• br Introduction The amino acid glycine functions as a neurot

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  Introduction The amino β-Sitosterol glycine functions as a neurotransmitter in the vertebrate central nervous system: as an inhibitory neurotransmitter and as a co-agonist of the NMDA-subtype of excitatory glutamatergic receptors (Eulenburg et al., 2005). Under a current hypothesis that schizoph

• NAD+ mg br Recent insights into EAAT structure function aspe

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  Recent insights into EAAT structure/function aspects The EAATs are secondary-active transporters coupling the movement of one Glu with the symport of three Na+ and one proton and the counter-transport of one K+ [3, 4]. The transporters are trimeric assemblies of protomers that function independen

• Previous reports have showed that

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  Previous reports have showed that the expression and localization of GLUT8 in mouse (Gómez et al., 2006; Kim and Moley, 2007), rat (Ibberson et al., 2002) and human (Schürmann et al., 2002). In this study, GLUT8 protein mainly localized in the spermatocytes, elongated and round spermatids in the adu

• A number of GCK activators for treating T

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  A number of GCK activators for treating T2D have been developed and tested but not progressed successfully from clinical trials into therapy [45]. Our observations suggest that increased risk of hypoglycemia might be possible, particularly if drugs penetrate into brain. A further possibility is that

• br Acknowledgments This work was funded by NIH Grant R

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  Acknowledgments This work was funded by NIH Grant 2R01 MH066958 (JGT) and NSF CAREER award IOS- 1053716 (NV). We thank Dr. Greti Aguilera for the generous gift of the GRE-Luciferase construct and Dr. Louis Muglia for the generous gift of the GR-GFP construct. Introduction Prostate cancer (PCa

• The OTR and GHSR are known to play similar

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  The OTR and GHSR are known to play similar roles in centrally regulated behaviours, where the OTR is implicated in mood, sociability and appetite regulation (Morton et al., 2012; Myers et al., 2014; Sala et al., 2013; Lukas et al., 2011; Slattery and Neumann, 2010), with the GHSR primarily involved

• br Conclusions There are a

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  Conclusions There are a number of factors that affect the transit of solutes through gap junction channels. Fig. 4 provides a simplified illustration of those factors. First is the cytoplasmic vestibule through which all permeable solutes must pass to gain access to the pore. In an equivalent cir

• Loss of EZH function as a consequence of

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  Loss of EZH2 function as a consequence of nonsense or frameshift mutations has also been detected in a cohort study conducted by Jankowska et al. in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) patients, as an early event in cancer development [43]. Although, a recent study in Japan described increased le

• The structures of KDM A revealed a Cys

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  The structures of KDM4A revealed a Cys-His Zn(II) binding site that is close to the substrate binding spot, which bioinformatic analyses indicated was not present in any other histone demethylase subfamily. Therefore, an alternative method to inhibit the KDM4 family (95) would be to use compounds th

• Bile acids are the end products of cholesterol

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  Bile acids are the end products of cholesterol catabolism and have also been considered as hepatomitogens. Recently, Yap has been shown to be activated by the mevalonate pathway, which is essential for the biosynthesis of isoprenoids and downstream cholesterol and bile acids (Sorrentino et al., 2014

• Introduction Hepatitis C virus HCV

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  Introduction Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a small (50–80 nm in size) enveloped RNA virus belonging to the Hepacivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family [1]. The HCV particle consists of a nucleocapsid, which contains the positive single-stranded RNA genome covered by a host cell-derived lipid envelope

• There are five subfamilies of P type ATPases

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  There are five subfamilies of P-type ATPases (I-V), which transport metal ions or phospholipids across membranes (Palmgren and Nissen, 2011). Although our studies indicate that the P-type ATPase domain is important for function, how it contributes to cGMP production is currently unknown. The P-type

• br Results and discussion GSTP

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  Results and discussion GSTP1 is a Phase II cytoprotective and detoxifying enzyme. Due to its role in the detoxification of numerous endogenous and exogenous chemical agents (with electrophilic functional groups), individuals with Ile105Val mutation in this gene show enhanced risk of atopic disord

• Like tBHQ and DEM treatment of

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  Like tBHQ and DEM, treatment of Keap1+/+ MEFs with SFN increased the abundance of Hmox1 and Nqo1 mRNA, and this was blunted by LY294002 and MK-2206 (Figure 2C). However, unlike the situation with tBHQ and DEM, treatment of Keap1−/− MEFs with SFN did not increase further the elevated basal levels of

• cAMP is a key secondary messenger which transduces extracell

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  cAMP is a key secondary messenger which transduces extracellular signals at glucagon receptors to intracellular effector molecules. cAMP-protein kinase A (PKA) pathway increases the gene expression of enzymes including phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) and glucose 6-phosphatase (G6Pase) whic

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