IL-38 inhibits microglial inflammatory mediators and is decreased in amygdala of children with autism spectrum disorder.

abstract：:This article demonstrates that a simple chemical model system, built by using a modular approach, may be used to predict the spatiotemporal dynamics of initiation of blood clotting in the complex network of hemostasis. Microfluidics was used to create in vitro environments that expose both the complex network and the ...

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

authors： Kastrup CJ,Runyon MK,Shen F,Ismagilov RF

更新日期：2006-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimization theory has been used to analyze evolutionary adaptation. This theory has explained many features of biological systems, from the genetic code to animal behavior. However, these systems show important deviations from optimality. Typically, these deviations are large in some particular components of the sys...

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

authors： Pérez-Escudero A,Rivera-Alba M,de Polavieja GG

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several yeast activators are phosphorylated by SRB10, a cyclin-dependent kinase associated with the transcriptional machinery. Sites of phosphorylation are found outside the activating region in each case, and the modification has different physiological consequences in different cases. We show here that certain acidi...

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

authors： Ansari AZ,Koh SS,Zaman Z,Bongards C,Lehming N,Young RA,Ptashne M

更新日期：2002-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids play a critical role in control of the cytokine response after immune challenge. Conversely, cytokines modulate glucocorticoid production by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. To define the potency and mechanism of interleukin-6 (IL-6) for augmentation of adrenal function, we exploited mice defic...

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

authors： Bethin KE,Vogt SK,Muglia LJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both treatment of disease and basic studies of complex tissues can benefit from directing viral vector infection to specific cell types. We have used a unique cell targeting method to direct viral vector transduction to cerebral cortical neurons expressing the neuregulin (NRG) receptor ErbB4; both NRG and ErbB4 have b...

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

authors： Choi J,Young JA,Callaway EM

更新日期：2010-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise regulation of the evolutionarily conserved hypoxia-inducible transcription factor (HIF) ensures proper adaptation to variations in oxygen availability throughout development and into adulthood. Oxygen-dependent regulation of HIF stability and activity are mediated by hydroxylation of conserved proline and aspa...

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

authors： Dann CE 3rd,Bruick RK,Deisenhofer J

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to their well-recognized hepatotropism, all hepatitis B viruses (HBVs) display marked species specificity, growing poorly or not at all in species other than those closely related to their natural hosts. We have examined the molecular basis for this narrow host range, using duck HBV (DHBV) and heron HBV (H...

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

authors： Ishikawa T,Ganem D

更新日期：1995-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The A(2A)R is largely coexpressed with D(2)Rs and enkephalin mRNA in the striatum where it modulates dopaminergic activity. Activation of the A(2A)R antagonizes D(2)R-mediated behavioral and neurochemical effects in the basal ganglia through a mechanism that may involve direct A(2A)R-D(2)R interaction. However, whethe...

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

authors： Chen JF,Moratalla R,Impagnatiello F,Grandy DK,Cuellar B,Rubinstein M,Beilstein MA,Hackett E,Fink JS,Low MJ,Ongini E,Schwarzschild MA

更新日期：2001-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin acts as a potent inhibitory factor against obesity by regulating energy expenditure, food intake, and adiposity. The obese diabetic db/db mouse, which has defects in leptin receptor, displays enhanced neural responses and elevated behavioral preference to sweet stimuli. Here, we show the effects of leptin on th...

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

authors： Kawai K,Sugimoto K,Nakashima K,Miura H,Ninomiya Y

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic mice have been used to address the issue of the oncogenic potential of mutant guanine nucleotide stimulatory factor (Gs) alpha subunit in the thyroid gland. The expression of the mutant Arg-201-->His Gs alpha subunit transgene has been directed to murine thyroid epithelial cells by bovine thyroglobulin prom...

