• Introduction The onset of uterine labor

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  Introduction The onset of uterine labor is the culmination of a gradual uterine activation wherein physiological inflammation induces a common prolabor pathway characterized by increased myometrial contractility, weakening of fetal membrane integrity, and cervical ripening. Pathological proinflamma

• GPR has been implicated in neuropathic and inflammatory pain

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  GPR55 has been implicated in neuropathic and inflammatory pain (Staton et al., 2008) and bone remodeling (Whyte et al., 2009). Thus delineating the pharmacology of this receptor and the discovery of selective agonists and antagonists merits further study and could lead to new therapeutics. Acknow

• Notably we observed that GPR activation induced by PA

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  Notably, we observed that GPR35 activation induced by PA, an in vivo GPR35 agonist [6], significantly decreased DAI, colon weight, and histological score, while increasing colon length in mice with DSS-induced colitis. Furthermore, fibronectin and integrin α5 were co-localized with GPR35 on the colo

• Acknowledgments We would like to

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  Acknowledgments We would like to thank Dr. Greg Morriello, Mr. Lehua Chang, Mr. Chris Moyes and Mr. Nam Fung Kar for intermediate 3 syntheses. Cheng Zhu would like to thank Dr. Milana Maletic, Mr. Kake Zhao and Mrs. Wanying Sun for helpful discussions. Introduction Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-

• br Materials animals and methods

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  Materials, animals and methods Results Discussion This study presents mice with a missense point mutation in R258 of FFAR1 that has functional consequences. Firstly, in islets of Ffar1R258W/R258W mice, both the physiological agonist palmitate and the synthetic agonist TUG-469 were unable to

• br Dysregulation of glutamate transporter expression

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  Dysregulation of glutamate transporter expression and function Aberrant glutamate transporter function and expression are associated with various neurological disorders. Therefore, understanding the underlying mechanisms of EAAT1/2 expression may provide therapeutic targets for treating neurologi

• To confirm the in vitro findings

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  To confirm the in vitro findings, atorvastatin or pravastatin was given to C57BL6/J mice fed with high fat diet. Doses of atorvastatin were set to be 6 mg/kg and 12 mg/kg, which were within clinical therapeutic doses. The results revealed that treatment of atorvastatin but not pravastatin impaired g

• A key limiting factor in the

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  A key limiting factor in the semi-quantitative analysis of changes in the nuclear-to-cytoplasmic distribution of glucokinase is the large intercellular heterogeneity of AH 6809 of glucokinase in both isolated hepatocytes in vitro and also in liver in vivo[13], [23], [24], [26], [36]. This necessita

• br Role of BKCa in Cardiovascular System br Perspective for

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  Role of BKCa in Cardiovascular System Perspective for BKCa Channels as Potential Target for Cardiovascular Diseases The intermediate conductance Ca-activated K+ channels (IKCa; KCa3.1, also known as SK4, IK, IKCa1, SMIK) were first discovered in erythrocytes by Gardos (1958) and then also fo

• br Therapeutic approaches exploiting Cx function Due

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  Therapeutic approaches exploiting Cx43 function Due to their potential role in cancer metastasis, attempts have been made to alter connexin function to inhibit cancer growth. Therapeutic approaches include Cx43 peptide mimetics, Cx43 inhibitors, chemical agents capable of enhancing Cx43 function,

• br Biologically active non peptide galanin receptor ligands

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  Biologically active non-peptide galanin receptor ligands The first successful attempt in overcoming these weaknesses was undertaken by Saar et al. (2002). Screening of galanin sequence established that Trp-2, Asn-5, Tyr-9 were pharmacophores, responsible for biochemical action of the peptide. Bas

• Most of the tumors showed relatively higher GalR mRNA levels

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  Most of the tumors showed relatively higher GalR1 mRNA levels than the controls (Fig. 1a, Table 3). However one patient with the lower GalR1 mRNA levels (#12) had, in fact, relatively lower levels of transcript for galanin and the other galanin receptors. Patient #10 and 4 who were also expressing l

• Acute lung injury is present in sepsis

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  Acute lung injury is present in sepsis and SIRS and is associated with increased pulmonary levels of proinflammatory cytokines and neutrophil extravasation into the alveolar space [19], [24]. Hauser et al. [25] observed that fragmented mitochondria induced pulmonary inflammation via neutrophil activ

• We next investigated whether pharmaceutical inhibition of th

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  We next investigated whether pharmaceutical inhibition of the PI3K pathway was synergistic with FGFR inhibition using BKM120, a pan-PI3K inhibitor with modest antitumor activity in cancer patients, as a single agent. We found that RT112 (- translocation) and JMSU1 ( amplification) were not significa

• It raises a question about origin of the sensitivity to

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  It raises a question about origin of the sensitivity to Ca of both FBPase isozymes. Was the ancestral vertebrate FBPase inhibited by calcium similarly to the liver isozyme? And is the high sensitivity of FBP2 a new evolutionary feature of warm-blooded vertebrates? Additionally, since subcellular lo

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