Increasing biochemical evidence suggests that the renin-angiotensin system may be present in may extrarenal tissues. We have employed the mouse submandibular gland renin complementary DNA (pDD-1D2) and the rat liver angiotensinogen complementary DNA (pRang 3) to demonstrate that renin and angiotensinogen messenger RNAs are expressed in the mouse kidney, submandibular gland, heart, adrenal, brai...

This study extends our previous work (Raclot, T., and R. Groscolas. 1993. J. Lipid Res. 34: 1515-1526) which demonstrated that in the fed state fatty acids are selectively released from white adipocytes in vitro. It aims at determining whether such selectivity operates in vivo during energy depletion and has physiological relevance. This question was examined in rats by simultaneously measuring...

ayurveda, the indian art of holistic medicine describes fasting in terms of upavasa and considers it as one among the depletion therapies.   besides the extensive explanations on the preventive purports of fasting, the classics have explicitly explained and exemplified the therapeutic importance of fasting while treating different diseases and dealing with different stages of the diseases. feve...