• Introduction Obesity constitutes a global healthcare problem

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  Introduction Obesity constitutes a global healthcare problem and has many adverse effects on the cardiovascular function [1,2]. Recently, the perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) has emerged as a relevant fat depot for cardiovascular risk and as a potential trigger in vascular dysfunction. Indeed, PV

• In the context of E ligase drug discovery it

  2020-04-26

  

  In the context of E3 ligase drug discovery, it is critical to identify the appropriate E2/E3 substrate pairing to ensure the development and use of the most physiologically relevant screening assay. There have been many reports of limited E2/E3 activity profiling with a small number of E2 and E3 CB-

• br Cholesterol handling in the arterial wall cells Foam

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  Cholesterol handling in the arterial wall cells Foam cell formation in the arterial intima is a major hallmark of early-stage atherosclerotic lesions, which is attributed to uncontrolled uptake of modified lipoproteins, excess cholesterol esterification and impaired cholesterol release [44]. As a

• Our results from neutropenic mice infected with both fungal

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  Our results from neutropenic mice infected with both fungal strains revealed that the inflammatory process was more severe 72hours post-infection (Fig. 4). Angioinvasion was mainly observed 48hours after infection for both strains. Transformation of A. fumigatus conidia into hyphae in immunocompeten

• Endothelins ETs are peptides expressed in both

  2020-04-26

  

  Endothelins (ETs) are peptides expressed in both the peripheral and the central nervous systems, which can contribute to sensory changes seen in animal models of inflammatory, cancer and neuropathic pain [10], [11]. All three mammalian isoforms (ET-1, ET-2 and ET-3) activate specific G protein-coupl

• Our recent QTL mapping study revealed that the adaptor genes

  2020-04-26

  

  Our recent QTL mapping study revealed that the adaptor genes, including the NCK genes and the ABI genes, are located within the genomic regions harboring the most significant QTL (Zhou et al., 2017), suggesting that these genes could be involved in the determination of resistance, and possibly throu

• br Acknowledgments We thank our colleagues who have

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  Acknowledgments We thank our colleagues who have contributed to our understanding of the Akt Inhibitor IV and the structure and function of APC/C, and apologize to those whose work we were unable to cite here. We thank J. Rajan Prabu for making the movies showing APC/C conformational changes. Our

• All DGKs have at least

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  All DGKs have at least two cysteine-rich regions homologous to the C1A and C1B motifs of PKCs [26]. In theory, these domains may bind DAG, perhaps localizing DGKs to where DAG accumulates. However, no DGK C1 domain has so far been conclusively shown to bind DAG. In fact, structural predictions sugge

• As shown in Fig there

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  As shown in Fig. 9, there are two mechanisms for the removal of the Va-acyl group from PC to make it available for incorporation into TAG with DGATs\' acting at the final acylation step. ①: Transfer of Va from PC to the acyl-CoA pool. This process can be driven by the reverse action of acyl- CoA:lys

• In contrast to DDR the role

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  In Yeast Extract to DDR1, the role of oligomerization and/or clustering of DDR2 in mediating its interactions with collagen is less understood. Current data show that in DDR2, like in DDR1, (i) dimerization [7] and higher-order oligomerization of its ECD [11], [22] enhance its binding to collagen, a

• It is well known that CysLTs

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  It is well known that CysLTs exert potent contractile action on human bronchial smooth muscles through activation of CysLT1 receptors. Indeed, in vitro antigen-induced contraction of passively sensitized human bronchial tissue is markedly suppressed by a pre-treatment with CysLT1 receptor antagonist

• Cells expressing the CDK S

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  Cells expressing the CDK5 S47D mutant exhibit impaired migration and enhanced proliferation: Finally, we wished to determine the functional significance of this phosphoevent. Multiple studies have implicated active CDK5 in promotion of cell migration [9,16,[21], [22], [23], [24]] and in one study th

• The intestinal cholesterol absorption markers sitosterol and

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  The intestinal cholesterol cam kinase ii markers sitosterol and campesterol to cholesterol levels were significantly lower in Villin-Tgif1 mice compared to wild type mice, irrespective of diet. However, the decrease was less pronounced in Villin-Tgif1 mice fed a chow diet (∼20–30%) compared to mice

• Quantum dots QDs which exhibit excellent fluorescence quantu

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  Quantum dots (QDs), which exhibit excellent fluorescence quantum yields (QYs), high extinction coefficients and size-tunable narrow emission have highly attracted great interest in various applications such as in solar cells, sensors, and bioimaging [16], [17], [18], [19], [20]. However, QDs suffer

• br Biological roles of DGK br Summary and future perspective

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  Biological roles of DGKϵ Summary and future perspectives The most ZSTK474 australia segment of DGKϵ, comprised of residues 20–42, appears to have no role in binding the lipid substrate DAG or in the acyl chain specificity of substrate phosphorylation. Nevertheless, the sequence in this segmen

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