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Proteomics Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . November 14th, 2005

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Apoptosis - Ceramide activates a mitochondrial p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase

Proteomics - Chaperone-like activity of MTB Hsp16.3 does not require its intact structures

Proteomics - P-gp expression, but not BCRP, upregulated in early pregnancy to protect fetus

Proteomics - Proteomics of rheumatology are analyzed

Allergy & Immunology - Mnks role in cytokine regulation indicates value as new anti-inflammatory target

Allergy Medicine - Recent findings in allergy medicine provide new insights

Alzheimer Disease - Findings in Alzheimer disease provide new insights

Aneurysms - Decreased expression of fibulin-5 correlates with reduced elastin in thoracic aortic dissection

Angiology - C-reactive protein elevation correlates with accelerated atherogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis

Angiology - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of angiology

Cancer Therapy - Recent findings illuminate research in cancer therapy

Angiotensin - Simvastatin therapy normalizes sympathetic neural control in experimental heart failure

Anorexia Nervosa - Adiponectin levels not linked to changes in fat mass or BMI in anorexia

Anthrax Vaccine Development - Monoclonal antibody protects against anthrax toxin

Apoptosis - Alpha-tocopheryl succinate selectively induced apoptosis in neuroblastoma cells

Apoptosis - Anti-apoptotic and malignancy-causing protein Mcl-1 inhibited mitochondrial Ca2+ signals

Apoptosis - Downregulation of survivin diminishes radioresistance of pancreatic cancer cells

Cancer Vaccines - New findings in the area of cancer vaccines described

Apoptosis - Glycolysis linked to apoptosis

Apoptosis - Reports advance knowledge in apoptosis research

Assisted Reproduction - Chromosomal abnormalities found in pregnancies conceived with technologies

Asthma - Studies add new findings to asthma body of knowledge

Atherosclerosis Vaccine Development - Chimeric enzyme vaccine attenuated atherosclerosis in rabbit model

Autoimmune Disease - MRCP imaging of the MPD helps diagnose pancreatitis with autoimmune phenomenon, but a negative result does not preclude such diagnosis

Cancer Vaccines - Reports describe recent advances in cancer vaccines research

Bacteriology -  S. aureus PNAG production needed for virulence in murine models of systemic infection

Biomarkers - Apolipoprotein D downregulated during malignant transformation of neurofibromas

Biomedical Engineering -  Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor SCO4010 appears to be a pseudogene

Biomedical Engineering - Cryopreserved skin substitutes release cytokines essential for wound healing

Biomedical Engineering - Infrared spectroscopy and [13C]Tyr labeling reveal structural changes in cytochrome bo

Biomedical Engineering - Review examines enzyme action on immobilized substrates

Diabetes Therapy - Recent findings in diabetes therapy described

Botulinum Neurotoxin - Antibody response to receptor binding domain of botulinum serotypes examined

Breast Cancer - Low-density microarrays suitable for characterization of tumor cell lines

Cancer Research - Stanford study shows dual role of protein menin in cancer growth

Cancer Therapy - Butyrate regulates sphingomyelin in colon and liver cancer cells

Cancer Therapy - Findings advance knowledge in cancer therapy research

Cancer Therapy - Four diterpenoid inhibitors of Cdc25B phosphatase extracted from marine anemone

Diabetes Therapy - Recent studies add new data to diabetes therapy research

Cancer Therapy - New strategies for treatment of lymphoma described

Cancer Therapy - Preliminary results reported from randomized phase II trial of Avastin and Tarceva in kidney cancer

Cancer Therapy - Src inhibition may be feasible for treating pancreatic cancer

Cancer Therapy - Target suppression and antitumor activity of MEK inhibitor CI-1040 demonstrated

Cancer Therapy - VEGF conjugate guides boronated dendrimers to tumor vessels

Infections - Research in infections provides new insights

Cancer Vaccine Development - Epitopes recognized by antibodies specific for tumor antigen NY-ESO-1 identified

Cancer Vaccine Development - Immunotherapy of glioblastoma multiforme stimulates CTL reaction

Cancer Vaccines - New findings in cancer vaccines described

Cardiology - Hepatocyte growth factor gene therapy blunts vascular remodeling in hypertrophic hearts

