• 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

• In this study we characterized the

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  In this study, we characterized the metabolic function of tra2 in the Drosophila fat body. Similar to the 9G8 phenotype, decreasing tra2 levels in the Drosophila fat body using RNAi resulted in increased starvation resistance and a large increase in triglycerides. This increased storage of triglycer

• The present study was the first to examine

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  The present study was the first to examine how COMT genotype and estradiol are associated with iMDK functioning in healthy postmenopausal women. We hypothesized that with decreased circulating estradiol after menopause, the COMT genotype relationship to cognition would remain and perhaps become mor

• br Materials and methods br Results br Discussion We

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion We have evaluated the breast cancer prevention potential of PR blockade under conditions that included exposure to progestogens that are relevant to women (progesterone and MPA) and are known to differ in their receptor-binding and down-stream effect

• A variety of epidemiological and clinical studies suggest th

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  A variety of epidemiological and clinical studies suggest that light alcohol consumption may exert a favorable effects on BP levels but chronic heavy alcohol consumtion causes sustained BP elevation [16], [17]. The hypertensive effect of heavy drinking occurs with all forms of alcohol (i.e. beer win

• Four m thick sections of formalin fixed paraffin embedded

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  Four-μm thick sections of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples from uterine cervical cancers were cut with a microtome and dried overnight at 37 °C on a silanized-slide (Dako, Carpentaria, CA, USA). The protocol of the universal Dako Labeled Streptavidin–Biotin kit (Dako) was followed for

• The reduction of the calcium response to AVP

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  The reduction of the calcium response to AVP could be also due to a PKA-mediated effect of desensitization of IP3R, as described in rat megakaryocytes [41]. Furthermore, PKA activation inhibits intracellular Ca release in mouse pancreatic acinar cells [42] or in rat cerebellum [43]. The phosphorylat

• br Non cyclic nucleotide EPAC

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  Non-cyclic nucleotide EPAC regulators Despite the success of 007 as a tool molecule, few studies to date have led to the identification of further EPAC-selective agonists. The most studied and controversial group of small-molecule EPAC regulators are the sulfonylurea (SU) family. SUs (Table 1) su

• Compared to ET all agonists

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  Compared to ET-1, all agonists tested showed a 2–4 fold bias for the G protein constrictor assay compared to the β-arrestin assay (Table 1). This preliminary analysis indicated that at least modest pathway bias for endogenous ET peptides is possible, however the physiological significance of this, i

• It is important to note that CRF may be

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  It is important to note that CRF1 may be activated during acute stress and early phases of anxiety disorders (Coric et al., 2010, Ising et al., 2007), as well the administration of Astressin 2B into the lateral septum did not have an effect on anxiety-like behavior in low-stress conditions but had

• br Stem cell based therapies In the

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  Stem cell–based therapies In the previous years, excessive efforts have been conducted to induce the least aggression and more efficient sources of human cardiomyocytes for different application, particularly for myocardial regeneration. The pluripotent stem cell seems to be an appropriate candid

• Obviously there are some limitations in our

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  Obviously, there are some limitations in our study; due to sample constraints, we had to focus our efforts on one specific T cell epitope from one candidate autoantigen. Optimally, we could have studied several different peptides in parallel. Additionally, all RA patients included in the study have

• We had earlier reported that collagen fibers with

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  We had earlier reported that collagen fibers with intact native banded structure were occasionally observed in the kinase-deficient, membrane-anchored DDR2 ECD (DDR2/-KD) samples; however, in our DDR1/ECD and DDR2/ECD samples, observation of native banded structure of collagen was far more infrequen

• br Competing interests br Acknowledgments This work was

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  Competing interests Acknowledgments This work was supported by grants from Fujian Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation (2016J01612). Introduction Cancer is still one of the most serious diseases in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is the second mo

• br Experimental Procedures br Author

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  Experimental Procedures Author Contributions M.B., with input and help from T.T.H., conceived the project, designed and performed the experiments, analyzed the data, and wrote the manuscript. B.B.B. and F.D.M. synthesized the wild-type and (nonhydrolyzable, NH) Ub tetramers and contributed Fig

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