Authors: J.E. Hwang, Y.J. Kim, M.H. Shin, J. Park, W. Choi, D.J. Yun and H.C. Park
Sugars function as signal molecules that regulate gene expression, growth, and development in plants, animals, and yeasts. As a contribution to understanding the molecular mechanisms of sugar responses, we identified and characterized an Arabidopsis thaliana BTB domain-containing protein of the H subfamily 1 (designated AtBTH1). The relative expression le.. Read More»
Authors: Shaobing Wang, Zhenghong Zhang, Yiping Liu, Zhengchao Wang
Prediabetes is considered to be an at a risk state, with an annualized 5-10% conversion rate of diabetes and the similiar proportion converting back to normoglycaemia. The global incidence of prediabetes is increasing and will reach to 471 million patients in 2030. The elevation of blood sugar is a continuum and hence prediabe.. Read More»
Authors: Y. Al-Lahham, A.K.B. Mendes, E.M. Souza, D. Alberton, F.G.M. Rego, G. Valdameri and G. Picheth
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease with a strong genetic component that has been associated with several genetic loci. Interleukin 18 (IL-18) is a potent proinflammatory cytokine, which is involved in the innate and adaptive immune responses, and in the pathogenesis of various diseases including T1D. Glucose transp.. Read More»
Authors: D.C.B. Mariano, C. Leite, L.H.S. Santos, L.F. Marins, K.S. Machado, A.V. Werhli, L.H.F. Lima and R.C. de Melo-Minardi
β-glucosidases are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of oligosaccharides and disaccharides, such as cellobiose. These enzymes play a key role in cellulose degrading, such as alleviating product inhibition of cellulases. Consequently, they have been considered essential for the biofuel industry. However, the majority of.. Read More»
Authors: B. Palabiyik, F. Jafari Ghods and E. Onay Ucar
The resistant to glucose repression mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ird5, ird13, and ird14) have a high tolerance to oxidative stress induced by H2O2. In all ird mutants, the increased expression level of the fbp1 gene can be interpreted as a lack of glucose repression in these mutants. To investigate the mechanisms of the oxidative stress response .. Read More»
Authors: J. Zhang1, Y.T. Ma1, X. Xie1, Y.N. Yang1, F. Liu2, X.M. Li1, Z.Y. Fu1, X. Ma1, B.D. Chen2, Y.Y. Zheng1, Z.X. Yu1 and Y. Chen1
This study was designed to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in Xinjiang children in western China. Data were obtained from the Chun-Miao Project, a community-based, cross-sectional study designed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of diabetes in children of the Chinese Uygur population in Xinjiang from Feb.. Read More»
Authors: C.L. Hou, Q. Huang, Y. Wei, W. Zhang, J.H. Mi, D.J. Ying and Z.H. Zhou
We constructed a plasmid containing a protein transduction domain (PTD) and a human A20 (hA20) gene fragment; the fusion protein was obtained by highly expressing this plasmid in the yeast Pichia pastoris GS115. The plasmid was obtained by adding 9xArg and EcoRÐ? recognition sites to the end of the primer, and 6xHis-Tag and .. Read More»
Authors: R.B. Ning, J. Zhu, D.J. Chai, C.S. Xu, H. Xie, X.Y. Lin, J.Z. Zeng and J.X. Lin
An inflammatory response induced by high glucose is a cause of endothelial dysfunction in diabetes and is an important contributing link to atherosclerosis. Diabetes is an independent risk factor of atherosclerosis and activation of retinoid X receptor (RXR) has been shown to exert anti-atherogenic effects. In the present study, we examined the effects of.. Read More»
Authors: J. Jiang, B. Li, W. Cao, X. Jiang, X. Jia, Q. Chen and J. Wu
We aimed to summarize the results of screening protocol and prevention of neonatal glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency during a 22-year-long period to provide a basis of reference for the screening of this disease. About 1,705,569 newborn subjects in Guangzhou City were screened for this deficiency. Specimens w.. Read More»
Authors: R. Zhang1, Z.Y. Wang1, L.L. Zhu1, F. Wu1, D.Q. Chen1, L.F. Sun1 and Z.Q. Lu2
Resistin (RSTN) expression in subcutaneous adipose tissue, and its effect on glucose metabolism in rats with traumatic brain injury, was investigated using real-time PCR, western blots, and enzyme linked immunoassays. Our results show that the expression of RSTN mRNA (3.192 ± 0.046, 4.016 ± 0.010, 6.004 ± 0.020, 8.213 ± 0.013, .. Read More»