• WKY and SHR strains have important differences mainly in the

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  WKY and SHR strains have important differences mainly in their sympathetic status but also in the activity of the RAS. The development of hypertension in SHR is clearly related to an increase in sympathetic activity [51], [11]. In addition, increased renal sympathetic nerve activity led to an increa

• BITC significantly enhanced the gene expression of

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  BITC significantly enhanced the gene expression of the Nrf2-dependent genes, such as NQO1 and HO-1 (Fig. 4), as well as the ALDH genes (Fig. 2). Nrf2 is a key transcriptional factor which activates the expression of the genes that contain ARE in their promoter. Nrf2 translocates to the nucleus where

• The role of circulating physiologic concentrations of FGF

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  The role of circulating physiologic concentrations of FGF21 in glucose metabolism, however, remains unclear. Circulating FGF21 levels in obese and diabetic rodents, and in patients with type 2 diabetes are significantly higher than those in controls without diabetes [4], [5], [6]. On the other hand,

• Adiponectin belongs to the CTRP

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  Adiponectin belongs to the CTRP (C1q/TNF-related protein) superfamily. Except for adiponectin, 15 additional members have been identified (CTRP1-15) (Schaffler and Buechler, 2012). Of all the CTRPs, CTRP9 has the highest identity to adiponectin in globular domain (Wong et al., 2009). The structure o

• Our analysis demonstrated that ADA is a

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  Our analysis demonstrated that ADA is a transpicuous and rapid test with high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis of TBM decidedly. The summary sensitivity and specificity were 0.89 and 0.91 respectively, indicating a sufficient level for overall diagnostic accuracy. The modality of SROC curve

• Regarding the HT B receptors they

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  Regarding the 5-HT1B receptors, they act as terminal receptors and are involved in the presynaptic regulation of the release of 5-HT. But at spinal level these receptors are principally situated post-synaptically (Sari, 2004). The ability of autoreceptors to regulate extracellular levels of 5-HT dur

• ATX LPA signaling in cancer

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  ATX/LPA signaling in cancer is also well known to promote chemotherapy and radiotherapy resistance [7]. Furthermore, others have recently shown that endothelial-derived ATX activity in renal cell carcinoma promotes renal tumorgenesis and acquired resistance to sunitinib through an IL-8-mediated mech

• br Materials and methods Bacterial strains and growth condit

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  Materials and methods Bacterial strains and growth conditions. Escherichia coli TOP10 and E. coli BL21Star (DE3) (ThermoFisher, Waltham, MA) were grown at 37 °C in Luria broth (LB) or LB-agar containing kanamycin (50 μg/ml). Bioinformatic analyses. The amino CGP41251 sequence of Rv2477c was obt

• While it is known that circulating LDL C

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  While it is known that circulating LDL-C levels are largely regulated by either controlling the rate of hepatic production of its triglyceride-rich precursor VLDL particle or the rate of LDLR-mediated LDL particle clearance [58], it should be noted that important differences exist between rodents an

• Fig summarizes the oxidative metabolism of arachidonic acid

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  Fig. 1 summarizes the oxidative metabolism of arachidonic glatiramer acetate by lipoxygenases cyclooxygenases and cytochrome P450. Lipoxygenases in humans are expressed in a tissue-specific fashion: 5-LOX is mainly expressed in leukocytes, 12-LOX in platelets, and 15-LOX-1 in reticulocytes, eosino

• From an historical perspective ligands for GPCRs

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  From an historical perspective, ligands for GPCRs (adrenaline, serotonin, Pridinol Methanesulfonate or morphine, to name a few) have been identified before their receptor counterparts, at a time when the concept of receptor itself was controversial [15]. Although many cognate receptors for endogeno

• Then Autodock was employed for site directed

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  Then, Autodock4.2 was employed for site directed docking on AD with the ligands of the cluster(s) having high binding affinities in VS II experiment (Morris et al., 2009). Docking protocols were followed as per our earlier report with 200 GA (genetic algorithm) run (Kalani et al., 2015). Likewise, l

• br Experimental Procedures Additional information

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  Experimental Procedures Additional information can be found in Supplemental Experimental Procedures. Author Contributions Acknowledgments We thank all members of Lab of Health Chemistry for helpful discussions. This work was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) from

• br Future directions outlook Peptide based macrocycles are a

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  Future directions-outlook Peptide-based macrocycles are among the privileged scaffolds in antibiotic drug discovery. Many compounds were discovered by natural product screening and developed unchanged, or as semi-synthetic derivatizations. Since the golden age of antibiotic discovery (1940s-mid 1

• The androgen receptor gene AR is

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  The androgen receptor gene (AR) is located on the X-chromosome and consists of eight exons in humans (Brown et al., 1989; Kuiper et al., 1989). The similar gene structure in mice, monotremes and marsupials indicates AR is highly conserved in mammals (Choong et al., 1998; Faber et al., 1991; He et al

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