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Short-time non-enzymatic nitric oxide synthesis from L-arginine and hydrogen peroxide induced by shock waves treatment by Gotte, G., Amelio, E., Russo, S., Marlinghaus, E., Musci, G., Suzuki, H.

“…The evidence that nitric oxide (NO) production is possible by a non-enzymatic pathway has already been shown under restrictive experimental conditions. Here we…”
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Is age-dependent, ketamine-induced apoptosis in the rat somatosensory cortex influenced by temperature? by Gutierrez, S, Carnes, A, Finucane, B, Musci, G, Oelsner, W, Hicks, L, Russell, G.B, Liu, C, Turner, C.P

“…Abstract General anesthetics have long been thought to be relatively safe but recent clinical studies have revealed that exposure of very young children (4…”
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The unusual toxicity and stability properties of crude venom from isolated nematocysts of Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) by Marino, A, Crupi, R, Rizzo, G, Morabito, R, Musci, G, La Spada, G

“…We have firstly investigated the toxicological activity by hemolytic assay of crude extract obtained by sonication of holotrichous isorhiza isolated…”
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Novel findings on the copper catalysed oxidation of cysteine by Pecci, L, Montefoschi, G, Musci, G, Cavallini, D

“…The oxidation of cysteine (RSH) has been studied by using O^sub 2^, ferricytochrome c (Cyt c) and nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) as electron acceptors. The…”
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Morphological integrity and toxicological properties of Pelagia noctiluca (Scyphozoa) nematocysts by Marino, A., Crupi, R., Musci, G., La Spada, G.

“…Isolated nematocysts of the Scyphozoan Pelagia noctiluca became diaphanous when incubated at low pH for 1 h or left at room temperature for a few hours…”
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On the lability and functional significance of the type 1 copper pool in ceruloplasmin by Musci, G, Fraterrigo, T Z, Calabrese, L, McMillin, D R

“…The possibility that ceruloplasmin (CP) functions as a copper transferase has fueled a continuing interest in studies of the copper release process. The…”
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Age-related changes in human ceruloplasmin. Evidence for oxidative modifications by MUSCI, G, BONACCORSI DI PATTI, M. C, FAGIOLO, U, CALABRESE, L

“…Human plasma or serum from donors of age comprised between 15 and 95 years was analyzed for paramagnetic and total copper content, as well as for…”
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Hemolytic effects of crude venom from Aiptasia mutabilis nematocysts by Marino, A., Musci, G., La Spada, G.

“…The aim of this paper was to focus on the toxinological aspects of microbasic-mastigophore nematocysts isolated from acontia of Aiptasia mutabilis, an…”
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Presence of Coupled Trinuclear Copper Cluster in Mammalian Ceruloplasmin Is Essential for Efficient Electron Transfer to Oxygen by Calabrese, L, Carbonaro, M, Musci, G

“…The reactivity with dioxygen of a mammalian (sheep) ceruloplasmin, anaerobically reduced with ascorbate, was found to depend on the state of the Type 2 and…”
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Chicken ceruloplasmin. Evidence in support of a trinuclear cluster involving type 2 and 3 copper centers by Calabrese, L, Carbonaro, M, Musci, G

“…Ceruloplasmin was isolated to purity from chicken plasma by a single-step chromatography on amino-ethyl-derivatized Sepharose. Molecular mass, as estimated by…”
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The reaction of Pseudomonas nitrite reductase and nitrite. A stopped-flow and EPR study by SILVESTRINI, M. C, TORDI, M. G, MUSCI, G, BRUNORI, M

“…The reaction between reduced Pseudomonas nitrite reductase and nitrite has been studied by stopped-flow and rapid-freezing EPR spectroscopy. The interpretation…”
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The Molecular Basis of Ferroportin-Linked Hemochromatosis by De Domenico, Ivana, Ward, Diane McVey, Nemeth, Elizabeta, Vaughn, Michael B., Musci, Giovanni, Ganz, Tomas, Kaplan, Jerry, Kornfeld, Stuart A.

“…Mutations in the iron exporter ferroportin (Fpn) (IREG1, SLC40A1, and MTP1) result in hemochromatosis type IV, a disorder with a dominant genetic pattern of…”
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Nitric oxide mediates anti-inflammatory action of extracorporeal shock waves by Ciampa, Anna R., de Prati, Alessandra Carcereri, Amelio, Ernesto, Cavalieri, Elisabetta, Persichini, Tiziana, Colasanti, Marco, Musci, Giovanni, Marlinghaus, Ernst, Suzuki, Hisanori, Mariotto, Sofia

“…Here, we show that extracorporeal shock waves (ESW), at a low energy density value, quickly increase neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) activity and basal…”
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The state of the copper sites in human ceruloplasmin by Musci, G, Bonaccorsi di Patti, M C, Calabrese, L

“…The state of the various, spectroscopically distinguishable copper sites (type 1, type 2, and type 3 copper) of human ceruloplasmin was investigated by…”
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Iron overload due to mutations in ferroportin by De Domenico, I, Ward, DM, Musci, G, Kaplan, J

“…Dipartimento di Scienze Microbiologiche Genetiche e Molecolari, Universita di Messina, Messina, Italy. Iron overload disease due to mutations in ferroportin…”
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MICROSTRUCTURE, MINERALOGY AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GROUND FLY ASH BASED GEOPOLYMERS by Madai, F, Kristaly, F, Musci, G

“…Fly ash was characterised and used as the main component of geopolymers. The particle size distribution, moisture content, real and bulk density and specific…”
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Post-transcriptional Regulation of the Yeast High Affinity Iron Transport System by Felice, M. Rosa, De Domenico, Ivana, Li, Liangtao, Ward, Diane McVey, Bartok, Beatrix, Musci, Giovanni, Kaplan, Jerry

“…Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcriptionally regulates the expression of the plasma membrane high affinity iron transport system in response to iron need. This…”
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The interaction of ceruloplasmin with Kupffer cells by Dini, L, Carbonaro, M, Musci, G, Calabrese, L

“…The binding and uptake of ceruloplasmin was studied with rat liver cells using gold-labeled probes. Ceruloplasmins from either rat or sheep were used, in which…”
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Ligands which effect human protein C activation by thrombin by Musci, G, Berliner, L J

“…This report documents attempts to mimic the rate enhancement effect of thrombomodulin on human alpha-thrombin-catalyzed activation of human protein C in the…”
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The physiopathological significance of ceruloplasmin: A possible therapeutic approach by Floris, Giovanni, Medda, Rosaria, Padiglia, Alessandra, Musci, Giovanni

“…This article reviews and comments on the physiological roles of ceruloplasmin (Cp). We show that, in addition to its ascertained involvement in iron…”
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