News tagged with prostaglandin e2
Study results promise faster recovery from life-threatening blood cell shortages
Sep 02, 2009 |
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A key compound resupplies bone marrow with fast-acting stem cells that can more quickly rekindle blood cell production, according to a study published online today in the journal Blood. While the study was in mice, in the ...
Disabling enzyme allows mice to gorge without becoming obese, new study finds
Jan 11, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a new enzyme that plays a far more important role than expected in controlling the breakdown of fat. In a new study to be published Jan. 11 in the journal ...
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Prostaglandin receptor key to atherosclerosis development
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Atherosclerosis – a disease that includes the buildup of fatty, cholesterol-laden lumps of cells inside the artery wall – is the underlying cause of heart attacks and strokes.
Possible Alzheimer's disease marker discovered in rare genotype
Jan 16, 2009 |
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Researchers at Banner Health's Sun Health Research Institute have uncovered evidence that Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be clinically confirmed in patients with apolipoprotein E2 homozygote. The results of their study are ...
Estrogen and progesterone receptor isoforms expression in the stomach of Mongolian gerbils
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Gerbils were treated with estradiol and E2+ progesterone. Stomach proteins were immunoblotted for Estrogen-alpha, ER-beta, progesterone receptor-A, PR-B. ER-alpha, PR-A and PR-B were detected. PR isoforms were not regulated ...
Balancing hormones may help prevent preterm births
Apr 01, 2009 |
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The relationship between two different types of estrogen and a hormone produced in the placenta may serve as the mechanism for signaling labor, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's ...
Chemicals in brown algae may protect against skin cancer
Jan 25, 2007 |
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Substances extracted from a marine seaweed may protect against skin cancer caused by too much sun, new research suggests.
Chemical switch triggers critical cell activities
Jan 16, 2007 |
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The freeze-frame image of a molecular relay race, in which one enzyme passes off a protein like a baton to another enzyme, has solved a key mystery to how cells control some vital functions, according to investigators at ...
Discovery of new protein could provide new understanding of male fertility
Aug 02, 2007 |
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Scientists have discovered a new enzyme involved in the degradation of proteins inside cells, a process that helps eliminate or recycle proteins that are no longer needed. The unexpected discovery, made by Marcus Groettrup, ...
Link between mild infection and hypoxic apnoea
May 28, 2007 |
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Apnoea and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) represent major medical concerns in the neonatal population, and infection may play a crucial role in their pathogenesis. Scientists at Swedish medical university Karolinska ...
What is the pathogenesis of C. jejuni-related disease?
Dec 31, 2008 |
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Campylobacters are small Gram-negative spiral rods. Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni), a foodborne organism contracted from untreated water, milk and meat, especially chicken, is one of the most important causes of bacterial ...
Immune cells reveal fancy footwork
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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Our immune system plays an essential role in protecting us from diseases, but how does it do this exactly? Dutch biologist Suzanne van Helden discovered that before dendritic cells move to the lymph nodes they lose their ...
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