• The enzyme Arginase ARG plays a role

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  The enzyme Arginase 1 (ARG1) plays a role in the hepatic urea cycle by hydrolyzing L-arginine to L-ornithine and urea [13]. In the context of macrophages and MDSCs, ARG1 expression redirects L-arginine metabolism to abolish cytotoxic nitric oxide production [14], suppress T-cell function [15], [16],

• There is limited information regarding

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  There is limited information regarding hyperargininemia incidence or prevalence. Reports of incidence vary by an order of magnitude: 0.5 to 5.0 per million [5], [6]. A relatively large U.S. study estimated 1.1 cases per million births [7], but it used an indirect methodology that introduces uncertai

• In a missense mutation at codon of the

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  In 1989, a missense mutation at codon 102 of the PRNP gene was first reported to be associated with GSS and, in 1991, the same mutation was also found in affected members of the “H” family (Hsiao et al., 1989; Kretzschmar et al., 1991). By 1995, the pedigree of the “H” family included 221 family mem

• Many naphthoquinone derivatives have been previously

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  Many naphthoquinone derivatives have been previously obtained from fungi in the genus Fusarium isolated from various sources, F. oxysporum from the root of citrus (Nagia and El-Mohamedy, 2007), Fusarium sp. (No. b77) from the mangrove plant (Shao et al., 2010), F. solani and F. oxysporum from fibrou

• Thalidomide is now a well

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  Thalidomide is now a well known antiangiogenic agent. This property of thalidomide is being extensively researched upon, for its significant utility in the treatment of various malignant tumors. Studies show that thalidomide efficaciously inhibits various pro-angiogenic factors such as tumor necrosi

• Natural compounds present in medicinal

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  Natural compounds, present in medicinal and/or nutritional plants as well as in macrofungi sources, have stimulated a great interest from the pharmaceutical industry. Different natural compounds such as phenolic compounds, alkaloids, terpenoids among others, have shown strong antiangiogenic effects

• Whereas allostery in the cell

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  Whereas allostery in the β cell is relatively understudied, significant progress has been made in understanding the physiology and mechanistic biology of how AMPK and its upstream kinases govern β cell function. LKB1 phosphorylates AMPKα at Thr172 [21], and loss of LKB1 in β cells abolishes phosphor

• br Discussion The patient presented initially only with pari

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  Discussion The patient presented initially only with parietal symptoms in the form of acalculia, visuo-spatial deficits, and visuo-perceptual deficits and dressing apraxia. He also had simultognosia as early symptoms. Later when the disease progressed he had recent memory deficits and language in

• However although in vitro studies in heterologous systems

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  However, although in vitro studies in heterologous systems have provided very important indications of potential novel pharmacology, the studies with endogenous receptors in native tissues are essential to provide evidence for GPCR heteromerization in vivo and to confirm its physiological relevance.

• Gadodiamide Osteoblasts have been thought to

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  Osteoblasts have been thought to be the major cell type that expresses RANKL (Suda et al., 1999) which is a ligand for osteoprotegerin (OPG) and which functions as a key factor for osteoclast differentiation and activation. Recently, Nakashima and his colleagues (Nakashima et al., 2011) demonstrated

• Overexpression of SMAD and SMAD

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  Overexpression of SMAD3 and SMAD4 strongly enhanced luciferase activity of the new pN10 reporter gene construct which was further reinforced by addition of TGFβ. Serial mutations of SBE-1 and SBE-2 led to a slight loss in 5-LO promoter inducibility. The data demonstrate that the two SBEs within the

• When skeletal muscle ages there

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  When skeletal muscle ages, there is an increase in frailty, which is coincident with a decrease in muscle mass and function—this condition is called sarcopenia (Cruz-Jentoft et al., 2010). It has been shown that one of the major pathways downregulated at the onset of sarcopenia is the mitochondrial

• The relative stereochemistry of both the major and minor dia

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  The relative stereochemistry of both the major and minor diastereoisomer of (±)-2-(hydroxymethyl)blebbistatin (±)- (and thus (±)-2-(allyloxymethyl)blebbistatin (±)-) was determined with 1D-NOESY experiments (), as crystallization efforts failed. These experiments revealed an interaction between H an

• PGR regulation of epithelium stroma crosstalk

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  PGR regulation of epithelium–stroma crosstalk is proven by numerous studies that utilize genetically engineered mouse models. Before embryo implantation, epithelial PGR mediates the progesterone signal to transcriptionally increase the Ihh levels 13, 15. Epithelial IHH then activates the stromal hed

• br The role of apelin in hepatic

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  The role of apelin in hepatic diseases The involvement of the apelin/APJ system in liver physiology and pathology has been proven in numerous studies (Table 6). For instance, in the experiment of Emam et al. [63] on rats suffering from hepatic injury, apelin decreased the levels of ALT, AST and L

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