Volume 10, Issue 4 (2014) | American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Are Heat Shock Proteins Druggable Candidates?

Tawanda Zininga — 2014-12-02

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 2 December 2014; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2014.208.210

Effects of Light Exposure and Nitrogen Source on the Production of Oil from Freshwater and Marine Water Microalgae

Mariam Al Hattab — 2014-12-08

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 8 December 2014; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2014.211.233

The biomass yield and oil content of Chlorella saccharophila (freshwater) and Tetraselmis suecica (marine) microalgae were investigated using various nitrogen source (ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosph...

Far-Red Spectrum of Second Emerson Effect: A Study Using Dual-Wavelength Pulse Amplitude Modulation Fluorometry

V. S. Lysenko — 2014-11-19

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 19 November 2014; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2014.234.240

Non-additive enhancement of the photosynthesis excited by simultaneous illumination with far-red light and light of shorter wavelengths is called as "second Emerson effect". Its action spectra are wel...

Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation for Retinal Degenerations and Dystrophies: Present and Future

Emma Ghazaryan — 2014-11-28

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 28 November 2014; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2014.241.250

Retinal degenerations are the main causes of irreversible blindness in developed countries. Up to date the main pathological mechanisms of these diseases are not fully understood and consequently ther...

Sodium L-Glutamate-Induced Physiological Changes in Lactobacillus Brevis NCL912 During GABA Production Under Acidic Conditions

Gui-Dong Huang — 2014-12-22

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 22 December 2014; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2014.251.259

Previous studies showed that γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) can protect some GABA-producing bacteria against acid stress through glutamate decarboxylation. However, the acid stress mechanism is a compreh...

Inhibition of Interleukin-6 Expression by Curcumin in Rat Vascular Smooth Muscle Explants In Vitro

Yanti — 2014-12-15

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 15 December 2014; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2014.260.266

In atherosclerotic plaques, infectious agents from microbes may release Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and heat shock proteins that can stimulate the production of mediators, i.e., pro-inflammatory cytokine...

Gene Expression of FADS2 mRNA Linked to Intelligence in Exclusively Breast Milk Fed Preterms

Naglaa F. Alhusseini — 2014-11-25

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 25 November 2014; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2014.267.274

Breastfeeding is important for brain development and was shown by many studies to result in higher scores Intelligent Quotient (IQ). However, the exact mechanism whereby Breastfeeding influences cogni...

Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α Expression in Chorionic Tissue and Decidua of Women with Spontaneous Abortion at the First Trimester of Pregnancy

E. V. Mashkina — 2014-11-18

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 18 November 2014; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2014.275.280

Oxygen-regulated genes expression has important role in pre-implantation embryonic metabolism regulation. Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF) regulated by hypoxia oxygen tension is crucial for placenta dev...

The Role of Nf-Kappa and HDCA and Implication of Oxidative Stress in Airway Inflammation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Ghada A. Abdallah — 2014-12-04

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 4 December 2014; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2014.281.294

Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), due to its effect on proinflammatory gene transcription. Oxidants/antioxidants imbalance is re...