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We investigated the role of microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 (mPGES-1) in the response to excess Aldo. A 14-day Aldo infusion at 0.35 mg x kg(-1) x day(-1) via an osmotic minipump in conjunction with normal salt intake did not produce obvious disturbances in fluid metabolism in WT mice as sugge...
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PMID: 20335314
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ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel subunits were investigated in rat submandibular gland (SMG). RT-PCR detected the presence of mRNA transcripts of the Kir6.1, Kir6.2, SUR2A, and SUR2B in the SMG, whereas SUR1 mRNA was barely detected. Western blot analysis provided the evidence that these four K(A...
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PMID: 19934381
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The greatest contributing factor to bias and variability in parameter estimation was RE of the measured concentrations of ligand bound; however, SNLR provided more accurate and less bias estimates. Subtraction of B(NS) from total ligand binding data provided poor estimation of specific ligand bindin...
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PMID: 20221897
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We demonstrate the effects of short-term vasopressin administration (30 min) on NCC activation in Brattleboro rats with central diabetes insipidus (DI) using the V2 receptor agonist desmopressin (dDAVP). The fraction of NCC abundance in the luminal plasma membrane was significantly increased upon dD...
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PMID: 20007345
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Xenon represents a novel KATP channel opener that increases KATP currents independently of the sulfonylurea receptor-1 subunit by reducing ATP inhibition of the channel. Through this action and by its ability to readily partition across the blood-brain barrier, xenon has considerable potential in cl...
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PMID: 20179498
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Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
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We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
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Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
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We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
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Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
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We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
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Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
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Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
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Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
PDF is available here.
Akinobu Nakamura,
Chikara Shimizu,
So Nagai,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Kazutaka Aoki,
Takuma Kondo,
Hideaki Miyoshi,
Norio Wada,
Toshihiro Tajima,
Yasuo Terauchi,
Narihito Yoshioka and
Takao Koike
Abstract
We investigated the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of five, chronic, nonhypertensive and hypokalaemic Japanese patients.
Serum and urinary electrolytes, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration were measured in five patients (four males and one f...
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PMID: 19508680
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We developed a method of genetic diagnosis for Gitelman's syndrome using DNA sequencing. A patient was found to be a compound heterozygote with a single base substitution at nucleotide 2552 (CTC-to-CAC, L849H) and a substitution at nucleotide 2561 (CGC-to-CAC, R852H) in exon 22. Familial linkage ana...
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PMID: 20229814
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This is the first report of a patient with clinically severe autosomal-recessive diffuse CHI due to a compound heterozygous ABCC8 mutation that has resulted in spontaneous resolution at such an early age. Compound heterozygote ABCC8 mutations result in complex interactions, and it is possible that t...
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PMID: 20215776
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We demonstrated that caveolin-3 co-immunopreciptiated Kir6.2 in COS-7 cells transfected with Kir6.2/SUR2A/caveolin-3, whereas Kir6.2 was not detected in the caveolin-3 immunoprecipitates in cells transfected with either caveolin-3 or Kir6.2/SUR2A alone. In cells transfected with Kir6.2C4A/caveolin-3...
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PMID: 20332621
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These results show that the adrenals regulate basal GLUT3 gene profiles in the DVC alone; during hypoglycemia, these glands suppress (DVC) or increase GLUT3 (LHA and VMH) mRNA, and selectively elevate GLUT4 transcripts in the LHA. The data demonstrate divergent adrenal control of DVC neuronal monoca...
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PMID: 19996571
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We term progressive secondary hemorrhage (PSH). Molecular mechanisms of PSH are unknown and efforts to reduce it by promoting coagulation have met with equivocal results. We hypothesized that PSH might be due to upregulation and activation of sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1)-regulated NC(Ca-ATP) chann...
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PMID: 19604096
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A one month old baby was admitted for diabetic keto-acidosis. There was no neurological or dysmorphic features. On genetic analysis a heterozygous missense mutation of ABCC8 gene which codes for SUR1 was detected. His insulin requirement progressively came down and by 6 months insulin was stopped an...
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PMID: 20469787
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We report a 2 month male child presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and seizures treated with intravenous fluids and intravenous insulin infusion till the ketoacidosis was reversed, thereafter responding well to sulphonylureas and at age of 13 months going into complete remission. At age of 1...
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PMID: 20092027
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Our study replicated the association of rs5219 in KCNJ11 with type 2 diabetes in Chinese Han population in Beijing. And we also observed that ABCC8 as well as the interaction between PPARG and HNF4A may contribute to post-challenge insulin secretion....
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PMID: 20079163
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Our findings indicate that the common K23/A1369 variant K(ATP) channel displays decreased ATP inhibition that may contribute to the observed increased risk for type 2 diabetes. Moreover, the increased sensitivity of the K23/A1369 variant to the A-site sulfonylurea drug gliclazide may provide a pharm...
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PMID: 19587354
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We reference
k4 as the rate of offset of unlabeled ligand in convention with Motulsky and Mahan (1)]. We derived a kinetic rate equation based on the dissociation rate constant for an unlabeled compound competing for the same site as a labeled compound and describe a model to simul...
