A potential pathogenetic mechanism for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndromes involves ret-induced impairment of terminal differentiation of neuroepithelial cells.

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：:S-nitrosation is a posttranslational, oxidative addition of NO to cysteine residues of proteins that has been proposed as a cGMP-independent signaling pathway [Hess DT, Matsumoto A, Kim SO, Marshall HE, Stamler JS (2005) Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 6:150-166]. A paradox of S-nitrosation is that only a small set of reactive ...

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

authors： Mitchell DA,Morton SU,Fernhoff NB,Marletta MA

更新日期：2007-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Six Rhesus monkeys between 24 and 29 years of age received unilateral transections of the fornix. Three monkeys then received intraventricular transplants of polymer-encapsulated baby hamster kidney (BHK) fibroblasts that had been genetically modified to secrete human nerve growth factor (hNGF). The remaining three mo...

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

authors： Kordower JH,Winn SR,Liu YT,Mufson EJ,Sladek JR Jr,Hammang JP,Baetge EE,Emerich DF

更新日期：1994-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmural stimulation of the isolated adrenal gland of the rat and guinea pig results in secretion of catecholamine. The secretion is due to activation of cholinergic receptors of the adrenal medulla by acetylcholine released from splanchnic nerve terminals after transmural stimulation. Our aim was to see whether the...

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

authors： Wakade AR,Wakade TD

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition recommendations worldwide emphasize ingestion of plant-based diets rather than diets that rely primarily on animal products. However, this plant-based diet could limit the intake of essential nutrients such as calcium. Osteoporosis is one of the world's most prevalent nutritional disorders, and inadequate di...

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

authors： Morris J,Hawthorne KM,Hotze T,Abrams SA,Hirschi KD

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) is a transcriptional coactivator that controls expression of metabolic/energetic genes, programming cellular responses to nutrient and environmental adaptations such as fasting, cold, or exercise. Unlike other coactivators, PGC-1α contai...

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

authors： Tavares CDJ,Aigner S,Sharabi K,Sathe S,Mutlu B,Yeo GW,Puigserver P

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid-state cross-polarization/magic-angle sample-spinning (13)C NMR spectra have been recorded on chlorophyll a-water aggregates, methyl pyrochlorophyllide a, and methyl pyropheophorbide a (derivatives that lack a phytyl chain). Spectra have also been collected under a decoupling regime in which resonances of certain...

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

authors： Brown CE,Spencer RB,Burger VT,Katz JJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have located a positive, cis-acting DNA sequence element within the 5' flanking DNA of the c-myc gene (-125 base pairs). This DNA sequence element has a large purine-pyrimidine strand asymmetry and can assume the H-DNA conformation. A factor with the properties of a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) interacts with this DNA r...

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

authors： Davis TL,Firulli AB,Kinniburgh AJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocation of proteins across the mitochondrial inner membrane is an essential process requiring an import motor having mitochondrial Hsp70 (mtHsp70) at its core. The J protein partner of mtHsp70, Pam18, is an integral part of this motor, serving to stimulate the ATPase activity of mtHsp70. Pam16, an essential prot...

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

authors： D'Silva PR,Schilke B,Walter W,Craig EA

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of interleukin 2 receptors (IL-2R) is a critical step leading to normal lymphocyte proliferation. Since thymosin fraction 5 (TF5), a thymic hormone preparation, enhances lymphoproliferative responses of human cells, we examined the effects of TF5 on the expression of IL-2R on mitogen-stimulated human ly...

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

authors： Sztein MB,Serrate SA,Goldstein AL

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome engineering in human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) holds great promise for biomedical research and regenerative medicine. Recently, an RNA-guided, DNA-cleaving interference pathway from bacteria [the type II clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR-associated (Cas) pathway] h...

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

authors： Hou Z,Zhang Y,Propson NE,Howden SE,Chu LF,Sontheimer EJ,Thomson JA

更新日期：2013-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Unit electrical activity was recorded from single neurons in the isolated lumbo-sacral spinal cord of 14- to 19-day chick embryos, in situ. Spinal cord transection was combined with transection of all lumbo-sacral dorsal roots. The spontaneous discharge of cells is confined, for the most part, to the lower two thirds ...

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

authors： Sharma SC,Provine RR,Hamburger V,Sandel TT

更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies imply that the intracellular domain of Notch1 must translocate to the nucleus for its activity. In this study, we demonstrate that a mNotch1 mutant protein that lacks its extracellular domain but retains its membrane-spanning region becomes proteolytically processed on its intracellular surface and, a...

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

authors： Kopan R,Schroeter EH,Weintraub H,Nye JS

更新日期：1996-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:When either the homologous RNA (avian myeloblastosis virus RNA) or a heterologous RNA (poliovirus RNA) was used as a template, the anticomplementary DNA synthesized in vitro by avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase (RNA-directed DNA nucleotidyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.7) was primed by fragments of the original...

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

authors： Myers JC,Dobkin C,Spiegelman S

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immobilization antigens of stock 51 of Paramecium tetraurelia were subjected to electrophoresis in NaDodSO(4)/polyacrylamide gels. Type A is estimated to have a molecular size of 300,000 daltons; H is estimated to be 288,000, D to be 280,000, E to be 270,000, B to be 253,000, and C to be 250,000. Poly(A)(+)RNAs have b...

