Allergen challenge of lung tissue from asthmatics elicits bronchial contraction that correlates with the release of leukotrienes C4, D4, and E4.

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：:Because RNAs fold as they are being synthesized, their transcription rate can affect their folding. Here, we report the results of single-molecule fluorescence studies that characterize the ligand-dependent cotranscriptional folding of the Escherichia coli thiM riboswitch that regulates translation. We found that the ...

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

authors： Uhm H,Kang W,Ha KS,Kang C,Hohng S

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channels from rabbit skeletal muscle were reconstituted into phosphatidylcholine vesicles to evaluate the effect of phosphorylation by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PK-A) on their function. Both the rate and extent of 45Ca2+ uptake into vesicles containing reconstitute...

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

authors： Nunoki K,Florio V,Catterall WA

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of Escherichia coli ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTCase, EC 2.1.3.3) complexed with the bisubstrate analog N-(phosphonacetyl)-L-ornithine (PALO) has been determined at 2.8-A resolution. This research on the structure of a transcarbamoylase catalytic trimer with a substrate analog bound provides n...

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

authors： Ha Y,McCann MT,Tuchman M,Allewell NM

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear envelope is a unique topological structure formed by lipid membranes in eukaryotic cells. Unlike other membrane structures, the nuclear envelope comprises two concentric membrane shells fused at numerous sites with toroid-shaped pores that impart a "geometric" genus on the order of thousands. Despite the i...

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

authors： Torbati M,Lele TP,Agrawal A

更新日期：2016-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Using antibodies that react selectively with peptide sequences unique to endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), we demonstrate localizations to neuronal populations in the brain. In some brain regions, such as the cerebellum and olfactory bulb, eNOS and neuronal NOS (nNOS) occur in the same cell populations, though...

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

authors： Dinerman JL,Dawson TM,Schell MJ,Snowman A,Snyder SH

更新日期：1994-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA for parafusin, an evolutionarily conserved phosphoglycoprotein involved in exocytosis, has been cloned and sequenced from a unicellular eukaryote, Paramecium tetraurelia. A Paramecium cDNA library was screened with an oligonucleotide probe synthesized to an internal amino acid sequence of isolated parafusin. Th...

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

authors： Subramanian SV,Wyroba E,Andersen AP,Satir BH

更新日期：1994-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the pharmacologic and neurotoxic properties of 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine [topa; the 6-hydroxylated derivative of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (dopa)] in central neurons. Application of solutions of topa to the chicken eyecup preparation results in glutamatergic responses mediated predominantly b...

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

authors： Rosenberg PA,Loring R,Xie Y,Zaleskas V,Aizenman E

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The processes of isolated rat sympathetic neurons growing in culture were marked with glass or carmine particles and observed with timelapse microphotography. Particles on the processes moved with the cell in relation to the dish and underwent continual small jerky movements. They did not, however, show any over-all d...

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

authors： Bray D

更新日期：1970-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The swelling of secretory vesicles has been implicated in exocytosis, but the underlying mechanism of vesicle swelling remains largely unknown. Zymogen granules (ZGs), the membrane-bound secretory vesicles in exocrine pancreas, swell in response to GTP mediated by a G(alpha)i3 protein. Evidence is presented here that ...

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

authors： Cho SJ,Sattar AK,Jeong EH,Satchi M,Cho JA,Dash S,Mayes MS,Stromer MH,Jena BP

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Some monocytes normally take up residence in tissues as sessile macrophages, but others differentiate into migratory cells resembling dendritic cells that emigrate to lymph nodes. In an in vitro model of a vessel wall, lipid mediators lysophosphatidic acid and platelet-activating factor, whose signals are implicated i...

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

authors： Llodrá J,Angeli V,Liu J,Trogan E,Fisher EA,Randolph GJ

更新日期：2004-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In adipocytes, adenylate cyclase is positively regulated by beta-adrenergic agents and negatively regulated by adenosine. Incubation of adipocytes with adenosine deaminase relieves the inhibition of adenylate cyclase by destroying the adenosine that the cells release into the medium. When adipocytes are incubated with...

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

authors： Chung FZ,Weber HW,Appleman MM

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) contains an amino-terminal oxygenase domain, a carboxy-terminal reductase domain, and an intervening calmodulin-binding region. For the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO), iNOS is active as a homodimer. The human iNOS mRNA is subject to alternative splicing, including deletion of...

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

authors： Eissa NT,Yuan JW,Haggerty CM,Choo EK,Palmer CD,Moss J

更新日期：1998-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical studies have revealed that genetic variations in metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 (mGlu3) affect performance on cognitive tasks dependent upon the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and may be linked to psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and addiction. We have performed a series of studies ...

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

authors： Walker AG,Wenthur CJ,Xiang Z,Rook JM,Emmitte KA,Niswender CM,Lindsley CW,Conn PJ

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Species-specific colors and patterns on animal body surfaces are determined primarily by neural-crest-derived pigment cells in the skin (chromatophores). However, even closely related species display widely differing patterns. These contrasting aspects of chromatophores (i.e., the fixed developmental control within sp...

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

authors： Fukamachi S,Sugimoto M,Mitani H,Shima A

更新日期：2004-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular nature of the cell surface-cytoskeleton interaction in microvilli isolated from ascites 13762 rat mammary adenocarcinoma sublines with immobile (MAT-C1) and mobile (MAT-B1) receptors was investigated by extraction and fractionation studies on the microvillar membranes. Extraction of membranes from MAT-C1...

