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    Protecting effect of Taurine against Hypoxic Cell Damage in Renal Tubular Cells Cultured in Different Transplant Preservation Solutions

    The transplantation of human organs is an important field in current medicine and medical research. One of the limiting steps in organ transplantation is the preservation of the graft. Frequently the hypoxic s...

    Peter Wingenfeld, Stefan Strübind, Ute Gehrmann… in Taurine in Health and Disease (1994)

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    Protective Effect of Taurine on Hypoxia and Reoxygenation-Induced Damage of Human Colon Cells (HT 29)

    Transplantation of the small and large bowel may eventually become a curative treatment for pediatric and adult patients with intestinal failure and short gut syndrome. Since the first description of human all...

    Peter Wingenfeld, Dietrich Volker Michalk, Angela Sonntag, Stefan Paas… in Taurine 2 (1996)

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    Taurine Reduces Experimental Liver Injury after Cold Ischemic Preservation and a Period of Rewarming Prior to Reperfusion

    Livers of male Wistar rats (250–300 g) were isolated and flushed with 10 ml of Ringer’s solution and 10 ml of UW preservation solution. Then the organs were stored for 24 h at 4°C in UW solution. Livers of Gro...

    Thomas Minor, Tetsuya Yamaguchi, Hiltrud Klauke, Peter Wingenfeld… in Taurine 2 (1996)

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    Long-Lasting Hypoxic Preservation of Porcine Kidney Cells

    In the field of transplantation medicine one of the determining factors for the outcome of the transplanted organ is the cellular deterioration due to hypoxia and reoxygenation and the protection against it. F...

    Peter Wingenfeld, Ute Gehrmann, Stefan Strübind, Thomas Minor, Wolf Isselhard… in Taurine 2 (1996)

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    Influence of Taurine Supplementation on Ischemic Preservation of the Isolated Rat Kidney

    Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is an endogenous amino acid with unique functions as a modulator of transmembraneous calcium transport, an osmoregulator and putatively a free radical scavenger4,7,12.

    Christoph Licht, Eckhard Kriegesmann, Thomas Minor, Peter Wingenfeld… in Taurine 3 (1998)