Membrane Adenosinetriphosphatase: A Digitalis Receptor? The enzyme is a good model for receptor binding studies because of its known functional correlates.

T Akera - Science, 1977 - science.org
The enzyme Na + ,K + -ATPase is a good model for receptor studies because of its known
functional correlates. The binding of digitalis to the enzyme observed in vitro satisfied the …

Digitalis sensitivity of Na+, K+-ATPase, myocytes and the heart

T Akera, YC Ng - Life sciences, 1991 - Elsevier
Cardiac Na + ,K + -ATPase, the receptor molecule for digitalis glycosides, have isoforms
with different intrinsic affinities for the glycosides. Expressionof these isoforms are under …

Purification and characterization of the recombinant human aldose reductase expressed in baculovirus system.

…, M Mizutani, K Yamashita, T Akera… - … et Biophysica Acta, 1991 - europepmc.org
Large quantities of recombinant human aldose reductase were produced using Spodoptera
frugiperda cells and properties of the enzyme were characterized. Direct purification of the …

The addiction cycle to narcotics in the rat and its relation to catecholamines

T Akera, TM Brody - Biochemical Pharmacology, 1968 - Elsevier
Tolerance to and physical dependence on several narcotic analgesics were demonstrated
in the rat. Daily doses of morphine at 30 and 120 mg kg and levorphanol at 6 and 15 mg kg …

The impact of side effects on hypertension management: a Japanese survey

H Toyoshima, K Takahashi, T Akera - Clinical therapeutics, 1997 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to assess medication compliance and to document side effects
among a large number of Japanese patients receiving antihypertensive treatment. A total …

The effect of ouabain on sodium-and potassiumactivated adenosine triphosphatase from the hearts of several mammalian species

TAI Akera, FS LARSEN, TM BRODY - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 1969 - ASPET
The in vitro sensitivity of cardiac (Na + + K + )-activated adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase)
activity [Mg ++ -dependent, (Na + + K + )-activated adenosine triphosphate (ATP) …

Myocardial membranes: regulation and function of the sodium pump

T Akera, TM Brody - Annual Review of Physiology, 1982 - annualreviews.org
In 1957, Skou (73) demonstrated in crab nerves the presence of an ATPase activated by the
simultaneous presence of Na+ and K+. Skou wrote:" Charн acteristics of the system suggest …

A simple method for the determination of affinity and binding site concentration in receptor binding studies

T Akera, VJK Cheng - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 1977 - Elsevier
In ligand binding studies, it is often difficult to apply kinetic analyses because of an uncertainty
in experimental data obtained at high ligand concentrations. Under such circumstances, K …

[HTML][HTML] Cloning and expression of human aldose reductase.

C Nishimura, Y Matsuura, Y Kokai, T Akera… - Journal of Biological …, 1990 - Elsevier
The complete amino acid sequence of human retina and muscle aldose reductase was
determined by nucleotide analysis of cDNA clones isolated using synthetic oligonucleotide …

Mechanism of grayanotoxin III-induced afterpotentials in feline cardiac Purkinje fibers

BS Brown, T Akera, TM Brody - European journal of pharmacology, 1981 - Elsevier
Grayanotoxins are known to produce cardiac tachuyarrhythmias. It is unknown, however,
which of three mechanisms, ie, reentry, induction of automatic activity or induction of triggered …