D. J. Franks

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1. Increases in rat liver cyclic AMP concentrations prior to the initiation of DNA synthesis following partial hepatectomy or hormone infusion.

   J. Macmanus, D. J. Franks, T. Youdale, B. Braceland

   1972Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC151 citations

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2. Atrial natriuretic factor inhibits adenylate cyclase activity.

   Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava, D. J. Franks, Marc Cantin, J. Genest

   1984Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC149 citations

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3. Effect of aldosterone on vascular angiotensin II receptors in the rat.

   E. Schiffrin, D. J. Franks, Jolanta Gutkowska

   1985Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology121 citations

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4. Methyl xanthine phosphodiesterase inhibitors behave as prostaglandin antagonists in a perfused rat mesenteric artery preparation.

   D. Horrobin, M. Manku, D. J. Franks, P. Hamet

   1977Prostaglandins106 citations

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5. The roles of calcium and cyclic AMP in the stimulatory action of parathyroid hormone on thymic lymphocyte proliferation

   J. Whitfield, J. Macmanus, T. Youdale, D. J. Franks

   1971Journal of Cellular Physiology96 citations

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6. The effect of prostaglandins on cyclic AMP production and cell proliferation in thymic lymphocytes.

   D. J. Franks, J. Macmanus, J. F. Whitfield

   1971Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC90 citations

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7. Presence of "Ra" and "P"-site receptors for adenosine coupled to adenylate cyclase in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells.

   M. Anand-Srivastava, D. J. Franks, Marc Cantin, J. Genest

   1982Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC83 citations

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8. Cushing syndrome with food-dependent periodic hormonogenesis.

   P. Hamet, P. Larochelle, D. J. Franks, P. Cartier +1 more

   1987Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale73 citations

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9. Cyclic GMP stimulation and inhibition of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase from thymic lymphocytes.

   D. J. Franks, J. Macmanus

   1971Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC71 citations

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10. An increase in adenylate cyclase activity precedes DNA synthesis in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells

    D. J. Franks, J. Plamondon, P. Hamet

    1984Journal of Cellular Physiology64 citations

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11. Characteristics of a new binding protein distinct from the kinase for guanosine 3':5'-monophosphate in rat platelets.

    J. Coquil, D. J. Franks, Jack N. Wells, Monique Dupuis +1 more

    1980Biochimica et Biophysica Acta64 citations

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12. The Ste20-like Kinase SLK Is Required for Cell Cycle Progression through G2*

    P. O'Reilly, Simona M. Wagner, D. J. Franks, K. Cailliau +3 more

    2005Journal of Biological Chemistry55 citations Open access

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13. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 translocates protein kinase C beta to nucleus and enhances plasma membrane association of protein kinase C alpha in renal epithelial cells.

    Maura Simboli-Campbell, A. Gagnon, D. J. Franks, Joellen Welsh

    1994Journal of Biological Chemistry55 citations Open access

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14. Anti-apoptotic Actions of the Platelet-activating Factor Acetylhydrolase I α2 Catalytic Subunit*

    Fanny Bonin, Scott D. Ryan, L. Migahed, Fan Mo +4 more

    2004Journal of Biological Chemistry53 citations Open access

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15. Cyclic Nucleotides and Aggregation in Platelets of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

    P. Hamet, J. Fraysse, D. J. Franks

    1978Circulation Research46 citations Open access

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16. Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Enrichment in the Connexin32 Null-Mutant Mouse

    Lysanne Melanson-Drapeau, Sandy. Beyko, S. Davé, Andrea L. O. Hebb +4 more

    2003Journal of Neuroscience40 citations Open access

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17. The Possible Mediation by Cyclic AMP of the Stimulation of Thymocyte Proliferation by Cyclic GMP 1

    J. F. Whitfield, J. Macmanus, D. J. Franks, D. Gillan +1 more

    197138 citations

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18. 1,25(OH)2D3 increases membrane associated protein kinase C in MDBK cells.

    Maura Simboli-Campbell, D. J. Franks, J. Welsh

    1992Cellular Signalling33 citations

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19. Distribution of Neuronal Apoptosis Inhibitory Protein in Human Tissues

    Johannes K. X. Maier, S. Balabanian, C. R. Coffill, A. Stewart +4 more

    2007Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry32 citations Open access

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20. Platelet activating factor‐induced apoptosis is inhibited by ectopic expression of the platelet activating factor G‐protein coupled receptor

    C. Brewer, Fanny Bonin, P. Bullock, Marie-Christine Nault +5 more

    2002Journal of Neurochemistry32 citations Open access

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21. Modifications in cytokeratin and actin in cultured liver cells derived from griseofulvin-fed mice.

    M. Cadrin, N. Anderson, L. H. Aasheim, H. Kawahara +2 more

    1995Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology30 citations

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22. Abnormalities of platelet-derived growth factors in insulin-dependent diabetes.

    P. Hamet, H. Sugimoto, F. Umeda, Louise Lecavalier +3 more

    1985Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental30 citations

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23. Characterization of prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase-1 enzyme expression during differentiation of the megakaryocytic cell line MEG-01.

    Cameron Mroske, M. Plant, D. J. Franks, Odette Laneuville

    2000Experimental Hematology23 citations Open access

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24. A novel method for measuring protein kinase C activity in a native membrane-associated state.

    B. Chakravarthy, D. J. Franks, James F. Whittield, J. P. Durkin

    1989Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC23 citations

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25. Platelets and vascular smooth muscle: abnormalities of phosphodiesterase, aggregation, and cell growth in experimental and human diabetes.

