The Deanship of Scientific Research at King Abdulaziz University,Jeddah,Saudi Arabia has funded this project,under grant no.(KEP MSc-42-140-1443).
Objective:To assess the nephroprotective potential of agmatine in a rat model of streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy.Methods:A single dose of streptozotocin(40 mg/kg)coupled with a fructose diet induced diabet...
Supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico,No.310113/2017-2;the CNPq Research Productivity Fellowship.
Major depressive disorder(MDD)is a disabling and highly prevalent mood disorder as well as a common cause of suicide.Chronic stress,inflammation,and intestinal dysbiosis have all been shown to play crucial roles in th...
supported primarily by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants(2016-67,015-24,958 to Fuller W.Bazer and 2015-67,015-23,276 to Guoyao Wu)from the United States Department of Agriculture,National Institute of Food and Agriculture;supported by funding from the Sustainability Strategy2013–2014,from CODI University of Antioquia(Ude A),Medellín,Colombia Scholarship“Becas Doctorado Ude A 2014.”
Background: Polyamines stimulate DNA transcription and m RNA translation for protein synthesis in trophectoderm cells, as well as proliferation and migration of cells; therefore, they are essential for development and...
supported by grants from the National Basic Research Development Program of China (2015CB553504);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30930040 and 81102426);a Project of the National Science and Technology Support Program of China(2012BAI01B07)
Abstract Chronic exposure to opioids induces adaptation of glutamate neurotransmission, which plays a crucial role in addiction. Our previous studies revealed that agmatine attenuates opioid addiction and prevents the...
Supported by The Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University,through research group project,No.RGPVPP-016,entitled "Cardiovascular research Group"
AIM:To investigate the effect of administration of agmatine(AGM) on gastric protection against ischemia reperfusion(I/R) injury.METHODS:Three groups of rats(6/group);sham,gastric I/R injury,and gastric I/R + AGM(100 m...
Supported by the National Technology-Innovation Fund of China(No.02CJ-13-01-16)
A new method for the enzymatic synthesis of agmatine by immobilized Escherichia coli cells with arginine decarboxylase(ADC) activity was established and a series of optimal reaction conditions was set down. The argi...
a grant of the Korea Healthcare Technology R&D Project, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea, No. A080959
Agmatine, an analog of L-arginine, is an endogenous substance synthesized by arginine decarboxylase, which has been shown to possess neuroprotective effects following brain ischemia. Nitric oxide is generated by seque...
Objective In this study we will investigate the effect and possible mechanism of agmatine on MMP expression.Methods We established a transfection of human ADC gene into the murine bEnd.3 cells(bEnd.3-ADC)by the retrov...
BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that agmatine can reduce inhibition of neuronal regeneration by increasing cyclic adenosine monophosphate and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus of morphine-d...
Project supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(№30300419);the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing,China(№7042052).
Aim: To explore the mechanism of agmatine's antidepressant action. Methods: Male mice were subjected to a variety of unpredictable stressors on a daily basis over a 24-d period. The open-field behaviors of the mice...