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Third we also found negative correlations between TREM
2020-11-23
Third, we also found negative correlations between TREM2 mRNA expression and the methylation rate of 4 CpG sites in the intron 1 of TREM2. Gene methylation rates are generally associated with gene expression. Thus, heavily methylated areas of genes are usually less active at the transcriptional leve
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Among the other mediators which have been reported to play
2020-11-23
Among the other mediators which have been reported to play a role in erection are prostaglandins (PGs). Several studies have reported that alprostadil- synthetic PGE1- showed high efficacy in management of erectile dysfunction as it induces corpus cavernosal relaxation. Alprostadil has been first de
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Interestingly Carver Johnson and Kim investigated a polymorp
2020-11-23
Interestingly, Carver, Johnson, and Kim (2016) investigated a polymorphism in the OPRM1 μ-opioid receptor gene for its role in sensitivity to social contexts. The G allele of this polymorphism was associated with higher levels of sensitivity. The authors found significant interactions, e.g. the nega
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A French cohort study reported that micronized progesterone
2020-11-23
A French cohort study reported that micronized progesterone or didrogesterone used with oral or percutaneous estradiol showed no increase or decrease in the risk of breast cancer compared to synthetic progestins for at least 4 years of treatment [22] and even after 8 years [23]. Although the results
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Recent advances in microarray and next
2020-11-20
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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The growth inhibitory effect of PGE has been
2020-11-20
The growth inhibitory effect of PGE2 has been linked to the ability of Gs coupled PGE2 receptors EP2 and EP4 to mediate elevation of cAMP [22], [23]. Evidence suggests that this mechanism may not be the key cause of growth inhibition [24]. In various cell types, EP4 receptor has been shown to utiliz
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br Activatable optical imaging probes Optical fluorescence i
2020-11-20
Activatable optical imaging probes Optical fluorescence imaging, which directly detects photons emitted from fluorescent probes, has become as a powerful analytical method to study biological processes both in vitro and in vivo. It is characterized by high sensitivity, is free of radioactive irra
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Upon assembly of HLA tetramers loaded with either of
2020-11-20
Upon assembly of HLA tetramers loaded with either of the two peptide versions, we could query the T cell repertoires of RA subjects and healthy individuals for the presence of cognate T tnf alpha inhibitors recognizing the respective peptide-HLA complexes. We found no significant difference in freq
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br Introduction Our understanding of how ligands interact
2020-11-20
Introduction Our understanding of how ligands interact with G protein coupled receptors is evolving, particularly the recognition that some have the ability to preferentially activate a subset of intracellular signalling cascades – so called pathway biased ligands [1]. Additionally, it is now acc
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The isomeric phenyloxazole not only exhibited increased pote
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The isomeric 5-phenyloxazole not only exhibited increased potency against NEP, but also a decreased ACE inhibition thus providing encouraging selectivity. Changing the P1 group from an -propyl to a more polar methoxyethyl at the left hand melk inhibitor (as seen in compound pairs – and –) decrease
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The small intestine in addition to its primary role of
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The small intestine, in addition to its primary role of absorption, has the ability to metabolize drugs and other xenobiotics through phase 1 and phase 11 metabolisms [25] since almost all the cytochrome P450 chk1 present in the liver are also present in the small intestine although, in lower concen
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Neuronal cells have highly developed ER which makes
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Neuronal oligomycin synthesis have highly developed ER, which makes them susceptible to loss of ER function following exposure to various agents, which leads to apoptosis (Lindholm et al., 2006, Katayama et al., 2004). Multiple pathways may be involved in ER stress-initiated apoptosis. Among them,
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br RING type E s and
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RING-type E3s and their substrates There is enormous diversity in substrate ubiquitination and its regulation, as the targets of RING-type E3s are incredibly varied. RING-type E3s are implicated as tumor suppressors, oncogenes, and mediators of endocytosis, and play critical roles in complex mult
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In order to derive a better understanding of the
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In order to derive a better understanding of the results from our SAR study, we utilized Glide to model the binding of the SAR compounds with the non-active site pocket of TS-DHFR shown in C. The majority of models position the phenolic moiety of these compounds within the non-active site pocket, wh
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Experimentally measured DGAT activity was first reported
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Experimentally measured DGAT activity was first reported by Weiss et al. (1960) and several different types of DGAT enzyme have since been described in plants [12,41,42]. As recently as 2011 there appeared to be just two DGAT enzymes both in plants and in other eukaryotes, namely DGAT1 and DGAT2 [43