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Confirmation of the presence of H PPase
2020-05-18
Confirmation of the presence of H+-PPase genes in the genomes of the different protists tested was obtained by Southern blot analyses using the PCR-amplified DNA fragments as probes (Fig. 3). In the trypanosomatids L. major and T. cruzi and the euglenoid A. longa, a single band appeared in the filte
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Almost of drugs in the market undergo
2020-05-18
Almost 75% of drugs in the market undergo deactivation though oxidation, reduction or hydrolysis by cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, and then, either directly or by facilitated excretion from the body (Guengerich, 2008). The CYP3A subfamily is of particular interest because of its broad substrate spec
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Stress is usually comprehended as an event affecting
2020-05-18
Stress is usually comprehended as an event affecting mainly the HPA axis and initiating the alarm reaction represented by activation of the adrenal medulla. This means that the levels of related hormones and neurotransmitters are significantly elevated during and after the stress. CRF, following its
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To identify and characterize new
2020-05-16
To identify and characterize new possible molecular targets, the mechanisms of various kinds of TCDD toxicities that occur by abnormal regulation in the downstream of AhR signals have been studied (Yoshioka et al., 2011). Experimental evidence has revealed that prostanoids (i.e., prostaglandins and
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Based on the SUMO SIM interaction involved in
2020-05-16
Based on the SUMO–SIM interaction involved in SUMOD positioning, a SUMO2ΔSBD (SIM-binding domain; Q30A, F31A, I33A) mutant can be investigated that disrupts this important binding interface (Eisenhardt et al., 2015; Meulmeester, Kunze, Hsiao, Urlaub, & Melchior, 2008). In Fig. 4A, multiturnover assa
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br Discussion Our data demonstrate that the bicyclam AMD
2020-05-15
Discussion Our data demonstrate that the bicyclam AMD3100 strongly interacts with CXCR-4, whereas DS and AR177, two other compounds that also interfere with virus entry into the bosentan mg (and interfere with virus binding), do not. AMD3100 is a unique compound in that it interferes with the che
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br Conflicts of interest br Acknowledgements This work
2020-05-15
Conflicts of interest Acknowledgements This work was supported, in part or in whole, by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11802056, 11772088), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018M640904), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitie
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The totality of evidence from randomized
2020-05-15
The totality of evidence from randomized clinical trials supports the premise that worsening induced pluripotent stem cells failure is a class effect of DPP-4 inhibitors. A meta-analysis by Verma et al. (54) of 100 randomized controlled clinical trials reported that the use of DPP-4 inhibitors was a
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br Acknowledgments br The design
2020-05-15
Acknowledgments The design of polyaromatic molecules able to bind to DNA is of significant importance for the development of anticancer and fluorescent imaging agents. Among them, 1,8-naphthalimide derivatives have received significant attention and have been extensively investigated for their
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Interestingly all three lesions that significantly
2020-05-15
Interestingly, all three lesions that significantly inhibited transcription – CPD, εA and the AP site, – promoted insertion of NS3694 residues opposite the damaged nucleotide. Thus, bacterial RNAP seems to follow the so-called ‘A-rule’ for incorporation of nucleotides opposite AP-sites and bulky les
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br STAR Methods br Acknowledgments We
2020-05-15
STAR★Methods Acknowledgments We are grateful to Matthias Mayer at ZMBH in Heidelberg for access to his CD-spectrometer and his help in data interpretation. Technical support by Wolfgang Weinig is gratefully acknowledged. This project was financially supported by the European Union as part of t
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Apart from neutrophil mediated inflammation the production o
2020-05-15
Apart from neutrophil-mediated inflammation, the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines from PGD2/CRTH2 activated macrophages could further aggravate LPS-induced lung injury (Eguchi et al., 2011; Jandl et al., 2016). Interestingly, genetic ablation of CRTH2 diminishes the TNF-α prod
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br Acknowledgements br The oxygenation level has an
2020-05-15
Acknowledgements The oxygenation level has an impact on various aspects of skin physiology, but mechanisms of these effects, including the role of hypoxia in epidermal differentiation, are still poorly understood. The main components of the hypoxia pathway are short-lived transcription factor H
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Since protein kinase CK has over
2020-05-15
Since protein kinase CK2 has over 300 known substrates we examined if the inhibitory effects described above could also be detected using another substrate. Therefore, we employed the synthetic peptide RRRADDSDDDDD which is often used in CK2 inhibitory studies. Quite contrary to the phosphorylation
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Based on the above we hypothesized that a PROTAC strategy
2020-05-15
Based on the above, we hypothesized that a PROTAC strategy would be effective to induce CK2 protein degradation. Herein reported is an approach for the preparation of novel PROTACs via “click reaction” for degradation of CK2 protein (Fig. 2). Importantly, “click reaction” is a very facile, selective