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

authors： Michiels FM,Caillou B,Talbot M,Dessarps-Freichey F,Maunoury MT,Schlumberger M,Mercken L,Monier R,Feunteun J

更新日期：1994-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM)-dependent O-methyltransferases (OMTs) catalyze the methylation of hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives for the synthesis of methylated plant polyphenolics, including lignin. The distinction in the extent of methylation of lignins in angiosperms and gymnosperms, mediated by substrate-specific ...

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

authors： Li L,Popko JL,Zhang XH,Osakabe K,Tsai CJ,Joshi CP,Chiang VL

更新日期：1997-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia subtype M4 with eosinophilia is associated with a chromosome 16 inversion that creates a fusion gene CBFB-MYH11. We have previously shown that CBFB-MYH11 is necessary but not sufficient for leukemogenesis. Here, we report the identification of genes that specifically cooperate with CBFB-MYH11 in...

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

authors： Castilla LH,Perrat P,Martinez NJ,Landrette SF,Keys R,Oikemus S,Flanegan J,Heilman S,Garrett L,Dutra A,Anderson S,Pihan GA,Wolff L,Liu PP

更新日期：2004-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We are only just beginning to catalog the vast diversity of cell types in the cerebral cortex. Such categorization is a first step toward understanding how diversification relates to function. All cortical projection neurons arise from a uniform pool of progenitor cells that lines the ventricles of the forebrain. It i...

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

authors： Heavner WE,Ji S,Notwell JH,Dyer ES,Tseng AM,Birgmeier J,Yoo B,Bejerano G,McConnell SK

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mussels adhere to a variety of surfaces by depositing a highly specific ensemble of 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-l-alanine (DOPA) containing proteins. The adhesive properties of Mytilus edulis foot proteins mfp-1 and mfp-3 were directly measured at the nano-scale by using a surface forces apparatus (SFA). An adhesion energy of...

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

authors： Lin Q,Gourdon D,Sun C,Holten-Andersen N,Anderson TH,Waite JH,Israelachvili JN

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) is a class of ubiquitous and evolutionarily conserved serine/threonine PP involved in stress responses in yeasts, mammals, and plants. Here, I present mutational analysis of two Arabidopsis thaliana PP2Cs, encoded by ABI1 and AtPP2C, involved in the plant stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA...

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

authors： Sheen J

更新日期：1998-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe preliminary studies of the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, and excretion of an oligodeoxy-nucleotide phosphorothioate ([S]oligonucleotide) in mice. After either intravenous or intraperitoneal administration of a single dose (30 mg/kg of body weight), [S]oligonucleotide (35S-labeled at each internucleoti...

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

authors： Agrawal S,Temsamani J,Tang JY

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broken-cell preparations of Salmonella typhimurium rapidly incorporated 75Se from 75SeO3(2-) into tRNA by an ATP-dependent process. Selenium incorporation in the presence of 50 microM 75SeO3(2-) (0.8-1 pmol per A260 unit) was enhanced by the selenocysteine precursor, O-acetyl-L-serine (to 3.7 pmol per A260 unit). This...

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

authors： Veres Z,Tsai L,Politino M,Stadtman TC

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New approaches to the study of early hominin diets have refreshed interest in how and when our diets diverged from those of other African apes. A trend toward significant consumption of C4 foods in hominins after this divergence has emerged as a landmark event in human evolution, with direct evidence provided by stabl...

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

authors： Wynn JG,Alemseged Z,Bobe R,Grine FE,Negash EW,Sponheimer M

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid droplets (LDs) are a conserved feature of most organisms. Vertebrate adipocytes have evolved to efficiently store and release lipids for the whole organism from a single droplet. Perilipin 1, the most abundant lipid-coat protein in adipocytes, plays a key role in regulating lipolysis. In other tissues such as li...

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

authors： Patel S,Yang W,Kozusko K,Saudek V,Savage DB

更新日期：2014-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Duodenal bicarbonate secretion (DBS) is accepted as the primary mucosal defense against acid discharged from the stomach and is impaired in patients with duodenal ulcer disease. The secretory response to luminal acid is the main physiological stimulus for DBS and involves mediation by PGE2 produced by mucosal cells. T...

