• The enantiomeric ratio ER of chiral compounds accumulated

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  The enantiomeric ratio (ER) of chiral compounds accumulated in organisms has been found to be different among species (Borga and Bidleman, 2005, Harner et al., 1999, Warner et al., 2005, Wiberg et al., 2000), indicating enantioselective accumulation of chiral compounds are species-specific. The ER o

• Since both the Ub and ISG systems are crucial

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  Since both the Ub and ISG15 systems are crucial for the innate immune response, many prokaryotic and viral pathogens have evolved ways to hijack them in order to create a “window-of-opportunity” for efficient replication. Several viral and bacterial proteins have been found to directly target these

• To investigate the role of DPP inhibition in

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  To investigate the role of DPP-4 inhibition in inflammation-induced bone resorption, we evaluated the effect of a DPP-4 inhibitor on LPS-induced osteoclast formation and bone-resorption in vivo. Our results showed that the DPP-4 inhibitor inhibited LPS-induced osteoclast formation and bone resorptio

• br Chagas disease Chagas disease an

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  Chagas disease Chagas disease, an NTD caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, affects 8–10 million people globally. More than 10,000 deaths are caused by the disease each year, and nearly 70 million people are susceptible to infection (Manne-Goehler, Umeh, Montgomery, & Wirtz, 2016). Chagas di

• Limitations of the current study in addition to

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  Limitations of the current study, in addition to the ones highlighted above, are its retrospective nature, the potential biased selection of patients requiring bronchoscopy for the etiological diagnosis of pneumonia, the lack of normalization of CMV DNA loads in BAL fluids to cellular DNA content (a

• The inhibition of CYP activity by NOR

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  The inhibition of CYP11β activity by NOR was 11- and 2.5-fold higher than those reported for the antifungal agents ketoconazole (IC50: 4.4μM) and clotrimozole (IC50: 1.0μM) (Fernandes and Porte, 2013). Furthermore, NOR was able to inhibit P450 aromatase activity in carp ovaries, although at a rather

• In conclusion our study has

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  In conclusion, our study has demonstrated that PGE2 stimulates expression of survivin in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Although there are 4 subtypes of EP receptors, the EP1 receptor appears to be the predominant receptor that regulates PGE2-induced expression of survivin, mainly through trans-act

• The mesolimbic dopamine system is believed to be

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  The mesolimbic dopamine system is believed to be highly important for evaluating environmental stimuli in order to generate an adaptive behavioral response. Thus, not surprisingly these functions appear to have been highly conserved across the vertebrate subphylum. Even though teleost fish lack midb

• Here we uncover a highly diverse superfamily of

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  Here we uncover a highly diverse superfamily of self-replicating MGEs, dubbed pipolins, which are present in three major bacterial phyla, as well as in mitochondria, and encode divergent PolB carrying TPR1 and TPR2 subdomains. Biochemical characterization of a representative enzyme encoded by a pipo

• Recently naphthoquinone derivatives have shown promising res

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  Recently, naphthoquinone derivatives have shown promising results as antiparasitic lead compounds [28]. Conjugated hybrid compounds could be an effective path to discovery of new drugs by associating two different pharmacophore groups with different mechanisms of action in a single molecule [29,30],

• br Discussion The use of carp primary cell

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  Discussion The use of carp primary cell cultures proved to be a valuable approach to evaluate the piscine immune response. A. hydrophila was a more potent stimulator of NO formation by carp leukocytes compared to commercial LPS often used for leukocyte stimulation (Mustafa and Olson, 1998, Chao e

• br Acknowledgements br Introduction Supramolecular

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  Acknowledgements Introduction Supramolecular collagen assemblies are crucial for the mechanical stability of animal bodies (Myllyharju and Kivirikko, 2004). The basic collagen structure is a triple helix of three chains containing multiple Gly-X-X\' repeats; X and X\' are often proline and 4-h

• Next we evaluated neutralization of

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  Next, we evaluated neutralization of Jc1, Jc1-N534A, Jc1-ΔHVR1 and Jc1-ΔHVR1-N534A by sera from individuals chronically infected with HCV GT1 and GT2 (Fig. 4A-C). Like the results of neutralization with monoclonal nos inhibitor and CD81-LEL (Fig. 3), the sera poorly neutralized Jc1. Neutralization w

• Recent results from our group found

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  Recent results from our group found that SPMs, not only play a part in terminating inflammation, but also have a physiological role in conjunctival goblet histone methyltransferase inhibitor to maintain ocular surface health in the absence of disease. Amongst the SPMs that are effective in the conju

• In this study we further investigated the involvement

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  In this study, we further investigated the involvement of CRF1 and CRF2 receptors of the dPAG in the regulation of panic-related responses. For this, we used two animal models that associate escape behavior with panic attacks: the elevated T maze and the electrical stimulation of the dPAG (for a ful

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