• Upon Edn ligand binding endothelin receptors can induce

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  Upon Edn ligand binding, endothelin receptors can induce a variety of intracellular signaling cascades leading to diverse cellular responses such as contraction in the case of smooth muscle cells, or cell growth and mitogenesis. Ednrs are expressed in a variety of cell types and tissues, for example

• br Regulation of cadherin switching The

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  Regulation of cadherin switching The downregulation of E-cadherin during cadherin switching is induced by multiple mechanisms, including methylation of the E-cadherin promoter and signaling pathways that activate E-cadherin-suppressing transcription factors [[61], [62], [63]]. During the progress

• The hepatic constitutive levels of CYP A were minimal

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  The hepatic constitutive levels of CYP1A2 were minimal and were below detectable limits in the kidney, indicating an organ-specific trend which has been reported by other groups (Hawke and Welch, 1985, Paolini et al., 1997, Parkinson, 1996, Villard et al., 1998). Retinol administration did not have

• FOX proteins constitute a large class of transcription facto

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  FOX proteins constitute a large class of transcription factors with multiple functions, from development and organogenesis to regulation of metabolic and immune functions. The Fox transcription factor is characterized by a 100-amino-acid wing helix or forkhead DNA-binding domain. In addition, the FO

• Next we evaluated whether DPP inhibitor suppressed osteoclas

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  Next, we evaluated whether DPP-4 inhibitor suppressed osteoclast formation by downregulating LPS-induced RANKL expression in stromal cells; DPP-4 inhibitor did not inhibit LPS-induced RANKL expression. Furthermore, we evaluated the effect of DPP-4 on LPS-induced RANKL expression in stromal cells, bu

• Enzymatic assay The usual in vitro test

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  Enzymatic assay. The usual in vitro test for the measure of the activity of DbH involves ascorbate as a cosubstrate (e.g., 5mM) and tyramine as a substrate (e.g., 10mM). When using N-aryl-N′-hydroxyguanidines instead of ascorbate, the hydroxylase activity of DbH was measured by HPLC as the amounts o

• Given the structural similarity of BMAA to other amino

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  Given the structural similarity of BMAA to other amino acids, our hypothesis was that N-nitrosation of BMAA might result in a toxic alkylating agent, providing a previously unrecognised mechanism for BMAA action. Materials and methods Results and discussion We first examined whether chemical

• 6 his tag The question arises as to how the massive conforma

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  The question arises as to how the massive conformational changes determining whether APC/CCDC20–MCC is inhibited or able to catalyze MCC ubiquitylation are naturally controlled? This transition likely involves APC/C regions near the subunit APC15, because reducing cellular APC15 levels stabilizes MC

• While SCF E ligase activity was reconstituted with recombina

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  While SCF E3 ligase activity was reconstituted with recombinant proteins two decades ago, the ability to probe APC/C was limited until recently because of its behemoth size. Human APC/C is a 1.2-MDa assembly comprised of 19 core subunits (one each of nine different APC subunits, and two each of five

• N acetylation by N acetyltransferase NAT

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  N-acetylation by N-acetyltransferase (NAT) is an important metabolic pathway for some substances, and there are 2 functional NAT isoforms in humans—NAT1 and NAT2. Studies of etamicastat in healthy subjects showed an extensive N-acetylation of etamicastat to the inactive metabolite BIA 5-961, and a l

• ATRX belongs to the switch sucrose non

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  ATRX belongs to the switch/sucrose non-fermenting (SWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling family, mutations in which cause syndromal mental retardation and downregulation of α-globin expression (Gibbons et al., 1995). Most of these mutations are located in two highly conserved regions of the ATRX protein: a

• Bufexamac br Conclusion Our objective is

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  Conclusion Our objective is to promote cell activity on biomaterials, especially for use in regenerative medicine, by grafting THPs containing collagen-binding sites onto inert substrates. We have previously reported a methodology to derivatize EDC/NHS crosslinked films with photoreactive THPs. T

• br Preparation of Recombinant Proteins

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  Preparation of Recombinant Proteins Activity Assays The following solvents are used in the procedures described in this section: Data Analysis Aryl radical rearrangements typically result in a large number of products being generated by Bmp7. Approaches combining mass spectrometry and NMR

• br Materials and methods br

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  Materials and methods Results and discussion Conclusions In this study, we have investigated the possibility that hierarchical phosphorylation by CK2 may play a role in cellular signal transduction. Hierarchical phosphorylation by CK2 requires multiple consensus determinants with specific s

• We recently employed a functional

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  We recently employed a functional drug screening approach to identify mithramycin as an inhibitor of EWS–FLI1. In our study, we employed a stepwise approach involving a luciferase primary screen and a novel multiplex PCR screen to evaluate over 50,000 compounds to identify mithramycin as an inhibito

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