• In addition to vasoconstrictor actions acute

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  In addition to vasoconstrictor actions (acute effects), ET-1 exerts potent mitogenic actions on vascular smooth muscle cells and cardiac myocytes (chronic effects), hence causing vascular and cardiac hypertrophy [19,24,25]. These effects are mediated via stimulation of either ETA or ETB receptors, a

• Introduction Proteins play an important

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  Introduction Proteins play an important role in cellular functions; however, being and remaining properly folded is necessary for their function. Understanding the stability of the protein is necessary to investigate the folding of proteins, as well as their conformation, functions and interactions

• br Discussion The N terminal domain of DDRs has

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  Discussion The N-terminal domain of DDRs has long been recognized as a member of the DS superfamily (Johnson et al., 1993, Karn et al., 1993), and its role in collagen binding is understood in atomic detail (Carafoli et al., 2009, Ichikawa et al., 2007). Our crystal structure shows that the secon

• EBI is known to play a

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  EBI2 is known to play a critical role in the induction of antibody responses in secondary lymphoid tissues.13, 14 However, little is known about the expression and function of EBI2 in human peripheral tissues. To our knowledge, this is the first report of increased EBI2 levels in peripheral tissues

• br Conclusions This report describes the discovery

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  Conclusions This report describes the discovery of a new class of host-directed antiviral agents characterized by a 1-aryl-4,6-diamino-1,2-dihydrotriazine scaffold, responsible for a host (human) DHFR inhibition mechanism. Host-targeting antivirals represent an alternative and emerging strategy t

• br Use of recombinant collagen to study DDR collagen interac

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  Use of recombinant collagen to study DDR–collagen interactions Synthetic peptides have proven highly valuable in replicating the characteristics of collagen and in defining the sites on collagen essential for binding and studying protein–collagen interactions. There are, however, disadvantages to

• br NF B and STAT as

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  NF-κB and STAT as Regulators of the CDK System While current data support the concept that CDKs augment the proinflammatory activity of NF-κB, our understanding of the function of this transcription factor system in CDK regulation remains patchy. Seminal studies showed the contribution of NF-κB t

• The genomic DNA sequences of

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  The genomic DNA sequences of CXCL8 and CXCRs were retrieved from the fugu genome database v4.0. The intron–exon boundaries were identified with the corresponding cDNA sequences. This comparison revealed that the fugu gene is about 1.13kb long and contains four exons separated by three introns (top

• br Introduction Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma ESCC

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  Introduction Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most common types of cancer in East Asia and is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide.1, 2 Surgery is widely used for treatment in localized disease, where it can provide definitive management and potential cure. Tre

• We found that Th cells derived either from in

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  We found that Th17 cells, derived either from in vivo immunization or in vitro polarization under pathogenic conditions (in presence of IL-23 and/or IL-1β) expressed high levels of EBI2. In contrast, Th17 opioid receptors that were generated in absence of IL-23 or IL-1β lost EBI2 expression during

• Primases are classified into two major groups first the DnaG

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  Primases are classified into two major groups: first, the DnaG primases, found in bacteria and bacteriophages, and second, the archaeoeukaryotic primases. Remarkably, bacterial and archaeoeukaryotic primases have no structural similarity and, presumably, evolved independently (Leipe et al., 1999). T

• In this report we evaluate

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  In this report, we evaluate if this molecular mechanism is used universally by high-fidelity DNA polymerases during the replication of DNA lesions that are structurally distinct from abasic sites. This was approached by quantifying the kinetic parameters for the incorporation of modified and non-nat

• Collectively the results presented here provide new insights

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  Collectively, the results presented here provide new insights into ligand binding, clustering, spatial distribution, and phosphorylation of DDR1b and DDR2 in response to soluble collagen I. As depicted in the cartoon of Scheme 1, we postulate a model in which the spatial distribution and assembly of

• Two in vitro reports using lung fibroblasts have shown

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  Two in vitro reports using lung fibroblasts have shown that cell transmigration, using transwell migration experiments, through collagen I-coated inserts is mediated by DDR2 and the DDR2-associated signaling kinases JAK2 and ERK1/2, but not DDR1 [63] and that DDR2 regulates the adhesion of fibroblas

• CYP s are heme containing

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  CYP450s are heme-containing monooxygenases constituting a conserved gene superfamily of heme-thiolate proteins, and are found in prokaryotes and eukaryotes (Martignoni et al., 2006). They play a key role in detoxification of endogenous (e.g., steroids) and exogenous compounds (e.g., drug, insecticid

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