• It has been reported that cAMP

  2020-02-17

  

  It has been reported that cAMP also acts via Epac and Epac to attenuate CREB. However, in human monocytes ONO-AE1-329 (the EP4 receptor agonist used in this study) worked entirely through the cAMP-PKA pathway and not vis Epac [12]. Our data suggests that the cAMP-PKA-CREB pathway predominates for MU

• The total reduced glutathione content

  2020-02-17

  

  The total reduced glutathione content was determined in both ZM 306416 sale to examine whether retinol was decreasing glutathione concentrations and thus decreasing the conjugation of NAPQI. Total hepatic (3.9±0.3 vs 4.9±1.0 μmol/g, retinol vs untreated, respectively) and renal (0.4±0.1 vs 0.2±0.1

• Currently much effort has been made to design

  2020-02-14

  

  Currently, much effort has been made to design and synthesize ThDP analogs (such as ThTDP, ThTTDP, and triazole-ThDP in Fig. 2)8, 9, 10, 11, 12 as PDHc E1 inhibitors. These ThDP analog inhibitors, such as ThTDP and ThTTDP, can block the ThDP binding site, and exhibit significantly stronger binding a

• We used two different VSMCs cell lines KSB and

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  We used two different VSMCs cell lines, KSB and CSD (isolated from two different thoracic aortas). Rat aortic VSMCs were isolated from medial segments from thoracic rate transporters from Wistar-Kyoto rats (six to eight weeks old, Charles River Wiga GmbH) and cultured over several passages as descr

• Furthermore haplotypes formed by rs

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  Furthermore, haplotypes formed by rs6269, rs4633, rs4818, and rs4680 of the COMT gene constitute a central COMT locus haploblock that is associated with the enzymatic activity of COMT [8]. The SNPs rs6269 and rs4818, which are located in the central COMT locus haploblock, have been observed to be as

• br Acknowledgements We thank A Devia Barros and S

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  Acknowledgements We thank A. Devia-Barros and S.A. Barrios Latorre for invaluable technical support during the collection, maintenance and exposure of oysters. We are, furthermore, grateful to the municipal marina of Santa Marta for authorizing access to their facilities and to A. Franco for faci

• Several studies have already shown

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  Several studies have already shown that mPR activation can significantly reduce intracellular cAMP levels in different kind of cells, such as GT1-7 neuronal cells [32], MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells [55] and primary vascular endothelial cells [56]. The experiments performed with PTXa and 8-Br-cAMP

• Introduction Determining how genes function together as biol

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  Introduction Determining how genes function together as biological systems is a defining challenge of the genomic era. While genome sequences reveal the DNA blueprint of organisms, deciphering how this blueprint leads to biological function is challenging due in large part to the complexity of prot

• The hepatic constitutive levels of CYP

  2020-02-13

  

  The hepatic constitutive levels of CYP1A2 were minimal and were below detectable limits in the kidney, indicating an organ-specific trend which has been reported by other groups (Hawke and Welch, 1985, Paolini et al., 1997, Parkinson, 1996, Villard et al., 1998). Retinol administration did not have

• DNA promoter hypermethylation is an important mechanism in e

  2020-02-13

  

  DNA promoter hypermethylation is an important mechanism in epigenetic modulation of gene expression.[16], [17], [18] When the promoter CpG island of a gene is hypermethylated, the transcription and its associated function of the gene will be subsequently altered.[19], [20], [21] In human cancers, w

• Transduction of cellular signals by G

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  Transduction of cellular signals by G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is stringently regulated to prevent the deleterious effects of unrestrained GPCR signaling. The rapid termination of signaling mediated by agonist-occupied GPCRs is referred to as homologous desensitization and involves the foll

• We did not observe inhibition of vCPH by any of

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  We did not observe inhibition of vCPH by any of the TCA cycle intermediates (apart from the metal chelators citrate and isocitrate), nor by the factor inhibiting HIF (FIH; a 2OG-dependent asparaginyl hydroxylase) inhibitor N-oxalyl d-phenylalanine (NOF) or the γ-butyrobetaine dioxygenase inhibitor m

• Using characteristic features of ECM proteins and a computat

  2020-02-13

  

  Using characteristic features of ECM proteins and a computational pipeline combining interrogation of protein and gene databases, we previously defined the matrisome as the ensemble of ECM and ECM-associated proteins [[16], [17], [18]]. In mammals, the matrisome represents 4% of the genome, or appro

• 2-deoxy-d-glucose br Discussion The use of carp primary

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  Discussion The use of carp primary cell cultures proved to be a valuable approach to evaluate the piscine immune response. A. hydrophila was a more potent stimulator of NO formation by carp leukocytes compared to commercial LPS often used for leukocyte stimulation (Mustafa and Olson, 1998, Chao e

• A putative SHBG receptor SHBG

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  A putative SHBG Oxonic acid potassium salt (SHBG-R) has been postulated for about thirty years [66], [69], [70]. The characterization of this receptor has been researched by several groups. There are different ideas on how this receptor works. On the one hand Fortunati et al. provide evidence that

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