• Regulation of pancreatic and cell mass has

  2022-09-09

  

  Regulation of pancreatic α and β cell mass has been extensively studied and hotly debated, due to potential therapeutic implications. Early claims of Angptl8 as “betatrophin” and Angptl4 as a regulator of glucagon secretion and α cell proliferation (Yi et al., 2013, Ben-Zvi et al., 2015) have not st

• The mechanism underlying the anorectic effect

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  The mechanism underlying the anorectic effect of OXM is well established. It is centrally mediated via GLP-1 receptor activation, confirmed by both pharmacological blockade of the GLP-1 receptor, and using GLP-1 receptor knock-out mice [2], [11], [12]. However, the mechanism by which it increases en

• orphan receptor Given the actions of GIP analogues administe

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  Given the actions of GIP analogues administered as a single dose to ob/ob mice, studies were performed to assess their ability to act in vivo as antagonists of GIP-induced insulinotropic and antihyperglycaemic actions. (Ala3)GIP, (Phe3)GIP, (Tyr3)GIP and (Pro3)GIP all counteracted the glucose-loweri

• nrf2 keap1 br Acknowledgements br Introduction Ghrelin

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  Acknowledgements Introduction Ghrelin is a potent orexigenic hormone and growth hormone secretagogue mainly derived from the stomach [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. Other pleiotropic actions of the hormone include those that are glucoregulatory, food reward-enhancing, gastric motility-enhancing, and

• br Some Gardos channel perplexities While much is known

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  Some Gardos channel perplexities While much is known about the Gardos channel (inside Ca2+-activated K+ channel) and it's characteristics in human red blood AG-120 receptor (e.g. [18,19]), there are a number of intriguing and unexplained phenomena that are in much need of study. One is that acti

• The observed increase in macroscopic conductance could be du

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  The observed increase in macroscopic conductance could be due to a left shift in the open state probability vs. voltage curve for the high-activity state causing an increase in the open state probability at all potentials. However, an increase of the apparent single channel conductance cannot be ent

• Both anxiety like behavior and sucrose preference intake

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  Both anxiety-like behavior and sucrose preference/intake were reduced in GPR40/FFAR1 KO male mice, while social behavior was normal in KO mice. These findings indicate that brain GPR40/FFAR1 is involved in the modulation of anxiety- and depression-like behavior in rodents. Previous studies have demo

• br Acknowledgments R Dalmann has obtained

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  Acknowledgments R. Dalmann has obtained a “bourse Cifre” (grant 304/2011) from the ‘Association Nationale de la Recherche Technique’ and Bristol-Myers-Squibb. Introduction Endocannabinoids, their molecular targets (receptors), their synthetic and degrading enzymes and proteins that transport

• mental health Recent efforts have also tried to identify

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  Recent efforts have also tried to identify cancer subsets that are exquisitely responsive to EZH2i apart from those bearing EZH2 gene mutation (Knutson et al., 2012). The dysfunction of SWI-SNF complex, a chromatin-remodeling regulator that partially antagonizes the catalytic function of PRC2 comple

• br Results br Discussion Previous

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  Results Discussion Previous studies have shown that all the components of ET system are expressed by various neuronal and non-neuronal structures throughout the CNS (McCumber et al., 1990; Giaid et al., 1991). In effect, endothelin-converting enzyme activity, mRNA, ET-1 and ET-3 immunoreactivi

• br Competing interests br Funding br Ethical

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  Competing interests Funding Ethical approval Acknowledgement Introduction Hepatitis C is a disease that infects the liver through transmission of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Because the symptoms of this infection are not pronounced, the infected individuals may not even be aware of t

• Receptor guanylyl cyclases play essential

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  Receptor guanylyl cyclases play essential roles in cardiovascular and gastrointestinal (patho-)physiology, reproduction biology, cell proliferation, bone growth and sensory signal transduction and, therefore, are important pharmacological targets. Accordingly, the receptor guanylyl cyclase agonists

• Under most circumstances NO is a potent endogenous

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  Under most circumstances, NO is a potent endogenous vasodilator. Therefore, its involvement in an endothelium-dependent contraction seems paradoxical, to say the least. Soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) is the major downstream target of NO; its inhibition results in the lack of vasoconstrictor response

• Although it has been observed in

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  Although it has been observed in numerous studies and by many investigators that intraplatelet cGMP elevation results in platelet inhibition, there are a few papers which proposed a platelet stimulatory role for cGMP when elevated in response to NO donors or PDE5 inhibitors in mouse and human platel

• Whereas binding of activated RhoA

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  Whereas binding of activated RhoA to the PH domains of the RhoGEFs is proposed to mediate positive feedback regulation (Chen et al., 2010b, Medina et al., 2013), the sequestration of p190RhoGEF by activated Rac1 reveals a novel putative physiological role, that is to utilize Rac1 to directly drive r

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