• br Acknowledgements This work was supported by the

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  Acknowledgements This work was supported by the European Committee Fifth Framework Project QLK5-1999-01360. We are grateful to Dr. T.T. Hoang for the provision of plasmids pEX18Tc, pPS858 and pFLP2, Prof. B.L. Wanner for providing us with the plasmid pKD4 and related strains, and Prof. P. Soucail

• The role of Epac in the regulation of intracellular

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  The role of Epac in the regulation of intracellular Ca homeostasis and contractility is still matter of debate. In rat adult cardiomyocytes, acute Epac stimulation decreased the amplitude of Ca transients [6], [9], [10] with either no changes [6] or increments [9] in cell shortening, suggesting an e

• br Introduction The development of non melanoma skin

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  Introduction The development of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is a complex process characterized by the acquisition of altered proliferation and invasiveness. These changes are classically defined as occurring in stages, i.e., initiation, promotion, and progression. In the two-stage model of in

• Imatinib STI is a first line tyrosine kinase

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  Imatinib (STI-571) is a first-line tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) targeted at breakpoint cluster region-Abelson kinase (ABL) for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) [26]. As a type II inhibitor, imatinib achieves significant selectivity by binding to an inactive DFG-out conformation (DF

• br Rationale and hypothesis To discover an allosteric inhibi

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  Rationale and hypothesis To discover an allosteric inhibitor of EGFR, Jia et al. (2016) screened a library of 2.5 million compounds at 1 μM ATP concentration in opposition the purified EGFR L858R/T790M mutant enzyme. 1322 best hits were found from this round of screening. The pinnacle hits had be

• br Introduction O Methylguanine DNA methyltransferase MGMT

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  Introduction O6-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is a DNA-repair enzyme that specifically transfers alkyl adducts from the O6 position of guanine to the cysteine residue (Cys145) in its active site. In cancer cells, this ability of MGMT disrupts the cytotoxic actions of alkylating antic

• In conclusion as illustrated in Fig G in response

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  In conclusion, as illustrated in Fig. 5G, in response to MNNG-induced DNA damage, PARP-1 appears to have dual roles in determining the cell fate in response to MNNG: PARP-1 activation is the cause of non-apoptotic cell death via ATP depletion and PARP-1 activation is able to elicit a self-protective

• Bafilomycin A1 Cyclin D inhibits the transcriptional activit

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  Cyclin D1 inhibits the transcriptional activity of the transcription factors myogenin and MEF2 [39,40]. In addition, myogenin activates MEF2 expression, which feeds back to amplify the myogenin promoter [38]. In this study, DGKδ suppression, in addition to the increase of cyclin D1, inhibited myogen

• br Introduction The discoidin domain receptors DDRs DDR

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  Introduction The discoidin domain receptors (DDRs), DDR1 and DDR2, are unique among the receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) in being activated by interaction with the extracellular matrix [1], [2]. Binding to triple-helical collagen is mediated by the receptor extracellular domains that include an N

• CYP s are heme containing monooxygenases constituting a cons

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  CYP450s are heme-containing monooxygenases constituting a conserved gene superfamily of heme-thiolate proteins, and are found in prokaryotes and eukaryotes (Martignoni et al., 2006). They play a key role in detoxification of endogenous (e.g., steroids) and exogenous compounds (e.g., drug, insecticid

• br Materials and methods br Results

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion Intra-BNST injections of NOC-9 (at all doses) were able to produce freezing and anxiogenic-like effects. Freezing was observed immediately after the NO donor injection and lasted about 2–3min (data not shown). When exposed to the EPM 5min after intra

• Additionally of outmost important is the location of

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  Additionally, of outmost important is the location of the different CpG islands in relation to the transcription starting site (TSS) of the promoter as well as their interaction with transcription activators or repressors. It has been shown that methylation at the downstream region of the TSS in the

• Quantum walks can be connected

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  Quantum walks can be connected to extended CMV matrices as follows. If all Verblunsky coefficients with even index vanish, then the extended CMV matrix becomes which resembles the matrix representation U. One may notice, however, that in the extended CMV matrix , whereas in the quantum walk matrix

• br Introduction The cys loop ligand gated ion

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  Introduction The cys-loop ligand gated ion channels (LGICs) are membrane-bound proteins mediating fast transduction from chemical to electrical signals at neuronal synapses and neuromuscular junctions [1], [2]. Each subunit that makes up the pentameric LGIC architecture possesses a dicysteine bri

• br Conclusion In conclusion our findings do not suggest that

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  Conclusion In conclusion, our findings do not suggest that HT is an important determinant of future AD risk and are in line with a recent Cochrane review stating that HT is not indicated for preventing dementia or cognitive decline in postmenopausal women [13]. Contributors Conflict of inte

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