Xenozoonoses and the xenotransplant recipient.

abstract：:The endometrium, as a target of estrogens and progestins, possesses the respective receptor proteins. These receptors belong to the superfamily of nuclear receptors, having important functional domains required for steroid ligand binding, for dimer formation, for interaction with HREs of DNA, for transcription modulat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Moutsatsou P,Sekeris CE

更新日期：1997-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature and regulation of juvenile hormone (JH) biosynthesis have been investigated in isolated corpora allata (CA) of adult males and females, and larvae of the tomato moth Lacanobia oleracea (Noctuidae). Larval CA (Vth day 1 to VIth day 1) appear to synthesize JH at very low rates (< 0.5 fmol/pr/h). This synthesi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Audsley N,Weaver RJ,Edwards JP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) cells in vitro yields abundant hematopoietic progenitors, but achieving stable hematopoietic engraftment of irradiated mice has proven difficult, begging the question of whether ES cells give rise to hematopoietic stem cells in vitro, and limiting the application of ES cells as e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Daley GQ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to review the advances in electromagnetic levitation techniques as tools for determination of the thermophysical properties of molten metals under standard gravity and microgravity conditions. We show that a combination of containerless processing and microgravity offers the exclusive poss...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bakhtiyarov SI,Overfelt RA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) caused disease outbreaks in Israel in the 1950s and the late 1970s. In 1998 an outbreak of WNV in goose farms and evidence of infection in dead migratory birds were reported. Consequently, human diagnostic services for WNV were resumed, including virus isolation, serology, and RT-PCR. Risk factor...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bin H,Grossman Z,Pokamunski S,Malkinson M,Weiss L,Duvdevani P,Banet C,Weisman Y,Annis E,Gandaku D,Yahalom V,Hindyieh M,Shulman L,Mendelson E

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether the previously reported differences in adenylate cyclase activity between the sarcolemma of normal and dystrophic chick muscles are also found in the SR, to search for a possible relationship between the adenylate cyclase changes and the pathophysiology of dystrophy, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rodan GA,Rodan SB,Raible DG,Cutler LS,Wacholtz M,Sha'afi RI

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial phase of vessel formation is the establishment of nascent endothelial tubes from mesodermal precursor cells. Development of the vascular epithelium is examined using the transcription factor TAL1 as a marker of endothelial precursor cells (angioblasts), and a functional assay based on intact, whole-mounted...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Drake CJ,Hungerford JE,Little CD

更新日期：1998-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Frozen-hydrated microtubules have been studied by cryoelectron microscopy. We have described some structural features of microtubules, their relationship with the computed or X ray diffraction patterns, and the influence of the contrast transfer function. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mandelkow E,Mandelkow EM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have suggested that excess body weight gain may be a major risk factor for colon and breast cancer. A positive energy balance creates metabolic stresses, including the excess production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), hyperinsulinemia, the elevated adipokine secretion, and increased gut perme...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sung MK,Yeon JY,Park SY,Park JH,Choi MS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the performance of a novel line-blot immunoassay (LIA; Mikrogen) and compared results with those obtained by CIE (in-house), ELISA (Pharmacia Diagnostics), and FEIA (Pharmacia Diagnostics). Sera from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients (n = 123), systemic sclerosis patients (n = 25), and heal...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Damoiseaux J,Boesten K,Giesen J,Austen J,Tervaert JW

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) impairs olfaction, but it is uncertain how early this occurs in the disease process and whether the effect can be accounted for by other behavioral or genetic markers of the disease. We administered the Brief Smell Identification Test (BSIT) to 471 older people without dementia or cognitive im...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wilson RS,Arnold SE,Schneider JA,Boyle PA,Buchman AS,Bennett DA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conspicuous similarities between Cushing's syndrome and the Metabolic Syndrome X open up the possibility that hypercortisolemia is involved also in the latter. Salivary cortisol is possible to measure during undisturbed conditions including perceived stressful events during everyday life. Such measurements clearly...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Björntorp P,Rosmond R

更新日期：1999-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 13 patients with unilateral peripheral vestibular lesions following removal of acoustic neurinomas. The time constant of the VOR after surgery was 6.4 +/- 2.6 seconds (normal is 18.5 +/- 7.7 seconds). The time constant of OKAN after surgery was 7.2 +/- 1.8 seconds (normal is 11.3 +/- 3.2 seconds). The mean ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hain TC,Zee DS

更新日期：1992-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidative modification of proteins by reactive species, especially reactive oxygen species, is implicated in the etiology or progression of a panoply of disorders and diseases. These reactive species form through a large number of physiological and non-physiological reactions. An increase in the rate of their prod...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stadtman ER,Levine RL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered calcium homeostasis may play a key role in the pathophysiology of human heart failure. Levels of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) proteins and sarcolemmal Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger were analyzed by Western blot in failing and nonfailing human myocardium and related to myocardial function. Levels of the SR calcium releas...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lehnart SE,Schillinger W,Pieske B,Prestle J,Just H,Hasenfuss G

更新日期：1998-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of therapeutic trials of transfer factor in a number of laboratories suggest clinical benefit and enhancement of immunological reactivity in patients with primary or secondary immunodeficiency diseases. Long term follow-up of 32 patients with the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome suggested that transfer factor caused c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Spitler LE

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of improved peptide synthesis procedures, convenient and sensitive assays for receptor binding and activation, together with advances in methods for structural characterization, has enabled the key structural features of the relaxin family of peptides responsible for biological activity to be defined....

