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Glucocorticoid is a major regulator of body s
2021-09-18
Glucocorticoid is a major regulator of body's response to stress (Armario, 2006). Repeated injections of the glucocorticoid corticosterone (CORT) in mice have been shown to produce an animal model of depression (Zhao et al., 2008). Further study of this phenomenon suggested that prolonged CORT expos
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The mechanisms underlying the inhibitory
2021-09-18
The mechanisms underlying the inhibitory effects of n-3 FAs on neoplasia have not been completely elucidated. Until recently, the emphasis has been on the ability of n-3 FAs to compete for the pathways that lead to the synthesis of pro-inflammatory eicosanoids from arachidonic acid, an n-6 FA, there
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PD PD L signaling is critical for the induction of
2021-09-18
PD-1/PD-L1 signaling is critical for the induction of exhausted CD8+ T SB 225002 during the tumor immune response (Barber et al., 2006; Wherry et al., 2007; Wherry and Kurachi,2015; Pauken and Wherry, 2015), but the relationship between PD-1/PD-L1 signaling and Fas/FasL signaling in exhausted CD8+
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In summary we have discovered the first examples of movement
2021-09-18
In summary, we have discovered the first examples of movement of Asp189 upon binding to fXa inhibitors. A series of novel and potent fXa inhibitors with a phenyltriazolinone P moiety were identified. Although the general binding mode compared to our previously-reported fXa inhibitors was maintained,
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Chi square tests with significance set to
2021-09-18
Chi-square tests with significance set to p Results There were 4090 hip fracture patients included in the study. 2326 of these received enoxaparin, 929 received XaI, and 835 received warfarin. The mean CCI for each group was 3 (Table 2). There were some significant differences in demographics bet
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Neuropathic pain NP is a chronic pain
2021-09-18
Neuropathic pain (NP) is a chronic pain caused by lesion or disease affecting any part of the nervous system leading to clinical conditions ranging from painful neuropathy to poststroke central pain. Anticonvulsant drugs, Gabapentin and Pregabalin, acting on αδ subunit-containing voltage-dependent c
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br Dual acting HR antagonists While the present
2021-09-18
Dual-acting HR antagonists While the present medicinal chemistry efforts are mainly focused on selective ligands targeting GPCRs, and particularly on H1R, H3R and H4R selective antagonists/agonists, there were and, also, still are several efforts to develop dual acting H1R/H2R, H1R/H3R and H3R/H4
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br Acknowledgements and disclosures This work was supported
2021-09-18
Acknowledgements and disclosures This work was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (R01 HL-131673-01A1) and the Veterans Administration (BX-002539-01), United States. The authors have nothing to disclose concerning any conflict of interest. Introduction Adaptations are ofte
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br Methods br Results and discussion br Conclusions In
2021-09-18
Methods Results and discussion Conclusions In this work, 100-ns MDSs were applied on the WT and on the R155K and D168A single point mutations of the NS3/4A protease in the apo form and in complex with ASV, a current drug in phase III clinical trials. According to the PCA, these two mutation
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Furthermore the absolute lack of E allele expression
2021-09-18
Furthermore, the absolute lack of E2 allele expression in both chronic and SVR cases, supports the protective role of the E2 allele against HCV infection at a time of exposure. However this hypothesis could not be entirely proved by this study due to lack of healthy individuals participation. Simila
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A second feature of the Ras type GTPases is
2021-09-18
A second feature of the Ras-type GTPases is that their ‘on’ and ‘off’ states are temporally and often spatially separated from one another. This feature is essential for GTPases mediating signaling and other processes that need to be kept ‘off’ until the arrival of signaling cues. The need to recrui
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In addition to understanding the GEF GAP
2021-09-18
In addition to understanding the GEF-GAP cycle regulating Rho-family GTPases, studies have continued to address the role of the Rho-GDIs, which binds to the geranylgeranyl tail to sequester Rho-family GTPases from interacting with lipid membranes, preventing their activation. Whilst it would be temp
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LPC OMe LPC LPC and OMe
2021-09-17
LPC 14:0, 2-OMe-LPC 14:0, LPC 16:0 and 2-OMe-LPC 16:0 were shown to be most potent stimulators of intracellular calcium flux in the β cell model, which is one of key processes leading to insulin exocytosis. Yet, species with myristoyl residue initiate calcium influx through voltage-gated Brefeldin A
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By contrast pentameric glycine receptors GlyR in humans have
2021-09-17
By contrast, pentameric glycine receptors (GlyR) in humans have four functional subunits, α1− α3 and β (Lynch, 2004) whereas the retina of other mammals have an additional α4 subunit (Harvey et al., 2000), and in humans the α4 subunit is considered a pseudogene as it lacks the 4th transmembrane doma
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br Materials and methods Manganese chloride MnCl H O
2021-09-17
Materials and methods Manganese chloride (MnCl2·4H2O), glutamate, glutamine, Lucifer Yellow, polyclonal anti-GFAP and MTT assay kits were purchased from Sigma Chemical Co. (St. Louis, MO). Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium-F12 (DMEM-F12) with Earle's salts, foetal bovine serum, penicillin, and s