• The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal HPA axis is a neuroendocr

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  The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is a neuroendocrine system that is central to regulating responses to stress (Palazidou, 2012). In older persons, a high dysfunction of the HPA axis is observed (Otte et al., 2005) which may be enhanced by stimulatory effects of genes involved in the axi

• br The cytochrome P enzyme hydroxylase lyase P

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  The cytochrome P450 enzyme 17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase (P450) is involved in the production of the C containing androgen precursors from the C containing steroids such as the pregnanes and progestins (). Steroids such as androstenedione (AD) and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) are therefore synthesi

• br Results br Discussion ER and GR play opposite phenotypic

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  Results Discussion ER and GR play opposite phenotypic roles in the normal endometrium, with ER promoting growth and GR inhibiting growth. Here, we show that in endometrial cancer, GR expression is associated with worse outcomes and higher-grade tumors, and this association is observed only in

• Our previous studies and others have identified

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  Our previous studies and others have identified that the inhalational anesthetic isoflurane induces neuronal apoptosis via [Ca2+]i overload through the opening of synaptic voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs) and the excessive Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum (Zhao et al., 2011; Zha

• Although the interactions of PhLP

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  Although the interactions of PhLP with Gβγ and its other partners have been convincingly documented through in vitro studies, it is not clear how PhLP controls TRAM 39 signaling in vivo. C. elegans provides a powerful genetic model to analyze Phosducin function and study its interacting partners in

• br STAR Methods br Acknowledgments

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  STAR★Methods Acknowledgments We thank Simcere Pharmaceuticals, Nanjing, China, for providing a rabbit anti-VEGF neutralizing monoclonal antibody. We thank Dr. Schlisio in the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Karolinska Institute, for assistance with hypoxia assay. Y.C.’s laboratory is sup

• The proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines including IL TN

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  The proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines, including IL-1β, TNF-α and MCP-1, mediate acute and chronic inflammation and play a role in the development of hypertension [2, [51], [52], [53]], cardiovascular diseases [4, 54] and renal injury [55, 56] in animal models and humans. Concerning the possi

• br Acknowledgements This work was

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  Acknowledgements This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21376172, 21528601 and 21621004) and the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin from Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission (Contract No. 16JCZDJC32300). Introduction Alzheimer’s disease

• Introduction Induction of long term potentiation

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  Introduction Induction of long-term potentiation (LTP), the cellular correlate of learning and memory, triggers profound changes in the structure and function of excitatory synapses by increasing dendritic spine size and synaptic strength. Significant progress has been made in understanding the int

• A selected set of these new derivatives

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  A selected set of these new derivatives was then used for functional assays at the human A1AR showing, as expected, an antagonist profile with IC50 values at nanomolar level. The same molecules showed also to be efficacious as nanomolar antagonists in a functional assay aimed at analyzing their abil

• In this study PRP positively regulated MIIP levels

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  In this study, PRP4 positively regulated MIIP levels and significantly inhibited the invasion of HCT116 cells. Further investigations elucidated that PRP4 dephosphorylated MIIP via PP1A regulation, which was confirmed by PP1A inhibition in the presence of OA. Upon dephosphorylation, MIIP possibly in

• SB 204990 In addition to the data provided by the

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  In addition to the data provided by the Ki16425 treatment in the K/BxN arthritis model, new findings from the study of two new LPA receptor antagonists confirm the involvement of the LPA pathway in the pathogenesis of experimental arthritis. In the study by Miyabe et al., the authors reported the tr

• The growth of cancer can control by inhibiting

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  The growth of cancer can control by inhibiting the rate of cell proliferation or increasing the rate of selective apoptosis and effectiveness of anticancer agents varies according to genetic constitution of cancer. Hence, we investigated the anticancer activity of arginase against different kinds of

• br Materials and methods br

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  Materials and methods Results A first series of experiments explored whether the Ampkα1 isoform is involved in the regulation of cardiac Pkcζ. To this end, HL-1 cardiomyocytes were transfected with a construct encoding constitutively active Prkaa1T183D (CAα1) or with the empty vector as contro

• Additional support for a role of HMGN in

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  Additional support for a role of HMGN1 in enhancing DNA repair comes from studies of transcription-coupled repair (TCR) in human cells. Lesions in the template strand of DNA induced by UV light stall the movement of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and interrupt transcription. Removal of these transcripti

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