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By using live imaging of an
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By using live imaging of an ERK fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) sensor, the authors show that ERK activity propagates in a stepwise manner from the center to the periphery of the tracheal placode. This row-by-row propagation of ERK activity fits a relay model in which each row activat
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As for the molecular mechanism Ferguson
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As for the molecular mechanism, Ferguson BD suggested that EphB4/EphrinB2 stimulation induced topoisomerase I activity in small cell lung cancer cell lines. Treatment of lasofoxifene and with EphrinB2/Fc induced topoisomerase activity as assessed by DNA relaxation in cells with high EphB4 expression
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As a support chitosan presents interesting characteristics t
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As a support, chitosan presents interesting characteristics that reinforce its great potential for enzyme immobilization [18,19]. Firstly, it is produced from renewable natural sources in addition to being biodegradable and water insoluble [20,21]. Also, the main peculiarity in the chitosan structur
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br Results and discussion br Conclusion We have constructed
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Results and discussion Conclusion We have constructed a series of potent and greatly selective DPP-4 inhibitors with pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7(4H)-one core surrogates. The modification of the core led us to b2 which has IC50 of 80 nM and > 1000 fold selectivity over DPP-8 and DPP-9. We utiliz
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It is conceivable however that the distortion
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It is conceivable, however, that the distortion induced by adozelesin in dsDNA may decrease the processivity of the translocating RecBCD enzyme so that it dissociates more frequently from adducted DNA relative to unmodified DNA. Premature termination from the DNA would also produce partially unwound
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br DDR in atherosclerosis and vascular disease The Canadian
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DDR1 in atherosclerosis and vascular disease The Canadian group of Bendeck, explored the role of DDR1 in repair following arterial injury in rats [30]. DDR1 protein levels, assessed via Western blots prepared from arterial extracts taken at various times after injury, showed DDR1 protein dramatic
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tak 242 A range of therapies exists for
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A range of therapies exists for the treatment of inflammation-driven diseases, which can be summarized as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticoids and steroidal-related drugs (Ward et al., 2008). Despite of these notable successes, there are still major unmet medical needs in the t
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A series of monocarboxylated chalcones e g compounds and
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A series of monocarboxylated chalcones (e.g. compounds 7 and 8, Fig. 2A) was previously identified as good CysLT1 antagonists [20], and none of them exhibited CysLT2 antagonistic activities (Supplementary Table S1). This study was consistent with reported result that CysLT2 TC 14012 was not sensiti
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IL is not expressed in
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IL-8 is not expressed in tissues constitutively because of its strong chemoattractant, proinflammatory, and angiogenic activities. Rather, it is an inducible factor, produced by a variety of cell types, including leukocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial and epithelial cells, in response to proinflammato
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Almost all previously published haplotype association studie
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Almost all previously published haplotype association studies have demonstrated the importance of haplotype reconstruction because the combinations of SNPs exert synergistic effects on protein function. Even synonymous polymorphisms within haplotypes can have functional consequences that are drastic
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The small intestine is the only
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The small intestine is the only organ responsible for the Torin1 of dietary and biliary cholesterol, leaving the unabsorbed cholesterol to be excreted in feces and together contributing to the body cholesterol homeostasis [13], [21], [33], [34]. Following intraluminal hydrolysis, free cholesterol is
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br Thy nephritis is one
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Thy1.1 nephritis is one of the most commonly used models to study the course of immunoglobulin A and other mesangioproliferative nephropathies. To date, most of the studies have focused on mesangial and, to a lesser extent, endothelial cell recovery following capillary damage, whereas data concern
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br Concluding remarks br Transparency document br
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Concluding remarks Transparency document Acknowledgements Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under award number P30CA033572 (RS). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not neces
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Multiple protein species are known to naturally exist for th
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Multiple protein species are known to naturally exist for the transmembrane receptors DDR1 and DDR2. Five splice variants have been characterized for DDR1 (“a” through “e”). The d and e isoforms lack the intracellular kinase domain of DDR1. The splicing of DDR1 to various extents has been reported i
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To further define the importance of
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To further define the importance of CYP3A for OSC metabolism in vivo, a strong CYP3A inhibitor ketoconazole was used to test whether CYP3A would affect its metabolism. As expected, the biotransformation of OSC to SC was significantly decreased by ketoconazole at all three substrate concentrations. H