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Transient receptor potential vanilloid-1-mediated calcium responses are inhibited by the alkylamine antihistamines dexbrompheniramine and chlorpheniramine (2008)
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Sadofsky, L. R., Campi, B., Trevisani, M., Compton, S. J., & Morice, A. H. (2008). Transient receptor potential vanilloid-1-mediated calcium responses are inhibited by the alkylamine antihistamines dexbrompheniramine and chlorpheniramine. Experimental Lung Research, 34(10), 681-693. https://doi.org/10.1080/01902140802339623

American guidelines, unlike European guidelines, support the use of antihistamines as a first line of treatment for some causes of chronic cough. Transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) is an ion channel activated by the tussive agents capsa... Read More about Transient receptor potential vanilloid-1-mediated calcium responses are inhibited by the alkylamine antihistamines dexbrompheniramine and chlorpheniramine.

Endo180 expression with cofunctional partners MT1-MMP and uPAR-uPA is correlated with prostate cancer progression (2008)
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Kogianni, G., Walker, M. M., Waxman, J., & Sturge, J. (2009). Endo180 expression with cofunctional partners MT1-MMP and uPAR-uPA is correlated with prostate cancer progression. European Journal of Cancer, 45(4), 685-693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2008.11.023

Endo180 (CD280; MRC2; uPARAP) regulates collagen remodelling and chemotactic cell migration through cooperation with membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP), urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) and urokinase-type plasminog... Read More about Endo180 expression with cofunctional partners MT1-MMP and uPAR-uPA is correlated with prostate cancer progression.

Influence of exogenous tissue factor on estrogen receptor α expression in breast cancer cells: Involvement of β1-integrin, PAR2, and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation (2008)
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Collier, M. E. W., Li, C., & Ettelaie, C. (2008). Influence of exogenous tissue factor on estrogen receptor α expression in breast cancer cells: Involvement of β1-integrin, PAR2, and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation. Molecular cancer research, 6(12), 1807-1818. https://doi.org/10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-08-0109

Increased expression of tissue factor (TF) has been associated with invasive forms of breast cancer. Conversely, the loss of estrogen receptor α (ERα) is associated with increased cell invasiveness. We have examined the influence of exogenous truncat... Read More about Influence of exogenous tissue factor on estrogen receptor α expression in breast cancer cells: Involvement of β1-integrin, PAR2, and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation.

A novel finding that Streptomyces clavuligerus can produce the antibiotic clavulanic acid using olive oil as a sole carbon source (2008)
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Efthimiou, G., Thumser, A. E., & Avignone-Rossa, C. A. (2008). A novel finding that Streptomyces clavuligerus can produce the antibiotic clavulanic acid using olive oil as a sole carbon source. Journal of applied microbiology, 105(6), 2058-2064. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03975.x

Aims: This study aims to establish whether commercially available food oils can be used by Streptomyces clavuligerus as sole carbon sources for growth and clavulanic acid production. Methods and results: Batch cultures in bioreactors showed that Stre... Read More about A novel finding that Streptomyces clavuligerus can produce the antibiotic clavulanic acid using olive oil as a sole carbon source.

Release of VCAM-1 associated endothelial microparticles following simulated SCUBA dives (2008)
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Vince, R. V., McNaughton, L. R., Taylor, L., Midgley, A. W., Laden, G., & Madden, L. A. (2009). Release of VCAM-1 associated endothelial microparticles following simulated SCUBA dives. European journal of applied physiology, 105(4), 507-513. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-008-0927-z

Microparticles (MP) are shed into the circulation from endothelium following activation or apoptosis. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) is expressed on endothelial cells following activation and here we report quantification of VCAM-1 positi... Read More about Release of VCAM-1 associated endothelial microparticles following simulated SCUBA dives.

ATM activation and signaling under hypoxic conditions (2008)
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Bencokova, Z., Kaufmann, M. R., Monteiro dos Santos Pires, I., Lecane, P. S., Giaccia, A. J., & Hammond, E. M. (2009). ATM activation and signaling under hypoxic conditions. Molecular and cellular biology, 29(2), 526-537. https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.01301-08

The ATM kinase has previously been shown to respond to the DNA damage induced by reoxygenation following hypoxia by initiating a Chk 2-dependent cell cycle arrest in the G2 phase. Here we show that ATM is both phosphorylated and active during exposur... Read More about ATM activation and signaling under hypoxic conditions.

Identification of a novel, actin-rich structure, the actin nodule, in the early stages of platelet spreading (2008)
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Calaminus, S. D. J., Thomas, S., McCarty, O. J. T., Machesky, L. M., & Watson, S. P. (2008). Identification of a novel, actin-rich structure, the actin nodule, in the early stages of platelet spreading. Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 6(11), 1944-1952. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.03141.x

During platelet spreading, the actin cytoskeleton undergoes marked changes, forming filopodia, lamellipodia and stress fibres. In the present study, we report the identification of a novel actin-rich structure, termed an actin nodule, which appears p... Read More about Identification of a novel, actin-rich structure, the actin nodule, in the early stages of platelet spreading.

DNA damage and metabolic activity in the preimplantation embryo (2008)
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Sturmey, R. G., Hawkhead, J. A., Barker, E. A., & Leese, H. J. (2009). DNA damage and metabolic activity in the preimplantation embryo. Human Reproduction, 24(1), 81-91. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/den346

BACKGROUND: Embryos with greater viability have a lower or 'quieter' amino acid metabolism than those which arrest. We have hypothesized this is due to non-viable embryos possessing greater cellular/molecular damage and consuming more nutrients, such... Read More about DNA damage and metabolic activity in the preimplantation embryo.

