• In cholesterol synthesis HMG CoA

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  In cholesterol synthesis, HMG-CoA reductase is the rate limiting step in cholesterol biosynthesis. Statins or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors are commonly used for management of hypercholesterolemia. The presence of an HMG-like moiety on these drugs allows them to competitively bind to the catalytic do

• Astrocytes play a key role in

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  Astrocytes play a key role in the brain, as these cells are involved in fluid, ion, pH, and neurotransmitter homeostasis, synapse function, energy and metabolism and blood-brain barrier (BBB) maintenance (Sofroniew and Vinters, 2010). PA is able to activate different damaging responses in astrocytes

• br Conclusions br Conflicts of interest

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  Conclusions Conflicts of interest Research funding This work was financially supported by Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology (No. 16431903800). Main Text Developmental processes make usage of a surprisingly limited number of morphogens and signaling components to control a ple

• Another enzyme class that has emerged as

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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

• br Materials and methods br

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion Although some conditioning therapies have provided satisfactory clinical outcomes, mammalian species have little or no ability to replace injured cardiac tissue [34]. Therefore, therapeutic strategies based on the prevention, rather than treatment af

• Indeed a significant difference was

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  Indeed, a significant difference was observed for the binding of glycated α-synuclein. Thus, g-α-synuclein bound to other part of GAPDH in 4 of 10 simulations (Fig. 2F, brown, yellow and dark-green chains, and Fig. 2G, brown chain). This additional binding site is located on the interface between O

• br Acknowledgments We would like

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  Acknowledgments We would like to thank the Bloomington Stock Center and the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center for stocks used in this study. RMG was supported in part by a Professors grant to R. Losick from the HHMI and this work was supported by NSF grant 074578 to A.A.N. Introduction The catabo

• Prenylation may turn a flavonoid from an

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  Prenylation may turn a flavonoid from an agonist to an antagonist and improve the selectivity to both ERs depending on the position of the substitution. C-8 prenylation appears to promote antagonism to a larger extent than C-6 in ERα due to steric hindrance against generation of agonistic conformati

• As proof of principle the effect

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  As proof of principle, the effect of selective blockade was measured using TAK-044, a peptide antagonist with approximately 250-fold selectivity for the ETA subtype over ETB as measured by ligand binding in the human heart. A 30-mg infusion over 15 minutes of TAK-044 (providing a serum concentration

• Studies using SERPINB deficient mice

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  Studies using SERPINB1-deficient mice established the significant role for SERPINB1 in protecting lung antimicrobial proteins from proteolysis during microbe infection and its regulatory role in sustaining the balance of neutrophil reserve [15]. Neutrophil serine proteases (NSPs) (elastase, cathepsi

• The homologous DDRs are composed

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  The homologous DDRs are composed of an N-terminal discoidin homology domain, followed by a sequence of ∼220 amino acids unique to the DDRs, a transmembrane domain, a large juxtamembrane domain, and a conserved cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase domain. In a previous study, we demonstrated that DDR activati

• In astrocytes mitogen activated protein kinases MAPKs are ac

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  In astrocytes, mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are activated after OGD-induced ischemic injury (Yung and Tolkovsky, 2003, Niu et al., 2009) and they regulate induction of AQP expression (Arima et al., 2003, McCoy and Sontheimer, 2010). It is well known that MAPKs, including extracellular s

• br Material and methods br Results br Discussion Monomeric

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  Material and methods Results Discussion Monomeric CDK5 shows no enzymatic activity and requires the association with a regulatory partner for activation (Dhavan and Tsai, 2001). Here, we found that CDK7 might be one of the partners required for activation of CDK5 in the skin tissue, based o

• Finally we have determined for the first time that aromatase

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  Finally, we have determined for the first time that aromatase enzyme activity is necessary to observe IGF-1-dependent Volasertib receptor activation. Neuroestrogen synthesis has been shown to be important for the maintenance of synaptic spine density in hippocampal slice cultures (Kretz et al., 2004

• br Discussion The present results demonstrate that

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  Discussion The present results demonstrate that high dose estrogen–progestogen OC treatment produced impaired glucose tolerance and glucose tolerance was preserved during low dose estrogen–progestogen, high or low dose progestogen-only OC use. The study also shows that impaired glucose tolerance

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