• Previously we have described increased expression

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  Previously, we have described increased expression of both cytokine and chemokine mRNA (e.g. MCP-5 and fractalkine) in the left ventricle of male EP4-KO mice with dilated cardiomyopathy [2]. Takayama et al. [31] have shown that PGE2 potently inhibits cytokine/chemokine secretion (MCP-1, interleukin

• Mouse Cyp a is a homologous isoform of the

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  Mouse Cyp3a11 is a homologous isoform of the human CYP3A4 gene, and both are highly expressed in the liver (Hart, Cui, Klaassen, & Zhong, 2009). CYP3A4 is the most abundant CYP450 in hepatic microsomes responsible for drug and xenobiotic metabolism (Zanger & Schwab, 2013), and it is the most active

• To elucidate whether the impact of

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  To elucidate whether the impact of hypoxia on EGFR expression is cell context specific or culturing density dependent, we chose the following cancer Zerumbone driven by EGFR and evaluated the EGFR expression after hypoxia treatment at different culturing density: a highly aggressive and poorly diff

• Our observation that FAK is downregulated in vascular

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  Our observation that FAK is downregulated in vascular smooth muscle dihydrofolate reductase on fibrillar collagen confirms observations reported for other cell types [14]. However, unlike the results reported previously [14], our work suggests that matrix rigidity per se does not determine FAK down

• br Abbreviations br Acknowledgements br Introduction Dopamin

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  Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Dopamine β-hydroxylase (DbH) is the enzyme catalysing the conversion of dopamine to norepinephrine, two important neurotransmitters involved in the central nervous system [1]. This enzyme has been isolated from bovine chromaffin granules as a tet

• It is currently believed that acute morphine administration

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  It is currently believed that acute morphine administration can impair learning and memory (Friswell et al., 2008). Chronic morphine treatment can also impair access to and retention of spatial memory (Spain and Newsom, 1991, Zheng et al., 2002). Using the Morris water maze experiment, we have previ

• br Discussion Cytomegalovirus CMV is a

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  Discussion Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a herpes virus that causes primary infection in normal hosts and re-activation infection in compromised hosts with impaired CMI, e.g., organ transplants. Following primary infection, which may be severe, CMV becomes latent in lymphocytes. Reactivation may occur

• br Conclusions br Source of financial support

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  Conclusions Source of financial support or funding This investigation was supported by the University of Utah Study Design and Biostatistics Center, with funding in part from the National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Insti

• br Materials and methods br Results br Discussion

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion Our previous study showed that ERRγ negatively regulates osteoblast differentiation via inhibiting Runx2 transactivity (Jeong et al., 2009). In the present study, we found that ERRγ also induced miR-433 in osteogenic mesenchymal cell lineage C3H10T1/

• br Cytochrome P monooxygenases Cytochrome P

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  Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) belong to one of Nature’s most versatile group of enzymes for C–H functionalization and are able to perform challenging regioselective and stereoselective activations of remote, unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds, for which there are o

• In this report we describe

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  In this report we describe studies of the effects of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and acyl-CoA synthetase (ACSL1) on palmitate-induced ER stress in the human cardiomyocyte-like cell line AC16 [22], which was derived from adult ventricular heart tissue. PPARγ is a nuclear rece

• The mesolimbic dopamine system is believed to be highly

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  The mesolimbic dopamine system is believed to be highly important for evaluating environmental stimuli in order to generate an adaptive behavioral response. Thus, not surprisingly these functions appear to have been highly conserved across the vertebrate subphylum. Even though teleost fish lack midb

• Over the past decade targeting DNA

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  Over the past decade, targeting DNA repair proteins has emerged as an effective tool to enhance chemosensitivity of malignant cells [9]. However, identification and selection of the proper target of DNA repair pathways is critical to increase cytotoxic activity of chemotherapeutic agents in cancer c

• The inhibition of DNMT using AZA

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  The inhibition of DNMT1 using 5-AZA-dC or DNMT1 siRNA increased TIMP2 protein and mRNA expression, suggesting that TIMP2 expression is down-regulated by DNA methylation in the HDFs. In addition, 5-AZA-dC treatment led to a dose-dependent decrease of DNMT1 protein expression. 5-AZA-dC is a cytosine a

• br Experimental Procedures br Acknowledgments The authors wi

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  Experimental Procedures Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank P. Costet (University of Bordeaux) and Véronique Guyonnet-Duperat (FR TransBioMed, Plateforme de Vectorologie, University of Bordeaux) and Prof. Nils-Göran Larsson and Dr. Bettina Bertalan (Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ag

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