• The absolute requirement for substrate prephosphorylation ra

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  The absolute requirement for substrate prephosphorylation raised the possibility that short phosphorylated peptides might serve as selective substrate competitive inhibitors. A set of phosphorylated peptides patterned after known GSK-3 substrates was generated and shown to inhibit GSK-3 in vitro in

• In order to elucidate the mechanisms

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  In order to elucidate the mechanisms behind the observed changes in metabolic activity in the cardiomyoblasts we investigated changes in gene and protein expression subsequent to treatment with PSN632408 with or without concurrent exposure to palmitate. Activating GPR119 in basal and high palmitate

• fbpase The rat model was validated

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  The rat model was validated with another agonist of GPR109A, acipimox. Acipimox has been shown to induce vasodilatation in man, by a mechanism dependent on the release of vasodilator prostaglandins (Edlund et al., 1990, Pontiroli et al., 1992). Acipimox is a weaker agonist of the GPR109A receptor (L

• Similar to GPR A activation of

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  Similar to GPR109A, activation of G-protein-coupled receptor 81 (GPR81, also called HCAR1 (hydroxycarboxylic DC260126 receptor 1)) by lactate suppresses lipolysis (Fig. 1), suggesting GPR81 to be a potential drug target for treating T2DM (Boyd et al., 1974, Cai et al., 2008, Gold et al., 1963, Houg

• Given that we planned to isolate the GluN GluN A

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  Given that we planned to isolate the GluN1/GluN3A receptor by immunoaffinity chromatography using a Myc epitope tag on GluN3A, we first checked that the tag does not affect the functional properties of the receptor. To do this we co-transfected HEK-293 cells with DNA encoding WT GluN1 and either WT

• Finally it is possible that the

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  Finally, it is possible that the increase in the number of EAAT-3-labelled cells in the DG at PD 60, when compared with the control and experimental animals at PD 14, is associated with natural changes in the number of neurons present during the postnatal development of the hippocampus (41, 42) and,

• br Introduction Glucagon is a peptide hormone that acts

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  Introduction Glucagon is a peptide hormone that acts to increase blood glucose levels. The secretion of glucagon from the alpha 155 8 of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas is increased during fasting and prevents hypoglycemia. Glucagon increases glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis and there

• br Contributions br Acknowledgements This research was suppo

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  Contributions Acknowledgements This research was supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery grant No. 341538 and Ontario Graduate Scholarships to HM and VS. Introduction Sexual size dimorphism describes size difference between male and female individua

• br Conclusion and future directions

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  Conclusion and future directions GS is an important therapeutic target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Its structure and function have been studied during the last years to understand the substrate cleavage mechanism to modulate the Aβ42 peptide production. The recent elucidation of GS

• There are additional implications of subunit alterations

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  There are additional implications of α2-subunit alterations in the hippocampus. P has anticonvulsant activity (Herzog, 1995, Herzog et al., 1997, Herzog et al., 2012, Reddy et al., 2001, Reddy, 2010). These actions result from the metabolic conversion of P to GABA-A receptor-modulating, antiseizure

• EZH interaction with HADC and HDAC through the EED

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  EZH2 interaction with HADC1 and HDAC2 through the EED subunit is known to recruit histone deacetylases [113,114]. Given that PRC2-mediated repression of transcription may be partly dependent on the function of HDACs in specific cell contexts [115], the leukemia cell treatment with hydroxamic Nalidix

• neurotensin receptor Adipocytes play diverse roles in energy

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  Adipocytes play diverse roles in energy homeostasis by controlling energy consumption [8] and function as a source of proteins and cytokines, which mediate numerous physiological functions [9]. Excessive accumulation of adipocytes, as well as an increase in either their size or number, causes obesit

• Work is presently underway to unveil mechanisms whereby SAHA

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  Work is presently underway to unveil mechanisms whereby SAHA-dependent restoration of cardiomyocyte autophagic flux is protective. Another interesting question pertains to mechanisms whereby class I and class II HDAC inhibitors induce autophagy. It has been demonstrated that TSA reduces transverse a

• Failure of antioxidant defenses to

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  Failure of antioxidant defenses to remove exogenous ROS produced by redox cycling chemicals either by being inhibited by those compounds or overwhelmed by an excess ROS, will disrupt the balance between antioxidant/prooxidant system within the organisms leading to oxidative damage (Livingstone, 2003

• br Results br Discussion The twin cysteine motif

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  Results Discussion The twin-cysteine motif is an evolutionary conserved motif in all primate lentiviruses except HIV-1 and some strains of SIVcpz according to sequence analysis (Bohl et al., 2013). It is assumed that only those SIVcpz which have lost the twin-cysteines successfully evolved to

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