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Another mechanism for promoting the effective use of information is to support cultures of equity-oriented decision-making.
--offsetting the burden on small entities by requiring that a cost recovery mechanism will be in place before requiring implementation of the requirements.
Caspase 1 activates Caspase 3 and appears to promote production of the cytokine IL-1β, which upregulates the transcription of both Caspases 1 and 3, additionally potentiating apoptosis [ 37 38 ] . Thus, this regulatory mechanism of caspase gene expression would likely be diminished in SN50-treated explants were they allowed to develop further in culture.
Our analysis does not show a significant association between eukaryotic and alpha-proteobacterial sequences that would support this mechanism (Figure 4).
In addition, choroid plexus expresses insulin, IGF-I, and IGF-II receptors [ 11 47 ] ., as well as large amounts of IGF-II that is secreted into the CSF [ 47 ] . CSF contains insulin/IGFs and 5-HT [ 48 ] in concentrations high enough to activate their respective receptors in choroid plexus, suggesting that this signaling mechanism may occur in vivo . It has been suggested that 5-5HT 2C receptors in choroid plexus may be tonically activated, due to CSF 5-HT concentrations near the EC 50 , thus tonically inhibiting CSF production.