Leukemia - Researchers' work adds to leukemia body of knowledge

Cardiomyopathy - Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathies have common pathway

Cervical Cancer - Genetic patterns signal angiogenesis and tumor invasion in cervical carcinomas

Chemotherapy - Bamet-UD2 overcomes resistance to cisplatin

Chemotherapy - Irinotecan plus temozolomide was well tolerated in malignant glioma patients

Chemotherapy - Platinum compound inhibits Stat3 signaling and induces cell cycle arrest

Childhood Obesity - Findings describe new data in childhood obesity research

Neurology - Recent findings in neurology provide new insights

Childhood Obesity - Weight loss improved the cardiovascular risk profile in obese children

Choriocarcinoma - Adrenomedullin enhances invasion by trophoblast cell lines

Chronic Heart Failure - Flow-mediated vasodilation predicts outcome in patients with chronic heart failure

Clinical Trials - DNA 'prime-boost' vaccine technology enters phase 2 clinical trial for HIV

Collaborations - Alliance focuses on protein structures, to prioritize proteins as drug targets

Collaborations - DirectDesign Discovery collaboration inked with KAI Pharmaceuticals

Neuroscience - Reports add new data to neuroscience research

Colon Cancer - Recent findings in colon cancer provide new insights

Colorectal Cancer - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of colorectal cancer

Coronary Artery Disease - L-Arginine bolsters angiogenic response in hypercholesterolemia models

DNA Research - A467T mutation causes lower polymerase activity and loss of accessory subunit interaction

DNA Research - Mycobacteria Ag85B elicits effective CTL responses

Dermatology - Plasmin-induced smooth muscle cell proliferation requires extracellular activation of EGF

Neuroscience - Research add new data to neuroscience body of knowledge

Developmental Biology - Slit-like 2 regulates zebrafish vascular and nervous system morphogenesis

Diabetes Pathogenesis - SOCS7 deletion enhances insulin action and increases islet size

Diabetes Therapy - Findings advance knowledge in diabetes therapy research

Diabetes Vaccine Development - Glutamic acid decarboxylase peptide expands diabetogenic T cell clone

Neuroscience - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of neuroscience

Diabetic Nephropathy - Meprin-alpha appears to play a role in chronic diabetic nephropathy

Diagnostics - Exclusive testing rights for SHOX gene testing expanded to include EU

Diagnostics - Features of diffuse epidermal and periadnexal squamous cell carcinoma described

Diagnostics - Nonprion biomarkers proposed for diagnosis of TSE in live subjects

Diagnostics - Real-time telomerase activity measurements may be useful cancer detection method

Diagnostics - Research in diagnostics provides new insights

Neuroscience - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of neuroscience

Disease Associations - Elevated brain natriuretic peptide is diagnostic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Drug Abuse - Detection of designer 4-MTA in human urine was successful using GC-MS

Drug Development - Acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibitor active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Drug Development - Highly immunogenic hepatitis C virus peptides may produce new therapy

Drug Development - Inhibition of matriptase prevents invasive growth of prostate and colon cancers

Drug Development - Novel antimutagenic factors derived from mushroom Agrocybe cylindracea

Neuroscience - Studies add new findings to neuroscience body of knowledge

Drug Development - Progress is reported toward acetate supplementation therapy for Canavan disease

Drug Development - Screen couples Cyt P450 online bioaffinity detection with gradient reversed-phase HPLC

Drug Research - Plasma homocysteine is not increased by the chronic administration of nandrolone

Drug Resistance - New findings in the area of drug resistance described

Dyslexia - The novel discovery of "DCDC2" gene is associated with dyslexia

Ebola Virus - Complete genome of Ebola virus causing outbreak in Uganda released

Proteomics - Recent findings in proteomics provide new insights

Endocrinology - Recent findings in endocrinology provide new insights

Enzymology - Ser/Thr kinase is expressed nonubiquitously in mice and men

Escherichia Coli - Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections in U.S. reviewed

Finance - Proteomics-focused diagnostics company reports 14% increase in revenue

Gastric Cancer Vaccine - Ig superfamily 11 (IGSF11) is target for gastrointestinal and liver cancer

