Recent advances and new insights into muscular lymphangiogenesis in health and disease.

abstract：:Increase of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been proposed to cause endothelial injury, and oxidized LDL (oxLDL) actions are associated with an early increase of ROS. Estrogen protects vascular cells partly via its antioxidant effects and by preventing lipid peroxidation. However, whether it can inhibit...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Yen CH,Hsieh CC,Chou SY,Lau YT

更新日期：2001-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:As a step in the purification and characterization of the glucose transporter from rat skeletal muscle, we have reconstituted glucose transport activity in liposomes. Plasma membranes were prepared from skeletal muscle which display D-glucose reversible binding of cytochalasin B (10 pmol sites/mg protein; KD = 0.3 mic...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Wheeler TJ,Hauck MA

更新日期：1987-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions of aminoglycoside, 3',4'-dideoxykanamycin B(DKB) with ATP and its related compounds were investigated. ATP, ADP, cyclic AMP and FAD bound to the DKB-conjugated Sepharose 4B column. The binding of DKB to ATP was also confirmed by equilibrium gel filtration. In the acidic pH region, the fluorescence of ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Inaba A,Aramaki Y,Takahashi M,Tsuchiya S

更新日期：1986-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:It is currently believed that oxidative stress and inflammation play a significant role in atherogenesis. Artichoke extract exhibits hypolipemic properties and contains numerous active substances with antioxidant properties in vitro. We have studied the influence of aqueous and ethanolic extracts from artichoke on int...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Zapolska-Downar D,Zapolski-Downar A,Naruszewicz M,Siennicka A,Krasnodebska B,Kołdziej B

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of methyl vitamin B12 (5-6 mg/kg, p.o.) on the entrainment of circadian running wheel activity rhythm to a new lighting schedule were measured in rats. After the light-dark (LD) cycle was abruptly reversed, rats given vitamin B12 took less time to entrain their circadian locomotor activity rhythm to the ne...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Tsujimaru S,Ida Y,Satoh H,Egami H,Shirao I,Mukasa H,Nakazawa Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the involvement of alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes in the positive chronotropic response to norepinephrine (NE) in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes at day 3 of culture. The cardiac myocytes at day 3 of culture exhibited a dose-dependent positive chronotropic response to NE in the presence of propranolol, a ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Kimura H,Kawana S,Kanaya N,Sakano S,Miyamoto A,Ohshika H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infection epidemic event of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was formally declared a pandemic by World Health Organization on March 11th, 2020. Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-CoV-2, a new type of coronavirus, which has high contagion and mainly causes respira...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Peng W,Wu H,Tan Y,Li M,Yang D,Li S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone matrix turnover is regulated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs), and the plasminogen activation system, including tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA), urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), and plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1). We pre...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Mitsui N,Suzuki N,Koyama Y,Yanagisawa M,Otsuka K,Shimizu N,Maeno M

更新日期：2006-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) is a cytosolic DNA sensor which plays an important role in inflammasome formation and is involved in various cellular functions including pyroptosis, fibrosis, and tissue injury. Our study aimed to investigate whether AIM2 plays a role in diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) and to explore its...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Wang X,Pan J,Liu H,Zhang M,Liu D,Lu L,Tian J,Liu M,Jin T,An F

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study evaluates ocular (iris, ciliary body and ciliary process) and nonocular (atria and lung) beta-adrenoceptors in rabbit to characterize the plasma membrane beta-adrenoceptors and binding affinities of beta-adrenoceptor antagonists. MAIN METHODS:The tissue segment binding method with a hydrophilic radioli...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Horinouchi T,Morishima S,Tanaka Y,Koike K,Miwa S,Muramatsu I

更新日期：2009-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Palytoxin induced increases in cytosolic Ca2+ and tension, which were dependent on external Ca2+, and depolarized the membrane in endothelium-denuded porcine coronary arteries. When the endothelium was present, however, these effects were greatly inhibited, suggesting that some factors from endothelium inhibited the p...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Ishii K,Ito KM,Ikeda M,Uemura D,Ito K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To identify the target of an adipose specific aptamer adipo-8, predict the potential interaction between adipo-8 and its target, and investigate lipid-lowering effect of adipo-8 in vitro and in vivo. MAIN METHODS:Distinct membranous protein of 3T3-L1 adipocyte pulled-down by adipo-8 was mass-spectrometry analyzed...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Zhong W,Zhang Y,Tan W,Zhang J,Liu J,Wang G,Liao J,Liu B,Chen K,Yu B,Deng Y,Zou Y,Pu Y,Liu H

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory and allergic disease that is mainly characterized by reversible airway obstruction and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. The incidence of asthma is increasing with more than 350 million people worldwide are affected. Up to now, there is no therapeutic option for asthma and most of the pre...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Al-Azzam N,Elsalem L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 is a major mitogenic growth factor for mesangial cells (MCs). Statins slow the progression of chronic kidney disease by affecting inflammatory cell signaling pathways, in addition to improving lipid profile, however, no studies have investigated the effects of fluvastatin on mito...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Shibata T,Tamura M,Kabashima N,Serino R,Tokunaga M,Matsumoto M,Miyamoto T,Miyazaki M,Furuno Y,Takeuchi M,Abe H,Okazaki M,Otsuji Y

更新日期：2009-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of captopril, hydralazine and losartan on the locomotor activity, tailflick and hot plate latencies in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and their genetic controls the Wistar-Kyoto rat (WKY). The increased hot plate latencies normally exhibited by the spontaneously hypertensive ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Irvine RJ,White JM,Head RJ

