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Examination of the Regulation of Phosphorylation Events in Macrophage Adhesion and Response to Zymosan
DownloadFall 2012
Macrophages play a central role in innate immunity, most notably in tissue repair, phagocytosis of dead or infected cells, secretion of chemokine and cytokines at sites of infection, as well as the activation of other immune cells. These roles are highly dependent on their capacity to migrate...
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Fall 2012
Malignant gliomas (MG) are the most common and aggressive brain cancers. FABP7 is an intracellular lipid trafficking molecule whose expression correlates with reduced MG patient survival. FABP7 has been shown to increase the migratory behaviour of MG cells. Moreover, the migratory behaviour of...
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Fall 2019
Glioblastoma (GBM), classified as WHO grade IV astrocytoma, is the most common and lethal adult primary brain tumour. Despite recent advances in treatment, GBM prognosis remains largely unchanged with most patients succumbing to the disease within ~15 months of diagnosis. This dismal outcome can...
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Fall 2015
Malignant glioma (MG), comprised of grade III (anaplastic astrocytoma) and grade IV (glioblastoma) astrocytoma, is the most common adult brain tumour, with an incidence of ~4 in 100 000 people. Despite aggressive treatment with surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, survival remains dismal, with...
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Structure and proteolytic susceptibility of the inhibitory C-terminal tail of cardiac troponin I
Download2019-01-01
Mahmud, Zabed, Zahran, Somaya, Liu, Philip B., Reiz, Bela, Chan, Brandon Y.H., Roczkowsky, Andrej, McCartney, Christian-Scott E., Davies, Peter L., Li, Liang, Schulz, Richard, Hwang, Peter M.
Background Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) has two flexible tails that control the cardiac cycle. The C-terminal tail, cTnI135-209, binds actin to shut off cardiac muscle contraction, whereas the competing calcium-dependent binding of the switch region, cTnI146-158, by cardiac troponin C (cTnC)...
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Study of calcineurin interaction with inhibitor-1 and natural products. Towards novel calcineurin inhibitors
DownloadSpring 2012
Calcineurin (CaN) is an eukaryotic Ser/Thr protein phosphatase that plays an important role in lymphocyte activation. Inhibition of CaN leads to immune system suppression, a necessary procedure in organ transplantation. However, use of CaN inhibitors results in toxic side effects. The search for...