Y Zhang

Summary

Affiliation: Boston University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Nuclear translocation of the N-terminal prodomain of interleukin-16
    Y Zhang
    Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Biol Chem 276:1299-303. 2001
  2. ncbi Processing and activation of pro-interleukin-16 by caspase-3
    Y Zhang
    Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Biol Chem 273:1144-9. 1998
  3. ncbi Subchondral bone marrow lesions are highly associated with, and predict subchondral bone attrition longitudinally: the MOST study
    F W Roemer
    Quantitative Imaging Center QIC, Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:47-53. 2010
  4. ncbi Change in MRI-detected subchondral bone marrow lesions is associated with cartilage loss: the MOST Study. A longitudinal multicentre study of knee osteoarthritis
    F W Roemer
    Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, FGH Building, 3 Floor, 820 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Ann Rheum Dis 68:1461-5. 2009
  5. ncbi A comparison of dedicated 1.0 T extremity MRI vs large-bore 1.5 T MRI for semiquantitative whole organ assessment of osteoarthritis: the MOST study
    F W Roemer
    Quantitative Imaging Center QIC, Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:168-74. 2010
  6. ncbi Change in cartilage morphometry: a sample of the progression cohort of the Osteoarthritis Initiative
    D J Hunter
    Division of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, 125 Parker Hill Ave, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    Ann Rheum Dis 68:349-56. 2009
  7. ncbi Conservation of structure and function between human and murine IL-16
    J Keane
    The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
    J Immunol 160:5945-54. 1998
  8. ncbi Knee alignment differences between Chinese and Caucasian subjects without osteoarthritis
    W F Harvey
    Boston University Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Ann Rheum Dis 67:1524-8. 2008
  9. ncbi Peripatellar synovitis: comparison between non-contrast-enhanced and contrast-enhanced MRI and association with pain. The MOST study
    M D Crema
    Department of Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA Department of Radiology, Hospital do Coração HCor, and Teleimagem, Sao Paulo, Brazil Electronic address
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 21:413-8. 2013
  10. ncbi Retinoblastoma protein modulates gankyrin-MDM2 in regulation of p53 stability and chemosensitivity in cancer cells
    W Qiu
    Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Oncogene 27:4034-43. 2008

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Publications102 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Nuclear translocation of the N-terminal prodomain of interleukin-16
    Y Zhang
    Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Biol Chem 276:1299-303. 2001
    ....
  2. ncbi Processing and activation of pro-interleukin-16 by caspase-3
    Y Zhang
    Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Biol Chem 273:1144-9. 1998
    ..Pro-IL-16 is a substrate for caspase-3, and cleavage by this enzyme releases biologically active IL-16 from its inactive precursor...
  3. ncbi Subchondral bone marrow lesions are highly associated with, and predict subchondral bone attrition longitudinally: the MOST study
    F W Roemer
    Quantitative Imaging Center QIC, Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:47-53. 2010
    ..The aim of this study was to evaluate the cross-sectional and longitudinal association of BMLs with SBA in the same subregion of the knee...
  4. ncbi Change in MRI-detected subchondral bone marrow lesions is associated with cartilage loss: the MOST Study. A longitudinal multicentre study of knee osteoarthritis
    F W Roemer
    Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, FGH Building, 3 Floor, 820 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Ann Rheum Dis 68:1461-5. 2009
    ..Additionally, to examine the association of change in BMLs from baseline to 30-month follow-up with the risk of cartilage loss in the same subregion at follow-up...
  5. ncbi A comparison of dedicated 1.0 T extremity MRI vs large-bore 1.5 T MRI for semiquantitative whole organ assessment of osteoarthritis: the MOST study
    F W Roemer
    Quantitative Imaging Center QIC, Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:168-74. 2010
    ..The aim of this study was to compare semi-quantitative (SQ) scoring on a 1.0 T system using 1.5 T MRI as the standard of reference...
  6. ncbi Change in cartilage morphometry: a sample of the progression cohort of the Osteoarthritis Initiative
    D J Hunter
    Division of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, 125 Parker Hill Ave, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    Ann Rheum Dis 68:349-56. 2009
    ..Our objective was to assess the rate of natural disease progression of cartilage morphometry measures from baseline to 1 year in knees with osteoarthritis (OA) from a subset of participants from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)...
  7. ncbi Conservation of structure and function between human and murine IL-16
    J Keane
    The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
    J Immunol 160:5945-54. 1998
    ..The data suggest cross-species conservation of IL-16 receptor structures as well. Inhibitory peptides may be useful in disease states where the proinflammatory functions of IL-16 are detrimental to the host...
