• Activation of sGC induces the generation of cyclic

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  Activation of sGC induces the generation of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), phosphorylation of protein kinase G (PKG) and changes in activity of effector proteins such as phosphodiesterases (PDE), ion channels and ion pumps [43]. This pathway eventually leads to dilation of LB-100 (bronchodi

• Historically pharmacological investigations have been carrie

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  Historically, pharmacological investigations have been carried out by first identifying a biological response to a ligand, and then subsequently using that ligand to identify the receptor(s) responsible for the response (Wilson et al., 1998). However, this approach needed revision with the discovery

• Spatial working memory improved in the Balb c strain at

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  Spatial working memory improved in the Balb/c strain at a dose of VU0410120 (i.e., 30mg/kg) that disrupted spatial working memory in the Swiss Webster comparator strain. Consistent with a recent PET study in rhesus macaques suggesting a relationship between the extent of the dose-dependent occupancy

• MRcKO mice showed a comparable degree of cardiac remodeling

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  MRcKO mice showed a comparable degree of cardiac remodeling compared to control (MRf/f) mice. Moreover, the worse cardiac remodeling in pressure-overloaded GRcKO mice is not due to compensatory activation of cardiomyocyte MR, because GRMRdcKO mice displayed cardiac remodeling to the same extent as G

• The in vivo biological activity of the four novel analogues

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  The in vivo biological activity of the four novel analogues was then systematically assessed in three animal models including normal control, high fat fed and ob/ob mice. As expected from earlier in vitro studies, all four glucagon receptor antagonists had minor effects on glucose or insulin concent

• br Funding This work was supported by

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  Funding This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (RO1DK097550 to JT, RO1AG046619 to WAB and TS, and T32AG000057 to EMR, and T32DK007012 to SG) and by the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System Research and Development. Introduction In mammals, two isoforms of grow

• Introduction Osteoarthritis OA is a

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  Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent disease characterized by chronic joint degeneration, including articular cartilage loss, synovitis and osteophyte formation [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. The cause of OA is metabolic imbalance and mechanical stress, which is coupled with inflammation, lead

• Studies of human and mouse GPR as ascertained

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  Studies of human and mouse GPR84, as ascertained by mRNA levels in various tissues, have determined that GPR84 is highly expressed on bone marrow cells, splenic T and B cells, and circulating granulocytes/monocytes/macrophages. In the latter cells, mRNA expression of is up-regulated only under infl

• Active compounds and were further

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  Active compounds , , and were further tested and EC and pEC values were determined as shown in . Compound showed EC of 0.97μM (pEC 6.01) with 84.5% maximal response, which suggests that introduction of alkyl chain on aromatic nucleus of , resulted in improved GPR40 agonistic activity than that of

• In conclusion we demonstrate for the first time

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  In conclusion, we demonstrate, for the first time, that histamine plays a key role in regulating astrocyte function and gliotransmitter release, and we now must re-consider the roles of monoamine neurotransmitters in brain function in the context of astrocyte signalling. Further in vivo studies will

• The following are the supplementary data related to this

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  The following are the supplementary data related to this article. Transparency Document Acknowledgements Introduction Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule mediating several physiological functions including vasodilation, platelet anti-aggregation, inhibition of interstitial

• To further investigate the possible

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  To further investigate the possible interaction of L1 with β1-sGC, a protein-ligand docking experiment was performed. Calculations were carried out with the program GOLD (version 5.2) [18], [34] and performed with the chemPLP scoring function [19], [34]. The ten lowest energy solutions presented a r

• Decreasing GSK activity has therapeutic benefits in animal

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  Decreasing GSK-3β activity has therapeutic benefits in animal model of colitis [45] and traumatic Imipenem injury [46] and ischemia/reperfusion injury [47,48]. In brain, activation of GSK-3β promotes Aβ toxicity by elevating APP expression and its amyloidogenic cleavage, and by dysregulating Aβ cle

• The compounds described in this

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  The compounds described in this paper were prepared using a modular approach that allowed diversification of R or R at the final step (). Route A involved amide coupling of -butyl 4-(methylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate with phenyl acetic acids (step a) using 4-(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-4-m

• In recent large clinical studies AIM HIGH and HPS THRIVE

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  In recent large clinical studies, AIM-HIGH and HPS2-THRIVE, the additional treatment of nicotinic Edoxaban to statin-based LDL-C lowering therapy did not decrease the major vascular events on the patients who had atherosclerotic vascular diseases [43,44]. In the AIM-HIGH study, the secondary analys

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