• Species specificity of small molecular GPR

  2022-10-02

  

  Species specificity of small molecular GPR40 agonists have been reported by Takeda scientist. In the binding pocket of TM5, a Leu186 in human GPR40/FFA1 is replaced with Phe in rat, resulting in dramatic inter-species GPR40 activity discrepancy in certain scaffolds of small molecular GPR40 agonists.

• It raises a question about

  2022-10-02

  

  It raises a question about origin of the sensitivity to Ca of both FBPase isozymes. Was the ancestral vertebrate FBPase inhibited by calcium similarly to the liver isozyme? And is the high sensitivity of FBP2 a new evolutionary feature of warm-blooded vertebrates? Additionally, since subcellular lo

• Several other assay parameters were also explored First

  2022-10-02

  

  Several other assay parameters were also explored. First, the thermal dependence of the assay was investigated by measuring the specific activity at different temperatures (Fig. 7). That data show that enzymatic activity increases with increasing temperature. Interestingly, the observed rate increas

• The ETA receptor has a higher

  2022-10-02

  

  The ETA receptor has a higher affinity for endothelin-1 than the two other agonists, with an affinity order of endothelin-1>endothelin-2>endothelin-3, while the ETB receptor exhibits similar affinities for all three isopeptides (Arai et al., 1990b, Sakurai et al., 1990). Earlier studies of the selec

• It has been demonstrated that RA regulates gene expression t

  2022-10-02

  

  It has been demonstrated that RA regulates gene latrunculin through an epigenetic mechanism during stem cell and cancer cell differentiation. In neuroblastoma cells, RA induced neural maturation through RET gene transcriptional activation by increasing H3K4me3 levels at the promoter region and deme

• Production of reactive oxygen species ROS at the site of

  2022-10-02

  

  Production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the site of pathogen attack following recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) is regarded as one of the initial plant immune responses. ROS accumulation can induce a hypersensitive reaction in host plants, thereby causing programme

• Certainly the immune relevance of Hippo becomes more complic

  2022-10-02

  

  Certainly, the immune relevance of Hippo becomes more complicated and divergent in the vertebrates than in Drosophila. In terms of inflammation of mammalians, the stories are diversified (Fig. 2). Previously, MST1/2 has been well characterized not only as a controller of lymphocytes adhesion and mi

• However despite medicinal chemistry efforts lead to consider

  2022-10-02

  

  However, despite medicinal chemistry efforts lead to considerable improvement in potency and selectivity of new HO-1 inhibitors, still have not identified inhibitors in the low nanomolar range. Therefore, due to the possible in vivo non-specific effects at high dosage, novel strategies should be dev

• Continuing studies of endocannabinoid ligands

  2022-10-01

  

  Continuing studies of endocannabinoid ligands at GPR55 reveal that virodhamine (O-arachidonylethanolamine) and AEA can act as a partial agonists at GPR55; at high micromolar concentrations can inhibit β-arrestin recruitment (Sharir et al., 2012). It is likely that there are allosteric as well as ort

• br Introduction High dose niacin or

  2022-10-01

  

  Introduction High dose niacin, or nicotinic acid, has been used as an athero-protective drug for more than 50 years (Carlson, 2005, Offermanns, 2006). When taken in pharmacological doses (>1g/day), the nicotinic Fatostatin A form of niacin modulates plasma lipid profiles including decreasing circ

• We observed the reduced expression of

  2022-09-30

  

  We observed the reduced expression of the GluN2a subunit in the temporal and entorhinal cortexes and ventral hippocampus, which may result in the predominance of GluN2b-containing NMDA receptors during the latent period. Previously, using the same model, we revealed the reduction of the GluN2a/GluN2

• To confirm the in vitro findings atorvastatin or

  2022-09-30

  

  To confirm the in vitro findings, atorvastatin or pravastatin was given to C57BL6/J mice fed with high fat diet. Doses of atorvastatin were set to be 6 mg/kg and 12 mg/kg, which were within clinical therapeutic doses. The results revealed that treatment of atorvastatin but not pravastatin impaired g

• Administration of a fructose rich diet to

  2022-09-30

  

  Administration of a fructose-rich diet to normal rats induces insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes, depending on treatment duration [23]. We have shown that development of these abnormalities as well as fat deposit in liver, are effectively prevented by co-administration of

• Different responses in feed intake have

  2022-09-30

  

  Different responses in feed intake have been noticed following administration of exogenous GHRL (peripherally or centrally) depending on animal species. In mammals, injection of GHRL stimulates food intake (orexigenic effect) (reviewed in Kaiya et al., 2013b). In contrast, in domestic birds, exogeno

• Nicastrin is heavily glycosylated contributing KDa to the

  2022-09-30

  

  Nicastrin is heavily glycosylated, contributing 40–70KDa to the molecular weight of human γ-secretase. Among the 16 predicted N-linked glycosylation sites in the ECD, 11 have been unambiguously identified. The glycans appear to mostly stabilize the local structure, thus contributing to the folding a

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