Urocanic acid is a major chemoattractant for the skin-penetrating parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis.

abstract：:Endometriosis is a highly prevalent gynecological disease with severe negative impacts on life quality and financial burden. Unfortunately, there is no cure for this disease, which highlights the need for further investigation about the pathophysiology of this disease to provide clues for developing novel therapeutic ...

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

authors： Li WN,Hsiao KY,Wang CA,Chang N,Hsu PL,Sun CH,Wu SR,Wu MH,Tsai SJ

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The multisubunit vacuolar-type H(+)ATPases mediate acidification of various intracellular organelles and in some tissues mediate H(+) secretion across the plasma membrane. Mutations in the B1-subunit of the apical H(+)ATPase that secretes protons in the distal nephron cause distal renal tubular acidosis in humans, a c...

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

authors： Finberg KE,Wagner CA,Bailey MA,Paunescu TG,Breton S,Brown D,Giebisch G,Geibel JP,Lifton RP

更新日期：2005-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations affecting mismatch repair result in elevated frequencies of microsatellite length alteration in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. However, the finding that microsatellite instability is found often in cells with a functional mismatch repair system prompted a search for other factors of tract alteration. In the pre...

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

authors： Morel P,Reverdy C,Michel B,Ehrlich SD,Cassuto E

更新日期：1998-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Encoding activity in the medial temporal lobe, presumably evoked by the presentation of stimuli (postonset activity), is known to predict subsequent memory. However, several independent lines of research suggest that preonset activity also affects subsequent memory. We investigated the role of preonset and postonset s...

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

authors： Urgolites ZJ,Wixted JT,Goldinger SD,Papesh MH,Treiman DM,Squire LR,Steinmetz PN

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A high-pressure investigation of the Xe*H(2)O chemical system was conducted by using diamond-anvil cell techniques combined with in situ Raman spectroscopy, synchrotron x-ray diffraction, and laser heating. Structure I xenon clathrate was observed to be stable up to 1.8 GPa, at which pressure it transforms to a new Xe...

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

authors： Sanloup C,Mao Hk HK,Hemley RJ

更新日期：2002-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are common vascular malformations, which may result in hemorrhagic strokes and neurological deficits. Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and Notch signaling are both involved in the development of cerebral AVMs, but the cross-talk between the two signaling pathways is poorly u...

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

authors： Yao Y,Yao J,Radparvar M,Blazquez-Medela AM,Guihard PJ,Jumabay M,Boström KI

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Many bacteria use N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) signals to coordinate the behavior of individual cells in a local population. The successful infection of eukaryotic hosts by bacteria seems to depend particularly on such AHL-mediated "quorum-sensing" regulation. We have used proteome analysis to show that a eukaryoti...

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

authors： Mathesius U,Mulders S,Gao M,Teplitski M,Caetano-Anolles G,Rolfe BG,Bauer WD

更新日期：2003-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Human apolipoprotein E (apoE) was produced in Escherichia coli by transforming cells with an expression vector containing a reconstructed apoE cDNA, a lambda PL promoter regulated by the thermolabile cI repressor, and a ribosomal binding site derived from the lambda cII or the E. coli beta-lactamase gene. Transformed ...

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

authors： Vogel T,Weisgraber KH,Zeevi MI,Ben-Artzi H,Levanon AZ,Rall SC Jr,Innerarity TL,Hui DY,Taylor JM,Kanner D

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two human B-cell differentiation antigens, Bp35 and Bp50, apparently play distinct roles as signal receptors in B-cell activation. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to either Bp35 or Bp50 deliver positive signals to B cells that stimulate their transition through the cell cycle. mAb to Bp35, like anti-immunoglobulin antibo...

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

authors： Clark EA,Ledbetter JA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is devoted to the study of the arithmetic properties of values of G-functions introduced by Siegel [Siegel, C. L. (1929) Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Phys.-Math. Kl. 1]. One of the main results is a theorem on the linear independence of values of G-functions at rational points close to the origin. In this theor...

