• Acknowledgements We appreciated the contributions of Ana

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  Acknowledgements We appreciated the contributions of Ana Carolina Galha, Selma XSL Pinheiro and Islene Azevedo for technical assistances. In addition, we wish to thank Adilson José de Almeida (in memoriam), Moyra M Portilho, Vanessa A Marques and Letícia P Scalioni, for data analysis during the set

• Using RT PCR we demonstrated the

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  Using RT-PCR we demonstrated the expression of GPR55 receptor mRNA in the ileum and colon of mice, which is in good agreement with previous reports (Lin et al., 2011). The quantitative analysis showed the abundance of GPR55 mRNA in the mucosa of the ileum and colon. In contrast, in LMMP preparations

• br Conflict of Interest Both GM and BDH are

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  Conflict of Interest Both GM and BDH are shareholders in Caldan Therapeutics, a company exploring potential novel treatments for type 2 diabetes. Acknowledgments Work described herein was supported by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [grant BB/K019864/1)] (to GM) and [gr

• We first set out to identify the minimum pharmacophore

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  We first set out to identify the minimum pharmacophore. Early structure activity relationships (SAR) indicated that the chloro substituents were not required and that the benzisoxazole moiety could be replaced by a number of other groups. A broad survey of “left-hand” hydrophobic moieties was conduc

• br Opportunities The ever expanding diabetes market

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  Opportunities The ever-expanding diabetes market is one of the driving forces for the development of new antidiabetes drugs. Diabetes mellitus influenced an estimated 371 million humans during 2012 worldwide, and this figure is projected to increase in every country. According to International Di

• As the material for in

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  As the material for in silico experiments we used an amino GSK1016790A mg sequence of a fragment of HIV1 surface glycoprotein gp120 corresponding to its less mutable B-cellular epitope: NMWKNNMVEQMHEDIISLWDQ. This sequence is the same as the sequence of the NQ21 and the biotin-NQ21 peptides (the la

• Glial cells have emerged as important protagonists of

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  Glial cells have emerged as important protagonists of the central nervous system (CNS) physiology (Chen and Swanson, 2003; Kettenmann and Verkhratsky, 2008; Parpura and Verkhratsky, 2012). As widely described in the literature, astrocytes regulate glutamatergic synapses by clearance of glutamate in

• As glucagon stimulated hepatic glucose

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  As glucagon-stimulated hepatic Nicotinamide production is a key component of the normal response to hypoglycemia, the potential of a GCGr antagonist to delay or prevent recovery from a hypoglycemic state is a critical safety issue that must be addressed. Studies of the effects on time to recovery f

• br Introduction The mammalian skin

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  Introduction The mammalian skin forms the largest organ of the body and includes a network of cutaneous nerves, cells of the immune system, and mediators of the neuro-endocrine axis (Theoharides et al., 2016). Analogous to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, neuropeptides and their receptors

• NMDARs are glutamate gated ionotropic receptors that are inv

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  NMDARs are glutamate-gated ionotropic receptors that are involved in excitatory neurotransmission and plasticity (Traynelis et al., 2010). There have been several reports showing that neurosteroids acting as negative modulators of NMDARs exert neuroprotective activity in both in vitro and in vivo mo

• br The bile acid farnesoid X receptor FXR The

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  The “bile acid” farnesoid X receptor (FXR) The Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) is a ligand-activated nuclear receptor belonging to the Nuclear Receptor superfamily of transcription factors exploiting various crucial functions in mammalian physiology, including reproduction, development and metabolism

• Knock out mice of FXR showed

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  Knock-out mice of FXR showed enhancing cholesterol metabolism in vivo and reducing serum levels of total cholesterol. Additionally, the results of FXR-deficiency mice revealed potential effects on the improvement of obesity and diabetes.19, 20 As a natural FXR ligand, guggulsterone possesses antagon

• The first FPR ligand described is the fMLF

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  The first FPR1 ligand described is the fMLF peptide, which binds with high affinity (in the nM range) to and activates FPR1. Formylated peptides derived from Listeria monocytogenes also selectively activate FPR1 [10] (Table 1). Formylation of peptides also occurs in mitochondria. Thus, the release o

• The first FPR ligand described is the fMLF

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  The first FPR1 ligand described is the fMLF peptide, which binds with high affinity (in the nM range) to and activates FPR1. Formylated peptides derived from Listeria monocytogenes also selectively activate FPR1 [10] (Table 1). Formylation of peptides also occurs in mitochondria. Thus, the release o

• Another property shared between Hat p and

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  Another property shared between Hat1p and Rtt109p is a transient or substoichiometric interaction with Asf1p. Asf1p is necessary for the acetylation of histone H3 lysine 56 by Rtt109p. However, they do not appear to form a stable complex [22], [24], [27], [84], [90]. Surprisingly, the original type

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