Loss of microRNA cluster miR-29a/b-1 in sporadic Alzheimer's disease correlates with increased BACE1/beta-secretase expression.

abstract：:Although the future often seems intangible, we can make it more concrete by imagining prospective events. Here, using functional MRI, we demonstrate a mechanism by which the ventromedial prefrontal cortex supports such episodic simulations, and thereby contributes to affective foresight: This region supports processes...

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

authors： Benoit RG,Szpunar KK,Schacter DL

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an expression cloning approach, we have isolated a cDNA encoding GD3 synthase (CMP-NeuAc:NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1'Cer alpha 2,8-sialyltransferase, EC 2.4.99.8), which is a key regulatory enzyme determining the prominence of the ganglioside biosynthesis pathway. The cloned cDNA encodes a 341-amino ...

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

authors： Nara K,Watanabe Y,Maruyama K,Kasahara K,Nagai Y,Sanai Y

更新日期：1994-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 3 (IL-3) stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of various haematopoietic progenitor cells. Recently, IL-3 and other cytokines were reported to exert a neurotrophic activity and to be associated with neurological disorders, suggesting their complex role in the central nervous system. We now show ...

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

authors： Chavany C,Vicario-Abejón C,Miller G,Jendoubi M

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaction of the normal isomer of [B20H18]2- and the protected thiol anion, [SC(O)OC(CH3)3]-, produces an unexpected isomer of [B20H17SC(O)OC(CH3)3]4- directly and in good yield. The isomer produced under mild conditions is characterized by an apical-apical boron atom intercage connection as well as the location of the...

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

authors： Feakes DA,Waller RC,Hathaway DK,Morton VS

更新日期：1999-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBDs), including Zellweger syndrome (ZS) and neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy (NALD), are autosomal recessive diseases caused by defects in peroxisome assembly, for which at least 10 complementation groups have been reported. We have isolated a human PEX1 cDNA (HsPEX1) by functional c...

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

authors： Tamura S,Okumoto K,Toyama R,Shimozawa N,Tsukamoto T,Suzuki Y,Osumi T,Kondo N,Fujiki Y

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The BCL2 protooncogene encodes an inner mitochondrial membrane protein that blocks programmed cell death. BCL2 was isolated from the chromosomal breakpoint of follicular B-cell lymphoma. Transgenic mice that overexpress BCL2 display extended survival of resting B cells. In this study we use a monospecific anti-human B...

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

authors： Hockenbery DM,Zutter M,Hickey W,Nahm M,Korsmeyer SJ

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a phylogeny for the evolution of tRNA that is based on the ubiquity and conservation of tRNA-like structures in the replication of contemporary genomes. This phylogeny is unique in suggesting that the function of tRNA in replication dates back to the very beginnings of life on earth, before the advent of te...

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

authors： Maizels N,Weiner AM

更新日期：1994-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing autoreactive B cells edit their B cell antigen receptor (BCR) in the bone marrow and are clonally deleted when they fail to reexpress an innocent BCR. Here, inducible Cre-loxP-mediated gene inversion is used to change the specificity of the BCR on mature IgM+ IgD+ B cells in vivo to address the fate of lymp...

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

authors： Lam KP,Rajewsky K

更新日期：1998-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontypeable Hemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is an important human pathogen in both children and adults. In children, it causes otitis media, the most common childhood infection and the leading cause of conductive hearing loss in the United States. In adults, it causes lower respiratory tract infections in the setting of ...

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

authors： Shuto T,Xu H,Wang B,Han J,Kai H,Gu XX,Murphy TF,Lim DJ,Li JD

更新日期：2001-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Store-operated calcium entry (SOCE), an important mechanism of Ca2+ signaling in a wide range of cell types, is mediated by stromal interaction molecule (STIM), which senses the depletion of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ stores and binds and activates Orai channels in the plasma membrane. This inside-out mechanism of Ca2...

