• Our current knowledge on autophagy broadly differentiates it

  2024-03-05

  

  Our current knowledge on autophagy broadly differentiates it into three types: macroautophagy, microautophagy, and chaperone-mediated autophagy. Macroautophagy mainly involves the sequestration of cytoplasmic contents in a double-walled membrane followed by the fusion with the lysosomes. The lysosom

• Introduction Cytochrome P CYP aromatase catalyzes the conver

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  Introduction Cytochrome P450 19 (CYP19; aromatase) catalyzes the conversion of androgens to estrogens in a three-reaction sequence, where each step depends on NADPH and O2 [[1], [2], [3]]. The first two steps are accepted to be hydroxylations of the steroid C19 methyl group, whereas the final step

• br Results Four HT esters

  2024-03-05

  

  Results Four HT esters (butyrate, caprylate, laurate and stearate esters) were chosen as representative compounds of increasing lipophilicity (Fig. 1). We will refer to them as C4HT, C8HT, C12HT and C18HT, respectively. They have been synthesized, purified and characterized according to our previ

• Applications for protein switches are numerous

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  Applications for protein switches are numerous. In diagnostics, protein switches can detect analytes as components of inexpensive homogeneous assays that do not require specialized equipment or time-consuming incubation and washing steps characteristic of immunoassays [8]. Protein switches have also

• AMPK is a central regulator of cell growth

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  AMPK is a central regulator of cell growth, migration, metabolism, autophagy, and cell polarity [20], [21], [22], [23]. It is highly conserved in eukaryotes and functions as the primary sensor of intracellular adenosine nucleotides [24]. When intracellular ATP levels decrease, AMPK is activated to g

• br Author contributions br Financial disclosures br Acknowle

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  Author contributions Financial disclosures Acknowledgements We thank Ms. Eva So for the editorial assistance. This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81622015, 81571042 and 81501143) and the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2

• Based on their different sources the APN

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  Based on their different sources, the APN inhibitors (APNIs) can be divided into the natural products and synthetic compounds. Bestatin (1, Fig. 1), isolated from the Streptomyces oliuoreticuli by Umezawa et al., is the first reported and only marketed natural dipeptidomimetic inhibitor of APN. Afte

• It is noteworthy to mention the limitations of

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  It is noteworthy to mention the limitations of this study like tPA plus LB1 treatment beyond 4 h after stroke was not investigated. Especially 6 or 8 h after stroke could be studied in future projects for translational purposes. Second drawback might be that we performed the experiments in different

• br Material and methods br Results br Discussion Neurotransm

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  Material and methods Results Discussion Neurotransmitters pathways within vertebrates, including fish, are well conserved (Kreke and Dietrich, 2008, Valenti et al., 2012). Therefore psycopharmaceuticals that are design to act on these pathways in mammals, will possibly interact with the sam

• br Concluding remarks Following the disappointing outcomes o

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  Concluding remarks Following the disappointing outcomes of Aβ immunotherapy trials for AD [62], the current prevailing concept is that disease-modifying therapy must be initiated from the presymptomatic stage of the disease because of the presumed incurability of chronic diseases once they become

• The overall mechanism of the Cdc complex resembles

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  The overall mechanism of the Cdc48 complex resembles that of the 19S regulatory subunit of the proteasome, which also uses receptor proteins to bind polyubiquitin chains attached to a substrate and employs a translocation mechanism (for review, see Kish-Trier and Hill, 2013). As with Cdc48, full sub

• In the case of DIA

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  In the case of DIA-4CN the docking results do not show any interaction between the iron atom and the inhibitor, presumably due to the reduced ability to form a complex involving the -CONN- moiety versus the bidentate -CONHNH- central group of HYD-4Me. This results in a considerable gap between the i

• The interaction of ATR ATRIP with RPA coated ssDNA is

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  The interaction of ATR-ATRIP with RPA-coated ssDNA is sufficient for ATR-ATRIP recruitment to DNA lesions, but it is not sufficient to fully activate ATR. In response to DNA damage, the heterotrimeric ring-shaped complex 9-1-1 (RAD9-RAD1-HUS1 in humans; Ddc1-Rad17-Mec3 in S. cerevisiae) is loaded at

• Although the LB domains of mGlu receptors

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  Although the LB2 domains of mGlu receptors have not been shown to form an extensive interface during activation, they do draw closer to each other, as demonstrated in crystal structures (Kunishima et al., 2000, Muto et al., 2007, Tsuchiya et al., 2002) and by FRET analysis (Doumazane et al., 2013, V

• However most of these SBVS studies

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  However, most of these SBVS studies were focused on the target(s) for which crystal structures were available or have a similar template in PDB for comparative modeling. Besides, these were limited to SBVS only which relies on the rigid binding pocket, therefore, it may result in high false positive

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