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

authors： Preer JR,Preer LB,Rudman BM

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral genome packaging into capsids is powered by high-force-generating motor proteins. In the presence of all packaging components, ATP-powered translocation in vitro expels all detectable tightly bound YOYO-1 dye from packaged short dsDNA substrates and removes all aminoacridine dye from packaged genomic DNA in vivo...

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

authors： Dixit AB,Ray K,Black LW

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal and smooth muscle can mutually transdifferentiate, but little molecular insight exists as to how each muscle program may be subverted to the other. The myogenic basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors MyoD and myogenin (Myog) direct the development of skeletal muscle and are thought to be dominant over t...

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

authors： Long X,Creemers EE,Wang DZ,Olson EN,Miano JM

更新日期：2007-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable effort has been directed toward controlling tuberculosis, which kills almost two million people yearly. High on the research agenda is the discovery of biomarkers of active tuberculosis (TB) for diagnosis and for monitoring treatment outcome. Rational biomarker discovery requires understanding host-pathog...

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

authors： Kunnath-Velayudhan S,Salamon H,Wang HY,Davidow AL,Molina DM,Huynh VT,Cirillo DM,Michel G,Talbot EA,Perkins MD,Felgner PL,Liang X,Gennaro ML

更新日期：2010-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamides containing N-methylimidazole (Im) and N-methylpyrrole (Py) amino acids can be combined in antiparallel side-by-side dimeric complexes for sequence-specific recognition in the minor groove of DNA. Six polyamides containing three to eight rings bind DNA sites 5-10 bp in length, respectively. Quantitative DNas...

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

authors： Kelly JJ,Baird EE,Dervan PB

更新日期：1996-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in resolution accompanying the development of high-field superconducting magnets, biomolecular applications of NMR require multiple dimensions in order to resolve individual resonances, and the achievable resolution is typically limited by practical constraints on measuring time. In addition to the ne...

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

authors： Maciejewski MW,Fenwick M,Schuyler AD,Stern AS,Gorbatyuk V,Hoch JC

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the protein structure-function relationship, we propose a method to efficiently create three-dimensional maps of structure space using a very large dataset of > 30,000 Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP) domains. In our maps, each domain is represented by a point, and the distance between any two poi...

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

authors： Osadchy M,Kolodny R

更新日期：2011-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms leading to down-regulation of activated microglia and astrocytes are poorly understood, in spite of the potentially detrimental role of activated glia in neurodegeneration. Prostaglandins, produced both by neurons and glia, may serve as mediators of glial and neuronal functions. We examined the influence of...

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

authors： Petrova TV,Akama KT,Van Eldik LJ

更新日期：1999-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Apicomplexan parasites replicate within a protective organelle, called the parasitophorous vacuole (PV). The Toxoplasma gondii PV is filled with a network of tubulated membranes, which are thought to facilitate trafficking of effectors and nutrients. Despite being critical to parasite virulence, there is scant mechani...

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

authors： Beraki T,Hu X,Broncel M,Young JC,O'Shaughnessy WJ,Borek D,Treeck M,Reese ML

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive allosteric modulation of the mu-opioid receptor (MOPr), the site of action of all clinically used opioids, represents a potential approach for the management of pain. We recently reported on positive allosteric modulators of MOPr (mu-PAMs), a class A G protein coupled receptor (GPCR). This study was designed ...

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

authors： Livingston KE,Traynor JR

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known from a variety of experimental systems that the ability of tumor cells to grow locally and metastasize can be affected by the presence of adjacent normal tissues and cells, particularly mesenchymally derived stromal cells such as fibroblasts. However, the comparative influence of such normal cell-tumor cel...

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

authors： Cornil I,Theodorescu D,Man S,Herlyn M,Jambrosic J,Kerbel RS

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain models of spoken-language processing, like those for many other perceptual and cognitive processes, posit continuous uptake of sensory input and dynamic competition between simultaneously active representations. Here, we provide compelling evidence for this continuity assumption by using a continuous response,...

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

authors： Spivey MJ,Grosjean M,Knoblich G

更新日期：2005-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylmercury (MeHg) is a potent neurotoxin that is biomagnified approximately 1-10 million-fold in aquatic carnivores such as the Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris), whose excreta and molted pelage, in turn, constitute a source of environmental MeHg contamination at the base of marine food chains. The p...

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

authors： Cossaboon JM,Ganguli PM,Flegal AR

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the receptor for hyaluronan-mediated motility (RHAMM) is overexpressed in many human cancers. However, it is unclear whether RHAMM plays a causal role in tumor initiation or progression. Using somatic gene transfer in a mouse model of islet cell tumorigenesis, we demonstrate that RHAMM isoform B (RHA...

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

authors： Du YC,Chou CK,Klimstra DS,Varmus H

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytohormone cytokinin influences many aspects of plant growth and development, several of which also involve the cellular process of autophagy, including leaf senescence, nutrient remobilization, and developmental transitions. The Arabidopsis type-A response regulators (type-A ARR) are negative regulators of cyto...

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

authors： Acheampong AK,Shanks C,Cheng CY,Schaller GE,Dagdas Y,Kieber JJ

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein aggregation is a complex physiological process, primarily determined by stress-related factors revealing the hidden aggregation propensity of proteins that otherwise are fully soluble. Here we report a mechanism by which glycolytic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of Arabidopsis thaliana (AtGAPC1) is p...

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

authors： Zaffagnini M,Marchand CH,Malferrari M,Murail S,Bonacchi S,Genovese D,Montalti M,Venturoli G,Falini G,Baaden M,Lemaire SD,Fermani S,Trost P

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00