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

authors： Kim KM,Wijerathne T,Hur JH,Kang UJ,Kim IH,Kweon YC,Lee AR,Jeong SJ,Lee SK,Lee YY,Sim BW,Lee JH,Baig C,Kim SU,Chang KT,Lee KP,Park CY

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive Burkitt lymphoma (BL) the role of EBV in the translocation and deregulation of the MYC oncogene remains unknown. By utilizing an EBV-negative BL (BJAB) and several EBV-positive sublines derived from it by in vitro infection, it was possible to show that the presence of the virus wa...

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

authors： Lacy J,Summers WP,Watson M,Glazer PM,Summers WC

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests cancer cells exhibit a dependency on metabolic pathways regulated by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). Nevertheless, how the regulation of this metabolic cofactor interfaces with signal transduction networks remains poorly understood in glioblastoma. Here, we report nicotinamide ...

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

authors： Gujar AD,Le S,Mao DD,Dadey DY,Turski A,Sasaki Y,Aum D,Luo J,Dahiya S,Yuan L,Rich KM,Milbrandt J,Hallahan DE,Yano H,Tran DD,Kim AH

更新日期：2016-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:I demonstrate the existence in protein domain sequences of sets of statistically significant periodic signals, characteristic of the architectures of those domains. It is shown that, although the frequencies of the signals characteristic of a particular architecture have definite wave numbers, they can occur in any ph...

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

authors： Rackovsky S

更新日期：1998-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a functional profiling strategy to identify and characterize subtypes of neurons present in a peripheral ganglion, which should be extendable to neurons in the CNS. In this study, dissociated dorsal-root ganglion neurons from mice were exposed to various pharmacological agents (challenge compounds), while ...

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

authors： Teichert RW,Smith NJ,Raghuraman S,Yoshikami D,Light AR,Olivera BM

更新日期：2012-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The apoproteins of pulmonary surfactant (PSAP) are thought to be critical for normal surfactant function. They bind to surfactant phospholipids and enhance their ability to form surface films in vitro. These acidic glycoproteins have monomeric molecular weights of 36,000, 32,000, and 28,000 (PSAP-36, -32, and -28). Ea...

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

authors： Benson B,Hawgood S,Schilling J,Clements J,Damm D,Cordell B,White RT

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To monitor inaccuracy in gene expression in living cells, we designed an experimental system in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis whereby spontaneous errors can be visualized and quantified at a single-cell level. Our strategy was to introduce mutations into a chromosomally encoded gfp allele, such that errors in protei...

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

authors： Meyerovich M,Mamou G,Ben-Yehuda S

更新日期：2010-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:MacArthur and Wilson [MacArthur, R. H. & Wilson, E. O. (1967) The Theory of Island Biogeography (Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ)] used the rate of recolonization of the Krakatau Islands (sterilized in the cataclysmic 1883 eruption) by birds and vascular plants to test their equilibrium model of immigration and e...

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

authors： Thornton IW,Zann RA,Rawlinson PA,Tidemann CR,Adikerana AS,Widjoya AH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigen recognition of a profoundly immunosuppressive mAb, mAb 2E1, in vivo was investigated. In addition to the 62-kDa effector cell protease receptor 1, mAb 2E1 bound the 32-kDa T cell adhesion receptor E2 (CD99) and the 86-kDa p80 subunit of the nuclear antigen complex Ku. These molecules share no overall seque...

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

authors： Rothermel AL,Altieri DC

更新日期：1998-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart of the H+ conductance mechanism in the homotetrameric M2 H+ channel from influenza A is a set of four histidine side chains. Here, we show that protonation of the third of these imidazoles coincides with acid activation of this transmembrane channel and that, at physiological pH, the channel is closed by two...

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

authors： Hu J,Fu R,Nishimura K,Zhang L,Zhou HX,Busath DD,Vijayvergiya V,Cross TA

更新日期：2006-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrashort light pulses can selectively excite charges, spins, and phonons in materials, providing a powerful approach for manipulating their properties. Here we use femtosecond laser pulses to coherently manipulate the electron and phonon distributions, and their couplings, in the charge-density wave (CDW) material 1...