Gastroenterology - Fluorescent protein knock-in mouse model facilitates study of KIT-positive cells

Proteomics - Research in proteomics provides new insights

Genetics & Genomics - A protein in St. John's wort is found to suppress HIV-1 gene expression

Genetics & Genomics - BRCA1 and BRCA2 marked as ovarian cancer susceptibility genes

Genetics & Genomics - Increased genomic instability leads to higher cancer incidence in elderly

Genetics & Genomics - Scientists examine the genetics of the first 15 minutes of life

Genomic Phenotyping - Colonic phenotype occurs rarely in gastric carcinogenesis

Genotoxicity - Handling of antineoplastic drugs associated with genotoxic risks in oncology nurses

Proteomics - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of proteomics

Glioblastoma Multiforme - Novel treatment target for deadly brain tumors is identified

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Cul5-E3 ligase is a common pathway hijacked by HIV-1 Vif to defeat h-A3F and h-A3G

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - CD8+ lymphocytes do not protect against acute SIV superinfection

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - Research collaboration formed to develop topical delivery of therapeutic DNA vaccines

HIV/AIDS-Related Atherosclerosis - HIV-1 Tat induces VCAM-1 expression in pulmonary artery endothelial cells

Hepatitis B Virus - Membrane heparan sulfate interactions facilitate hepatitis B virus-induced cytokine production

Vector Development - Reports describe recent advances in vector development research

Hepatitis B Virus - Residues modulate hepatitis B virus X protein binding

Hepatitis C Therapy - Lactoferrin has no effect on the response of chronic hepatitis C to standard therapy

Hepatitis C Vaccine Development - Epitope characterization paves the way for hepatitis C peptide-based vaccines

Hepatocellular Cancer - Different immunohistochemical features detected between scirrhous and normal HCC

Hookworm Vaccine Development - Hookworm heme-binding glutathione transferase has vaccine potential

Hormones - Aldosterone increases osteopontin gene expression in rat endothelial cells

Virology - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of virology

Hormones - Cardiopulmonary bypass and surgical intervention affects natriuretic hormone system in children

Hormones - Thyroid hormone modulates renin and ANG II receptor expression in fetal sheep

Hypertension - Calcitonin gene-related peptide functions in hypertension

Infections - Findings in infections provide new insights

Information Technology - License agreement with Ensemble Discovery signed for molecular modeling software

Insulin Resistance - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of insulin resistance

Insulin Resistance - Skeletal muscle insulin resistance appears to be of genetic origin

Insulin Resistance - Urinary myo-/chiro-inositol ratios are elevated in diabetes patients

Ischemia - Uncoupling proteins augment tolerance to cardiac ischemia

Islet Transplantation - Islet-like cell clusters develop after pancreas transplantation

Islet Transplantation - Recent studies add new data to islet transplantation research

Leptin Studies - Metabolic regulation by leptin has implications for glucose homeostasis

Leukemia - Reports describe recent advances in leukemia research

Liver Cancer Vaccine Development - Autoantibodies against tumor-associated antigens in liver cancer identified

Lung Transplantation - Glutathione improves the function of porcine pulmonary grafts

Malaria Vaccine - Polymorphisms in malaria T cell epitopes not selected by immune pressure

Malaria Vaccine Development - Changes in host cell tropism limits efficacy of malaria vaccine

Medical Devices - SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry proposed for biomarker discovery and serum proteomic study

Medulloblastoma - New brain tumor model is developed

Meningitis Vaccine Development - Anti-idiotypic antibody is candidate for meningitis vaccine

Meningitis Vaccine Development - Meningococci from invasive meningococcal disease cases in Canada characterized

Molecular Biology - Disease progression accelerates in response to hypoxia

Molecular Biology - Researchers find that a baby's genes affect the mother's cholesterol levels

Mosquito-Borne Disease - Reports describe recent advances in mosquito-borne disease research

Neurology - New findings in the area of neurology detailed

Neuropeptides - Additional class of neuropeptide Y receptor sites exists in rat brain

