Tumor suppressor TSC1 is critical for T-cell anergy.

abstract：:Studies of tumors from human familial adenomatous polyposis, sporadic colon cancer, and mouse and rat models of intestinal cancer indicate that the majority of early adenomas develop through loss of normal function of the Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene. In murine models of familial adenomatous polyposis, specif...

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

authors： Amos-Landgraf JM,Irving AA,Hartman C,Hunter A,Laube B,Chen X,Clipson L,Newton MA,Dove WF

更新日期：2012-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress-induced structural remodeling in the adult hippocampus, involving debranching and shortening of dendrites and suppression of neurogenesis, provides a cellular basis for understanding the impairment of neural plasticity in the human hippocampus in depressive illness. Accordingly, reversal of structural remodelin...

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

authors： Czéh B,Michaelis T,Watanabe T,Frahm J,de Biurrun G,van Kampen M,Bartolomucci A,Fuchs E

更新日期：2001-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The boreal forests, identified as a critical "tipping element" of the Earth's climate system, play a critical role in the global carbon budget. Recent findings have suggested that terrestrial carbon sinks in northern high-latitude regions are weakening, but there has been little observational evidence to support the i...

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

authors： Ma Z,Peng C,Zhu Q,Chen H,Yu G,Li W,Zhou X,Wang W,Zhang W

更新日期：2012-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) is a neurotoxin that causes parkinsonism in humans and nonhuman animals, and its use has led to greater understanding of the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. However, its molecular targets have not been defined. We show that mice lacking the gene for poly(ADP-rib...

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

authors： Mandir AS,Przedborski S,Jackson-Lewis V,Wang ZQ,Simbulan-Rosenthal CM,Smulson ME,Hoffman BE,Guastella DB,Dawson VL,Dawson TM

更新日期：1999-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylenediaminetetraacetate and other divalent-cation-complexing agents greatly stimulate the cellular binding of DNA molecules to competent pneumococci, while the appearance of genetic transformants and nuclease-resistant DNA binding are completely inhibited. Based on this finding, we developed an experimental system...

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

authors： Seto H,Tomasz A

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the factors that shape macroevolutionary patterns in functional traits is a central goal of evolutionary biology. Alternative strategies of sexual reproduction (inbreeding vs. outcrossing) have divergent effects on population genetic structure and could thereby broadly influence trait evolution. However,...

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

authors： Campbell SA,Kessler A

更新日期：2013-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific rearrangement of internal chromosomal regions occurs during development of the somatic macronucleus in Tetrahymena thermophila and results in elimination of germ-line (micronuclear) DNA sequences. The timing and mechanism of genome rearrangement within one particular 9.3-kilobase region, which contains three ...

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

authors： Austerberry CF,Allis CD,Yao MC

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inwardly rectifying potassium (K(+)) channels gated by G proteins (Kir3.x family) are widely distributed in neuronal, atrial, and endocrine tissues and play key roles in generating late inhibitory postsynaptic potentials, slowing the heart rate and modulating hormone release. They are directly activated by G(betagamma...

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

authors： Leaney JL,Tinker A

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyskeratosis congenita is a premature aging syndrome characterized by muco-cutaneous features and a range of other abnormalities, including early greying, dental loss, osteoporosis, and malignancy. Dyskeratosis congenita cells age prematurely and have very short telomeres. Patients have mutations in genes that encode ...

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

authors： Vulliamy T,Beswick R,Kirwan M,Marrone A,Digweed M,Walne A,Dokal I

更新日期：2008-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned two species of EcoRI-cleaved DNA segments that together cover the entire sequence for the human interleukin 2 gene and have determined the nucleotide sequence of the gene and its flanking regions. The gene contains three introns and the exon sequences can be aligned with the previously reported cDNA seq...

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

authors： Fujita T,Takaoka C,Matsui H,Taniguchi T

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We use computer simulations to study the thermodynamic properties of a glass-former in which a fraction c of the particles has been permanently frozen. By thermodynamic integration, we determine the Kauzmann, or ideal glass transition, temperature [Formula: see text] at which the configurational entropy vanishes. This...

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

authors： Ozawa M,Kob W,Ikeda A,Miyazaki K

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the homeobox protein CDX1 is lost or reduced in a significant proportion of colorectal carcinomas (CRCs) but the underlying mechanism for this is unclear. We have demonstrated absence of CDX1 mRNA expression in 7 of 37 CRC cell lines and shown that all 7 cell lines have a methylated CDX1 promoter. Twenty...

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

authors： Wong NA,Britton MP,Choi GS,Stanton TK,Bicknell DC,Wilding JL,Bodmer WF

更新日期：2004-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of chicken embryo fibroblasts with mitogenic concentrations of insulin for 24 hr or with the tumor promoter phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate for 6 hr stimulated lactate release and 3-O-methylglucose uptake. Insulin also increased the Vmax of 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase (ATP:D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotrans...

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

authors： Bosca L,Rousseau GG,Hue L

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bystander effect, originating from cells irradiated in vitro, describes the biologic response(s) of surrounding cells not directly targeted by a radiation insult. To overcome the limitations of in vitro tissue culture models and determine whether a bystander effect that is initiated by the in vivo decay of a radio...

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

authors： Xue LY,Butler NJ,Makrigiorgos GM,Adelstein SJ,Kassis AI

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:After pair-bonding, male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) display aggression toward novel females but not toward their female partner. Here we show that this selective aggression in pair-bonded male prairie voles is associated with increased release of vasopressin (AVP) in the anterior hypothalamus (AH). Pharmacol...

