The influence of light and heavy training weeks on the cortisol and testosterone awakening responses of elite male judokas: is skeletal muscle damage a mediating factor? by Blair T. Crewther, Benjamin G. Serpell, Christian J. Cook, Zbigniew Obmiński

“…Plasma cortisol and testosterone concentrations were measured post-awakening (+3, +30, +60 mins), along with creatine kinase (CK) at +3 mins. The CAR and TAR were indexed by baseline-corrected change scores (Δb30, Δb60) and area under the curve (AUCb30, AUCb60). …”
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Assessing Metabolic Changes in Response to mTOR Inhibition in a Mantle Cell Lymphoma Xenograft Model Using AcidoCEST MRI by Paul J. Akhenblit PhD, Neale T. Hanke PhD, Alexander Gill BS, Daniel O. Persky MD, Christine M. Howison MS, Mark D. Pagel PhD, Amanda F. Baker PharmD, PhD

“…To perform this study, we used the Granta 519 human mantle cell lymphoma cell line, which is an aggressive B-cell malignancy that demonstrates activation of the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway. …”
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PSTK exerts protective role in cisplatin‐tubular cell injury via BAX/BCL2/Caspase3 pathway by Yifan Wu, Yuanyuan Xv, Limei Zhao, Ziqi Zhou, Miaomiao Wang, Jima Xi, Ying Liming, Jianling Gao, Bingqing Deng, Dong Zheng

“…Abstract Cisplatin is a widely used anticancer drug, but its accumulation in renal tubular epithelial cells (TECs) can cause acute kidney injury. Phosphoseryl‐tRNA kinase (PSTK) is an intermediate product produced under oxidative stress conditions. …”
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An Unusual Case of Peripheral Nerve Vasculitis by S. Wang, Arsany A., D. Feinstein, P. Traisak, H. Eid, M. Karpoff

“…Elevated ESR is at 70 mm/hour, CRP at 25.66 mg/dL, elevated c-ANCA titers at 1 : 320 and PR3 at 5.0 AI, and elevated creatine kinase (CK) at 500–600 U/L. A muscle biopsy of the left vastus showed neurogenic atrophy without myositis. …”
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Diabetic Polyneuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Mitochondrial Function by Luis Miguel Román-Pintos, Geannyne Villegas-Rivera, Adolfo Daniel Rodríguez-Carrizalez, Alejandra Guillermina Miranda-Díaz, Ernesto Germán Cardona-Muñoz

“…Inflammation induces activation of nuclear factor kappa B, activator protein 1, and mitogen-activated protein kinases. Oxidative stress induced by hyperglycemia is mediated by several identified pathways: polyol, hexosamine, protein kinase C, advanced glycosylation end-products, and glycolysis. …”
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The Combination of Host-Associated Bacillus megaterium R32 and Stachyose Promotes the Intestinal Health of Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus. L) by Yaoyao Kong, Sifan Zhao, Weihao Ou, Kangsen Mai, Yanjiao Zhang

“…The results showed that diets RS and RC significantly inhibited the expression of cell development and apoptosis-related genes (β-catenin, CyclinD1, BAX, Bid); diets RS and RC significantly increased the expression of intestinal tight junction protein claudin-4, while RS group significantly decreased the expression of myosin light chain kinase; diets RS and RC significantly decreased the expression of proinflammatory factors (IL-13, IL-15, IFN- γ), diet RS also significantly decreased the expression of TNF-α and AP-1, and increased the expression of TGF-β. 16s rRNA gene sequencing results showed that diets RS and RC significantly decreased the abundance of conditional pathogenic bacteria (Corynebacterium, Desulfovibrio, Escherichia-Shigella). …”
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The Effect of Electroacupuncture on PKMzeta in the ACC in Regulating Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Rats Experiencing Chronic Inflammatory Pain by Junying Du, Junfan Fang, Cun Wen, Xiaomei Shao, Yi Liang, Jianqiao Fang

“…Electroacupuncture (EA) has effects on chronic pain and pain-related anxiety. Protein kinase Mzeta (PKMzeta) has been proposed to be essential for the maintenance of pain and may interact with GluR1 to maintain CNS plasticity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). …”
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Chloride intracellular channel CLIC3 mediates fibroblast cellular senescence by interacting with ERK7 by Changjiao Luan, Yue Gao, Jun Zhao, Xiaohui Zhang, Chaofan Wang, Wentao Sun, Yucheng Li, Xinxing Yang, Jiaxiao Chen, Weili Liu, Weijuan Gong, Xingjie Ma

“…Mechanistically, CLIC3 controls CS by translocating to the membrane where it interacts with extracellular signal-regulated kinase 7 (ERK7). Overall, our work demonstrates that the chloride intracellular channel CLIC3 modulates CS by repressing ERK7 activity and provides novel insights into the role of chloride channels.…”
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Pre-therapeutic efficacy of the CDK inhibitor dinaciclib in medulloblastoma cells by Marta Buzzetti, Sonia Morlando, Dimitrios Solomos, Ammara Mehmood, Alexander W. I. Cox, Mattia Chiesa, Yuri D’Alessandra, Michela Garofalo, Caroline H. Topham, Gianpiero Di Leva

“…Abstract Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common aggressive paediatric brain tumour and, despite the recent progress in the treatments of MB patients, there is still an urgent need of complementary or alternative therapeutic options for MB infants. Cyclin Dependent Kinase inhibitors (CDKi) are at the front-line of novel targeted treatments for multiple cancers and the CDK4/6 specific inhibitor palbociclib has been pre-clinically identified as an effective option for MB cells. …”
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The effects of oleuropein on lung and heart injury in cecal ligation and puncture - induced sepsis by Hüseyin Serkan Erol, Tuba Aydın, Serkan Yıldırım, İsmail Can, Mesut Bünyami Halıcı

