• Aldose reductase AR is an NADPH dependent

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  Aldose reductase (AR), is an NADPH-dependent aldo-keto reductase very well studied as a catalyst of glucose conversion to sorbitol in the polyol pathway [11], [12]. In the diabetic lens characterized by chronically high levels of glucose, AR is responsible for production of high levels of sorbitol a

• salidroside COPD is almost unheard of in individuals less th

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  COPD is almost unheard of in individuals less than 40 years of age (even among heavy smokers), 1 in 10 lifetime never-smokers and 1 in 3 develop COPD by age 75 [26], unquestionably, COPD is an age-related disorder. This notion of accelerated ageing of COPD is supported by animal models, which demons

• There are some limitations and further experiments

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  There are some limitations and further experiments that are required. First, to our surprise, measurement of the cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area in Akt1−/−/iAkt2 KO mice showed comparable areas to WT mouse despite of reduced heart weight. In addition to measuring cardiomyocyte cross-sectional are

• L-685,458 Adiponectin belongs to the CTRP C

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  Adiponectin belongs to the CTRP (C1q/TNF-related protein) superfamily. Except for adiponectin, 15 additional members have been identified (CTRP1-15) (Schaffler and Buechler, 2012). Of all the CTRPs, CTRP9 has the highest identity to adiponectin in globular domain (Wong et al., 2009). The structure o

• br Author contributions br Acknowledgements We thank Dr

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  Author contributions Acknowledgements We thank Dr. Bob Hammer and the Transgenic Core Facility at UTSW for the generation of the transgenic lines, John Shelton and the Histology Core for assistance with histology and the UTSW Metabolic Core Unit for help in phenotyping. We acknowledge support

• Furthermore we found up regulated protein and mRNA

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  Furthermore, we found up-regulated protein and mRNA levels of adenosine kinase in mouse retina with TON. The up-regulation of ADK was previously demonstrated in diabetic retinopathy (Pang et al., 2010). Greater levels of ADK in activated macrophages and microglial cells abrogate the immune response.

• br Materials and methods br Results br Discussion br

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion Author contributions JH purified protein, performed vanadate inhibition experiments, crystallized, collected data, determined and refined the ATX-VO5 structure, analysed all the structures, prepared the displayed items and supervised ALHE; WJK con

• br The Molecular Machinery of

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  The Molecular Machinery of Autophagy and Regulation by Sphingolipids Sphingolipid-Mediated Autophagy in Cancer: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved stress response that typically promotes survival and antagonizes apoptosis. However, excessive autophagy was found to

• br Experimental section br Acknowledgements br Introduction

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  Experimental section Acknowledgements Introduction DJ-1 is a highly conserved, homodimeric protein that was originally cloned as an oncogene capable of transforming natural aromatase inhibitors in cooperation with activated ras[1]. DJ-1 is over-expressed in multiple tumor types and is posi

• br Discussion br Acknowledgments Writing of this

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  Discussion Acknowledgments Writing of this review and collection of data from our laboratories that are presented were supported by a grant from the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO) SSTC Interuniversity Attraction Poles Plastoscine P7/17 to AVDL and JB, multiple grants from the Fund for Scienti

• To elucidate whether membrane fluidity changes could

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  To elucidate whether membrane fluidity changes could impact on signaling pathways, we examined the effects of Rh2 on the activation of Akt, a lipid raft-associated protein kinase, which promotes cell survival and blocks the apoptotic pathways. Upon pretreatment with 5 mM MβCD and in the absence of R

• The levels of Mcl and

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  The levels of Mcl-1 and FLIP are homeostatically controlled by transcriptional and posttranslational processes. Accumulating evidence suggested that intracellular signaling molecules such as Akt are crucial to the transcription of Mcl-1 and FLIP [30], [31]. The constitutive activation of Akt is dete

• Atherosclerosis is a chronic lipid metabolism disorder linke

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  Atherosclerosis is a chronic lipid metabolism disorder linked with lipid accumulation within the arterial wall and subsequent formation of foam cells and vascular disease [96], [97]. The level of apelin is decreased in human atherosclerotic coronary arteries [4], and coronary collateral formation i

• Dopaminergic neurons are vulnerable to oxidative products

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  Dopaminergic neurons are vulnerable to oxidative products and inflammatory responses; these processes may play important roles in the etiology of PD. Because glial SCH772984 TFA mg are the main generators of inflammatory responses in the CNS, the possibility that PD results from glial cell dysfuncti

• Additional support for a role of

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  Additional support for a role of HMGN1 in enhancing DNA repair comes from studies of transcription-coupled repair (TCR) in human cells. Lesions in the template strand of DNA induced by UV light stall the movement of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and interrupt transcription. Removal of these transcripti

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