  8. ncbi Knee alignment differences between Chinese and Caucasian subjects without osteoarthritis
    W F Harvey
    Boston University Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Ann Rheum Dis 67:1524-8. 2008
    ..We measured various knee alignment indices among Chinese and Caucasians and assessed whether these indices were different between the two racial groups...
  9. ncbi Peripatellar synovitis: comparison between non-contrast-enhanced and contrast-enhanced MRI and association with pain. The MOST study
    M D Crema
    Department of Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA Department of Radiology, Hospital do Coração HCor, and Teleimagem, Sao Paulo, Brazil Electronic address
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 21:413-8. 2013
    ....
  10. ncbi Retinoblastoma protein modulates gankyrin-MDM2 in regulation of p53 stability and chemosensitivity in cancer cells
    W Qiu
    Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Oncogene 27:4034-43. 2008
    ..These results indicate that Rb antagonizes gankyrin to inhibit MDM2-mediate p53 ubiquitination in cancer cells and suggest that the status of both p53 and Rb is important for efficacy of cancer chemotherapy...
  11. ncbi Cartilage loss occurs in the same subregions as subchondral bone attrition: a within-knee subregion-matched approach from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
    T Neogi
    Boston University School of Medicine, 650 Albany Street, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Suite X 200, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 61:1539-44. 2009
    ..We therefore evaluated whether SBA was associated with cartilage loss within the same subregion of the knee...
  12. ncbi Comparison of the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis between the elderly Chinese population in Beijing and whites in the United States: The Beijing Osteoarthritis Study
    Y Zhang
    Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 44:2065-71. 2001
    ..The prevalence in men was comparable. Possible explanations for these differences range from genetic differences to heavy physical activity among Chinese...
  13. ncbi The relation of femoral notch stenosis to ACL tears in persons with knee osteoarthritis
    V Stein
    Division of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:192-9. 2010
    ..The purpose of this study was to test if persons with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and ACL tears have smaller NWI independent of prior joint injury and osteophyte volume...
  14. ncbi Bone mass and the risk of colon cancer among postmenopausal women: the Framingham study
    Y Zhang
    Boston University Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 153:31-7. 2001
    ..033). No association was found between bone mass and rectal cancer. The findings suggest that women with higher bone mass, perhaps reflecting greater cumulative estrogen exposure, have a decreased risk of colon cancer...
  15. ncbi Bone mineral density and verbal memory impairment: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
    Y Zhang
    Boston University Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 154:795-802. 2001
    ..001). These results suggest that bone mineral density in the elderly is associated with verbal memory impairment. The mechanisms underlying this relation are not understood, but cumulative exposure to estrogen may play a role...
  16. ncbi Lineage-specific overexpression of the P2Y1 receptor induces platelet hyper-reactivity in transgenic mice
    B Hechler
    Department of Biochemistry, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    J Thromb Haemost 1:155-63. 2003
    ....
  17. ncbi Cell surface Trk receptors mediate NGF-induced survival while internalized receptors regulate NGF-induced differentiation
    Y Zhang
    Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    J Neurosci 20:5671-8. 2000
    ..Thus, interactions between Trk receptor tyrosine kinases and intracellular signaling molecules are dictated both by phosphotyrosine motifs within the receptors and by the intracellular location of phosphorylated receptors...
  18. ncbi Reproducible and inexpensive probe preparation for oligonucleotide arrays
    Y Zhang
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Nucleic Acids Res 29:E66-6. 2001
    ..Validation of this protocol is demonstrated by hybridizing PCR products with oligonucleotide-coated microspheres and PCR amplified cDNA with Affymetrix Cancer GeneChip microarrays...
  19. ncbi AIM-1 transgenic mice with a curly tail phenotype and its chromosome location
    D Chinnappan
    Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA 02118, USA
    Cytogenet Genome Res 98:231A. 2002
  20. ncbi Premorbid knee osteoarthritis is not characterised by diffuse thinness: the Framingham Osteoarthritis Study
    D J Hunter
    Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Ann Rheum Dis 67:1545-9. 2008
    ....
  21. ncbi Repression of AIM-1 kinase mRNA as part of a program of genes regulated by Mpl ligand
    Y Zhang
    Department of Biochemistry and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 282:844-9. 2001
    ..These data point to the potential importance of the transcriptional regulation of the AIM-1 gene for promoting megakaryocyte polyploidization...
