• The Wnt signaling pathway has been demonstrated to be respon

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  The Wnt signaling pathway has been demonstrated to be responsible for a variety of biological processes. The three best-characterized Wnt signaling pathways are the canonical Wnt pathway, the noncanonical planar cell polarity pathway, and the noncanonical Wnt/calcium pathway. The canonical Wnt/β-cat

• DGK is classified into the type II DGK subfamily

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  DGKη is classified into the type II DGK subfamily [12], [13], [14], [15]. As described above, DGKη has the splice variants η1 and η2 [10]. DGKs η1 and η2 possess in common a pleckstrin homology domain at the N-terminus and a catalytic domain that is divided into two subdomains (catalytic subdomain-a

• br Introduction In mammals there are

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  Introduction In mammals there are ten known isoforms of the enzyme diacylglycerol kinase (DGK), as well as gene splice variants. Enzymes of this family all have a homologous active site but differ widely in their molecular mass, mechanisms of activation and biological function (Shulga et al., 201

• br Introduction Plasmodium falciparum malaria continues to b

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  Introduction Plasmodium falciparum malaria continues to be a major global cause of mortality and morbidity. Malaria treatment and control has been complicated by the emergence of resistance to widespread antimalarial drug use. The most common method for measuring antimalarial resistance is estima

• Besides degrading cholesterol the cholesterol degradation

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  Besides degrading cholesterol, the cholesterol degradation pathway also offers a route to obtain useful starting materials for the production of steroid drugs and hormones. Indeed, steroids are among the most marketed pharmaceuticals with about 300 approved steroid drugs [15] and a worldwide market

• Similarly LTD concentration dependently enhanced AQP express

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  Similarly, LTD4 concentration-dependently enhanced AQP4 expression in astrocytes (Fig. 3). The LTD4-enhanced AQP4 expression was not affected by pranlukast but inhibited by Bay u9773, a non-selective CysLT1/CysLT2 receptor antagonist [33]. Because no selective CysLT2 receptor antagonists are curren

• br Acknowledgments br Introduction Cysteinyl leukotrienes Cy

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  Acknowledgments Introduction Cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLTs), LTC4, LTD4 and LTE4, are 5-lipoxygenase pathway metabolites of arachidonic Tenovin-1 and deeply involved in bronchial asthma via activation of CysLT1 receptors [1], [2]. Specific CysLT1 receptor antagonists, including pranlukast [3

• Substitutions on the benzene ring of the phenyl acetic acid

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  Substitutions on the benzene ring of the phenyl acetic 6-Aminonicotinamide moiety were evaluated to study their effect on DP and CRTH2 selectivity (). Compound has strong affinity for CRTH2, but it only has moderate affinity for DP. Small substitutions such as methoxy () and fluorine () next to th

• However the Moon is not the only possible source

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  However, the Moon is not the only possible source for space resources. Asteroids, in particular near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), can provide an alternative source for propellant and other materials, sometimes at lower cost. There are an expected 4000 NEAs that require less propellant (delta-V) per trip

• RNA seq results also support the

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  RNA-seq results also support the similarity between ESC- and YS-derived B-1 progenitors. Bmi1 expression, known as an important gene for self-renewal ability in stem cells, was reduced in ESC-derived B cells compared with YS-derived B cells, and Bmi1 overexpression improved the engraftment of ESC-de

• br Future perspectives Understanding how peptides are degrad

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  Future perspectives Understanding how peptides are degraded, particularly those which may be therapeutically useful, such as GLP-1, has proved to be invaluable in providing a rationale for the development of a novel class of therapeutic agents. However, while DPP-4 plays an important role in the

• Finally this study described that

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  Finally, this study described that the lead smoothened (1) acted as an efficient alkylating agent for the G4 structure in addition to the previously reported T-T mismatch structure. The shortcoming of probe (1) is the lack of a structure selectivity, but that can be overcome by changing the acridin

• br Materials and methods br Results Because of

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  Materials and methods Results Because of the specific binding of DGKε to an arachidonoyl group, there was a particular interest to evaluate the behavior of 2-AG with this isoform of DGK. The substrate specificity and kinetic constants for DGKε has been recently reported [13]. Using the preferr

• estrogen receptor antagonist One of the features of ROCO

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  One of the features of ROCO proteins, controlled by their domain architecture is their oligomerization status. By size-exclusion chromatography and Western blot analysis, DAPK1 was proved to form homodimers via its GTPase and kinase domains [53]. Similarly, estrogen receptor antagonist microscopy s

• Studies also provide evidence that cytokines such as TGF

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  Studies also provide evidence that cytokines such as TGF-β, a TH3-type cytokine, may also play a role in airway remodeling. Data obtained by Cohen et al suggest that TGF-β1 can induce human BSMC proliferation by increasing the expression of IGFBP-3. Hence, the mitogenic action of TGF-β1 could be rel

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