Prostaglandin D synthases

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Gerena, R. L., et al. (2000a). Stage and region-specific localization of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase in the adult murine testis and epididymis. J. Androl 21, 848-54. 

Hayaishi, O., et al. (2004). Genes for prostaglandin D synthase and receptor as well as adenosine A2A receptor are involved in the homeostatic regulation of mem sleep. Arch. Ital. Biol 142, 533-9. 

Hoffmann, A., et al. (1993). Purification and chemical characterization of beta-trace protein from human cerebrospinal fluid its identification as prostaglandin D synthase. J. Neurochem. 61, 451-6. 

Irikura, D., et al. (2003). Cloning, expression, crystallization, and preliminary X-ray analysis of recombinant mouse lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase, a somnogen-producing enzyme. J. Biochem. 133, 29-32. 

Irikura, D., et at. (2007). Characterization of a major secretory protein in the cane toad (Bufo marinus) choroid plexus as an amphibian lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase. J. Biochem. 141, 173-80. 

Kanaoka, Y. Urade, Y. (2003). Hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase. Prostagland. Leukotrienes Essent. Fatty Acids 69, 163-7. 

Lee, B., el al. (2002). Prostaglandin D synthase in the prenatal ovine brain and effects of its inhibition with selenium chloride on fetal sleep/wake activity in utero. 

Manya, H., et al. (2000). Comparative study of the asparagine-linked sugar chains of human lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase purified from urine and amniotic fluid, and recombinantly expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells. 

Melegos, D. N., et al. (1997). Prostaglandin D synthase concentration in cerebrospinal fluid and serum of patients with neurological disorders. Prostaglandins 54, 463-74. 

Miyagi, M., et al. (2005). Activator protein-1 mediates shear stress-induced prostaglandin d synthase gene expression in vascular endothelial cells. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vase. Biol. 25, 970-5. 

Shimamoto, S., et al. (2007). NMR solution structure of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase Evidence for partial overlapping of catalytic pocket and retinoic acid-binding pocket within the central cavity. /. Biol. Chem. (in press)... 

Takeda, K., et al. (2006). Lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase as a melanocyte marker regulated by MUF. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 339, 1098-106. 

Urade, Y. Hayaishi, O. (2000a). Biochemical, structural, genetic, physiological, and pathophysiological features of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1482, 259-71. 

Urade, Y., el al. (1993). Dominant expression of mRNA for prostaglandin D synthase in leptomeninges, choroid plexus, and oligodendrocytes of the adult rat brain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Set USA 90, 9070-4. 

Urade, Y., el al. (2002). Iipocalin-type and hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthases as a novel example of functional convergence. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediators 68-9, 375 82. 

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