Publications
Gilbert W. Moeckel, Li Zhang, Chuan-Ming Hao, Agnes B. Fogo, Ambra Pozzi and Matthew D. Breyer. COX2 activity promotes organic osmolyte accumulation adaptation of renal medullary interstitial cells from hypertonic stress. J Biol Chem 278(21):19352-19357, 2003.
GW Moeckel, L Zhang, X Chen, M Rossini, R Zent and A Pozzi. Role of integrin a1ß1 in the regulation of renal medullary osmolyte concentration. Am J Physiol,2006, 290:F223-31.
Gilbert W. Moeckel, Ramin Shadman, Joy M. Fogel and Sayed M.H. Sadrzadeh. Organic osmolytes betaine, sorbitol and inositol are potent inhibitors of erythrocyte membrane ATPases. Life Sciences 71(20):2413-2424, 2002.
Gilbert W. Moeckel, Li-Wen Lai, Walter G. Guder, H. Moo Kwon and Yeong-Hau H. Lien. Kinetics and osmoregulation of Na and Cl-dependent betaine transporter in rat renal medulla. American Journal of Physiology 272(Renal Physiol. 41):F100-F106, 1997.
Gilbert W. Moeckel and Yeong-Hau H. Lien. Distribution of de novo synthesized betaine in rat kidney: role of renal synthesis on medullary betaine accumulation. American Journal of Physiology 272(Renal Physiol. 41):F94-F99. 1997.
Gilbert W. Moeckel, Jürgen Hallbach and Walter G. Guder. Purification of human and rat kidney aldose reductase. Enzyme Protein 48:45-50, 1994-95.
Gilbert W. Moeckel and Yeong Hau H. Lien. Bicarbonate dependency of betaine synthesis in cultured LLC-PKI cells. American Journal of Physiology 266:F512-F515, 1994.
Stefan Pummer, William H. Danzler, Yeong-Hau H. Lien, Gilbert W. Moeckel, Katharina Völker and Stefan Silbernagl. Reabsorption of betaine in Henle’s loops of rat kidney in vivo. American Journal of Physiology 278:F434-F439, 2000.
S.T. Lamitina, K. Baman, R. Morrison, G. W. Moeckel and K. Strange. Adaptation of the nematode C. elegans to extreme osmotic stress. Am J Physiol, Cell Physiol, 2004:286:C785-91.
Kwon M, Na K, Moeckel G, Lee S, and Kwon HM. Urea promotes TonEBP expression and celllar adaptation in extreme hypertonicity. Pflugers Archive-European Journal of Physiology, 2009, in press.