Neuroscience - Recent findings illuminate research in neuroscience

Obesity Genomics and Genetics - Mature adipocytes play active role in obesity-related inflammation

Obesity Pathogenesis - Double leptin and melanocortin-4 receptor gene mutations reduce leptin's effects

Obesity Pathogenesis - Effect of high-fat diet on amine oxidase activity in adipose tissue examined

Obesity Pathogenesis - Resistin and ghrelin increase adhesion molecule expression on vascular endothelial cells

Obesity and Diabetes - Differential expression of proteins in pancreas of diabetic mice examined

Obesity and Diabetes - Soluble VAP-1/SSAO release stimulated by isoproterenol and low TNF-alpha levels

Obesity and Diabetes - Weight loss decreases insulin resistance index in obese children

Obstetrics - Angiogenic balance may be essential for evading preeclampsia

Oncology - Cyclin A1 mediates vascular endothelial growth factor signals in prostate cancer

Oncology - Endoglin and vascular endothelial growth factor mark esophageal adenocarcinoma angiogenesis

Oncology - Hepatitis B virus X protein may permit cancer formation by limiting DNA repair

Oncology - Recent findings in oncology provide new insights

Oncology - Receptor engagement drives tumor neovascularization

Ophthalmology - Cytochrome P450 antagonists may prevent corneal neovascularization

Ophthalmology - Researchers' data advance ophthalmology research

Patents - Patents for rheumatoid arthritis compound granted by European Patent Office

Patents - U.S. patent awarded for UCOE gene expression technology

Peptides - Intermedin may function as a cardiovascular active peptide

Physiology - C-terminal amino acids of SUR2A and SUR2B function in cardiovascular ATP-sensitive K+ channels

Physiology - Carbonyl reductase is involved in pig heart superoxide

Physiology - Recent findings in physiology provide new insights

Physiology - Synergistic interactions between Ca2+ entries occur in normal and failing rat heart

Prognostics - Cystatin C expression used as prognostic indicator of gliomas

Prognostics - Dysadherin expression used to prognosticate non-small cell lung cancer

Proteomics -  Dictyostelium discoideum requires PhLP1 for Gbeta-gamma dimer formation

Proteomics - Findings in proteomics provide new insights

Proteomics - GTPase Sar1p initiates membrane curvature and completes fission of COPII vesicle

Proteomics - Genedata comarkets solution for high-throughput protein-gel processing

Proteomics - Novel method identifies potential biomarkers in human plasma proteome rapidly

Proteomics - Precision automated platform for baculovirus production launched

Proteomics - Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A modulates stem cell matrix mineralization and angiogenesis

Proteomics - Protein measurement company receives $500,000 SBIR grant from U.S. National Science Foundation

Proteomics - Structure of enzyme-product complex reveals active site mechanism

Proteomics - UCP3 protects aconitase against inactivation, skeletal muscle model indicates

RNA Research - Phase 1 trial data on RNA molecule for age-related macular degeneration updated

Radiation Therapy - Proteasome inhibition improved fractionated radiation treatment

SARS - Reports advance knowledge in SARS research

Smallpox Vaccines - Reports describe recent advances in smallpox vaccines research

Stem Cell Research - Chromatin-related proteins maintain the unique properties of pluripotent ESCs

Stem Cell Research - Lineage trees for cells: scientists develop a new analytical method

Streptococcal Vaccine - Antibodies to iron uptake ABC transporter lipoproteins promote phagocytosis of Streptococcus

Stroke - Circulating beta amyloid protein is elevated in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Tissue Engineering - Microstructured titanium scaffolds direct the behavior of MC3T3-E1 preosteoblasts

Vaccine Adjuvant -  Salmonella flagellin component potentiates immune responses

Vaccine Development - Recombinant antibody libraries aid vaccine research

Vasodilation - Circulating elastin peptide levels decrease in humans with sepsis

Vector Development - Findings describe new data in vector development research

Virology - Findings in virology provide new insights

Virology - Hepatitis B virus pseudotypes elucidate early infection activity

Virology - Herpes simplex virus glycoprotein B blocks virus entry

Virology - Liver enzyme flares require scrutiny in HIV-HCV coinfected patients beginning therapy

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