Search Results - "Agapito, M.T."
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A revisit to O2 sensing and transduction in the carotid body chemoreceptors in the context of reactive oxygen species biology
Published in Respiratory physiology & neurobiology (31-12-2010)“…Abstract Oxygen-sensing and transduction in purposeful responses in cells and organisms is of great physiological and medical interest. All animals, including…”
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Melatonin-induced increased activity of the respiratory chain complexes I and IV can prevent mitochondrial damage induced by ruthenium red in vivo
Published in Journal of pineal research (01-05-2000)“…Melatonin displays antioxidant and free radical scavenger properties. Due to its ability with which it enters cells, these protective effects are manifested in…”
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Chemoreception in the context of the general biology of ROS
Published in Respiratory physiology & neurobiology (01-07-2007)“…Abstract Superoxide anion is the most important reactive oxygen species (ROS) primarily generated in cells. The main cellular constituents with capabilities to…”
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Effects of mitochondrial poisons on glutathione redox potential and carotid body chemoreceptor activity
Published in Respiratory physiology & neurobiology (01-01-2009)“…Abstract Low oxygen sensing in chemoreceptor cells involves the inhibition of specific plasma membrane K+ channels, suggesting that mitochondria-derived…”
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Effects of intermittent hypoxia on blood gases plasma catecholamine and blood pressure
Published in Advances in experimental medicine and biology (2009)“…Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a disorder characterized by repetitive episodes of complete (apnoea) or partial (hypopnoea) obstruction of airflow…”
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A revisit to O 2 sensing and transduction in the carotid body chemoreceptors in the context of reactive oxygen species biology
Published in Respiratory physiology & neurobiology (2010)“…Oxygen-sensing and transduction in purposeful responses in cells and organisms is of great physiological and medical interest. All animals, including humans,…”
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Endogenous rhythms of melatonin, total antioxidant status and superoxide dismutase activity in several tissues of chick and their inhibition by light
Published in Journal of pineal research (01-05-2001)“…Melatonin was recently shown to be a component of the antioxidative defense system of organisms due to its free radical scavenging ability and to its capacity…”
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Modification of the glutathione redox environment and chemoreceptor cell responses
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Circadian rhythms of melatonin and serotonin- N-acetyltransferase activity in Procambarus clarkii
Published in Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology (1995)“…Invertebrates have circadian rhythms and exhibit photoperiodism and colour changes. While they lack pineal glands, those that have been investigated contain…”
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Effect of iron and estrogen on melatonin secretion by the chicken pineal gland
Published in Neuroscience letters (03-09-1993)“…Estrogen effects on pineal secretion of melatonin are controversial. Some feel that estrogen inhibits melatonin output in vitro but not in vivo. Melatonin…”
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme distribution and hypoxia response in mammal, bird, and fish
Published in General and comparative endocrinology (01-08-1990)“…Angiotensin I-converting enzyme activity was measured in homogenates of guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), chicken (Gallus domesticus), and carp (Cyprinus carpio)…”
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Serum iron, serum ferritin and tissue ferritin during development in ducks
Published in Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology (1987)“…Serum ferritin and tissue ferritin from kidney, heart, small intestine, spleen and liver from ducks during development from 16 to 112 days of age were measured…”
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Inhibition and affinity chromatography of chicken lung angiotensin I-converting enzyme with captopril
Published in Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B, Comparative biochemistry (01-07-1992)“…1. Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (EC 3.4.15.1) has been purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from chicken lung by using a facile two-step protocol which…”
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