  22. ncbi Longitudinal analysis of the relationship between serum insulin-like growth factor-I and radiographic knee osteoarthritis
    L Fraenkel
    Arthritis Center, Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 6:362-7. 1998
    ..To examine the relation between serum insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) levels and both incident and progressive radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) in the Framingham Osteoarthritis Study...
  23. ncbi Identification of a novel substitution in the constant region of a gene coding for an amyloidogenic kappa1 light chain
    J Wally
    Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1454:49-56. 1999
    ..Our findings indicate that further investigation is warranted into the contributions genetic polymorphisms and light chain constant regions may make to amyloidogenesis...
  24. ncbi One-step, highly efficient site-directed mutagenesis by toxic protein selection
    W Xu
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Biotechniques 32:1266-8, 1270. 2002
    ..Based on stringent selection through the toxic CcdB protein, mutagenesis efficiency of 90%-100% was reached even after one round of transformation...
  25. ncbi The association of meniscal damage with joint effusion in persons without radiographic osteoarthritis: the Framingham and MOST osteoarthritis studies
    F W Roemer
    Quantitative Imaging Center QIC, Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 17:748-53. 2009
    ..To assess the cross-sectional association between meniscal status and joint effusion on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in knees without radiographic osteoarthritis (OA)...
  26. ncbi Lewis blood group phenotype as an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease (the NHLBI Family Heart Study)
    R C Ellison
    Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Am J Cardiol 83:345-8. 1999
    ..We conclude that the Le(a-b-) phenotype is associated with an increased risk for CHD; its effect does not appear to act predominantly through conventional cardiovascular risk factors. At present, mechanisms of effect are unknown...
  27. ncbi Phenotypic and functional characteristics of macrophage-like cells differentiated in pro-inflammatory cytokine-containing cultures
    F F Hou
    Renal Division, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Immunol Cell Biol 78:205-13. 2000
    ..Elevated levels of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha in the inflammatory tissues may therefore not only prolong the survival of recruited monocytes, but maintain them in an inflammatory state...
  28. ncbi Psychological factors and their relation to osteoarthritis pain
    B L Wise
    University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:883-7. 2010
    ..We assessed associations between mental health and osteoarthritis (OA) pain...
  29. ncbi Disruption of IRS-2 causes type 2 diabetes in mice
    D J Withers
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Nature 391:900-4. 1998
    ..Our results indicate that dysfunction of IRS-2 may contribute to the pathophysiology of human type 2 diabetes...
  30. ncbi Elongation factor Ts of Chlamydia trachomatis: structure of the gene and properties of the protein
    Y Zhang
    Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    Arch Biochem Biophys 344:43-52. 1997
    ..coli elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu). These data show that the second gene of the identified cluster is tsf. Unlike EF-Ts from any other species, its activity was comparable to that of E. coli EF-Ts in exchange reaction with E. coli EF-Tu...
  31. ncbi Deregulated expression of c-myc in megakaryocytes of transgenic mice increases megakaryopoiesis and decreases polyploidization
    A Thompson
    Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02139, USA
    J Biol Chem 271:22976-82. 1996
    ..These transgenic mice represent a novel in vivo model for a Myc-induced myeloproliferative disorder which can be controlled...
  32. ncbi Exploring the relation of alcohol consumption to risk of breast cancer
    R C Ellison
    Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 154:740-7. 2001
    ..Cohort studies with less than 10 years of follow-up gave estimates 11% higher than cohort studies with longer follow-up periods. No meaningful difference was seen by menopausal status or type of beverage consumed...
  33. ncbi Diuretic initiation and the acute risk of hip fracture
    S D Berry
    Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife and Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Osteoporos Int 24:689-95. 2013
    ..No statistical association was found following the initiation of a comparator medication: ACE inhibitors. Awareness of these short-term risks may reduce hip fractures...
  34. ncbi Conservation of early odontogenic signaling pathways in Aves
    Y Chen
    Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97:10044-9. 2000
    ....
  35. ncbi Human keratinocytes express EMMPRIN, an extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer
    R DeCastro
    Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    J Invest Dermatol 106:1260-5. 1996
    ..These results establish the presence of EMMPRIN in the normal epidermis and raise the possibility of its involvement in regulation of matrix remodeling at the epidermal-dermal interface...
  36. ncbi Characterization of the mouse cyclin D3 gene: exon/intron organization and promoter activity
    Z Wang
    Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 02128, USA
    Genomics 35:156-63. 1996
    ..The characterization of the mouse cyclin D3 gene and insight into its promoter region will allow further studies defining the molecular events regulating the expression of this cyclin in proliferating and quiescent cells...
