Giant cell formation produced by laser microbeam irradiation of chromatin in Chinese hamster cells [PDF]
A pulsed laser microbeam of wavelength 532 nm was used to produce visible small lesions in the nucleoplasm or in the cytoplasm of V79 Chinese hamster cells.
Altmann +34 more
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The human DNA glycosylases NEIL1 and NEIL3 excise psoralen-induced DNA-DNA cross-links in a four-stranded DNA structure [PDF]
Interstrand cross-links (ICLs) are highly cytotoxic DNA lesions that block DNA replication and transcription by preventing strand separation. Previously, we demonstrated that the bacterial and human DNA glycosylases Nei and NEIL1 excise unhooked ...
A Katafuchi +44 more
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Psoralen induced cell cycle arrest by modulating Wnt/β-catenin pathway in breast cancer cells
Psoralen could inhibit the proliferation of human breast cancer cells, however, the molecular mechanism was unclear. We evaluated the anti-proliferative effects of psoralen by MTT, plate colony formation assay and cell cycle analysis in MCF-7 and MDA-MB ...
Xiaohong Wang +10 more
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In vitro acetylcholinesterase inhibition by psoralen using molecular docking and enzymatic studies
Introduction: Alzheimer′s disease (AD) has increased at an alarming rate and is now a worldwide health problem. Inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) leading to inhibition of acetylcholine breakdown constitute the main therapeutic strategy for AD ...
Gauresh Somani +5 more
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In vitro demonstration of herbal exacerbation of paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity
Background: Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is one of the most accessible pharmaceutical analgesic and antipyretic agents. Similarly, traditional herbal medicines including Psoralea corylifolia, Astragalus propinquus and Atractylodes macrocephala have been ...
Susan M. Britza +3 more
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Photodynamic Therapy of Necrobiosis Lipoidica - A Multicenter Study of 18 Patients [PDF]
Background: Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a granulomatous skin disease of unknown origin, and no reliably effective treatment option exists to handle this often disfiguring disease.
Arenberger, P. +4 more
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Extracts and Metabolites against
The biological activity of Ruta graveolens leaf tissue extracts obtained with different solvents (ethyl acetate, ethanol, and water) and metabolites (psoralen, 2-undecanone and rutin) against Spodoptera frugiperda was evaluated.
Benjamín A. Ayil-Gutiérrez +6 more
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Regulation of Proliferation by a Mitochondrial Potassium Channel in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells [PDF]
Previous results link the mitochondrial potassium channel Kv1.3 (mitoKv1.3) to the regulation of apoptosis. By synthesizing new, mitochondria-targeted derivatives (PAPTP and PCARBTP) of PAP-1, a specific membrane-permeant Kv1.3 inhibitor, we have ...
Amigorena +48 more
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Induction of chromosome shattering by ultraviolet light and caffeine: The influence of different distributions of photolesions [PDF]
Cells of synchonized and of asynchronously growing cultures of a V79 Chinese hamster line were microirradiated with a low poweer laser-UV-microbeam of wavelength 257 nm.
Barranco +42 more
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DETECTION OF HYDROPEROXIDES IN SOLUTIONS OF PHOTOOXIDIZED PSORALEN
Photooxidized psoralen solutions possess a variety of biological effects, which implementation mechanism may presumably involve hydroperoxides. Here, the hydroperoxide content in photooxidized psoralen solutions was assessed using photometric FOX assay ...
V. V. Skarga +4 more
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