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

authors： Chudnovsky GV

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A varying oxygen environment is known to affect cellular function in disease as well as activity of various therapeutics. For transient structures, whether they are unconstrained therapeutic transplants, migrating cells during tumor metastasis, or cell populations induced by an immunological response, the role of oxyg...

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

authors： Spanoudaki V,Doloff JC,Huang W,Norcross SR,Farah S,Langer R,Anderson DG

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the transport sector is responsible for a large and growing share of global emissions affecting climate, its overall contribution has not been quantified. We provide a comprehensive analysis of radiative forcing from the road transport, shipping, aviation, and rail subsectors, using both past- and forward-loo...

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

authors： Fuglestvedt J,Berntsen T,Myhre G,Rypdal K,Skeie RB

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Colon carcinoma is one of the leading causes of death from cancer and is characterized by a heterogenic pool of cells with distinct differentiation patterns. Recently, it was reported that a population of undifferentiated cells from a primary tumor, so-called cancer stem cells (CSC), can reconstitute the original tumo...

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

authors： Vermeulen L,Todaro M,de Sousa Mello F,Sprick MR,Kemper K,Perez Alea M,Richel DJ,Stassi G,Medema JP

更新日期：2008-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:There is not a single pharmaceutical that halts or even slows any neurodegenerative disease. Mounting evidence shows that prions cause many neurodegenerative diseases, and arguably, scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease prions represent the best therapeutic targets. We report here that the previously identified 2-amin...

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

authors： Berry DB,Lu D,Geva M,Watts JC,Bhardwaj S,Oehler A,Renslo AR,DeArmond SJ,Prusiner SB,Giles K

更新日期：2013-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The endometrial epithelium of the uterus regenerates periodically. The cellular source of newly regenerated endometrial epithelia during a mouse estrous cycle or a human menstrual cycle is presently unknown. Here, I have used single-cell lineage tracing in the whole mouse uterus to demonstrate that epithelial stem cel...

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

authors： Jin S

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the ribosome is a very general catalyst, it cannot synthesize all protein sequences equally well. For example, ribosomes stall on the secretion monitor (SecM) leader peptide to regulate expression of a downstream gene. Using a genetic selection in Escherichia coli, we identified additional nascent peptide mot...

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

authors： Woolstenhulme CJ,Parajuli S,Healey DW,Valverde DP,Petersen EN,Starosta AL,Guydosh NR,Johnson WE,Wilson DN,Buskirk AR

更新日期：2013-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of mitochondrial complex I is one of the leading hypotheses for dopaminergic neuron death associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). To test this hypothesis genetically, we used a mouse strain lacking functional Ndufs4, a gene encoding a subunit required for complete assembly and function of complex I. Delet...

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

authors： Choi WS,Kruse SE,Palmiter RD,Xia Z

更新日期：2008-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the defining trends of the Holocene has been the emergence of complex societies. Two essential features of complex societies are intensive resource use and sociopolitical hierarchy. Although it is widely agreed that these two phenomena are associated cross-culturally and have both contributed to the rise of com...

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

authors： Sheehan O,Watts J,Gray RD,Atkinson QD

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Unfolded RNase A is known to contain an equilibrium mixture of two forms, a slow-folding form (U(1)) and a fast-folding form (U(2)). If U(1) is produced after unfolding by the slow cis-trans isomerization of proline residues about X-Pro imide bonds, then the formation of U(1) should be catalyzed by strong acids. There...

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

authors： Schmid FX,Baldwin RL

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal methyl donor of the cell, S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe), is produced by the highly conserved family of methionine adenosyltranferases (MATs) via an ATP-driven process. These enzymes play an important role in the preservation of life, and their dysregulation has been tightly linked to liver and colon cancer...

