• Most data regarding fish CXCR functions have accumulated

  2021-03-12

  

  Most data regarding fish CXCR4 functions have accumulated from work in zebrafish where a range of genetic tools and imaging technologies have been developed. As mentioned above, in teleost fish the two CXCR4s (CXCR4a and 4b) are assumed to interact with two ligands (CXCL12a and 12b) and this differe

• Stress is usually comprehended as

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  Stress is usually comprehended as an event affecting mainly the HPA axis and initiating the alarm reaction represented by activation of the adrenal medulla. This means that the levels of related hormones and neurotransmitters are significantly elevated during and after the stress. CRF, following its

• There have been attempts to stimulate the dopaminergic syste

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  There have been attempts to stimulate the dopaminergic system to influence cognition in women around menopause who have subjective complaints about their cognition by Epperson et al. (Epperson et al., 2011, Epperson et al., 2015). In perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, Epperson et al. found tha

• br Functional significance Defects of the lysyl hydroxylases

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  Functional significance Defects of the lysyl hydroxylases LH1, LH2, and LH3 impair collagen secretion and stability in the extracellular matrix, and cause rare connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos type-VI [27], Bruck syndrome [28], and skeletal dysplasia [29], respectively. Elucidati

• The presence of a vicious cycle established between tumor

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  The presence of a “vicious cycle” established between tumor proliferation and paratumor osteolysis plays a crucial role in the development of primary bone tumors [53]. Cancer cells produce soluble factors that activate directly or indirectly via osteoblasts, osteoclast differentiation and maturation

• Introduction Neuropathic pain occurs in approximately

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  Introduction Neuropathic pain occurs in approximately one-third of patients with diabetes and is refractory to currently available analgesic drugs (Abbott et al., 2011). This painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is associated with elevated levels of methylglyoxal (MG; a reactive glucose metabolite) an

• In the present study we first examined

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  In the present study, we first examined the in vivo and ex vivo effects of androgens on ep1 rac inhibitor in the olfactory rosette of male B. sinensis. Thereafter, we cloned two different B.sinensis ar cDNAs and investigated their roles in the effects of 11-KT on ep1 expression. Material and met

• Enzyme selectivity of many enzymes like

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  Enzyme selectivity of many matrix metalloproteinases like β-galactosidases, acylases, epoxyhydrolases, lipases, etc. has also been modulated by using different immobilization techniques. It can result in the selection of optimal biocatalyst for different processes. This has many advantages over str

• The biological actions of ET are mediated via two

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  The biological actions of ET‐1 are mediated via two distinct receptor subtypes, the endothelin A and endothelin B receptors (ETA/ETB). While activation of ETA is assumed to mediate contraction of smooth muscle cells, the activity of ETB is related to transient vasodilation [22]. In human corpus cave

• br DDR mediated signaling DDRs initiate

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  DDR-mediated signaling DDRs initiate signaling pathways in a context and cell type-dependent manner. For instance, DDR1 was reported to activate ERK in vascular smooth muscle PF-03084014 (Lu et al., 2011), to inhibit ERK in mesangial cells (Curat and Vogel, 2002), and to have no effect on ERK ac

• What are the molecular signals

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  What are the molecular signals that guide Tfh cells as they navigate around the lymph node in the course of the immune response? It was recently reported that Tfh cells inside GCs have high expression of SIPR2, which acts to repel them from the S1P-rich lymph in the SCS and promote their retention i

• br DNA end processing enzymes The

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  DNA end processing enzymes The simplest DSB is one that consists of two blunt DNA ends as these termini can be re-joined without processing. However, DSBs induced by ionizing radiation and reactive oxygen species are notorious for producing DNA ends which are non-ligatable (“dirty ends”) and thus

• Poxviruses have double stranded DNA

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  Poxviruses have double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genomes, yet they replicate within the cytoplasm. Poxviruses that cause human disease include monkeypox virus (Reynolds et al., 2004), molluscum contagiosum virus (Hanson and Diven, 2003) and variola virus (VARV), the cause of smallpox, a disease eradicate

• In our recent study we

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  In our recent study, we established a procedure to examine the chromatin binding of XRCC4 using a biochemical fractionation analysis using a detergent Nonidet P-40 [22]. In this study, we investigated the role of LIG4 and its subdomains in the recruitment of XRCC4/LIG4 complex to chromatin. Mater

• Numerous studies have pointed to the DGAT reaction

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  Numerous studies have pointed to the DGAT reaction being critical for TAG assembly and in several cases it has been shown to limit carbon flux from lipid precursors towards TAG accumulation [12]. Thus, in Brassica napus, the DGAT substrate, diacylglycerol (DAG), accumulates during periods of rapid l

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