Search Results - "Leung Tack, J."
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Modulation of phagocytosis-associated respiratory burst by human cystatin C: role of the N-terminal tetrapeptide Lys-Pro-Pro-Arg
Published in Experimental cell research (01-05-1990)“…Cystatin C, a cysteine protease inhibitor, has recently been suggested to be a potent regulator in inflammatory processes. Human cystatin C was isolated from…”
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Neutrophil chemotactic activity is modulated by human cystatin C, an inhibitor of cysteine proteases
Published in Inflammation (01-06-1990)“…Cystatin C, a cysteine proteinase inhibitor has recently been suggested to be a potent regulator of inflammatory processes and may act in defense against viral…”
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Cystatin C secretion by rat glomerular mesangial cells: autocrine loop for in vitro growth-promoting activity
Published in Biochemical and biophysical research communications (14-02-1992)“…Cystatin C, the major inhibitor of the cysteine proteinases found in human and rat body fluids, is particularly abundant in seminal plasma and cerebrospinal…”
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Comparison of B1 and B2 receptor activation on intracellular calcium, cell proliferation, and extracellular collagen secretion in mesangial cells from normal and diabetic rats
Published in Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology (01-07-1995)“…The mesangial cell is a contractile secreting cell found in a key position in the renal glomerulus. Several kidney and systemic diseases are associated with…”
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Antitumor activity of Z-ajoene, a natural compound purified from garlic: antimitotic and microtubule-interaction properties
Published in Carcinogenesis (New York) (01-04-2002)“…Ajoene, a garlic stable oil-soluble sulfur rich compound was generally isolated as a mixture of two isomers [(E, Z)-4,5,9-trithiadodeca-1,6,11-triene-9-oxide]…”
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Chemotaxis for polymorphonuclear leucocytes induced by soluble antigen- antibody complexes
Published in Immunology (01-12-1977)“…Guinea-pig soluble immune complexes formed either by simply mixing antibody and antigen in excess or by redissolving a washed immune precipitate with antigen,…”
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Z-Ajoene Induces Apoptosis of HL-60 Cells: Involvement of Bcl-2 Cleavage
Published in Nutrition and cancer (01-01-2002)“…Garlic organosulfur components exhibit antitumor activity, but the molecular mechanisms underlying these effects have not been well characterized. We showed…”
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Human 76p: A New Member of the γ-Tubulin-Associated Protein Family
Published in The Journal of cell biology (15-11-1999)“…The role of the centrosomes in microtubule nucleation remains largely unknown at the molecular level. γ-Tubulin and the two associated proteins h103p (hGCP2)…”
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Chemotaxis inhibition induced in polymorphonuclear neutrophils by soluble immune complexes
Published in International archives of allergy and applied immunology (01-01-1979)“…Complement-independent chemotactic factor(s) may be generated in fresh guinea pig serum by contact with soluble Ab1Ag1 immune complexes. This activated serum…”
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Tissue and biological fluid distribution of cysteine proteinases inhibitor: rat cystatin C
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Rat cystatin C: inhibitor of granulocyte phagocytic functions
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29 Renal complications in a new non-insulino-dependent diabetes model: glomerular mesangial cell abnormalities
Published in Cell biology and toxicology (01-12-1996)Get full text
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Decrease of bradykinin-induced glomerular contraction in diabetic rat: a new cellular interpretation
Published in European journal of cell biology (01-07-1997)“…The contractile response to bradykinin (BK), measured by the reduction of the planar surface area, was studied in glomeruli and mesangial cells (MC) isolated…”
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28 Effects of passage in culture on phenotype modulations of normal and diabetic mesangial cells
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Loss of differences in mesangial cell phenotype between diabetic and normal rats: Role of culture passages
Published in Biology of the cell (1996)“…In mesangial cells (MC) isolated from streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat kidneys, sensitivity to bradykinin (BK) for the induction of cell division and…”
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Relationship between cellular adhesiveness and metastatic activity in polyomavirus-transformed FR3T3 rat cell lines
Published in International journal of cancer (15-12-1988)“…A series of polyomavirus-transformed rat cells with varying tumorigenic potential were tested for biophysical parameters possibly related to metastatic…”
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Alloantibody bipolar bridging; a new mechanism of cell surface activation
Published in Immunology letters (01-01-1982)“…Bipolar bridging of cellular membrane receptors and epitopes by alloantibodies (Fab bridging the MHC antigens and Fc the Fc receptors) has been shown on a…”
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Cystatin C levels in sera of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. A new avidin-biotin ELISA assay for its measurement
Published in Journal of immunoassay (Monticello, N.Y.) (01-03-1992)“…A solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for determining human serum cystatin C is described. In 50 normal samples, cystatin C concentration was…”
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