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br Material and methods br Results br Discussion Both
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Material and methods Results Discussion Both progesterone and estradiol are major ovarian steroids crucial for the development and homeostasis of the female reproductive tract (Patel et al., 2015). In the cervix, estrogen softens the cervical stroma affecting the extracellular matrix (ECM)
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WNV a member of the genus
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WNV, a member of the genus Flavivirus within the family Flaviviridae, was first isolated in 1937 from a febrile woman in the West Nile region of Uganda (Brinton, 2002). Until 1999, WNV was mainly confined to Southern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, West and Central Asia, Indonesia and Australia. In
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Our approach including the characterization of histone modif
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Our approach, including the characterization of histone modifications in scarce NK subsets, allowed us to identify super-enhancers, which associate with genes endowing a given cell type with its unique identity (Hnisz et al., 2013). Especially intriguing were SEs with distinct activities in NK subse
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Here we describe preparation of three stable
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Here, we describe preparation of three stable conjugates that are linked by either oxyester, disulfide, or isopeptide bonds (Fig. 10.1). Each of these conjugates depends upon the prior purification of E2 and ubiquitin proteins that have been engineered to favor specific linkages. For the oxyester-
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MAPK Inhibitor Library As described above when EGCG was oral
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As described above, when EGCG was orally administered, CYP3A expression in the liver decreased; however, the CYP3A expression level in the intestine was unchanged (Fig. 3). Although we remain speculative, one reason for this may be that because the level of intestinal bacteria in the upper part of t
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Similar to Bdnf acute administration of
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Similar to Bdnf4, acute administration of RG108 did not alter gene expression of Gria1 and Hdac2, despite their relevance for the task. Gria1 belongs to the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Polydatin receptor receptor (AMPAR) family that is known to be crucial for LTP and the strengt
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Introduction Safety critical systems are defined as those sy
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Introduction Safety-critical systems are defined as those systems where failure could result in the loss of life or injury to people, damage to equipment or to the environment [9]. Safety standards, e.g., [41], [17], [18], [6], [38], expect appropriate safety analysis tasks to be integrated within
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br Discussion Of the age related differences in serum
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Discussion Of the age-related differences in serum non-cholesterol sterols, we first deal with the cholesterol precursors. After birth, the markedly elevated serum desmosterol values decreased during the first year of life, and after 1 year of age they were similar between the other age groups. S
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br Materials and methods br
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Materials and methods Results Discussion It has been demonstrated that up-regulation of EPHB4 impaired trophoblast migration and invasion during placentation, which may contribute to the pathogenesis of preeclampsia [11], [24]. However, the upstream regulating mechanism of EPHB4 expression
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Another interesting finding regarding substrate selectivity
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Another interesting finding regarding substrate selectivity of iPLA2-VIA in whole cellular systems stems from the observation that some of the major species hydrolyzed by the enzyme contain a 16:1 fatty Spermine NONOate at the sn-2 position [57,119], raising the possibility that iPLA2-VIA may consti
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Introduction Pain is frequently the
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Introduction Pain is frequently the first clinical symptom of head and neck carcinoma. Indeed, pain is the initial reason leading ∼70% of cancer patients to seek professional assistance (Lam & Schmidt, 2011; Rettig & D’Souza, 2015; Schmidt, 2014). Clinically, cancer-induced facial pain can be evoke
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The Kaempferia parviflora extract met
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The Kaempferia parviflora extract met the criteria for a non-competitive interaction with CYP1A1 based on the decrease of Vmax and unchanged Km. The high Ki value and low IC50, as well as the high Km value was indicative of the weakness of the interaction between the Kaempferia parviflora extract an
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br Acknowledgments Denise Fernandes acknowledges a postdoc f
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Acknowledgments Denise Fernandes acknowledges a postdoc fellowship (SFRH/BPD/34289/2006) from the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Portugal. This work was supported by the Spanish National Plan for Research (Project Ref. CGL2011-24
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br Discussion The N terminal domain of DDRs
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Discussion The N-terminal domain of DDRs has long been recognized as a member of the DS superfamily (Johnson et al., 1993, Karn et al., 1993), and its role in collagen binding is understood in atomic detail (Carafoli et al., 2009, Ichikawa et al., 2007). Our crystal structure shows that the secon
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br Mechanisms of acquired resistance to
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Mechanisms of acquired resistance to 1st and 2nd generation EGFR inhibitors After treatment with first or second generation EGFR TKIs, virtually all patients after approximately 12 months develop acquired resistance (AR). Different mechanisms of AR to EGFR TKIs have been reported to date and may