• An alternative approach to the administration of ADO

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  An alternative approach to the administration of ADO agonists is to amplify the actions of endogenous ADO by inhibiting the ADO-metabolizing enzyme, ADO kinase (AK). Inhibition of AK has the net effect of potentiating the local concentration and the effects of ADO in the extracellular compartment. T

• Direct inhibition of LO activity

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  Direct inhibition of 5-LO activity by BRP-187 is clearly evident in cell-free assays using PMNL homogenates and isolated human recombinant 5-LO as enzyme source. In such assays, pure FLAP inhibitors like MK886 are inactive [9], [10], [29], [44]. Wash-out experiments and studies using the nonionic de

• It involves complementary and inflammatory system proteins

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  It involves complementary and inflammatory system proteins, mast cells, eosinophils, basophils, macrophages, natural killer (NK) cells and cytokines [1]. Innate immunity, not only include cells, but also barriers that defend the organism to the penetration of pathogenic agents [2]. Important mediat

• HCC aetiology is multifactorial and the disease is

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  HCC aetiology is multifactorial and the disease is often preceded by other conditions including liver fibrosis and cirrhosis that are associated with HCV, HBV, alcoholic and non-alcoholic hepatitis. The discovery of new therapeutic targets will require a greater understanding of the pathogenic mecha

• Although several different membrane estrogen receptors have

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  Although several different membrane estrogen receptors have been reported (Qiu et al., 2008; Revankar et al., 2005), a large percentage of membrane-initiated steroid hormone signaling appears to be performed by a subpopulation of the same receptors that act in the nucleus. Specifically, estrogen rec

• The levels of Mcl and

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  The levels of Mcl-1 and FLIP are homeostatically controlled by transcriptional and posttranslational processes. Accumulating evidence suggested that intracellular signaling molecules such as Akt are crucial to the transcription of Mcl-1 and FLIP [30], [31]. The constitutive activation of Akt is dete

• Available data thus indicate that there are at

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  Available data thus indicate that there are at least two ways that HMGA proteins can induce localized changes in the chromatin structure of inducible gene promoters, both of which involve positioned nucleosomes that must be “remodeled” before gene transcription can occur. The first mechanism is exem

• Interestingly we found that co treatment with losartan

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  Interestingly, we found that co-treatment with losartan prevented the increased participation of ROS from NADPH oxidase on the contractile response to Phe observed in Hg-treated rats. Moreover, losartan also prevented the reduction in the endothelial NO modulation of this response found in treated a

• Although our sample size is not enough

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  Although our sample size is not enough to conclude that there is no great genetic variation of the AR gene in most New World monkeys, it would be reasonable to state that the microsatellite region in the exon 1 of the androgen receptor gene of New World monkeys (platyrrhine) is relatively shorter th

• Complementing the effects of ARB and

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  Complementing the effects of ARB and ACEI on HDL capacity to elicit cholesterol efflux, HDL of ARB- and ACEI-treated groups significantly lessened macrophage production of superoxide (Fig 2). As with efflux, there was no difference in this effect between the ARB and ACEI groups. These data are inter

• In addition AMPK reduces protein synthesis and stimulates ap

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  In addition, AMPK reduces protein synthesis and stimulates apoptotic and autophagic pathways through the inhibition of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), which regulates cellular metabolic homeostasis, insulin secretion, insulin resistance, autophagy and apoptosis (Maiese, 2016). mTOR is th

• We find that the interaction of NSF

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  We find that the interaction of NSF and SNAP is critically involved in NMDAR-induced PICK1 unclustering. The binding of SNAP to NSF increases the ATPase activity of NSF, which is known to be essential for the unbinding of PICK1 from GluR2 (Hanley et al., 2002). Disruption of the association between

• This suggestion was confirmed by immunohistochemical studies

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  This suggestion was confirmed by immunohistochemical studies in which the immunoreactivity of the enzyme was actually higher at the earlier rather than at the advanced stages of the disease. Importantly, a later study showed that the biochemical signature of 12/15LO enzymatic activation (i.e., 12-HE

• br Acknowledgements This work was supported by a grant from

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  Acknowledgements This work was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (IOS- 1353366), the Hatch Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (VA-135908) and the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, to G.P. Introduction With steadily rising number of affect

• The role of the adaptive

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  The role of the adaptive immune response in AD is not fully understood and previous studies are controversial. In this context, serum levels of T and B lymphocytes were found to be reduced in AD patients, suggesting a decline of the immune response during the course of the disease (Richartz-Salzburg

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