• In a recent study a CMV

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  In a recent study, a CMV DNA load cut-off of 500 IU/ml in BAL fluid was found to have a positive predictive value of ∼50% for the presence of probable CMV pneumonia (considering a prevalence of this event of 10% among patients at risk and undergoing BAL testing). Tan et al., in contrast, found CMV D

• br Molecular characterization of LEI L DNase II LEI

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  Molecular characterization of LEI/L-DNase II LEI, like most serpins, is a metastable protein and its anti-protease activity is related to its “stressed to relaxed transition”. So that, the inhibition of elastase by the well described suicide mechanism generates the cleaved form of LEI (see Padron

• br Discussion The biochemical separation of exonuclease acti

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  Discussion The biochemical separation of exonuclease activity from DNA-PK dependent endonuclease activity reported in this manuscript is consistent with genetic separation of Artemis enzymatic activity. Mutations in the protein which result in disruption of endonuclease activity have no effect on

• Funding sources This study was

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  Funding sources This study was funded by European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement No. 305662 (Project: Community-based scheduled screening and treatment of malaria in pregnancy for improved maternal and infant health: a cluster-randomized trial ‘COSMIC’). Acknowledg

• The underlying mechanisms of how progesterone prolongs pregn

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  The underlying mechanisms of how progesterone prolongs pregnancy, although not completely understood, are thought to have to do with reduction in uterine contractility, antimicrobial protein up-regulation, immunosuppression, and inflammatory inhibition. Specific to preterm PROM, progesterone has bee

• MNs can be obtained from iPSCs using signaling

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  MNs can be obtained from iPSCs, using signaling molecules such as retinoic NS 11021 (RA) and Sonic hedgehog (Shh) (Table S1).4, 5, 12, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 These methods rely on developmental principles and require changing the combinations of signaling molecules at multiple steps, which is wh

• br Introduction Cell transplantation therapies using embryon

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  Introduction Cell transplantation therapies using embryonic stem cell (ESC) and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived retinal tissue (ESC/iPSC retina) or Pravastatin sodium have emerged as therapeutic options for retinal degeneration following recent breakthroughs. A number of groups have

• Likewise the conserved cysteine in the E protein

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  Likewise, the conserved cysteine in the E2 protein is the only residue shown to be essential for the transfer of Ub/Ubl from E2 to the HECT ligases (Dye and Schulman, 2007, Wu et al., 2003). However, all other terminal Ub/Ubl transfer reactions involving E2 enzymes suggest a critical role for the ta

• Candesartan receptor A growing number of other post translat

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  A growing number of other post-translational modifications are implicated in regulation of the ubiquitin system, including substrate modification by hydroxylation, glycosylation, acetylation, methylation, modification by poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR), and attachment of ubiquitin-like modifiers. The HIF1-α

• aminoisobutyric acid BAIBA is a natural catabolite of the br

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  β-aminoisobutyric BOP reagent (BAIBA) is a natural catabolite of the branched-chain amino acid thymine. BAIBA was recently found to reduce inflammation in skeletal muscle via the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)-peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)δ signaling pathway. BAIBA reported

• Kuo et al Have shown that DAPK

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  Kuo et al. (2006) Have shown that DAPK1 function in inhibiting microtubule (MT) assembly is through the activation of microtubule affinity-regulating kinases (MARK)/PAR-1 family kinases MARK1/2, which destabilize MT by phosphorylating tau and related MAP2/4. This relation with DAPK1 has demonstrated

• Significantly less is known about regulation of phytocystati

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  Significantly less is known about regulation of phytocystatin gene expression. A genomic clone corresponding to the barley cystatin Icy gene has been characterized (Gaddour et al., 2001) and the function of its promoter region has been analysed by Martínez et al. (2005b). Bioinformatic analysis of t

• br P Y receptor structure br Pharmacology Several subtype se

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  P2Y receptor structure Pharmacology Several subtype selective compounds have been developed in recent years (Jacobson and Müller, 2016; Rafehi and Müller, 2018). These compounds are helpful tools for analyzing the roles of P2Y receptor subtypes in physiology and pathophysiology. The present ar

• br Materials and methods br Results br Discussion In the

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion In the past decade, GWAS have attempted to identify genetic variants that confer risk for many human diseases, whose inherited components remain unexplained (Manolio et al., 2009). In a few cases risk variants identified by GWAS have paved the way fo

• The collagen field undoubtedly regains attractiveness with

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  The collagen field undoubtedly regains attractiveness with the emergence of new concepts (cell niche, regulation of growth factor bioavailability, mechanotransduction, cell microenvironment sensing) and new tools to investigate their in vivo functions (atomic force microscopy (AFM), second harmonic

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