Kuniko Kusama-Eguchi

TL;DR: Most polyamines exist as a polyamine-RNA complex in cells under the conditions that globin synthesis is stimulated by spermine in a rabbit reticulocyte cell-free system and the amount of sPermine bound to RNA was very close to the value estimated in the cells.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the polyamine transporters present in glial cells, neurons, and synaptic vesicles each have different properties and are, presumably, different molecular entities.

TL;DR: Its presence in the drought tolerant grass pea is thought to be responsible for the crippling disease neurolathyrism, while in the longevity promoting ginseng it is named dencichine and praised for its haemostatic properties.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated Abeta-induced cell death in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHCs) that were cultured for various periods in vitro, and found that OHCs cultured for relatively longer periods are more susceptible to Abeta induced toxicity and that the Abeta's induced cell death involves caspase-12-dependent pathways.

TL;DR: Results suggest that PGE2 induces cell death by activation of EP2 in NSC-34 cells, a motor neuron-like cell line in mice.