Utilizing Designed Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drug Chemogenetic Tools to Identify Beneficial G Protein–Coupled Receptor Signaling for Fibrosis [PDF]
, 2020 Ji Zhang +7 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.In this study, we present the structure of AcrIE8.1, a previously uncharacterized anti‐CRISPR protein that inhibits the type I‐E CRISPR‐Cas system. Through a combination of structural and biochemical analyses, we demonstrate that AcrIE8.1 directly binds to the Cas11 subunit of the Cascade complex to inhibit the CRISPR‐Cas system.
Young Woo Kang, Hyun Ho Park
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Catch the next designer drug: bioactivity data derived pharmacological affinity fingerprints and performance in similarity searching and unsupervised clustering [PDF]
, 2022 Kedan He
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Pharmacology of novel psychoactive substances [PDF]
, 2016 This PhD work consists of an in vitro and in vivo part. In the in vivo part, we investigated the role of dopamine in the acute clinical effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, “ecstasy”) in healthy human subjects.
Rickli, Anna
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo +2 more
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The curse of Frankenstein: visions of technology and society in the debate over new reproductive technologies [PDF]
, 2003 At each successive moment in their development new reproductive technologies have provided the occasion for virulent argument about the role of technology in human affairs. And more generally, technoscientific knowledge has long been held both in awe and
Bloomfield, B P, Vurdubakis, T
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Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes +3 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Bifidobacterium bifidum establishes symbiosis with infants by metabolizing lacto‐N‐biose I (LNB) from human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The extracellular multidomain enzyme LnbB drives this process, releasing LNB via its catalytic glycoside hydrolase family 20 (GH20) lacto‐N‐biosidase domain.
Xinzhe Zhang +5 more
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Association of designer drug use and sudden cardiac death: a systematic review
Egyptian Journal of Forensic SciencesBackground Sudden death (SD) is defined as a non-violent, unexpected death occurring within 24 h of symptom onset, with no clear alternative explanation. It affects all age groups and can stem from both toxicological and non-toxicological causes.
Shrouk Mohamed Ali +3 more
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Posterior ventral tegmental area-nucleus accumbens shell circuitry modulates response to novelty.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens from ventral tegmental area (VTA) efferent neurons is critical for orientation and response to novel stimuli in the environment. However, there are considerable differences between neuronal populations of the VTA
Hailong Li +6 more
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