Disease relevance of Potoroidae

• This study presents the precise localization of mitotin in cytoplasmic structures in two cell types, the potoroo rat kangaroo PtK2 cell and the human lung cancer EPLC 65 cell [1].

High impact information on Potoroidae

• Using a tunable titanium-sapphire laser, we have compared different wavelengths (from 700 to 840 nm) for their utility in optical trapping of chromosomes in mitotic rat kangaroo Potorous tridactylus (PtK2) cells [2].
• Evidence from plasma progesterone concentrations for male-induced ovulation in the brush-tailed bettong, Bettongia penicillata [3].
• Growth and role of the corpus luteum throughout delayed gestation in the potoroo, Potorous tridactylus [4].
• Testosterone levels in the Tasmanian bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) [5].
• Four male potoroos (Potorous tridactylus apicalis) breathed 21% and 7% O2 with and without the addition of 5% CO2 [6].

Biological context of Potoroidae

• Effects of bromocriptine on lactation and plasma progesterone in Bettongia gaimardi, a Tasmanian macropodid marsupial [7].
• All reports of metabolic responses to NA are from macropods, and a recent study demonstrates that NA and other alpha-adrenergic agonists stimulate thermogenesis in a small macropod, the bettong (Bettongia gaimardi), by acting on alpha 1-receptors [8].

Anatomical context of Potoroidae

• In the present study, the dopamine agonist bromocriptine, which in many mammals results in decreased secretion of prolactin from the pituitary gland, was administered to the Tasmanian bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) at two different doses (12.5 mg kg(-1) and 5 mg kg(-1)) [7].

Associations of Potoroidae with chemical compounds

• Low (2.28 mg/kg) or high (4.56 mg/kg) doses of cadmium chloride were administered, either intraperitoneally or subcutaneously, to adult male potoroos (P. tridactylus) [9].

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