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The role of Cysteine-rich with EGF-like domains 2 in the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis and regulation of the unfolded protein response
(2019-12-17)
Das Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, die Rolle von Creld2 bei der Aufrechterhaltung der metabolischen Homöostase unter Normalbedingungen und bei der Regulation der UPR unter ER Stressbedingungen zu untersuchen. Metabolische ...
Effects of intracranial stimulation and the involvement of the human parahippocampal cortex in perception
(2019-10-04)
How the human brain translates photons hitting the retina into conscious perception remains an open question. Throughout the medial temporal lobe (MTL), there are neurons (called concept cells) that change their firing ...
FR900359, an inhibitor of guanine nucleotide dissociation, effectively blunts signaling of GTPase-deficient Gq: mechanism of action and relevance for treating Gq-driven cancers
(2019-08-01)
Uveal melanoma (UM), the most common cancer of the adult eye, is known to have poor prognosis. Over 50% of patients are likely to develop metastasis. In more than 80% of the cases UM is driven by an activating mutation in ...
Impact of ERK signaling and its spatial regulation on cisplatin sensitivity in ovarian cancer cells
(2019-11-08)
The efficiency of the anticancer drug cisplatin in ovarian cancer is often limited by the development of cisplatin resistance. Cisplatin activates a plethora of DNA damage-related signaling pathways, which regulate the ...
Platelet-immune cell interactions in inflammation and cancer
(2019-09-10)
Platelets are well-known for their role in hemostasis and only more recently, they have also been acknowledged for their immune regulatory roles. Despite being small sized and anucleated, they can respond to inflammatory ...
Characterization of VKORC1L1 with respect to VKORC1
(2019-07-10)
Vitamin K reduction is essential and catalyzed by two enzymes in vitro. Vitamin K 2,3-epoxide reductase complex subunit 1 (VKORC1) reduces vitamin K to sustain γ-carboxylation of vitamin K dependent (VKD) proteins. This ...
Mechanisms of action of novel antiepileptic drugs in chronic epileptic hippocampus
(2019-05-21)
Globally, at least 50 million people suffer from epilepsy and almost one third of these do not respond to treatment with one or even multiple antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). One of the most prominent approaches trying to explain ...
Click-SELEX enables the selection of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol-binding nucleic acids
(2019-05-10)
Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the main psychoactive compound in the plant Cannabis sativa and the most widely used illegal drug in the world. Its consumption impairs driving skills such as keeping a vehicle on track and ...