• In mammals neutrophil elastase is a

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  In mammals, neutrophil elastase is a trypsin-like serine protease stored in the azurophilic granules of naïve neutrophils [15], [16]. The catalytic activity of neutrophil elastase relies on a His57–Asp102–Ser195 triad (chymotrypsin numbering system) that functions by transfer of electrons from the c

• Cyclosporine NEORAL Oral Solution Novartis is an

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  Cyclosporine (NEORAL® Oral Solution, Novartis) is an immunosuppressant widely used in organ transplantation and many other clinical conditions [12]. It undergoes extensive hepatic and intestinal biotransformation mainly via the metabolizing enzyme, CYP3A4 [[12], [13], [14], [15]]. Considering the na

• Immunomodulation effects of certain oxysterols were previous

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  Immunomodulation effects of certain oxysterols were previously shown to depend on activation of oxysterol-binding liver X receptors (LXRs). Recent work from our labs as well as from others has shown additional receptors linking oxysterols and immunity. For example, we found that 7α,25-dihydroxychole

• Generally glycines and other small residues such as alanine

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  Generally, glycines (and other small residues such as alanine) present in a helical GxxxG-motif that are facing the same side of the helix form a uniform surface that enables direct contact with a second helix. Crystal structures of multipass membrane proteins have demonstrated that GxxxG-motifs are

• The Inhibitor of APoptosis IAP proteins were first identifie

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  The Inhibitor of APoptosis (IAP) proteins were first identified as gene products of baculovirus that inhibited apoptosis of infected insect buy flumazenil synthesis (Clem et al., 1991, Crook et al., 1993). Subsequently, the mammalian IAP family was identified (Rothe et al., 1995, Uren et al., 1996)

• The first hint that GLP might not

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  The first hint that GLP-1 might not be completely stable came from a meeting abstract in 1992, reporting that GLP-1 could be degraded in plasma incubations [16], although the enzyme(s) involved was not identified. A year later, Mentlein and colleagues [17], in a search for peptide substrates of the

• Compounds that interact with MDR

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  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 Calyculin A and there was no observed reduc

• Although both DNA DSBs and DNA PK activity

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  Although both DNA DSBs and DNA-PK activity increase with aging in skeletal muscle (Figure 1), we cannot conclude that aging-associated increase in DNA-PK activity is solely mediated by chromosomal breaks, as DNA-PK is also activated independently of chromosomal breaks by ROS (Li et al., 2014), which

• Studies on the external dehydrogenases of N crassa

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  Studies on the external dehydrogenases of N. crassa have shown that the NDE1 protein is a Ca2+-dependent external NADPH dehydrogenase, while NDE2 is characterized as a dehydrogenase oxidizing both cytosolic substrates (external NADH and/or NADPH) (Carneiro et al., 2004, Melo et al., 2001). All three

• br Results br Discussion The sequence

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  Results Discussion The sequence homology-based clustering of the human kinome by Manning et al. (2002) has been extremely useful to organize kinases into Rucaparib free base by sequence relationship. Since kinases are such prominent drug targets, we expect that clustering of the kinases by th

• Despite the significant associations between TNF and TRAIL

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  Despite the significant associations between TNF-α and TRAIL in our results, the use of a single top cytokine in predicting sPTB is limited, and the previous study using the specific candidate cytokines failed to accurately predict the risk for sPTB in asymptomatic women, with AUC ranged from 0.48 t

• br Acknowledgements This work was supported by

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  Acknowledgements This work was supported by the European Committee Fifth Framework Project QLK5-1999-01360. We are grateful to Dr. T.T. Hoang for the provision of plasmids pEX18Tc, pPS858 and pFLP2, Prof. B.L. Wanner for providing us with the plasmid pKD4 and related strains, and Prof. P. Soucail

• Introduction Human cytomegalovirus CMV is a herpesvirus whic

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  Introduction Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a herpesvirus which has a ubiquitous and worldwide distribution, and is the most frequent cause of congenital infection (Kenneson and Cannon, 2007). The prevalence is around 0.5–1% of all live births and is the leading cause of sensorineural hearing loss

• In the present study cells were

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  In the present study, cells were exposed to a low level of arsenite and a low cytotoxic concentration of BaP. Thus, γ-H2AX loss correlated with repair of DNA damage in cells co-exposed to arsenite and BaP. These results show that arsenite inhibits repair of BaP-induced DNA damage. In a previous stud

• Not all of the biological activities exhibited

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  Not all of the biological activities exhibited by progestogens (Table 1) are mediated via binding to SRs. For example, the anti-estrogenic action of progestogens in the EGTA is due to the progestogen-bound PR suppressing ER gene expression, and consequently the ability of the cell to respond to est

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