Glycerol

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 1.3-A resolution structure of human glutathione S-transferase with S-hexyl glutathione bound reveals possible extended ligandin binding site. 
  • A crucial role of L-selectin in C protein-induced experimental polymyositis in mice. 
  • A futile metabolic cycle activated in adipocytes by antidiabetic agents. 
  • A preliminary metabolomic analysis of older adults with and without depression. 
  • A randomized, double-blind comparison shows the addition of oxygenated glycerol triesters to topical mentholated cream for the treatment of acute musculoskeletal pain demonstrates incremental benefit over time. 
  • Acyl-CoAs are functionally channeled in liver: potential role of acyl-CoA synthetase. 
  • Age-associated differences in beta adrenergic-stimulated lipolysis in adipocytes from Sprague-Dawley and Fischer 344 rats. 
  • Alkaline low spin form of sulfite reductase hemeprotein subunit. 
  • Analyte flux through chronically implanted subcutaneous polyamide membranes differs in humans and rats. 
  • Aquaglyceroporin AQP9: solute permeation and metabolic control of expression in liver. 
  • Aquaporin 9 is the major pathway for glycerol uptake by mouse erythrocytes, with implications for malarial virulence. 
  • Assembly of pure tubulin in the absence of free GTP: effect of magnesium, glycerol, ATP, and the nonhydrolyzable GTP analogues. 
  • Biodistribution of O6-benzylguanine and its effectiveness against human brain tumor xenografts when given in polyethylene glycol or cremophor-EL. 
  • Bovine hepatic fructose 1,6-diphosphatase: -glycerophosphate hydrolysis-evidence for a shared active site. 
  • Carnitine revisited: potential use as adjunctive treatment in diabetes. 
  • Changes in brain biochemistry and oxygenation in the zone surrounding primary intracerebral hemorrhage. 
  • Co-ordinated electron microscopy and X-ray studies of glycerinated insect flight muscle. I. X-ray diffraction monitoring during preparation for electron microscopy of muscle fibres fixed in rigor, in ATP and in AMPPNP. 
  • Co-ordinated electron microscopy and X-ray studies of glycerinated insect flight muscle. II. Electron microscopy and image reconstruction of muscle fibres fixed in rigor, in ATP and in AMPPNP. 
  • Computational design of a biologically active enzyme. 
  • Cooperativity and binding in the mechanism of cytosolic phospholipase A2. 
  • Direct determination of the electron density profile of nerve myelin. 
  • Direct determination of the lamellar structure of peripheral nerve myelin at low resolution (17 A). 
  • Direct determination of the lamellar structure of peripheral nerve myelin at moderate resolution (7A). 
  • Discovery of the aquaporins and development of the field. 
  • Effect of feeding excess of vitamin A and vitamin C on liver, plasma and adrenal lipids of rats. 
  • Effect of optical clearing agents on the in vivo optical properties of squamous epithelial tissue. 
  • Effect of vaginal lubricants on natural fertility. 
  • Effects of modulation of glycerol kinase expression on lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in human muscle cells. 
  • Engineering of glycerol-stimulated insulin secretion in islet beta cells. Differential metabolic fates of glucose and glycerol provide insight into mechanisms of stimulus-secretion coupling. 
  • Enhanced receptor-cyclase coupling and augmented catecholamine-stimulated lipolysis in exercising rats. 
  • Eps15 homology domain-NPF motif interactions regulate clathrin coat assembly during synaptic vesicle recycling. 
  • Equilibrium and nonequilibrium phase transformations of quaternary solutions based on a physiologic support medium containing NaCl, dimethyl sulfoxide, and glycerol. 
  • Evaluation of preservative fluid for urine collected for culture. 
  • Experience with glycerin for antegrade continence enema in patients with neurogenic bowel. 
  • Extended storage of AS-1 and AS-3 leukoreduced red blood cells for 15 days after deglycerolization and resuspension in AS-3 using an automated closed system. 
  • GTP hydrolysis during microtubule assembly. 
  • GlpR Is a Direct Transcriptional Repressor of Fructose Metabolic Genes in Haloferax volcanii. 
  • Glycerol administration: alternative method and review. 
  • Glycerol as an indicator of lipid degradation in bicuculline-induced seizures and experimental cerebral ischemia. 
  • Glycerol rhizotomy via a retrosigmoid approach as an alternative treatment for trigeminal neuralgia. 
  • Glycerol-induced unraveling of the tight helical conformation of Escherichia coli type 1 fimbriae. 
  • Glycophase glass revisited: protein adsorption and cell growth on glass surfaces bearing immobilized glycerol monosaccharides. 
  • Hybrid dendritic-linear polyester-ethers for in situ photopolymerization. 
  • Induced changes in orientation of the cross-bridges of glycerinated insect flight muscle. 
  • Induction of clusterin in acute and chronic oxidative renal disease in the rat and its dissociation from cell injury. 
  • Laser-induced heating in optical traps. 
  • Metabolic and ventilatory responses to steady state exercise relative to lactate thresholds. 
  • Molecular cloning and characterization of Aspergillus nidulans cyclophilin B. 
  • Near-roadway air pollution exposure and altered fatty acid oxidation among adolescents and young adults - The interplay with obesity. 
  • PINA is essential for growth and positively influences NIMA function in Aspergillus nidulans. 
  • Phosphatidylglycerol homeostasis in glycerol-phosphate auxotrophs of Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone: A Novel Cryoprotectant in Islet Cell Cryopreservation. 
  • Postfreeze viability of human epithelial carcinoma cells in quaternary solutions. 
  • Postfreeze viability of human renal epithelial carcinoma cells related to phase transformations in ternary solutions. 
  • Presence of glycerol masks the effects of phosphorylation on the catalytic efficiency of cytosolic phospholipase A2. 
  • Purification of the AMP-activated protein kinase on ATP-gamma-sepharose and analysis of its subunit structure. 
  • Reconstitution and functional comparison of purified GlpF and AqpZ, the glycerol and water channels from Escherichia coli. 
  • Red blood cell phenotype fidelity following glycerol cryopreservation optimized for research purposes. 
  • Storage of bluetongue virus-infected Culicoides variipennis. 
  • Successful in vivo recovery and extended storage of additive solution (AS)-5 red blood cells after deglycerolization and resuspension in AS-3 for 15 days with an automated closed system. 
  • The 6.9-A structure of GlpF: a basis for homology modeling of the glycerol channel from Escherichia coli. 
  • The H2O-NaCl-glycerol phase diagram and its application in cryobiology. 
  • The choice between the positive and negative structures for nerve myelin. 
  • The disulfide bonding pattern in ficolin multimers. 
  • The indispensability of heme oxygenase-1 in protecting against acute heme protein-induced toxicity in vivo. 
  • The responses of rat trigeminal ganglion neurons to capsaicin and two nonpungent vanilloid receptor agonists, olvanil and glyceryl nonamide. 
  • The size and curvature of anionic covesicle substrate affects the catalytic action of cytosolic phospholipase A2. 
  • The structure and assembly of microtubules. 
  • The structure of insect flight muscle in the presence of AMPPNP. 
  • The universality of lignocellulosic biomass liquefaction by plasma electrolysis under acidic conditions. 
  • Vaginal distribution of Replens and K-Y Jelly using three imaging techniques. 
  • Water-soluble treatments to enhance glucose permeability of protein-resistant polymer overlayers. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Erickson, Harold Paul, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology, Cell Biology
  • Palmer, Gregory M., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology
  • Routh, Jonathan Charles, Paul H. Sherman, M.D. Distinguished Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics