Taurine 5: Beginning the 21st Century

Front Matter....Pages i-xxx
A Voice From the Past: Where are the Cats?....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Inhibitory Mechanism of Taurine on the Platelet-Derived Growth Factor BB-Mediated Proliferation in Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells....Pages 5-15
Taurine on Sino-Atrial Nodal Cells....Pages 17-23
Cellular Characterization of Taurine Transporter in Cultured Cardiac Myocytes and Nonmyocytes....Pages 25-31
Taurine Transporter in Cultured Neonatal Cardiomyocytes:....Pages 33-40
Effect of Taurine and Coenzyme Q10 in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 41-48
Taurine Reduces Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in the Rat....Pages 49-56
Taurine-Depleted Heart and Afterload Pressure....Pages 57-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Taurine Reduces Mortality in Diabetic Rats....Pages 67-73
The Effect of Dietary Taurine Supplementation on Plasma and Urinary Free Amino Acid Concentrations in Diabetic Rats....Pages 75-82
Insulin - Stimulated Taurine Uptake in the Rat Retina....Pages 83-90
The Effect of Taurine Supplementation on Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus....Pages 91-96
Hypoglycemic Effects of Taurine in the Alloxan-Treated Rabbit, a Model for Type 1 Diabetes....Pages 97-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Taurine and Cellular Volume Regulation in the Hippocampus....Pages 107-114
Regulation of the Volume-Sensitive Taurine Efflux Pathway in NIH3T3 Mouse Fibroblasts....Pages 115-122
Taurine Counteracts Cell Swelling in Rat Cerebrocortical Slices Exposed to Ammonia in Vitro and in Vivo ....Pages 123-129
Cloning of Human Intestinal Taurine Transporter and Production of Polyclonal Antibody....Pages 131-138
Transactivation of TauT by p53 in MCF-7 Cells....Pages 139-147
Gating of Taurine Transport....Pages 149-157
Finding of TRE (TPA Responsive Element) in the Sequence of Human Taurine Transporter Promoter....Pages 159-166
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Protein Kinase C and cAMP Mediated Regulation of Taurine Transport in Human Colon Carcinoma Cell Lines (HT-29 & Caco-2)....Pages 167-174
Characterization of Transcriptional Activity of Taurine Transporter Using Luciferase Reporter Constructs....Pages 175-181
Isovolumetric Regulation in Mammal Cells: Role of Taurine....Pages 183-187
Osmosensitive Taurine Release....Pages 189-196
Electrophysiological Properties of the Mouse Na + /Cl - - Dependent Taurine Transporter (mTauT-1): Steady-State Kinetics....Pages 197-204
Taurine Uptake and Release by the Pancreatic β-Cells....Pages 205-212
Regulation of Intestinal Taurine Transporter by Cytokines....Pages 213-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Determination of Taurine and Hypotaurine in Animal Tissues by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography after Derivatization with Dabsyl Chloride....Pages 221-228
Immunohistochemical Localization of Taurine in the Rat Stomach....Pages 229-236
Modulation of Taurine on CYP3A4 Induction by Rifampicin in a HepG2 Cell Line....Pages 237-244
Effect of Acute Ethanol Administration on S -Amino Acid Metabolism: Increased Utilization of Cysteine for Synthesis of Taurine Rather Than Glutathione....Pages 245-252
Effects of Dietary Taurine Supplementation on Hepatic Morphological Changes of Rats in Diethylnitrosamine-Induced Hepatocarcinogenesis....Pages 253-259
Effect of Taurine on Cholesterol Degradation and Bile Acid Pool in Rats Fed a High-Cholesterol Diet....Pages 261-267
Effect of α-Tocopherol and Taurine Supplementation on Oxidized LDL Levels of Middle Aged Korean Women During Aerobic Exercise....Pages 269-276
Dietary Taurine Intake and Serum Taurine Levels of Women on Jeju Island....Pages 277-283
Effect of The Obesity Index on Plasma Taurine Levels in Korean Female Adolescents....Pages 285-290
Regional Differences in the Dietary Taurine Intake in Korean College Students....Pages 291-296
Taurine Concentration in Human Blood Peripheral Lymphocytes....Pages 297-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Why Is Taurine Cytoprotective?....Pages 307-321
Taurine, Analogues and Bone....Pages 323-328
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Anti-inflammatory Activities of Taurine Chloramine....Pages 329-340
Taurine Chloramine Inhibits Production of Inflammatory Mediators and iNOS Gene Expression in Alveolar Macrophages; a Tale of Two Pathways: Part I, NF-κB Signaling....Pages 341-348
Taurine Chloramine Inhibits Production of Inflammatory Mediators and iNOS Gene Expression in Alveolar Macrophages; a Tale of Two Pathways: Part II, IFN-γ Signaling Through JAK/Stat....Pages 349-356
Production of Nitric Oxide by Activated Microglial Cells Is Inhibited by Taurine Chloramine....Pages 357-364
Production of Inflammatory Mediators by Activated C6 Cells Is Attenuated by Taurine Chloramine Inhibition of NF-κB Activation....Pages 365-372
Taurine Is Involved in Oxidation of IκBα at Met45....Pages 373-380
The Combined Treatment with Taurine and Niacin Blocks the Bleomycin-Induced Activation of Nuclear Factor-kB and Lung fibrosis....Pages 381-394
Taurine Reduces Lung Inflammation and Fibrosis Caused By Bleomycin....Pages 395-402
Taurine and the Lung....Pages 403-410
Effect of Taurine and Other Antioxidants on the Growth of Colon Carcinoma Cells in the Presence of Doxorubicin or Vinblastine in Hypoxic or in Ambient Oxygen Conditions....Pages 411-417
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
The Role of Taurine in Cerebral Ischemia: Studies in Transient Forebrain Ischemia and Embolic Focal Ischemia in Rodents....Pages 421-431
Studies on Taurine Efflux from the Rat Cerebral Cortex During Exposure to Hyposmotic, High K + and OuabainContaining aCSF....Pages 433-444
Interactions of Taurine and Adenosine in the Mouse Hippocampus in Normoxia and Ischemia....Pages 445-451
Involvement of Nitric Oxide in Ischemia-Evoked Taurine Release in the Mouse Hippocampus....Pages 453-461
Effect of Ammonia on Taurine Transport in C6 Glioma Cells....Pages 463-470
Taurine and Hypotaurine Dynamics in Activated C6 Glioma....Pages 471-479
The Anti-Craving Taurine Derivative Acamprosate....Pages 481-484
Ethanol-Induced Taurine Efflux....Pages 485-492
Tyrosine Kinases and Taurine Release....Pages 493-498
Effect of Taurine on Regulation of GABA and Acetylcholine Biosynthesis....Pages 499-505
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
Taurine Effect on Neuritic Outgrowth from Goldfish Retinal Explants in the Absence and Presence of Fetal Calf Serum....Pages 507-514
Prevention of Epileptic Seizures by Taurine....Pages 515-525
Taurine Regulates Mitochondrial Calcium Homeostasis....Pages 527-536
Taurine in Aging and Models of Neurodegeneration....Pages 537-545
Taurine Stimulation of Calcium Uptake in the Retina....Pages 547-554
The Nature of Taurine Binding in the Retina....Pages 555-560
Back Matter....Pages 561-573