Gene-based vaccines and immunotherapeutics.

abstract：:Less than 100 cis-regulatory DNAs have been characterized in the context of transgenic metazoan embryos. Here we investigate the feasibility of conducting a genome-wide search for tissue-specific enhancers in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. A total of 138 random genomic DNA fragments with an average size of 1.7 kb we...

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

authors： Harafuji N,Keys DN,Levine M

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The structurally diverse peroxisome proliferators ciprofibrate, clofibrate, and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate [(EtHx)2 greater than Pht] increase the activities of hepatic catalase and peroxisomal fatty acid beta-oxidation enzymes in conjunction with profound proliferation of peroxisomes in hepatocytes. In order to deli...

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

authors： Reddy JK,Goel SK,Nemali MR,Carrino JJ,Laffler TG,Reddy MK,Sperbeck SJ,Osumi T,Hashimoto T,Lalwani ND

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling plays diverse roles during animal development and adult tissue homeostasis through differential regulation of Gli family transcription factors. Dysregulated Shh signaling activities have been linked to birth defects and tumorigenesis. Here we report that Brg, an ATP-dependent chromatin r...

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

authors： Zhan X,Shi X,Zhang Z,Chen Y,Wu JI

更新日期：2011-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus is responsible for both sporadic and epidemic hepatitis in developing countries. The nonenveloped virus is 27-34 nm in diameter and has been shown to contain a single-strand, positive-sense, polyadenylylated RNA genome of approximately 7.5 kilobases. The nucleotide sequence of the Burma strain of hep...

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

authors： Kaur M,Hyams KC,Purdy MA,Krawczynski K,Ching WM,Fry KE,Reyes GR,Bradley DW,Carl M

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloom syndrome (BS) is a rare cancer-predisposing disorder in which the cells of affected persons have a high frequency of somatic mutation and genomic instability. BLM, the protein altered in BS, is a RecQ DNA helicase. This report shows that BLM is found in the nucleus of normal human cells in the nuclear domain 10 ...

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

authors： Yankiwski V,Marciniak RA,Guarente L,Neff NF

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been known for more than a century that increases in neuronal activity in the brain are reliably accompanied by changes in local blood flow. More recently it has been appreciated that these blood flow increases are accompanied by increases in glycolysis that are much greater than the increases in oxidative phos...

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

authors： Vlassenko AG,Rundle MM,Raichle ME,Mintun MA

更新日期：2006-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluctuations in resting-state functional connectivity occur but their behavioral significance remains unclear, largely because correlating behavioral state with dynamic functional connectivity states (DCS) engages probes that disrupt the very behavioral state we seek to observe. Observing spontaneous eyelid closures f...

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

authors： Wang C,Ong JL,Patanaik A,Zhou J,Chee MW

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Laminin, an ∼800-kDa heterotrimeric protein, is a major functional component of the extracellular matrix, contributing to tissue development and maintenance. The unique architecture of laminin is not currently amenable to determination at high resolution, as its flexible and narrow segments complicate both crystalliza...

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

authors： Armony G,Jacob E,Moran T,Levin Y,Mehlman T,Levy Y,Fass D

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of mitochondrial DNA of a cytoplasmic "petite" mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is reported. The DNA has a repeat length of 1060 base pairs and contains a genetic marker (oli-1) for the ATPase proteolipid. The nucleotide sequence reveals the presence of part of the structural gene of the subu...

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

authors： Macino G,Tzagoloff A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian reovirus S1133 penetrates and uncoats in suspension cultures of mouse L cells. The multiple species of viral transcripts are produced in the cytoplasm of the infected cell, but they fail to associate with polysomes, consistent with the absence of viral protein synthesis. The selective block in avian virus mRNA t...

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

authors： Benavente J,Shatkin AJ

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total amounts of type I and type II cytoplasmic cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activities were measured in various tissues of intact rats and rats subjected to castration, hypophysectomy, or adrenalectomy. After castration, the total amount of type I activity decreased rapidly in classifically steroid-respons...

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

authors： Fuller DJ,Byus CV,Russell DH

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that polyelectrolyte complexes and coacervates can form on mixing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes in aqueous solutions, due to mainly electrostatic attraction between the oppositely charged polymers. Here, we report the first (to the best of our knowledge) complexation and coacervation of two posi...

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

authors： Kim S,Huang J,Lee Y,Dutta S,Yoo HY,Jung YM,Jho Y,Zeng H,Hwang DS

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Euplotes raikovi of the wild-type strain 13 was found to be heterozygous (mat-1/mat-2) for the genetic locus mat, which is supposed to control the mating-type specificity of freely released mating pheromones ("euplomones"), and capable of yielding the two types of corresponding homozygotes (mat-1/mat-1, mat-2/mat-2). ...

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

authors： Luporini P,Raffioni S,Concetti A,Miceli C

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active immunization using tumor antigen-loaded dendritic cells holds promise for the adjuvant treatment of cancer to eradicate or control residual disease, but so far, most dendritic cell trials have been performed in end-stage cancer patients with high tumor loads. Here, in a phase I/II trial, we investigated the eff...

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

authors： Van Tendeloo VF,Van de Velde A,Van Driessche A,Cools N,Anguille S,Ladell K,Gostick E,Vermeulen K,Pieters K,Nijs G,Stein B,Smits EL,Schroyens WA,Gadisseur AP,Vrelust I,Jorens PG,Goossens H,de Vries IJ,Price DA,Oji Y

更新日期：2010-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The central questions of bacterial ecology and evolution require a method to consistently demarcate, from the vast and diverse set of bacterial cells within a natural community, the groups playing ecologically distinct roles (ecotypes). Because of a lack of theory-based guidelines, current methods in bacterial systema...

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

authors： Koeppel A,Perry EB,Sikorski J,Krizanc D,Warner A,Ward DM,Rooney AP,Brambilla E,Connor N,Ratcliff RM,Nevo E,Cohan FM

更新日期：2008-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A gradual buildup of neuronal activity known as the "readiness potential" reliably precedes voluntary self-initiated movements, in the average time locked to movement onset. This buildup is presumed to reflect the final stages of planning and preparation for movement. Here we present a different interpretation of the ...

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

authors： Schurger A,Sitt JD,Dehaene S

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of beta-nerve growth factor (betaNGF) was studied in mouse submaxillary glands incubated with L-[(35)S]cystine. betaNGF was isolated from tissue extracts by the addition of antiserum against betaNGF and the washed immunoprecipitates were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis. With sho...

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

authors： Berger EA,Shooter EM

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitation-evoked Ca(2+) influx is the fastest and most ubiquitous chemical trigger for cellular processes, including neurotransmitter release, muscle contraction, and gene expression. The voltage dependence and timing of Ca(2+) entry are thought to be functions of voltage-gated calcium (CaV) channels composed of a ce...

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

authors： Pantazis A,Savalli N,Sigg D,Neely A,Olcese R

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) and B cells present antigen-derived peptides bound to MHC class II (MHC II) molecules for recognition by CD4-positive T lymphocytes. DCs control the intracellular traffic of peptide-MHC II complexes by regulating the ubiquitination of MHC II. In resting or "immature" DCs, ubiquitinated MHC II mol...

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

authors： Ma JK,Platt MY,Eastham-Anderson J,Shin JS,Mellman I

更新日期：2012-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is associated with increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer, and it is suggested that insulin resistance provides the missing link. Here we demonstrate that under the context of genetic susceptibility, a high fat diet (HFD) predisposes mice with oncogenic K-ras activation to accelerated pancreatic intra...

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

authors： Khasawneh J,Schulz MD,Walch A,Rozman J,Hrabe de Angelis M,Klingenspor M,Buck A,Schwaiger M,Saur D,Schmid RM,Klöppel G,Sipos B,Greten FR,Arkan MC

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:An exciton is an electron-hole pair bound by attractive Coulomb interaction. Short-lived excitons have been detected by a variety of experimental probes in numerous contexts. An excitonic insulator, a collective state of such excitons, has been more elusive. Here, thanks to Nernst measurements in pulsed magnetic field...

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

authors： Wang J,Nie P,Li X,Zuo H,Fauqué B,Zhu Z,Behnia K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides targeted to the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor were encapsulated into liposomes linked to folate via a polyethylene glycol spacer (folate-PEG-liposomes) and efficiently delivered into cultured KB cells via folate receptor-mediated endocytosis. The oligonucleotides were a pho...

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

authors： Wang S,Lee RJ,Cauchon G,Gorenstein DG,Low PS

更新日期：1995-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal changes that occur in human cutaneous immune responses have been investigated in the tuberculin reaction and in the lesions of tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy and cutaneous leishmaniasis. In each situation, there was a dermal accumulation of monocytes and T cells, and the epidermis exhibited thickeni...

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

authors： Kaplan G,Witmer MD,Nath I,Steinman RM,Laal S,Prasad HK,Sarno EN,Elvers U,Cohn ZA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of a human beta-globin pre-mRNA in a HeLa cell nuclear extract under conditions permissive for efficient splicing resulted in the assembly of the RNA into ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes. This RNP formation occurred largely within the characteristic lag period that precedes splicing. Two classes of RNP we...

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

authors： Mayrand SH,Pedersen N,Pederson T

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of eukaryotic class II gene expression involves the formation of a transcription initiation complex that includes RNA polymerase II, general transcription factors, and SRB components of the holoenzyme. Negative regulators of transcription have been described, but it is not clear whether any are general repr...

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

authors： Gadbois EL,Chao DM,Reese JC,Green MR,Young RA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complex system (CS) is defined as a set of elements, with connections between them, singled out of the environment, capable of getting information from the environment, capable of making decisions (i.e., of choosing between alternatives), and having purposefulness (i.e., an urge towards preferable states or other go...

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

authors： Monin AS

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncogene-induced senescence (OIS) is an initial barrier to tumor development. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) is critical for oncogenic Ras OIS, but the downstream effectors to mediate ROS signaling are still relatively elusive. Senescent cells develop a senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). However, the mec...

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

authors： Wang P,Han L,Shen H,Wang P,Lv C,Zhao G,Niu J,Xue L,Wang QJ,Tong T,Chen J

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated Na(+) channels initiate action potentials during electrical signaling in excitable cells. Opening and closing of the pore of voltage-gated ion channels are mechanically linked to voltage-driven outward movement of the positively charged S4 transmembrane segment in their voltage sensors. Disulfide locking...

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

authors： DeCaen PG,Yarov-Yarovoy V,Scheuer T,Catterall WA

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantifying the uncertainty for the present climate and the predictions of climate change in the suite of imperfect Atmosphere Ocean Science (AOS) computer models is a central issue in climate change science. Here, a systematic approach to these issues with firm mathematical underpinning is developed through empirical...

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

authors： Majda AJ,Gershgorin B

更新日期：2010-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial conjugation systems are members of the large type IV secretion system (T4SS) superfamily. Conjugative transfer of F plasmids residing in the Enterobacteriaceae was first reported in the 1940s, yet the architecture of F plasmid-encoded transfer channel and its physical relationship with the F pilus remain unk...

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

authors： Hu B,Khara P,Christie PJ

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00