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In contrast exposure of CRF a receptors
2021-08-03
In contrast, exposure of CRF2(a) receptors to h/rCRF in living cells produced a strikingly weak translocation of βarrestin2 to the membrane. Specifically, we found a markedly lower magnitude and slower rate of βarrestin2 recruitment to CRF2(a) receptors in response to h/rCRF concentrations as high a
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Employing distinct genetic and pharmacological
2021-08-03
Employing distinct genetic and pharmacological approaches, Divakaruni et al. now demonstrate that macrophages still acquire their IL-4-elicited phenotype in the absence of CPT1a (considered the main isoform in leukocytes) or CPT2, and highlight that the increased LC-FAO in M(IL-4) cells is less cruc
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br Acknowledgements br Introduction Protein tyrosine phospho
2021-08-03
Acknowledgements Introduction Protein–tyrosine phosphorylation, catalyzed by protein–tyrosine kinases and protein–tyrosine phosphatases, has a pivotal role in the regulation of a wide variety of cellular processes. Similar numbers of tyrosine kinases and tyrosine phosphatases are encoded by th
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Both progesterone and the calcium ionophore A rely on the
2021-08-03
Both progesterone and the calcium ionophore A23187 rely on the synthesis of cAMP by sAC to elicit exocytosis in human sperm (Fig. 2E-H and [8], [60]). We had reported earlier that digestion of endogenous cAMP with recombinant cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase 4D [9] or inhibition of its synthesis with
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Disuflo Cy5 azide br Material and methods br Results and
2021-08-03
Material and methods Results and discussion Conclusions Prostanoid-E receptor selective antagonists that inhibit EP2 or EP4 receptor activities may be used as a pharmacological strategy to limit cyst formation and ADPKD progression. Our study follows on from our previous observations of the
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br Activatable photoacoustic probes Photoacoustic PA
2021-08-03
Activatable photoacoustic probes Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is a recently developed technique [47]. The imaging approach uses probes that absorb a pulsed laser beam and convert light energy into acoustic signals. It combines the advantages of the high sensitivity offered by optical imaging and th
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WES and validation by Sanger
2021-08-02
WES and validation by Sanger sequencing in PNGS-252 revealed an apparent homozygous c.4C>G missense alteration (GenBank: NM_014176.3), resulting in the amino Exendin-3 (9-39) amide receptor substitution p.Gln2Glu (Figure 1A). This mutation must be very rare, because this is not listed in the NHLBI
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Introduction Protein ubiquitination is a posttranslational
2021-08-02
Introduction Protein ubiquitination is a posttranslational modification that plays a major role in almost all cellular processes in eukaryotes (Hochstrasser, 2009; Komander & Rape, 2012). It involves the covalent attachment of ubiquitin (Ub) via its C-terminal glycine carboxylate to a primary amine
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Depending on the needs of the product to be
2021-08-02
Depending on the needs of the product to be preserved, there are several levels of barrier packaging. Usually they are classified into low and high barriers. High barriers have a low oxygen transmittal rate, low moisture vapor transmission rate, and a high tensile strength, or puncture resistance. W
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To avoid the difficulty of the nonsmooth constraints a seque
2021-08-02
To avoid the difficulty of the nonsmooth constraints, a sequence of smooth problems by using smoothing functions have been progressively approximated this nonsmooth problem. To date, there have been many smoothing functions, such as perturbed Fischer–Burmeister (FB), Chen–Harker–Kanzow–Smale (CHKS),
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Neutrophils produce high amounts of ROS
2021-08-02
Neutrophils produce high amounts of ROS, which act as antimicrobial agents, signaling molecules or initiators during PMA-induced NET formation. Of the intravenous anesthetics used in this study, propofol was the best at decreasing PMA-induced ROS levels (Fig. 3A and B). Our previous study also demon
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Furan analogs and N methylpyrrole analogs had completely
2021-08-02
Furan analogs and N-methylpyrrole analogs had completely different SARs. For example, replacement of the furan-2-sulfonyl moiety of 6 with the furan-3-sulfonyl moiety resulted in 8 with a decreased EP1 UM 171 affinity and an increased antagonist activity, while the corresponding chemical modificati
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In mammals neutrophil elastase is a trypsin like serine prot
2021-07-31
In mammals, neutrophil elastase is a trypsin-like serine protease stored in the azurophilic granules of naïve neutrophils [15], [16]. The catalytic activity of neutrophil elastase relies on a His57–Asp102–Ser195 triad (chymotrypsin numbering system) that functions by transfer of electrons from the c
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In addition to EGFR other receptor tyrosine kinases
2021-07-31
In addition to EGFR, other receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) also play roles in the tumor progression under hypoxia, especially hepatocyte growth factor receptor (cMet) (Le et al., 2012). Our data suggested that unlike EGFR, hypoxia had no apparent effect on cMet Emodepside (data not shown), suggest
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Mother rats acutely treated with quinpirole and mg kg
2021-07-31
Mother rats acutely treated with quinpirole (0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg) decreased the pup exploration time but increased the object exploration, so they showed a significantly lower pup preference ratio. They also showed impaired maternal performance in the home cage, consistent with our previous study (Zha