Systems biology analysis of G protein and MAP kinase signaling in yeast [PDF]
Approximately a third of all drugs act by binding directly to cell surface receptors coupled to G proteins. Other drugs act indirectly on these same pathways, for example, by inhibiting neurotransmitter reuptake or by blocking the inactivation of intracellular second messengers. These drugs have revolutionized the treatment of human disease.
Marcelo Behar+3 more
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Auditory Fear Conditioning and Long-Term Potentiation in the Lateral Amygdala Require ERK/MAP Kinase Signaling in the Auditory Thalamus: A Role for Presynaptic Plasticity in the Fear System [PDF]
In the present study, we examined the role of the auditory thalamus [medial division of the medial geniculate nucleus and the adjacent posterior intralaminar nucleus (MGm/PIN)] in auditory pavlovian fear conditioning using pharmacological manipulation of intracellular signaling pathways.
Glenn E. Schafe+5 more
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Integration of a Phosphatase Cascade with the MAP Kinase Pathway provides for a Novel Signal Processing Function [PDF]
We mathematically modeled the receptor-activated MAP kinase signaling by incorporating the regulation through cellular phosphatases. Activation induced the alignment of a phosphatase cascade in parallel with the MAP kinase pathway.
Alon+54 more
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Understanding the mechanisms of drug action has been the primary focus for pharmacological researchers, traditionally using rodent models. However, non-sentient model systems are now increasingly being used as an alternative approach to better understand drug action or targets.
Robin S.B. Williams+2 more
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Regulation of peripheral inflammation by spinal p38 MAP kinase in rats. [PDF]
BackgroundSomatic afferent input to the spinal cord from a peripheral inflammatory site can modulate the peripheral response. However, the intracellular signaling mechanisms in the spinal cord that regulate this linkage have not been defined.
Albani, Salvatore+7 more
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Effects of Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) and/or PD98059 (PD) on the gene expression of Caveolin-1 (CAV1) and reduced glutathione (GSH), malondialdehyde (MDA), copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (CuZn-SOD), and catalase (CAT) enzyme activities were investigated in an experimental chronic renal failure model in rats.
Ciğremiş, Yilmaz+4 more
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The neuronal MAP kinase cascade: a biochemical signal integration system subserving synaptic plasticity and memory [PDF]
The mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAP kinase, MAPK) cascade, as the name implies, was originally discovered as a critical regulator of cell division and differentiation. As further details of this signaling cascade were worked out, it became clear that the MAPK cascade is in fact a prototype for a family of signaling cascades that share the motif ...
J. David Sweatt
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c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase in Inflammation and Rheumatic Diseases. [PDF]
The c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) are members of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family and are activated by environmental stress. JNK is also activated by proinflammatory cytokines, such as TNF and IL-1, and Toll-like receptor ligands ...
Firestein, Gary S, Guma, Monica
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Interactions between Type III receptor tyrosine phosphatases and growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases regulate tracheal tube formation in Drosophila [PDF]
The respiratory (tracheal) system of the Drosophila melanogaster larva is an intricate branched network of air-filled tubes. Its developmental logic is similar in some ways to that of the vertebrate vascular system.
Jeon, Mili, Scott, Matthew P., Zinn, Kai
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Expressed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, human ERK5 is a client of the Hsp90 chaperone that complements loss of the Slt2p (Mpk1p) cell integrity stress-activated protein kinase [PDF]
ERK5 is a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase regulated in human cells by diverse mitogens and stresses but also suspected of mediating the effects of a number of oncogenes.
King, Victoria+7 more
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