• Interest in natural products has led to

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  Interest in natural products has led to the study of plant extracts as sources of ARIs. However, chemical complexity of natural extracts makes the identification of ARIs challenging and time-consuming. Identification of bioactive compounds with the desired biological effect from natural products, co

• br Experimental br Acknowledgment br Introduction

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  Experimental Acknowledgment Introduction The NADPH-dependent reduction of d-glucose catalyzed by aldose reductase (E.C.1.1.1.21) (AR) is considered as one of the phenomena leading to the onset of long term diabetic complications [as review see: [1], [2]. In fact, the reduction of the sugar,

• Since non lipoprotein derived free cholesterol is recycled f

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  Since non-lipoprotein-derived free cholesterol is recycled from the plasma membrane through the endosomal system through receptor-independent mechanisms, we wanted to determine whether ABCA2 could alter the trafficking of this source of free cholesterol. Our approach was to measure the effect of mob

• Interestingly our transgenic mouse model with macrophages ex

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  Interestingly, our transgenic mouse model with macrophages expressing AdipoR1 showed not only improved insulin sensitivity and inflammation in skeletal muscle and adipose tissues, but fat mass, macrophage and plasma lipid accumulation and foam cell formation was also favorably reduced resulting from

• Since natural and recombinant glycoprotein hormones exhibit

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  Since natural and recombinant glycoprotein hormones exhibit some differences in their carbohydrate structures, we checked whether this could affect the permissive effect on FSK-induced cyclic AMP response in MLTC-1 cells. Fig. 6 shows that the same sensitizing effect to FSK is observed with pituitar

• cck 1303 br Results br Discussion Members of the PfkB family

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  Results Discussion Members of the PfkB family of proteins, which exhibit AK activity, have only been found in the eukaryotic organisms in the past. Hence, the report of a PfkB family protein in MTub that exhibited AK activity was of much interest, and it necessitated closer examination of its

• The sequence of our reconstructed Anc is inferred based on

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  The sequence of our reconstructed βAnc is inferred based on probabilities, and the estimated probability of inferring the actual ancestral sequence is the product of the posterior probabilities for each site within the reconstructed sequence. Although the posterior probabilities (PP) for the majorit

• Further important evidence for G protein signaling on

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  Further important evidence for G protein signaling on early endosomes has been subsequently obtained for the β2-adrenegic receptor using fluorescently-tagged conformation-sensitive nanobodies selectively recognizing the active receptor and Gs protein [43]. More recently, our group used a combinatio

• Swainsonine The contractility index showed positive inotropi

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  The contractility index showed positive inotropic effects of apelin in both doses at min 5 (Fig. 3, Fig. 5). Although the mean arterial pressure did not recover to the baseline, the contractility index increased, the relaxation index (tau) and ±dp/dt max returned back to their baseline, and left ven

• As with most G protein coupled receptors

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  As with most G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), sustained activation of APJ can cause desensitization and this has been reported to occur for APJ-mediated effects on cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration, as well as for effects on activity of adenylyl cyclase, ERK and Akt (Ishida et al., 2004, Masri et a

• br Method of literature search br Disclosures br Acknowledgm

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  Method of literature search Disclosures Acknowledgment The authors thank and acknowledge Mrs. Jaini Parekh, BFA, for illustrating the diagram in Figure 1. An overview of angiogenesis Angiogenesis is a biological process through which there is the formation of new blood vessels from pre-

• This unsuspected antagonistic interaction of androgen with

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  This unsuspected antagonistic interaction of androgen with OXER1 could therefore explain the effect of plant derived compounds with this ligand-receptor system. For example, wedelolactone, a coumestan found in Eclipta alba (false daisy) and in Wedelia calendulacea that is the major component of ecli

• Fertilysin There are several reports providing evidences tha

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  There are several reports providing evidences that functional and mechanistic connection between Sirt1 and LKB1/AMPK in metabolic regulation [26], [32], [33]. It has been reported that the deacetylation of LKB1 by Sirt1 is one of the determining factors of the subcellular localization of LKB1. In ag

• Evidence shows that glial activation increases

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  Evidence shows that glial activation increases the expression of cytokines and chemokines in Parkinson's disease, which precede the degeneration of the substance nigra (Halliday and Stevens, 2011, Tansey and Goldberg, 2010). The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (except aspirin) can preve

• AMPK is a central regulator of

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  AMPK is a central regulator of cell growth, migration, metabolism, autophagy, and cell polarity [20], [21], [22], [23]. It is highly conserved in eukaryotes and functions as the primary sensor of intracellular adenosine nucleotides [24]. When intracellular ATP levels decrease, AMPK is activated to g

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