• br Introduction Heart failure HF is a chronically

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  Introduction Heart failure (HF) is a chronically progressive disease and one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide despite recent improvements in its treatment [1], [2], [3]. The mortality and morbidity benefits of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) are wel

• The RAS may have different functions depending on whether

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  The RAS may have different functions depending on whether we consider the circulatory component or the different local tissue systems (including brain) well described previously [29]. The cardiovascular control and hydroelectrolytic balance (among other functions), are largely the result of the infl

• Compounds and with potent ALR inhibitory activity were

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  Compounds , and with potent ALR2 inhibitory activity were also tested for their inhibition ability against ALR1, as shown in . They all showed low activity with inhibition percentages no more than 45% at the concentration of 10μM, demonstrating good selectivity for ALR2. To evaluate the antioxida

• br Conclusions br Acknowledgments The authors are thankful t

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  Conclusions Acknowledgments The authors are thankful to Hugo Santos, Olga Martinez and Ricardo Lacerda for the technical assistance provided in the maintenance of the aquaria. This work was supported by national funds, through FCT and co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

• Circulating adrenal derived stress hormones epinephrine and

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  Circulating adrenal-derived stress hormones, epinephrine and corticosterone mediate their tissue effects through adrenergic (AR; α and β) and glucocorticoid (GR) receptors. AR are widely distributed throughout the body and although epinephrine is a prototypical agonist for all types of AR, the selec

• PPM-18 Subsequently Palvimaki et al corroborated Ni and

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  Subsequently, Palvimaki et al. (1999) corroborated Ni and Miledi's study by demonstrating that treatment with fluoxetine leads to 43% occupancy of the 5-HT2C receptors. Moreover, the affinity of fluoxetine for 5HT2C receptors (Ki 65 nM) is close to its affinity for 5-HT transporters (Ki 33 nM) (Ni a

• br Functional consequences of ADK regulation on

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  Functional consequences of ADK regulation on astrocyte function As outlined above (see introduction), ADK critically regulates the extracellular adenosine levels in Octyl-α-ketoglutarate (Boison, 2006, Etherington et al., 2009). Changes in the levels of adenosine, as a result of the regulation o

• Adenosine receptors activate a number of

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  Adenosine receptors activate a number of signalling pathways involved in tissue survival including several mitogen-activated protein kinases (Fredholm et al., 2001). The common feature of all adenosine receptors is the positive coupling to ERK1/2, whilst A2B and A3 receptors can also activate the st

• We aim to evaluate the AK

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  We aim to evaluate the AK in regulating adenosine signaling in the retina. It was reported that the degree of psoralen sale injury directly depends on expression levels of AK and the resulting extracellular levels of adenosine (Boison, 2006). Indeed, transgenic mice overexpressing AK are highly sus

• By applying each external load to the G

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  By applying each external load to the G-actin molecule, and measuring the elongation of the molecule, we computed force-displacement curves. The force versus displacement curve can be used to evaluate the tensile stiffness of the G-actin from a linear regression analysis. Followed by statistical ana

• CGP 53353 The fact that the BPloopAsn regains its Btx

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  The fact that the α1-BPloopAsn141 regains its α-Btx binding with a Kd similar to that of the wild type α1 ECD [18], suggests that the AChBP Cys-loop does not interfere with the correct conformation of the mutant ECD. Data from analogous mutants of the human neuronal α7 subunit ECD showed improved li

• sr 75 It has been reported that leukotrienes

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  It has been reported that leukotrienes and their receptors, e.g. the cysteinyl leukotriene receptor 1 (CysLT1) may promote sr 75 injury (Ding et al., 2007) and that increased 5-LOX expression and activity lead to production of brain-toxic molecules (Khan et al., 2010). However, differential effects

• Several dehidropregnenolone derivatives functionalized at C

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  Several 16-dehidropregnenolone derivatives functionalized at C3, C4, C5 and C6 (Fig. 7) were prepared and evaluated as 5α-reductase inhibitors bearing in mind that after the formation of an enzyme-steroid complex a nucleophilic portion of the enzyme attacks the double bond of the steroid through Mic

• br Materials and methods br

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion Numerous studies showed that Na+-K+-ATPase activity and membrane KW 3902 were decreased in cardiac tissue subjected to IR (Belliard et al., 2013; Lee et al., 2013). In return, treatment that alleviated the progress of IR-related myocardial injury is

• The compounds containing beryllium act as strong Lewis acids

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  The compounds containing beryllium act as strong Lewis acids because of electron deficiency of the Be MPC 6827 hydrochloride synthesis []. Interactions of X-Be-Y compounds with different Lewis bases have been studied by Yanez and co-workers [], extensively. Recently, they proposed a class of extrem

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