Synthesis and Experimental Validation of New PDI Inhibitors with Antiproliferative Activity by Mariateresa Badolato, Gabriele Carullo, Francesca Aiello, Antonio Garofalo

“…Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) is a member of the thioredoxin superfamily of redox enzymes. PDI is a multifunctional protein that catalyzes disulfide bond formation, cleavage, and rearrangement in unfolded or misfolded proteins and functions as a chaperone in the endoplasmic reticulum. …”
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Melatonin Promotes Yield Increase in Wheat by Regulating Its Antioxidant System and Growth Under Drought Stress by Xue Li, Jia Liu, Cuiping Zhang, Ze Liu, Xiang Guo, Shaoxiang Li, Hongsheng Li, Kun Liu, Kunzhi Li, Mingliang Ding

“…Then, 100 µM melatonin seed coating elevated the activity of antioxidant enzymes (CAT, Cu/Zn-SOD, POD, and T-GSH) in wheat seedlings and strengthened the resistance of wheat to drought stress. …”
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The Cardio- and Neuroprotective Effects of Corvitin and 2-Oxoglutarate in Rats with Pituitrin-Isoproterenol-Induced Myocardial Damage by V. Tkachenko, Y. Kovalchuk, N. Bondarenko, О. Bondarenko, G. Ushakova, A. Shevtsova

“…The administration of Corvitin or 2-OG led to the recovery of locomotor and cognitive activities of the rats, improvement in heart histology, a decrease in the levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, advanced glycated end products, and various changes in the activity of the antioxidant enzymes, 6 days after PIMD. So, Corvitin and exogenous 2-OG show cardio- and neuroprotective effects through the decrease of carbonyl/oxidative stress and regulation of the activity of the antioxidant system.…”
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Effect of Dietary Combination of Methionine and Fish Oil on Cellular Immunity and Plasma Fatty Acids in Infectious Bursal Disease Challenged Chickens by Elham Maroufyan, Azhar Kasim, Goh Yong Meng, Mahdi Ebrahimi, Loh Teck Chwen, Parvaneh Mehrbod, Behnam Kamalidehghan, Abdoreza Soleimani Farjam

“…Neither of fish oil nor methionine supplementation affected the liver enzymes concentration. It can be suggested that a balance of moderate level of fish oil (2.5%) and methionine level (twice NRC recommendation) might enhance immune response in IBD challenged broiler chickens.…”
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Smac127 Has Proapoptotic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects on Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes by D. Lattuada, R. Gualtierotti, K. Crotta, P. Seneci, F. Ingegnoli, C. Corradini, R. Viganò, O. Marelli, C. Casnici

“…Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) are apoptosis-resistant and contribute to the pathogenesis of RA by producing cytokines and proteolytic enzymes, which degrade the extracellular matrix. We evaluated the proapoptotic and anti-inflammatory activity of the small molecule Smac127 on RA-FLSs cultured in synovial fluid (SF), in order to reproduce the physiopathological environmental characteristic of RA joints. …”
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Ways to improve the gene pool of pigs of the Russian Federation by V. A. Bekenеv

“…The positive effect of breeding pigs in a closed mode in the form of a “line-population”, using such genetic markers as erythrocyte antigens, erythrocyte enzymes, lipoproteins, allowing intensifcation of the selection process, has been experimentally proved. …”
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Effect of Cannabis seeds on Some biomedical parameters in male rats by Karwan Anwar Hassan

“…Alkaline Phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALP, GPT, and GOT), creatinine and uric acid was done for estimating the effect of cannabis seeds on renal and liver function. Enzymes Alkaline phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALP, GPT, and GOT) as well as creatinine, uric acid and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) were not significantly (p<0.05) different in both groups. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Actions of Vitamin D in Combating TB/HIV by Anna K. Coussens, Adrian R. Martineau, Robert J. Wilkinson

“…Conversely, vitamin D can act to inhibit expression and secretion of a broad range of inflammatory mediators and matrix degrading enzymes driving immunopathology during active TB and antiretroviral- (ARV-) mediated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). …”
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BACE1 Is Necessary for Experience-Dependent Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity in Visual Cortex by Emily Petrus, Hey-Kyoung Lee

“…Similarly, physiological functions for β- and γ-secretases, the two key enzymes that produce Aβ by sequentially processing the amyloid precursor protein (APP), have been discovered over recent years. …”
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Malian field isolates provide insight into Plasmodium malariae intra-erythrocytic development and invasion. by Francois Dao, Amadou Niangaly, Fanta Sogore, Mamadou Wague, Djeneba Dabitao, Siaka Goita, Aboubacrin S Hadara, Ousmaila Diakite, Mohamed Maiga, Fatoumata O Maiga, Chantal Cazevieille, Cecile Cassan, Arthur M Talman, Abdoulaye A Djimde, Alejandro Marin-Menendez, Laurent Dembélé

