This article reported the synthesis of fully functionalized aglycone of lycoperdinoside A and B. Pd-catalyzed Stille-Migita cross coupling between E-vinyl iodide 6 and E-vinyl stannane 23 established the highly substituted E,E-diene unit present in lycoperdinoside A and B. The other two Z-olefins present in the molecule were introduced by means of cis-selective Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction with Still-Gennari phosphonate. Evans syn- and anti-aldol reactions were utilized to fix six of the seven stereo centres present in the aglycone.
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Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression, but we have limited insight into their role in age-related cerebral pathologies. Here, we investigated the association between miRNAs and nine age-related cerebral pathologies in participants of the ROS/MAP cohorts.
Method: MiRNA sequencing was performed on samples from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of 617 brain donors from participants of the ROS/MAP cohorts.
Cardiol Rev
January 2025
From the First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Although metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), previously termed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, has become the most common chronic liver disorder, its complex pathophysiology has not been fully elucidated up to date. A correlation between elevated sympathetic activation and MASLD has been highlighted in recent preclinical and clinical studies. Furthermore, increased sympathetic activity has been associated with the main mechanisms involved in MASLD, such as lipid accumulation in the liver, insulin resistance, and metabolic dysregulation, while it has been also correlated with the progression of MASLD, leading to liver fibrosis.
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March 2025
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Rheumatic Disease and Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an inflammatory response arising from lung and systemic injury with diverse causes and associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. To date, no fully effective pharmacological therapies have been established and the relevant underlying mechanisms warrant elucidation, which may be facilitated by multi‑omics technology. The present review summarizes the application of multi‑omics technology in identifying novel diagnostic markers and therapeutic strategies of ALI/ARDS as well as its pathogenesis.
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November 2024
Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Introduction: The increasing prevalence of electronic nicotine delivery systems and alcohol drinking has led to increases in nicotine and alcohol co-use. However, the impact of ENDs on brain activity and binge drinking behavior is not fully understood.
Aims And Methods: We subjected female and male C57BL/6J mice to a voluntary drinking and electronic nicotine vapor exposure paradigm.
Physiol Plant
January 2025
Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cytochrome P450s of the CYP79 family catalyze two N-hydroxylation reactions, converting a selected number of amino acids into the corresponding oximes. The sorghum genome (Sorghum bicolor) harbours nine CYP79A encoding genes, and here sequence comparisons of the CYP79As along with their substrate recognition sites (SRSs) are provided. The substrate specificity of previously uncharacterized CYP79As was investigated by transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana and subsequent transformation of the oximes formed into the corresponding stable oxime glucosides catalyzed by endogenous UDPG-glucosyltransferases (UGTs).
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