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Characteristics of the Intestine Extracts and Their Effect on the Crude Collagen Fibers of the Body Wall from Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

Biology, 2023
Sea cucumbers Apostichopus japonicus will vomit their intestines during certain stimulations, and the collagen of the body wall will then be degraded. To define the effect of the sea cucumber intestine extracts on the body wall, the intestinal extracts ...
Shi-Qi Xu, Zheng-Yu Zhang, Bin Nie, Yi-Nan Du, Yue Tang, Hai-Tao Wu   +5 more
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Characterization of endopeptidases from the midgut of Morimus funereus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) larvae [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2008
Application of specific chromogenic substrates, use of class-specific inhibitors, and zymogram analysis enabled us to identify several peptidase classes in extracts of the midgut of Morimus funereus larvae.
Božić Nataša, Dojnov Biljana, Milovanović Aleksandra, Nenadović Vera, Ivanović Jelisaveta, Vujčić Z.   +5 more
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Fibroblast Activation Protein Specific Optical Imaging in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is a cell surface propyl-specific serine protease involved in the regulation of extracellular matrix. Whilst expressed at low levels in healthy tissue, upregulation of FAP on fibroblasts can be found in several solid ...
Layla Mathieson, Layla Mathieson, Richard A. O’Connor, Richard A. O’Connor, Hazel Stewart, Paige Shaw, Kevin Dhaliwal, Kevin Dhaliwal, Gareth O. S. Williams, Alicia Megia-Fernandez, Ahsan R. Akram, Ahsan R. Akram, Ahsan R. Akram   +12 more
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The role of lysosomal peptidases in glioma immune escape: underlying mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant tumor of the central nervous system, which has the characteristics of strong invasion, frequent recurrence, and rapid progression.
Hao Liu, Hao Liu, Jie Peng, Jie Peng, Linzhen Huang, Dong Ruan, Yuguang Li, Fan Yuan, Zewei Tu, Zewei Tu, Zewei Tu, Zewei Tu, Kai Huang, Kai Huang, Kai Huang, Kai Huang, Xingen Zhu, Xingen Zhu, Xingen Zhu, Xingen Zhu   +19 more
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Novel insights into plant defensin ingestion induced metabolic responses in the polyphagous insect pest Helicoverpa armigera

Scientific Reports, 2023
Lepidopteran insect pest Helicoverpa armigera is one of the most destructive pests of crop plants and several biotechnological approaches are being developed for its control.
Javed A. Mulla, Vaijayanti A. Tamhane
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Target Mechanisms of the Cyanotoxin Cylindrospermopsin in Immortalized Human Airway Epithelial Cells

Toxins, 2022
Cylindrospermopsin (CYN) is a cyanobacterial toxin that occurs in aquatic environments worldwide. It is known for its delayed effects in animals and humans such as inhibition of protein synthesis or genotoxicity.
Sabine Ziesemer, Susann Meyer, Julia Edelmann, Janita Vennmann, Celine Gudra, Denise Arndt, Marcus Effenberg, Olla Hayas, Aref Hayas, Johanna Sophia Thomassen, Barbara Kubickova, Dierk-Christoph Pöther, Jan-Peter Hildebrandt   +12 more
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Intersexual Differences in the Gene Expression of Phoneutria depilata (Araneae, Ctenidae) Toxins Revealed by Venom Gland Transcriptome Analyses

Toxins, 2023
The wandering spider, Phoneutria depilata, is one of Colombia’s most active nocturnal arthropod predators of vertebrates and invertebrates. Its venom has been a relevant subject of study in the last two decades.
Diego Sierra Ramírez, Juan F. Alzate, Yuri Simone, Arie van der Meijden, Giovany Guevara, Lida Marcela Franco Pérez, Julio César González-Gómez, Carlos F. Prada Quiroga   +7 more
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Characterisation of proteins in excretory/secretory products collected from salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background The salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, is an ectoparasitic copepod which feeds on the mucus, skin and blood of salmonid fish species. The parasite can persist on the surface of the fish without any effective control being exerted by the ...
Scott Hamilton, Kevin McLean, Sean J. Monaghan, Carol McNair, Neil F. Inglis, Hazel McDonald, Sandra Adams, Randolph Richards, William Roy, Patrick Smith, James Bron, Alasdair J. Nisbet, David Knox   +12 more
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Aminobenzosuberone Scaffold as a Modular Chemical Tool for the Inhibition of Therapeutically Relevant M1 Aminopeptidases

Molecules, 2018
The synthesis of racemic substituted 7-amino-5,7,8,9-tetrahydrobenzocyclohepten-6-one hydrochlorides was optimized to enhance reproducibility and increase the overall yield.
Emmanuel Salomon, Marjorie Schmitt, Anil Kumar Marapaka, Athanasios Stamogiannos, Germain Revelant, Céline Schmitt, Sarah Alavi, Isabelle Florent, Anthony Addlagatta, Efstratios Stratikos, Céline Tarnus, Sébastien Albrecht   +11 more
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Plant-Programmed Cell Death-Associated Genes Participation in Pinus sylvestris L. Trunk Tissue Formation

Plants, 2022
Molecular genetic markers of various PCD (programmed cell death) variants during xylo- and phloemogenesis have been identified for the first time in Scots pine under lingonberry pine forest conditions in Northwest Russia (middle taiga subzone).
Yulia L. Moshchenskaya, Natalia A. Galibina, Kseniya M. Nikerova, Tatiana V. Tarelkina, Maksim A. Korzhenevsky, Irina N. Sofronova, Maria A. Ershova, Ludmila I. Semenova   +7 more
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