  37. ncbi Relation between dietary fiber consumption and fibrinogen and plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study
    L Djousse
    Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 02118, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 68:568-75. 1998
    ..39 for men and 0.36 for women). These data suggest that higher fiber intake is inversely associated with PAI-1, but not with fibrinogen concentration...
  38. ncbi Differential patterns of cocaine-induced organ toxicity in murine heart versus liver
    J F Wang
    The Charles A. Dana Research Institute and Harvard-Thorndike Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 226:52-60. 2001
    ..The results suggest that the liver is more sensitive than the heart to cocaine toxicity, and induction of apoptosis or TNF-alpha elevation may be a common mechanism responsible for cocaines toxicity...
  39. ncbi Nitric oxide-stimulated increase in extracellular adenosine accumulation in rat forebrain neurons in culture is associated with ATP hydrolysis and inhibition of adenosine kinase activity
    P A Rosenberg
    Department of Neurology and Program in Neuroscience, Children s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    J Neurosci 20:6294-301. 2000
    ..Furthermore, nitric oxide-stimulated adenosine accumulation may be important in the regulation of behavioral state...
  40. ncbi ARF promotes accumulation of retinoblastoma protein through inhibition of MDM2
    D L F Chang
    Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Oncogene 26:4627-34. 2007
    ..Thus, this study demonstrates that ARF plays a direct role in regulation of Rb and suggests that inactivation of ARF may lead to defects in both p53 and Rb pathways in human cancer development...
  41. ncbi An intermediate conductance K+ channel in the cell membrane of mouse intestinal smooth muscle
    F Vogalis
    Brockton West Roxbury VA Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 1400 VFW Parkway, Boston, MA 02132, USA
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1371:309-16. 1998
    ..Our results suggest that IK channels contribute significantly to the Ca2+-dependent K+ conductance in visceral smooth muscle...
  42. ncbi Common and contrasting genomic profiles among the major human lung cancer subtypes
    G Tonon
    Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 70:11-24. 2005
    ..These findings suggest that the AC and SCC subtypes may arise from a common cell of origin and they are driven to their distinct phenotypic end points by altered expression of a limited number of key genes such as p63...
  43. ncbi The association between patellar alignment and patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis features--an MRI study
    L Kalichman
    Boston University Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, 715 Albany St, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 46:1303-8. 2007
    ..The aim of our study was to evaluate the association between patellar alignment (using standard MRI images of extended knees) and MRI indices of patellofemoral (PF) osteoarthritis (OA) features...
  44. ncbi The related adhesion focal tyrosine kinase differentially phosphorylates p130Cas and the Cas-like protein, p105HEF1
    A Astier
    Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    J Biol Chem 272:19719-24. 1997
    ..These data suggest that RAFTK itself is sufficient for HEF1 phosphorylation, whereas a cooperation between RAFTK and Src kinases is required for the complete phosphorylation of p130(Cas)...
  45. ncbi Identification of an overlapping binding domain on Cdc20 for Mad2 and anaphase-promoting complex: model for spindle checkpoint regulation
    Y Zhang
    Department of Oncology, DNAX Research Institute, Palo Alto, California 94304 1104, USA
    Mol Cell Biol 21:5190-9. 2001
    ..Our experiments demonstrate that disruption of the Mad2-Cdc20 interaction perturbs the mitotic checkpoint, leading to premature activation of the APC, sensitizing the cells to the cytotoxic effects of microtubule-inhibiting drugs...
  46. ncbi Secretory expression of recombinant proteins in an attenuated Vibrio anguillarum strain for potential use in vaccines
    M Shao
    State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
    J Fish Dis 28:723-8. 2005
    ..In the case of GFP-HlyAs, nearly 70% of the total fusion protein was efficiently secreted into culture supernatant, and in the case of AngE-HlyAs, the secretion efficiency was determined to be about 300 microg L(-1) by Western blotting...
  47. ncbi Molecular cloning and characterization of chemokine-like factor 1 (CKLF1), a novel human cytokine with unique structure and potential chemotactic activity
    W Han
    Laboratory of Medical Immunology, School of Basic Medical Science, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100083, China
    Biochem J 357:127-35. 2001
    ..These results suggest that CKLF1 might have important roles in inflammation and in the regeneration of skeletal muscle...
