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Compound Kushen Injection Induces Immediate Hypersensitivity Reaction Through Promoting the Production of Platelet-Activating Factor via de Novo Pathway

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Compound Kushen Injection (CKI) is a bis-herbal formulation extracted from Kushen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis) and Baituling (Rhizoma Heterosmilacis Yunnanensis). Clinically, it is used as the adjuvant treatment of cancer.
Yuan Gao, Lina Hai, Lina Hai, Yuan Kang, Wenjie Qin, Fang Liu, Runlan Cai, Xiuwei Yang, Xiuwei Yang, Yun Qi   +9 more
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dUTPase is essential in zebrafish development and possesses several single‐nucleotide variants with pronounced structural and functional consequences

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
dUTPases are involved in balancing the appropriate nucleotide pools. We showed that dUTPase is essential for normal development in zebrafish. The different zebrafish genomes contain several single‐nucleotide variations (SNPs) of the dut gene. One of the dUTPase variants displayed drastically lower protein stability and catalytic efficiency as compared ...
Viktória Perey‐Simon, Angéla Békesi, Latifa Kazzazy, Jázmin Mihály, Máté Varga, Beáta G. Vértessy, Kinga Nyíri   +6 more
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Presence of platelet-activating factor-acetylhydrolase in milk

Journal of Lipid Research, 1993
Human milk contains numerous factors such as immunoglobulins, lactoferrin, lysozyme, macrophages, etc., which serve an immunoprotective role. Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is one of the most proinflammatory agents thus far described.
M Furukawa, H Narahara, K Yasuda, JM Johnston   +3 more
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Angelica keiskei, an emerging medicinal herb with various bioactive constituents and biological activities. [PDF]

, 2017
Angelica keiskei (Miq.) Koidz. (Umbelliferae) has traditionally been used to treat dysuria, dyschezia, and dysgalactia as well as to restore vitality. Recently, the aerial parts of A. keiskei have been consumed as a health food.
Jafari, Mahtab, Kil, Yun-Seo, Pham, Sally T, Seo, Eun Kyoung   +3 more
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Long‐term hippocampal alterations and cognitive impairment in a murine model of surgical sepsis

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Using a mouse model of surgical sepsis, we tested long‐term memory and analyzed the transcriptome of single cells isolated from the hippocampus. Survivor mice showed worse memory, loss of certain brain cell subpopulations, and abnormal immune cell activity—suggesting that post‐sepsis brain alterations may be linked to cognitive deficits.
Dong Seong Cho, Rebecca Schmitt, Aneesha Dasgupta, Alexandra Ducharme, Jason Doles   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-canonical proteolytic activation of human prothrombin by subtilisin from Bacillus subtilis may shift the procoagulant\ue2\u80\u93anticoagulant equilibrium toward thrombosis [PDF]

, 2017
Blood coagulation is a finely regulated physiological process culminating with the factor Xa (FXa)-mediated conversion of the prothrombin (ProT) zymogen to active -thrombin (T).
Acquasaliente, Laura, Artusi, Ilaria, De Filippis, Vincenzo, Frasson, Roberta, Peterle, Daniele, Pontarollo, Giulia   +5 more
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Identifying transcription factors controlling the basal expression of human MRP4 highlights a substantial role for Sp1

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The MRP4 transporter exports several drugs and signaling molecules. Here, we identified key promoter elements regulating basal MRP4 expression. Using reporter assays, we defined a conserved region with essential Sp1 and contributory Ets sites, which controlled basal MRP4 expression.
Debora Singer, Angelique Kragl, Katrin Ziems, Juliane Glaubitz, Sophie Grammbauer, Susanne Hildebrandt, Mladen V. Tzvetkov, Gabriele Jedlitschky   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of safflower yellow on platelet activating factor mediated platelet activation in patients with coronary heart disease

Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology, 2012
The platelet aggregation and 5-HT release by washed platelet from coronary heart disease patients following platelet activating factor (PAF) treatment were detected by turbidimetry and O-phthalaldehyde assay.
Damin Huang, Yingmin Lu, Xiaohan Luo, Laixin Shi, Jinchun Zhang, Junxian Shen, Minmin Bao, Lei Song, Caiwen Wei, Hongsong Li, Zhihua Li   +10 more
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PAR1 Agonists Stimulate APC-Like Endothelial Cytoprotection and Confer Resistance to Thromboinflammatory Injury [PDF]

, 2018
Stimulation of protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) on endothelium by activated protein C (APC) is protective in several animal models of disease, and APC has been used clinically in severe sepsis and wound healing.
Aisiku, Omozuanvbo, Ceunynck, Karen De, Chaudhry, Sharjeel A., Dockendorff, Chris, Fitch-Tewfik, Jennifer L., Flaumenhaft, Robert, Higgins, Sarah J., Ingber, Donald E., Jain, Abhishek, Parikh, Samir M., Peters, Christian G.   +10 more
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Paradigm of biased PAR1 (protease-activated receptor-1) activation and inhibition in endothelial cells dissected by phosphoproteomics [PDF]

, 2017
Thrombin is the key serine protease of the coagulation cascade and mediates cellular responses by activation of PARs (protease-activated receptors). The predominant thrombin receptor is PAR1, and in endothelial cells (ECs), thrombin dynamically regulates
Hoogendijk, Arie J., Meijer, Alexander B., Mertens, Koen, Simpson, Pelle J., van Alphen, Floris P.J., van den Biggelaar, Maartje, van den Eshof, Bart L., Zanivan, Sara   +7 more
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