• The COMT gene maps to chromosome q

  2019-07-11

  

  The COMT gene maps to chromosome 22q11.2 (Grossman et al., 1992) and has two protein isoforms. The differences between S-COMT and longer MB-COMT are in the N-termini, which use alternative translation initiation sites and promoters. These two isoforms display different affinity and capacity for COMT

• Cantharidin is a natural element extracted from

  2019-07-11

  

  Cantharidin is a natural element extracted from blister beetles, and has been proven to be effective in cancer [16]. NCTD, the demethylated analog of cantharidin, has been synthesized and been shown to have an equal anti-cancer effect with fewer side effects than cantharidin [39]. It was confirmed t

• Fidaxomicin br Introduction Receptor tyrosine kinases

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  Introduction Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are critically involved in the development and progression of human cancers and are therefore useful targets for anti-cancer therapies [1]. The Eph receptors represent the largest subfamily of receptor protein kinases and interact with ligands called

• Initial investigations in the heart

  2019-07-11

  

  Initial investigations in the heart uncovered Epac as a positive regulator of myocyte hypertrophy [8], [9]. Concomitantly, Epac has been shown to regulate cardiac Ca homeostasis [8], [10], [11], [12], [13]. Ca is an essential second messenger in the cardiac physiology because its rhythmic variations

• Studies using SERPINB deficient mice established

  2019-07-11

  

  Studies using SERPINB1-deficient mice established the significant role for SERPINB1 in protecting lung antimicrobial proteins from proteolysis during microbe infection and its regulatory role in sustaining the balance of neutrophil reserve [15]. Neutrophil serine proteases (NSPs) (elastase, cathepsi

• We also identified Ubc as

  2019-07-10

  

  We also identified Ubc13 as a functional E2 for LNX1 and determined the complex structure of LNX1–Ubc13~Ub, which depicts the first step of the ubiquitination process (Fig. 3a.). Comparing structural alignment of the RNF4 RING: Ubc13~Ub: Ube2V2 complex (PDB code 5AIU) [33] and the RNF4:Ubc13~Ub com

• br Ubiquitylation of the TGF BMP pathway

  2019-07-10

  

  Ubiquitylation of the TGFβ/BMP pathway components Ubiquitylation is a reversible post-translational modification that is essential in many cellular regulatory mechanisms [20], [21]. During the ubiquitylation cascade, ubiquitin is attached to target proteins through the concerted actions of an E1-

• Several reports have exploited the application of HRM for

  2019-07-10

  

  Several reports , , , , have exploited the application of HRM for detecting differentially methylated DNA. Even though DNA methylation analysis by HRM cannot determine the methylation status of individual CpGs, it does provide a robust and inexpensive method to differentiate DNA based on the overall

• CAA is a carcinogenic metabolite of vinyl chloride

  2019-07-10

  

  CAA is a carcinogenic metabolite of vinyl chloride, forming several different DNA adducts including the cyclic SB-334867 free base adducts 3,N4-ethenocytosine (εC), 1,N6-ethenoadenine (εA), N2,3-ethenoguanine (εG), and 1,N2-ethenoguanine (1,N2-εG), with the A and C cyclic adducts the most predomina

• DGK is a key enzyme

  2019-07-10

  

  DGKδ is a key enzyme in glucose uptake in skeletal muscle. Chibalin et al. demonstrated that a decrease in DGKδ expression increases the severity of type 2 diabetes [20]. Additionally, DGKδ expression was increased in people who exhibited enhanced insulin sensitivity after exercise training [56]. Fr

• Keeping the cofactor content oligomeric state subcellular lo

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  Keeping the cofactor content, oligomeric state, subcellular localization, and membrane association in view, DHODH has been broadly divided into two classes, class 1 and class 2 [26], [27]. In many species it is present to either cytoplasm (Class 1) or to the inner mitochondrial membrane (or plasma m

• The intimate interactions between flavonoids and ER have

  2019-07-10

  

  The intimate interactions between flavonoids and ERα have been more extensively studied than their ERβ interactions because of the dominant role of ERα in some important diseases (Ye et al., 2018) including breast cancer (more than 80% of human breast cancers are ERα positive) (Turner et al., 2015),

• The idea of boron based pro estrogens has

  2019-07-10

  

  The idea of boron-based pro-estrogens has been utilized before; in previous studies, the selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) tamoxifen and endoxifen have been masked as boronate esters.13, 14, 15 Tamoxifen and endoxifen both target ERα as therapies for breast cancer. The previous work foc

• Keratin K has been identified as the first intermediate

  2019-07-10

  

  Keratin 8 (K8) has been identified as the first intermediate filament expressed during development in amphibians and mammals. In zebrafish, a type II cytokeratin 8 (zf-K8) cDNA has been cloned. zf-K8 gene was maternally inherited and expressed in all surface cells throughout the embryonic stages old

• Eeyarestatin I of br Results br Discussion Here

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  Results Discussion Here we establish a key kinase cascade that acts at PCs to promote homolog pairing and synapsis. CHK-2 phosphorylates the zinc finger proteins that specify PCs, which, in turn, primes their recruitment of PLK-2 (Figure 7D). By recruiting these two kinases, PCs serve as signa

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