1996
The α3 Isoform Protein of the Na+,K+-ATPase Is Associated With the Sites of Cardiac and Neuromuscular Impulse Transmission
Zahler R, Sun W, Ardito T, Zhang Z, Kocsis J, Kashgarian M. The α3 Isoform Protein of the Na+,K+-ATPase Is Associated With the Sites of Cardiac and Neuromuscular Impulse Transmission. Circulation Research 1996, 78: 870-879. PMID: 8620608, DOI: 10.1161/01.res.78.5.870.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuromuscular junctionConduction systemImpulse transmissionIsoform-specific antibodiesSkeletal muscle expressesSkeletal musclePresynaptic motor terminalsCardiac conduction systemHeart conduction systemAlpha subunitAxonal processesRat heartCardiac myocytesIsoform mRNAsMuscleClassic morphologyJunctional complexesImmunoreactive proteinPump isoformsAntibodiesIsoform proteinsHeartPump proteinImmunohistochemistryIsoforms
1994
Transforming growth factor-beta 1 stimulates glomerular mesangial cell synthesis of the 72-kd type IV collagenase.
Marti H, Lee L, Kashgarian M, Lovett D. Transforming growth factor-beta 1 stimulates glomerular mesangial cell synthesis of the 72-kd type IV collagenase. American Journal Of Pathology 1994, 144: 82-94. PMID: 8291614, PMCID: PMC1887110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceBlotting, NorthernCells, CulturedCollagenasesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayGlomerular MesangiumHumansImmunohistochemistryMatrix Metalloproteinase 9Molecular ProbesMolecular Sequence DataNephritisRatsRats, WistarTranscription, GeneticTransforming Growth Factor betaConceptsType IV collagenaseHuman mesangial cellsType IVMesangial cellsImmune complex-mediated glomerulonephritisMRNA expressionType IV collagenase mRNA expressionCultured human mesangial cellsCollagenase mRNA expressionMesangial cell synthesisGlomerular inflammatory processesTIMP-1 synthesisNephritic ratsInflammatory processGlomerular matrixMesangial distributionMatrix protein synthesisTIMP-1Direct stimulationTissue inhibitorNormal animalsMesangial compartmentMatrix metalloproteinase synthesisStimulatory effectTIMP-1 inhibitor