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Metabolic changes and inflammation in cultured astrocytes from the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: Alleviation by pantethine
Published in PloS one (14-04-2017)“…Astrocytes play critical roles in central nervous system homeostasis and support of neuronal function. A better knowledge of their response may both help…”
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Long-Term Pantethine Treatment Counteracts Pathologic Gene Dysregulation and Decreases Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis in a Transgenic Mouse Model
Published in Neurotherapeutics (01-10-2019)“…The low-molecular weight thiol pantethine, known as a hypolipidemic and hypocholesterolemic agent, is the major precursor of co-enzyme A. We have previously…”
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Correction: Metabolic changes and inflammation in cultured astrocytes from the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: Alleviation by pantethine
Published in PloS one (14-03-2018)“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175369.]…”
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Protection against cerebral malaria by the low-molecular-weight thiol pantethine
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-01-2008)“…We report that administration of the low-molecular-weight thiol pantethine prevented the cerebral syndrome in Plasmodium berghei ANKA-infected mice. The…”
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Effect of Pantethine on Ovarian Tumor Progression and Choline Metabolism
Published in Frontiers in oncology (16-11-2016)“…Epithelial ovarian cancer remains the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancy among women in developed countries. New therapeutic strategies…”
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Enhancement of L-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase activity and circulating ketone body levels by pantethine. Relevance to dopaminergic injury
Published in BMC neuroscience (23-04-2010)“…The administration of the ketone bodies hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate is known to exert a protective effect against metabolic disorders associated with…”
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Lithostathine, the Presumed Pancreatic Stone Inhibitor, Does Not Interact Specifically with Calcium Carbonate Crystals
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (27-02-1998)“…Lithostathine (pancreatic stone protein, Reg protein) is, in addition to albumin, the major nonenzymatic protein of the pancreatic juice. It has been assumed…”
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Infection and disease in human schistosomiasis mansoni are under distinct major gene control
Published in Microbes and infection (01-06-1999)“…Considerable evidence has accumulated in the past few years indicating that infection levels and prevalence of schistosome infections in endemic populations…”
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Pantethine Alters Lipid Composition and Cholesterol Content of Membrane Rafts, With Down-Regulation of CXCL12-Induced T Cell Migration
Published in Journal of cellular physiology (01-10-2015)“…Pantethine, a natural low‐molecular‐weight thiol, shows a broad activity in a large range of essential cellular pathways. It has been long known as a…”
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Molecular hydrogen attenuates radiation-induced nucleobase damage to DNA in aerated aqueous solutions
Published in International journal of radiation biology (01-09-2016)“…Purpose: The main aim of the present study is to gain mechanistic insights into the modulating effect of molecular hydrogen on the γ-radiation-induced…”
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Abstract 324: Pantethine, a new therapeutic approach against ovarian cancer
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-04-2013)“…Abstract Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancy among women in developed countries with an estimated incidence of 205,000…”
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Imaging Experimental Cerebral Malaria In Vivo: Significant Role of Ischemic Brain Edema
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (10-08-2005)“…The first in vivo magnetic resonance study of experimental cerebral malaria is presented. Cerebral involvement is a lethal complication of malaria. To explore…”
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Pantethine Down-Regulates Leukocyte Recruitment and Inflammatory Parameters in a Mouse Model of Allergic Airway Inflammation
Published in Medical science monitor. Basic research (27-11-2017)“…BACKGROUND Migration of leukocytes into airways is the hallmark of allergic asthma. The aim of this study was to target the pathological process using…”
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A gene homologous to the reg gene is expressed in the human pancreas
Published in FEBS letters (02-08-1993)“…We have determined the nucleotide sequence of reg1 a human genomic DNA fragment homologous to the reg gene which is expressed in the exocrine pancreas and…”
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Vanin-1(-/-) mice show decreased NSAID- and Schistosoma-induced intestinal inflammation associated with higher glutathione stores
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (15-02-2004)“…Vanin-1 is a membrane-anchored pantetheinase highly expressed in the gut and liver. It hydrolyzes pantetheine to pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) and the…”
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The glycan moiety of human pancreatic lithostathine. Structure characterization and possible pathophysiological implications
Published in European journal of biochemistry (01-06-1995)“…Lithostathine, also known as pancreatic stone protein, pancreatic thread protein or regenerating protein, is a glycoprotein which is normally found in the…”
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Ecdysteroids in urine of African patients infected with helminths
Published in Acta tropica (01-05-1990)“…The insect molting hormone and related compounds (ecdysteroids) have been found in patients infected with helminths. To investigate this phenomenon, we…”
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Development of eosinophil peroxidase activity and concomitant alteration of the antioxidant defenses in the liver of mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-04-1999)“…Background/Aims: The tropical parasite Schistosoma mansoni causes granulomatous inflammation following lodging of eggs in portal capillaries. In vitro studies…”
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Circulating markers of oxidative stress and liver fibrosis in Sudanese subjects at risk of schistosomiasis and hepatitis
Published in Acta tropica (01-05-2005)“…Epidemiological studies in the developing world are frequently biased by the simultaneous presence of several infectious pathogens. In the present study, we…”
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Imaging experimental cerebral malaria in vivo: significant role of ischemic brain edema
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (2005)“…The first in vivo magnetic resonance study of experimental cerebral malaria is presented. Cerebral involvement is a lethal complication of malaria. To explore…”
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