• Fatty acid amide hydrolase FAAH is a membrane bound enzyme

  2022-09-08

  

  Fatty f4 cat sale amide hydrolase (FAAH) is a membrane-bound enzyme which releases arachidonic acid and ethanolamine by breaking amide bond of AEA. It also controls the cellular uptake of AEA, by creating and maintaining an inward concentration gradient leading to AEA-facilitated diffusion via a spe

• Histone modification is one of

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  Histone modification is one of the major epigenetic mechanisms.8, 10 Specific histone modifications confer active or repressive transcriptional states. For instance, the trimethylation of Histone3-Lysine27 (H3K27me3) is a marker of tightly packaged heterochromatin and is associated with gene repress

• Histamine H and H receptors are considered as low affinity

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  Histamine H1 and H2 receptors are considered as low affinity receptors (pKi of 4.2 and 4.3 respectively), whereas histamine H3 and H4 receptors as a high affinity receptors (pKi of 8 and 8.2 respectively) (Schreeb et al., 2013). Therefore it might well be that other histamine receptors might be invo

• br Mechanisms of Resistance As with other cancer treatments

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  Mechanisms of Resistance As with other cancer treatments in development, resistance is a concern with HHIs. Most observations regarding HHI resistance originate from patients with BCC [78]. In the clinic, resistance to vismodegib and sonidegib were observed when used to treat advanced BCC [78], [

• To solve the atomic structures of

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  To solve the atomic structures of several individual domains and a complete molecular architecture of sGC, tangible experimental research work has been done which resulted in a cryo-electron density map of R. norvegicus. However, the full structure of the human sGC remains to be determined. In the p

• br Introduction The discovery that the nitric

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  Introduction The discovery that the nitric oxide (NO), soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) pathway mediates erection has led to the use of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitors as the gold standard for treating erectile dysfunction (ED) through the inh

• br Ketone body metabolism and neuronal

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  Ketone body metabolism and neuronal excitability One of the best examples of the close connection between metabolism and neuronal excitability is illustrated by the effect of ketone bodies on epileptic seizures. One third of patients suffering from epileptic seizures do not respond to conventiona

• One clue to how evolution has solved such spatiotemporal

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  One clue to how evolution has solved such spatiotemporal challenges comes from studies revealing that lymph node (LN) organization is more complex than originally presumed, suggesting that steady-state microanatomical features are crucial for effective immune responses (reviewed by Qi et al., 2014).

• It may seem counterintuitive that a lymphocyte which

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  It may seem counterintuitive that a lymphocyte which is unable to proliferate could have neoplastic potential since the very definition of neoplasia is one of autonomous clonal expansion of a cell. The lack of co-stimulatory molecules CD27 and CD28 can potentially be overcome by activating NK cell r

• Neurotransmitter transporters are rapidly recycled

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  Neurotransmitter transporters are rapidly recycled from and to the membrane. For instance, the GABA transporter GAT1 is recycled in a calcium and depolarization dependent manner. GAT1 located in the plasma membrane is internalized to a subpopulation of small vesicles different from the classical neu

• In insects structural cuticular proteins CPs play important

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  In insects, structural cuticular proteins (CPs) play important roles in determining the diverse physical properties of the cuticle, depending on developmental stages, as well as different body regions, as a result of interactions with other CPs and the structural biopolymer chitin [4]. Many studies

• In response to oxidative stress

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  In response to oxidative stress in DM, antioxidant defence systems are activated in β-cells. Glutathione (GSH) is one of the most abundant antioxidants and has been shown to be expressed at lower concentrations in patients with DM [12], [13]. Furthermore, plasma levels of glycine, which is a synthet

• br Acknowledgements This work is supported by the

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  Acknowledgements This work is supported by the Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Council of Iran (CSTC, Grant No. 95P31), the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) and the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. The authors wish to thank Dr. Ayat Kaeidi for his

• In conclusion we provided the first evidence of

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  In conclusion, we provided the first evidence of a modification and regulation of GCK by O-GlcNAc modification that until now was not explored. This discovery provides important clues in the prevention of hyperglycemia and development of novel therapeutic drugs to treat type 2 diabetes. Acknowled

• Human Glucocorticoid Receptor hGR was first

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  Human Glucocorticoid Receptor (hGR) was first cloned in 1985 (Hollenburg et al., 1985). It is a modular protein comprised of an N-terminal trans-activating domain (NTD), a C-terminal ligand-binding domain (LBD) and a central DNA- binding domain (DBD). The DBD is highly conserved and has two zinc fin

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