Globular adiponectin increases cGMP formation in blood platelets independently of nitric oxide (2008)
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Riba, R., Patel, B., Aburima, A., & Naseem, K. M. (2008). Globular adiponectin increases cGMP formation in blood platelets independently of nitric oxide. Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 6(12), 2121-2131. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.03179.x

Background: Platelet-derived nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to play conflicting roles in platelet function, although it is accepted that NO mediates its actions through soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC). This confusion concerning the roles of platelet... Read More about Globular adiponectin increases cGMP formation in blood platelets independently of nitric oxide.

Synthesis and characterization of the chromium(III) complexes of ethylene cross-bridged cyclam and cyclen ligands (2008)
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Maples, D. L., Maples, R. D., Hoffert, W. A., Parsell, T. H., Asselt, A. V., Silversides, J. D., …Hubin, T. J. (2009). Synthesis and characterization of the chromium(III) complexes of ethylene cross-bridged cyclam and cyclen ligands. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 362(6), 2084-2088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2008.09.034

Dichloro(4,10-dimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazabicyclo[5.5.2] tetradecane) chromium(III) chloride, Dichloro(4,10-dibenzyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazabicyclo[ 5.5.2] tetradecane) chromium(III) chloride, and Dichloro(4,11-dimethyl- 1,4,8,11-tetraazabicyclo[6.6.2] hexad... Read More about Synthesis and characterization of the chromium(III) complexes of ethylene cross-bridged cyclam and cyclen ligands.

Characterization of RhoBTB-dependent Cul3 ubiquitin ligase complexes - Evidence for an autoregulatory mechanism (2008)
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Schenková, K., Aspenström, P., Berthold, J., Ramos, S., Miura, Y., Furukawa, M., & Rivero-Crespo, F. (2008). Characterization of RhoBTB-dependent Cul3 ubiquitin ligase complexes - Evidence for an autoregulatory mechanism. Experimental Cell Research, 314(19), 3453-3465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.09.005

RhoBTB proteins are atypical members of the Rho family of small GTPases. Two of the three RhoBTB proteins, RhoBTB1 and RhoBTB2, have been proposed as tumor suppressors and might function as adaptors of Cul3-dependent ubiquitin ligase complexes. Using... Read More about Characterization of RhoBTB-dependent Cul3 ubiquitin ligase complexes - Evidence for an autoregulatory mechanism.

Benz(2-heteroaryl)cyanoximes and their Tl(i) complexes: new room temperature blue emitters (2008)
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Ilkun, O. T., Archibald, S. J., Barnes, C. L., Gerasimchuk, N., Biagioni, R., Silchenko, S., …Nemykin, V. N. (2008). Benz(2-heteroaryl)cyanoximes and their Tl(i) complexes: new room temperature blue emitters. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 5715-5729. https://doi.org/10.1039/b803846e

A series of five 2-heteroarylcyanoximes such as: α-oximino-(2-benzimidazolyl)acetonitrile (HBIHCO), α-oximino-(N-methy-l-2-benzimidazolyl)acetonitrile (HBIMCO), α-oximino-(2-benzoxazolyl)acetonitrile (HBOCO), α-oximino-(2-benzothiazolyl)acetonitrile... Read More about Benz(2-heteroaryl)cyanoximes and their Tl(i) complexes: new room temperature blue emitters.

Tissue factor-containing microparticles released from mesangial cells in response to high glucose and AGE induce tube formation in microvascular cells (2008)
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Ettelaie, C., Su, S., Li, C., & Collier, M. E. W. (2008). Tissue factor-containing microparticles released from mesangial cells in response to high glucose and AGE induce tube formation in microvascular cells. Microvascular Research, 76(3), 152-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mvr.2008.07.007

Hyperglycaemia and the associated formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGE) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic vasculopathy. In addition to its role in coagulation, tissue factor (TF) is known to regulate vascular prolifera... Read More about Tissue factor-containing microparticles released from mesangial cells in response to high glucose and AGE induce tube formation in microvascular cells.

An internal polyadenylation signal substantially increases expression levels of lentivirus-delivered transgenes but has the potential to reduce viral titer in a promoter-dependent manner (2008)
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Hager, S., Frame, F. M., Collins, A. T., Burns, J. E., & Maitland, N. J. (2008). An internal polyadenylation signal substantially increases expression levels of lentivirus-delivered transgenes but has the potential to reduce viral titer in a promoter-dependent manner. Human Gene Therapy, 19(8), 840-850. https://doi.org/10.1089/hum.2007.165

In lentiviral gene delivery systems, transgene expression cassettes are commonly cloned without a polyadenylation signal to prevent disruption of full-length lentiviral genomes on mRNA maturation in producer cells. The lack of the polyadenylation sig... Read More about An internal polyadenylation signal substantially increases expression levels of lentivirus-delivered transgenes but has the potential to reduce viral titer in a promoter-dependent manner.

The on-line synthesis of enzyme functionalized silica nanoparticles in a microfluidic reactor using polyethylenimine polymer and R5 peptide (2008)
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He, P., Greenway, G., & Haswell, S. J. (2008). The on-line synthesis of enzyme functionalized silica nanoparticles in a microfluidic reactor using polyethylenimine polymer and R5 peptide. Nanotechnology, 19(31), 315603. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/19/31/315603

A simple microfluidic reactor system is described for the effective synthesis of enzyme functionalized nanoparticles which offers many advantages over batch reactions, including excellent enzyme efficiencies. Better control of the process parameters... Read More about The on-line synthesis of enzyme functionalized silica nanoparticles in a microfluidic reactor using polyethylenimine polymer and R5 peptide.