Prion Protein (PrP) and namely its abnormal isoform, partially reistant to proteinase K (PrPres), is the only specific molecular marker of the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathie (BSE) or its human form, the New Variant of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease. [Bertin...

(+)-WIN 55,212-2 (mesylate) is a potent aminoalkylindole cannabinoid (CB) receptor agonist with Ki values of 62.3 and 3.3 nM for human recombinant CB1 and CB2 receptors, respectively. In primary cultures of rat cerebral cortex neurons, (+)-WIN 55,212-2 (mesylate) (0.01-100 nM) increases extracellular glutamate...

Nitrated unsaturated fatty acids, such as 10- and 12-nitrolinoleate (LNO2, Cay-10037), cholesteryl nitrolinoleate, and nitrohydroxylinoleate, represent a new class of endogenous lipid-derived signalling molecules. LNO2 isomers serve as potent endogenous ligands for PPARgamma and can also decompose or be metabolized...

Ribonucleotide reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme for de novo DNA synthesis, is a common target for chemotherapy. Its increased activity in cancer cells is associated with malignant transformation and proliferation. Trimidox is a specific ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor that reduces levels of dGTP and dCTP in...