“…After 24 hours, blood samples, lungs and hearts tissues were taken. The creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities in serum, lipid peroxidation (LPO), glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) levels were all determined. …”
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Hiper IgE dengan Nekrolisis Epidermal Toksik by Adrian Ramdhany, Raveinal Raveinal

“…Penelitian terbaru menunjukkan bahwa mutasi dominan terjadi pada sinyal tranduser dan aktivator transkripsi 3 (STAT 3), sedangkan defisiensi gen tirosin kinase 2 (TYK2) menyebabkan HIES autosomal resesif terkait dengan virus dan infeksi mikrobakteri. …”
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Relaxin inhibits 177Lu-EDTMP associated cell death in osteosarcoma cells through notch-1 pathway by Xu Junhua, Wan Song, Chen Wei, Zhang Yi, Ji Zhenzhong

“…Western blotting was used to determine expression levels of apoptotic-related signalling pathway proteins like bcl2, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), and MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase). Our results found that RLXH2 counters 177Lu-EDTMP associated cellular toxicity. …”
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Sunitinib Combined with Th1 Cytokines Potentiates Apoptosis in Human Breast Cancer Cells and Suppresses Tumor Growth in a Murine Model of HER-2pos Breast Cancer by Nirmala Ghimirey, Chase Steele, Brian J. Czerniecki, Gary K. Koski, Loral E. Showalter

“…To explore the possibility of combining targeted drugs with Th1-polarizing vaccines, we undertook a study to examine the impact of combining Th1 cytokines with the relatively broad-spectrum receptor tyrosine kinase antagonist, sunitinib. We found that when a panel of five phenotypically diverse human breast cancer cell lines was subjected to treatment with sunitinib plus recombinant Th1 cytokines IFN-γ and TNF-α, synergistic effects were observed across a number of parameters including different aspects of apoptotic cell death. …”
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JAK2 V617F as a Marker for Long-Term Disease Progression and Mortality in Polycythemia Vera and its Role in Economic Modeling by Jonas Hjelmgren, Kristoffer Nilsson, Gunnar Birgegård

“…**Objective:** We validate an economic model for PV that uses Janus Kinase 2 (JAK2) burden as a surrogate endpoint to predict DP (thrombosis, myelofibrosis, and acute leukemia) and overall survival (OS) based on progression-specific mortality. …”
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Proteomic Analysis Reveals the Vital Role of Synaptic Plasticity in the Pathogenesis of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy by Xu Qian, Ji-Qiang Ding, Xin Zhao, Xin-Wen Sheng, Zhao-Rui Wang, Qi-xing Yang, Jing-Jun Zheng, Jia-Gui Zhong, Teng-Yue Zhang, Shu-Qiao He, Wei-Dong Ji, Wei Li, Mei Zhang

“…Bioinformatics analysis indicated 27 DEPs were mainly enriched in “regulation of synaptic plasticity and structure” and “calmodulin-dependent protein kinase activity,” which implicate synaptic remodeling may play a vital role in the pathogenesis of TLE. …”
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Equisetum arvense Inhibits Alveolar Bone Destruction in a Rat Model with Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-Induced Periodontitis by Fumie Shiba, Hisako Furusho, Takashi Takata, Rika Shimizu, Mutsumi Miyauchi

“…The in vitro study showed that the upregulation of p-IκB kinase α and β (p-IKKα/β), p-NF-κB p65, TNF-α, interleukin-6, and RANKL and downregulation of semaphorin 3A (Sema3A), β-catenin, and OPG in the osteoblasts with E. coli-LPS-stimulation improved with EA-treatment. …”
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Comparison of treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis patients with biological agents and JAK-STAT inhibitors. An extension study by Małgorzata Wisłowska

“…Introduction This study compared treatment with biologic agents and Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) in combination with methotrexate (MTX) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a real-world setting at a large center in Poland. …”
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Identification of the Role of Mume fructus in Treating Nocturnal Asthma Based on Network Pharmacology and In vitro Investigation by Ling-Ling Tang, Yan-Qiu Xu, Ying Yang, Xian-Hong Sun, Bo-Han Wang, Xiao-Lu Shi, Li Liu

“…Results: Network pharmacology analyses were mainly enriched in nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, and interleukin (IL)-6. Mume fructus and LPS had no effect on viability, proliferation, and apoptosis in 16HBE and RAW264.7 cells under certain concentration conditions. …”
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Seizure-Induced Regulations of Amyloid-β, STEP61, and STEP61 Substrates Involved in Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity by Sung-Soo Jang, Sara E. Royston, Gunhee Lee, Shuwei Wang, Hee Jung Chung

“…Here we show that a single episode of electroconvulsive seizures (ECS) increased protein expression of membrane-associated STriatal-Enriched protein tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP61) and decreased tyrosine-phosphorylation of its substrates N-methyl D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) subunit GluN2B and extracellular signal regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) in the rat hippocampus at 2 days following a single ECS. …”
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Lats2-Underexpressing Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury in Mice by Liang Dong, Lang Li

“…We have previously proved that in vitro large tumor suppressor kinase 2- (Lats2-) underexpressing BMSCs may enhance their tissue repair effects in ALI; thus, in the present study, we tried to explore whether Lats2-underexpressing BMSCs could rescue lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) induced ALI in vivo. …”
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