  48. ncbi Human skeletal muscle insulin receptor substrate-1. Characterization of the cDNA, gene, and chromosomal localization
    E Araki
    Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    Diabetes 42:1041-54. 1993
    ..Thus, IRS-1 is widely expressed and highly conserved across species and tissues.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)..
  49. ncbi Methylation of histone H4 at arginine 3 facilitating transcriptional activation by nuclear hormone receptor
    H Wang
    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7295, USA
    Science 293:853-7. 2001
    ..Our finding reveals Arg 3 of H4 as a novel methylation site by PRMT1 and indicates that Arg 3 methylation plays an important role in transcriptional regulation...
  50. ncbi [Expression of pyruvate oxidase gene sopox from Streptococcus sanguis in E. coli]
    B Hou
    Department of Periodontology, School of Stomatology, WCUMS, Chengdu 610041, China
    Hua Xi Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 32:15-7. 2001
    ..CONCLUSION: Sopox was successfully cloned into pBV220 and expressed in E. coli JM105...
  51. ncbi Cloning and expression of a single-chain catalytic antibody that acts as a glutathione peroxidase mimic with high catalytic efficiency
    X Ren
    Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Spectroscopy, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China
    Biochem J 359:369-74. 2001
    ....
  52. ncbi A novel Bacillus thuringiensis strain LLB6, isolated from bryophytes, and its new cry2Ac-type gene
    L L Zhang
    Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, P R China
    Lett Appl Microbiol 44:301-7. 2007
    ..To isolate and characterize the novel Bacillus thuringiensis strains from bryophytes collected from Wuyi Mountain, Fujian Province of China, and identify new B. thuringiensis strains and toxins active against mosquitoes...
  53. ncbi Combination therapy for treating breast cancer using antiestrogen, ERA-923, and the mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor, temsirolimus
    T M Sadler
    Department of Oncology, Wyeth Research, 401 North Middle Town Road, Pearl River, New York, New York 10965, USA
    Endocr Relat Cancer 13:863-73. 2006
    ..Results demonstrated for the first time that the combination of temsirolimus and a pure antiestrogen has excellent anticancer activity in preclinical models and, therefore, may have clinical use in treating hormone-dependent tumors...
  54. ncbi Urogenital distribution of a mouse membrane-associated prostaglandin E(2) synthase
    Y Guan
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37212, USA
    Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 281:F1173-7. 2001
    ..In conclusion, mPGES is constitutively expressed along the urogenital tract, where it may have important roles in normal physiology and disease...
  55. ncbi Urinary pentosidine does not predict cartilage loss among subjects with symptomatic knee OA: the BOKS Study
    D J Hunter
    Boston University Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 15:93-7. 2007
    ..We used data from a longitudinal observation study to determine if urinary pentosidine could serve as a marker to predict cartilage loss...
  56. ncbi [Introduction of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin gene in a recombinant E. coli for PHB production]
    H Yu
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
    Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 41:548-52. 2001
    ..The higher amounts of VHb could be got correspond to the lower level of DO. Because of the introduction of vgb, cell growth and PHB accumulation of VG1 (pTU14) were all strongly promoted during the process of batch culture...
  57. ncbi Trapeziometacarpal subluxation predisposes to incident trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis (OA): the Framingham Study
    D J Hunter
    Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, and Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage 13:953-7. 2005
    ..However, as yet there have been no longitudinal evaluations to determine if this hypothesis is true. We examined the relation of radial subluxation to the risk of radiographic OA at trapeziometacarpal joint...
  58. ncbi Symmetry and clustering of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in elderly men and women: the Framingham Study
    J Niu
    Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 42:343-8. 2003
    ..The goal of this study was to study patterns of joint involvement in symptomatic hand OA among elderly Caucasian men and women...
  59. ncbi siRNA targeting the leader sequence of SARS-CoV inhibits virus replication
    T Li
    Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Institute of Biomedicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
    Gene Ther 12:751-61. 2005
    ..This report provides evidence that targeting Leader sequence using siRNA could be a powerful tool in inhibiting SARS-CoV replication...
  60. ncbi FlaC, a protein of Campylobacter jejuni TGH9011 (ATCC43431) secreted through the flagellar apparatus, binds epithelial cells and influences cell invasion
    Y C Song
    Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, Medical Science Building, 1 King's College Circle, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
    Mol Microbiol 53:541-53. 2004
    ..Invasion of HEp-2 cells by flaC null mutants was reduced to a level of 14% compared with wild type, suggesting that FlaC plays an important role in cell invasion...
