Association of a multiplex immune marker panel with incident cognitive impairment and dementia: The Northern Manhattan Study by Mohammad Abdurrehman Sheikh, Michelle P. Moon, Clinton B. Wright, Jose Gutierrez, Minghua Liu, Tatjana Rundek, Ken Cheung, Mady Hornig, Mitchell S.V. Elkind

“…Individual immune markers found to be associated with dementia/MCI were C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 9 (CXCL9) and C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 2 (CCL2). …”
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Kinetics of Vinyl Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Initiated by Ce(IV)-Vanillin Redox System by M. Palanivelu, K. E. N. Nalla Mohamed, T. Hidayathulla Khan, M. Prem Nawaz

“…The rate of polymerization (Rp) and the reaction orders with respect to monomer, initiator and ligand have been determined and found to be 1.5, 0.5 and 0.5 respectively. …”
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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors and Acute Lung Injury by Rosanna Di Paola, Salvatore Cuzzocrea

“…Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors are ligand-activated transcription factors belonging to the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. …”
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Integrated Confocal and Scanning Probe Microscopy for Biomedical Research by B.J. Haupt, A.E. Pelling, M.A. Horton

“…To date, AFM has been used increasingly as a precise micromanipulator, probing and altering the mechanobiological characteristics of living cells and tissues, in order to examine specific, receptor-ligand interactions, material properties, and cell behavior. …”
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Features of Human Herpesvirus-6A and -6B Entry by Takahiro Maeki, Yasuko Mori

“…In this paper, (1) findings about the cellular receptor and its ligand for HHV-6A and HHV-6B are summarized, and (2) a schematic model of HHV-6A’s replication cycle, including its entry, is presented. …”
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Antioxidant Functions of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor by Cornelia Dietrich

“…It is activated by a variety of ligands, such as environmental contaminants like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or dioxins, but also by naturally occurring compounds and endogenous ligands. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, Mössbauer Parameters, and Antitumor Activity of Fe(III) Curcumin Complex by Mutasim Ibrahim Khalil, Aisha Mohamed Al-Zahem, Maha Hamad Al-Qunaibit

“…The enol form of curcumin ligand was established by FTIR, UV/Vis, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR spectroscopy. …”
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Synthesis, Spectroscopic, and Antimicrobial Studies on Bivalent Nickel and Copper Complexes of Bis(thiosemicrbazone) by Sulekh Chandra, Smriti Raizada, Monika Tyagi, Archana Gautam

“…On the basis of spectral studies, an octahedral geometry has been assigned for Ni(II) complexes but a tetragonal geometry for Cu(II) complexes. The free ligand and its metal complexes have been tested in vitro against a number of microorganisms in order to assess their antimicrobial properties.…”
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A Role for PPARγ in the Regulation of Cytokines in Immune Cells and Cancer by Xiao Yi Yang, Li Hua Wang, William L. Farrar

“…PPARγ and its ligands appear to serve diverse biological functions. …”
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Chemical Speciation of Thorium in Marine Biogenic Particulate Matter by Katsumi Hirose

“…Concentrations of particulate thorium in seawater were determined together with the strong organic ligand (SOL) and uranium in particulate matter (PM). …”
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Molecular Mechanics and Quantum Chemistry Based Study of Nickel-N-Allyl Urea and N-Allyl Thiourea Complexes by P. D. Sharma, Shruti Srivastava, P. P. Singh

“…Our results indicate that ligand field parameters (Dq, B’ and β) evaluated earlier by electronic spectra are very close to values evaluated with the help of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. …”
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Palmitoylation as a Functional Regulator of Neurotransmitter Receptors by Vladimir S. Naumenko, Evgeni Ponimaskin

“…Palmitoylation also represents a common posttranslational modification of the neurotransmitter receptors, including G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and ligand-gated ion channels (LICs). From the functional point of view, palmitoylation affects a wide span of neurotransmitter receptors activities including their trafficking, sorting, stability, residence lifetime at the cell surface, endocytosis, recycling, and synaptic clustering. …”
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Mediating Roles of PPARs in the Effects of Environmental Chemicals on Sex Steroids by Qiansheng Huang, Qionghua Chen

“…Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand-activated nuclear receptors that are widely involved in various physiological functions. …”
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P2Y Receptors in Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity: Therapeutic Potential in Cognitive Dysfunction by Segundo J. Guzman, Zoltan Gerevich

“…We show that P2Y receptors inhibit the release of neurotransmitters, modulate voltage- and ligand-gated ion channels, and differentially influence the induction of synaptic plasticity in the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum. …”
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A Quantum-Chemical DFT Approach to Elucidation of the Chirality Transfer Mechanism of the Enantioselective Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction by Radomir Jasiński, Oleg M. Demchuk, Dmytro Babyuk

“…It was found that enantioselective reactions mediated by the palladium complexes of chiral C,P-ligands follow a four-stage mechanism similar to that proposed previously as one of the most credible mechanisms. …”
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Modeling Cu(II) Binding to Peptides Using the Extensible Systematic Force Field by Faina Ryvkin, Frederick T. Greenaway

“…The results suggest that ESFF should be used with caution for Cu(II) complexes where the copper-ligand bonds have significant covalency and when the ligands are not geometrically constrained to be planar.…”
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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors and the Heart: Lessons from the Past and Future Directions by Wang-Soo Lee, Jaetaek Kim

“…Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) belong to the nuclear family of ligand activated transcriptional factors and comprise three different isoforms, PPAR-α, PPAR-β/δ, and PPAR-γ. …”
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PPARγ and Its Role in Cardiovascular Diseases by Mini Chandra, Sumitra Miriyala, Manikandan Panchatcharam

“…Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor Gamma (PPARγ), a ligand-activated transcription factor, has a role in various cellular functions as well as glucose homeostasis, lipid metabolism, and prevention of oxidative stress. …”
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A Biomimetic Approach for the Creation of Two-Dimensional Microscale Surface Patterns: Creation of Isolated Immunological Synapses by Eric Stern, David J. Mooney, Tarek M. Fahmy

“…We demonstrate our approach with a biomimetic structure inspired by the immunological synapse, a cell-cell interfacial structure characterized by two concentric rings of proteins: an outer adhesion protein structure and an inner recognition ligand core. The power of the technique lies in its ability to pattern any protein in any defined geometry as well as to create arrays in parallel.…”
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Does Hsp60 Provide a Link between Mitochondrial Stress and Inflammation in Diabetes Mellitus? by Joshua Juwono, Ryan D. Martinus

“…We will examine the links between Hsp60 and cellular anti- and proinflammatory processes and specifically address how Hsp60 appears to affect immune inflammation by at least two different mechanisms: as a ligand for innate immune receptors and as an antigen recognised by adaptive immune receptors. …”
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