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry. Using the new methods, we investigated the effects of aldosterone and fludroc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yasuoka Y,Izumi Y,Nagai T,Fukuyama T,Nakayama Y,Inoue H,Horikawa K,Kimura M,Nanami M,Yanagita K,Oshima T,Yamazaki T,Uematsu T,Yamamura R,Kobayashi N,Shimada Y,Nagaba Y,Nakanishi T,Yamashita T,Mukoyama M,Sato Y,K

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cancer patients initially respond well to chemotherapy, they eventually develop resistance and relapse. In this work, we demonstrate that eIF4E-targeting therapy is a potential sensitizing strategy for overcoming chemoresistance and progression in cancer. We show that ribavirin, an anti-viral drug and pharmac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xi C,Wang L,Yu J,Ye H,Cao L,Gong Z

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury induced by renal ischemia-reperfusion (IR) is a prominent risk factor in the development towards renal fibrosis. Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1(Rac1) has been involved in the pathophysiology of fibrotic disorders. But the role of Rac1 in the pathogenesis of IR-induced renal fibrosis is ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liang H,Huang J,Huang Q,Xie YC,Liu HZ,Wang HB

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Reconstruction of respiratory epithelium is critical for the fabrication of bioengineered airway implants. Epithelial differentiation is typically achieved using bovine pituitary extract (BPE). Due to the xenogenic nature and undefined composition of BPE, an alternative for human clinical applications, dev...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hintze JM,Tchoukalova YD,Sista R,Shah MK,Zhang N,Lott DG

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00