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Recent Publications

Dan Dan FENG, Zi-qiang LUO, Sang-Gun ROH, Maria HERNANDEZ, Neveen TAWADROS, Damien KEATING, Chen CHEN: (2005) Reduction in voltage-gated K+ currents in primary cultured rat pancreatic b-cells by free fatty acids. Endocrinology, in press

Ji-Min Cao, Huy ONG, Chen CHEN: (2005) Action of GHS and ghrelin on cardiovascular system. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, in press.

Yeon-Hee HONG, Yukihiko NISHIMURA, Daisuke HISHIKAWA, Hiroaki TSUZUKI, Hisae MIYAHARA, Chizu GOTOH, Ki-Choon CHOI, Dan Dan FENG, Chen CHEN, Hong-gu LEE, Kazuo KATOH, Sang-gun ROH, and Shinichi SASAKI: (2005) Stimulation of adipogenesis by short chain fatty acids via GPCR43 . Endocrinology, in press.

Xue-Feng HAN, Damien KEATING, Chen CHEN: (2005) Ghrelin reduces voltage-gated K + currents in GH3 pituitary somatotrope cell line. Endocrine, in press.

Xiang-Bin XU, Jin-Jiang PANG, Ji-Min CAO, Rong-Kun XU, Chao NI, Xiao-Xia YU, Wen-lin ZHU, Meng-Chin CHEN, Chen CHEN: Growth hormone-releasing peptides suppress cardiomyocyte apoptosis and neurohormonal activations, prevent cardiac dysfunction and the development of cardiac cachexia in rats with heart failure. American Journal of Physiology, in press.

Damien J. Keating, Chen CHEN: (2005) Activin A stimulates catecholamine secretion from rat adrenal chromaffin cells: a new physiological mechanism. Journal of Endocrinology, 186:R1-R5.

Yu-Feng ZHAO, Damien J. KEATING, Maria HERNANDEZ, Yunlong ZHU, Dan Dan FENG, Chen CHEN: (2005) Long-term inhibition of protein tyrosine kinase impairs electrophysiological activity and a rapid component of exocytosis in pancreatic beta-cells. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 35:49-59.

Ming YAN , Margaret E.E. JONES , Maria HERNANDEZ, Dongling LIU, Evan R. SIMPSON , Chen CHEN: (2005) Estrogen replacement in vivo rescues the dysfunction of pituitary somatotropes in ovariectomised aromatase knockout ( ArKO ) mice. Neuroendocrinology, 81:158-166.

Seung-Kwon YANG, Helena C. PARKINGTON , Allan D. BLAKE, Damien KEATING, Chen CHEN: (2005) Somatostatin increases voltage-gated K + currents in GH3 cells through activating type 2 and 4 somatostatin receptors. Endocrinology, 146:4975-4984.

Jin-Jiang PANG, Rong-Kun XU, Xiang-Bin XU, Ji-Min CAO, Chao NI, Kamlesh ASOTRA, Wen-Ling ZHU, Meng-Chin CHEN, Chen CHEN: (2004) Hexarelin Prevents Rat Cardiomyocytes from Angiotensin II–Induced Apoptosis In Vitro. American Journal of Physiology (H&C), 286:H1063-H1069.

Ming YAN, Margaret JONES, Maria HERNANDEZ, Evan SIMPSON, Chen CHEN: (2004) Functional Modification of Pituitary Somatotropes in the Aromatase Knockout Mouse and the Effect of Estrogen Replacement. Endocrinology, 145:604-612.

Ming YAN, Maria HERNANDEZ, Ruwei XU, Chen CHEN: (2004) A diphasic effect of GHRH and GHRP-2 on GH, Pit-1, GHRH-R, GHS-R, sst-1, sst-2 mRNA levels and GH secretion in ovine pituitary cells. European Journal of Endocrinology, 150:235-242.

Kazuo KATOH, A. MATSUDA, A. ISHIGAMI, S. YONEKURA, H. ISHIWATA, Chen CHEN and Y. OBARA: (2004) Suppressing effects of bisphenol A on the secretory function of ovine anterior pituitary cells. Cell Biology International, 28: 463-469.

Yu-feng ZHAO, Chen CHEN: (2004) 3T3-L1 adipocyte reduces Kir6.2 expression in MIN6 insulin-secreting cells in vitro. Acta Physiologica Sinica, 56:253-257.

Ki-Choon CHOI, Sang-Gun ROH, Yeon HONG, Daisuke HISHIKAWA, Chen CHEN, Masayasu KOJIMA, Kenji KANGAWA, Shin-Ichi SASAKI: (2003) The role of ghrelin and GHS-receptor on rat adipogenesis. Endocrinology,144: 754-759.

Ruwei XU, Sang-Gun ROH, Changhong GONG, Maria HERNANDEZ, Yoichi UETA and Chen CHEN: (2003) Orexin-B augments voltage-gated L-type Ca 2+ current via a PKC-mediated signalling pathway in ovine somatotropes. Neuroendocrinology, 77:141-152.

Chen CHEN, Ruwei XU: (2003) In vitro regulation of growth hormone secretion by orexins. Endocrine,22:57-66.

Xiang-Bin XU, Ji-Min CAO, Jing-Jiang PANG, Rong-Kun XU, Chao NI, Wen-lin ZHU, Meng-Chin CHEN, Chen CHEN: (2003) The positive inotropic and calcium-mobilizing effects of growth hormone-releasing peptides on rat heart. Endocrinology, 144: 5050-5057.

Yu-feng ZHAO, Ruwei XU, Maria HERNANDEZ, Yun-Long ZHU, Chen CHEN: (2003) Difference of the [Ca 2+]i response to extracellular ATP and glucose in primary cultured rat and mouse pancratic islets cells. Endocrine, 22:185-192.