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

authors： Gobrogge KL,Liu Y,Young LJ,Wang Z

更新日期：2009-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian hair follicle unit consists of a central follicle and a series of associated structures: sebaceous glands, arrector pili muscles, Merkel cells, and sensory nerve endings. The architecture of this multicellular structure is highly polarized with respect to the body axes. Previous work has implicated Frizz...

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

authors： Chang H,Nathans J

更新日期：2013-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] is the distinguishing protein component of lipoprotein(a), a major inherited risk factor for atherosclerosis. Human apo(a) is homologous to plasminogen. It contains from 15 to 50 repeated domains closely related to plasminogen kringle four, plus single kringle five-like and inactive protease...

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

authors： Lawn RM,Schwartz K,Patthy L

更新日期：1997-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally acknowledged that cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4/CD152) plays a pivotal role in the regulation of T-cell activation and the establishment of self-tolerance in the periphery. CTLA-4-deficient (CTLA-4KO) mice develop a lymphoproliferative disorder and die within 4 weeks of birth, sug...

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

authors： Verhagen J,Gabrysová L,Minaee S,Sabatos CA,Anderson G,Sharpe AH,Wraith DC

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of adult stem cells (SCs) is fundamental for organ maintenance and tissue regeneration. On the body surface, different ectodermal organs exhibit distinctive modes of regeneration and the dynamics of their SC homeostasis remain to be unraveled. A slow cycling characteristic has been used to identify SCs in h...

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

authors： Leung Y,Kandyba E,Chen YB,Ruffins S,Chuong CM,Kobielak K

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular clocks have been used to date the divergence of humans and chimpanzees for nearly four decades. Nonetheless, this date and its confidence interval remain to be firmly established. In an effort to generate a genomic view of the human-chimpanzee divergence, we have analyzed 167 nuclear protein-coding genes and...

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

authors： Kumar S,Filipski A,Swarna V,Walker A,Hedges SB

更新日期：2005-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular imbalance in the levels of antioxidants and reactive oxygen species resulting in apoptosis is directly associated with a number of parasitic infections, aging, and several genetic and multifactorial diseases. The baculovirus AcNPV-encoded antiapoptotic p35 gene prevents apoptosis induced by a variety of apopt...

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

authors： Sah NK,Taneja TK,Pathak N,Begum R,Athar M,Hasnain SE

更新日期：1999-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A Down's syndrome associated gene, Single Minded 2 gene short form (SIM2-s), is specifically expressed in colon tumors but not in the normal colon. Antisense inhibition of SIM2-s in a RKO-derived colon carcinoma cell line causes growth inhibition, apoptosis, and inhibition of tumor growth in a nude mouse tumoriginicit...

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

authors： Aleman MJ,DeYoung MP,Tress M,Keating P,Perry GW,Narayanan R

更新日期：2005-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Antischizophrenic neuroleptic drugs of the diphenylbutylpiperidine class, which includes pimozide, fluspirilene, penfluridol, and clopimozide, inhibit [3H]nitrendipine binding with IC50 values of 13-30 nM. This inhibition involves receptors for the verapamil/prenylamine class of calcium channel antagonists. These diph...

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

authors： Gould RJ,Murphy KM,Reynolds IJ,Snyder SH

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:15N NMR spectra were taken of 15N-enriched tRNA extracted from bakers yeast; ammonium sulfate was used as a nitrogen source. The increase in the degree of denaturation of tRNA, which occurs with increase in temperature from 30 degrees C to 70 degrees C, resulted in no large changes in 15N chemical shifts at acidic and...

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

authors： Gonnella NC,Birdseye TR,Nee M,Roberts JD

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After sublethal (6 Gy) whole-body irradiation, the C57BL/Ba (Thy-1.1) murine thymus regenerated in two waves, on days 3-10 and 25-32, separated by a severe relapse. The second phase of depletion-reconstitution reproduced the first one, in a less synchronous manner. The depletion affected all cell subsets, but CD4+ CD8...

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

authors： Penit C,Ezine S

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How did human cooperation evolve? Recent evidence shows that many people are willing to engage in altruistic punishment, voluntarily paying a cost to punish noncooperators. Although this behavior helps to explain how cooperation can persist, it creates an important puzzle. If altruistic punishment provides benefits to...

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

authors： Fowler JH

更新日期：2005-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically obese (ob/ob) mice, mice that became obese after treatment with gold thioglucose, and lean animals were studied in the euthyroid state, after induction of hypothyroidism, and after treatment with triiodothyronine. The activity of glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (sn-glycerol-3-phosphate:(acceptor) oxidor...

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

authors： York DA,Bray GA,Yukimura Y

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some tumor cell lines secrete high concentrations of TGFbeta or IL-1. Similarly high concentrations of each of these cytokines cross-activate the other pathway: TGFbeta activates NFkappaB, and IL-1beta activates Smads. The IL-1 signaling components IRAK, MyD88, TRAF6, and TAK1 are all required for cross-activation of ...

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

authors： Lu T,Tian L,Han Y,Vogelbaum M,Stark GR

更新日期：2007-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A 165-kilodalton (kDal) surface glycoprotein encoded by human chromosome 7 (SA-7) had been characterized by using antisera raised against human chromosome 7-containing somatic cell hybrids. We now present evidence that SA-7 is the human receptor for epidermal growth factor (EGF) and that these antisera recognize human...

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

authors： Carlin CR,Knowles BB

更新日期：1982-08-01 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