• Further validation for a role in LOX pathway

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  Further validation for a role in 12/15-LOX pathway in mediating adipocyte function comes from studies revealing a regulatory role of lipocalin-2 on 12/15-LOX activity. Lipocalin-2, a glycoprotein member of the lipocalin superfamily, is a novel abundant adipokine implicated in obesity-mediated inflam

• The complex role of the human intestinal microbiota

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  The complex role of the human intestinal microbiota is emerging and its functions has been elucidated when considering energy metabolism, nutrient digestion, vitamin synthesis, epithelial defenses and immune responses [34]. The colon is responsible for salvage of energy and possibly nitrogen from ca

• br Materials and method br Result and discussion

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  Materials and method Result and discussion Conclusion Acknowledgments This work is partly supported by the University Research Committee (URC) of the Senate of The Federal University of Technology, Akure. The authors thanked IFS for the funds (F/4449 1F and F/4449-2F) used to purchase th

• While the mechanisms by which ALDH

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  While the mechanisms by which ALDH2 regulates cardiac responses to pathological stress remain unclear, the capillary rarefaction found in pressure-overloaded ALDH2 Tg hearts provides potential clues. Loss of capillary density and diminished endothelial function occur in pathological hypertrophy [46]

• Recent studies demonstrated that AHR has an

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  Recent studies demonstrated that AHR has an important role in the interplay between cancer metabolism and tumor-specific immunity. Tryptophan catabolism is increasingly recognized as a metabolic pathway that promotes tumorigenesis through its role in immune suppression [75]. The rate-limiting enzyme

• br Material and methods br Results br Discussion GRK activit

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  Material and methods Results Discussion GRK2 activity has increasingly been shown to contribute to the progression of numerous diseases and organ dysfunction [5], [6]. For instance, a large body of work over the last two decades has identified GRK2 as a major regulator of cardiac dysfunctio

• Obesity is defined as a body mass index BMI of

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  Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30kg/m2 or higher and is known to have a very close association with the risk of developing cancers (Hsueh and Deng, 2016). Several theories exist as to how this link is defined with respect to various cancers, one of which involves the effect of obes

• Fig A shows a schematic

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  Fig. 2A shows a schematic representation of histological results according to the Franklin and Paxinos Mouse Brain Atlas (2001). The black circles represent the sites of drug infusion that were on-target within the amygdala. Gray circles represent the animals that had infusion locations outside the

• Since natural and recombinant glycoprotein hormones exhibit

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  Since natural and recombinant glycoprotein hormones exhibit some differences in their carbohydrate structures, we checked whether this could affect the permissive effect on FSK-induced cyclic AMP response in MLTC-1 cells. Fig. 6 shows that the same sensitizing effect to FSK is observed with pituitar

• The potential use of derivatives belonging to this series as

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  The potential use of derivatives belonging to this series as therapeutic agents mostly depends on their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. The pharmacokinetic phase includes absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) of the studied compounds. Therefore, preliminary data for theore

• We also investigated the transmittance of actin polymerized

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  We also investigated the transmittance of actin polymerized with and without ABP. The presence of actin in the solution results in an increment in turbidity as other proteins provided BB-94 features [21], [32]. While G-actin showed a transmittance peak positioned at 241 nm, F-actin exhibited a smal

• The next level of possible correlation and

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  The next level of possible correlation and comparison between the α7 and 5HT3 receptors is at the subunit arrangement and protein folding. Crystal structures of the nicotinic and serotoninergic cytoskeleton receptors [45], [46] reinforced the concept of similarities between these families of recepto

• The altered frequency of CD T cells in LO

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  The altered frequency of CD4+ T UMI-77 in 5-LO−/− mice led us to hypothesize that these leukocytes could be exerting a primary control of the inflammatory response. In fact, the lack of 5-LO resulted in the accumulation of CD4+CD25+ cells expressing Treg markers. It is plausible to speculate that 5

• This study does have several

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  This study does have several limitations, mainly related to the DMSO vehicle. While DMSO is a known anti-inflammatory mediator,5, 12 it has been shown to upregulate ALOX5, which was not seen in this study (as we are likely underpowered to detect this difference). A manifestation of this anti-inflamm

• PD0325901 Additionally regulation of GPCR heteromerization b

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  Additionally, regulation of GPCR heteromerization by specific ligands may depend not only on the affinity of ligands for receptors, but also on presence of different interacting proteins co-localizing with the receptors in the specific cell, which may induce some conformational changes and contribut

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