  61. ncbi Identification of the motif in versican G3 domain that plays a dominant-negative effect on astrocytoma cell proliferation through inhibiting versican secretion and binding
    Y Wu
    Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
    J Biol Chem 276:14178-86. 2001
    ..The effect seems to depend on the expression efficiency of G3DeltaEGF, and it occurred via the carbohydrate recognition domain...
  62. ncbi Location of the nupC gene on the physical map of Escherichia coli K-12
    Y Zhang
    Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
    J Bacteriol 174:5758-9. 1992
  63. ncbi Expression and functional characterization of Escherichia coli NusA and lambda Q as glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins
    Y Zhang
    Department of Botany Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman 73019, USA
    Protein Expr Purif 6:625-31. 1995
    ....
  64. ncbi Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis thiC operon involved in thiamine biosynthesis
    Y Zhang
    Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
    J Bacteriol 179:3030-5. 1997
    ..Transcription of the thiC operon is not regulated by thiamine or 2-methyl-4-amino-5-hydroxymethylpyrimidine and is only slightly repressed by 4-methyl-5-(beta-hydroxyethyl)thiazole...
  65. ncbi Cloning, expression, and regulation of rabbit cyclooxygenase-2 in renal medullary interstitial cells
    Y Guan
    Division of Nephrology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    Am J Physiol 273:F18-26. 1997
    ..Phorbol ester also upregulated immunoreactive COX2. Constitutive COX2 in these tissues has important implications for side effects of COX2-selective inhibitors...
  66. ncbi Immunodominant major outer membrane proteins of Ehrlichia chaffeensis are encoded by a polymorphic multigene family
    N Ohashi
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210 1093, USA
    Infect Immun 66:132-9. 1998
    ..chaffeensis. These findings suggest that the 30-kDa-range proteins of E. chaffeensis represent a family of antigenically related homologous proteins encoded by a single gene family...
  67. ncbi Mutational analysis of the roles of residues in Escherichia coli elongation factor Ts in the interaction with elongation factor Tu
    Y Zhang
    Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 3290, USA
    J Biol Chem 273:4556-62. 1998
    ..Mutations prepared in EF-Tu indicate that His-19 and Gln-114 but not Glu-348 in EF-Tu are moderately important for its interaction with EF-Ts...
  68. ncbi The catalase-peroxidase gene and isoniazid resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Y Zhang
    MRC Tuberculosis and Related Infections Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
    Nature 358:591-3. 1992
    ..Deletion of katG from the chromosome was associated with INH resistance in two patient isolates of M. tuberculosis...
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    Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA
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    Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, Australia
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    Department of Botany Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman 73019
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    Department of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093 0665, USA
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    Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin Madison 53706, USA
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    Department of Chemistry, Campus Box 3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3290, USA
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    Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York 10016, USA
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    Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
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    Division of Basic Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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    Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 0005, USA
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    Department of Microbiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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    Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York, 10461, USA
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    Laboratory of Cell Biology, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 0301, USA
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    IPMC du CNRS, UMR6097, Valbonne, France
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    Department of Immunology, , SE-901 85, , Sweden
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    Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels, Belgium
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    Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7295, USA
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    Oncology and Molecular Endocrinology Research Center, CHUQ PCHUL and Laval University, Quebec, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada
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    Regulatory Biology Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore, 30 Medical Drive, Singapore 117609, Republic of Singapore
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    Department of Microbiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06032, USA
    J Bacteriol 182:613-9. 2000
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    Departments of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
    J Bacteriol 182:983-92. 2000
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    H Xin
    306 Health Sciences Research Building, Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    Nucleic Acids Res 28:2847-54. 2000
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  98. ncbi Regulation of expression of phospholipase D1 and D2 by PEA-15, a novel protein that interacts with them
    Y Zhang
    Department of Pharmacology and the Institute for Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8651, USA
    J Biol Chem 275:35224-32. 2000
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    Department of Pharmacology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe 650 0017, Japan
    J Biol Chem 275:35600-6. 2000
    ..These data suggest that fission yeast PI(4)P5K Its3 functions coordinately with calcineurin and plays a key role in cytokinesis, and that the plasma membrane localization of Its3 is the crucial event in cytokinesis...
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    S Conlan
    Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, The Texas A and M University System Health Science Center, College Station, Texas 77843 1114, USA
    Biochemistry 39:11845-54. 2000
    ..The availability of milligram amounts of a monomeric porin will be useful both for basic studies of porin function and for membrane protein engineering...
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    Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Aoba ku, Sendai 981 8555, Japan
    J Biochem 128:665-71. 2000
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