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Multi subunit RING type E ligases
2021-06-19
Multi-subunit RING-type E3 ligases are exemplified by the CULLIN-RING-ligase (CRL) and the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) [19]. CRLs constitute the biggest family of other multi-component E3 ligases. These consist of a cullin scaffold protein (CULLIN 1, 2, 3, 4A, 4B, 5, 7), a substrate
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Crystallographic and NMR based analyses have revealed
2021-06-19
Crystallographic and NMR-based analyses have revealed that RINGs and U-boxes have a common mode of interaction with E2s (Fig. 2A). The key structural elements are two loop-like regions, which, in the case of RINGs, coordinate Zn. The loops surround a shallow groove formed by the central α-helix. Tog
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The intracellular redox situation of MC T E
2021-06-19
The intracellular redox situation of MC3T3-E1 PLX-4720 after exposure with fluoride has been investigated and results revealed that the generation of ROS increased at a concentration-dependent manner, which indicated that NaF induced oxidative stress damage in MC3T3-E1 cells. Fluoride-mediated indu
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Further indirect evidence supporting an
2021-06-19
Further indirect evidence supporting an important role of DPP-4 in the modulating the actions of both incretins comes from the observations that analogues of GLP-1 and GIP, modified to be resistant to DPP-4 cleavage, were subsequently shown to have greater metabolic stability in vivo which was assoc
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Nowadays colorimetric assay has been applied in
2021-06-19
Nowadays, colorimetric assay has been applied in detecting DNA MTase activity. Li et al. used DNA modified gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) coupled with enzyme-linkage reactions to detect the activity of methylases [20]. In a previous study, our group presented a label-free colorimetric method, using unmo
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LPA is known to regulate the peroxisome proliferator activat
2021-06-19
LPA is known to regulate the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ and the reorganization of actin cytoskeleton [58]. However, the physiological functions of LPA in cells are still poorly understood. The simultaneous production of PA with/without 1-LPA or 2-LPA may be important to maximize a
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TAK-285 The aberrant methylation of genes that suppress
2021-06-19
The aberrant methylation of genes that suppress tumorigenesis appears to occur early in tumor development and increase progressively, eventually leading to the malignant phenotype [35]. Genes involved in every step of tumorigenesis can be silenced by this epigenetic mechanism. Hypermethylation of pr
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In order to gain further insights
2021-06-19
In order to gain further insights into the role of peptidases in B. xylophilus, four cysteine proteases highly secreted by B. xylophilus (Cardoso et al., 2016) were selected four further characterisation. Materials and methods Results and discussion Structural prediction and analysis The i
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According to these results the power GaN seems
2021-06-18
According to these results, the power GaN seems more robust than existing technologies (VDMOS, Superjunction, IGBT,) [5,10] and [11]. Comparing with the SiC technology, the previous works show a low SEE tolerance [[12], [13], [14]] and [15]. The SOA of power GaN devices can be equivalent to the IGBT
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COMT expression protein level and activity are down
2021-06-18
COMT expression, protein level and activity are down regulated by E2. Using estrogen receptor (ER) positive MCF-7 cells, Xie et al. demonstrated an E2 dose dependent (1, 10 and 100 nM) decrease in S-COMT 1.3 kb mRNA that was maximum after 48 h (Xie et al., 1999). A similar decrease was not observed
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Bioinformatics analysis for genes encoding proteins ESR
2021-06-18
Bioinformatics analysis for genes encoding proteins (ESR1, IL6, TERT, DNMT3B) showed that NF-kB is one of the transcription factors that might be regulating their expression, especially for IL6, TERT and DNMT3B genes. Previous studies have demonstrated that PA induces NF-kB activation, thus increasi
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br Materials and methods br Results br Discussion Fluoride
2021-06-18
Materials and methods Results Discussion Fluoride has multiple effects that contribute to caries prevention. S. mutans is 20- to 40-fold more sensitive to NaF than Lactobacillus casei and seven-fold more sensitive than some species of Actinomyces[10]. There are some specific metabolic effec
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Pursuant to our in vitro data that neutrophilic elastase
2021-06-18
Pursuant to our in vitro data that neutrophilic elastase activated the elastase-dependent oncolytic virus, we initially hypothesized that tumor-infiltrating neutrophils could be the source for elastase in tumor tissue. However, we did not detect neutrophils in the PANC-1 tumor tissue where we observ
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Therefore HNE is an attractive therapeutic
2021-06-18
Therefore, HNE is an attractive therapeutic target and the design of new HNE inhibitors is a demanding field that has been extensively investigated in order to provide inhibitors with new molecular architectures, including the potent oxo-β-lactam class [14]. In the present work, a coumarin-based oxo
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Mouse Cyp a is a homologous isoform of the human
2021-06-18
Mouse Cyp3a11 is a homologous isoform of the human CYP3A4 gene, and both are highly expressed in the liver (Hart, Cui, Klaassen, & Zhong, 2009). CYP3A4 is the most abundant CYP450 in hepatic microsomes responsible for drug and xenobiotic metabolism (Zanger & Schwab, 2013), and it is the most active