… amino acid sequence of bovine preproapelin were capable of specifically promoting the
acidification rate in the cells expressing the APJ receptor in a range from 10 7 to 10 10 M, …

Diabetes, a disease in which carbohydrate and lipid metabolism are regulated improperly by
insulin, is a serious worldwide health issue 1 , 2 . Insulin is secreted from pancreatic β cells …

… mm 3-… m) for 4 min in the presence of 1 mm3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine. THP-TGR5 or
THP-1 cells (1 × 10 5 cells) were treated with bile acids (50 μm) for 20 min in the presence of 1 mm…

… Endo M, Ohi H, Ohsawa I, Fujita T, Matsushita M. Complement activation through the lectin
… Ohara S, Kawasaki Y, Matsuura H, Oikawa T, Suyama K, Hosoya M. Successful therapy with …

… We boiled bovine hypothalamic tissue (2 kg), homogenized it in 1 M acetic acid, and collected
the supernatant. We fractionated the supernatant on a C 18 open column (PrepC 18 125Å:…

… μm primers, 1.25 units of ExTaq DNA polymerase (Takara Shuzo, Kyoto, Japan) treated with
TaqStart antibody (CLONTECH), 0.1 mm dNTPs… diluted cDNAs, 0.2 μm primers, 1.25 units of …

Only a few RFamide peptides have been identified in mammals, although they have been
abundantly found in invertebrates. Here we report the identification of a human gene that …

We analyzed the tissue distribution of apelin mRNA in rats by a quantitative reverse
transcription-polymerase chain reaction and that of immunoreactive apelin (ir-apelin) by an enzyme …

Background: Thyroid nodules and cancers are rare in children compared with adults. However,
after the 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident, a rapid increase in childhood …

… The P tet –O–M oct linkage in the structure induces the superexchange interaction that
tunes the M 3+ /M 2+ redox energy to useful levels (3.4, 4.1, and 4.8 V for Fe 3+ /Fe 2+ , Mn 3+ /…