• br Introduction Currently HIV infection treatment guidelines

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  Introduction Currently, HIV-1 infection treatment guidelines adopted in USA and EU provide for the simultaneous administration of three antiretroviral drugs (HAART “Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy”) in severely compromised patients [[1], [2], [3]]. Coupling at least two different mechanisms

• In the same research group released

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  In 2017, the same research group released a free internet accessible database (HemeOxDB, http://www.researchdsf.unict.it/hemeoxdb), to make it easier the analysis of the literature and, consequently, the design of potent and selective HO-1 inhibitors. The database reported the entire set of HO-1 and

• Epigenetic drugs such as HDAC inhibitors regulate

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  Epigenetic drugs, such as HDAC inhibitors, regulate gene expression by affecting the activity of histone or DNA modifying enzymes and their associated transcriptional response [141]. BET bromodomain protein inhibition is another epigenetic approach for blocking the Hedgehog pathway at the downstream

• Activation of sGC induces the generation of

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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 TH588 (bronchodil

• While the specific set of challenges

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  While the specific set of challenges associated with deorphanization and transforming each poorly characterized GPCR into a useful drug target will be unique, much can be learned by considering how these issues have been addressed for other receptors. One group of poorly characterized GPCRs that hav

• siRNA construction and transfection For small interfering RN

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  siRNA construction and transfection. For small interfering RNA (siRNA) experiments, we used Stealth™ select RNAi oligonucleotides targeted against GPR120 (Gibco/Invitrogen). The target sequence of siGPR120 used were; sense 5′-AAGUGGGUGCGAUUGACUUGGUCCA-3′ and antisense 5′-UGGACCAAGUCAAUCGCACCCACUU-3′

• For several years CXCL had been classified as an

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  For several years, CXCL17 had been classified as an orphan chemokine, until Maravillas-Montero et al. claimed that orphan G-coupled protein receptor GPR35 is the receptor of CXCL17 [15], [16]. However, no following research has been produced to further explore the function of the CXCL17-CXCR8 (GPR3

• The combination of niacin with a selective PGD

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  The combination of niacin with a selective PGD2 receptor antagonist laropiprant, designed to circumvent the flushing side effect of niacin, has been evaluated in the HPS2-THRIVE study and showed no clinically meaningful benefit when administered in patients on top of statin therapy [41]. Our data su

• br Methods br Results br Discussion br Conclusion The

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  Methods Results Discussion Conclusion The in vivo pEC50 for NEFA release in the rat was derived for 12 GPR81/GPR109A agonists, including the historically well-known nicotinic acid. By integrating in vitro cell assay potency data for both receptors, these in vivo pEC50 values could be rea

• Currently ursodeoxycholic acid UDCA is the only recommended

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  Currently, ursodeoxycholic read the article (UDCA) is the only recommended and widely used drug in the treatment of CFLD. However, the clinical efficacy of UDCA is controversial. The most recent Cochrane review only identified a small number of trials assessing the effectiveness of UDCA [92]. The a

• br Acknowledgements Support provided by

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  Acknowledgements Support provided by projects PTDC/SAU-MIC/115178/2009 and PEst-OE/QUI/UI0612/2011 from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes mellitus is a chronic, multisystem metabolic disorder caused by a combination of environmental and genetic f

• br Discussion Agonist and antagonist

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  Discussion Agonist and antagonist action at the GluN1/GluN3 CP 154526 synthesis is known to be complex [4], [10]. Recombinant GluN1/GluN3 receptors produce only small excitatory currents in response to glycine, likely because of a combination of activation via GluN3 and desensitization via GluN1

• Although it is mainly a glial protein of total GLT

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  Although it is mainly a glial protein, 5–10% of total GLT-1 represents a neuronal form located at presynaptic terminals, but its physiological role remains elusive (for discussion, see (Rimmele and Rosenberg, 2016)). Nevertheless, this amount might be significant since GLT-1 has been estimated to be

• 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 Conflict of interest statement br Acknowledgments br

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  Conflict of interest statement Acknowledgments Introduction Hedgehog (Hh) signaling controls key steps of development in most tissues and organs of invertebrates and vertebrates (Briscoe and Therond, 2013, Ingham et al., 2011, Wilson and Chuang, 2010). The unique cellular composition and mo

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