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Taurine 5

Beginning the 21st Century

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Editors:
  1. John B. Lombardini

    1. Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA

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  2. Stephen W. Schaffer

    1. School of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA

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  3. Junichi Azuma

    1. Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 526)

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Table of contents (66 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. A Voice From the Past: Where are the Cats?

    1. A Voice From the Past: Where are the Cats?

      • John Sturman
      Pages 1-2

  3. Cardiovascular and Renal Effects of Taurine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
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    2. Inhibitory Mechanism of Taurine on the Platelet-Derived Growth Factor BB-Mediated Proliferation in Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

      • Keisuke Imada, Yu Hosokawa, Masaharu Terashima, Toshifumi Mitani, Yoshinori Tanigawa, Kazumi Nakano et al.
      Pages 5-15

    3. Taurine on Sino-Atrial Nodal Cells

      • Hiroyasu Satoh
      Pages 17-23

    4. Cellular Characterization of Taurine Transporter in Cultured Cardiac Myocytes and Nonmyocytes

      • Tomoka Takatani, Kyoko Takahashi, Takashi Itoh, Koichi Takahashi, Mayo Hirata, Yasuhiro Yamamoto et al.
      Pages 25-31

    5. Taurine Transporter in Cultured Neonatal Cardiomyocytes:

      • Takashi Itoh, Kyoko Takahashi, Yoko Yamauchi, Koichi Takahashi, Sato Ueyama, Stephen W. Schaffer et al.
      Pages 33-40

    6. Effect of Taurine and Coenzyme Q10 in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

      • R. B. Singh, K. Kartikey, A. S. Charu, M. A. Niaz, S. Schaffer
      Pages 41-48

    7. Taurine Reduces Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in the Rat

      • D. V. Michalk, B. Hoffmann, Th. Minor
      Pages 49-56

    8. Taurine-Depleted Heart and Afterload Pressure

      • Mahmood S. Mozaffari, Nisha Patel, Stephen W. Schaffer
      Pages 57-63

  4. Role of Taurine in Diabetes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Taurine Reduces Mortality in Diabetic Rats

      • Flavia Franconi, Stefano A. Santini, Nicolò Gentiloni Silveri, Salvatore Caputo, Bruno Giardina, Giovanni Ghirlanda Silveri et al.
      Pages 67-73

    3. The Effect of Dietary Taurine Supplementation on Plasma and Urinary Free Amino Acid Concentrations in Diabetic Rats

      • Young-Mi Lee, Mi Ja Choi, Kyung Ja Chang
      Pages 75-82

    4. Insulin - Stimulated Taurine Uptake in the Rat Retina

      • Rocio Salceda
      Pages 83-90

    5. The Effect of Taurine Supplementation on Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

      • Katherine B. Chauncey, Thomas E. Tenner Jr, John B. Lombardini, Betsy Goebel Jones, Michele L. Brooks, Ronald D. Warner et al.
      Pages 91-96

    6. Hypoglycemic Effects of Taurine in the Alloxan-Treated Rabbit, a Model for Type 1 Diabetes

      • Thomas E. Tenner Jr, Xin Jian Zhang, John B. Lombardini
      Pages 97-104

  5. Osmoregulatory Properties of Taurine and Taurine Transport

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Taurine and Cellular Volume Regulation in the Hippocampus

      • James E. Olson, Norman R. Kreisman, Jenny Lim, Beth Hoffman-Kuczynski, Dana Schelble, James Leasure
      Pages 107-114

    3. Regulation of the Volume-Sensitive Taurine Efflux Pathway in NIH3T3 Mouse Fibroblasts

      • Ian Henry Lambert
      Pages 115-122

    4. Taurine Counteracts Cell Swelling in Rat Cerebrocortical Slices Exposed to Ammonia in Vitro and in Vivo

      • R. O. Law, M. Zielinska, J. Albrecht
      Pages 123-129
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About this book

The Taurine Symposium- "Taurine: Beginning the 21'' Century"- was held September 20-23, 2002, on the beautiful island of Kauai in Hawaii. The headquarters of the meeting was the Radisson Kauai Beach Resort. This international meeting was attending by approximately 80 individuals from 23 nations and 4 continents. Seventy-five papers were presented either as platform presentations or poster presentations. Taurine, first isolated from ox bile in 1827 by Tiedemann and Gmelin and named in 1838 by Demarcay, became of significant scientific interest in 1968 when the first extensive review article was published by Jacobsen and Smith. Interest in taurine grew exponentially after 1975 when the first taurine symposium was organized by Ryan Huxtable in Tucson, Arizona. Since that date, taurine symposia have been held approximately every two years held in various cities and resort areas around the world. Taurine investigators have had the privilege of attending these scientific meetings on three continents - Asia, Europe, and North America. Since the initial meeting in 1975, a central question addressed during many of the symposia has been: "What is physiological, pharmacological, nutritional, and pathological role of taurine?". Although taurine has been established as an important osmolyte, it appears to affect many other biological processes. However, the exact mechanism(s) by "which taurine acts" has not yet been definitively answered. In Kauai, the patticipants discussed many topics and asked many questions regarding the role and actions of taurine.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA

    John B. Lombardini

  • School of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA

    Stephen W. Schaffer

  • Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Junichi Azuma

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Taurine 5

  • Book Subtitle: Beginning the 21st Century

  • Editors: John B. Lombardini, Stephen W. Schaffer, Junichi Azuma

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0077-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47769-0Published: 30 June 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4913-6Published: 13 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0077-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 573

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general, Human Physiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Nutrition, Neurology

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