Agmatine, a bioactive metabolite of arginine: Production, degradation, and functional effects in the kidney of the rat

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 413-420

  Lortie, Mark J ^a   Novotny, William F ^b   Peterson, Orjan W ^b   Vallon, Volker ^b   Malvey, Kirsten ^b   Mendonca, Margarida ^b   Satriano, Joseph ^b   Insel, Paul ^b   C thomson, Scott ^b   Blantz, Roland C ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agmatine; Arginine decarboxylase; Diamine oxidase; Glomerular filtration; Kidney; Tubular reabsorption

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER CONTAINING); ARGININE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTOR; ORNITHINE; YOHIMBINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DENERVATION; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; METABOLITE; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGMATINE; AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER-CONTAINING); ANIMALS; ARGININE; CARBOXY-LYASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030031002     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118430     Document Type: Article

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