by Anskar Yu-hung Leung. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 147-163). / Chapter Section I --- Literature review / Chapter Chapter I.1. --- The epididymis - its structures and functions --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter I.2. --- Cellular mechanisms of transepithelial electrolyte transport in epididymis and other exocrine tissues --- p.5 / Chapter Chapter I.3 --- Signal transduction mechanism of chloride secretion in epididymis and other exocrine tissue --- p.11 / Chapter Chapter I.4 --- Significance of chloride secretion by the epididymal epithelium and the objectives of the study --- p.17 / Chapter Section II --- General methods / Chapter Chapter II.1. --- Tissue culture from the rat cauda epididymis --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter II.2. --- The short-circuit current technique --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter II.3. --- The immunofluorescence technique --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter II.4. --- Intracellular adenosine 3':5' cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) measurement --- p.43 / Chapter Chapter II.5 --- Intracellular Ca2+ measurement using the microfluorimetric technique --- p.49 / Chapter Section III --- Results / Chapter Chapter III.1. --- Studies on the neural and humoral controls of eletrogenic chloride secretion in rat epididymis --- p.55 / Chapter Chapter III.2. --- Local control of electrogenic chloride secretion in rat epididymis 226}0ؤThe role of the calcitonin gene-related peptide --- p.80 / Chapter Chapter III.3. --- Characterization of intracellular Ca2+ store using ATP as the calcium mobilizing agonist --- p.94 / Chapter Chapter III.4. --- Ca2+ handling mechanisms in single cultured rat epididymal cells --- p.106 / Chapter Chapter III.5. --- Studies on the effector process in the stimulus-secretion coupling- characterization of apical Cl- conductance in cultured rat cauda epididmal cells --- p.114 / Chapter Chapter III.6. --- Effects of secretory agonists on transepithelial Cl- transport and intracellular Ca2+ concentration in cultured human epididymal epithelium --- p.132 / Chapter Section IV --- General discussion --- p.142 / Chapter Section V --- References --- p.147 / Appendix --- p.164
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_319244 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Contributors | Leung, Anskar Yu-hung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Basic Medical Sciences. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, 165 leaves, [3] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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