A mechanism for slow release of biomagnified cyanobacterial neurotoxins and neurodegenerative disease in Guam.

abstract：:We quantitatively analyzed, using laser scanning confocal microscopy, the three-dimensional structure of individual senile plaques in Alzheimer disease. We carried out the quantitative analysis using statistical methods to gain insights about the processes that govern Abeta peptide deposition. Our results show that pl...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cruz L,Urbanc B,Buldyrev SV,Christie R,Gómez-Isla T,Havlin S,McNamara M,Stanley HE,Hyman BT

更新日期：1997-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Look-through mutagenesis (LTM) is a multidimensional mutagenesis method that simultaneously assesses and optimizes combinatorial mutations of selected amino acids. The process focuses on a precise distribution within one or more complementarity determining region (CDR) domains and explores the synergistic contribution...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Rajpal A,Beyaz N,Haber L,Cappuccilli G,Yee H,Bhatt RR,Takeuchi T,Lerner RA,Crea R

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Many changes have been described in the brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, including loss of neurons and formation of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. The molecular mechanisms underlying these pathologies are unclear. Northern blot, dot-blot, and reverse transcription-coupled PCR analyses have dem...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chow N,Cox C,Callahan LM,Weimer JM,Guo L,Coleman PD

更新日期：1998-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The Parkinson's disease (PD) substantia nigra is characterized by the presence of Lewy bodies containing fibrillar alpha-synuclein. Early-onset PD has been linked to two point mutations in the gene that encodes alpha-synuclein, suggesting that disease may arise from accelerated fibrillization. However, the identity of...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Conway KA,Lee SJ,Rochet JC,Ding TT,Williamson RE,Lansbury PT Jr

更新日期：2000-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), the principal signaling receptor for lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in mammals, requires the binding of MD-2 to its extracellular domain for maximal responsiveness. MD-2 contains a leader sequence but lacks a transmembrane domain, and we asked whether it is secreted into the medium as an active ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Visintin A,Mazzoni A,Spitzer JA,Segal DM

更新日期：2001-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We address the stability of multicharged finite systems driven by Coulomb forces beyond the Rayleigh instability limit. Our exploration of the nuclear dynamics of heavily charged Morse clusters enabled us to vary the range of the pair potential and of the fissibility parameter, which results in distinct fragmentation ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Last I,Levy Y,Jortner J

更新日期：2002-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes (T1D) are believed to be the result in part of inefficient negative selection of self-specific thymocytes. However, the events regulating thymic negative selection are not fully understood. In the current study, we demonstrate that nonobese diabetic (NOD) mic...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wallet MA,Flores RR,Wang Y,Yi Z,Kroger CJ,Mathews CE,Earp HS,Matsushima G,Wang B,Tisch R

更新日期：2009-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The origins of the five groups of living seed plants, including the single relictual species Ginkgo biloba, are poorly understood, in large part because of very imperfect knowledge of extinct seed plant diversity. Here we describe well-preserved material from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia of the previously enigmati...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Herrera F,Shi G,Ichinnorov N,Takahashi M,Bugdaeva EV,Herendeen PS,Crane PR

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change impacts island communities all over the world. Sea-level rise, an increase in the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, and changes in distribution and health of marine organisms are among the most significant processes affecting island communities worldwide. On islands of the Caribbean and ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Douglass K,Cooper J

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious tolerance describes the process of CD4(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) converting naïve T cells to become additional Tregs. We show that antigen-specific Tregs induce, within skin grafts and dendritic cells, the expression of enzymes that consume at least 5 different essential amino acids (EAAs). T cells fail...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cobbold SP,Adams E,Farquhar CA,Nolan KF,Howie D,Lui KO,Fairchild PJ,Mellor AL,Ron D,Waldmann H

更新日期：2009-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of pediatric adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) in southern Brazil is 10-15 times higher than that of pediatric ACC worldwide. Because childhood ACC is associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, we examined the cancer history and p53 status of 36 Brazilian patients and their families. Remarkably, 35 of 36 patie...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Ribeiro RC,Sandrini F,Figueiredo B,Zambetti GP,Michalkiewicz E,Lafferty AR,DeLacerda L,Rabin M,Cadwell C,Sampaio G,Cat I,Stratakis CA,Sandrini R

更新日期：2001-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the application of quantitative mass spectrometry to identify plasma membrane proteins differentially expressed in melanoma cells with high vs. low metastatic abilities. Using stable isotope labeling with amino acids in culture (SILAC) coupled with nanospray tandem mass spectrometry, we identified CUB-domain...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Liu H,Ong SE,Badu-Nkansah K,Schindler J,White FM,Hynes RO

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse hepatoma line Hepa-1 has high and inducible aryl hydrocarbon (benzo[a]pyrene) hydroxylase[benzo[a]pyrene, reduced-flavoprotein:oxygen oxidoreductase (3-hydroxylating), EC 1.14.14.2] activity. Fourteen subclones of a clonal derivative of Hepa-1 were isolated and shown not to display heterogeneity in aryl hydr...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hankinson O

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulation of energy metabolism by external interventions or mutations in metabolic genes can extend lifespan in a wide range of species. We describe mutations in Drosophila melanogaster that confer resistance to oxidative stress and display a longevity phenotype. These phenotypes are associated with molecular lesio...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mourikis P,Hurlbut GD,Artavanis-Tsakonas S

