• Therapeutic options targeting intrahepatic resistance

  2019-10-15

  

  Therapeutic options targeting intrahepatic resistance are very limited. Theoretically, the NO-cGMP pathway may be influenced at several sites. Yet, most strategies did not reach clinical practice or yielded disappointing results, such as activators of soluble guanylate cyclase [14], NO releasing der

• Several of the plant extracts that showed interaction with E

  2019-10-15

  

  Several of the plant extracts that showed interaction with ERα and ERβ have differing reports concerning estrogenicity and receptor binding. Extracts of dong quai stimulated MCF-7 proliferation but failed to increase uterine weight or transactivate either ERα or ERβ in a cell assay (Amato et al., 20

• br Conflict of interest br Introduction Endothelin receptors

  2019-10-15

  

  Conflict of interest Introduction Endothelin receptors are members of the superfamily of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and central regulators of vascular tension and other physiological functions in higher eukaryotes [1]. The human endothelin system comprises the highly homologous endoth

• As demonstrated by Mak and colleagues ER

  2019-10-14

  

  As demonstrated by Mak and colleagues, ERβ is known to be a part of the NFκB-HIF-1α signaling pathway during hypoxia as well as chronic inflammation of prostate (Mak et al., 2015), therefore in the next part of the study, we evaluated whether ZEA-induced ROS production is also associated with NFκB-H

• DIDS kinase Recoverin is a kDa retinal protein that

  2019-10-14

  

  Recoverin is a 23-kDa retinal protein that binds to calcium. It regulates the DIDS kinase of rhodopsin during visual transduction within photoreceptor cells. Since the pathogenicity of anti-recoverin antibody is potent, anti-recoverin CAR patients often have progressive visual impairments, characte

• br Conflict of Interest br

  2019-10-14

  

  Conflict of Interest Acknowledgements Marques F. was supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal, Grant UMINHO/BI/35/2012. This work was supported by FCT by the Project PTDC/AGR-AAM/70418/2006. Introduction β-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) exposure has long been as

• Of note BRQ and LFM are two

  2019-10-14

  

  Of note, BRQ and LFM are two well-known immunosuppressive agents (Batt, 1999). As for LFM, it was reported as immunosuppressive therapy for bone marrow (Avery et al., 2004) and renal (Chon and Josephson, 2011) transplantation. Accumulating evidence indicated that organ transplant patients irrelevant

• Although PQQ has nutritional importance and

  2019-10-14

  

  Although PQQ has nutritional importance and pharmacological effects in higher organisms, including humans [15], until recently, there was no clear evidence for the use of PQQ as a co-factor in a eukaryotic enzyme. This review presents a novel eukaryotic PQQ-dependent quinohemoprotein recently disco

• In summary we show that PE significantly ameliorate HCD indu

  2019-10-14

  

  In summary, we show that PE significantly ameliorate HCD-induced atherosclerosis in apoE−/− mice. Dietary fiber may influence the intestinal microbiota and thus the circulating levels of SCFAs. SCFAs, such as butyrate, inhibit cholesterol uptake and promote cholesterol excretion from enterocytes. Ou

• br Transparency document br Introduction The cyclic nucleoti

  2019-10-14

  

  Transparency document Introduction The cyclic nucleotide adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) exerts both an endothelium-dependent and an endothelium independent vasorelaxant action in rat nk1 receptor antagonist [1]. cAMP direct, endothelium-independent vasorelaxant effects have been a

• Materials and methods br Results Assay

  2019-10-14

  

  Materials and methods Results Assay of botulinum toxin activity is critical for the risk-assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of botulism cases. The frequently encountered active forms of the toxin are; L chain (inside intoxicated neuronal cells), BoNT (in the blood stream of a botulism patient,

• SEN0014196 Elastase belongs to chymotrypsin family of protea

  2019-10-14

  

  Elastase belongs to chymotrypsin family of proteases and it is responsible for the breakdown of elastin and other proteins, such as collagen and fibronectin, which are fundamental for the ECM elastic properties (Imokawa and Ishida, 2015). Misregulations of this enzyme are involved in skin ageing pro

• The discoidin domain receptors DDR and DDR

  2019-10-14

  

  The discoidin domain receptors, DDR1 and DDR2, are receptor tyrosine kinases that are activated by different types of collagen (Shrivastava et al., 1997, Vogel et al., 1997). Both receptors interact with a number of fibrillar collagens, and DDR1, but not DDR2, is also activated by the network-formin

• N-acetyl D-galactosamine br Genes involved in oxysterol meta

  2019-10-14

  

  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 Materials and methods br Results br

  2019-10-14

  

  Materials and methods Results Discussion To date, several reports have suggested an involvement of DGK in bipolar disorder. A splice variant at the COOH-terminus of DGKβ has been related to bipolar disorder [15] and DGKβ KO mice showed hyperactive behavior [17]. For the other DGK isoforms,

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