• COPD is almost unheard of in individuals less than years

  2022-11-03

  

  COPD is almost unheard of in individuals less than 40 years of age (even among heavy smokers), 1 in 10 lifetime never-smokers and 1 in 3 develop COPD by age 75 [26], unquestionably, COPD is an age-related disorder. This notion of accelerated ageing of COPD is supported by animal models, which demons

• According to their structures and substrate specificity MMPs

  2022-11-03

  

  According to their structures and substrate specificity, MMPs are divided into five major groups: collagenases (e.g., MMP1), gelatinases (e.g., MMP2, MMP9), stromelysins (e.g., MMP3, MMP10), matrilysins (e.g., MMP7), and membrane-type MMPs [7]. Among them, MMP1 is a major collagenase that degrades t

• br ABCA mRNA expression is elevated

  2022-11-03

  

  ABCA2 mRNA expression is elevated in Niemann-Pick type C and familial hypercholesterolemia fibroblasts Niemann-Pick Type C disease is a neurological disorder of adolescents due to autosomal-recessive mutations in either one or both Niemann-Pick-2 (NPC2) and NPC1 genes, which, like ABCA2, are loca

• Obesity is defined as a body

  2022-11-03

  

  Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30kg/m2 or higher and is known to have a very close association with the risk of developing cancers (Hsueh and Deng, 2016). Several theories exist as to how this link is defined with respect to various cancers, one of which involves the effect of obes

• Diabetes or inflammation is associated with up regulation of

  2022-11-03

  

  Diabetes or inflammation is associated with up-regulation of A2AAR (Pang et al., 2010). High levels of A2AARs are found in macrophages and microglial cells that are poised, on activation, to abrogate the immune response (Trincavelli et al., 2008). In addition, hyperglycemia is associated with increa

• The hippocampus is the primary brain structure involved in

  2022-11-03

  

  The hippocampus is the primary brain structure involved in learning and memory. The role of hippocampal synaptic plasticity in neurological processes in cognition and depression has been extensively demonstrated. Synaptophysin is a critical substance in synaptogenesis, which is necessary for learnin

• br ACL A Metabolic Checkpoint

  2022-11-03

  

  ACL: A Metabolic Checkpoint for Sensing Excess Nutrients? During normal transitions between fasting and feeding, cells maintain energy homeostasis by integrating energy and nutrient status signals at key metabolic nodes, coordinating multiple processes. For example, the AMP-activated protein kina

• br Author contributions br Acknowledgments TJC KW and VG are

  2022-11-03

  

  Author contributions Acknowledgments TJC, KW, and VG are supported by awards made to MJN: a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council under Grant no. 311336; a University Research Fellowship from the Royal Society, and a Career Development Award from the Human Frontiers Science Pro

• In vascular endothelial cells L arginine produces nitric

  2022-11-03

  

  In vascular endothelial cells, L-arginine produces nitric oxide (NO) under the action of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and nitric oxide can activate guanylate cyclase to produce a large amount of cGMP, thereby relaxing vascular smooth muscle and expanding blood vessels. Numerous studies have confirme

• This progressive behaviour is summarized

  2022-11-02

  

  This progressive behaviour is summarized in Fig. 4, which depicts the variation in convexity of the obtained cut-off patterns for the series of six antioxidants. The form and degree of convexity of the obtained cut-off curves should in principle correlate with the AOs hydrophobicities, and therefor

• We have shown that an

  2022-11-02

  

  We have shown that an extensive region in SERBP1 (amino acids 354 to 474, using co-ordinates based on the full-length isoform, Figs. 1a and 2) is necessary for it to interact with RACK1; since this region has substantial homology to the corresponding region of HABP1 (Fig. 3) it is a reasonable hypot

• The glutamate receptors are important

  2022-11-01

  

  The glutamate receptors are important to the glioma naloxone hcl mg from escaping the excitotoxicity under physiological conditions. There are three subtypes of ionotropic glutamate receptors, including NMDA, kainate, and AMPA receptors, which are relating to diverse Ca2+ permeability. Glioma cells

• There is a growing body of evidence showing

  2022-11-01

  

  There is a growing body of evidence showing that pentobarbital causes memory disorders [3], [4], [5]. Our results that a single injection of pentobarbital into bilateral hippocampus significantly impaired hippocampus-dependent spatial memory retrieval (Fig. 1) add support to that evidence. Previous

• br Acknowledgements br Introduction Microbial enzymes have g

  2022-11-01

  

  Acknowledgements Introduction Microbial enzymes have gained interest for their widespread uses in industries and medicine owing to their stability, catalytic activity, and ease of production and optimization than plant and animal enzymes (Singh et al., 2016). Microbial aminopeptidases (amino-a

• agonists simulate norepinephrine NE in binding to presynapti

  2022-11-01

  

  α2 agonists simulate norepinephrine (NE) in binding to presynaptic surface autoreceptors, which in turn mediates feedback inhibition of NE release. Another major control mechanism for noradrenergic neurotransmission is termination of signaling by presynaptic NE transporter (NET)-mediated NE reuptake

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