World Journal of Acupuncture - MoxibustionObjectives: Retinal ischemia-reperfusion (RIR) injury results in irreversible visual impairments. The disruption of the outer blood-retinal barrier (OBRB) is a major ocular pathogenic process that RIR injury affects.
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Physiological Plasticity of Neural-Crest-Derived Stem Cells in the Adult Mammalian Carotid Body [PDF]
, 2017 Adult stem cell plasticity, or the ability of somatic stem cells to cross boundaries and differentiate into unrelated cell types, has been amatter of debate in the last decade.
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Pain and TherapyIntroduction Tension-type headache (TTH) is the most prevalent primary headache disorder worldwide, yet its neurobiological underpinnings remain partially understood.
Lanfranco Pellesi +6 more
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Beef hydrolysis by Zyactinase™ enzymes : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. [PDF]
, 2016 Protein hydrolysis is the term that applies to all possible ways of splitting proteins to produce products with lower molecular weight. There is a continuous search for novel products derived from waste materials.
Ahmad, Noriza Binti
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MDAN-21: A Bivalent Opioid Ligand Containing mu-Agonist and Delta-Antagonist Pharmacophores and Its Effects in Rhesus Monkeys [PDF]
, 2012 MDAN-21, , a bivalent opioid ligand containing a mu-opioid receptor agonist (derived from oxymorphone) linked to the delta-opioid receptor antagonist (related to naltrindole) by a spacer of 21 atoms, was reported to have potent analgesic properties in ...
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The effects of pioglitazone, a PPARγ receptor agonist, on the abuse liability of oxycodone among nondependent opioid users [PDF]
, 2016 Aims: Activation of PPARγ by pioglitazone (PIO) has shown some efficacy in attenuating addictive-like responses in laboratory animals. The ability of PIO to alter the effects of opioids in humans has not been characterized in a controlled laboratory ...
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New analogues of leucine-methionine-enkephalin
Journal of Biosciences, 1988 Nine analogues of the opioid pentapeptides leucine-/ methionine-enkephalinamide, involving replacement of amino acid at position 5 or amino acids at positions 2 and 5, have been synthesized by the solid phase method using mainly 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl amino acid trichlorophenyl esters in the presence of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole, the solid support ...
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Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Targeted Neuropeptides in Tac1-/- Mouse Spinal Cords Reveal Significant Lower Concentration of Opioid Peptides [PDF]
, 2015 Tachykinin and opioid peptides play a central role in pain transmission, modulation and inhibition. The treatment of pain is very important in medicine and many studies using NK1 receptor antagonists failed to show significant analgesic effects in ...
Beaudry, Francis, Saidi, Mouna
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On-line electrogeneration of copper-peptide complexes in microspray mass spectrometry [PDF]
, 2018 The interaction of copper ions with peptides was investigated by electrospray mass spectrometry. Two electrospray micro-emitters were compared, the first one with a platinum electrode using a copper(II) electrolyte solution containing a peptide sample ...
Girault, Hubert, Prudent, Michel
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Carbon turnover in the water-soluble protein of the adult human lens. [PDF]
, 2013 PurposeHuman eye lenses contain cells that persist from embryonic development. These unique, highly specialized fiber cells located at the core (nucleus) of the lens undergo pseudo-apoptosis to become devoid of cell nuclei and most organelles. Ostensibly
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