Loss of O-GlcNAc glycosylation in forebrain excitatory neurons induces neurodegeneration.

abstract：:Evolutionary theory reveals that punishment is effective in promoting cooperation and maintaining social norms. Although it is accepted that emotions are connected to punishment decisions, there remains substantial debate over why humans use costly punishment. Here we show experimentally that constraints on emotion ex...

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

authors： Xiao E,Houser D

更新日期：2005-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth inhibition assays indicated that the IC50 values for methotrexate (MTX) and 5-fluorodeoxyuridine (FdUrd) in HS-18, a liposarcoma cell line lacking retinoblastoma protein (pRB), and SaOS-2, an osteosarcoma cell line with a truncated and nonfunctional pRB, were 10- to 12-fold and 4- to 11-fold higher, respectivel...

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

authors： Li W,Fan J,Hochhauser D,Banerjee D,Zielinski Z,Almasan A,Yin Y,Kelly R,Wahl GM,Bertino JR

更新日期：1995-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Notwithstanding important advances in the context of single-variant pathogenicity identification, novel breakthroughs in discerning the origins of many rare diseases require methods able to identify more complex genetic models. We present here the Variant Combinations Pathogenicity Predictor (VarCoPP), a machine-learn...

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

authors： Papadimitriou S,Gazzo A,Versbraegen N,Nachtegael C,Aerts J,Moreau Y,Van Dooren S,Nowé A,Smits G,Lenaerts T

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon γ-inducible protein 16 (IFI16) and cGMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) have both been proposed to detect herpesviral DNA directly in herpes simplex virus (HSV)-infected cells and initiate interferon regulatory factor-3 signaling, but it has been unclear how two DNA sensors could both be required for this response. We ...

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

authors： Orzalli MH,Broekema NM,Diner BA,Hancks DC,Elde NC,Cristea IM,Knipe DM

更新日期：2015-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In light of the rapid recent retreat of Arctic sea ice, a number of studies have discussed the possibility of a critical threshold (or "tipping point") beyond which the ice-albedo feedback causes the ice cover to melt away in an irreversible process. The focus has typically been centered on the annual minimum (Septemb...

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

authors： Eisenman I,Wettlaufer JS

更新日期：2009-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of refolding of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase (EC 1.5.1.3) have been examined upon dilution of unfolded enzyme in 4.5 M urea to 1.29 M urea in 0.02 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.2) at 10 degrees C. Changes in the intrinsic protein fluorescence on refolding are characterized by four phases. Based on ...

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

authors： Frieden C

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host-defense cationic antimicrobial peptides ( approximately 12-50 aa long) play an essential protective role in the innate immune system of all organisms. Lipopeptides, however, are produced only in bacteria and fungi during cultivation, and they are composed of specific lipophilic moieties attached to anionic peptid...

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

authors： Makovitzki A,Avrahami D,Shai Y

更新日期：2006-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkitt's lymphomas, linked by previous studies with the DNA-containing Epstein-Barr virus, contain an RNA related in sequence to that of Rauscher leukemia virus. The present study establishes that the viral-related RNA found in Burkitt's tumors is a 70S component encapsulated with RNA-instructed DNA polymerase in a p...

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

authors： Kufe D,Magrath IT,Ziegler JL,Spiegelman S

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pristine meteoritic materials carry light element isotopic fractionations that constrain physiochemical conditions during solar system formation. Here we report the discovery of a unique xenolith in the metal-rich chondrite Isheyevo. Its fine-grained, highly pristine mineralogy has similarity with interplanetary dust ...

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

authors： Briani G,Gounelle M,Marrocchi Y,Mostefaoui S,Leroux H,Quirico E,Meibom A

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The matrix 2 (M2) protein from influenza A virus is a proton channel that uses His37 as a selectivity filter. Here we report high-resolution (1.10 Å) cryogenic crystallographic structures of the transmembrane domain of M2 at low and high pH. These structures reveal that waters within the pore form hydrogen-bonded netw...

