abstract：:In the presence of low density lipoprotein (LDL), Chlamydia pneumoniae induces macrophage-derived foam cell formation, a typical pathological feature of early atherosclerosis. However, its mechanism has not been fully understood. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are key regulators of macrophage lipi...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Mei CL,He P,Cheng B,Liu W,Wang YF,Wan JJ

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-specific L-type calcium channel blockers, such as verapamil (> or =50 microM), induce metaphase-II (M-II) arrest and apoptosis in aged rat eggs cultured in Ca(2+)-deficient medium. However, the effects of extracellular Ca(2+) on verapamil-induced M-II arrest and apoptosis have not yet been reported. We have demons...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Chaube SK,Tripathi A,Khatun S,Mishra SK,Prasad PV,Shrivastav TG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a key role in formation of pleural effusions and in tumorigenesis and progression of malignant mesothelioma. Mesothelial cells (MC) express the viral receptors Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3), RIG-I and MDA5. Activation of these receptors by viral RNA exemplified by poly(I:C...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Wörnle M,Sauter M,Kastenmüller K,Ribeiro A,Roeder M,Mussack T,Ladurner R,Sitter T

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that cyclical gene expression occurs at a large number of different times during the cell cycle. The existence of a large number of cycle-specific variations in mRNA and protein during the eukaryotic cell cycle raises the problem of how cell-cycle variations are regulated. This is the "infinite re...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Cooper S,Shedden K,Vu-Phan D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kv2.1 potassium channel is a principal component of the delayed rectifier I(K) current in the pyramidal neurons of cortex and hippocampus. We used whole-cell patch-clamp recording techniques to systemically compare the electrophysiological properties between the native neuronal I(K) current of cultured rat hippoca...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Liu M,Gong B,Qi Z

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have monitored the effects of KLKL(5)KLK (KLK), a derivative of a natural cationic antimicrobial peptide (CAP) on isolated membrane vesicles, and investigated the partition of the peptide within these structures. KLK readily interacted with fluorescent dyes entrapped in the vesicles without apparent pore formation....

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Aichinger MC,Ortbauer M,Reipert S,Zauner W,Bogner P,Froschauer E,Nowikovsky K,Lingnau K,von Gabain A,Schweyen R,Henics T

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study characterization of endothelial cells differentiated from human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMCs) was investigated in relation to their capillary network formation potential. Differentiation was performed in presence of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and insulin like growth factor-1 (...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Jazayeri M,Allameh A,Soleimani M,Jazayeri SH,Piryaei A,Kazemnejad S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystin-2 (PC-2), a protein encoded by PKD2 and involved in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), is a non-selective cationic channel recently implicated in the function of primary cilia. We recently constructed a new animal model in the form of a transgenic mouse with a BAC-containing human PKD2 in...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Burtey S,Riera M,Ribe E,Pennenkamp P,Rance R,Luciani J,Dworniczak B,Mattei MG,Fontés M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones involved in protein folding, assembly and transport, and which play critical roles in the regulation of cell growth, survival and differentiation. We set out to test the hypothesis that HSP27 protein is expressed in the human testes and its expression varies with the...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Adly MA,Assaf HA,Hussein MR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is a rich source of hematopoietic stem cells that possesses practical and ethical advantages. We previously reported a novel UCB-derived adult stem cells which we termed umbilical cord blood-derived multipotent progenitor cells' (MPCs). MPCs were capable of differentiating into functional ne...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Moon YJ,Lee MW,Yoon HH,Yang MS,Jang IK,Lee JE,Kim HE,Eom YW,Park JS,Kim HC,Kim YJ,Lee KH

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK) signaling cascade plays an important role in cell life. We proved that small interfering RNAs targeting MAPK1 (siRNA-2) could inhibit HeLa cell growth, but the effects of siRNA-2 on gene expression profile were unclear. Using Affymetrix GeneChip HG-U133A 2.0, we identified ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Huang C,Liu LY,Li ZF,Wang P,Ni L,Song LP,Xu DH,Song TS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells can be differentiated into neural lineage cells, but the differentiation efficiency remains low. This study revealed two important factors that influence the neural differentiation efficiency of mouse ES cells: the first is the quality of embryonic bodies (EBs); good quality of EBs cons...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Zhou JM,Xing FY,Shi JJ,Fang ZF,Chen XJ,Chen F

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rab11, a small GTP binding protein involved in vesicular trafficking, has emerged as a key player in regulating various cellular events during Drosophila development and differentiation. In our earlier study a P-insertion line, Rab11mo, was established as a new hypomorphic allele of Rab11 gene, showing degenerated eye...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Tiwari AK,Alone DP,Roy JK