“…However, when RBCs were pre-treated with various enzymes (neuraminidase, trypsin, and chymotrypsin), we observed a significant reduction in P. malariae invasion, albeit not a complete blockade. …”
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Stephania japonica Ameliorates Scopolamine-Induced Memory Impairment in Mice through Inhibition of Acetylcholinesterase and Oxidative Stress by Md. Yusuf Al-Amin, Amitav Lahiry, Rafia Ferdous, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Md. Abdul Kader, AHM Khurshid Alam, Zahangir Alam Saud, Md. Golam Sadik

“…Among the crude extract and its fractions, chloroform fraction exerted strong inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase enzymes with IC50 values of 40.06 and 18.78 µg/mL, respectively. …”
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Monosodium glutamate (MSG) exposure induced oxidative stress and disrupted testicular hormonal regulation, exacerbating reproductive dysfunction in male WISTAR rats by Adesua Emmanuel Ogunmokunwa, Babatunde Oluwaseun Ibitoye

“…Conversely, the activities of antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT, GSH, GPx) were significantly diminished, reflecting impaired antioxidant defences. …”
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Liver Injury Secondary to Anti-TNF-Alpha Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Case Series and Review of the Literature by Ravish Parekh, Nirmal Kaur

“…Liver biopsy was performed in all 3 patients, and evidence of portal inflammation was seen. Liver enzymes normalized after discontinuation of therapy in all patients, and no long term effects have been observed. …”
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FACS‐Sortable Triple Emulsion Picoreactors for Screening Reactions in Biphasic Environments by Samuel Thompson, Yanrong Zhang, Zijian Yang, Lisa Nichols, Polly M. Fordyce

“…These triple emulsion picoreactors have the potential for future screening bead‐encoded catalyst libraries, including enzymes such as lipases for biofuel production.…”
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N-Oxalylglycine-Conjugated Hyaluronic Acid as a Macromolecular Prodrug for Therapeutic Angiogenesis by Andrew H. DeMaria, Jeoung Soo Lee, Ken Webb

“…NOG was conjugated to HA by esterification, and release was significantly increased in the presence of degradative enzymes, esterase and hyaluronidase, compared to physiological buffer, confirming that the release of NOG is primarily enzymatically driven. …”
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GENES DETERMINING THE SYNTHESIS OF LAVONOID AND MELANIN PIGMENTS IN BARLEY by O. Yu. Shoeva, K. V. Strygina, E. K. Khlestkina

“…Since the 1970s, structural genes that encode the enzymes of lavonoid metabolism, as well as regulatory genes that determine the tissue-speciic accumulation of these pigments in grain tissues, as well as in vegetative organs have been identiied and localized in the barley genome. …”
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Effect of Cannabis seeds on Some biomedical parameters in male rats by Karwan Anwar Hassan

“…Alkaline Phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALP, GPT, and GOT), creatinine and uric acid was done for estimating the effect of cannabis seeds on renal and liver function. Enzymes Alkaline phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALP, GPT, and GOT) as well as creatinine, uric acid and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) were not significantly (p<0.05) different in both groups. …”
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Protein Ubiquitylation in Pancreatic Cancer by Thomas Bonacci, Julie Roignot, Philippe Soubeyran

“…Indeed, despite its role in promoting protein degradation through the proteasome, ubiquitylation is now known to regulate diverse cellular processes, such as membrane protein endocytosis and intracellular trafficking, assembly of protein complexes, gene transcription, and activation or inactivation of enzymes. Taking into account that ubiquitylation machinery is a three-step process involving hundreds of proteins, which is countered by numerous ubiquitin hydrolases, and that the function of ubiquitylation relies on the recognition of the ubiquitin signals by hundreds of proteins containing a ubiquitin binding domain (including the proteasome), the number of possible therapeutic targets is exceptionally vast and will need to be explored carefully for each disease. …”
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Effect of Cannabis seeds on Some biomedical parameters in male rats by Karwan Anwar Hassan

“…Alkaline Phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALP, GPT, and GOT), creatinine and uric acid was done for estimating the effect of cannabis seeds on renal and liver function. Enzymes Alkaline phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALP, GPT, and GOT) as well as creatinine, uric acid and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) were not significantly (p<0.05) different in both groups. …”
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Effect of Cannabis seeds on Some biomedical parameters in male rats by Karwan Anwar Hassan

“…Alkaline Phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALP, GPT, and GOT), creatinine and uric acid was done for estimating the effect of cannabis seeds on renal and liver function. Enzymes Alkaline phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALP, GPT, and GOT) as well as creatinine, uric acid and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) were not significantly (p<0.05) different in both groups. …”
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