Ilana Nissim

Regulation of urea synthesis by agmatine in the perfused liver: studies with 15N.

Regulation of leucine-stimulated insulin secretion and glutamine metabolism in isolated rat islets.

Metabolism of brain amino acids following pentylenetetrazole treatment.

Role of the glutamate dehydrogenase reaction in furnishing aspartate nitrogen for urea synthesis: studies in perfused rat liver with 15N.

A signaling role of glutamine in insulin secretion.

Ketogenic diet, brain glutamate metabolism and seizure control.

Biosynthesis of agmatine in isolated mitochondria and perfused rat liver: studies with 15N-labelled arginine.

The role of mitochondrially bound arginase in the regulation of urea synthesis: studies with [U-15N4]arginine, isolated mitochondria, and perfused rat liver.

Response of brain amino acid metabolism to ketosis.

Brain amino acid requirements and toxicity: the example of leucine.

Agmatine stimulates hepatic fatty acid oxidation: a possible mechanism for up-regulation of ureagenesis.

Short-term fasting, seizure control and brain amino acid metabolism.

Effects of a GTP-insensitive mutation of glutamate dehydrogenase on insulin secretion in transgenic mice.

Ifosfamide-induced nephrotoxicity: mechanism and prevention.

The ketogenic diet and brain metabolism of amino acids: relationship to the anticonvulsant effect.

Beyond aerobic glycolysis: transformed cells can engage in glutamine metabolism that exceeds the requirement for protein and nucleotide synthesis.

3-isobutylmethylxanthine inhibits hepatic urea synthesis: protection by agmatine.

N-carbamylglutamate markedly enhances ureagenesis in N-acetylglutamate deficiency and propionic acidemia as measured by isotopic incorporation and blood biomarkers.

Elimination of KATP channels in mouse islets results in elevated [U-13C]glucose metabolism, glutaminolysis, and pyruvate cycling but a decreased gamma-aminobutyric acid shunt.

Myc regulates a transcriptional program that stimulates mitochondrial glutaminolysis and leads to glutamine addiction.

Ketosis and brain handling of glutamate, glutamine, and GABA.

Effects of a single dose of N-carbamylglutamate on the rate of ureagenesis.

Measuring in vivo ureagenesis with stable isotopes.

Down-regulation of hepatic urea synthesis by oxypurines: xanthine and uric acid inhibit N-acetylglutamate synthase.