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental genetic studies of evolved differences in morphology have led to the hypothesis that cis-regulatory changes often underlie morphological evolution. However, because most of these studies focus on evolved loss of traits, the genetic architecture and possible association with cis-regulatory changes of gain...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cleves PA,Ellis NA,Jimenez MT,Nunez SM,Schluter D,Kingsley DM,Miller CT

更新日期：2014-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical efficacy of local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic drugs is due to their voltage- and frequency-dependent block of Na+ channels. Quaternary local anesthetic analogs such as QX-314, which are permanently charged and membrane-impermeant, effectively block cardiac Na+ channels when applied from either side of t...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Qu Y,Rogers J,Tanada T,Scheuer T,Catterall WA

更新日期：1995-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The prefrontal cortex plays a fundamental role in the working memory functions of the cerebral cortex and is also the site of dysfunction in several neurological and psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. Prefrontal neurons are distinguished by their capacity for sustained activity during the time a stimulus ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Gao WJ,Krimer LS,Goldman-Rakic PS

更新日期：2001-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-activated K(+) channel KCa3.1 plays an important role in T lymphocyte Ca(2+) signaling by helping to maintain a negative membrane potential, which provides an electrochemical gradient to drive Ca(2+) influx. To assess the role of KCa3.1 channels in lymphocyte activation in vivo, we studied T cell function ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Di L,Srivastava S,Zhdanova O,Ding Y,Li Z,Wulff H,Lafaille M,Skolnik EY

更新日期：2010-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Managing excess nutrients remains a major obstacle to improving ecosystem service benefits of urban waters. To inform more ecologically based landscape nutrient management, we compared watershed inputs, outputs, and retention for nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in seven subwatersheds of the Mississippi River in St. Pa...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hobbie SE,Finlay JC,Janke BD,Nidzgorski DA,Millet DB,Baker LA

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play key roles in detecting pathogens and initiating inflammatory responses that, subsequently, prime specific adaptive responses. Several mechanisms control TLR activity to avoid excessive inflammation and consequent immunopathology, including the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10. Recently,...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Curtale G,Mirolo M,Renzi TA,Rossato M,Bazzoni F,Locati M

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer remains the cancer with the highest mortality among women in the United States. Peptides derived from the oncogenic Tac1 gene (full transcript: betaPPT-A) stimulate the proliferation of breast cancer cells (BCCs) via seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled neurokinin 1 (NK1) and NK2 receptors. The NK1 gene...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Patel HJ,Ramkissoon SH,Patel PS,Rameshwar P

更新日期：2005-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described for isolation of plasmid DNA in closed and open circular double-stranded forms from bacterial cells, by use of ATP-dependent deoxyribonuclease purified from Micrococcus luteus. This DNase, acting only upon linear DNA molecules, degrades all bacterial chromosomal DNA extracted in the linear for...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mukai T,Matsubara K,Takagi Y

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peer review is the main institution responsible for the evaluation and gestation of scientific research. Although peer review is widely seen as vital to scientific evaluation, anecdotal evidence abounds of gatekeeping mistakes in leading journals, such as rejecting seminal contributions or accepting mediocre submissio...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Siler K,Lee K,Bero L

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Arylhydrazinopyrimidines inhibit DNA synthesis in Bacillus subtilis by promoting formation of a specific, long-lived ternary complex with DNA polymerase III and the template-primer DNA. DNA polymerase III contains an associated, single-strand-selective exonuclease which generates 5'-mononucleotides. Drug inhibition of...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Low RL,Rashbaum SA,Cozzarelli NR

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 4D organization of the interphase nucleus, or the 4D Nucleome (4DN), reflects a dynamical interaction between 3D genome structure and function and its relationship to phenotype. We present initial analyses of the human 4DN, capturing genome-wide structure using chromosome conformation capture and 3D imaging, and f...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chen H,Chen J,Muir LA,Ronquist S,Meixner W,Ljungman M,Ried T,Smale S,Rajapakse I

更新日期：2015-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The retroviral integrase protein (IN) is responsible for catalyzing a concerted integration reaction in which the two termini of linear viral DNA are joined to host DNA. To probe the potential for IN to form protein multimers, we used the yeast two-hybrid system. The coexpression of a GAL4 DNA binding domain-IN fusion...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kalpana GV,Goff SP

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) RNA was encapsulated in large, unilamellar phospholipid vesicles (liposomes), and the encapsulated TMV RNA was shown to be infectious when incubated with tobacco protoplasts under appropriate conditions. Maximal virus production in protoplasts was observed after their incubation with TMV RNA...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Fraley RT,Dellaporta SL,Papahadjopoulos D

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay of human actions and natural processes over varied spatial and temporal scales can result in abrupt transitions between contrasting land surface states. Understanding these transitions is a key goal of sustainability science because they can represent abrupt losses of natural capital. This paper recogniz...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Streeter R,Dugmore AJ

更新日期：2013-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect immunofluorescent analysis revealed that sera from five patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis possessed IgD antibodies directed against measles virus components in persistently infected HeLa cells. IgD levels in these sera were within the normal range. Control studies indicated that the reaction w...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Luster MI,Armen RC,Hallum JV,Leslie GA

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water channel aquaporin 1 (AQP1) and certain Rh-family members are permeable to CO(2) and NH(3). Here, we use changes in surface pH (pH(S)) to assess relative CO(2) vs. NH(3) permeability of Xenopus oocytes expressing members of the AQP or Rh family. Exposed to CO(2) or NH(3), AQP1 oocytes exhibit a greater maxima...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Musa-Aziz R,Chen LM,Pelletier MF,Boron WF

更新日期：2009-03-31 00:00:00