• Introduction Epigenetic mechanisms modulate heritable phenot

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  Introduction Epigenetic mechanisms modulate heritable phenotypic changes that are not dictated by changes in DNA sequences. The link between epigenetic modifications and cancer development has been established [1], [2]. Histone modifications represent an important class of epigenetic mechanisms tha

• Furthermore colistin induced mitochondrial dysfunction in mo

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  Furthermore, colistin induced mitochondrial dysfunction in mouse central nervous system and chicken neurons, axonal degeneration and demyelization of mice sciatic nerves [16,17,19]. Interestingly, mitochondrial dysfunction is a key determinant of neurodegeneration [20,21]. Also, it accumulates amino

• br Concluding Remarks Given the increasing global

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  Concluding Remarks Given the increasing global incidence of metabolic disorders, new drugs that lower body weight and improve glucose tolerance are desperately needed. While we still have a long way to go, GPR55 might be an interesting target to explore, given its expression in numerous metabolic

• br Materials and methods br Results br

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion Here, we investigated the inhibitory effects and associated mechanisms of phloroglucinol on α-glucosidase. Our results showed that phloroglucinol reversibly inhibited α-glucosidase in a dose-dependent manner (Fig. 1), with the double-reciprocal plot

• It is important to control hyperglycaemia

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  It is important to control hyperglycaemia because it can contribute to serious complications. Hyperglycaemia can be managed by maintaining stable blood glucose levels inside the normal range. This can be achieved by various strategies such as diet, medications and exercise (O’Keefe & Bell, 2007). Se

• In the course of our synthetic studies we also discovered

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  In the course of our synthetic studies, we also discovered an unprecedented application of Burgess reagent. Instead of generating an olefin by an intramolecular syn-elimination, the product resulting from the treatment of spirocyclic alcohols 11 and 12 with Burgess reagent led to the expansion of th

• In the present study five Glu substituted analogues

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  In the present study, five Glu3-substituted analogues of GIP, namely (Ala3)GIP, (Lys3)GIP, (Phe3)GIP, (Trp3)GIP and (Tyr3)GIP, were synthesised and tested for DPP-IV resistance and biological activity both in vitro and in vivo. The properties of these analogues were compared with native GIP and (Pro

• Neither GIP nor GIPR SNPs were

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  Neither GIP nor GIPR SNPs were associated with occurrence of fractures in the OPRA cohort (Table 4). Discussion The basis for this study lies in the role of glucose-insulinotropic peptide (GIP) hormone in the regulation of insulin secretion as well as its anabolic effect on osteoblasts and inhib

• Cytokines and hormones influence both gap junctions and

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  Cytokines and hormones influence both gap junctions [106] and endocrine activity in the pituitary [3]. Long-term treatment (2 h) with the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1β (Il-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) transiently increases Cx43 expression and cell coupling in TtT/GF salinomycin

• To ensure the induction of

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  To ensure the induction of CYP enzymes by several inducers, specific monooxygenase activities of variously induced, uninduced and pooled liver microsomes were compared (Fig. 3). Although 3-MC, phenobarbital, acetone, and dexamethasone could induce CYP1A-, CYP2B-, CYP2E1-, and CYP3A-selective enzyme

• Introduction G quadruplexes are therapeutically important no

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  Introduction G-quadruplexes are therapeutically important non-canonical nucleic SMER 3 structures that are formed by a planar assembly of four guanines, termed G-tetrads (Fig. 1), in the guanine rich regions of genome [[1], [2], [3]]. As it is getting increasingly established, several life forms i

• br FPRs regulate anti microbial responses

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  FPRs regulate anti-microbial responses The classic evidence supporting FPR as an anti-microbial receptor is that bacteria are the major biological source of chemotactic formyl peptides, fMLF binds to FPR and fMLF activates chemotactic and anti-microbial responses in neutrophils 2., 3.. Recently,

• Reports described a range of synthetic GPR agonists with des

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  Reports described a range of synthetic GPR40 agonists with desirable safety and efficacy profiles, compared with existing antidiabetic therapies such as insulin and sulfonylureas [[20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28]]. Among them, several small molecules were tested in the clinical t

• Nowadays it is accepted that ligands which have

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  Nowadays, it is accepted that ligands which have been classically described as inverse agonists, due to their negative efficacy at modulating the G protein pathway, could also display some positive efficacy regarding receptor desensitization, internalization, or even signaling though another pathway

• Bioinformatic analysis revealed a putative

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  Bioinformatic analysis revealed a putative coiled-coil SLD within CT229 which we show to be essential for intracellular replication and recruitment of Rab GTPases to the inclusion. Mutation of a single amino apexbt chemicals residue in the SLD domain (CT229L120D) significantly reduced Rab binding a

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