• ACE also known as Kininase II

  2020-01-14

  

  ACE also known as Kininase II is an important enzyme of the Renin angiotensin miniprep system (RAAS) (Novo et al., 1987), it is believed to be a potent blood pressure regulator and also plays a crucial role in activation of the bradykinin receptor via inactivation of bradykinin which works to induc

• Ample evidence has shown that ET system plays

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  Ample evidence has shown that ET-1 system plays a pivotal role in the development of cardiovascular anomalies and pharmacological inhibition of ETA prevents the development of cardiac hypertrophy [[37], [38], [39]]. Yanagisawa and coworkers, who first reported the cardiomyocyte-specific endothelin A

• With regard to the DGATs we have found that the

  2020-01-13

  

  With regard to the DGATs, we have found that the majority of algal species encode at least one DGAT1, although it appears to be absent from Ostreococcus and Micromonas, as is the case for yeast, S. cerevisiae. More surprising is the presence of multiple DGAT2 genes in algae, with the exception of C.

• Williamson et al interrogated the fusion

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  Williamson et al. [30] interrogated the fusion gene status of 210 appropriately reviewed and annotated RMS specimens divided into three groups: ERMS (n=77); fusion gene-positive ARMS (n=94); and fusion gene-negative ARMS (n=39), the latter comprising a group of tumor samples that appeared histologic

• I bungarotoxin competes with ACh an endogenous activator of

  2020-01-13

  

  [125I] α-bungarotoxin competes with ACh, an endogenous activator of α7-nACh receptors by binding to the ACh binding site on the receptor (Albuquerque et al., 2009). For this reason, the effect of curcumin was investigated on the specific binding of [125I] α-bungarotoxin. Saturation curves for the bi

• The GH family includes also xylanases which

  2020-01-13

  

  The GH30 family includes also xylanases which are not MeGlcA-dependent. Most of them are grouped to GH30_7 subfamily that includes XynIV from Trichoderma reesei showing exo- and endo-xylanase activity [11] and XYLD from Bispora sp. MEY-1 [12] having activity towards glucuronoxylan and arabinoxylan,

• The rate of protein degradation is often affected by N

  2020-01-13

  

  The rate of protein degradation is often affected by N-starvation [12], therefore, we examined the influence of N-starvation against the appearance of CEPs. N-starved cucumber cotyledons contained less amounts of protein and Rubisco, but the temporal changes in protein and Rubisco contents were simi

• ER stress was monitored by both an increase of

  2020-01-13

  

  ER stress was monitored by both an increase of the ER chaperone (GRP78, GRP94) and the activation of the ER resident caspase-12. ER stress response (also known as the unfolded protein response) is a defense mechanism against various cellular stresses which causes accumulation of unfolded proteins in

• br Results br Discussion The origin and fate of Tfh

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  Results Discussion The origin and fate of Tfh cells has been intensely studied since their first description 14 years ago (Breitfeld et al., 2000, Schaerli et al., 2000). Although mice engineered to report BCL6 (Kitano et al., 2011, Liu et al., 2012) and interleukin-21 (IL-21) (Lüthje et al.,

• Considering the divergence of multiple DGAT

  2020-01-13

  

  Considering the divergence of multiple DGAT isoforms, we examined whether MiDGAT1 and MiDGAT2s utilized different fatty acids as the substrate to synthesize TAGs. GC-MS analysis indicated that C16:0 and C18:0 were the major components of TAGs in yeast cells, and all three MiDGATs displayed the same

• br Materials and methods br Acknowledgments

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  Materials and methods Acknowledgments This research was supported by funding from University of California Irvine to H.U.B. Introduction Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the fourth major cause of mortality among men in Taiwan and its incidence rates continue to rise annually. OSCC is

• 89 25 Introduction The Bromeliaceae family is one of the mos

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  Introduction The Bromeliaceae family is one of the most morphologically and ecologically diverse flowering plant families native to the tropics and subtropics of the New World (Benzing, 2000). They comprise >3000 species and are traditionally divided into three subfamilies: Pitcairnioideae, Bromeli

• A genomic DNA sequence was retrieved Scaffold from

  2020-01-13

  

  A genomic DNA sequence was retrieved (Scaffold_30) from the fugu genomic database ( v3.0), which encodes the homolog of CXCL8 of many other vertebrates and specific primers CXCL8F1 and CXCL8R1 () were designed for 3′-RACE and 5′-RACE PCR, respectively. First-strand thymus cDNA was used as template.

• Acidic substituents showed moderate biochemical activity

  2020-01-13

  

  Acidic substituents () showed moderate biochemical activity, but these compounds showed reduced cellular potency. Additional compounds bearing a carboxylic pimaricin synthesis were also prepared and tested (data not shown). All of acidic compounds showed low cellular potency regardless of their bio

• In a recent study a CMV DNA load

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  In a recent study, a CMV DNA load cut-off of 500 IU/ml in BAL fluid was found to have a positive predictive value of ∼50% for the presence of probable CMV pneumonia (considering a prevalence of this event of 10% among patients at risk and undergoing BAL testing). Tan et al., in contrast, found CMV D

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