Search Results - "Tavares, Ignatius A."
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Targeting TAO Kinases Using a New Inhibitor Compound Delays Mitosis and Induces Mitotic Cell Death in Centrosome Amplified Breast Cancer Cells
Published in Molecular cancer therapeutics (01-11-2017)“…Thousand-and-one amino acid kinases (TAOK) 1 and 2 are activated catalytically during mitosis and can contribute to mitotic cell rounding and spindle…”
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A new TAO kinase inhibitor reduces tau phosphorylation at sites associated with neurodegeneration in human tauopathies
Published in Acta neuropathologica communications (07-05-2018)“…In Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related tauopathies, the microtubule-associated protein tau is highly phosphorylated and aggregates to form neurofibrillary…”
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Prostate-derived Sterile 20-like Kinase 2 (PSK2) Regulates Apoptotic Morphology via C-Jun N-terminal Kinase and Rho Kinase-1
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (17-03-2006)“…We have reported previously that human prostate-derived sterile 20-like kinase (PSK) 1 alters actin cytoskeletal organization and binds to microtubules,…”
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Effect of the flavonoid galangin on urinary bladder rat contractility in-vitro
Published in Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology (01-08-2002)“…Galangin is a flavanol with several biological activities. We have evaluated the effect of galangin on the contractile response elicited by electrical field…”
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Prostate-derived Sterile 20-like Kinases (PSKs/TAOKs) Are Activated in Mitosis and Contribute to Mitotic Cell Rounding and Spindle Positioning
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (26-08-2011)“…Prostate-derived sterile 20-like kinases (PSKs) 1-α, 1-β, and 2 are members of the germinal-center kinase-like sterile 20 family of kinases. Previous work has…”
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Prostate-derived Sterile 20-like Kinases (PSKs/TAOKs) Phosphorylate Tau Protein and Are Activated in Tangle-bearing Neurons in Alzheimer Disease
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (24-05-2013)“…In Alzheimer disease (AD), the microtubule-associated protein tau is highly phosphorylated and aggregates into characteristic neurofibrillary tangles…”
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Prostate-derived Sterile 20-like Kinase 1-α Induces Apoptosis: JNK- AND CASPASE-DEPENDENT NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION IS A REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBRANE BLEBBING
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (02-03-2007)“…We have demonstrated previously that full-length prostate-derived sterile 20-like kinase 1-α (PSK1-α) binds to microtubules via its C terminus and regulates…”
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that cause relatively little gastric damage
Published in Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (01-11-1998)“…Gastrointestinal damage by non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAID), which is common and sometimes fatal, involves inhibition of prostaglandin (PG)…”
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Prostate-derived Sterile 20-like Kinase 1-α Induces Apoptosis
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (02-03-2007)“…We have demonstrated previously that full-length prostate-derived sterile 20-like kinase 1-α (PSK1-α) binds to microtubules via its C terminus and regulates…”
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Prostate-derived Sterile 20-like Kinase 1-α Induces Apoptosis
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (02-03-2007)“…We have demonstrated previously that full-length prostate-derived sterile 20-like kinase 1-α (PSK1-α) binds to microtubules via its C terminus and regulates…”
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COX-2 inhibitors compared and contrasted
Published in Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy (01-11-2001)“…Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the principal drug treatments for inflammation, pain and fever. They act primarily by inhibiting…”
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Loading‐related increases in prostaglandin production in cores of adult canine cancellous bone in vitro: A role for prostacyclin in adaptive bone remodeling?
Published in Journal of bone and mineral research (01-12-1991)“…Cyclic mechanical loading sufficient to engender strains of physiologic magnitude applied to recently excised canine cancellous bone cores in vitro increased…”
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NSAIDs, Cox-2 inhibitors, and the gut
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A robust method for evaluation of NANC transmission in human sigmoid colon muscle in vitro
Published in Journal of pharmacological and toxicological methods (01-11-2001)“…Introduction: Human tissues are notoriously difficult to work with, giving results that are quantitatively variable within and between studies. Hence, previous…”
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Eicosanoid formation by mammalian intestine. Effects of some intestinal secretagogues
Published in European journal of pharmacology (12-06-1987)“…Intestinal tissues of man, rat, mouse, guinea-pig and rabbit were preincubated with laxatives, homogenised, and incubated with [14C]arachidonic acid. After…”
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The biological activities of phthalate esters on rat gastric muscle
Published in European journal of pharmacology (13-11-1984)“…Monoethylhexyl phthalate, at concentrations that can occur in blood stored in plastic bags (0.1-0.5 mg/ml), reduced contractions of rat isolated gastric fundus…”
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