• The literature suggests that adiponectin has a steroidogenic

  2023-10-19

  

  The literature suggests that adiponectin has a steroidogenic effect on ovarian function. In pigs, in vitro studies have shown that adiponectin reduced basal testosterone secretion in internal theca cells; in granulosa cells, it increased secretion of estradiol and, in combination with insulin, incre

• Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide PACAP is

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  Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a member of the secretin/growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH)/vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) family, with potent anti-inflammatory and potent cytoprotective properties [[6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]]. PACAP exists as

• Extracellular adenosine acts as a

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  Extracellular adenosine acts as a local modulator of cell function via four adenosine receptor subtypes (A1Rs A2AR, A2BR, and A3R) that are involved in numerous physiological and pathophysiological processes [31]. Each is encoded by a separate gene and has different functions, although with some ove

• The assay performance was estimated using Z factors

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  The assay performance was estimated using Z′-factors (plotted in Fig. 2A) according to Zhang et al. calculated for each plate comparing positive (in the absence of an inhibitor) and negative controls (in the presence of an AdK inhibitor). The mean Z′-factor±SD was determined to be 0.7±0.1, indicativ

• Search sphere This sphere includes the acetylcholine binding

  2023-10-19

  

  Search sphere 1: This sphere includes the phenylephrine hydrochloride binding site between the α–γ subunits. The center point of the search area was located at x=35.26, y=77.67, z=137.74 and the initial search radius was set to 27Å which assures that the corresponding area outside the channel pore o

• br Conclusion br Acknowledgments The authors extend

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  Conclusion Acknowledgments The authors extend their appreciation to Kayyali Chair for Pharmaceutical Industry, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University for funding this work through the research project Number (G-2016-2). Introduction L-ornithine is a natural

• Phenolic compounds show reciprocal relationship with colonic

  2023-10-19

  

  Phenolic compounds show reciprocal relationship with colonic microflora. Phenolic compounds are able to improve colonic health and modulate microbiota diversity with prebiotic and antimicrobial functions, while colonic bacterial enzymes catalyze deconjugation, dehydroxylation, and convert phenolic

• br Conclusions Our study confirms that N terminal mutations

  2023-10-18

  

  Conclusions Our study confirms that N-terminal mutations can affect Aβ fibril and oligomer formation, despite lying outside the core amyloid region of Aβ. Of the three factors that may influence Aβ-mediated toxicity (primary structure of Aβ, assembly structure and cellular responses), our results

• Within the PARP family TIPARP is most evolutionarily

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  Within the PARP family, TIPARP is most evolutionarily conserved with PARP12 (ARTD12) and PARP13 (ARTD13) [27,28,41]. All three proteins contain at least one RNA-type CCCH zinc finger domain, a poly-ADP-ribose binding WWE domain and a PARP catalytic domain (Fig. 1). PARP13 is catalytically inactive,

• The biological characteristics of cancer invasion and metast

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  The biological characteristics of cancer invasion and metastasis are mainly attributed to the poor prognosis in cancer. It has been reported that overexpression of Ack1 promoted the migratory and invasive properties of breast cancer ritodrine by sustaining expression of epidermal growth factor. In

• br Increased blood ATX and

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  Increased blood ATX and LPA in liver fibrosis Although previous in vitro findings have suggested a link between LPA and liver fibrosis in vivo, whether LPA plays a primary role in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis has remained uncertain. No phenotypic changes in livers of LPA receptor-deficient

• It was reported that overexpression

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  It was reported that overexpression of the rat ACL gene in tobacco increased the total ACL activity by 4 fold, which increased the production of fatty acids by 16% [8]. Recently, a 1.7-fold increase of fatty acids and 1.9-fold increase of triacylglycerol (TAG) was observed in Aspergillus oryzae with

• BIBW 2992 receptor A different mechanism has been suggested

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  A different mechanism has been suggested for the role of TRX1 in ASK1 regulation based on disulfide bond-mediated ASK1 multimerization and its reduction through the thiol-reductase activity of TRX1 (Nadeau et al., 2007, Nadeau et al., 2009). In this model, oxidative stress induces intermolecular dis

• PD research involves the use of many animal models

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  PD research involves the use of many animal models, which can be categorized into two main types: toxic models—among which the two most widely used are the classical 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) model in rats and the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) model in mice and monkeys—and gen

• Apoptosis a major process of programmed cell death and

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  Apoptosis, a major process of programmed cell death, and in response to many chemopreventive agents (Jeyamohan et al., 2016). In general, two major signaling pathways control apoptosis, namely, a pathway mediated by cell death receptor and a pathway mediated by mitochondrion, and possible drug targe

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