DAMPs from death to new life

Our body handles tissue damage by activating the immune system in response to intracellularmolecules released by injured tissues (Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns, DAMPs), in a similar way as it detects molecular motifs conserved in pathogens (pathogen-associated molecular patterns, PAMPs).DAMPs are molecules that have a physiological role insi

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Fungi Fibrinolytic Compound 1 Plays a Core Role in Modulating Fibrinolysis, Altering Plasma Clot Structure, and Promoting Susceptibility to Lysis

Fibrin clot structure and function are major determinants of venous and arterial thromboembolic diseases, as well as the key determinants of the efficiency of clot lysis.Studies have revealed that fungi fibrinolytic compound 1 (FGFC1) is a novel marine pyranisoindolone natural product with fibrinolytic activity.Here, we explore the impacts of FGFC1

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Visualizing differences in phylogenetic information content of alignments and distinction of three classes of long-branch effects

Abstract Background Published molecular phylogenies are usually based on data whose quality has not been explored prior to tree inference.This leads to errors because trees obtained with conventional methods suppress conflicting evidence, and because support values may be high even if there is AMINO ENERGY WATERMELON no distinct phylogenetic signal

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