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br Synthesis and mechanism of fluorescent DNA CuNMs br Appli
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Synthesis and mechanism of fluorescent DNA-CuNMs Application of fluorescent DNA-CuNMs Summary and conclusions In summary, we introduce recent research progress in the synthesis and various applications of DNA-CuNMs. DNA-CuNMs with novel catalytic, electrical and optical properties can be ob
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Mitochondrial depolarization induced by DHODH inhibition Fig
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Mitochondrial depolarization induced by DHODH inhibition (Figure 5A) may also contribute to the selective effects of DHODH inhibitors on KRAS mutant cells. If so, the effect may arise more from pro-apoptotic effects of mitochondrial depolarization (Lemasters et al., 1998) than from impaired oxidativ
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br The role of chemokine and AD Chemokines
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The role of chemokine and AD Chemokines are small cytokine proteins that are involved in various immunological and physiological functions. These proteins can be involved in cell migration and localization during homeostasis and inflammation, and as such, they were named chemokines [80]. Chemokin
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In the present study we
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In the present study we investigated the effect of morphine withdrawal on G-protein coupling to opioid and ET receptors in neonatal rats. Morphine-induced G-protein activation was significantly higher in neonatal rats undergoing morphine withdrawal; suggesting enhanced coupling of the receptors to G
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Nitric oxide synthase NOS is a predominant enzyme of immune
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Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is a predominant enzyme of immune system, which elaborates nitric oxide (NO) from the amino herpes simplex virus 1 arginine (Arg). NO mediates vasodilatation, blood pressure regulation, neurotransmission, host defense, and macrophage-mediated immunity, among an array of
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Despite the fact that the precise relevance of Ube E
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Despite the fact that the precise relevance of Ube2E self-ubiquitination in vivo is still elusive, findings of Sarkari et al. do establish Ube2E1 ubiquitination in ahr inhibitor [36]. In vivo self-ubiquitination of Ube2E1 is further supported by the high-throughput study aimed to identify all ubiqu
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Introduction Formate dehydrogenase enzymes FDHs are a
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Introduction Formate dehydrogenase enzymes (FDHs) are a group of heterogeneous proteins that catalyse the reversible formate () oxidation to carbon dioxide () (Eq. (1)). These enzymes are classified in two families, one gathering the enzymes that hold no redox-active centres and another that includ
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Multivariate models take interactions between cytokines
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Multivariate models take interactions between cytokines into account and were used to accurately distinguish samples from different time points in pregnancy. The distinction accuracy did not increase with increasing time between the gestational time points, indicating that the cytokine development d
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In untreated rodent or human
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In untreated rodent or human hepatocytes, PXR or CAR is stabilized by cytoplasmic co-chaperone partners like heat shock protein 90 (HSP90, Fig. 1). Upon ligand binding, the nuclear receptors are freed and translocated into the nucleus, identified as a pivotal step in PXR- or CAR-mediated transactiva
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CDK lacks DNA binding domains and nuclear localization
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CDK6 lacks DNA-binding domains and nuclear localization sequences, and therefore will probably be transported to the nucleus by a ‘piggy-back’ mechanism and needs to contact its specific sites indirectly through DNA-binding proteins. Besides NF-κB p65, a further candidate transcription factor is PAX
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Quantum dots QDs which exhibit excellent
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Quantum dots (QDs), which exhibit excellent fluorescence quantum yields (QYs), high extinction coefficients and size-tunable narrow emission have highly attracted great interest in various applications such as in solar cells, sensors, and bioimaging [16], [17], [18], [19], [20]. However, QDs suffere
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Introduction The annual global market of industrial enzymes
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Introduction The annual global market of industrial berbamine and is reported to be billions of USD [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], and impacts commercial sectors that include energy, animal feed, household products, food processing and pharmaceuticals [1], [2], [5], [6]. Enzymatic processing is
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In summary we elucidated the in vitro activities of KDM
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In summary, we elucidated the in vitro activities of KDM1B in regulation of PC cell proliferation and apoptosis. These studies provided a novel insight into the previously unrecognized roles of KDM1B in human PC cells. We showed for the first time that KDM1B knockdown attenuated proliferation and in
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br Funding This work was supported
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Funding This work was supported by the grants from MSD, Terumo Life Science Foundation, Takeda Science Foundation, and Japan Diabetes Foundation. Disclosures Acknowledgments The authors thank C. Morimoto (Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan) and K. Takeda (Immunology Frontier Research Center
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N acetylation by N acetyltransferase NAT
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N-acetylation by N-acetyltransferase (NAT) is an important metabolic pathway for some substances, and there are 2 functional NAT isoforms in humans—NAT1 and NAT2. Studies of etamicastat in healthy subjects showed an extensive N-acetylation of etamicastat to the inactive metabolite BIA 5-961, and a l