• Introduction Hedgehog HH signaling regulates

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  Introduction Hedgehog (HH) signaling regulates development, cell proliferation, and tissue repair [1], [2], [3]. In mammals, HH signaling is activated by 3 ligands: Sonic hedgehog (SHH), Indian hedgehog (IHH), or Desert hedgehog; SHH is the most widely expressed in adult tissues [3]. The primary re

• The first suggestion that the

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  The first suggestion that the Hh pathway might be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic liver disease was reported at the beginning of this millennium by Shackel et al. who noted that Patch and Gli were upregulated in their microarray analysis of liver tissues from patients with primary biliary ch

• br Materials and methods br Results br

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion Early studies in the mid 1980s tentatively identified cCMP in tissues using fast atom bombardment MS [3], [4], but specificity and sensitivity of the method are insufficient for unequivocal identification as compared to modern MS analytical methods.

• In our study we evaluated adenovirus type Ad as

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  In our study we evaluated adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) as a vehicle for delivering Cre recombinase in conditional transgenic mouse based on the Cre-loxP system, in order to achieve GlyT1 gene modulation in a specific thalamic region in the adult animal. GlyT1 is a sodium- and chloride-coupled glycine tra

• The aim of our study was to investigate

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  The aim of our study was to investigate the polymorphisms of RAGE and glyoxalase I gene and sRAGE serum levels in patients with pathological pregnancy trying to describe the genetic background of pathological pregnancy or to find a new biochemical marker (sRAGE) of these pathological states in pregn

• Glutamate aspartate transporters or excitatory amino acid tr

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  Glutamate-aspartate transporters or excitatory amino mt t transporters (EAATs) are essential for the maintenance of glutamate homeostasis. EAATs are widely distributed in central neurons and glial cells (Danbolt, 2001, Martinez-Lozada et al., 2011). They are driven by Na + and K+ gradients (Jiang an

• The in vivo biological activity of the four

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  The in vivo biological activity of the four novel analogues was then systematically assessed in three animal models including normal control, high fat fed and ob/ob mice. As expected from earlier in vitro studies, all four glucagon receptor antagonists had minor effects on glucose or insulin concent

• br Disclosure br Ghrelin System The existence of the ghrelin

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  Disclosure Ghrelin System The existence of the ghrelin system has been demonstrated in many species through a variety of biochemical, anatomical, and genetic studies. It is a complex and intricate regulatory system comprised of several peptides, including mature ghrelin and its derivative des-

• The lack of inhibition of K efflux

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  The lack of inhibition of K+ efflux in normal red cells reported by Fathallah et al. [16] was attributed by the authors to a lower level (about half) of membrane PKCα activity. In our experiments, single channel recording probably overcame this difficulty because of its molecular detection level. O

• Given the estimated number of NSVDC channels in a

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  Given the estimated number of 150–300 NSVDC channels in a red cell [7] and a single channel conductance of 30 pS at physiological salt concentrations [6], the maximum conductance observed in intact red Pirinixic Acid indicate either a very low open state probability, in the order of 10−3 or a far l

• The effect of exercise on plasma ghrelin has previously

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  The effect of exercise on plasma ghrelin has previously been investigated mostly in humans using exercise regimens such as treadmill running, cycling, and rowing, and also in a few rodent studies and in some other animal models. While many of these clinical studies and some preclinical studies demon

• Natural product based drug discovery can be enhanced

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  Natural-product-based drug discovery can be enhanced with computational methods [205]. Because most of the reported small-molecule natural inhibitors of fMLF-induced functional responses were not evaluated in 366 2 binding assays, we used molecular modeling to predict how well these compounds fit t

• The F P concentration reported for a resting rabbit muscle

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  The F6-P concentration reported for a resting rabbit muscle [20] reduced the KAapp for aldolase–FBPase complex more than 50 times compared to KAapp for aldolase–FBPase in the absence of effectors (Fig. 1b and Table 1). A standard assay for determination of FBPase activity in a complex with aldolase

• br Conclusions br Conflicts of interest br

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  Conclusions Conflicts of interest Funding The research work was partially supported by National Science Center (Contract Grant Number: UMO-2015/19/B/NZ1/00332). Introduction Frusectose-1, 6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) has long been recognized as a potential therapeutic target for the treatm

• The Rho family of GTPases is composed

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  The Rho family of GTPases is composed of many small ubiquitous signaling G proteins that bind to guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and hydrolyze it to guanosine diphosphate (GDP). They act as switches: when binding to GTP, they are active and associate with a variety of target proteins that regulate intr

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