• In most cases the ligand affinity between subtypes

  2019-10-16

  

  In most cases, the ligand affinity between subtypes is similar, but their tissue distribution is different. In the case of the estrogen receptors (ER), two subtypes (ERα and ERβ) exist (Kuiper et al., 1996) and ERβ has several isoforms, designated ERβ1–5 (Moore et al., 1998) or ERβcx (Ogawa et al.,

• Additionally both in vitro and in vivo

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  Additionally, both in vitro and in vivo studies showed that a Ca2+ influx is closely related to apoptosis (Rizzuto et al., 2003). Calmodulin (CaM) is a multifunctional intermediate calcium-binding messenger protein expressed in all eukaryotic cells, which senses intracellular calcium levels by bindi

• br Genes involved in oxysterol metabolism The

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  Genes involved in oxysterol metabolism The main enzymes that participate in the metabolism of oxysterols generally belong into one of two groups: transferases or oxidoreductases [22]. The following chapter describes those genes of oxysterol metabolism whose polymorphisms have been associated with

• br Introduction Addiction to opioids such as morphine

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  Introduction Addiction to opioids such as morphine is a chronic disorder that affects the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic pathway in the brain. Activation of the pathway ultimately leads to dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) (Di Chiara et al., 1998) and stimulation of dopamine recepto

• Industrial fermentation aims to produce

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  Industrial fermentation aims to produce valuable products from cheap feedstocks by utilizing diverse microbial functions through aerobic or anaerobic fermentation [[8], [9], [10]]. During anaerobic fermentation, the reducing power is mostly directed to product synthesis rather than being oxidized, r

• Contrary to genetic aberrations epigenetic

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  Contrary to genetic aberrations epigenetic methylation markers with broad coverage of OvCa subtypes were detected in primary tumors [21]. Ibanez de Caceres et al. [22] identified hypermethylation of BRCA1, APC, p16, p14, DAPK or RASSF1A in 50 of 50 primary tumors. Moreover the methylation pattern wa

• paf receptor As the principal receptors for regulating the i

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  As the principal receptors for regulating the inflammatory process in mammals, CXCR1 and CXCR2 have an important role in regulating the trafficking of phagocytes such as neutrophils, monocytes and macrophages (Viola and Luster, 2008). The evidence gathered to date from fish studies are in agreement

• Alternatively procedural factors may have contributed to the

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  Alternatively, procedural factors may have contributed to the conflicting results. For instance, in order to have a more circumscribed area of drug diffusion, a volume of 0.05μl was injected in experiment 1b, which is four times lower than the one used in the mentioned plus-maze investigation. Besid

• The pyrrolo benzodiazepines PBDs are a family

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  The pyrrolo[2,1-][1,4]benzodiazepines (PBDs) are a family of antitumour antibiotics that includes the natural products anthramycin and DC-81. They exert their cytotoxicity by covalently bonding to the exocyclic C2–NH group of guanine residues in the minor groove of DNA through their N10–C11 imine fu

• BI 6015 Although CK phosphorylated Msn as

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  Although CK2 phosphorylated Msn4 as well as Msn2 (Fig. 1A), the two CK2-dependent phosphorylation sites in Msn2 are not conserved in Msn4. Thus, Msn2 and Msn4 might be differently regulated by CK2-dependent phosphorylation. Msn2 and Msn4, which have 41% identity and similarity in size and amino BI 6

• Brg is a core unit

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  Brg1 is a core unit of BAF complex and is required for the self-renewal and pluripotency of ESCs (Ho and Crabtree, 2010). We confirmed the interaction of DPF2 and BRG1 by immunoprecipitation and showed that these proteins extensively co-localize in the genome. Although both Brg1 and Dpf2 positively

• MAPKs are a family of

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  MAPKs are a family of phosphorylating enzymes that orchestrate various cellular response in proliferation, apoptosis, inflammation, stress response, and energy metabolism [11]. There are at least four major members including extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2), p38 mitogen-activat

• The development and activation of T cells play

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  The development and activation of T LJH685 kinase play an important role in the progression of atherosclerosis. As for activation and differentiation of T cells, TCR signalling pathway is pivotal. ZAP70 plays a crucial role in formulation of TCR–microclusters, initiation of TCR signalling pathway,

• First of all it should be emphasized that

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  First of all, it should be emphasized that, although cPLA2α manifests a marked selectivity for phospholipids that contain AA at the sn-2 position, this does not mean in any way that, in cells, the enzyme cannot hydrolyze other fatty acyl residues to a significant extent even if this occurs at a lowe

• br Chk and Chk mediated signaling

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  Chk 1 and Chk 2 mediated signaling act as a barrier to tumorigenesis It was hypothesized recently that early events during tumorigenesis, such as the overexpression of oncogenes, lead to a DNA-damage response which, in turn halts tumor progression [44], [45], [46]. The DNA-damage response is prop

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