• Patients with AAG often respond to intravenous

  2023-10-27

  

  Patients with AAG often respond to intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange. If these therapies are inadequate, ongoing immune suppression with steroids, azathioprine, mycophenylate or rituximab have been shown to be effective in case reports. Our patient seemed initially resistant to steroid t

• Our studies also reveal the normal functional roles of the

  2023-10-27

  

  Our studies also reveal the normal functional roles of the MIR. Interaction between the MIR loop and the N-terminal α helix nucleates conformational maturation of AChR subunits, thereby promoting assembly of mature AChRs [52], [55]. This interaction in homologous parts of all AChR subunits appears t

• The reductase activity in patients with

  2023-10-27

  

  The 5α-reductase activity in patients with 21-OHD, as assessed by the 5α-THF to 5β-THF (ratio 3) and by the 5α-17HP to 17HP (ratio 4) ratios, showed a similar pattern of activities (Fig. 2A–C) and significant correlations (ratio 1 vs. ratio 3; rs=0.67; pbrucine to the 5α-reducase activity, the acti

• It is well known that

  2023-10-26

  

  It is well-known that neurosteroids such as testosterone and their metabolites endogenously modulate neural excitability in animals and humans. Testosterone has protective effects against seizures induced by KA and PTZ (Frye et al., 2001b; Reddy, 2004b). Estrogens, on the other hand, have proconvuls

• br APJ expression in metabolic diseases

  2023-10-26

  

  APJ expression in metabolic diseases Under physiological conditions, APJ is present in humans as well as in mouse tissues with high metabolic activity such as muscle and adipose tissue but not in the liver. Moreover, the presence and regulation of APJ in established adipocyte or muscle cell lines

• br The role of apelin

  2023-10-26

  

  The role of apelin in respiratory diseases At present, several scientific studies have suggested that the apelin/APJ system may play an important role in the development of pulmonary diseases (Table 4). For example, in an experiment on rats suffering from acute lung injury, apelin-13 decreases th

• Over expression of the inflammatory cytokines MMPs and COX

  2023-10-26

  

  Over expression of the inflammatory cytokines, MMPs and COX-2 act as an important inducer of chronic inflammation. COX-2 catalyzes the biosynthesis of prostaglandins (PGs), and induced expression was observed in FPS-ZM1 stimulated with pro-inflammatory cytokines or bacterial lipopolysaccharide (Kha

• HMGN proteins are subject to extensive post translational mo

  2023-10-26

  

  HMGN proteins are subject to extensive post-translational modifications which influence both their mode of binding to Puromycin aminonucleoside and their functional activity. Like the other HMG protein families, HMGNs are substrates for many of the same enzymes that modify histone proteins (review

• Protein arrays provide a new approach for the

  2023-10-26

  

  Protein arrays provide a new approach for the identification of substrates for several protein-modifying enzymes. For example, protein kinase substrate identification, which constitutes an important aspect of pathway mapping because of the prevalence of these substrates in biological pathways. MacBe

• The evaluation of serum electrolytes e g sodium

  2023-10-26

  

  The evaluation of serum electrolytes (e.g.: sodium, potassium, urea, creatinine, and uric acid), liver transaminases, blood counts (e.g. identification of thrombocytopenia, and bilirubin), 24-h urine (in order to monitor proteinuria), and heart rate and lung function of the mother should be performe

• Several mechanisms of Cd induced carcinogenicity have been r

  2023-10-26

  

  Several mechanisms of Cd-induced carcinogenicity have been reported and are comprehensively summarized by Hartwig [32]. As early as 1980, basic science studies supported a role for endocrine disruption of AR by Cd. Donovan et al. [33], using extracts of mouse prostate cytosol, showed Cd to be the mo

• br Depletion of serum amino

  2023-10-26

  

  Depletion of serum amino acids Currently, the only anticancer agents that directly target amino Calpain Inhibitor XII metabolism are bacterial l-asparaginases (from Escherichia coli and Erwinia chrysanthemi), which are FDA-approved for treatment of pediatric and adult ALL. A potential complicati

• In this study Rb increased the phosphorylation of p

  2023-10-26

  

  In this study, Rb1 increased the phosphorylation of p38 MAPK and Akt and macrophage phagocytosis of bacteria in mouse lung cells, consistent with the in vitro results. A recent study showed that Rb1 diminished the severity of lung injury in rats exposed to LPS. Rb1 inhibited the LPS-induced increase

• Phosphodiesterase inhibition increases the intracellular

  2023-10-26

  

  Phosphodiesterase inhibition increases the intracellular levels of cAMP to restore spontaneous contraction (Essayan, 2001, Qi and Kwan, 1996), acting downstream of adenylyl cyclase. Therefore, cardiac arrest induced by decreased intracellular cAMP levels could be reversed by phosphodiesterase inhibi

• Colistin Methanesulfonate sodium salt Two parallel branches

  2023-10-25

  

  Two parallel branches of the DNA damage-dependent S-phase checkpoint are thought to co-operate by inhibiting distinct steps of DNA replication. One branch includes the phosphorylation of structural maintenance of chromosomes 1 (SMC1), a cohesin that is activated by ATM or ATR after IR treatment or r

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