Iron-regulatory liver hormone hepcidin and its place in the system of congenital immunity by O. A. Smirnov

“…Hepcidin is coded by HAMP gene (Hepcidin Antimicrobial Peptide) in chromosome 19. Expression peptide mRNA in hepatocytes is induced by proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1α, IL-6 and TNF-α) similar to acute phase proteins of inflammation, and also by liver iron overload. …”
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Annexin I and dexamethasone effects on phospholipase and cyclooxygenase activity in human synoviocytes by Annaleise V. Sampey, Paul Hutchinson, Eric F. Morand

“…Annexin I peptide demonstrated no inhibition of constitutive or IL-1β-induced COX activity. …”
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An Immunoinformatics Study to Predict Epitopes in the Envelope Protein of SARS-CoV-2 by Renu Jakhar, S. K. Gakhar

“…Some overlapped CTL, HTL, and B-cell epitopes were suggested to become a universal candidate for peptide-based vaccine against COVID-19. This vaccine peptide could simultaneously elicit humoral and cell-mediated immune responses. …”
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Increased Serum ANGPTL8 Concentrations in Patients with Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes by Yanhua Yin, Xiaoying Ding, Liang Peng, Yanqiang Hou, Yunxia Ling, Mingyu Gu, Yufan Wang, Yongde Peng, Haiyan Sun

“…Serum ANGPTL8 was positively correlated with FPG, fasting C-peptide, and postprandial C-peptide and negatively correlated with BETA/IR when adjusted for age and BMI. …”
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Efficacy of tranilast in preventing exacerbating cardiac function and death from heart failure in muscular dystrophy patients with advanced-stage heart failure: a single-arm, open-... by Tsuyoshi Matsumura, Takayasu Fukudome, Yasufumi Motoyoshi, Akinori Nakamura, Satoshi Kuru, Kazuhiko Segawa, Ruriko Kitao, Chigusa Watanabe, Takuhisa Tamura, Toshiaki Takahashi, Hiroya Hashimoto, Masahiro Sekimizu, Akiko M. Saito, Masanori Asakura, Koichi Kimura, Yuko Iwata

“…Despite the presence of progressive disease, cardiac indices such as brain natriuretic peptide level, human atrial natriuretic peptide level, and fractional shortening, remained stable, and only brain natriuretic peptide levels at 144 weeks showed significant changes. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of Zavegepant as Abortive Treatment for Migraine by Nazir Noor, Alexis Angelette, Abby Lawson, Anjana Patel, Ivan Urits, Omar Viswanath, Cyrus Yazdi, Alan D. Kaye

“…In this comprehensive review, we discuss Zavegepant, a calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist, as a new abortive medication for migraine headaches.…”
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Epidemiological Pattern of Newly Diagnosed Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Taif, Saudi Arabia by Naglaa Mohamed Kamal Alanani, Adnan Amin Alsulaimani

“…The correlation of C-peptide and TSH levels in patients and controls was significant for C-peptide and nonsignificant for TSH. …”
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Single-cell analysis identifies the CNP/GC-B/cGMP axis as marker and regulator of modulated VSMCs in atherosclerosis by Moritz Lehners, Hannes Schmidt, Maria T. K. Zaldivia, Daniel Stehle, Michael Krämer, Andreas Peter, Julia Adler, Robert Lukowski, Susanne Feil, Robert Feil

“…Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) can generate cGMP via three ligand-activated guanylyl cyclases, the NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase, the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)-activated GC-A, and the C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP)-stimulated GC-B. …”
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Development of nucleus-targeted histone-tail-based photoaffinity probes to profile the epigenetic interactome in native cells by Yu Wang, Jian Fan, Xianbin Meng, Qingyao Shu, Yincui Wu, Guo-Chao Chu, Rong Ji, Yinshan Ye, Xiangwei Wu, Jing Shi, Haiteng Deng, Lei Liu, Yi-Ming Li

“…Here, we develop a nucleus-targeting histone-tail-based photoaffinity probe capable of profiling the hPTM-mediated interactomes in native cells, by integrating cell-permeable and nuclear localization peptide modules into an hPTM peptide equipped with a photoreactive moiety. …”
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Serum Cytokeratin-18 Is Associated with NOX2-Generated Oxidative Stress in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver by M. Del Ben, L. Polimeni, F. Baratta, S. Bartimoccia, R. Carnevale, L. Loffredo, P. Pignatelli, F. Violi, F. Angelico

