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Role of free radicals and substance P in magnesium deficiency by WEGLICKI, W. B, MAK, I. T, KRAMER, J. H, DICKENS, B. F, CASSIDY, M. M, STAFFORD, R. E, PHILLIPS, T. M

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Magnesium deficiency in vitro enhances free radical-induced intracellular oxidation and cytotoxicity in endothelial cells by Dickens, B.F., Weglicki, W.B., Li, Y.-S., Mak, I.T.

“…The effect of magnesium (Mg)-deficient culture on endothelial cell susceptibility to oxidative stress was examined. Bovine endothelial cells were cultured in…”
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Enhanced NO production during Mg deficiency and its role in mediating red blood cell glutathione loss by Mak, I T, Komarov, A M, Wagner, T L, Stafford, R E, Dickens, B F, Weglicki, W B

“…The effect of dietary Mg deficiency on nitric oxide (NO) production and its role in mediating oxidative depletion of red blood cell (RBC) glutathione in rats…”
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Erythrocytes from magnesium-deficient hamsters display an enhanced susceptibility to oxidative stress by Freedman, A M, Mak, I T, Stafford, R E, Dickens, B F, Cassidy, M M, Muesing, R A, Weglicki, W B

“…Previous studies in our laboratory have indicated a role for free radical participation in magnesium deficiency cardiomyopathy. We have demonstrated the…”
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Neuropeptides and neurotrophins in neonatal blood of children with autism or mental retardation by Nelson, Karin B., Grether, Judith K., Croen, Lisa A., Dambrosia, James M., Dickens, Benjamin F., Jelliffe, Laura L., Hansen, Robin L., Phillips, Terry M.

“…There has been little exploration of major biologic regulators of cerebral development in autism. In archived neonatal blood of children with autistic spectrum…”
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Neurogenic peptides and the cardiomyopathy of magnesium-deficiency: effects of substance P-receptor inhibition by Weglicki, W.B, Mak, I.T, Stafford, R.E, Dickens, B.F, Cassidy, M.M, Phillips, T.M

“…Dietary deficiency of magnesium (Mg) in rodents results in cardiomyopathic lesion formation. In our rat model, these lesions develop after 3 weeks on the…”
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Protective effects of sulfhydryl-containing angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors against free radical injury in endothelial cells by Mak, I T, Freedman, A M, Dickens, B F, Weglicki, W B

“…The effects of SH-containing (captopril, epi-captopril, and the free-SH form of zofenopril) and non-SH-containing (enalaprilat and lisinopril) angiotension…”
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Development of unesterified cholesterol-rich lipid particles in atherosclerotic lesions of WHHL and cholesterol-fed NZW rabbits by Chao, F.F, Blanchette-Mackie, E.J, Dickens, B.F, Gamble, W, Kruth, H.S

“…Previously, we isolated and characterized unesterified cholesterol-rich lipid particles (UCLP) that accumulate in extracellular spaces of atherosclerotic…”
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Antioxidative properties of harmane and beta-carboline alkaloids by Tse, S Y, Mak, I T, Dickens, B F

“…beta-Carboline alkaloids are derived as a result of condensation between indoleamine (e.g. tryptamine) and short-chain carboxylic acid (e.g. pyruvic acid) or…”
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Spin trapping of oxygen and carbon-centered free radicals in ischemic canine myocardium by Arroyo, C M, Kramer, J H, Leiboff, R H, Mergner, G W, Dickens, B F, Weglicki, W B

“…Oxygen free radical injury has been postulated to occur during myocardial ischemia. We have used Electron Spin Resonance and Spin Trapping techniques to…”
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Uncoupling of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation alters lipid peroxidation-derived free radical production but not recovery of postischemic rat hearts and post-hypoxic endothelial cells by Blasig, I E, Dickens, B F, Weglicki, W B, Kramer, J H

“…The contribution of mitochondrial free radical production towards the initiation of lipid peroxidation (LPO) and functional injury in the post-ischemic heart…”
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Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-alpha by thalidomide in magnesium deficiency by WEGLICKI, W. B, STAFFORD, R. E, DICKENS, B. F, MAK, I. T, CASSIDY, M. M, PHILLIPS, T. M

“…The effect of thalidomide on circulating cytokines and myocardial lesion formation was investigated in Mg-deficient rats. After two weeks on a Mg-deficient…”
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Enhanced lysosomal phospholipid degradation and lysophospholipid production due to free radicals by Weglicki, W B, Dickens, B F, Mak, I T

“…To pursue the hypothesis that peroxidized lipids may become preferred substrates for endogenous phospholipases, we injured hepatic lysosomes by adding an…”
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Analysis of recombinant cytokines in human body fluids by immunoaffinity capillary electrophoresis by Phillips, T M, Dickens, B F

“…An immunoaffinity capillary electrophoresis (ICE) system for rapidly quantifying recombinant cytokines in human body fluids has been developed. Cytokines…”
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Antioxidants and the cardiomyopathy of Mg-deficiency by Weglicki, W B, Bloom, S, Cassidy, M M, Freedman, A M, Atrakchi, A H, Dickens, B F

“…For several decades the animal models of Mg-deficiency have been studied with particular attention to the cardiomyopathy that develops due to dietary…”
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Quantitation of urinary 7-methyladenine by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using isotopically labeled internal standards by Mandel, H G, Kusmierz, J J, Dickens, B F, Anderson, L W

“…We have developed a procedure for isolating and quantifying 7-methyladenine from rat urine following the administration to the rat of methylating agents, such…”
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Magnesium-deficiency elevates circulating levels of inflammatory cytokines and endothelin by Weglicki, W B, Phillips, T M, Freedman, A M, Cassidy, M M, Dickens, B F

“…We have developed two rodent models of diet-induced magnesium-deficiency in which histologically defined cardiac lesions can be induced within two to three…”
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Immunoregulation by neuropeptides in magnesium deficiency: ex vivo effect of enhanced substance P production on circulating T lymphocytes from magnesium-deficient mice by Weglicki, W B, Dickens, B F, Wagner, T L, Chmielinska, J J, Phillips, T M

“…The first week of dietary magnesium deficiency in rodent models is characterized by the induction of raised levels of neuropeptides (substance P [SP] and…”
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Response of canine cardiocyte lysosomes to ATP by Spanier, A M, Dickens, B F, Weglicki, W B

“…The present study was designed to evaluate the relationship of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to maintenance of cardiac lysosome latency. Highly latent lysosomes…”
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Identification of free radicals in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion by spin trapping with nitrone DMPO by Arroyo, Carmen M., Kramer, Jay H., Dickens, Benjamin F., Weglicki, William B.

“…The spin trapping ESR technique was applied to investigate oxygen-derived radicals in ischemic and postischemic rat hearts. Using 5,5′-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-…”
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