B Gasnier - Pflügers Archiv European Journal of Physiology, 2004 - Springer Abstract The SLC32 family comprises a single member: the vesicular inhibitory
amino acid transporter (VIAAT) or vesicular GABA transporter (VGAT). It belongs
to a eukaryotic-specific superfamily of H + -coupled amino acid ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►biologists.org R Gammelsaeter, M Froyland, C Aragon, NC … - Journal of cell science, 2004 - jcs.biologists.org To elucidate the possible roles of the CNS neurotransmitters glycine and GABA in
neuroendocrine paracrine signalling, we investigated their localizations, and
those of their transport proteins, by confocal immunofluorescence and ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
IK Franklin, CB Wollheim - Journal of General Physiology, 2004 - jgp.rupress.org -Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a principal nonpeptidal neurotransmitter with a
well-characterized role as an inhibitor of neuronal firing in the CNS (Cherubini
et al., 1991 Go ; Thomas-Reetz and De Camilli, 1994 Go ). GABA is also ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org M Hayashi, M Otsuka, R Morimoto, A … - Diabetes, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc Islets of Langerhans contain γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) and may use it as an
intercellular transmitter. In β-cells, GABA is stored in synaptic-like
microvesicles and secreted through Ca 2+ -dependent exocytosis. Vesicular ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
H Dong, M Kumar, Y Zhang, A Gyulkhandanyan … - Diabetologia, 2006 - Springer Gamma-aminobutyric acid up- and downregulates insulin ... Received: 18 August
2005 / Accepted: 1 November 2005 / Published online: 31 January 2006 #
Springer-Verlag 2006 ... Abstract Aims/hypothesis: The role of ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
A Muroyama, S Uehara, S Yatsushiro, N … - Diabetes, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc Many metabolic factors affect the secretion of insulin from β-cells and
glucagon from α-cells of the islets of Langerhans to regulate blood glucose.
Somatostatin from δ-cells, considered a local inhibitor of islet function, ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►endojournals.org K Metzeler, A Agoston, M Gratzl - Endocrinology, 2004 - Endocrine Soc -Aminobutyric acid (GABA), a major neurotransmitter in the central nervous
system, also acts as a paracrine or autocrine signaling molecule in endocrine
tissues such as the pancreatic islets, adenohypophysis, and testis. In the ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►endocrinology-journals.org AT Suckow, IR Sweet, B Van Yserloo, EA … - Journal of molecular endocrinology, 2006 - Soc Endocrinology Pancreatic islets are unique outside the nervous system in that they contain
high levels of the inhibitory neurotransmitter -aminobutyric acid (GABA),
synthesized by the enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD). Since the role ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►physiology.org MM Bonaventura, PN Catalano, A Chamson-Reig, … - American Journal of Physiology- Endocrinology And …, 2008 - Am Physiological Soc GABA has been proposed to inhibit insulin secretion through GABA B receptors
(GABA B Rs) in pancreatic β-cells. We investigated whether GABA B Rs
participated in the regulation of glucose homeostasis in vivo. The animals ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
