• As proof of principle the effect of selective

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  As proof of principle, the effect of selective blockade was measured using TAK-044, a peptide antagonist with approximately 250-fold selectivity for the ETA subtype over ETB as measured by ligand binding in the human heart. A 30-mg infusion over 15 minutes of TAK-044 (providing a serum concentration

• Does a universal mechanism for TLS exist Our previous

  2019-08-01

  

  Does a universal mechanism for TLS exist? Our previous studies using the bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase generated the model provided in Fig. 7 that quantifies the molecular forces influencing key steps in the polymerization pathway during the replication of a non-instructional versus miscoding DNA

• Acknowledgments We are grateful to Dr

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  Acknowledgments We are grateful to Dr. Jean-Marie Bernassau for his leadership in establishing our virtual screening platform and Dr. Julie Bick for protein purification. X-ray data collection for compound 4 was performed by Shamrock Structures at Southeast Regional Collaborative Access Team (SER-C

• Two key enzymes play important roles in

  2019-08-01

  

  Two key enzymes play important roles in the bioconversion of xylitol from d-arabitol, namely d-arabitol dehydrogenase (ArDH) and NADH-dependent xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH), respectively (Qi et al., 2014). In an earlier study, we developed a high xylitol yield strain by expressing xdh in E. coli BL21

• Three DDR binding sites have been mapped

  2019-08-01

  

  Three DDR2 binding sites have been mapped on the collagen triple helix by us for collagen type 1 and by others using the collagen toolkit for collagen type 2. All of the three reported binding sequences are conserved in the α1 chain of collagen types 1, 2 and 3. The central motif sequence GARGQAGVMG

• We show that direct contact with MSCs is necessary and

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  We show that direct contact with MSCs is necessary and sufficient to induce DDR2 upregulation in breast cancer cells. DDR2 expression in MSC is required for collagen deposition and leads to increased DDR2 expression and activation in breast cancer cells. This paracrine-autocrine MSC-cancer cell axis

• Collagen alignment can contribute to tissue stiffening Malik

  2019-08-01

  

  Collagen alignment can contribute to tissue stiffening (Malik et al., 2015, Paszek et al., 2005), and ECM stiffness in turn is a powerful activator of integrin function (Levental et al., 2009). These findings highlight the contribution of the mechanical properties of the ECM to signal transduction.

• HEK cells stably transfected with CysLT were stimulated with

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  HEK-293 CB-839 stably transfected with CysLT1 were stimulated with LTD and internalization was studied by confocal microscopy, FACS or cell-surface ELISA. Cells were co-transfected with wildtype and dominant negative (DN) mutants of arrestin and dynamin. Clathrin-mediated endocytosis was investiga

• Another question concerns the mechanism of PC reduction duri

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  Another question concerns the mechanism of PC reduction during the phosphate starvation response. There are at least three main mechanisms of PC depletion: suppression of PC synthesis due to substrate exhaustion, downregulation of PC synthase expression by suppression of gene transcription or intens

• Finally the effect of the BMIM BF

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  Finally, the effect of the [BMIM][BF4] concentration change on the P-T diagram of methane hydrate was predicted using the proposed model. Three various concentrations (including 10%, 15% and 20%) were considered for calculations. The experimental data [49] and modeling results are demonstrated and c

• Adding more pieces to the puzzle using a human

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  Adding more pieces to the puzzle, using a human-to-animal crossover study, blood taken from healthy volunteers that underwent exercise was used as a dialysate to perfuse a rabbit heart in a Langendorff model of MI [62]. Unprecedentedly, dialysate of plasma from exercised humans reduced infarct size

• Despite the differences in the clustering abilities of DDR b

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  Despite the differences in the clustering abilities of DDR1b versus DDR2 upon ligand administration, we also noted striking similarities in the spatial distribution and phosphorylation of DDR1b-YFP and DDR2-GFP. We show for the first time that in MC3T3-E1 cells, after 4 h of collagen administration,

• br Proteases with special focus

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  Proteases with special focus on cysteine proteases Vaccination using cysteine proteases as antigens with special emphasis on DNA-vaccines Concluding remarks In spite of the great potential of DNA vaccines, the technology has not been as revolutionary as expected in higher mammals. In fish,

• The annotation is arguably the most important part

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  The annotation is arguably the most important part of analysis, as it enables one to evaluate and interpret the content of the transcriptome assembly. In this context, the non-redundant contigs were initially run in BLAST against the Nr database showing that 55% of them displayed high similarity to

• br Results br Discussion Cell responds to fluctuating enviro

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  Results Discussion Cell responds to fluctuating environmental factors by activating a set of compensatory mechanisms including changes in the lipid profile. Compensatory reactions occurring in membranes in response to phosphate deprivation include replacement of phospholipids by phosphorus-fre

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