• Immune modulation by steroid hormones is a

  2020-12-04

  

  Immune modulation by steroid hormones is a rather new aspect of the research on endocrine interactions in lower vertebrates (Harris and Bird, 2000). In the classical view, steroids exert their effects by binding to specific intracellular receptors that function as ligand-activated transcriptional re

• In rodent models the loss of estrogens through ovariectomy

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  In rodent models, the loss of estrogens through ovariectomy has been shown to promote the development of intracranial aneurysms. Conversely, the administration of an Thiola mg receptor beta agonist restores its protective effect, but is abolished with the introduction of a nitric oxide synthase inh

• The question remains however as to the downstream

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  The question remains, however as to the downstream signaling by Epacs that contributes to persistent sensitization of sensory neurons. Activation of the Ras family of GTPases by Epac1 (RapGEF3) or Epac2 (RapGEF4) (Bos, 2003, de Rooij et al., 1998) is linked to a number of downstream signaling effect

• Another enzyme class that has emerged

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  Another enzyme class that has emerged as a potential alternative to P450s are the so-called ‘unspecific peroxygenases’ (UPOs). They also contain a heme but are extracellularly expressed fungal enzymes that are often more stable than P450 monooxygenases. Importantly, UPOs use H2O2 instead of O2 as th

• CJ-42794 During the entire life of

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  During the entire life of individual, articular chondrocyte as well as subchondral bone receives acute or chronic stress. Joints homeostasis is maintained by biomechanical stress, as rapid loss of proteoglycan in joints occurs due to immobilization or disuse. These osteophytes are fibrocartilage cap

• N-3-oxo-dodecanoyl-L-Homoserine lactone The discoidin domain

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  The discoidin domain receptors, DDR1 and DDR2, are receptor tyrosine kinases that are activated by different types of collagen (Shrivastava et al., 1997, Vogel et al., 1997). Both receptors interact with a number of fibrillar collagens, and DDR1, but not DDR2, is also activated by the network-formin

• Proinflammatory cytokines induce ER stress in many mammalian

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  Proinflammatory cytokines induce ER stress in many mammalian cell systems.32, 33, 34 Our results demonstrate that these cytokines also trigger ER stress in trophoblast JEG-3 cells. However, the severity of stress is likely low grade because only the PERK-EIF2A arm of the UPRER pathway was activated.

• br Materials and methods br Results br Discussion

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion Innate immunity plays an essential role in the control and elimination of bacterial infection through production of inflammatory cytokines (Liu et al., 2015). Production of inflammatory cytokines requires the recognition of bacterial pathogen-associa

• Due to the high attractiveness of

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  Due to the high attractiveness of E2 and E3 ligases as drug targets, a number of drug discovery assays have been published, based on detection by fluorescence (Dudgeon et al., 2010, Krist et al., 2016, Zhang et al., 2004), Efaproxiral Sodium (Davydov et al., 2004, Huang et al., 2005, Kenten et al.,

• Introduction In vitro synthetic biology has received conside

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  Introduction In vitro synthetic biology has received considerably less attention than in vivo processes so far (Foster and Church, 2007). However, cell-free biosynthetic production is very likely to become important for many biotechnological challenges for reasons such as (energy) efficiency, syste

• br Conflict of Interest br Acknowledgements Marques F was

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  Conflict of Interest Acknowledgements Marques F. was supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal, Grant UMINHO/BI/35/2012. This work was supported by FCT by the Project PTDC/AGR-AAM/70418/2006. Introduction β-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) exposure has long been a

• Predictions of enzyme topology for DGAT are more difficult s

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  Predictions of enzyme topology for DGAT2 are more difficult since the DGAT2 polypeptide sequences are more diverse across species than those of DGAT1. The length and function of the hydrophilic N-terminus preceding the first hydrophobic segment varies with species – for example, segments in fungi ar

• Similarly LTD concentration dependently enhanced AQP

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  Similarly, LTD4 concentration-dependently enhanced AQP4 expression in astrocytes (Fig. 3). The LTD4-enhanced AQP4 expression was not affected by pranlukast but inhibited by Bay u9773, a non-selective CysLT1/CysLT2 receptor antagonist [33]. Because no selective CysLT2 receptor antagonists are current

• We also evaluated the influence of

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  We also evaluated the influence of the number of CYP3A variant hdac inhibitors (n=0 to 3) on the modifying effects on MDI and PDI. No clear allele dosage effect could be observed (data not shown). Discussion Prior reports for all four populations showed that an increase in prenatal Hg was not a

• In our model CSF R blockade

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  In our model, CSF-1R blockade with PLX647 mainly targeted the more abundant MDSCs instead of macrophages, suggesting that the role of CSF-1 may be tumor model-dependent. Different tumor models, genetic backgrounds, or treatments may induce different growth factors or cytokines in the tumor microenvi

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