Among bryophytes, the Plagiochila genus represents a large group of leafy liverworts with over 500 species. Plagiochilins A to X are sesquiterpenoids isolated from The lead compound plagiochilin (Plg-A), endowed anticancer and antiparasitic properties, has been characterized as potent mitosis inhibitor, acting selectively at late stage cytokinesis termed abscission. perturbs dynamics microtubul...

G lucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are safe and effective U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug products for use in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. To date, the FDA has approved five GLP-1 receptor agonist parenteral formulations: exenatide, liraglutide, exenatide extended-release , and, most recently, albiglutide and dulaglutide. All of these formulations are ...

PURPOSE A controlled-release drug delivery of contraceptive steroids levonorgestrel (LNG) and ethinyl estradiol (EE) has been developed by successful encapsulation of LNG and EE in poly (lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG) microspheres. MATERIALS AND METHODS Smooth, spherical, steroid-loaded PLG microspheres with a mean size of 10-25 microm were prepared by using the water/oil/water double-emulsion s...

Pathogenic Leptospira species are the etiological agents of leptospirosis, a widespread disease of human and veterinary concern. In this study, we report that Leptospira species are capable of binding plasminogen (PLG) in vitro. The binding to the leptospiral surface was demonstrated by indirect immunofluorescence confocal microscopy with living bacteria. The PLG binding to the bacteria seems t...

BACKGROUND Staphylokinase (SAK) is produced by the majority of Staphylococcus aureus strains. It is an extracellular protein that activates the conversion of human plasminogen (plg) to plasmin. The role played by SAK in staphylococcal infection is unclear. METHODS Wild-type S. aureus strain LS-1, which lacks the ability to produce SAK, was modified by an insertion of the sak gene into its chr...

This study provides novel insights into mechanisms of traffic-related air pollution-induced allergy by down-regulation via complement regulators (CFI, PROS1 and PLG) its interaction with vitamin D deficiency the inhibitor PLGhttps://bit.ly/3x0jYOw

Risk stratification after pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is based on screening with the 2-h oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Actually, prediabetes and diabetes are diagnosed by impaired fasting [fasting plasma glucose (FPG)] and 120 min-postload glucose levels (120'-PLG). We hypothesized that the clinical information could be improved by including measurements at differen...

Plasminogen (Plg) is a precursor of plasmin that degrades fibrin. A race-specific A620T mutation in Plg, also known as Plg-Tochigi, originally identified in a patient with recurrent venous thromboembolism, causes dysplasminogenemia with reduced plasmin activity. The Plg-A620T mutation is present in 3-4% of individuals in East Asian populations, and as many as 50,000 Japanese are estimated to be...

The present study was undertaken to investigate the role of the hypothalamic tripeptide L-prolyl-L-leucyl-glycinamide (PLG) and its conformationally constrained analog 3(R)-[(2(S)-pyrrolidinylcarbonyl)amino]-2-oxo-1-pyrrolidineacetamide (PAOPA) in modulating agonist binding to human dopamine (DA) receptor subtypes using human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells stably transfected with respective cDNAs....

individual Plg-Rs to monocyte recruitment may change over time (enolase-1 early vs H2B later). These suggestions imply that different populations of Plg-Rs could be targeted to regulate inflammatory cell recruitment in a temporal or site-specific manner. The resurrection of enolase-1 as a Plg-R by the Wygrecka et al provides impetus for such comparative studies. Conflict-of-interest disclosure:...