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tregear GW,Bathgate RA,Hossain MA,Lin F,Zhang S,Shabanpoor F,Scott DJ,Ma S,Gundlach AL,Samuel CS,Wade JD

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple actions of somatostatin are mediated by specific membrane-bound receptors present in all somatostatin target tissues, such as brain, pituitary, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, and kidney. For instance, in the human gastrointestinal tract, three different types of tissue compartments express somatostatin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Reubi JC,Laissue J,Waser B,Horisberger U,Schaer JC

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the documented association between apolipoprotein E genotype and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), a substantial proportion of CAA-related hemorrhages occur in patients without known risks for this disorder. Two other factors implicated in the pathogenesis of CAA are the amyloid-beta peptide (preferentially d...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Greenberg SM,Cho HS,O'Donnell HC,Rosand J,Segal AZ,Younkin LH,Younkin SG,Rebeck GW

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class of adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs), with 33 human homologs, is the second largest family of GPCRs. In addition to a seven-transmembrane α-helix-a structural feature of all GPCRs-the class of aGPCRs is characterized by the presence of a large N-terminal extracellular region. In addition, all aGP...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Liebscher I,Ackley B,Araç D,Ariestanti DM,Aust G,Bae BI,Bista BR,Bridges JP,Duman JG,Engel FB,Giera S,Goffinet AM,Hall RA,Hamann J,Hartmann N,Lin HH,Liu M,Luo R,Mogha A,Monk KR,Peeters MC,Prömel S,Ressl S,Sc

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of ustekinumab as a first-in-class anti-interleukin (IL) 12/23p40 therapeutic agent for psoriasis represents an important example of modern and rational drug design and development. Psoriasis is a chronic, systemic, immune-mediated skin disorder with considerable clinical, psychosocial, and economic bu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yeilding N,Szapary P,Brodmerkel C,Benson J,Plotnick M,Zhou H,Goyal K,Schenkel B,Giles-Komar J,Mascelli MA,Guzzo C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In common marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus, order Primates), infants aged 2-28 days were deprived of parental care for 30-120 min/day in order to investigate the long-term effects of this neglect-stress model on affect and cognition in a primate species. Basal morning levels of urinary cortisol across the first ye...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pryce CR,Dettling A,Spengler M,Spaete C,Feldon J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diverse mutations in the gene encoding the copper transporter ATP7A lead to X-linked recessive Menkes disease or occipital horn syndrome. Recently, two unique ATP7A missense mutations, T994I and P1386S, were shown to cause isolated adult-onset distal motor neuropathy. These mutations induce subtle defects in ATP7A int...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yi L,Kaler S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop new treatments for beta-thalassemia, it is essential to identify the genes involved in the relevant pathophysiological processes. Iron metabolism in thalassemia mice being investigated, focusing on the expression of a gene called hepcidin (Hamp), which is expressed in the liver and whose product (Hamp) is s...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Breda L,Gardenghi S,Guy E,Rachmilewitz EA,Weizer-Stern O,Adamsky K,Amariglio N,Rechavi G,Giardina PJ,Grady RW,Rivella S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss the relevance of studying ecology within the framework of Complexity Science from a statistical mechanics approach. Ecology is concerned with understanding how systems level properties emerge out of the multitude of interactions among large numbers of components, leading to ecosystems that possess the proto...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jensen HJ,Arcaute E

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CXC chemokines have been found to be important in the regulation of angiogenesis and tumor-related immunity, and in promoting organ-specific metastases. This review highlights the importance of CXC chemokine ligands and receptors in mediating non-small cell lung cancer tumor-associated angiogenesis, "immunoangiostasis...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Strieter RM,Belperio JA,Burdick MD,Sharma S,Dubinett SM,Keane MP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The available evidence suggests that plasma leakage in dengue hemorrhagic fever is caused by the action of circulating mediators on the vascular endothelium, and that the host immune response is a critical determinant of this response. We have been exploring the role of dengue virus-specific T lymphocytes in the immun...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rothman AL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoor air pollution occurs as an undesirable consequence of urbanization, energy conservation, indoor bioaerosol contamination, and use of synthetic materials and new technologies, and has become a worldwide concern. It is important to comprehend not only the diversity of pollutant hazards but also to develop novel m...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brooks BO,Aldrich FD,Utter GM,DeBroy JA,Schimke RD

更新日期：1992-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) is currently the only technology affording three-dimensional measurement of the brain's energy metabolism which is closely coupled to brain function. Studies of glucose metabolism by PET of (18F)-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose are therefore widely applied to show the contribution of vari...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Heiss WD,Szelies B,Kessler J,Herholz K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In summary, the exon/intron structure of the chicken type II collagen gene is identical with that of the chicken alpha 2(I) collagen gene and differs at only one known position from the human and mouse alpha 1(I) genes. However, the chicken type II gene is different from the chicken alpha 2(I) gene in that it is consi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Upholt WB,Strom CM,Sandell LJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00