• Immune modulation by steroid hormones

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  Immune modulation by steroid hormones is a rather new aspect of the research on endocrine interactions in lower vertebrates (Harris and Bird, 2000). In the classical view, steroids exert their effects by binding to specific intracellular receptors that function as ligand-activated transcriptional re

• br Introduction Estrogens play an important

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  Introduction Estrogens play an important role in the RP 67580 (Arevalo et al., 2015). During several decades, estrogen withdrawal in women has been associated with cognitive impairment, increased Alzheimer\'s disease (AD) risk (Pike, 2017) and with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia (Ku

• At one time the biological effects of

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  At one time, the biological effects of cAMP were thought to be mediated exclusively by Protein Kinase A (PKA). Consistent with this, PKA inhibitors have been shown to reverse the effects of cAMP-elevating agents on VSMC proliferation [5]. However, we recently reported that cAMP-mediated inhibition o

• br Introduction Prostaglandin E PGE signals through

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  Introduction Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) signals through 4 separate G-protein coupled receptor sub-types (EP1, EP2, EP3 and EP4) to elicit a variety of physiological and pathophysiologic effects. EP2 and EP4 increase cAMP levels in the cell via adenylate cyclase activation, whereas EP3 inhibits cAMP

• In sum although it is

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  In sum, although it is reasonable to assume that the activities of an enzyme on alternative (metabolically available) substrates may often depend on neutral drift, the point is difficult to prove because various types of selective pressures can be at play, and these will be different in different or

• To analyze EBI expression and its

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  To analyze EBI2 expression and its function in T cells in vivo, we created an EGFP reporter/knockout mouse strain, termed EBI2EGFP. This mouse strain in heterozygous configuration allows for a systematic analysis of the expression of EBI2 in distinct cell types in steady-state and under inflammatory

• Our finding that the ATRX DAXX H complex promotes

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  Our finding that the ATRX-DAXX-H3.3 complex promotes a form of HR is likely to have important implications for our understanding of the ALT recombination process that takes place at telomeres. We were surprised to observe that ATRX promotes a form of HR, since loss of the ATRX-DAXX-H3.3 complex is n

• br UVC induced DNA damage a model

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  UVC-induced DNA damage: a model to study DNA damage tolerance The UV components of sunlight that reaches the Earth surface are one of the most carcinogenic agents humans are exposed to, and the leading cause of skin cancer [4,12]. UV light causes different types of DNA damage through indirect and

• br Phenotypic responses alkylation induced cell death and

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  Phenotypic responses: alkylation-induced cell death and mutagenesis E. coli alkB mutants were isolated in a screen for strains specifically sensitive to the cytotoxicity of MMS but not UV-irradiation. This was the first indication that the AlkB protein is a primary cellular defence against alkyla

• br Introduction Cardiovascular disease continues to be the l

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  Introduction Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death in developed countries. Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory cardiovascular disease, is characterized by the progressive buildup of oxidized low density lipoproteins in the arterial walls (Ross, 1999). In the devel

• br Introduction Accounting educators and professional

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  Introduction Accounting educators and professional accounting organizations have speculated that advanced placement (AP) may be an effective tool for recruiting high-quality students into accounting education programs (Deines, Bittner, & Eichman, 2012; The Pathways Commission, 2012), and it is no

• Flavonoids are most common and widely distributed group of

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  Flavonoids are most common and widely distributed group of natural phenolic compounds synthesized by plants that have varied effects on mammalian cell systems (Kumar and Pandey, 2013). Several studies demonstrate that flavonoids might be potent inhibitors of several protein kinases involved in vario

• Protein kinase casein kinase CK

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  Protein kinase casein kinase 1 (CK1) comprises a family of highly related, constitutively active serine/threonine protein kinases (reviewed by [15]). CK1 is involved in controlling a wide variety of different cellular events including protein turnover [16], [17], nuclear import [18] and the cellular

• br Discussion The membrane PVase activity components were

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  Discussion The membrane PVase activity components were discriminated in this work by pre-incubating with PMSF, mipafox, paraoxon or PMSF + mipafox to irreversibly inhibitPVase activity to discriminate the enzymatic components, (EPα, EPβ, EPγ and EPδ). The concentrations employed to discriminate t

• Chk and Chk are functionally redundant protein kinases

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  Chk1 and Chk2 are functionally redundant protein kinases that respond to checkpoint signals emanating from the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase family members ATM (ataxia-telangiectasia mutated) and ATR (Ataxia-telangiectasia and Rad-3 related). A concerted research effort has revealed many mechanistic

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