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

authors： Thomaston JL,Alfonso-Prieto M,Woldeyes RA,Fraser JS,Klein ML,Fiorin G,DeGrado WF

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Forkhead box g1 (Foxg1) is a nuclear-cytosolic transcription factor essential for the forebrain development and involved in neurodevelopmental and cancer pathologies. Despite the importance of this protein, little is known about the modalities by which it exerts such a large number of cellular functions. Here we show ...

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

authors： Pancrazi L,Di Benedetto G,Colombaioni L,Della Sala G,Testa G,Olimpico F,Reyes A,Zeviani M,Pozzan T,Costa M

更新日期：2015-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent experiments have shown that spreading epithelial sheets exhibit a long-range coordination of motility forces that leads to a buildup of tension in the tissue, which may enhance cell division and the speed of wound healing. Furthermore, the edges of these epithelial sheets commonly show finger-like protrusions w...

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

authors： Basan M,Elgeti J,Hannezo E,Rappel WJ,Levine H

更新日期：2013-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of increased numbers of recorded pertussis cases in the United States, this study sought to understand the role of nonmedical vaccine exemptions and waning immunity may have had on the resurgence of pertussis in the United States at the community level. We used geospatial scan statistics, SaTScan, version 9.4,...

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

authors： Aloe C,Kulldorff M,Bloom BR

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen receptor variable region exons are assembled during lymphocyte development from variable (V), diversity (D), and joining (J) gene segments. Each germ-line gene segment is flanked by recombination signal sequences (RSs). Recombination-activating gene endonuclease initiates V(D)J recombination by cleaving a pair...

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

authors： Zha S,Jiang W,Fujiwara Y,Patel H,Goff PH,Brush JW,Dubois RL,Alt FW

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA mismatch repair is central to the maintenance of genomic stability. It is initiated by the recognition of base-base mismatches and insertion/deletion loops by the family of MutS proteins. Subsequently, ATP induces a unique conformational change in the MutS-mismatch complex but not in the MutS-homoduplex complex th...

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

authors： Wang H,Yang Y,Schofield MJ,Du C,Fridman Y,Lee SD,Larson ED,Drummond JT,Alani E,Hsieh P,Erie DA

更新日期：2003-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The rearrangement of immunoglobulin genes in B-lymphocyte precursors requires the expression of the recombination activating genes (Rag), which leads to the generation of a highly diverse B-cell repertoire. We can use the level of Rag-1 mRNA in the bone marrow as an index of its capacity to support the maturation of B...

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

authors： Ben-Yehuda A,Szabo P,Dyall R,Weksler ME

更新日期：1994-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli Min system self-organizes into a cell-pole to cell-pole oscillator on the membrane to prevent divisions at the cell poles. Reconstituting the Min system on a lipid bilayer has contributed to elucidating the oscillatory mechanism. However, previous in vitro patterns were attained with protein densi...

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

authors： Vecchiarelli AG,Li M,Mizuuchi M,Hwang LC,Seol Y,Neuman KC,Mizuuchi K

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that α-synuclein (α-syn) occurs physiologically as a helically folded tetramer that resists aggregation. However, the mechanisms underlying the regulation of formation of α-syn tetramers are still mostly unknown. Cellular membrane lipids are thought to play an important role in the regul...

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

authors： Kim S,Yun SP,Lee S,Umanah GE,Bandaru VVR,Yin X,Rhee P,Karuppagounder SS,Kwon SH,Lee H,Mao X,Kim D,Pandey A,Lee G,Dawson VL,Dawson TM,Ko HS

更新日期：2018-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitroxyl anion (HNONO(-)), the one-electron reduced form of nitric oxide (NO), induces positive cardiac inotropy and selective venodilation in the normal in vivo circulation. Here we tested whether HNO/NO(-) augments systolic and diastolic function of failing hearts, and whether contrary to NO/nitrates such modulation...

