Autoimmune and Neoplastic Thyroid Diseases Associated with Hepatitis C Chronic Infection by Poupak Fallahi, Silvia Martina Ferrari, Ugo Politti, Dilia Giuggioli, Clodoveo Ferri, Alessandro Antonelli

“…Patients with HCV chronic infection, or with MC + HCV, in presence of autoimmune thyroiditis, show higher serum levels of T-helper (Th)1 (C-X-C motif) ligand 10 (CXCL10) chemokine, but normal levels of Th2 (C-C motif) ligand 2 chemokine, than patients without thyroiditis. …”
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Effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds from dandelion: identification and mechanistic insights using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docki... by Hui Zou, Tingting Ben, Ping Wu, Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse, Yilun Chen

“…This novel study identifies the effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds in dandelion and provides mechanistic insights into their interactions with receptor proteins (toll‐like receptor 4, TLR4; co‐receptor myeloid differentiation protein-2, MD-2) using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated THP-1 cell line, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docking (single ligand and multi-ligand docking) and molecular dynamics simulation. …”
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Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in Drug Discovery: Study of Alexa532-Endothelin 1 Binding to the Endothelin ETA Receptor to Describe the Pharmacological Profile of Natural Pr... by Catherina Caballero-George, Thomas Sorkalla, Daniel Jakobs, Jessica Bolaños, Huzefa Raja, Carol Shearer, Eldredge Bermingham, Hanns Häberlein

“…Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and the newly synthesized Alexa532-ET1 were used to study the dynamics of the endothelin ETA receptor-ligand complex alone and under the influence of a semisynthetic selective antagonist and a fungal extract on living A10 cells. …”
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Allylic C–H oxygenation of unactivated internal olefins by the Cu/azodiformate catalyst system by Le Wang, Yuan She, Jie Xiao, Zi-Hao Li, Shen-Yuan Zhang, Peng-Fei Lian, Tong-Mei Ding, Shu-Yu Zhang

“…Key advances include the use of a Cu/Azodiformate catalyst system to facilitate remote allylic C–H activation and the achievement of excellent chemoselectivity through a dynamic ligand exchange strategy using a bis(sulfonamide) ligand. …”
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AIPE-Active Neutral Ir(III) Complexes as Bi-Responsive Luminescent Chemosensors for Sensing Picric Acid and Fe³⁺ in Aqueous Media by Qinglong Zhang, Jiangchao Xu, Qiang Xu, Chun Liu

“…Three neutral iridium complexes <b>Ir1</b>–<b>Ir3</b> were synthesized using diphenylphosphoryl-substituted 2-phenylpyridine derivatives as the cyclometalating ligand and picolinic acid as the auxiliary ligand. …”
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Decreased Apoptotic Rate of Alveolar Macrophages of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Fotios Drakopanagiotakis, Areti Xifteri, Evaggelos Tsiambas, Andreas Karameris, Konstantina Tsakanika, Napoleon Karagiannidis, Demetrios Mermigkis, Vlasis Polychronopoulos, Demosthenes Bouros

“…No difference was found in the expression of fas or fas ligand, bcl-2 and bax between IPF and control group. …”
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HLA I immunopeptidome of synthetic long peptide pulsed human dendritic cells for therapeutic vaccine design by Amy L. Kessler, Roel F. A. Pieterman, Wouter A. S. Doff, Karel Bezstarosti, Rachid Bouzid, Kim Klarenaar, Diahann T. S. L. Jansen, Robbie J. Luijten, Jeroen A. A. Demmers, Sonja I. Buschow

“…Furthermore, it is unknown how TLR ligand-based adjuvants affect DC cross-presentation. …”
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Dynamics of REL, RELA and IRF1 transcription factor expression in U937 macrophages after dioxin exposure by E. V. Kashina, D. Y. Oshchepkov, E. V. Antontseva, M. Y. Shamanina, D. P. Furman, V. A. Mordvinov

“…The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a ligand- activated transcription factor, participates in a wide range of critical cellular events in response to endogenous signals or xenobiotic chemicals. 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD) is one of the AhR ligands with a very high binding affinity for the AhR. …”
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Insights into the binding selectivity of harzianoic acids A and B to tetraspanin CD81 by Gérard Vergoten, Christian Bailly

“…The models mimicked the closed and open conformations of the LEL. Results: The best ligand Hz-B can form stable complexes with the open LEL structure, whereas binding to the closed form is drastically reduced. …”
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Synthesis of Novel VO(II)-Perimidine Complexes: Spectral, Computational, and Antitumor Studies by Gamil A. Al-Hazmi, Khlood S. Abou-Melha, Nashwa M. El-Metwaly, Kamel A. Saleh

“…XRD analysis introduces the nanocrystalline nature of the ligand while the amorphous appearance of its metal ion complexes. …”
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Design and In Vitro Biological Evaluation of a Novel Organotin(IV) Complex with 1-(4-Carboxyphenyl)-3-ethyl-3-methylpyrrolidine-2,5-dione by Nebojša Đ. Pantelić, Bojana B. Zmejkovski, Željko Žižak, Nebojša R. Banjac, Bojan Đ. Božić, Tatjana P. Stanojković, Goran N. Kaluđerović