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

authors： Leppilampi M,Parkkila S,Karttunen T,Gut MO,Gros G,Sjöblom M

更新日期：2005-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils are important effector cells in immunity to microorganisms, particularly bacteria. Here, we show that the process of neutrophil apoptosis is delayed in several inflammatory diseases, suggesting that this phenomenon may represent a general feature contributing to the development of neutrophilia, and, theref...

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

authors： Dibbert B,Weber M,Nikolaizik WH,Vogt P,Schöni MH,Blaser K,Simon HU

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:siRNA therapeutics have promise for the treatment of a wide range of genetic disorders. Motivated by lipoproteins, we report lipopeptide nanoparticles as potent and selective siRNA carriers with a wide therapeutic index. Lead material cKK-E12 showed potent silencing effects in mice (ED50 ∼ 0.002 mg/kg), rats (ED50 < 0...

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

authors： Dong Y,Love KT,Dorkin JR,Sirirungruang S,Zhang Y,Chen D,Bogorad RL,Yin H,Chen Y,Vegas AJ,Alabi CA,Sahay G,Olejnik KT,Wang W,Schroeder A,Lytton-Jean AK,Siegwart DJ,Akinc A,Barnes C,Barros SA,Carioto M,Fitzgerald

更新日期：2014-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The perceptual color qualities of hue, saturation, and brightness do not correspond in any simple way to the physical characteristics of retinal stimuli, a fact that poses a major obstacle for any explanation of color vision. Here we test the hypothesis that these basic color attributes are determined by the statistic...

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

authors： Long F,Yang Z,Purves D

更新日期：2006-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein synthesis initiation in reticulocyte lysates is inhibited by heme deficiency, low levels of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), oxidized glutathione (GSSG), or the purified kinase (HRI) that acts on the alpha polypeptide of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF-2alpha). The phosphoprotein profiles produced in lysates i...

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

authors： Ernst V,Levin DH,London IM

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most, but not all, aged rats exhibit a profound deficit in spatial memory when tested in a radial maze--a task known to depend on the integrity of the hippocampal formation. In this study, animals were divided into three groups based on their spatial memory capacity: young adult rats with good memory, aged rats with i...

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

authors： Geinisman Y,de Toledo-Morrell L,Morrell F

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patterns of variations in fisheries time series are known to result from a complex combination of species and fisheries dynamics all coupled with environmental forcing (including climate, trophic interactions, etc.). Disentangling the relative effects of these factors has been a major goal of fisheries science for...

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

authors： Rouyer T,Fromentin JM,Ménard F,Cazelles B,Briand K,Pianet R,Planque B,Stenseth NC

更新日期：2008-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Small molecules that specifically bind with high affinity to any designated DNA sequence in the human genome would be useful tools in molecular biology and potentially in human medicine. Simple rules have been developed to rationally alter the sequence specificity of minor groove-binding polyamides containing N-methyl...

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

authors： Cho J,Parks ME,Dervan PB

更新日期：1995-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal foraging and competition are defined by the partitioning of three primary niche axes: space, time, and resources. Human disturbance is rapidly altering the spatial and temporal niches of animals, but the impact of humans on resource consumption and partitioning-arguably the most important niche axis-is poorly u...

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

authors： Manlick PJ,Pauli JN

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral glycoproteins mediate entry of enveloped viruses into cells and thus play crucial roles in infection. In herpesviruses, a complex of two viral glycoproteins, gH and gL (gH/gL), regulates membrane fusion events and influences virion cell tropism. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) gH/gL can be incorporated into two dif...

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

authors： Li G,Nguyen CC,Ryckman BJ,Britt WJ,Kamil JP

更新日期：2015-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:When long polymers such as DNA are in a highly concentrated state they may become entangled, leading to restricted self-diffusion. Here, we investigate the effect of molecular topology on diffusion in concentrated DNA solutions and find surprisingly large effects, even with molecules of modest length and concentration...

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

authors： Robertson RM,Smith DE

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00