Disease relevance of Trichosurus

• Weekly variations in body weight and plasma testosterone concentrations in the captive male possum, Trichosurus vulpecula [1].
• Significance of sulfhydryl compounds in the manifestation of fluoroacetate toxicity to the rat, brush-tailed possum, woylie and western grey kangaroo [2].

High impact information on Trichosurus

• Experimental gastroesophageal reflux in the Australian brush-tailed possum [3].
• 1. Intravenous administration of porcine galanin (5 nmol kg-1) caused a rise in mean blood pressure in the brush-tailed possum, Trichosurus vulpecula, from 58 +/- 1.6 to 106 +/- 1.6 mmHg [4].
• Bile acids of marsupials. 2. Hepatic formation of vulpecholic acid (1 alpha,3 alpha,7 alpha-trihydroxy-5 beta-cholan-24-oic acid) from chenodeoxycholic acid in a marsupial, Trichosurus vulpecula (Lesson) [5].
• Free vulpecholic acid (1 alpha,3 alpha,7 alpha-trihydroxy-5 beta-cholan-24-oic) is the major biliary component of the Australian opossum (Trichosurus vulpecula), accompanied only by a few percent of its taurine conjugate [5].
• Seasonal changes in mesotocin and localization of its receptor in the prostate of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) [6].

Biological context of Trichosurus

• Gene expression of the tyrosine kinase receptor c-kit during ovarian development in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) [7].
• The full-length nucleotide sequence for the cDNA of growth hormone (GH) from the marsupial brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) was determined using reverse transcription followed by polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and the 5'/3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) technique [8].
• The effect of the phenolic glycoside, salicin, on food intake of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) was studied in a series of feeding experiments [9].
• Biotransformation of 1,8-cineole in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) [10].
• Changes in plasma concentrations of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), and their relationship to antral follicle development and ovulation, were determined in female brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) in experiments in which pouch young were removed (RPY) from lactating females to promote ovarian activity [11].

Anatomical context of Trichosurus

• The actions of erythromycin lactobionate and porcine motilin on trans-sphincteric flow and simultaneous sphincter of Oddi motility were studied in 15 anaesthetized Australian Brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) [12].
• Structure of the uterine luminal epithelium of the brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) [13].
• Transneuronal transport of tritiated fucose and proline in the visual pathways of the brushtailed possum, Trichosurus vulpecula [14].
• We report that in isolated preparations from the biliary tract of thirty one Australian Brush-tailed Possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) erythromycin acts in a similar manner to motilin [15].
• The presence of oxytocin and mesotocin in the hypothalamus of two Australian marsupials, the bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus) and the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), was examined by immunocytochemistry [16].

Associations of Trichosurus with chemical compounds

• Vulpecholic acid (1 alpha, 3 alpha, 7 alpha-trihydroxy-5 beta-cholan-24-oic acid): a novel bile acid of a marsupial, Trichosurus vulpecula (Lesson) [17].
• Ovarian expression of messenger RNA encoding the receptors for luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone in a marsupial, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) [18].
• Noradrenergic perivascular axons were demonstrated in all systemic arteries and veins of a marsupial, the brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), by a catecholamine fluorescence procedure and with antisera directed against the catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (D beta H) [19].
• Peripheral androgen levels in the male brush-tail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) [20].
• However, DNA extracts from small (less than 1 mL), frozen brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula blood samples collected into heparin fail to amplify in PCR reactions [21].

Gene context of Trichosurus

• The prolactin receptor from the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula): cDNA cloning, expression and functional analysis [22].
• Expression of mRNA encoding growth differentiation factor 9 and bone morphogenetic protein 15 during follicular formation and growth in a marsupial, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) [23].
• Nucleotide sequence of a marsupial interleukin-10 cDNA from the Australian brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) [24].
• cDNA cloning, characterization, expression and recombinant protein production of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) from the marsupial, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) [25].
• Plasma concentrations of growth hormone (GH) were measured in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) pouch young from 25 through to 198 days post-partum (n=71) [26].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Trichosurus

• Molecular cloning and characterization of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) from the Australian common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula [27].
• Oxytocic peptides extracted from the brain and plasma of the brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula, were separated by reverse-phase high pressure lipid chromatography (HPLC) and quantified by specific radioimmunoassays for oxytocin (OT) and mesotocin (MT) [28].
• Immunocytochemistry, high pressure liquid chromatography, and radioimmunoassay were used to identify vasopressin and mesotocin in the posterior pituitary of a newborn marsupial, the brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula [29].
• Cloning and sequence analysis of a pituitary prolactin cDNA from the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) [30].

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