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia alters the biological functions of skeletal muscle cells to proliferate and differentiate into myotubes. However, the cellular responses of myoblasts to hypoxia differ according to the levels of oxygen and the types of cells studied. This study examined the effect of hypoxia (1% oxygen) on bovine satellite cel...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Kook SH,Son YO,Lee KY,Lee HJ,Chung WT,Choi KC,Lee JC

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer is a therapeutic modality in the treatment of tumors in which visible light is used to activate a photosensitizer. Cell membranes have been identified as an important intracellular target for singlet oxygen produced during the photochemical pathway. This study analyzed the cytotox...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Maftoum-Costa M,Naves KT,Oliveira AL,Tedesco AC,da Silva NS,Pacheco-Soares C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genistein is one of the naturally occurring isoflavones present in plants such as soybeans and is commonly found in a variety of human foods. A number of studies indicated that this class of compounds exerts anticancerogenic and antimutagenic effects in various in vitro systems and in vivo animal models. We studied th...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Rucinska A,Roszczyk M,Gabryelak T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ras/myc-transformed serum-free mouse embryo (ras/myc SFME) cells were treated with interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma; 100 U/ml) and/or lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 0.5 microg/ml) for 24 h to simulate inflammatory and infectious conditions and investigate their effects on the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Yamaguchi H,Kidachi Y,Umetsu H,Ryoyama K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the internalization of magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) into dendritic cells (DCs) in order to assess both the final location of the particles and the viability of the cultured cells. The particles, consisting of a metallic iron core covered with carbon, showed no toxic effects on the DCs and had no e...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Goya GF,Marcos-Campos I,Fernández-Pacheco R,Sáez B,Godino J,Asín L,Lambea J,Tabuenca P,Mayordomo JI,Larrad L,Ibarra MR,Tres A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamyl aminopeptidase (GluAP, EC 3.4.11.7, ENPEP) is a 130-kDa homodimeric zinc metallopeptidase which specifically cleaves the N-terminal glutamate or aspartate residue of peptidic substrates such as cholecystokinin-8 or angiotensin (Ang) II, in vitro. We used a DNA microarray hybridization (Genechip Rat Expression...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Wu Y,Xiao J,Wu L,Tian W,Liu L

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) play a key role in restoring endothelial function and enhancing angiogenesis. However, the effects of low-dose aspirin on circulating EPCs are not well known. We investigated the effects of low-dose aspirin on EPC migration, adhesion, senescence, proliferation, apoptosis...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Hu Z,Zhang F,Yang Z,Zhang J,Zhang D,Yang N,Zhang Y,Cao K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides evidence that, in the soluble fraction from buffer-washed pea thylakoids, one form of soluble carbonic anhydrase (CA) is associated with rubisco in a stromal protein complex. On native-PAGE gels, it is present as a protein band with MW approximately 160 kDa. On SDS-PAGE gels, it is resolved as a si...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Lazova GN,Stemler AJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plant transformation and selection system has been developed utilizing a modified tubulin gene as a selectable marker. The vector constructs carrying a mutant alpha-tubulin gene from goosegrass conferring resistance to dinitroaniline herbicides were created for transformation of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous p...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Yemets A,Radchuk V,Bayer O,Bayer G,Pakhomov A,Vance Baird W,Blume YB

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown in many investigations that the abnormally increasing production and deposition of collagen is one of the important mechanisms of pathological scars and other fibrotic diseases [Wang Z, Inokuchi T, Nemoto TK, Uehara M, Baba TT. Antisense oligonucleotide against collagen-specific molecular chaperone 4...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Wang Z,Li L

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introns of plant tubulin genes are useful molecular tools to study IME (Intron Mediated Enhancement of gene expression) and to define plant genetic and evolutionary relationships through ILP (Intron Length Polymorphism). Here we show that the intron present within the 5'UTR sequence of some rice beta-tubulin genes can...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Breviario D,Gianì S,Ponzoni E,Mastromauro F,Morello L

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated constitutive endocytosis in internodal cells of the characean green algae. The endocytic tracer FM1-43 accumulated in distinct plasma membrane domains that are probably enriched in sterol-like substances. Internalization of the dye was active but independent of an intact actin or microtubule cytos...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Foissner I,Klima A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the canine 180-kDa ribosome receptor p180 in yeast induces the synthesis of RER, and increases the mRNAs of secretory pathway proteins, and protein secretion. To assess whether p180 is a master regulator of cell secretion in mammalian cells, we stably expressed red fluorescent forms of the human p180 var...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Bai JZ,Leung E,Holloway H,Krissansen GW

