Genome-wide Analysis of BP1 Transcriptional Targets in Breast Cancer Cell...
Homeobox genes are known to be critically important in tumor development and progression. The BP1 (Beta Protein 1) gene, an isoform of DLX4, belongs to the Distal-less (DLX) subfamily of homeobox...
View ArticleUsing Profiles Based on Nucleotide Hydrophobicity to Define Essential Regions...
The splice-site sequences of U2-type introns are highly degenerate, so many different sequences can function as U2-type splice sites. Using our new profiles based on hydrophobicity properties we...
View ArticleBRCA1, Hormone, and Tissue-Specific Tumor Suppression
Germline mutations of BRCA1 predispose women to breast and ovarian cancers. Elucidating molecular mechanism of tissue- and gender-specific phenomena in BRCA1-related tumors is a key to our...
View ArticleDifferential display of expressed genes reveals a novel function of SFRS18 in...
Intramuscular fat (IMF) content plays a key role in establishing pork quality. In the present study, differential-display reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (DDRT-PCR) was used to...
View ArticleMolecular cloning and characterization of pigeon (Columba liva) ubiquitin and...
In the study of the regulation of incubation, broodiness and laying performance in pigeons (Columba liva), a cDNA library, which was enriched with full-length brooding-related genes, was constructed...
View ArticleNon-Classical P38 Map Kinase Functions: Cell Cycle Checkpoints and Survival
The p38 MAPK kinase pathway is activated in response to a wide range of cellular stress stimuli and cytokines. Our understanding of the important functions of p38 MAPK in the process of...
View ArticleFree tyrosine and tyrosine-rich peptide-dependent superoxide generation...
Previously, generation of superoxide anion (O2•-) catalyzed by Cu-binding peptides derived from human prion protein (model sequence for helical Cu-binding motif VNITKQHTVTTTT was most active) in the...
View ArticleSpolvlgA is a DDX3/PL10-related DEAD-box RNA helicase expressed in...
Planarian flatworms have an impressive regenerative power. Although their embryonic development is still poorly studied and is highly derived it still displays some simple characteristics. We have...
View ArticleSTAT2*C related genotypes and allele but not TLR4 and CD40 gene polymorphisms...
Objective: Asthma is caused by a complex interaction between multiple genes and environmental factors. Herein we aimed to investigate whether signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT2),...
View ArticleAberrant p63 and WT-1 expression in myoepithelial cells of...
Our recent studies revealed that focal alterations in breast myoepithelial cell layers significantly impact the biological presentation of associated epithelial cells. As pregnancy-associated breast...
View ArticleThe Fascinating World of RNA Interference
Micro- and short-interfering RNAs represent small RNA family that are recognized as critical regulatory species across the eukaryotes. Recent high-throughput sequencing have revealed two more hidden...
View ArticleDifferential expression of neurotrophins in postnatal C57BL/6 mice striatum
Neurotrophin expression in early stages of development is crucial for brain assembly and function. In particular, postnatal expression of neurotrophins has not been well documented in the neostriatum...
View ArticleAssay Validation for KIM-1: human urinary renal dysfunction biomarker
Urinary kidney injury molecule (KIM-1) is a sensitive quantitative biomarker for early detection of kidney tubular injury. The objective of the present work was to analytically validate this urinary...
View ArticleAntitumor Activity of T Cells Generated from Lymph Nodes Draining the...
The successful use of tumor-draining lymph nodes (TDLN) as a source of effector cells for cancer immunotherapy depends largely on the immunogenicity of the tumor drained by the lymph nodes as well as...
View ArticleSIRT1, Is It a Tumor Promoter or Tumor Suppressor?
SIRT1 has been considered as a tumor promoter because of its increased expression in some types of cancers and its role in inactivating proteins that are involved in tumor suppression and DNA damage...
View ArticleActivity of Chitosans in combination with antibiotics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Chitosan and its derivative water soluble Chitosan oligosaccharide are used in a variety of applications in pharmaceutical preparations. In this study, 2 wild (ATCC 15729 and PAO1) and 2 mutant...
View ArticleUnderstanding Quantitative Genetics in the Systems Biology Era
Biology is now entering the new era of systems biology and exerting a growing influence on the future development of various disciplines within life sciences. In early classical and molecular periods...
View ArticleDeveloping tTA Transgenic Rats for Inducible and Reversible Gene Expression
To develop transgenic lines for conditional expression of desired genes in rats, we generated several lines of the transgenic rats carrying the tetracycline-controlled transactivator (tTA) gene. Using...
View ArticleAssociation between Apoptotis and CD4+/CD8+ T-Lymphocyte Ratio in Aseptic...
Particle-induced osteolysis is a major cause of aseptic loosening after total joint replacement. While the osteolytic cascade initiated by cytokine release from macrophages has been studied...
View ArticleBMP-13 Emerges as a Potential Inhibitor of Bone Formation
Bone morphogenetic protein-13 (BMP-13) plays an important role in skeletal development. In the light of a recent report that mutations in the BMP-13 gene are associated with spine vertebral fusion in...
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