• br Introduction Natural killer NK cells have an

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  Introduction Natural killer (NK) cells have an unique ability to directly lyse transformed, virus-infected or stressed cells without prior sensitization or major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I restriction [1], [2]. They were initially defined and shown to be important effectors of the i

• Mechanistically GW treatment modulated cytokine expression w

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  Mechanistically, GW2580 treatment modulated cytokine expression within the kidney. We noted a decrease in the levels of TNF, MCP-1, IL-1β, IL-27, and GM-CSF in GW2580 treated mice. Decreased levels of these proinflammatory cytokines likely contributed to the attenuated proteinuria and improved renal

• With a favorable spectrum of CRTh

  2020-11-02

  

  With a favorable spectrum of CRTh2 dependent in vitro and in vivo efficacy demonstrated, the off-target activity of compound 18 was investigated, first against a panel of prostanoid receptors and related eicosanoid targets (Table 8), where no significant activities at 10μM concentration were found i

• Although the phase I clinical trial of LMB was unsuccessful

  2020-11-02

  

  Although the phase I clinical trial of LMB was unsuccessful, the detailed review of this trial only mentions some malaise and anorexia as side effects, which are common for most effective chemotherapeutic drugs. These side effects may diminish if lower doses are administered. In view of the novel CR

• Alternatively procedural factors may have

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  Alternatively, procedural factors may have contributed to the conflicting results. For instance, in order to have a more circumscribed area of drug diffusion, a volume of 0.05μl was injected in experiment 1b, which is four times lower than the one used in the mentioned plus-maze investigation. Besid

• Another question concerns the mechanism of PC

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  Another question concerns the mechanism of PC reduction during the phosphate starvation response. There are at least three main mechanisms of PC depletion: suppression of PC synthesis due to substrate exhaustion, downregulation of PC synthase expression by suppression of gene transcription or inten

• Astrocytes play a key role in the brain as

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  Astrocytes play a key role in the brain, as these cells are involved in fluid, ion, pH, and neurotransmitter homeostasis, synapse function, energy and metabolism and blood-brain barrier (BBB) maintenance (Sofroniew and Vinters, 2010). PA is able to activate different damaging responses in astrocytes

• br Diverse functions of ERK pathway Same as the

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  Diverse functions of ERK pathway Same as the other MAPK cascades, the ERK pathway is activated by several extracellular stimuli and different internal routes. ERK vitally tunes the function of various substrates in all cellular components; the nucleus, cytoplasm, membranes and the cytoskeleton. E

• Intriguingly one E residue may serve as

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  Intriguingly, one E2 residue may serve as a molecular ‘gate’ to allow the C-terminus of ubiquitin to access the closed E2~Ub conformations favorable for ubiquitin transfer. This residue, Asp87 in UbcH5 family members, resides on one side of the opening that leads to the active site Cys (Fig. 4D). In

• Adenosine-5'-diphosphate br Funding br Conflict of inter

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  Funding Conflict of interests Introduction DAG is generated by the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P2) by PtdIns-specific phospholipase C (PLC) enzymes [1]. Remaining in the membrane, it binds proteins with cysteine-rich, C1 domains, and activates several of

• Given the importance of cysteine cathepsin inhibitors as put

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  Given the importance of cysteine cathepsin inhibitors as putative therapeutic molecules and microbial virulence factors, we chose to investigate whether Yersinia enterocolitica may be a potent producer of such inhibitors. Y. enterocolitica is the most heterogeneous species within the genus Yersinia.

• In vivo study showed that the

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  In vivo study showed that the CYP3A activity was increased, when morroniside (10, 30 and 90 mg/kg, i.g.) was daily for seven consecutive days. Further, RT-PCR analysis showed that the induction of mRNA PD123319 by morroniside (10, 30 and 90 mg/kg, i.g.) was 1.13-, 1.43- and 1.79-fold higher, respec

• There are some limitations to

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  There are some limitations to our study. First, the small sample size, even if comparable or higher than most studies, did not offer the possibility to consider other variables, such as frequency of use or age of onset. Second, since most subjects did not report current use, we could not analyze sep

• Introduction The COMT gene is located on chromosomal band q

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  Introduction The COMT gene is located on chromosomal band 22q11.2, extends over 28 kb, contains six exons, and encodes for catechol-O-methyl-transferase (Weinshilboum and Raymond, 1977; Grossman et al., 1992; Lundström et al., 1995; Bearden et al., 2005). This enzyme plays a major role in regulatio

• Limitations of the current study in addition to the ones

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  Limitations of the current study, in addition to the ones highlighted above, are its retrospective nature, the potential biased selection of patients requiring bronchoscopy for the etiological diagnosis of pneumonia, the lack of normalization of CMV DNA loads in BAL fluids to cellular DNA content (a

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