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Depletion of Plasmodium berghei plasmoredoxin reveals a non-essential role for life cycle progression of the malaria parasite

Proliferation of the pathogenic Plasmodium asexual blood stages in host erythrocytes requires an exquisite capacity to protect the malaria parasite against oxidative stress. This function is achieved by a complex antioxidant defence system composed...

Authors: Buchholz K, Rahlfs S, Schirmer RH, Becker K, Matuschewski K

Changes in cardiac lipid metabolism during sepsis: the essential role of very low-density lipoprotein receptors

OBJECTIVE: Sepsis accompanies myocardial dysfunction and dynamic alterations of cardiac metabolism. We have recently demonstrated that the very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDL-R), which is abundantly expressed in the heart, plays a key role in...

Authors: Jia L, Takahashi M, Morimoto H, Takahashi S, Izawa A, Ise H, Iwasaki T, Hattori H, Wu KJ, Ikeda U

B-MYB is essential for normal cell cycle progression and chromosomal stability of embryonic stem cells

BACKGROUND: The transcription factor B-Myb is present in all proliferating cells, and in mice engineered to remove this gene, embryos die in utero just after implantation due to inner cell mass defects. This lethal phenotype has generally been...

Authors: Tarasov KV, Tarasova YS, Tam WL, Riordon DR, Elliott ST, Kania G, Li J, Yamanaka S, Crider DG, Testa...

Genetic analysis of SH2D4A, a novel adapter protein related to T cell-specific adapter and adapter protein in lymphocytes of unknown function, reveals a redundant function in T cells

T cell-specific adapter (TSAd) protein and adapter protein in lymphocytes of unknown function (ALX) are two related Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing signaling adapter molecules that have both been shown to regulate TCR signal transduction in T...

Authors: Lapinski PE, Oliver JA, Kamen LA, Hughes ED, Saunders TL, King PD

Regulation of dendritic excitability by activity-dependent trafficking of the A-type K+ channel subunit Kv4.2 in hippocampal neurons

Voltage-gated A-type K+ channel Kv4.2 subunits are highly expressed in the dendrites of hippocampal CA1 neurons. However, little is known about the subcellular distribution and trafficking of Kv4.2-containing channels. Here we provide evidence for...

Authors: Kim J, Jung SC, Clemens AM, Petralia RS, Hoffman DA

Activation of phospholipase D by 8-Br-cAMP occurs through novel pathway involving Src, Ras, and ERK in human endometrial stromal cells

We investigated the mechanism of 8-Br-cAMP-mediated phospholipase D (PLD) activation using a primary cell culture system of human endometrial stromal cells (ES cells). PLD activity was increased by the treatment of ES cells with 8-Br-cAMP, maximally...

Authors: Yoon MS, Koo JB, Hwang JH, Lee KS, Han JS

ICOS ligation recruits the p50alpha PI3K regulatory subunit to the immunological synapse

ICOS ligation in concert with TCR stimulation results in strong PI3K activation in T lymphocytes. The ICOS cytoplasmic tail contains an YMFM motif that binds the p85alpha subunit of class IA PI3K, similar to the YMNM motif of CD28, suggesting a...

Authors: Fos C, Salles A, Lang V, Carrette F, Audebert S, Pastor S, Ghiotto M, Olive D, Bismuth G, Nunes JA

A reassessment of the inhibitory capacity of human FKBP38 on calcineurin

The microbial peptidomacrolide FK506 affects many eukaryotic developmental and cell signaling programs via calcineurin inhibition. Prior formation of a complex between FK506 and intracellular FK506-binding proteins (FKBPs) is the precondition for the...

Authors: Weiwad M, Edlich F, Erdmann F, Jarczowski F, Kilka S, Dorn M, Pechstein A, Fischer G

Selection of the alternative exon 1 from the cd5 gene down-regulates membrane level of the protein in B lymphocytes

The human cd5 gene has two alternative exons 1: exon 1A (E1A) which encodes the full-length (FL) CD5 protein and exon 1B (E1B) which encodes a truncated (TR) isoform. The FL variant of CD5 protein is translocated to the plasma membrane, while its TR...

Authors: Garaud S, Le Dantec C, Berthou C, Lydyard PM, Youinou P, Renaudineau Y

The novel gene fad104, containing a fibronectin type III domain, has a significant role in adipogenesis

A novel gene named fad104 (factor for adipocyte differentiation-104), whose expression level quickly increased in the early stage of adipogenesis, was isolated and characterized. The deduced amino acid sequence of fad104 revealed the possible...

Authors: Tominaga K, Kondo C, Johmura Y, Nishizuka M, Imagawa M

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