Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) is a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) family that is activated by growth factors and cytokines such as TGF-β, IL-1β, and TNF-α, and mediates a wide range of biological processes through activation of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signaling pathways. ...

We report on syntheses and electron transport properties of polycrystalline samples of diborides (AB2) with different transition metals atoms (A=Zr,Nb,Ta). The temperature dependence of resistivity, ρ(T ), and ac susceptibility of these samples reveal superconducting transition of ZrB2 with Tc = 5.5 K, while NbB2 and TaB2 have been observed nonsuperconducting up to 0.37 K. Hc2 (T) is linear in ...

BACKGROUND Mammographic density is a strong heritable trait, but data on its genetic component are limited to area-based and qualitative measures. We studied the heritability of volumetric mammographic density ascertained by a fully-automated method and the association with breast cancer susceptibility loci. METHODS Heritability of volumetric mammographic density was estimated with a variance...

Tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) is a ubiquitin E3 ligase that regulates important biological processes. However, the role of TRAF6 in cardiac hypertrophy remains unknown. Here, we show that TRAF6 levels are increased in human and murine hypertrophied hearts, which is regulated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Cardiac-specific Traf6 overexpression exacerba...

Assembly of the PSI (photosystem I) complex in eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms depends on the concerted interactions of the nuclear and chloroplast genetic systems. We have identified several nucleus-encoded factors of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that are specifically required for the synthesis of the two large chloroplast-encoded reaction-centre polypeptides, PsaA and PsaB, of photosystem I ...