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

authors： Zhang Y,Shi X,You W,Tao Z,Zhong Y,Cheenicode Kabeer F,Maldonado P,Oppeneer PM,Bauer M,Rossnagel K,Kapteyn H,Murnane M

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:An expression in the exterior algebra of a Peano space yielding Pappus' theorem was originally given by Doubilet, Rota, and Stein [Doubilet, P., Rota, G.-C. & Stein, J. (1974) Stud. Appl. Math. 8, 185-216]. Motivated by an identity of Rota, I give an identity in a Grassmann-Cayley algebra of step 3, involving joins an...

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

authors： Hawrylycz M

更新日期：1994-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Residential location is thought to influence people's well-being, but different individuals may value residential areas differently. We examined how life satisfaction and personality traits are geographically distributed within the UK London metropolitan area, and how the strength of associations between personality t...

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

authors： Jokela M,Bleidorn W,Lamb ME,Gosling SD,Rentfrow PJ

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and highly sensitive catalysis assay is demonstrated based on analyzing reactions with acridonetagged compounds by thin-layer chromatography. As little as 1 pmol of product is readily visualized by its blue fluorescence under UV illumination and identified by its retention factor (Rf). Each assay requires onl...

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

authors： Reymond JL,Koch T,Schröer J,Tierney E

更新日期：1996-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated rat brain cDNA clones encoding AE2, a homologue of the erythrocyte anion exchanger, band 3 (AE1). Immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization reveal that, in brain, AE2 expression is restricted to the basolateral membrane of the choroid plexus epithelium. Expression of a full-length mouse AE2 cDNA i...

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

authors： Lindsey AE,Schneider K,Simmons DM,Baron R,Lee BS,Kopito RR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we introduce a method to account for the shape of the potential energy curve in the evaluation of conformational free energies. The method is based on a procedure that generates a set of conformations, each with its own force-field energy, but adds a term to this energy that favors conformations that ar...

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

authors： Xiang Z,Soto CS,Honig B

更新日期：2002-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylionsitol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)), a substrate of phospholipase C, has recently been recognized to regulate membrane-associated proteins and act as a signal molecule in phospholipase C-linked Gq-coupled receptor (GqPCR) pathways. However, it is not known whether PIP(2) depletion induced by GqPCRs can act ...

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

authors： Cho H,Lee D,Lee SH,Ho WK

更新日期：2005-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating peripheral blood cells and disaggregated yolk sac cells were obtained from normal mouse embryos as early as day 9 of gestation, prior to the formation of the fetal liver. These were cultured in vitro in plasma clots or methylcellulose, in the presence of either embryonic fluid or adult spleen cell-conditio...

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

authors： Wong PM,Clarke BJ,Carr DH,Chui DH

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motion detection is typically spared in blindsight, which results from damage to the striate cortex (area V1) of the brain that is sufficient to eliminate conscious visual awareness and severely reduce sensitivity to luminance contrast, especially for high spatial and low temporal frequencies. Here we show that the di...

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

authors： Azzopardi P,Hock HS

更新日期：2011-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein functions require conformational motions. We show here that the dominant conformational motions are slaved by the hydration shell and the bulk solvent. The protein contributes the structure necessary for function. We formulate a model that is based on experiments, insights from the physics of glass-forming liq...

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

authors： Frauenfelder H,Chen G,Berendzen J,Fenimore PW,Jansson H,McMahon BH,Stroe IR,Swenson J,Young RD

更新日期：2009-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of cholera toxin to membrane particles prepared from sarcoma 180 cells gives rise to a variety of fragments which are capable of activating adenylate cyclase [ATP:pyrophosphate-lyase (cyclizing), EC 4.6.1.1]. A major component of these fragments has an apparent molecular weight in the 8,000-10,000 range. The ...

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

authors： Matuo Y,Wheeler MA,Bitensky MW

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00