• In the present study we did not

  2020-04-22

  

  In the present study, we did not examine whether the CpG site-specific COMT methylation are associated with any genetic variants in response to E2, GEN or SFN. Some studies suggest that oxidative DNA damage causes genetic variation which may induce epigenetic changes that lead to gene silencing (Kho

• Anaesthetized mice of one eNOS KO strain showed a

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  Anaesthetized mice of one eNOS-KO strain showed a paradoxical decrease in blood pressure (BP) in response to i.p. administration of the NOS-inhibitor L-NA suggesting a role for non-endothelial isoforms of NOS in maintaining BP [1]. Alternatively, diminution in the activity of the renin-angiotensin s

• Since the number of peptides hydrolized by

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  Since the number of peptides hydrolized by PEP is quite large, it is not easy to relate the increase of enzymatic activity with the altered changes of a concrete peptide. However, it is noticeable that imbalances of several natural substrates of PEP [6], such as angiotensins, bradykinin, vasopressin

• In this study we have explored a functional

  2020-04-22

  

  In this study we have explored a functional role of the oxysterol/EBI2 system in this process. In 2011 we and others reported the discovery of oxysterols as ligands for EBI2 [6], [7]. Oxysterols are metabolites generated by hydroxylation of cholesterol and have been linked to a variety of fundamenta

• Covalent inhibitors are well suited for targeting

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  Covalent inhibitors are well suited for targeting the E1 uk5099 of Ubl modifications. Because the E1 enzymes in Ubl modifications, such as the SUMO E1 and Atg7, have a slow turnover rate (Boggio et al., 2004), prolonged inhibition can be achieved without requiring compounds to be stable in circulati

• CXCR is not only critical in

  2020-04-22

  

  CXCR5 is not only critical in the B cell lineage in FL. A high proportion of CXCR5-expressing follicular helper T cells (TFH) were observed in FL but not in closely related DLBCL [141] and further investigation revealed that FL regulatory T cells (Tregs) used a CXCL13-CXCR5 autocrine loop for positi

• br Introduction Protein modification by ubiquitin and ubiqui

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  Introduction Protein modification by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins is one of the most common and important regulatory mechanisms in biology (Finley et al., 2004, Pickart, 2004). Ubiquitination is carried out by an enzymatic cascade consisting of three steps. In the first step, ubiquitin i

• There is literature precedence for the metabolic activation

  2020-04-22

  

  There is literature precedence for the metabolic activation of the methylene carbons adjacent to the ring oxygen(s) of dioxanes and benzopyrans resulting in ring-opened electrophilic carbonyl species. Based on the potential for this metabolic pathway being operative with , a steric block approach wa

• Three DDR binding sites have

  2020-04-22

  

  Three DDR2 binding sites have been mapped on the collagen triple helix by us for collagen type 1 and by others using the collagen toolkit for collagen type 2. All of the three reported binding sequences are conserved in the α1 chain of collagen types 1, 2 and 3. The central motif sequence GARGQAGVM

• Contrary to the profuse dopaminergic innervation of

  2020-04-21

  

  Contrary to the profuse dopaminergic innervation of the thalamus found in human and non-human primates (Brown et al., 1979, Sanchez-Gonzalez et al., 2005), in rodents, the RTn is one the few thalamic nuclei that receives dopaminergic input (Anaya-Martinez et al., 2006, Garcia-Cabezas et al., 2007, G

• Targeting both PARP and DHODH for anti cancer therapy

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  Targeting both PARP-1 and DHODH for anti-cancer therapy would certainly be beneficial as these enzymes share a common role in the DNA replication and repair mechanisms which are involved in the hyper-proliferation of cancer cells. Since benzimidazole-containing compounds have been reported to show g

• Introduction Tumor necrosis factor TNF is a pro

  2020-04-21

  

  Introduction Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a pro-inflammatory mediator with the capacity to induce apoptosis (Benderska et al., 2012). Recent reports have shown that TNF might trigger cell death, at least in part, by directly affecting the reorganization of the CBiPES hydrochloride cytoskeleton (C

• These cytokines except for TGF can

  2020-04-21

  

  These cytokines, except for TGF-β can also increase CysLT1R mRNA expression. We further demonstrated that TGF-β and IL-13 were able to increase the proliferation of human BSMC in response to LTD4. BSMC proliferation was CysLT1R-dependent, given that Montelukast ablated this effect. Taken together, o

• The interferences between thapsigargin and forskolin induced

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  The interferences between thapsigargin- and forskolin-induced Ca release indicate that these drugs deplete the same intracellular stores in RASMC. In fact, after partial depletion of thapsigargin-sensitive stores, the forskolin-induced increases in [Ca]c were significantly reduced. Similarly, a prev

• In the present study we investigated the role

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  In the present study, we investigated the role of EP1R after ICH and its mechanism of action. We hypothesized that EP1R activation aggravates ICH injury but that its blockade reduces injury through the Src kinases and the MMP-9 signaling pathway. To test this hypothesis, we examined the effects of s

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