更新日期：1995-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Phencyclidine hydrochloride (PCP) was tested for its ability to alter a variety of immune effector and regulatory functions in vitro. B6C3F1 murine splenic lymphocytes or elicited peritoneal macrophages were cultured in vitro with medium only or medium containing 10(-10)-10(-4) M PCP. Macrophages cultured with or with...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Thomas PT,House RV,Bhargava HN

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the mechanism of the analgesic action of H1 antihistaminics the effects of a new, highly selective agonist, 2-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)histamine dihydrogenmaleate (FMPH), and of the better known H1 agonist, 2-thiazolylethylamine (2-TEA), were studied on pain threshold by means of three different kinds ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Malmberg-Aiello P,Lamberti C,Ipponi A,Bartolini A,Schunack W

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We find a significantly lower level of specific [3H]nicotine binding in the fetal rat forebrain of 20 day gestational age as compared to adult rat tissue, and a progressive increase in the [3H]nicotine binding in the early neonatal forebrain, reaching adult level at 14-28 days of age. The maximal binding sites (Bmax) ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Yamada S,Kagawa Y,Isogai M,Takayanagi N,Hayashi E

更新日期：1986-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of lyso-platelet activating factor (lyso-PAF) to PAF in cultured paranasal sinus mucosa obtained from normal human subjects was studied. The PAF concentration in the medium was determined after addition of lyso-PAF. PAF became detectable at 10 minutes after the addition of 10(-8)M lyso-PAF, and reached ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Inoue H,Ganbo T,Hisamatsu K,Ishida H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by vascular dysfunction, in addition to memory impairment. Previously we found that β-sheet breaker peptides (βSBPs) improved memory impairment induced by amyloid β-peptide Aβ40. In this study we investigated βSBP effects on vascular responses in a rat model of AD. MAIN M...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Bölükbaşı Hatip FF,Hatip-Al-Khatib I

更新日期：2013-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the stage of the estrous cycle on binding of [3H]diazepam was examined in membranes from brains of female mice. In order to conserve endogenous factors such as progesterone, other steroids, or GABA, the assay was performed without the extensive washing procedures typically employed in measurements of ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Martin JV,Williams DB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has widely been established that Cl- transport is defective in cystic fibrosis fibroblasts. In the present study, the effect of elevation of intracellular concentration of cyclic AMP and calcium on the efflux of Cl- from human fibroblasts has been investigated. Cyclic AMP analogs (8-bromo cAMP and dibutyryl cAMP) a...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Mastrocola T,Rugolo M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydroergosine (50 and 100 mg/kg) enhanced the incidence of bicuculline (3 mg/kg)-induced convulsions in female rats, while 100 mg/kg of dihydroergosine given to female mice made 45% convulsive dose of bicuculline (2.5 mg/kg) to be subconvulsive. The same dose of dihydroergosine enhanced in mice the latency of bicucu...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Pericić D,Tvrdeić A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work analyzes the 24-hour changes of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity and leptin release in aged rats. Three- and 22-month-old male Wistar rats were killed at 6 time intervals during a 24-hour cycle (n=8-10 rats/group). Aging augmented plasma ACTH while it decreased plasma and adrenal gland cort...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Cano P,Cardinali DP,Spinedi E,Esquifino AI

更新日期：2008-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Opiate antagonists have been shown to reliably attenuate drinking behavior. Recent research points to a central site of action for this antidipsogenic effect. To pursue this issue of site specificity, naloxone, a specific opiate antagonist, was delivered into a number of discrete subcortical areas in 23 hour water-dep...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Czech DA,Stein EA,Blake MJ

更新日期：1983-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcemic strains of the rat Walker 256 (W256) tumor synthesize parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) and at least one of them produces an ill-defined transforming growth factor activity. We tested the production of transforming growth factor (TGF) beta by a hypercalcemic W256 tumor strain, and assessed its ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Benítez-Verguizas J,Loarte D,de Miguel F,Esbrit P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute ethanol treatment in vivo (i.p. injection of 3.5 g ethanol/Kg B. wt.) stimulated the release of beta-endorphin like peptides by the pituitary gland as was indicated by the increased content of beta-endorphin like immunoreactivity (beta-EPLIR) in the plasma. Furthermore, a significant decrease in the anterior lob...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Gianoulakis C,Barcomb A

更新日期：1987-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Investigation whether androgen/androgen receptor (AR) might regulate megalin expression and/or functionality and thus affecting Gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity (GIN). MAIN METHODS:Male Wistar rats were treated with gentamicin with/out AR ligands (testosterone as agonist and flutamide as antagonist). Megalin expr...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Elsakka EGE,Elsisi AM,Mansour OAA,Elsadek BEM,Abd Elaziz AI,Salama SA,Allam S

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of synthesized atriopeptin II (AP-2), a 23 amino acid peptide of rat atria, to rat thoracic aorta smooth muscle cells results in the stimulation of cyclic GMP production by the cells. The EC50 for the effect is 81 nM and a 7 fold increase occurs at 10 microM AP-2. Cyclic GMP levels increased within 15 seconds...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Harris DW,Baker CA,Saneii HH,Johnson GA

更新日期：1985-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the two-state model of G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) activation, GPCRs isomerize from an inactive (R) state to an active (R*) state. In the R* state, GPCRs activate G-proteins. Agonist-independent R/R* isomerization is referred to as constitutive activity and results in an increase in basal G-protein ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Seifert R,Wenzel-Seifert K

更新日期：2003-09-19 00:00:00