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Scutellarin protects oxygen/glucose-deprived astrocytes and reduces focal cerebral ischemic injury

open access: yesNeural Regeneration Research, 2018
Scutellarin, a bioactive flavone isolated from Scutellaria baicalensis, has anti-inflammatory, anti-neurotoxic, anti-apoptotic and anti-oxidative effects and has been used to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in China.
Jing-Bo Sun   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Air Pollution Quinones Impair Intestinal Barrier Integrity and Endoplasmic Reticulum in Differentiated Caco‐2 Cells

open access: yesJournal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Particulate matter (PM) is a major global health threat, linked to millions of deaths annually. Beyond inhalation, PM components reach the gastrointestinal tract through the mucociliary escalator or contaminated food and water. Among PM's organic fraction, redox‐active quinones such as 1,2‐naphthoquinone (NQ) and 9,10‐phenanthrenequinone (PQ ...
Franco Cervellati   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced Cardiomyocyte Function in Hypertensive Rats With Diastolic Dysfunction and Human Heart Failure Patients After Acute Treatment With Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase (sGC) Activator

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2020
AimsOur aim was to investigate the effect of nitric oxide (NO)-independent activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) on cardiomyocyte function in a hypertensive animal model with diastolic dysfunction and in biopsies from human heart failure with ...
Detmar Kolijn   +38 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deficiency of Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Enzyme, CPT1A, Underlies Airway Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction in Severe Asthma

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
Mitochondrial fatty acid enzyme, CPT1A, is deficient in the airway epithelium of severe asthma patients. Restoration of CPT1A expression improved epithelial barrier integrity via increasing mitochondrial respiration and ATP production in airway epithelial cells. Restoration of deficient epithelial CPT1A may represent a new treatment approach for severe
Muyun Wang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expression, purification, and nanodisc reconstitution of connexin-43 hemichannels for structural characterization by cryo-electron microscopyp

open access: yes
Connexins are polytopic domain membrane proteins that form hexameric hemichannels (HCs) which can assemble into gap junction channels (GJCs) at the interface of two neighboring cells. The HCs may be involved in ion and small-molecule transport across the
Lavriha, Pia (author)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Compartmentalized and signal-selective gap junctional coupling in the hearing cochlea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) plays a major role in cochlear function. Recent evidence suggests that connexin 26 (Cx26) and Cx30 are the major constituent proteins of cochlear gap junction channels, possibly in a unique heteromeric ...
Jagger, DJ, Forge, A
core  

Hyperactivation and Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Cryopreserved Stallion Spermatozoa in Relation to Conventional In Vitro Fertilization Blastocyst Production

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Challenges in establishing clinical conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF) in horses include variation in sperm and oocyte quality, which can be affected by mare age. Extended preincubation of stallion spermatozoa has resulted in successful IVF.
Raul A. Gonzalez‐Castro   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abnormal connexin expression in human chronic wounds

open access: yes, 2015
Background Regulated alteration of connexin expression has been shown to be integral to acute wound repair. Downregulation of the gap-junction protein connexin 43 at the wound edge has been correlated with keratinocyte and fibroblast migration, while ...
Thrasivoulou, C   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Clouston syndrome with palmoplantar keratoderma

open access: yesJournal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2011
Clouston syndrome (hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia) is characterized by the clinical triad of nail dystrophy, alopecia and palmoplantar hyperkeratosis. Clouston syndrome is transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait and caused by mutations in the GJB6 gene
M P Singh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diacerein Disrupts Testicular Homeostasis: The Essential Role of Basal Cytokines in Maintaining Sertoli Cell Integrity and the Immune Microenvironment

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pro‐inflammatory cytokines, TNF and IL‐1B, are essential for testicular homeostasis. Diacerein, an anti‐inflammatory drug, inhibits these cytokines, impairing M2 macrophages and Leydig cells (LCs). However, its impact on Sertoli cells (SCs) and M1 (CD68) macrophages remains unknown.
Elide Loise Freitas de Jesus   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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