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional kinesin is an ATPase-active motor protein that is involved in the microtubule-dependent transport of cytoplasmic cargoes. The present paper provides a condensed overview on kinesin-1 and its motility generation outside a living cell. Moreover, it demonstrates that the neuron-specific kinesin KIF5A enables...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Böhm KJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost universally, the effective stimulus for mammalian 9+0 primary cilia has been taken to be bending. In this article I point out that in several physiological contexts there is great advantage in detecting pressure differences across the cell wall, i.e. axially directed forces pushing fluid to and fro through the ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Bell A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the cytoplasmic structure reorganization during plant meiosis, the male meiocytes of Althaea rosea (L.) Cavan were examined under the combination of light and electron microscopy. Light microscopic observation of the toluidine blue-stained thick resin sections of young anthers revealed that the meiocyt...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Luo XJ,Liu XH,Wang CY,Wang XY

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I diabetes is characterized by the deficiency of endocrine beta cells in the pancreatic islets of Langerhans and transplantation of islet cells can be an effective therapeutic approach. Embryonic stem cells can be differentiated into any cell type, and therefore represent an unlimited source of islet cells for th...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Chen C,Zhang Y,Sheng X,Huang C,Zang YQ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular pathogen, replicating only within a specialized membrane-bounded cytoplasmic vacuole, the parasitophorous vacuole (PV), which interacts with host cell mitochondria. High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), a known nuclear transcription factor, also may be involved in pathologic...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Stumbo AC,Cortez E,Rodrigues CA,Henriques Md,Porto LC,Barbosa HS,Carvalho L

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been withdrawn consistent with Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Wang H,Huang Y

更新日期：2008-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of NO in its environment may vary considerably depending on various factors. This study shows oxidative mechanism of cellular membrane alterations, which is not associated with triggering of ONOOH generation but is induced by pure NO. Our investigation examined the influence of low concentration of NO (0.1...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Brzeszczynska J,Gwozdzinski K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An effect of magnesium on calcium-induced depolarisation of mitochondrial transmembrane potential (DeltaPsi(m)) was investigated. Depending on the presence of Mg(2+), addition of Ca(2+) to suspension of isolated rat heart mitochondria induced either reversible depolarisation or irreversible collapse of succinate-drive...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Racay P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a compression median nerve neuropathy common in women at menopausal age. The aim of this work was to study immunohistochemically the expression of estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) receptors in CTS and control specimens. Biopsies of transverse carpal ligament (TCL) and flexor tendon s...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Toesca A,Pagnotta A,Zumbo A,Sadun R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rb/E2F regulates many genes that encode proteins required for the cell cycle. Using affymetrix microarrays we previously identified genes regulated by the Rb proteins p130 and p107, many of which are involved in the cell cycle. Several genes with unknown functions were also repressed by p130 and p107, of which some ha...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Date DA,Jacob CJ,Bekier ME,Stiff AC,Jackson MW,Taylor WR

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to obtain membrane-bound alkaline phosphatase from osteoblastic-like cells of human alveolar bone. Cells were obtained by enzymatic digestion and maintained in primary culture in osteogenic medium until subconfluence. First passage cells were cultured in the same medium and at 7, 14, and 21 d...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Simão AM,Beloti MM,Rosa AL,de Oliveira PT,Granjeiro JM,Pizauro JM,Ciancaglini P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a malignant tumour of keratinising epidermal cells. This type of skin cancer is the second leading cause of death after melanoma, and it is the second most common type of non-melanoma skin cancer after basal cell carcinoma. The cellular and molecular events involved in the pr...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Salehi Z,Mashayekhi F,Shahosseini F

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the molecular basis by which nonpermissive temperature (NPT) induces cell differentiation in Sertoli TTE3 cells harboring temperature-sensitive SV40 large T-antigen, we performed global scale microarray and computational gene network analyses. In TTE3 cells, inactivation of the large T-antigen by a NPT at ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Tabuchi Y,Takasaki I,Suto A,Kondo T,Suzuki Y,Obinata M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is a positive regulator in proliferation and differentiation of skeletal muscle cells, while myostatin (MSTN) is a member of transforming growth factor beta superfamily that acts as a negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass. The present study was performed to detail whether a co...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Miyake M,Hayashi S,Sato T,Taketa Y,Watanabe K,Hayashi S,Tanaka S,Ohwada S,Aso H,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00