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Another pathway that requires proper DUB
2021-07-30
Another pathway that requires proper DUB recruitment is the DNA damage response (DDR). After ultraviolet (UV)-induced DNA damage, monoubiquitylated proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) mediates signaling that leads to repair. The DUB complex USP1/USP1-associated factor 1 (UAF1) deubiquitylates
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Compounds that interact with MDR can do so by
2021-07-30
Compounds that interact with MDR1 can do so by different mechanisms. Verapamil is known to modulate drug resistance by acting as a competitive MDR1 substrate [36]. Interestingly, NU7441 has similar growth inhibitory activity in the sensitive and resistant Zebularine and there was no observed reduct
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Poxviruses have double stranded DNA dsDNA
2021-07-30
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
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For the SAR optimization of
2021-07-30
For the SAR optimization of the right hand side, it was decided to explore the inclusion of the key carboxylic BMS-354825 moiety present in the original DGAT-1 inhibitors from . Analogs were constructed by the synthetic routes outlined in , . In , the methylene-oxy linker was introduced by condensat
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In summary our findings show that LPS
2021-07-30
In summary, our findings show that LPS can activate CysLT2R on microglial Phos-tag Biotin receptor to induce microglial inflammation and microglia-dependent neuronal death. Furthermore, pharmacological inhibition or knocking down of CysLT2R expression protects neurons against neurotoxicity via supp
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We also identified a role for the
2021-07-30
We also identified a role for the transcription factor p53 in the regulation of the Crm1 promoter. p53 can activate or repress the transcription of target genes. While activation generally occurs through binding of p53 to its consensus binding site in the promoter region of target genes, for example
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More recently evidence suggests that dysregulation
2021-07-30
More recently, evidence suggests that dysregulation of CRF signaling may also be implicated in panic disorder. For instance, polymorphisms in the CRF1, but not CRF2, gene have been associated with susceptibility to panic disorder in German and Japanese population samples (Ishitobi et al., 2012, Keck
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The two SNPs rs rs presented above are part
2021-07-30
The two SNPs rs4818-rs4680 presented above are part of the haploblock (rs6269, rs4633, rs4818, rs4680) presenting the 3 major haplotypes which influence the enzymatic activity of COMT. This activity is inversely related to the sensitivity of pain in a chronic pain syndrome; so the haplotype (GCGG) h
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A possible explanation for these observations has been
2021-07-29
A possible explanation for these observations has been provided by a recent study showing that EWS-FLI-1 increases the Skp2-mediated 26S proteasome degradation, decreasing p27 protein stability and preventing cell senescence [42]. Mechanism of action of EWS-FLI-1 Molecular analysis has revealed
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br Conclusions When the authors
2021-07-29
Conclusions When the authors joined the field of oxysterol analysis around the turn of the century, oxysterols and cholestenoic acids were mostly considered as uninteresting intermediates of cholesterol metabolism. Some oxysterols had been shown to have biological activity, but the most studied o
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As in our earlier observations
2021-07-29
As in our earlier observations, the PTPN22 SNP affected the appearance of β-cell autoimmunity, but in contrast to our earlier report, only a borderline effect of the PTPN22 SNP on the progression to clinical disease was observed in the current analysis [22], [27]. The finding of an effect of the PTP
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A growing number of other post translational modifications a
2021-07-29
A growing number of other post-translational modifications are implicated in regulation of the ubiquitin system, including substrate modification by hydroxylation, glycosylation, acetylation, methylation, modification by poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR), and attachment of ubiquitin-like modifiers. The HIF1-α
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Mitochondrial depolarization induced by DHODH inhibition Fig
2021-07-29
Mitochondrial depolarization induced by DHODH inhibition (Figure 5A) may also contribute to the selective effects of DHODH inhibitors on KRAS mutant cells. If so, the effect may arise more from pro-apoptotic effects of mitochondrial depolarization (Lemasters et al., 1998) than from impaired oxidativ
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Natural and synthetic glucocorticoids perform
2021-07-29
Natural and synthetic glucocorticoids perform their biological action in the organism through receptor-dependent mechanisms (e.g., by binding to the glucocorticoid receptors). It has been determined that glucocorticoid receptors cross-talk with other nuclear receptors, including AhR (Celander et al.
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br Material and methods br Results br Discussion
2021-07-29
Material and methods Results Discussion Monomeric CDK5 shows no enzymatic activity and requires the association with a regulatory partner for activation (Dhavan and Tsai, 2001). Here, we found that CDK7 might be one of the partners required for activation of CDK5 in the skin tissue, based o