The therapeutic importance of acid-base balance

BN Quade, MD Parker, R Occhipinti - Biochemical pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Baking soda and vinegar have been used as home remedies for generations and today we
are only a mouse-click away from claims that baking soda, lemon juice, and apple cider …

An atlas and functional analysis of G-protein coupled receptors in human islets of Langerhans

S Amisten, A Salehi, P Rorsman, PM Jones… - Pharmacology & …, 2013 - Elsevier
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) regulate hormone secretion from islets of Langerhans,
and recently developed therapies for type-2 diabetes target islet GLP-1 receptors. However …

Engineering modular, oxygen‐generating microbeads for the in situ mitigation of cellular hypoxia

RP Accolla, JP Liang, TR Lansberry… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Insufficient oxygenation is a key obstacle in the design of clinically scalable tissue‐
engineered grafts. In this work, an oxygen‐generating composite material, termed OxySite …

Wearable Microneedle Patch for Colorimetric Detection of Multiple Signature Biomarkers in vivo Toward Diabetic Diagnosis

Z Bao, S Lu, D Zhang, G Wang, X Cui… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Type 2 diabetes is rapidly emerging as a global public health problem. While blood glucose
monitoring has been the primary method of managing diabetes for decades, the increasing …

Physiological relevance of proton-activated GPCRs

PH Imenez Silva, CA Wagner - Pflügers Archiv-European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The detection of H+ concentration variations in the extracellular milieu is accomplished by a
series of specialized and non-specialized pH-sensing mechanisms. The proton-activated G …

A static glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (sGSIS) assay that is significantly predictive of time to diabetes reversal in the human islet bioassay

RD Molano, A Pileggi, MT Hubert, CL Stabler… - BMJ Open Diabetes …, 2024 - drc.bmj.com
Introduction Static incubation (static glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, sGSIS) is a
measure of islet secretory function. The Stimulation Index (SI; insulin produced in high …

Deficiency of proton-sensing ovarian cancer G protein-coupled receptor 1 attenuates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion

T Nakakura, C Mogi, M Tobo, H Tomura, K Sato… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Ovarian cancer G protein-coupled receptor 1 (OGR1) has been shown as a receptor for
protons. In the present study, we aimed to know whether OGR1 plays a role in insulin …

Naturally-occurring carboxylic acids from traditional antidiabetic plants as potential pancreatic islet FABP3 inhibitors. A molecular docking–aided study

A Hyder - Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2023 - Elsevier
The antidiabetic action of traditional plants is mostly attributed to their antioxidant and anti-
inflammatory properties. These plants are still having some secrets, making them an …

Development and application of an excitation ratiometric optical pH sensor for bioprocess monitoring

R Badugu, Y Kostov, G Rao… - Biotechnology Progress, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The development of a fluorescent excitation ratiometric pH sensor (AHQ‐PEG) using a novel
allylhydroxyquinolinium (AHQ) derivative copolymerized with polyethylene glycol …

Effect of the immunosuppressive regime of Edmonton protocol on the long-term in vitro insulin secretion from islets of two different species and age categories

A Hyder, C Laue, J Schrezenmeir - Toxicology in vitro, 2005 - Elsevier
The success of the new immunosuppressive regime known as the Edmonton protocol in islet
allotransplantation may suggest that it is also possible that this regime may prevent the …