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Unlike previous studies examining COMT genotyping in
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Unlike previous studies examining COMT genotyping in healthy controls seeking to explain impulsive behaviors, this study sought to examine COMT genotypes in a large sample of individuals with varying levels of gambling behavior to determine whether COMT Liraglutide was associated with differences i
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The present study manipulated dopaminergic functioning by ex
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The present study “manipulated” dopaminergic functioning by examining genetic variation related to the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene. The gene transcribes the COMT enzyme involved in degradation of released dopamine in the frontal cortex. COMT is primarily localized to the frontal cortex
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br Conclusions br Source of
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Conclusions Source of financial support or funding This investigation was supported by the University of Utah Study Design and Biostatistics Center, with funding in part from the National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Insti
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sn 38 receptor In the present study cells were exposed to a
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In the present study, cells were exposed to a low level of arsenite and a low cytotoxic concentration of BaP. Thus, γ-H2AX loss correlated with repair of DNA damage in cells co-exposed to arsenite and BaP. These results show that arsenite inhibits repair of BaP-induced DNA damage. In a previous stud
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br Acknowledgements This study is sponsored by the
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Acknowledgements This study is sponsored by the Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 51178161), 111 Project (grant no. B13024) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (grant no. 2017B00914) Introduction Highway and pavement engineers are facing concrete pavem
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Recent advances in microarray and next generation sequencing
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Recent advances in microarray [32] and next-generation sequencing [33] based technologies have led to tremendous increases in information about the molecular mechanisms that are responsible for malignant transformation of rare and poorly understood soft tissue sarcomas. However, data interpretation
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Mammalian cells contain significant amounts of
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Mammalian cells contain significant amounts of a relatively lesser known enzyme that shows marked specifity for ether lipids containing AA and other 20–22 carbon fatty acids. This enzyme is called CoA-independent transacylase (CoA-IT), and transfers polyunsaturated moieties of 20–22 carbons, typical
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Previously we showed that MS a combined extract
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Previously, we showed that MS-10, a combined extract of Cirsium japonicum var. Maackii (Maxim.) Matsum. (Korean milk thistle) and Thymus vulgaris L., increases the efficiency of estrogen in the estrogen-deficient state by activating the estrogen receptor (ER). MS-10 increased bone mineral density (B
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Why are Tfh cell dynamics so fundamentally different in naiv
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Why are Tfh cell dynamics so fundamentally different in naive and immune animals? Initially, GC PSB 0777 ammonium salt must pass stringent affinity and specificity checkpoints to ensure only high-affinity non-self-reactive cells are selected. Therefore, restricting primary Tfh cells with the greate
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Because EBI is expressed on
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Because EBI2 is expressed on the major subsets of immune cells, and small molecule antagonists for EBI2 were recently described (Benned-Jensen et al., 2013, Gessier et al., 2014), EBI2 constitutes a tempting drug target reminiscent of the sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor superagonist fingolimod/Gile
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In another study Nutlin a
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In another study, Nutlin-3a-mediated p53 activation induced strong negative impact on NF-κB signaling in LPS-stimulated neutrophils and macrophages [34]. Nutlin-3a limited cellular immune response to LPS, partly by attenuating DNA binding activity of NF-κB and impairing transcription of its target c
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br STAR Methods br Acknowledgments
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STAR★Methods Acknowledgments We are grateful to Matthias Mayer at ZMBH in Heidelberg for access to his CD-spectrometer and his help in data interpretation. Technical support by Wolfgang Weinig is gratefully acknowledged. This project was financially supported by the European Union as part of t
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ASC was reported as a potent antiviral and antifungal
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ASC was reported as a potent antiviral and antifungal agent, and its derivatives could modulate a variety of physiological activities, such as anti-tumor, anti-metastatic, and anti-diabetic activities in animals. Mie Tsuruga et al. found that 4-o-methylascochlorin had immunosuppressive activity, but
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br Experimental Procedures br Acknowledgments br Introductio
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Experimental Procedures Acknowledgments Introduction Incessant consumption of fossil fuels brings on global energy crisis and serious environmental concerns. Hence, the researchers have paid considerable attention to alternative renewable bioenergy. Microalgae has been considered as potenti
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br DDR receptor and MMP expression Type II collagen
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DDR2 receptor and MMP-13 expression Type II collagen protein in articular cartilage is highly stable structure as its half-life is 117 years [43]. The chondrocytes have limited ability to synthesis type II collagen protein in the matrix of mature articular cartilage once the collagen gets disrupt