Theoretical model of prion propagation: a misfolded protein induces misfolding.

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a global epidemic manifested mainly by chronic infection. One strategy that HCV employs to establish chronic infection is to use the viral Ser protease NS3/4A to cleave some unknown cellular targets involved in innate immunity. Here we show that the target of NS3/4A is the mitochondrial anti...

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

authors： Li XD,Sun L,Seth RB,Pineda G,Chen ZJ

更新日期：2005-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Under fasting conditions, increases in circulating glucagon maintain glucose balance by promoting hepatic gluconeogenesis. Triggering of the cAMP pathway stimulates gluconeogenic gene expression through the PKA-mediated phosphorylation of the cAMP response element binding (CREB) protein and via the dephosphorylation o...

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

authors： Tsai WW,Niessen S,Goebel N,Yates JR 3rd,Guccione E,Montminy M

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult stem cells represent unique populations of undifferentiated cells with self-renewal capacity. In many tissues, stem cells divide less often than their progeny. It has been widely speculated, but largely untested, that their undifferentiated and quiescent state may make stem cells more efficient as donors for clo...

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

authors： Li J,Greco V,Guasch G,Fuchs E,Mombaerts P

更新日期：2007-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A biomimetic hydrogel platform was designed to signal encapsulated cells using immobilized cell-cell communication cues, with a focus on enhancing the survival and function of encapsulated pancreatic β-cells to treat type 1 diabetes. When MIN6 cells, a pancreatic β-cell line, were encapsulated in poly(ethylene glycol)...

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

authors： Lin CC,Anseth KS

更新日期：2011-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) is a common pediatric malignancy of muscle, with relapse being the major clinical challenge. Self-renewing tumor-propagating cells (TPCs) drive cancer relapse and are confined to a molecularly definable subset of ERMS cells. To identify drugs that suppress ERMS self-renewal and induce...

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

authors： Chen EY,DeRan MT,Ignatius MS,Grandinetti KB,Clagg R,McCarthy KM,Lobbardi RM,Brockmann J,Keller C,Wu X,Langenau DM

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the properties of r-eag voltage-activated potassium channels in a stably transfected human embryonic kidney cell line. It was found that r-eag channels are rapidly and reversibly inhibited by a rise in intracellular calcium from 30 to 300 nM. The inhibition does not appear to depend on the activity of ...

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

authors： Stansfeld CE,Röper J,Ludwig J,Weseloh RM,Marsh SJ,Brown DA,Pongs O

更新日期：1996-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The exotoxins produced by certain strains of Staphylococcus aureus are able to stimulate powerful polyclonal proliferative responses and to induce nonresponsiveness by clonal deletion of T lymphocytes expressing the appropriate T-cell antigen receptor V beta gene products. This paper examines the ability of S. aureus ...

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

authors： O'Hehir RE,Lamb JR

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I cadherin cell-adhesion proteins are similar in sequence and structure and yet are different enough to mediate highly specific cell-cell recognition phenomena. It has previously been shown that small differences in the homophilic and heterophilic binding affinities of different type I family members can account ...

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

authors： Vendome J,Felsovalyi K,Song H,Yang Z,Jin X,Brasch J,Harrison OJ,Ahlsen G,Bahna F,Kaczynska A,Katsamba PS,Edmond D,Hubbell WL,Shapiro L,Honig B

更新日期：2014-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of autonomic reflexes it was found that some produce a generalized, bilaterally uniform response whereas others have an asymmetric or laterality of action. Recordings from vertebral nerve fibers (mainly vasoconstrictors to forelimb muscles), right and left cardiac sympathetics, and renal nerves show that ba...

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

authors： Kollai M,Koizumi K,Brooks CM

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of distinct regions in the amniote vertebral column results from somite formation and Hox gene expression, with the adult morphology displaying remarkable variation among lineages. Mammalian regionalization is reportedly very conservative or even constrained, but there has been no study investigating v...

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

authors： Müller J,Scheyer TM,Head JJ,Barrett PM,Werneburg I,Ericson PG,Pol D,Sánchez-Villagra MR

更新日期：2010-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:C1q-like genes (C1ql1-C1ql4) encode small, secreted proteins that are expressed in differential patterns in the brain but whose receptors and functions remain unknown. BAI3 protein, in contrast, is a member of the cell-adhesion class of G protein-coupled receptors that are expressed at high levels in the brain but who...

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

authors： Bolliger MF,Martinelli DC,Südhof TC

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The fundamental questions of how lubricant molecules organize into a layered structure under nanometers confinement and what is the interplay between layering and friction are still not well answered in the field of nanotribology. While the phase transition of lubricants during a squeeze-out process under compression ...

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

authors： Xu RG,Leng Y

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis have become an increasingly important subject as pathogens have become increasingly resistant to current antibiotics. The adhesion of microorganisms to the surface of host tissue is often a first step in pathogenesis and is a plausible target for new antiinfective agents. Examinati...

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

authors： Liang MN,Smith SP,Metallo SJ,Choi IS,Prentiss M,Whitesides GM

更新日期：2000-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrimethamine (Pyr) targets dihydrofolate reductase of Plasmodium vivax (PvDHFR) as well as other malarial parasites, but its use as antimalarial is hampered by the widespread high resistance. Comparison of the crystal structures of PvDHFR from wild-type and the Pyr-resistant (SP21, Ser-58 --> Arg + Ser-117 --> Asn) s...

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

authors： Kongsaeree P,Khongsuk P,Leartsakulpanich U,Chitnumsub P,Tarnchompoo B,Walkinshaw MD,Yuthavong Y

更新日期：2005-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arctic Ocean already experiences areas of low pH and high CO2, and it is expected to be most rapidly affected by future ocean acidification (OA). Copepods comprise the dominant Arctic zooplankton; hence, their responses to OA have important implications for Arctic ecosystems, yet there is little data on their curr...

