Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 10(4) 185-190 2015年 [査読有り]
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPRs) 40 and 120 are members of the Free Fatty Acid (FFA) receptor group and are termed FFAR1 and FFAR4, respectively. The aim of this study was to clone cat GPR40 and GPR120 cDNAs in several tissues. There was high se...
Chihiro Udagawa   Naomi Tada   Junzo Asano   Katsumi Ishioka   Kazuhiko Ochiai   Makoto Bonkobara   Shuichi Tsuchida   Toshinori Omi   
BMC Research Notes 7(1) 904 2014年12月 [査読有り]
Background: The uncoupling proteins (UCPs) in the mitochondrial inner membrane are members of the mitochondrial anion carrier protein family that play an important role in energy homeostasis. Genetic association studies have shown that human UCP2 ...
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 76(8) 1177-1182 2014年8月 [査読有り]
Hyperadrenocorticism (HAC) is a common endocrine disorder in dogs, in which excess glucocorticoid causes insulin resistance. Disturbance of insulin action may be caused by multiple factors, including transcriptional modulation of insulin signal mo...
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 76(4) 569-572 2014年4月 [査読有り]
To understand the effects of silicon (Si) in the urine with respect to the formation of urinary stones, the distribution of Si in urine was observed. Urine samples from cats with urolithiasis (n=10) and healthy cats (n=15) were used. The concentra...