Hh signaling pathway plays an

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Hh signaling pathway plays an essential role in the regulation of invertebrate and vertebrate tissue development and metabolic homeostasis. Components of Hh signaling pathway have been identified in succession, including Hh ligands, membrane protein receptors, cytoplasmic components and transcriptio

A few animal and cell culture studies have been

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A few animal and cell culture studies have been reported that the reason of HCV-related hepatic steatosis in CHC infection is mainly HCV core protein (Chang et al., 2007; Perlemuter et al., 2002; Ferré, 2004). HCV core protein inhibits activities of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) and

On the basis of the foregoing set of considerations L

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On the basis of the foregoing set of considerations, L1 could exert three possible actions on sGC determining its deactivation, schematically depicted in Fig. 6: i) oxidation of Fe2+ to Fe3+; ii) coordination to sGC, conjecturably, via the pyridyl nitrogen of the canthin-6-one; iii) coordinating and

Some biguanides can cross the

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Some biguanides can cross the mitochondrial membrane and increase L-lactate formation by inhibiting oxidative BMS-707035 mg [34]. On the other hand, it has also been reported that levels of fasting plasma lactate in T2DM patients are similar regardless of whether or not metformin is administered [3

In addition to redox stress

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In addition to redox stress, nutritional intake plays a key role in modulating energy metabolism. DIO animal models are commonly used to study altered metabolic changes consequential to fat storage within various fat pads. In general, diets containing >40% high-fat lard, milk, and butter promote exc

br Regulation of Glu transporters

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Regulation of Glu transporters The pivotal role of Glu transporters in the fine tuning and turnover of this excitatory amino Estradiol valerate calls for a detailed characterization of its regulation. Several general mechanisms that modify Glu uptake activity have been described. These include t

Nuclear export of GK has been reported to

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Nuclear export of GK has been reported to be dependent on a GK nuclear export signal (NES), mapped to residues 300–310 (Shiota et al., 1999). The assignment of a nuclear export signal common to both the liver and pancreatic GK isoform sequence suggests a possible reversible translocation of GK acros

Recent studies have elucidated a profound role for

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Recent studies have elucidated a profound role for FFA4 in modulation of metabolism and energy utilization as well as endocrine and immune function, and as a consequence, have thrust FFA4 to the forefront of drug discovery efforts. For example, activation of FFA4 by fatty BET bromodomain inhibitor

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Acknowledgement This work was supported by

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Acknowledgement This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81802749), Shenzhen Healthcare Research Project (No.SZBC2017029), the Science and Technology Foundation of Shenzhen (JCYJ20170412155231633, JSGG20170414104216477), National Key Research and D

br Materials and methods br Results We studied patients

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Materials and methods Results We studied 16 patients infected with HCV genotypes 1a and 1b, naïve for protease inhibitor-based therapy. All patients, chronically infected, were selected by the Hepatology Department for triple therapy. Most of them had severe liver fibrosis at the beginning of

br Conflict of interest statement br Acknowledgments The aut

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Conflict of interest statement Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Dr. Linda Console-Bram for her editing of this review, Valentina Lucchesi for help with the figures, and acknowledge funding from NIH/NIDA (DA023204). GPR35 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) implicat

angiotensin receptor blocker A further generally applicable

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A further generally applicable approach for the synthesis of N-linked glycopeptides involves the convergent Lansbury aspartylation of glycosylamines. Here, the detrimental formation of aspartimides during the activation of the side chain aspartate can be prevented through the use of Ser/Thr pseudopr

To assess whether this coupling mechanisms

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To assess whether this coupling mechanisms might operate also in a native system of untransfected cells, we select a cell line SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma that is known to express both the dopamine transporter and the M-currents (Jiang et al., 2004; Wickenden et al., 2008). These experiments were performe

Unlike our present results in week old

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Unlike our present results in 4–12-week-old (~1–3 months) females, where a high-fat-diet-induced increase in body weight was evident, Schmidt et al. exposed male glut3 mice to a similar high-fat diet (60% kilocalories from fat) and observed no change in body weight, plasma glucose or insulin concent