“…Body mass index, adiponectin, and soluble NOX2-derived peptide were independent predictors of serum cytokeratin-18 levels (adjusted R2=0.36). …”
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HLA-A02 restricted T-cell cross-reactivity to a microbial antigen by Alar Aints, Marina Šunina, Raivo Uibo

“…One of the primary MHC-I epitopes in the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse model of T1D has been identified as a peptide from the islet-specific glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit-related protein (IGRP) protein. …”
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Increasing GLP-1 Circulating Levels by Bariatric Surgery or by GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Therapy: Why Are the Clinical Consequences so Different? by Chloé Amouyal, Fabrizio Andreelli

“…Additional research confirmed this hypothesis with the discovery of two hormones called incretins: gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1). …”
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Voluntary Forelimbs Exercise Reduces Immobilization-Induced Mechanical Hyperalgesia in the Rat Hind Paw by Kumiko Ishikawa, Satoshi Oga, Kyo Goto, Junya Sakamoto, Ryo Sasaki, Yuichiro Honda, Hideki Kataoka, Minoru Okita

“…In the EX group, the number of calcitonin gene-related peptide-positive cells in the dorsal root ganglion and the expression level of calcitonin gene-related peptide were significantly decreased compared to those in the IM group. …”
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A subcellular sampling instrument allows spatial resolution of amyloid deposit-derived organelle-specific effects in microglia by Robert Subirana Slotos, Tinh Thi Nguyen, Ledjona Fiska, Kristina Friedland, Kristina Endres

“…Moreover, a distance-related gene expression pattern occurs, demonstrating the local initiation of mitochondrial changes of microglia when approaching toxic peptide deposits.…”
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Profiling protease cleavage patterns in plasma for pancreatic cancer detection by Morgan R. Stewart, Arnaud Quentel, Elise Manalo, Jose Montoya Mira, Srivathsan Ranganathan, Bruce P. Branchaud, Jared M. Fischer, Eugene Tu, Fehmi Civitci, Yu-Jui Chiu, Adem Yildirim

“…Their enzymatic activity against peptide substrates allows for their straightforward detection using low-cost tests. …”
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Changes in Metabolic Regulation and the Microbiota Composition after Supplementation with Different Fatty Acids in db/db Mice by Beatriz Elina Martínez-Carrillo, Talia Mondragón-Velásquez, Ninfa Ramírez-Durán, José Félix Aguirre-Garrido, Roxana Valdés-Ramos, Ana Laura Guadarrama-López, Arturo Castillo-Cardiel

“…Coconut oil only decreased the C-peptide, raising TNF-α, with an unfavorable hormonal and lipid profile.…”
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Factors Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Bin-Bin He, Li Wei, Yun-Juan Gu, Jun-Feng Han, Ming Li, Yu-Xiang Liu, Yu-Qian Bao, Wei-Ping Jia

“…Negative correlations were found between DR and C-peptide and glomerular filtration rate. Logistic regression analysis revealed that duration of diabetes, SBP, DN, anemia, PA, and C-peptide were each independent risk factors of DR. …”
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Biomarker‐induced gold aggregates enable activatable near‐infrared‐II photoacoustic image‐guided radiosensitization by Qinrui Fu, Chuang Wei, Xiao Yang, Mengzhen Wang, Jibin Song

“…In this study, we developed a nanodrug (AuNR@Peptide) composed of furin‐responsive RVRR peptide‐conjugated AuNRs, which integrates an activatable probe and a radiosensitizer into a single system for accurate tumor localization, enabling image‐guided precision RT. …”
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Immunological Aspects of Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes in Chinese by Zhen Wang, Ying Zheng, Yiting Tu, Zhijie Dai, Jian Lin, Zhiguang Zhou

“…And peripheral T cell responses to GAD65, insulin B9–23 peptide, or C peptide were determined in 10 FT1D patients and 10 healthy controls. …”
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Injectable supramolecular hydrogel co-loading abemaciclib/NLG919 for neoadjuvant immunotherapy of triple-negative breast cancer by Binyu Zhu, Ying Cai, Lingli Zhou, Lei Zhao, Jiameng Chen, Xiaoting Shan, Xujie Sun, Qian You, Xiang Gong, Wen Zhang, Helen He Zhu, Pengcheng Zhang, Yaping Li

“…Herein, we create an abemaciclib-loaded supramolecular peptide hydrogel formed by peptide-drug amphiphiles for neoadjuvant immunotherapy of triple-negative breast cancer, where the amphiphile is a conjugate of a β-sheet-forming peptide with 1-cyclohexyl-2-(5H-imidazo[5,1-a]isoindol-5-yl)ethanol (NLG919), an inhibitor of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1. …”
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