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    Taurine prevents cardiomyocyte apoptosis by inhibiting the calpain-1/cytochrome c pathway during RVH in broilers

    The calpain-1-activated apoptotic pathway plays a key role in right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH). Taurine has been shown to attenuate apoptosis by inhibiting calpain activity. This experiment aimed to determi...

    Weiwei Li, Jiancheng Yang, Qiufeng LYU, Gaofeng Wu, Shumei Lin, Qunhui Yang in Amino Acids (2020)

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    Taurine prevents ethanol-induced apoptosis mediated by mitochondrial or death receptor pathways in liver cells

    One pathogenic mechanism of ethanol-induced liver injury is the excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which may result in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) characterized by cell death due to necro...

    Gaofeng Wu, Jiancheng Yang, Hao Lv, Wenying **g, Jiaqi Zhou, Ying Feng in Amino Acids (2018)

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    Taurine Inhibits Kupffer Cells Activation Induced by Lipopolysaccharide in Alcoholic Liver Damaged Rats

    Taurine, a β free amino-acid, takes various biological functions including maintain the normal hepatic structure and function. In this study, the regulation mechanism of taurine on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) ind...

    Gaofeng Wu, Qunhui Yang, Yang Yu, Shumei Lin, Ying Feng, Qiufeng Lv in Taurine 10 (2017)

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    Effects of Taurine and l-Arginine on the Apoptosis of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Insulin Resistance Hypertensive Rats

    Objective: In order to find the effects and mechanism of taurine and l-arginine on the apoptosis of VSMCs in insulin resistance hypertensive rats. Methods: 25% fructose were administered in the drinking water to...

    Weiwei Liang, Qunhui Yang, Gaofeng Wu, Shumei Lin, Jiancheng Yang, Ying Feng in Taurine 10 (2017)

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    Taurine Reverses Atrial Structural Remodeling in Ach-Cacl2 Induced Atrial Fibrillation Rats

    Taurine has been reported to have anti-arrhythmia effects, but the anti-atrial fibrillation (AF) effects and its mechanism remain incompletely understood. In the present study, the therapy effects and partly m...

    Qunhui Yang, Gaofeng Wu, Limei Han, Ying Feng, Shumei Lin, Qiufeng Lv in Taurine 10 (2017)

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    Taurine Increases Insulin Expression in STZ-Treated Rat Islet Cells In Vitro

    This research aims at figure out the effects and the pathway of taurine on insulin in islet cells cultured in vitro treated by STZ. In the experiment, islet cells were isolated from pancreatic tissue by in sit...

    Shumei Lin, Gaofeng Wu, Dongdong Zhao, Jie Han, Qunhui Yang, Ying Feng in Taurine 10 (2017)

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    Effects of Taurine on ACE, ACE2 and HSP70 Expression of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Stress-Induced Hypertensive Rats

    The experiment was to elucidate protective mechanism of taurine against stress-induced hypertension. Thirty two male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups. Normal control group and stress control ...

    Qiufeng Lv, Qunhui Yang, Yiqing Cui, Jiancheng Yang, Gaofeng Wu, Mei Liu in Taurine 10 (2017)

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    Taurine Recovers Testicular Steroidogenesis and Spermatogenesis in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

    A great deal of investigations have verified that diabetic male reproductive impairment is associated with the dysfunction of testicular steroidogenesis and spermatogenesis resulted from insulin deficiency and...

    Hong Liu, Shumei Lin, Qiufeng Lv, Qunhui Yang, Gaofeng Wu, Jianmin Hu in Taurine 10 (2017)

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    Taurine Prevents the Electrical Remodeling in Ach-CaCl2 Induced Atrial Fibrillation in Rats

    Objective: To study the preventive actions and mechanism of taurine on the electrical remodeling in atrial fibrillation (AF) rats. Methods: Male Wistar rats were injected with the mixture of acetylcholine (Ach) ...

    Qunhui Yang, Qiufeng Lv, Man Feng, Mei Liu, Ying Feng, Shumei Lin in Taurine 10 (2017)

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    Taurine Improves Sexual Function in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

    Previous studies have identified that diabetic erectile dysfunction is associated with androgen and nitric oxide deficiency resulting from hyperglycemia. It has been demonstrated that taurine can stimulate tes...

    Jiancheng Yang, Shumei Lin, Yu Zhang, Gaofeng Wu, Qunhui Yang, Qiufeng Lv in Taurine 10 (2017)

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    Effects of Replacement of Methionine in Diets with Taurine on Growth Performance and Blood Index in Broilers

    We studied effects of replacement of methionine with taurine on growth performance and blood index of AA+ broilers. Six hundred 1 day broilers were divided into 5 groups, with 3 replicates of 40 broilers in ea...

    Qiufeng Lv, Ling Sun, Yiqing Cui, Jiancheng Yang, Qunhui Yang, **angyu Yu in Taurine 10 (2017)

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    Molecular Cytogenetic and Morphological Identification of a Wheat–L. mollis 1Ns(1D) Substitution Line, DM45

    Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilger (NsNsXmXm, 2n = 28), a wild relative of common wheat, possesses many potentially valuable traits for wheat breeding, i.e., strong and short stems, long spikes...

    Jixin Zhao, **ujuan Wang, Yuhui Pang, Xueni Cheng in Plant Molecular Biology Reporter (2016)

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    Cytogenetic and Molecular Marker-Based Characterization of a Wheat-Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng 2Ns(2D) Substitution Line

    Wheat-Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng substitution line 16-6, which possessed superior numbers of florets and kernels per spike, was developed from a cross between common wheat cv. 7182 and P. huashanica via embr...

    Wanli Du, Jixin Zhao, **g Wang, Liangming Wang, Jun Wu in Plant Molecular Biology Reporter (2015)