“…The highest activity organotin(IV) compound expressed against the HeLa cells (IC50 = 0.22 ± 0.04 µM). The ligand precursor did not show anticancer activity (IC50 > 200 µM). …”
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Charge transfer emission between π- and 4f-orbitals in a trivalent europium complex by Yuichi Kitagawa, Toranosuke Tomikawa, Kota Aikawa, Shiori Miyazaki, Tomoko Akama, Masato Kobayashi, Mengfei Wang, Sunao Shoji, Koji Fushimi, Kiyoshi Miyata, Yuichi Hirai, Takayuki Nakanishi, Ken Onda, Tetsuya Taketsugu, Yasuchika Hasegawa

“…Abstract Photoinduced metal-to-ligand (or ligand-to-metal) charge-transfer (CT) states in metal complexes have been extensively studied toward the development of luminescent materials. …”
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Current Status of Treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy by Fumiaki Tanaka, Masahisa Katsuno, Haruhiko Banno, Keisuke Suzuki, Hiroaki Adachi, Gen Sobue

“…Androgen receptor (AR), a disease-causing protein of SBMA, is a well-characterized ligand-activated transcription factor, and androgen binding induces nuclear translocation, conformational change and recruitment of coregulators for transactivation of AR target genes. …”
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Serum chemokine IL-8 acts as a biomarker for identifying COVID-19-associated persistent severe acute kidney injury by Zhi He, Jing-jing Liu, Shao-lei Ma

“…Cytometric Bead Array was used to detect patient plasma levels (interleukin-8 (IL-8), C-C chemokine ligand 5 (CCL5), chemokine (C-X-C Motif) ligand 9 (CXCL9), and interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10)) of chemokines within 24 h of enrollment.Results Of the 115 COVID-19 patients with stage 2/3 AKI, 27 were diagnosed with PS-AKI. …”
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Noncanonical IFN Signaling, Steroids, and STATs: A Probable Role of V-ATPase by Howard M. Johnson, Ezra Noon-Song, Chulbul M. Ahmed

“…A small group of only seven transcription factors known as STATs (signal transducer and activator of transcription) are considered to be canonical determinants of specific gene activation for a plethora of ligand/receptor systems. The activation of STATs involves a family of four tyrosine kinases called JAK kinases. …”
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Microwave Synthesis, Spectral, Thermal and Antimicrobial Studies of Some Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) Complexes Containing 2-Aminothiazole Moiety by A. P. Mishra, H. Purwar, Rajendra K. Jain, S. K. Gupta

“…Analytical data revealed that all the complexes exhibited 1:2 (metal:ligand) ratio with coordination number 4 or 6. FAB-mass and thermal data show degradation pattern of the complexes. …”
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Expression of USP18 and IL2RA Is Increased in Individuals Receiving Latent Tuberculosis Treatment with Isoniazid by Eleane de Oyarzabal, Lourdes García-García, Claudia Rangel-Escareño, Leticia Ferreyra-Reyes, Lorena Orozco, María Teresa Herrera, Claudia Carranza, Eduardo Sada, Esmeralda Juárez, Alfredo Ponce-de-León, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Robert J. Wilkinson, Martha Torres

“…Expression of chemokine ligand 4 (CCL4), chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10), chemokine ligand 11 (CXCL11), interferon alpha (IFNA), radical S-adenosyl methionine domain-containing 2 (RSAD2), ubiquitin-specific peptidase 18 (USP18), interferon-induced protein 44 (IFI44), interferon-induced protein 44 like (IFI44L), interferon-induced protein tetratricopeptide repeats 1(IFIT1), and interleukin 2 receptor subunit alpha (IL2RA) mRNA levels were assessed by qPCR before, during, and after INH treatment. …”
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dyphAI dynamic pharmacophore modeling with AI: a tool for efficient screening of new acetylcholinesterase inhibitors by Yasser Hayek-Orduz, Dorian Armando Acevedo-Castro, Dorian Armando Acevedo-Castro, Juan Sebastián Saldarriaga Escobar, Brandon Eli Ortiz-Domínguez, María Francisca Villegas-Torres, Paola A. Caicedo, Álvaro Barrera-Ocampo, Natalie Cortes, Edison H. Osorio, Andrés Fernando González Barrios

“…A detailed analysis of the protein-ligand pharmacophore dynamics can facilitate this. …”
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Lutetium-177 labeled iPD-L1 as a novel immunomodulator for cancer-targeted radiotherapy by Myrna Luna-Gutiérrez, Erika Azorín-Vega, Rigoberto Oros-Pantoja, Blanca Ocampo-García, Pedro Cruz-Nova, Nallely Jiménez-Mancilla, Gerardo Bravo-Villegas, Clara Santos-Cuevas, Laura Meléndez-Alafort, Guillermina Ferro-Flores

“…Recently, we reported iPD-L1 as a novel inhibitor peptide that specifically targets the cancer cell ligand PD-L1 (programmed death ligand 1). PD-L1 is responsible for inhibiting the immune checkpoint protein PD-1 expressed by regulatory T cells. …”
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Characteristics in Molecular Vibrational Frequency Patterns between Agonists and Antagonists of Histamine Receptors by S. June Oh

“…To learn the differences between the structure-activity relationship and molecular vibration-activity relationship in the ligand-receptor interaction of the histamine receptor, 47 ligands of the histamine receptor were analyzed by structural similarity and molecular vibrational frequency patterns. …”
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