Guanidino Compounds in Biology and Medicine

Front Matter

Inhibition by heparin of protein kinase C activation and hydroxyl radical generation in puromycin aminonucleoside treated isolated rat hepatocytes

• Kazumasa Aoyagi, Yutaka Kuzure, Siranoush Shahrzad, Aki Hirayama, Sohji Nagase, Atsushi Ueda

Inhibition of arginine synthesis by urea: A mechanism for arginine deficiency in renal failure which leads to increased hydroxyl radical generation

• Kazumasa Aoyagi

Smooth muscle and NMR review: An overview of smooth muscle metabolism

• Shinsuke Nakayama, Joseph F. Clark

Methyl group deficiency and guanidino production in Uremia

• Burton D. Cohen

L-Canavanine as a radiosensitization agent for human pancreatic cancer cells

• Aimee K. Bence, Val R. Adams, Peter A. Crooks

The clinical syndrome of creatine transporter deficiency

• Ton J. deGrauw, Kim M. Cecil, Anna W. Byars, Gajja S. Salomons, William S. Ball, Cornelis Jakobs

Creatine supplementation in health and disease: What is the evidence for long-term efficacy?

• Wim Derave, Bert O. Eijnde, Peter Hespel

A role for guanidino compounds in the brain

• Midori Hiramatsu

Electron paramagnetic resonance imaging of nitric oxide organ distribution in lipopolysuccaride treated mice

• Aki Hirayama, Sohji Nagase, Atsushi Ueda, Keigyou Yoh, Takaaki Oteki, Mami Obara et al.

Restricted neuronal expression of ubiquitous mitochondrial creatine kinase: Changing patterns in development and with increased activity

• J. Boero, W. Qin, J. Cheng, T. A. Woolsey, A. W. Strauss, Z. Khuchua

Monocarboxylates and glucose utilization as energy substrates in rat brain slices under selective glial poisoning-a31P NMR study

• Takaaki Kitano, Naoko Nisimaru, Eriko Shibata, Hideo Iwasaka, Takayuki Noguchi, Isao Yokoi

Creatine supplementation during college football training does not increase the incidence of cramping or injury

• Michael Greenwood, Richard B. Kreider, Charlie Melton, Christopher Rasmussen, Stacy Lancaster, Edward Cantler et al.

Effects of creatine supplementation on performance and training adaptations

• Richard B. Kreider

Long-term creatine supplementation does not significantly affect clinical markers of health in athletes

• Richard B. Kreider, Charles Melton, Christopher J. Rasmussen, Michael Greenwood, Stacy Lancaster, Edward C. Cantler et al.

Creatine supplementation enhances anaerobic ATP synthesis during a single 10 sec maximal handgrip exercise

• Yuko Kurosawa, Takafumi Hamaoka, Toshihito Katsumura, Masasuke Kuwamori, Naoto Kimura, Takayuki Sako et al.

Association of ecNOS gene polymorphisms with end stage renal diseases

• Sohji Nagase, Hiromichi Suzuki, Ying Wang, Shuichi Kikuchi, Aki Hirayama, Atsushi Ueda et al.

Importance of renal mitochondria in the reduction of TEMPOL, a nitroxide radical

• Atsushi Ueda, Sohji Nagase, Hidekatsu Yokoyama, Mika Tada, Hiroyuki Noda, Hiroaki Ohya et al.

Effect of caffeine on metabolism of L-arginine in the brain

• Jelenka Nikolic, Gordana Bjelakovic, Ivana Stojanovic

Role of nitric oxide synthase activity in experimental ischemic acute renal failure in rats

• Miki Komurai, Yasuko Ishii, Fumiaki Matsuoka, Katsuhide Toyama, Masayuki Ominato, Takeo Sato et al.