• br Discussion The present study found cholinesterase

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  Discussion The present study found cholinesterase activity in Saccostrea sp. to vary significantly among three tissue types (digestive gland, gills, adductor muscle) and to respond differentially to four toxicants, three of which were non-organophosphates. Furthermore, a comparison of enzyme acti

• br Acetylcholinesterase and cholinergic signaling The concep

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  Acetylcholinesterase and cholinergic signaling The concept of a synapse between a neuron and an innervated cell, and the receptors that mediated their interaction, was developed by Bernard, Ehrlich, Sherrington, Langley and others (see [7], [8], [9]. It was long debated whether transmission of ne

• The present study is the first time to investigate the

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  The present study is the first time to investigate the effect of piperine on intestinal sterol transporters and enzymes in the small intestine. NPC1L1 is a sterol transporter responsible for taking up cholesterol from the lumen to enterocytes (Davis et al., 2004). ACAT2 is an enzyme, which esterifie

• cox 2 inhibitors Acknowledgments The authors thank Dr Vladim

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  Acknowledgments The authors thank Dr. Vladimir Poltoratsky and Zhihui Xiao for their help with the in vitro FRET assay. Support for this research was provided by Saint John’s University. Introduction We predicted the existence of endothelium-derived contractile factors (EDCFs) in 1982 [1]. In 1

• In addition to vasoconstrictor actions

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  In addition to vasoconstrictor actions (acute effects), ET-1 exerts potent mitogenic actions on vascular smooth muscle cells and cardiac myocytes (chronic effects), hence causing vascular and cardiac hypertrophy [19,24,25]. These effects are mediated via stimulation of either ETA or ETB receptors, a

• The elastase induced injury model has

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  The elastase-induced injury model has been shown to produce airspace enlargement, and increases in lung volume and compliance that are similar to those observed in human patients (Hantos et al., 2008, Hamakawa et al., 2011). Thus, this model, which has been used to study emphysema, should be adequat

• Nimodipine administration also inhibited the eIF ATF

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  Nimodipine administration also inhibited the eIF2α/ATF4 singnaling which is a crucial evolutionarily conserved adaptive pathway during cellular stresses including hypoxia and ischemia (Evans et al., 2016; Manwani and McCullough, 2013). While, the eIF2a/ATF4 pathway, activated by different forms of s

• Recent studies support the concept that dietary metabolites

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  Recent studies support the concept that dietary metabolites, such as retinoids and AHR ligands, regulate ILC3 function. These metabolites act through intracellular nuclear receptors that function as transcription factors, thereby controlling ILC activity through the stimulation of specific transcrip

• The CYP A genes are regulated physiologically by glucocortic

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  The CYP3A genes are regulated physiologically by glucocorticosteroids, growth hormone, thyroid hormones and cytokines [13, 20, 30]. It has been shown that glucocorticoid receptor (GR), pregnane X receptor (PXR), constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) play an important ro

• Besides the enhanced expression of costimulatory and adhesio

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  Besides the enhanced expression of costimulatory and adhesion proteins, also the expression of the CD83 surface molecule is strongly enhanced during DC maturation (Banchereau and Steinman 1998; Banchereau et al. 2000). In fact, CD83 is a major cell surface marker for fully mature DC, as it can not b

• br Introduction The offspring of rodents emit vocalizations

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  Introduction The offspring of rodents emit vocalizations when isolated from their dam. The majority of vocalizations by rat pups are in the ultrasonic band frequency of 30–50 kHz (Insel et al., 1986). Maternal separation-induced ultrasonic vocalizations are believed to represent distress signals

• There is a large interindividual difference in intestinal

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  There is a large interindividual difference in intestinal cholesterol Cap Firefly Luciferase receptor of cholesterol that is mainly due to genetic variation [15], [19]. Single nucleotide variation (SNV) in NPC1L1 and, ABCG5 and ABCG8 key modulators of cholesterol influx and efflux into intestinal m

• The use of the periplasmic fraction as starting material and

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  The use of the periplasmic fraction as starting material and the presence of a unique purification step concurred in improving the purification yield to 25.3%, which is significantly higher than what obtained with the previous purification protocol (6.7%). In addition, the analysis of the kinetic co

• Compared to ET all agonists tested showed a

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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

• Tubastatin A australia It is without doubt that

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  It is without doubt that the vagina plays a significant role in the perception of coital stimulation leading to sexual arousal and, finally, orgasm. In response to sensory stimulation, relaxation of vaginal vascular and nonvascular smooth muscle occurs, resulting in an increase in local blood flow a

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