• Several dehidropregnenolone derivatives functionalized at C

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  Several 16-dehidropregnenolone derivatives functionalized at C3, C4, C5 and C6 (Fig. 7) were prepared and evaluated as 5α-reductase inhibitors bearing in mind that after the formation of an enzyme-steroid complex a nucleophilic portion of the enzyme attacks the double bond of the steroid through Mic

• Docking studies were performed on the

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  Docking studies were performed on the selected compounds to explore their binding patterns and to examine SAR in more detail. The co-crystal structure of ATX in complex with PF-8380 (PDB code: ) was selected for the docking studies due to structural similarity of the most potent compound with PF-83

• Introduction The first use of

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  Introduction The first use of the term “autophagy” by a French physiologist, M. Anselmier, in a short article describing the effects of fasting in mice published in 1859, took place almost a century before Christian De Duve described it from a mechanistic point of view in a symposium on lysosomes i

• Introduction Alzheimer s disease AD is

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  Introduction Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurological disorder characterized by a progressive dementia resulting from synapse failure (Selkoe, 2002, Tanzi, 2005). The amyloid hypothesis maintains that the pivotal event in AD is the production of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides following the prote

• Bioinformatics tools are becoming more powerful and reliable

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  Bioinformatics tools are becoming more powerful and reliable due to the growing number and availability of experimentally determined protein structures (Arnold et al., 2006, Suplatov et al., 2015, Wiltgen and Tilz, 2009). The SWISS-MODEL and MODELLER programs are most frequently used for homology or

• br AHR mediates TCDD toxicity and wasting syndrome TCDD caus

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  AHR mediates TCDD toxicity and wasting syndrome TCDD causes numerous toxicities in laboratory animals, including teratogenesis, hepatic steatosis, thymic atrophy, immune dysfunction and a lethal wasting syndrome [17]. The dose-dependent sensitivity to TCDD-induced toxicities varies widely among l

• An alternative approach to the administration of ADO

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  An alternative approach to the administration of ADO agonists is to amplify the actions of endogenous ADO by inhibiting the ADO-metabolizing enzyme, ADO kinase (AK). Inhibition of AK has the net effect of potentiating the local concentration and the effects of ADO in the extracellular compartment. T

• To assess relative metabolic activity and proliferation

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  To assess relative metabolic activity and proliferation of rad001 attached to various substrates we used the MTT assay [29], [30]. In order to compare the metabolic activity of cells under the various conditions irrespective of the number or viability of the cells, we performed a PicoGreen DNA assa

• The major strength of this study is the large

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  The major strength of this study is the large sample size which increases the statistical power to detect the likely subtle differences in peripheral methylation observed in psychiatric disorders (Olsson et al., 2010). Larger studies help provide more robust estimates of true associations, as small

• Tenovin-6 This study does have several

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  This study does have several limitations, mainly related to the DMSO vehicle. While DMSO is a known anti-inflammatory mediator,5, 12 it has been shown to upregulate ALOX5, which was not seen in this study (as we are likely underpowered to detect this difference). A manifestation of this anti-inflamm

• Chronic inflammation is associated with

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  Chronic inflammation is associated with both initiation and progression of many neoplastic conditions [149], and ATX may be a player in the process. ATX/LPA signaling is positively correlated with the invasive and metastatic potential of several cancers including melanoma, breast cancer, ovarian can

• Through activation of the CD GOPC

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  Through activation of the CD46–GOPC pathway, attenuated/vaccinal MeVs rapidly induce a transient phase of autophagy which then diminishes with no signs of negative regulation and precedes a second autophagy phase related to viral protein synthesis [115]. In sharp contrast, virulent MeVs do not inter

• br Regulatory mechanisms of ASK activity br The functions

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  Regulatory mechanisms of ASK1 activity The functions of ASK1 in disease ASK1 inhibitor As mentioned above, ASK1 plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of various diseases; hence, an ASK1 inhibitor has therapeutic potential. Although inhibitors of the ASK1 downstream kinases p38 and JNK ar

• br Materials and methods br Results

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  Materials and methods Results A first series of experiments explored whether the Ampkα1 isoform is involved in the regulation of cardiac Pkcζ. To this end, HL-1 cardiomyocytes were transfected with a construct encoding constitutively active Prkaa1T183D (CAα1) or with the empty vector as contro

• LY2940680 The current literature clearly states that there a

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  The current literature clearly states that there are no widely adopted standardized methods to determine the total antioxidant capacity of foods or biological samples. One should consider the antioxidant reaction mechanism in system to determine the most appropriate methods for the measurement. It h

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