The preferred ligand of angiotensin (Ang) II type 2 (AT(2)R)-mediated natriuresis is Ang III. The major enzyme responsible for the metabolism of Ang III is aminopeptidase N, which is selectively inhibited by compound PC-18. In this study, urine sodium excretion rates (U(Na)V), fractional excretion of sodium, fractional excretion of lithium, glomerular filtration rate, and mean arterial pressure...

The possibility of using molten mixtures of 1,4-dimethyl-l,2,4-triazolium chloride (DMTC) and aluminum chloride (A1C13) as secondary battery electrolytes was studied, in some cases extended by the copresence of sodium chloride. DMTC-A1CI~ mixtures demonstrated high specific conductivity in a wide temperature range. The equimolar system is most conductive and has K values between 4.02 x 10 -~ an...

Treatment o f C[B(OMe)J4 with four equivalents o f a (rerr-phosphine)gold(I) chloride LAuCl with L = P (oC 6H n)3 or (2-MeC6H4)3P in the presence o f CsF in hexamethylphosphoric triamide (HMPT) affords the first complexes o f the type (LAu)4C. The product is formed to­ gether with salts (LAu)5C +BF4_ as the by-product for L = tricyclohexylphosphine, from which it can be separated by fractional ...

There is increasing circumstantial evidence that the very high sodium diet combined with low potassium intake that most Western communities now eat may be, at least in part, responsible for the prevalence of high blood pressure. This circumstantial evidence combined with animal evidence has been considered sufficient in some countries to make a general recommendation to reduce sodium intake. If...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the target cells and molecules with sodium valproate induced differentiation of human glioma cells. METHODS Nude mice bearing human glioma xenogenic graft subcutaneously were treated with sodium valproate. The expressions of HDAC1 and Tob genes of xenografts were analyzed with semiquantitative RT-PCR. The CD133+ cells (BTSCs) were isolated from glioma specimens by imm...