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HspB2/Myotonic Dystrophy Protein Kinase Binding Protein (MKBP) as a Novel Molecular Chaperone: Structural and Functional Aspects

The small heat shock protein, human HspB2, also known as Myotonic Dystrophy Kinase Binding Protein (MKBP), specifically associates with and activates Myotonic Dystrophy Protein Kinase (DMPK), a serine/threonine protein kinase that plays an important...

Authors: Prabhu S, Raman B, Ramakrishna T, Rao ChM

Regional differences in susceptibiity of bronchial epithelium to mesenchymal transition and inhibition by the macrolide antibiotic azithromycin

OBJECTIVE: Dysregulated repair following epithelial injury is a key forerunner of disease in many organs, and the acquisition of a mesenchymal phenotype by the injured epithelial cells (epithelial to mesenchymal transition, EMT) may serve as a source...

Authors: Banerjee B, Musk M, Sutanto EN, Yerkovich ST, Hopkins P, Knight DA, Lindsey-Temple S, Stick SM,...

Research Resource: The androgen receptor modulates expression of genes with critical roles in muscle development and function

Androgen signaling through the androgen receptor (AR), a ligand-dependent transcription factor within the steroid receptor superfamily, plays an important role in the development and maintenance of many tissues. In muscle, androgens act as anabolic...

Authors: Wyce A, Bai Y, Nagpal S, Thompson CC

Continuous mild heat stress induces differentiation of mammalian myoblasts, shifting fiber type from fast to slow

Local hyperthermia has been widely used as physical therapy for a number of diseases such as inflammatory osteoarticular disorders, tendinitis, and muscle injury. Local hyperthermia is clinically applied to improve blood and lymphatic flow to...

Authors: Yamaguchi T, Suzuki T, Arai H, Tanabe S, Atomi Y

Endometrial regenerative cells: a novel stem cell population.

Angiogenesis is a critical component of the proliferative endometrial phase of the menstrual cycle. Thus, we hypothesized that a stem cell-like population exist and can be isolated from menstrual blood. Mononuclear cells collected from the menstrual...

Authors: Meng X, Ichim TE, Zhong J, Rogers A, Yin Z, Jackson J, Wang H, Ge W, Bogin V, Chan KW, Thébaud B,...

Pre-microRNA and mature microRNA in human mitochondria

BACKGROUND: Because of the central functions of the mitochondria in providing metabolic energy and initiating apoptosis on one hand and the role that microRNA (miRNA) play in gene expression, we hypothesized that some miRNA could be present in the...

Authors: Barrey E, Saint-Auret G, Bonnamy B, Damas D, Boyer O, Gidrol X

Postnatal catch-up growth after fetal protein restriction programs proliferation of rat preadipocytes.

We studied the in vitro proliferation and differentiation of rat preadipocytes to investigate whether catch-up growth after prenatal protein restriction may program adipose precursor cells leading to development of increased adipose tissue mass....

Authors: Vanesa V. Bol1, Brigitte M. Reusens1 and Claude A. Remacle1

Role of follistatin in promoting adipogenesis in women

CONTEXT: Follistatin is a glycoprotein that binds and neutralizes biological activities of TGFbeta superfamily members including activin and myostatin. We previously identified by expression profiling that follistatin levels in white adipose tissue...

Authors: Flanagan JN, Linder K, Mejhert N, Dungner E, Wahlen K, Decaunes P, Rydén M, Björklund P, Arver S,...

Inhibition of the Notch-Hey1 Axis Blocks Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma Tumorigenesis

PURPOSE: Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of childhood and remains refractory to combined-modality therapy in patients with high risk disease. In skeletal myogenesis, Notch signaling prevents muscle differentiation and...

Authors: Belyea BC, Naini S, Bentley RC, Linardic CM

Lotus leaf extract and L-carnitine influence different processes during the adipocyte life cycle

BACKGROUND: The cellular and molecular mechanisms of adipose tissue biology have been studied extensively over the last two decades. Adipose tissue growth involves both an increase in fat cell size and the formation of mature adipocytes from...

Authors: Siegner R, Heuser S, Holtzmann U, Söhle J, Schepky A, Raschke T, Stäb F, Wenck H, Winnefeld M.

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