High impact information on Hymenolepis diminuta

• The formation of cGMP in homogenates of the adult rat-tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta was followed with a radiometric assay during 3 h after stimulation with the nitric oxide donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and in the presence of isobutylmethylxanthine (IBMX) [1].
• These studies demonstrate that regional differences exist in the glucose transporter of the rat tapeworm, analogous to the intestinal glucose gradient [2].
• Immunocytochemical demonstration of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) and vertebrate neuropeptides in the nervous system of excysted cysticercoid larvae of the rat tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea) [3].
• In the rat tapeworm, H. diminuta, the volume of distribution of 3H-water was positively correlated with wet weight (r = 0.87, P less than 0.001) and this same phenomenon also was demonstrated in S. mansoni (r = 0.90, P less than 0.001) [4].
• 1. Tegumental transport of choline at concentrations ranging from 0.005-5.0 mM provided no evidence for saturable, carrier-mediated entry of this amine in the tegument of the rat tapeworm (Hymenolepis diminuta) [5].

Associations of Hymenolepis diminuta with chemical compounds

• A gradient in glucose transporter density is suggested in the rat tapeworm by changes in the estimated transporter Vmax in the first through fourth quartiles [2].
• The selective uptake of cholesterol by the rat tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda) [6].
• Glycogen synthase in the rat tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta--II. Control of enzyme activity by glucose and glycogen [7].

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