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PMID: 19308787
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We created transgenicDrosophila lines with targeted UCP expression in insulin producing cells (IPCs). Increased UCP activity in IPCs results in decreased steady state Ca(2+) levels in IPCs as well as decreased PI3K activity and increased FoxO nuclear localization in periphery. This reduced systemic...
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PMID: 20195385
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The E23K variant leads to overactivity of the K(ATP) channel, resulting in reduced insulin secretion. Initially, insulin sensitivity is enhanced, thereby maintaining normal glucose tolerance. Presumably, over time, as insulin secretion falls further or insulin resistance develops, glucose levels ris...
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PMID: 19491206
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We explore how WNK4 affects the trafficking of NCC through its interactions with intracellular sorting machinery. An analysis of NCC cell surface lifetime showed that WNK4 did not alter the net rate of cotransporter internalization. In contrast, direct measurements of forward trafficking revealed th...
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PMID: 19401467
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We found no evidence to support a requirement for bidirectional sequencing. Semiautomated analysis of good quality unidirectional sequence data has high sensitivity and is suitable for heterozygote mutation scanning in clinical diagnostic laboratories. Further work is required to determine minimum q...
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PMID: 19405871
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We report here the development of a microarray-based ligand binding assay that supports multiplexed analysis of G protein-coupled receptor systems in a 96-well microplate format that is compatible with the equipment and infrastructure typical of high-throughput screening laboratories. A prototype mi...
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PMID: 19604106
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Brain imaging tools such as positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging have been successfully used to investigate in vivo human brain functions. In particular, PET has been widely used to visualize various molecules such as receptors, transporters, and amyloid prote...
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PMID: 19562942
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The utility and possibility of PET in the drug development of the neuropsychiatry field is discussed in this review. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine imaging technique which visualizes and quantifies the distributions of various molecular targets in vivo. This technique has b...
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PMID: 19562943
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We have investigated the impact of Sur1 gene inactivation on mouse islet cell morphology, structure and basic physiology. Pancreata were collected from young, adult and old wild-type (WT) and Sur1 ( -/- ) mice. After immunostaining for hormone, the total endocrine tissue, cell proportion, cell size...
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PMID: 19142666
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The beta-cell ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel is a key component of stimulus-secretion coupling in the pancreatic beta-cell. The channel couples metabolism to membrane electrical events bringing about insulin secretion. Given the critical role of this channel in glucose homeostasis it is th...
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PMID: 18767144
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We studied a rat model of mild-to-moderate SAH intended to minimize ischemia/hypoxia to examine the role of sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) in the inflammatory response induced by SAH. mRNA for Abcc8, which encodes SUR1, and SUR1 protein were abundantly upregulated in cortex adjacent to SAH, where tu...
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PMID: 18854840
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SUR1 is an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter with a novel function. In contrast to other ABC proteins, it serves as the regulatory subunit of an ion channel. The ATP-sensitive (KATP) channel is an octameric complex of four pore-forming Kir6.2 subunits and four regulatory SUR1 subunits, and it l...
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PMID: 18990670
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We analyse the dynamics of an inhibitor I which can either bind to a receptor R or to a plasma protein P. Assuming typical association and dissociation rates, we find that after an initial dose of inhibitor, there are three time scales: a short one, measured in fractions of seconds, in which the inh...
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PMID: 18938179
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Although stimulants as the treatment of choice are widely prescribed in ADHD, little is known about their long-term neurobiological effects. Hence, for the first time the present study examined the long-term effects of chronic methylphenidate (MPH) administration on striatal 5-hydroxytryptamine tran...
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PMID: 19172439
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The key to detecting and classifying drug effect at seven transmembrane (7TM) receptors is the pharmacological assay. Drug discovery had been rooted in testing of molecules on intact animal tissue until technology provided high-throughput binding assays for screening. While this allowed for the test...
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PMID: 19580378
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'All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.' Leonardo da Vinci Scientific progress is often enabled by the development of new tools and technologies that have given us new ways of perceiving the world. In the early days of our science, optical microscopy gave us the ability to observe cel...
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PMID: 19640219
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We determined the effects of age and sex on the blood pressure (BP) response to angiotensin II (Ang II) infusion and evaluated the potential mechanistic role of the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC) and the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC).
Male and female mice (approximately 3 or 21 month...
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PMID: 19844087
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We studied the mRNA expression profile of K(ATP) channel subunits in the pig and human middle meningeal artery (MMA) and in the pig middle cerebral artery (MCA). We determined the order of potency of four K(ATP) channel openers when applied to isolated pig MMA and MCA, and we examined the potential...
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PMID: 18996111
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We sought to examine the therapeutic potential of the SUR-1-selective potassium channel opener (KCO), NN414, to amplify counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-- In vivo dose-response studies with NN414 delivered intravenously to normal Sprague-Dawley rats before the...
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PMID: 18776135
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We show that this K(ATP) subunit is also expressed in mouse myocardium and is the dominant SUR isoform in the atrium. This suggests differential sarcolemmal K(ATP) composition in atria and ventricles, and, to test this, K(ATP) currents were measured in isolated atrial and ventricular myocytes from w...
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PMID: 18974387
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