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In the current study although EP agonist was the
2020-10-30
In the current study, although EP4 agonist was the most effective in relaxing corpus cavernosum, it did not affect the neuronally-mediated relaxation. On the other hand, both alprostadil and iloprost, which were less effective as direct relaxants, potentiated EFS-induced relaxation of rat corpus cav
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The best preserved individuals were selected for isotope ana
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The best preserved individuals were selected for isotope analysis of diet (Table 2). These represent 21 individuals including four subadults: two young children aged between 1.5 and 2.5 years old, one child between 7 and 11 years old and one adolescent (12–16 years old), and 17 adults including six
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The CYP D inferred metabolizer phenotype describes only one
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The CYP2D6-inferred metabolizer phenotype describes only one phase of the tramadol (T) ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) and response process and does not explain all genotypic contribution of an individual’s phenotypic expression [11]. Numerous polymorphisms in the downstre
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Previous research has suggested that the acetylcholine gated
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Previous research has suggested that the acetylcholine-gated chloride channels (ACCs) in Caenorhabditis elegans (Putrenko et al., 2005) exhibit the characteristics of promising drug targets. The genes that encode the various subunits of this family are present across the nematode phylum and appear t
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Ligand independent activation of neuronal nuclear estrogen r
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Ligand-independent activation of neuronal nuclear estrogen receptors may also continue to occur in absence of ovarian estrogens. AF-1 requires intracellular kinase cascade-dependent phosphorylation of specific residues in the A/B domain of nuclear estrogen receptors (Le Goff et al., 1994; Kato et al
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Recent studies have shown that the extracellular regulated
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Recent studies have shown that the extracellular regulated protein kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1 and ERK2), commonly referred to collectively as ERK 1/2, are members of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family. This family of kinases transport signals from the surface of the cell to the nucleus, th
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uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation Studies using SERPIN
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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
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Cholesterol In the present study we implemented the
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In the present study, we implemented the dendritic RCA-induced formation of amplifying DNAzyme catalytic labels strategy for sensitive and accurate assay of MTase activity and the detection of DNA methylation. In comparison with the traditional RCA process, the proposed strategy achieved high amplif
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Cdc which is involved in filopodium formation and Rac
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Cdc42, which is involved in filopodium formation, and Rac1, which is involved in lamellipodium formation, engage in cross-talk with one another [25,26,30,31]. In general, filopodium formation precedes lamellipodium formation, and filopodium formation (Cdc42 activity) suppresses lamellipodium formati
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br Phylogenetic analysis KSTDs have rather diverse
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Phylogenetic analysis — Δ1-KSTDs have rather diverse amino rhein sequences. A sequence distance analysis using the program MEGA6 [75] of all currently biochemically characterized Δ1-KSTDs yielded a largest p-distance [76] of 0.67 (on a scale of 0-1) for the Δ1-KSTDs from the actinobacteria Nocard
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During the course of our research on mGlu
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During the course of our research on mGlu PAMs,, the hydroxyacetophenone scaffold was found to possess dual mGlu PAM and CysLT1 antagonism activity, presumably as orthosteric antagonist (). There is currently an increasing interest in drug discovery to explore multitarget drugs or polypharmacology,
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As described above when EGCG was
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As described above, when EGCG was orally administered, CYP3A expression in the liver decreased; however, the CYP3A expression level in the intestine was unchanged (Fig. 3). Although we remain speculative, one reason for this may be that because the level of intestinal bacteria in the upper part of t
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Different types of environmentally induced antinociception h
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Different types of environmentally induced antinociception have been reported in a wide range of species (e.g., Behbehani, 1995, Bolles and Fanselow, 1980, Harris, 1996, Millan, 2002, Rodgers, 1995). According to Bolles and Fanselow (1980), fear and pain are independent and competing motivational s
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Our finding that activating DDR
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Our finding that activating DDR2 variants are a cause of this disease suggested that the ABL inhibitor dasatinib, a leukemia drug that also inhibits DDR2, could be used for treatment of affected individuals.10, 11 To examine the effect of dasatinib on p.Leu610Pro- and p.Tyr740Cys-induced autophospho
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The attachment of ubiquitin to RTKs such as EGFR
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The attachment of ubiquitin to RTKs, such as EGFR, mediates efficient delivery through the endosome-lysosome system for proteolysis. In this way, RTK degradation enables cessation of signal transduction. A recent siRNA screen identified a number of USPs that can significantly modulate EGFR levels an