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

authors： Murray B,Antonyuk SV,Marina A,Lu SC,Mato JM,Hasnain SS,Rojas AL

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Life-long protection from disease through immunization can be accomplished through individual or community protection. Individual protection is the goal for vaccination against diseases that have inanimate or animal reservoirs or that pose risks for certain populations. Community protection is the goal for vaccination...

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

authors： Dowdle WR,Orenstein WA

更新日期：1994-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell surface receptor membrane localization is strongly dependent on protein-protein interactions often involving regulation by phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of the intracellular domains of membrane proteins. The present study was carried out to identify metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) 3 regulatory binding...

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

authors： Flajolet M,Rakhilin S,Wang H,Starkova N,Nuangchamnong N,Nairn AC,Greengard P

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Pbx-regulating protein-1 (Prep1) is a tumor suppressor, whereas myeloid ecotropic viral integration site-1 (Meis1) is an oncogene. We show that, to perform these activities in mouse embryonic fibroblasts, both proteins competitively heterodimerize with pre-B-cell leukemia homeobox-1 (Pbx1). Meis1 alone transforms Prep...

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

authors： Dardaei L,Longobardi E,Blasi F

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The fatty acids associated with phospholipids of cell membranes, and particularly their degree of unsaturation, contribute to the fluidity of their structure and hance determine many of their biological properties. We describe a technique for modulating membrane fluidity which consists of hydrogenating the unsaturated...

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

authors： Chapman D,Quinn PJ

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagocytosis is a primary defense program orchestrated by monocytes/macrophages. Unregulated phagocytosis can lead to pathological conditions. In the current study we have demonstrated that Wnt5a stimulates phagocytosis through PI3 kinase-Rac1 and lipid-raft-dependent processes. Wnt5a-mediated augmentation in phagocyt...

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

authors： Maiti G,Naskar D,Sen M

更新日期：2012-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription initiation site of the human ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) was located by using the single-strand specific nuclease protection method and by determining the first nucleotide of the in vitro capped 45S preribosomal RNA. The sequence of 1,211 nucleotides surrounding the initiation site was determined. The ...

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

authors： Financsek I,Mizumoto K,Mishima Y,Muramatsu M

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preaxial polydactyly (PPD) is a common limb malformation in human. A number of polydactylous mouse mutants indicate that misexpression of Shh is a common requirement for generating extra digits. Here we identify a translocation breakpoint in a PPD patient and a transgenic insertion site in the polydactylous mouse muta...

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

authors： Lettice LA,Horikoshi T,Heaney SJ,van Baren MJ,van der Linde HC,Breedveld GJ,Joosse M,Akarsu N,Oostra BA,Endo N,Shibata M,Suzuki M,Takahashi E,Shinka T,Nakahori Y,Ayusawa D,Nakabayashi K,Scherer SW,Heutink P,Hill RE

更新日期：2002-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A human lambdaV (Mcg) and a human lambdaII (Vil) myeloma protein have identical sequences in their first hypervariable segments although they differ at 21 positions throughout the variable region. If a different structural gene is responsible for each subgroup, the findings favor insertion of information for the hyper...

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

authors： Wu TT,Kabat EA,Bilofsky H

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perception and cognition in infants have been traditionally investigated using habituation paradigms, assuming that babies' memories in laboratory contexts are best constructed after numerous repetitions of the very same stimulus in the absence of interference. A crucial, yet open, question regards how babies deal wit...

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

authors： Benavides-Varela S,Siugzdaite R,Gómez DM,Macagno F,Cattarossi L,Mehler J

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the role of APP and PSEN genes in genetic Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases is well established, fairly little is known about the molecular mechanisms affecting Abeta generation in sporadic AD. Deficiency in Abeta clearance is certainly a possibility, but increased expression of proteins like APP or BACE1/beta-s...

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

authors： Hébert SS,Horré K,Nicolaï L,Papadopoulou AS,Mandemakers W,Silahtaroglu AN,Kauppinen S,Delacourte A,De Strooper B

更新日期：2008-04-29 00:00:00