Search Results - "McManaman, J. L."
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Functional regulation of xanthine oxidoreductase expression and localization in the mouse mammary gland: evidence of a role in lipid secretion
Published in The Journal of physiology (01-12-2002)“…Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR), a key enzyme of purine metabolism, has been implicated in the secretion of the milk fat droplet in lactating mammary epithelial…”
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Cachectic effect of ciliary neurotrophic factor on innervated skeletal muscle
Published in The American journal of physiology (01-11-1996)“…Recombinant human ciliary neurotrophic factor (rh-CNTF) was reported to attenuate skeletal muscle wasting in rats after unilateral transection of the sciatic…”
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Mouse Mammary Gland Xanthine Oxidoreductase: Purification, Characterization, and Regulation
Published in Archives of biochemistry and biophysics (15-11-1999)“…Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) has been purified from lactating mouse mammary tissue and its properties and developmental expression have been characterized…”
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Lactogenic Hormones Regulate Xanthine Oxidoreductase and β-Casein Levels in Mammary Epithelial Cells by Distinct Mechanisms
Published in Archives of biochemistry and biophysics (15-01-2000)“…Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is a prominent component of the milk lipid globule, whose concentration is selectively increased in mammary epithelial cells…”
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Biochemical Characterization of a Beta Cell Membrane Fraction Antigenic for Autoreactive T Cell Clones
Published in Journal of autoimmunity (01-06-2000)“…The two NOD-derived T cell clones, BDC-2.5 and BDC-6.9, are CD4+, Vβ4+, islet-specific, and diabetogenic. These two T cell clones show different response…”
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Peripheral nerve injury down-regulates CNTF expression in adult rat sciatic nerves
Published in Journal of neuroscience research (01-01-1992)“…Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is a 200-amino acid protein expressed in high concentrations by peripheral nerves and is thought to be important for the…”
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Reduction of Naturally Occurring Motoneuron Death in Vivo by a Target-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (13-05-1988)“…Treatment of chick embryos in ovo with crude and partially purified extracts from embryonic hindlimbs (days 8 to 9) during the normal cell death period (days 5…”
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Purification of a skeletal muscle polypeptide which stimulates choline acetyltransferase activity in cultured spinal cord neurons
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (25-04-1988)“…Extracts of rat skeletal muscle contain neurotrophic factors which stimulate the development of choline acetyltransferase in embryonic day 14 rat spinal cord…”
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Temporal and spatial expression of ciliary neurotrophic factor after peripheral nerve injury
Published in Experimental neurology (1993)“…Schwann cells in the intact sciatic nerve express high amounts of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF), but 7 days after injury to the nerve expression…”
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Activation of the human aldehyde oxidase (hAOX1) promoter by tandem cooperative Sp1/Sp3 binding sites: identification of complex architecture in the hAOX upstream DNA that includes a proximal promoter, distal activation sites, and a silencer element
Published in DNA and cell biology (01-08-2000)“…Aldehyde oxidase (AOX) is a member of the molybdenum iron-sulfur flavoproteins and is of interest for its role in clinical drug metabolism and as a source of…”
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Characterization of nerve growth factor binding to embryonic rat spinal cord neurons
Published in Journal of neuroscience research (01-10-1990)“…The binding of iodinated beta-nerve growth factor, [125I]-NGF, to embryonic (E16) rat spinal cord cells, was investigated to characterize the binding…”
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Regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression in IMR-32 neuroblastoma cells by basic fibroblast growth factor and ciliary neurotrophic factor
Published in Journal of neurochemistry (01-06-1995)“…The actions of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene expression were studied using…”
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Alcohol-induced breast cancer: a proposed mechanism
Published in Free radical biology & medicine (01-02-1999)“…Alcohol consumption increases the risk for breast cancer in women by still undefined means. Alcohol metabolism is known to produce reactive oxygen species…”
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Regulation of putative muscle-derived neurotrophic factors by muscle activity and innervation: in vivo and in vitro studies
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (01-09-1991)“…The normal embryonic development of spinal cord motoneurons (MNs) involves the proliferation of precursor cells followed by the degeneration of approximately…”
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Purification of Rat Liver Xanthine Oxidase and Xanthine Dehydrogenase by Affinity Chromatography on Benzamidine-Sepharose
Published in Archives of biochemistry and biophysics (01-08-1996)“…The oxidase form of xanthine dehydrogenase (XO; EC 1.1.3.22) has been purified approximately 200-fold from rat liver extracts using a three-step process of…”
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The N-terminal region of the human progesterone A-receptor. Structural analysis and the influence of the DNA binding domain
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (10-03-2000)“…The role of the N-terminal region in nuclear receptor function was addressed by a biochemical and biophysical analysis of the progesterone receptor A-isoform…”
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The N-terminal region of human progesterone B-receptors: biophysical and biochemical comparison to A-receptors
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (29-06-2001)“…To understand the basis for functional differences between the two human progesterone receptors (PR), we have carried out a detailed biochemical and…”
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Differential effects of neurotrophic factors on neurotransmitter development in the IMR-32 human neuroblastoma cell line
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (01-01-1992)“…The human neuroblastoma cell line IMR-32 exhibits both cholinergic and adrenergic properties. We have used IMR-32 cells to study the effects of CDF (CAT…”
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Transgenic mice expressing recombinant human protein C exhibit defects in lactation and impaired mammary gland development
Published in Transgenic research (01-06-2003)“…To determine if the production of recombinant human protein C (rHPC) could be increased in milk, we created two lines of mice homozygous for the mouse whey…”
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Preparation and affinity purification of a novel, biologically active, CNTF fusion protein
Published in Journal of neuroscience research (01-06-1994)“…A biologically active fusion protein comprising a short hydrophilic leader peptide fused to the N-terminus of rat CNTF was generated using commercially…”
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