• The gene SRD A encodes the reductase enzyme which

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  The gene SRD5A2 encodes the 5-α-reductase enzyme, which converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone. Although dihydrotestosterone levels are considerably lower than testosterone, dihydrotestosterone has a five-fold stronger binding capacity to the androgen receptor and, thereby, a considerably mo

• In an effort to determine if one ARI

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  In an effort to determine if one 5ARI was more effective than the other, the Enlarged Prostate International Comparator Study (EPICS) [17] compared treatment with finasteride and dutasteride in 1630 men over the age of 50 and concluded that after one year of treatment, both groups had statistically

• br Introduction The principal pathways of adrenal and

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  Introduction The principal pathways of adrenal and gonadal steroidogenesis have been known for over 50 years (reviewed by Miller and Auchus, 2011). Cholesterol is first converted to pregnenolone via three reactions, 20-hydroxylation, 22-hydroxylation and scission of the 20,22 carbon–carbon bond,

• br Author contributions br Competing interests br Transparen

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  Author contributions Competing interests Transparency document Acknowledgments This research was funded by a TOP ZonMW grant (40-00812-98-10054) to R.O.E., a DFG grant (KR4391/1-1) and IZKF Erlangen grant (J36) to A.K. and supported in part by Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de

• For the TSH receptor signaling

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  For the TSH receptor, signaling at the Golgi/trans-Golgi network appears required for both rapid effects of TSH − such as HC 067047 depolymerization, which is implicated in thyroglobulin reuptake and, thus, thyroid hormone release − and late ones, such as those on gene transcription. Continued signa

• Autocrine regulations of several adipokines e g leptin and

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  Autocrine regulations of several adipokines (e.g., leptin and resistin) on adipocytes have been reported (Karastergiou and Mohamed-Ali, 2010, Ye et al., 2010). Several lines of evidence have shown that apelin influences adipocyte functions, such as, lipolysis and glucose uptake (Dray et al., 2008, Y

• Patients with cardiovascular disorders typically

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  Patients with cardiovascular disorders typically have lower plasma apelin levels than matched healthy controls. For example, plasma apelin levels are reduced in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), and among CAD patients with unstable angina or acute myocardial infraction there is a further

• Similar to other MADS box proteins MEF factors associate

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  Similar to other MADS box proteins, MEF2 factors associate with a variety of transcriptional cofactors to control specific sets of downstream target genes. Some of the cofactors such as MyoD, GATA4, NFAT, TH receptor, p300, 14.3.3 and ERK5 stimulate MEF2 activity, whereas others, such as HDACs4-5-7-

• br Conclusion br Competing interests

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  Conclusion Competing interests Funding The Bolger Prostate Cancer Research Fund (no grant number), the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (1-R01-GM58553, G. B. Bolger, principal investigator), and the National Cancer Institute of the NIH to t

• Since primitive societies plants herbs and seeds rich in phy

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  Since primitive societies, plants, herbs and seeds, rich in phytochemicals, were used due to their benefits in human health. These molecules were shown to present a diverse array of action mechanisms, including antioxidant activity, enzyme stimulation, hormones mimicking and by interfering with DNA

• br Funding This study was supported by

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  Funding This study was supported by a grant from the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (No. 2014Y2-00181) and the personnel training program of Southern Medical University (No. PY2015N023). Conflict of interest statement Authors’contributions Introduction Chronic cerebral hypo

• The clinical impact of our findings

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  The clinical impact of our findings is also supported by our earlier report that the level of 12-LOX expression was correlated with the tumor stage and grade [17], [52] and that overall, 38% of patients demonstrated elevated levels of 12-LOX in prostate cancer tissue compared with their matching nor

• Initially DPP DPP and prolyl

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  Initially, DPP4, DPP7, and prolyl tripeptidyl peptidase A (PtpA) were the only exopeptidases identified in P. gingivalis. These share substrates according to their altered specificities, as DPP4 is highly specific for Pro at the penultimate position from the N-terminus (P1 position), though it accep

• br Disclosure br Acknowledgments br Introduction Anaplastic

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  Disclosure Acknowledgments Introduction Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), a receptor tyrosine kinase, belongs to the insulin receptor kinase subfamily [1]. Oncogenic activation of ALK is associated with the Cy5 NHS ester and progression of multiple human cancer types [2,3], including anapl

• Through systematic deletion of AhR in specific cell

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  Through systematic SU5416 of AhR in specific cell types, Di Meglio et al. (2014) revealed that AhR in keratinocytes and fibroblasts are key to the exacerbated psoriatic phenotype induced by IMQ in AhR-deficient mice. This emphasizes the crosstalk between keratinocytes and the immune system to regula

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