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

authors： Lewis CN,Brown KA,Edwards LA,Cooper G,Findlay HS

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulation of microRNA (miRNA) expression can lead to cancer initiation and progression. However, limited information exists on the function of miRNAs in cancer maintenance. We examined these issues in the case of myeloproliferative diseases and neoplasms (MPN), a collection of hematopoietic neoplasms regarded as pr...

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

authors： Guo S,Bai H,Megyola CM,Halene S,Krause DS,Scadden DT,Lu J

更新日期：2012-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramyxoviruses are enveloped, nonsegmented, negative-strand RNA viruses that cause a wide spectrum of human and animal diseases. The viral genome, packaged by the nucleoprotein (N), serves as a template for the polymerase complex, composed of the large protein (L) and the homo-tetrameric phosphoprotein (P). The ∼250-...

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

authors： Abdella R,Aggarwal M,Okura T,Lamb RA,He Y

更新日期：2020-03-03 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：:We have used a membrane-leak mass spectrometer to follow the time courses of H2 evolution and substrate reduction by nitrogenase [reduced ferredoxin:dinitrogen oxidoreductase (ATP-hydrolyzing), EC 1.18.6.1]. In the absence of added substrates, dinitrogenase passes all of its electrons to protons to form H2, but when a...

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

authors： Liang J,Burris RH

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Release of formylmethionine from the reticulocyte ribosomal substrate, f[(3)H]Met-tRNA.ribosome, is promoted by reticulocyte release factor (RF). The initial rate of this reaction is stimulated by GTP but inhibited by GDPCP. Formation of an RF.UA[(3)H]A(2).ribosome complex is a measure of the binding of reticulocyte R...

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

authors： Tate WP,Beaudet AL,Caskey CT

更新日期：1973-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the theory that the insulin-induced loss of insulin binding from adipocytes is due to internalization of insulin receptors. Cell-surface receptors were assessed by the binding capacity of intact cells at 16 degrees C. Total (i.e., cell-surface plus intracellular) receptors were assessed by solubil...

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

authors： Green A,Olefsky JM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of how insects are actually affected by sex pheromones deployed throughout a crop so as to disrupt mating has lacked a mechanistic framework sufficient for guiding optimization of this environmentally friendly pest-control tactic. Major hypotheses are competitive attraction, desensitization, and camouflage. ...

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

authors： Miller JR,McGhee PS,Siegert PY,Adams CG,Huang J,Grieshop MJ,Gut LJ

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The proton-translocating subunit of wheat chloroplast ATP synthase is encoded by a chloroplast gene that has been accurately mapped and whose nucleotide sequence has been determined. The predicted sequence of 81 amino acids has been confirmed in part by determination of the sequence of the first 40 amino acids from th...

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

authors： Howe CJ,Auffret AD,Doherty A,Bowman CM,Dyer TA,Gray JC

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The controversy over the interpretation of DNA profile evidence in forensic identification can be attributed in part to confusion over the mode(s) of statistical inference appropriate to this setting. Although there has been substantial discussion in the literature of, for example, the role of population genetics issu...

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

authors： Balding DJ,Donnelly P

更新日期：1995-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that the causative agent of scrapie represents a class of infectious particle that is devoid of nucleic acid and that an altered form of the endogenous prion protein (PrP) is the agent. However, it has been difficult to exclude the possibility that PrP purified from scrapie tissues might be contam...

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

authors： Caughey B,Race RE,Vogel M,Buchmeier MJ,Chesebro B

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defining prospective pathways by which zoonoses evolve and emerge as human pathogens is critical for anticipating and controlling both natural and deliberate pandemics. However, predicting tenable pathways of animal-to-human movement has been hindered by challenges in identifying reservoir species, cultivating zoonoti...

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

authors： Becker MM,Graham RL,Donaldson EF,Rockx B,Sims AC,Sheahan T,Pickles RJ,Corti D,Johnston RE,Baric RS,Denison MR

更新日期：2008-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the social skills of previously institutionalized, 8-y-old Romanian children from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project and the influence of attachment security and brain electrical activity (alpha power) on these skills. Participants included children randomized to an intervention involv...

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

authors： Almas AN,Degnan KA,Radulescu A,Nelson CA 3rd,Zeanah CH,Fox NA

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Reptiles and fish have robust regenerative powers for tooth renewal. However, extant mammals can either renew their teeth one time (diphyodont dentition) or not at all (monophyodont dentition). Humans replace their milk teeth with permanent teeth and then lose their ability for tooth renewal. Here, we study tooth rene...

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

authors： Wu P,Wu X,Jiang TX,Elsey RM,Temple BL,Divers SJ,Glenn TC,Yuan K,Chen MH,Widelitz RB,Chuong CM

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional activity of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors requires both glutamate binding and the binding of an endogenous coagonist that has been presumed to be glycine, although D-serine is a more potent agonist. Localizations of D-serine and it biosynthetic enzyme serine racemase approximate the distribution of ...

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

authors： Mothet JP,Parent AT,Wolosker H,Brady RO Jr,Linden DJ,Ferris CD,Rogawski MA,Snyder SH

更新日期：2000-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription, splicing, and translation are potentially coordinately regulatable in a temporospatial-dependent manner, although supporting experimental evidence for this notion is scarce. Yeast two-hybrid screening of a mammary gland cDNA library with human p21-activated kinase 1 (Pak1) as bait identified polyC-RNA-b...

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

authors： Meng Q,Rayala SK,Gururaj AE,Talukder AH,O'Malley BW,Kumar R

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00