• DNA methylation assay To test the biological activity of pur

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  DNA methylation assay. To test the biological activity of purified A1S_0222, a methylation assay was performed using the Int1 DNA. As an alternative DNA substrate, Seq3 (located in gene A1S_0965 of A. baumannii ATCC 17978) was amplified from Acinetobacter baumannii 29D2 using the oligonucleotides Se

• br Introduction Acylglycerol acyltransferases AGATs are

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  Introduction Acylglycerol acyltransferases (AGATs) are predominantly responsible for triglyceride synthesis in the body, via two major pathways: the glycerol phosphate (GP) pathway (Kennedy, 1957) and the monoacylglycerol (MG) pathway (see Coleman and Lee, 2004, Yen et al., 2008). The final step

• IL is not expressed in tissues constitutively because of

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  IL-8 is not expressed in tissues constitutively because of its strong chemoattractant, proinflammatory, and angiogenic activities. Rather, it is an inducible factor, produced by a variety of cell types, including leukocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial and epithelial cells, in response to proinflammato

• br Results and discussion Compounds were tested for their bi

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  Results and discussion Compounds were tested for their binding affinity to human CRTH2 in a radioligand binding assay (3H-PGD2) using CHO cells stably transfected with human CRTH2. In addition, these compounds were assessed for their functional activity in PGD2 driven Ca2+ flux in KB8 cells expre

• Bearing in mind that temperamental traits are genetically de

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  Bearing in mind that temperamental traits are genetically determined, in the present study we have chosen to investigate COMT and OPRM1 gene polymorphisms related to stimulation of the nervous system, which is extremely important in combat sports. The μ-opioid receptor gene OPRM1 is located on the

• Natural progestogens play an important role

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  Natural progestogens play an important role in the stimulation of oocyte growth and maturation as well as in spermatogenesis and sperm maturation, and they act as sex pheromones in teleost fish (Kime, 1990, Kobayashi et al., 2002, Nagahama and Yamashita, 2008, Scott et al., 2010). A complex series o

• ER stress was monitored by

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  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

• In the present study real time polymerase chain

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  In the present study, real-time polymerase chain reaction also confirmed that gene expressions of RT1 class II, locus Bb (RT1-Bb) was up-regulated and Spi-B transcription factor (Spib) was downregulated at day 3 after the VMH lesions. These two genes work as one of immune responses. RT1-Bb controls

• br Ubiquitination and deubiquitination pathways Ubiquitinati

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  Ubiquitination and deubiquitination pathways Ubiquitination is a part of the post-translational modification (PTM) process. Ubiquitination affects proteins in various ways, but its main functions are to signal protein degradation via the 26S proteasome, modify cellular location of proteins, affec

• We recently reported that the information about

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  We recently reported that the information about the electronic density obtained from a QTAIM analysis is useful to describe the molecular interactions that stabilize and destabilize the different complexes L-R [13], [14], [15]. Specifically in our previous work reported for DHFR inhibitors, the QTAI

• Introduction DHFR is an important enzyme

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  Introduction DHFR is an important enzyme in both mammals and microorganism including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). It catalyzes folic 3-bromo-5-phenyl Salicylic Acid synthesis conversion to dihydro and tetrahydro folic acid which is a crucial step in folate pathway [1]. Inhibition of folate pa

• Previous studies found that depression primarily results fro

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  Previous studies found that depression primarily results from impaired monoaminergic neurotransmission systems [1], [2]. The glutamatergic and GABAergic systems as well as several neuropeptide systems have also been the focus of pathophysiological studies on depression [1], [2]. Inflammatory cytokin

• Kim et al reported for bioactive compounds

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  Kim et al. reported for bioactive compounds originating from the endemic species in Korea, the hexane and EtOAc fractions of the MeOH extracts from the roots of Dystaenia takeshimana (Nakai) Kitagawa (Umbelliferae) showed cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) dual inhibitory activity b

• br User knowledge representation Various representation appr

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  User knowledge representation Various representation approaches of user interests and preferences are proposed. In this work, we advocate a multidimensional semantic approach based on Bouzghoub et al. meta-model (Bouzeghoub and Kostadinov, 2005), depicted in Fig. 6, to model the user profile. The

• In some pancreatic and non

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  In some pancreatic and non-pancreatic tissues, the chloride and calcium channels are heavily regulated by phosphorylation by protein kinases, such as PKC, cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), PKCaMKII, PI3K and protein tyrosine kinases [7,36,37]. Since the interaction of triterpenes with recep

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