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

authors： Paolocci N,Katori T,Champion HC,St John ME,Miranda KM,Fukuto JM,Wink DA,Kass DA

更新日期：2003-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Before secretory vesicles undergo exocytosis, they must recruit the proteins syntaxin-1 and synaptosomal associated protein 25 (SNAP-25) in the plasma membrane. GFP-labeled versions of both proteins cluster at sites where secretory granules have docked. Single-particle tracking shows that minority populations of both ...

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

authors： Knowles MK,Barg S,Wan L,Midorikawa M,Chen X,Almers W

更新日期：2010-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal epidemics and periodic worldwide pandemics caused by influenza A viruses are of continuous concern. The viral nonstructural (NS1) protein is a multifunctional virulence factor that antagonizes several host innate immune defenses during infection. NS1 also directly stimulates class IA phosphoinositide 3-kinase...

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

authors： Hale BG,Kerry PS,Jackson D,Precious BL,Gray A,Killip MJ,Randall RE,Russell RJ

更新日期：2010-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferroelectricity has long been speculated to have important biological functions, although its very existence in biology has never been firmly established. Here, we present compelling evidence that elastin, the key ECM protein found in connective tissues, is ferroelectric, and we elucidate the molecular mechanism of i...

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

authors： Liu Y,Cai HL,Zelisko M,Wang Y,Sun J,Yan F,Ma F,Wang P,Chen QN,Zheng H,Meng X,Sharma P,Zhang Y,Li J

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether electromagnetic precursors to earthquakes (EQs) exist is an important question not only for EQ prediction but also for understanding the physical processes of EQ generation. Slow transient geoelectric potential changes have been observed before several recent EQs in Japan. In most cases, they appeared 1-19 day...

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

authors： Uyeda S,Nagao T,Orihara Y,Yamaguchi T,Takahashi I

更新日期：2000-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF), a mitogen, also stimulates neurite extension during development, but the underlying mechanism is elusive. This study reveals a functional role for kappa opioid receptor (KOR) in EGF-stimulated neurite extension, and the underlying mechanism. EGF and activated EGF receptor (EGFR) levels a...

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

authors： Tsai NP,Tsui YC,Pintar JE,Loh HH,Wei LN

更新日期：2010-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The pleiotropic activities of interferons (IFNs) are mediated primarily through the transcriptional regulation of many downstream effector genes. The mRNA profiles from IFN-alpha, -beta, or -gamma treatments of the human fibrosarcoma cell line, HT1080, were determined by using oligonucleotide arrays with probe sets co...

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

authors： Der SD,Zhou A,Williams BR,Silverman RH

更新日期：1998-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier we have shown that oscillations with a long period ("supercycles") may arise in two-locus systems experiencing cyclical selection with a short period. However, this mode of complex limiting behavior appeared to be possible for narrow ranges of parameters. Here we demonstrate that a multilocus system subjected ...

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

authors： Kirzhner VM,Korol AB,Nevo E

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A preparative two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel system was used to separate and purify the major Coomassie blue-stained proteins from the isolated rat liver nuclear matrix. Approximately 12 major proteins were consistently found. Of these, 5 proteins represented identified proteins, including nuclear lamins A, B, and...

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

authors： Nakayasu H,Berezney R

更新日期：1991-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The method presented here refines molecular conformations directly against projections of single particles measured by electron microscopy. By optimizing the orientation of the projection at the same time as the conformation, the method is well-suited to two-dimensional class averages from cryoelectron microscopy. Suc...

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

authors： Zhang J,Minary P,Levitt M

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional significance of the portal vascular link between the beta cells of the pancreatic islets and the liver has not been established. Previous studies indicated that insulin does not acutely regulate glucose metabolism by a direct hepatic effect. More recent observations suggest that the role of insulin in r...

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

authors： Griffen SC,Russell SM,Katz LS,Nicoll CS

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage migration inhibition factor (MIF) is one of a class of lymphocyte-derived mediator substances (lymphokines) which plays a role in the mechanism of cellular immunity. A variety of other soluble factors produced by non-lymphoid cells have been shown to have effects on macrophage mobility similar to that of MI...

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

authors： Yoshida T,Bigazzi P,Cohen S

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00