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The aim of this study was to investigate whether the presence of endogenous estradiol alters the effects of a high-fat (HF) diet on activity/expression of the cardiac Na+/K+-ATPase, via PI3K/IRS and RhoA/ROCK signalling cascades in female rats. For this study, female Wistar rats (8 weeks old, 150-200 g) were fed a standard diet or a HF diet (balanc...
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Thyroid hormone deficiency during fetal life (fetal hypothyroidism) causes intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Fetal hypothyroidism (FH) could attenuate normal cardiac functions in the later life of the offspring rats. The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of myomiR network and its target gene expression in cardiac dysfunction ...
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Stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) signaling is important to the maintenance and progression of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia by inducing chemotaxis migration. To identify the mechanism of SDF-1 signaling in the migration of T-ALL, Jurkat acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells were used. Results showed that SDF-1 induces Jurkat cell migration ...
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Oxygen consumption is particularly elevated in cardiac cells as they are equipped with a large number of mitochondria and high levels of respiratory chain components. Consequently, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is tightly controlled as an imbalance in redox reactions can lead to irreversible cellular damage. siRNA-mediated down-regula...
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Here, we have studied in p53 null H1299 lung carcinoma cells, the dominant-negative effect of human p53 (h-p53) on buffalo p53 (b-p53) induced nuclear transactivation-dependent function. Recently, we have isolated and cloned the full-length cDNA of buffalo p53. Buffalo and human p53 proteins exhibit a high degree of structural and functional simila...
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Appropriate control of the immune response is a critical determinant of fish health, and the purinergic cascade has an important role in the immune and inflammatory responses. This cascade regulates the levels of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), adenosine diphosphate, adenosine monophosphate and adenosine (Ado), molecules involved in physiological or ...
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The acid-sensing ion channel 1a (ASIC1a), which is activated by extracellular acid, contributes to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. However, it remains unclear whether ASIC1a mediates acid-induced matrix metabolism in rat articular chondrocytes via activation of the MAPK signaling pathway. In the current study, we found that extracellular ...
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In order to design proteins with improved properties i.e. thermostability, catalytic efficiency and to understand the mechanisms underlying, a thermostable variant of Bacillus lipase was generated by site-directed mutagenesis with enhanced thermal (∆Tm = + 12 °C) and chemical (∆Cm denaturation for Gdmcl = + 1.75 M) stability as compared to WT. Arg1...
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PTZ is a convulsive agent that acts via selective blockage of GABAA receptor channels, whereas 4-AP leads to a convulsive episode via blockage of K+ channels. However, the mechanism(s) by which pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) and 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) cause toxicity to Drosophila melanogaster needs to be properly explored, once it will help in establishi...
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The present study evaluated the effects of asiatic acid (AA), a pentacyclic triterpenoid from Centella asiatica on lipid metabolism parameters in a rat model of obesity induced using a high fat diet (HFD) for 42 days. AA (20 mg/kg body weight [BW]) was administered orally once daily for 42 days, and an orlistat-treated group of rats (10 mg/kg BW) w...