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

authors： Carraway CA,Jung G,Carraway KL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate transporters clear synaptically released glutamate to maintain precise communication between neurons and limit glutamate neurotoxicity. Although much progress has been made on the topology, structure, and function of these carriers, few studies have addressed large-scale structural motions collectively assoc...

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

authors： Jiang J,Shrivastava IH,Watts SD,Bahar I,Amara SG

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate hearing and balance are based in complex asymmetries of inner ear structure. Here, we identify retinoic acid (RA) as an extrinsic signal that acts directly on the ear rudiment to affect its compartmentalization along the anterior-posterior axis. A rostrocaudal wave of RA activity, generated by tissues surro...

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

authors： Bok J,Raft S,Kong KA,Koo SK,Dräger UC,Wu DK

更新日期：2011-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Ancient societies are often used to illustrate the potential problems stemming from unsustainable land-use practices because the past seems rife with examples of sociopolitical "collapse" associated with the exhaustion of finite resources. Just as frequently, and typically in response to such presentations, archaeolog...

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

authors： Wills WH,Drake BL,Dorshow WB

更新日期：2014-08-12 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：:125I-Labeled L-fucose-albumin complex and rat preputial beta-glucuronidase are rapidly cleared from plasma after intravenous infusion. L-Fucose-albumin retards the plasma clearance of beta-glucuronidase whereas D-fucose-albumin is inactive. In vitro, 125I-labeled L-fucose-albumin is taken up into rat or rabbit alveola...

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

authors： Shepherd VL,Lee YC,Schlesinger PH,Stahl PD

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The only major glutamate receptor membrane-associated guanylate kinase scaffolds expressed in the young superficial superior colliculus (SC) are synapse-associated protein 102 (SAP102) and postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95). In this, as in all visual brain regions examined, synaptic PSD95 increases rapidly follow...

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

authors： Zhao JP,Murata Y,Constantine-Paton M

更新日期：2013-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the mutagenic effects of site-specific, covalent modifications of biologically active DNA, we need host cells that are permissive for any type of mutation that might be produced in vivo from the modified DNA. Specifically, we require a general, in vivo complementation system for the bacteriophage phi...

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

authors： Humayun MZ,Chambers RW

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flowering time (i.e., heading date in crops) is an important ecological trait that determines growing seasons and regional adaptability of plants to specific natural environments. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a short-day plant that originated in the tropics. Increasing evidence suggests that the northward expansion of cu...

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

authors： Wu W,Zheng XM,Lu G,Zhong Z,Gao H,Chen L,Wu C,Wang HJ,Wang Q,Zhou K,Wang JL,Wu F,Zhang X,Guo X,Cheng Z,Lei C,Lin Q,Jiang L,Wang H,Ge S,Wan J

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal changes of daylength (photoperiod) affect the expression of hormonal and behavioral circadian rhythms in a variety of organisms. In mammals, such effects might reflect photoperiodic changes in the circadian pace-making system [located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus] that governs thes...

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

authors： Sumová A,Trávnícková Z,Peters R,Schwartz WJ,Illnerová H

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An association of the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene located on chromosome 11p15.5 and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been demonstrated and replicated by multiple investigators. A specific allele [the 7-repeat of a 48-bp variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) in exon 3] has been proposed as an...

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

authors： Swanson J,Oosterlaan J,Murias M,Schuck S,Flodman P,Spence MA,Wasdell M,Ding Y,Chi HC,Smith M,Mann M,Carlson C,Kennedy JL,Sergeant JA,Leung P,Zhang YP,Sadeh A,Chen C,Whalen CK,Babb KA,Moyzis R,Posner MI

更新日期：2000-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique multicomponent vaccine against serogroup B meningococci incorporates the novel genome-derived proteins fHbp, NHBA, and NadA that may vary in sequence and level of expression. Measuring the effectiveness of such vaccines, using the accepted correlate of protection against invasive meningococcal disease, could ...

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

authors： Donnelly J,Medini D,Boccadifuoco G,Biolchi A,Ward J,Frasch C,Moxon ER,Stella M,Comanducci M,Bambini S,Muzzi A,Andrews W,Chen J,Santos G,Santini L,Boucher P,Serruto D,Pizza M,Rappuoli R,Giuliani MM

更新日期：2010-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial distribution of plant defenses within a leaf may be critical in explaining patterns of herbivory. The generalist lepidopteran larvae, Helicoverpa armigera (the cotton bollworm), avoided the midvein and periphery of Arabidopsis thaliana rosette leaves and fed almost exclusively on the inner lamina. This fee...

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

authors： Shroff R,Vergara F,Muck A,Svatos A,Gershenzon J

更新日期：2008-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the slow unfolding of what may become catastrophic changes to Earth's climate, many are understandably distraught by failures of public policy to rise to the magnitude of the challenge. Few in the science community would think to question the scientific response to the unfolding changes. However, is the science ...

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

authors： Palmer T,Stevens B

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactate racemase is the first enzyme known to possess a metal pincer active site. The enzyme interconverts d- and l-lactic acid, which is important for the assembly of cell walls in many microorganisms. Here, we report a synthetic model of the active site of lactate racemase, which features a pyridinium-based SCS pinc...

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

authors： Xu T,Wodrich MD,Scopelliti R,Corminboeuf C,Hu X

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00