Mechanisms of disease: autosomal dominant and recessive polycystic kidney diseases

VE Torres, PC Harris - Nature clinical practice Nephrology, 2006 - nature.com
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney
disease are the best known of a large family of inherited diseases characterized by the …

Interaction of epithelial ion channels with the actin-based cytoskeleton

C Mazzochi, DJ Benos… - American Journal of …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
The interaction of ion channels with the actin-based cytoskeleton in epithelial cells not only
maintains the polarized expression of ion channels within specific membrane domains, it …

RhoA/Rho-kinase in erectile tissue: mechanisms of disease and therapeutic insights

L Jin, AL Burnett - Clinical science, 2006 - portlandpress.com
Penile erection is a complicated event involving the regulation of corpus cavernosal smooth
muscle tone. Recently, the small monomeric G-protein RhoA and its downstream effector …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of aquaporin-2 trafficking and its binding protein complex

Y Noda, S Sasaki - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 2006 - Elsevier
Trafficking of water channel aquaporin-2 (AQP2) to the apical membrane is critical to water
reabsorption in renal collecting ducts and its regulation maintains body water homeostasis …

Rapid translocation and insertion of the epithelial Na+ channel in response to RhoA signaling

O Pochynyuk, J Medina, N Gamper, H Genth… - Journal of Biological …, 2006 - ASBMB
Activity of the epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC) is limiting for Na+ absorption across many
epithelia. Consequently, ENaC is a central effector impacting systemic blood volume and …

Loss of calcineurin Aα results in altered trafficking of AQP2 and in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

JL Gooch, RL Guler, JL Barnes… - Journal of cell …, 2006 - journals.biologists.com
The serine/threonine phosphatase calcineurin is an important signaling molecule involved
in kidney development and function. One potential target of calcineurin action is the water …

Methods and compositions using oxidized phospholipids

J Garcia, K Birukov, N Leitinger… - US Patent App. 11 …, 2006 - Google Patents
IIZPXYDJLKNOIY-JXPKJXOSSA-O 2-[[(2R)-3-hexadecanoyloxy-2-[(5Z, 8Z, 11Z, 14Z)-icosa-
5, 8, 11, 14-tetraenoyl] oxypropoxy]-hydroxyphosphoryl] oxyethyl-trimethylazanium …

Adipocytes support cAMP-dependent translocation of aquaporin-2 from intracellular sites distinct from the insulin-responsive GLUT4 storage compartment

G Procino, DB Caces, G Valenti… - American Journal of …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
Aquaporin-2 (AQP2), when expressed in fully differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes, displays
cAMP-dependent plasma membrane translocation in a manner similar to its behavior in …

Role of heterotrimeric G-proteins in lysophosphatidic acid-mediated neurite retraction by RhoA-dependent and-independent mechanisms in N1E-115 cells

AD Couvillon, JH Exton - Cellular signalling, 2006 - Elsevier
In neuronal cells, current evidence suggests that G13α and RhoA play significant roles in
LPA-mediated neurite retraction; however, the contribution of other G-proteins to this …

Role of oxidized phospholipids in acute lung injury

VN Bochkov, N Leitinger… - Current Respiratory …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Oxidized phospholipids (OxPL) appear in the lung circulation as a result of increased
oxidative stress that accompanies pathological conditions such as acute lung injury, lung …