    P. Hamet, H. Sugimoto, F. Umeda, D. J. Franks

    1983Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental23 citations

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26. Differential phosphorylation of CK8 and CK18 by 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate in primary cultures of mouse hepatocytes.

    Monique Cadrin, N. McFarlane-Anderson, L. H. Aasheim, H. Kawahara +3 more

    1992Cellular Signalling21 citations

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27. Effect of plasma, serum and platelets from diabetics on DNA synthesis in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells.

    F. Umeda, D. J. Franks, H. Sugimoto, J. Hallé +1 more

    1985Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale21 citations

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28. Therapeutic Modulation of Growth-Promoting Activity in Platelets From Diabetics

    H. Sugimoto, D. J. Franks, Louise Lecavalier, Jean-Louis Chiasson +1 more

    1987Diabetes18 citations

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29. Cyclic GMP binding and phosphodiesterase: implication for platelet function.

    P. Hamet, J. Coquil, S. Bousseau-Lafortune, D. J. Franks +1 more

    1984Advances in cyclic nucleotide and protein phosphorylation research18 citations

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30. Calcium ion: A modulator of parotid adenylate cyclase activity

    D. J. Franks, L. Perrin, D. Malamud

    1974FEBS Letters18 citations

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31. Cyclic AMP metabolism in mouse parotid glands. Properties of adenylate cyclase, protein kinase and phosphodiesterase.

    Hua I. Chiu, D. J. Franks, Richard Rowe, Daniel Malamud

    1976Biochimica et Biophysica Acta17 citations

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32. Calcium‐mediated effects of calcitonin on cyclic AMP formation and lymphoblast proliferation in thymocyte populations exposed to prostaglandin E1

    J. Whitfield, J. Macmanus, D. J. Franks, B. Braceland +1 more

    1972Journal of Cellular Physiology16 citations

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33. Adenyl cyclase and "ATPase" in rat corpus luteum. I. Some properties of the enzymes.

    D. Stansfield, D. J. Franks

    1971Biochimica et Biophysica Acta16 citations

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34. Stimulation of adenylate cyclase by adenosine and other agonists in mesenteric artery smooth muscle cells in culture.

    Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava, D. J. Franks

    1985Life Science14 citations

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35. Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase and aggregation in platelets from diabetic rats.

    F. Umeda, Serge Adnot, D. J. Franks, P. Hamet

    1982Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental14 citations

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36. Cyclic nucleotides in hypertension.

    Pavel Hamet, D. J. Franks, S. Adnot, J. Coquil

    1980Advances in cyclic nucleotide research14 citations

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37. Isoelectric focusing of brain adenylate cyclase.

    D. J. Franks, Daniel Malamud

    1976Analytical Biochemistry14 citations

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38. Viral P21 Ki‐RAS protein: A potent intracellular mitogen that stimulates adenylate cyclase activity in early G1 phase of cultured rat cells

    D. J. Franks, J. Whitfield, J. P. Durkin

    1987Journal of Cellular Biochemistry13 citations

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39. A viral K-RAS protein increases the stimulability of adenylate cyclase by cholera toxin in NRK cells.

    D. J. Franks, J. Whitfield, J. P. Durkin

    1987Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC13 citations

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40. Calcium, cyclic AMP and protein kinase C — partners in mitogenesis

    J. Whitfield, J. Durkin, D. J. Franks, L. Kleine +4 more

    2004Cancer Metastasis Review12 citations

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41. The mitogenic/oncogenic p21 Ki-RAS protein stimulates adenylate cyclase activity early in the G1 phase of NRK rat kidney cells.

    D. J. Franks, J. Whitfield, J. P. Durkin

    1985Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC12 citations

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42. A fluorescence microscopy method for quantifying levels of prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase-1 and CD-41 in MEG-01 cells

    D. J. Franks, C. Mroske, O. Laneuville

    2001Biological Procedures Online10 citations Open access

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43. Protein kinase C and a viral K‐RAS protein cooperatively enhance the response of adenylate cyclase to stimulators

    D. J. Franks, J. P. Durkin, J. Whitfield

    1989Journal of Cellular Physiology9 citations

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44. Theophylline and bronchospasm.

    D. Horrobin, M. Manku, D. J. Franks, P. Hamet

    1977New England Journal of Medicine9 citations

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45. Long-term exposure to epidermal growth factor results in apoptosis in T51B cells.

    Caroline J. Brabyn, D. J. Franks, L. Kleine

    1994Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire8 citations

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46. Activation of protein kinase C sensitizes the cyclic AMP signalling system of T51B rat liver cells.

    Lise H. Aasheim, L. Kleine, D. J. Franks

    1989Cellular Signalling8 citations

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47. Stimulation of rat platelet adenylate cyclase by an endogenous calcium-dependent protease-like activity.

    S. Adnot, M. Poirier-Dupuis, D. J. Franks, P. Hamet

    1982Journal of cyclic nucleotide research7 citations

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48. Cholera toxin and adenylate cyclase: properties of the activated enzyme in liver plasma membranes.

    D. J. Franks

    1976Canadian Journal of Biochemistry7 citations

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49. Studies in the formation and degradation of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate in corpus luteum.

    D. Stansfield, D. J. Franks, G. H. Wilkinson, J. Horne

    1972Journal of Steroid Biochemistry7 citations

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50. Modulation of a renal estrogen receptor by protein kinase C.

    M. Miller, M. Simboli-Campbell, Xiao-Ming Zhu, D. G. Williamson +1 more

    1994Receptors and Channels6 citations

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