• br Results and discussion br Conclusion br Experimental

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  Results and discussion Conclusion Experimental section Pharmacological studies Introduction Survival analysis is a set of statistical methods that aim at modeling the relationship between a set of predictor variables and an outcome variable and, in particular, prediction of the time w

• br Acknowledgments br Introduction Cell cycle arrest or

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  Acknowledgments Introduction Cell cycle arrest or delay may occur at 3 major checkpoints, i.e. G1/S, intra-S and G2/M. p53 has a central role in controlling the G1/S checkpoint, and its loss or deactivation, occurring in the majority of cancers, forces cancer cells to rely on the S and G2/M ch

• br GPCRs form heterotetramers In addition

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  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

• Prostaglandins PGs in particular PGE and PGF

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  Prostaglandins (PGs), in particular PGE2 and PGF2α, play pivotal roles in human parturition by stimulating cervical ripening, myometrial contraction and fetal membrane rupture (Challis et al., 1997). In human pregnancy, the amnion is the principle source of PGE2 (Duchesne et al., 1978). In the amnio

• Real time PCR as described previously with minor modificatio

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  Real-time PCR, as described previously with minor modifications, was used to detect DNA . The PCR mixture (Qiagen) was as follows: 5mM MgCl2, 2.5μl of 10x PCR Buffer, 0.125μl of HotStarTaq DNA Polymerase, 0.25mM of each dNTP, 0.4μM of each primer and 0.1μM of FAMlabelled probe (‘5-aacaattggagggcaagg

• Enlarging the ligand binding pocket by reduction of the

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  Enlarging the ligand-binding pocket by reduction of the size of the residue F435 switched DES to an agonist indicating that F435 is involved in mediating the antagonistic effect of DES (Fig. 7E) [13]. The conformation of the smaller side chain of L435 was either not altered by DES or was too small t

• Some of the psychoactive actions of nicotine are mediated by

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  Some of the psychoactive actions of nicotine are mediated by the nigrostriatal and mesolimbic pathways (Di Chiara, 2000, Di Chiara et al., 2004). The nigrostriatal pathway originates in the dopaminergic neurons located in the substantia nigra and terminates in the putamen and nucleus caudatus which

• In silico modelling studies might aid our understanding of

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  In silico modelling studies might aid our understanding of the functionality and potential biological activity of food and, in the long-term they might underpin the development of personalised diets to reduce health risks and help us to better understand pharmaceutical/food interactions. Acknowle

• Our study revealed elevated basal Akt phosphorylation in

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  Our study revealed elevated basal Akt phosphorylation in diet-induced obesity, the effect of which was reversed by ETAKO. Activation of Akt promotes cardiac hypertrophy via a number of cellular mechanisms including activation of its downstream targets such as mTOR and GSK3β [45, 46]. Short-term acti

• br Results br Discussion The ubiquitin system has in recent

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  Results Discussion The ubiquitin system has in recent years become an exciting area for drug discovery (Cohen and Tcherpakov, 2010), as multiple enzymatic steps within the ubiquitylation process are druggable. The potential of targeting the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway was first demonstrated i

• Proteins that associate to PCNA are characterized

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  Proteins that associate to PCNA are characterized by having conserved motifs as the PCNA-interacting protein (PIP) motif [29,30], its variant PIP-like motif [31,32] or the APIM motif (Alk B homologue 2 PCNA interacting motif [33,34]); for instance, p21 contains a PIP motif [30], and DNA polymerases

• We have previously reported the characterization of

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  We have previously reported the characterization of A-127722, a novel, non-peptide endothelin antagonist that displays very high affinity binding (K=69 pM) with a more than 1000-fold greater affinity for human endothelin ETA than ETB receptor. Although A-127722 is >1000-fold more selective for endot

• Replacement of the saturated propoxy group in compound

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  Replacement of the saturated -propoxy group in compound with the unsaturated allyloxy group to obtain compound resulted in 10-fold decrease in ET receptor antagonism and more than 20-fold decrease in ET-selectivity. Analogous unsaturated allyloxy compound in the tetrazole series was found to have

• Baicalein trihydroxyflavone was first isolated from the root

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  Baicalein (5,6,7- trihydroxyflavone) was first isolated from the roots of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (Lamiaceae family), a medicinal plant with diverse therapeutic implications; antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory properties. It has been found that baicalein benefits neuroinflammati

• The liposomes as a FDA

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  The liposomes, as a FDA-approved drug delivery carrier, have been widely utilized for drug delivery [32], [33], [34]. Liposomes are defined as self-assembled vesicles, which are composed of one or multiple concentric lipid bilayers and enclose an aqueous core. The advantages of utilizing liposomes a

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