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Combined antiretroviral therapy has proven efficacy in decreasing vertical HIV transmission. However, endoplasmic reticulum stress is a known side effect of HIV protease inhibitors. We investigated endoplasmic reticulum stress in placentas of HIV-infected and uninfected mothers by PCR-based splicing analysis of the specific endoplasmic reticulum stress marker XBP1 in post-delivery placental sam...

Several previous studies have demonstrated that estrogen may protect cancer cells from endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis. However, the molecular mechanisms involved are not fully understood. In the present study, human gastric adenocarcinoma SGC7901 cells were treated with tunicamycin (TM) to induce endoplasmic reticulum stress. This was demonstrated by increased glucose-regulated ...

The endoplasmic reticulum is a major Ca(2+) store of the cell that impacts many cellular processes within the cell. The endoplasmic reticulum has roles in lipid and sterol synthesis, protein folding, post-translational modification and secretion and these functions are affected by intraluminal endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+). In the endoplasmic reticulum there are several Ca(2+) buffering chaperon...

Endoplasmic reticulum stress has become an important mechanism in hypertension. We examined the role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in mediating the increased saline-intake and hypertensive effects in response to deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt. Intracerebroventricular delivery of the endoplasmic reticulum stress-reducing chemical chaperone tauroursodeoxycholic acid did not affect the ...

Endoplasmic reticulum membranes stripped of attached ribosomes were isolated from homogenates of germinating castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) endosperm by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. The isolated endoplasmic reticulum fraction was further separated into two major membrane subfractions by centrifugation on a flotation gradient. Both subfractions appeared to be derived from the endo...

?1-antitrypsin deficiency is characterised by the misfolding and intracellular polymerisation of mutant protein within endoplasmic reticulum (ER) hepatocytes. Small molecules that bind stabilise Z were identified via a DNA-encoded library screen. A subsequent structure based optimisation led to series highly potent, selective cellular active correctors.

Microvascular and macrovascular diseases are important complications of metabolic diseases and affect the normal functioning of the human cardiovascular system. Endothelial dysfunction is the basic pathological tache of vascular diseases. This study aims to find out whether mangiferin can relieve endothelial dysfunction by inhibiting mitochondrial fission induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress...

Endoplasmic reticulum resident proteins, along with all proteins traveling through the secretory pathway must enter endoplasmic reticulum lumen through membrane-embedded translocons. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae the heterotrimeric endoplasmic reticulum translocon is composed of the Sec61p, Sss1p, and Sbh1p core subunits. While the involvement of various molecules associated with the Sec61 comple...

The relationship of sulfhydryl and disulfide groups to protein synthesis in normal and rapidly growing tissues was investigated by quantitation of sulfhydryl groups in endoplasmic reticulum and polyribosomes of normal liver and hepatomas. Stripping by ethylenediaminetetraacetate and potassium chloride of normal liver smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum reduced by 15 percent and increased 30 ...