• Since both the Ub and ISG systems are crucial

  2020-04-01

  

  Since both the Ub and ISG15 systems are crucial for the innate immune response, many prokaryotic and viral pathogens have evolved ways to hijack them in order to create a “window-of-opportunity” for efficient replication. Several viral and bacterial proteins have been found to directly target these

• br GPCRs form heterotetramers In addition to homodimers and

  2020-04-01

  

  GPCRs form heterotetramers In addition to homodimers and heterodimers, for several family A receptor heteromers, experimental evidence supports the presence of higher order rearrangements as tetrameric structures, comprised of two different homodimers, each able to signal with its preferred G pro

• Given the structural similarity of BMAA to other

  2020-04-01

  

  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

• Overall the DDR kinase domain has a typical

  2020-04-01

  

  Overall, the DDR1 kinase domain has a typical kinase domain structure and adequate sequence and/or structure similarity with other kinase domains, as shown in Fig. 2, which allow homology modeling of the active and inactive conformations. In addition to conformational changes to the activation loop

• Introduction Hematopoietic stem cells HSCs in the adult bone

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  Introduction Hematopoietic stem NB-598 Maleate (HSCs) in the adult bone marrow (BM) provide all types of blood cells throughout life, while also self-renewing to maintain blood homeostasis. Blood/marrow stem cell transplantation is the most advanced method to cure patients suffering from hematologi

• As a functional ETC is required for DHODH catalysis

  2020-03-31

  

  As a functional ETC is required for DHODH catalysis (Loffler, Jockel, Schuster, & Becker, 1997; Rawls, Knecht, Diekert, Lill, & Loffler, 2000; Zameitat, Freymark, Dietz, Loffler, & Bolker, 2007), DHODH depends on the mitochondrial ETC to generate adequate concentrations of ubiquinone (Fig. 2). Cells

• Midazolam oral clearance is used for characterization of bot

  2020-03-31

  

  Midazolam oral clearance is used for characterization of both intestinal and hepatic CYP3A activity. However, the identification and subsequent use of metabolic markers of CYP3A activity can eliminate the need for unnecessary administration of probe drugs such as midazolam. Such metabolic markers wo

• Indeed some studies that examined the

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  Indeed, some studies that examined the morphine response have reported that the (C) allele of rs4818 was associated with a low dose administered compared to that given for individuals with the (G) allele (Rakvag et al., 2008). In a publication about Tunisian patients with cancer by Chatti et al. (2

• Introduction The COMT gene is located on chromosomal band q

  2020-03-31

  

  Introduction The COMT gene is located on chromosomal band 22q11.2, extends over 28 kb, contains six exons, and encodes for catechol-O-methyl-transferase (Weinshilboum and Raymond, 1977; Grossman et al., 1992; Lundström et al., 1995; Bearden et al., 2005). This enzyme plays a major role in regulatio

• Some limitations of this study must be

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  Some limitations of this study must be noted. First, since the pretransplant evaluation of the T-cell immune response was performed just before transplantation, we cannot establish whether samples obtained at different times before the transplant would offer similar results, since end terminal disea

• However not all inhibitory profiles

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  However, not all inhibitory profiles by metals can be a priori considered artifacts of the methodology used to quantify the activity of such enzymes. Metals can indeed interfere with cholinesterases, and the mechanisms are varied. The inhibitory effect of specific metals may derive from their abilit

• As a transcription factor HOXA regulates multiple target gen

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  As a transcription factor, HOXA9 regulates multiple target genes related to cell growth, including BRCA1 [34], BCL-2 [35], c-MYB [36], IGF1 [37], PIM1 [38] and so on. In addition, HOXA9 is a member of both activating and repressive transcriptional regulatory complexes, along with cofactor and collab

• In mammals neutrophil elastase is a trypsin like serine

  2020-03-31

  

  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

• br Transparency document br Acknowledgements We thank

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  Transparency document Acknowledgements We thank Prof. Barbara Brodsky for valuable comments and discussion. We thank the support of the Tufts start-up fund and the Knez Family Faculty Investment Fund for Y.-S. L, and the Tufts Summer Scholar program for E.C. Introduction Discoidin domain r

• The concept of GPCRs and EGFRs existing as heteromers

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  The concept of GPCRs and EGFRs existing as heteromers is consistent with previous studies. Co-immunoprecipitation studies have shown that agonist stimulation (both AngII and EGF) promotes a multi-protein complex containing the AT1R and EGFR, however these endpoint assays were not in live cells or in

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