The neuropeptide alpha-MSH in HIV infection and other disorders in humans.

abstract：:Propofol is a widely used intravenous anesthetic agent. Our previous study showed that a therapeutic concentration of propofol can modulate macrophage functions. Mitochondria play critical roles in the maintenance of macrophage activities. This study attempted to evaluate further the effects of mitochondria on the pro...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wu GJ,Tai YT,Chen TL,Lin LL,Ueng YF,Chen RM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis protease-activating factor-1 (Apaf-1), which plays a central role in the formation of the apoptosome, is absent or poorly expressed (because of a transcriptional silencing by methylation) in a substantial percentage of metastatic melanomas and melanoma cell lines, which are unable to activate caspase-9 and e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Del Bello B,Valentini MA,Comporti M,Maellaro E

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A new Biorex molecule, BRX-220, has been shown to be effective in animal models of diabetic neuro- and retinopathy. Recent in vitro studies showed that it might also have an insulin-sensitizing action. Therefore, the effect of BRX-220 on insulin sensitivity was compared with the action of pioglitazone (PGZ) ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Seböková E,Kürthy M,Mogyorosi T,Nagy K,Demcáková E,Ukropec J,Koranyi L,Klimes I

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regardless of how creative, innovative, and elegant our computational methods, the ultimate proof of an algorithm's worth is the experimentally validated quality of its predictions. Unfortunately, this truism is hard to reduce to practice. Usually, modelers produce hundreds to hundreds of thousands of predictions, mos...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stolovitzky G,Prill RJ,Califano A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNase activity and circulating DNA (cirDNA) concentration in blood plasma of healthy donors, patients with chronic prostatitis, and patients with prostate tumors were analyzed. The concentration of the cirDNA from plasma was determined by PicoGreen fluorescent assay. DNase activity in blood was measured using the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cherepanova AV,Tamkovich SN,Bryzgunova OE,Vlassov VV,Laktionov PP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential health hazards involved with antineoplastic agents have been known for decades. Many anticancer drugs are recognized as carcinogens and genotoxins in experimental assays. Second cancers have been recorded in follow-up studies with treated patients. The first findings on occupational exposures among hospi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sorsa M,Hämeilä M,Järviluoma E

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) is a multifunctional cell surface aminopeptidase with ubiquitous expression and it has a variety of functional properties in the development of human malignancies. In the present study, we showed the possible correlation between DPPIV/CD26 expression and less migratory potential with de...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kajiyama H,Shibata K,Terauchi M,Ino K,Nawa A,Kikkawa F

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major source of pain and disability worldwide with no effective medical therapy due to poor understanding of its pathogenesis. Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) has been reported to play a role in subchondral bone pathology and articular cartilage degeneration during the progression of OA. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Xie L,Tintani F,Wang X,Li F,Zhen G,Qiu T,Wan M,Crane J,Chen Q,Cao X

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this brief review, we introduce some major themes in the regulation of energy, lipid, and glucose metabolism by the central nervous system (CNS). Rather than comprehensively discussing the field, we instead will discuss some of the key findings made regarding the interaction of the hormones ghrelin and leptin with ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nogueiras R,Tschöp MH,Zigman JM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CDP-choline was given to patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) at a daily dose of 1000 mg/day p.o. for one month. This compound slightly improved mental performance, tended to reduce theta activity in fronto-temporal regions, increasing alpha power in occipital areas, and enhanced cerebrovascular perfusion by increas...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cacabelos R,Caamaño J,Gómez MJ,Fernández-Novoa L,Franco-Maside A,Alvarez XA

更新日期：1996-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of autoantibodies specific for double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) is a useful tool for the diagnosis and the prognosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A new quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), ORG anti-dsDNA, is recently available for the determination of anti-dsDNA antibodies....

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bardin N,Ragot C,Sanmarco M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some in vitro functions of purified T and B cells from PPD- and Candida albicans-negative sarcoidosis patients were analyzed. It appears that in those patients there is: 1) A decrease in the absolute number of T lymphocytes and an increase in the number of B cells; 2) a rather normal response of T lymphocytes to PHA a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fernandez B,Press P,Girard JP

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphosphonates are widely used in the management of metastatic disease to bone and in diseases of altered bone turnover. Recently, multiple-case series and retrospective studies have established a relationship between necrotic bone lesions localized to the jaw and the use of chronic bisphosphonate therapy. This condi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ruggiero SL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are a rare population of circulating cells that selectively express Toll-like receptors (TLR)7 and TLR9 and have the capacity to produce large amounts of type I interferons (IFNs) in response to viruses or host-derived nucleic acid-containing complexes. Through the production of typ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lande R,Gilliet M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed an assay to detect mucosally delivered antibody to Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoite antigens. We absorbed a recombinant 23-kD sporozoite protein to polystyrene microspheres, and used flow cytometry to detect, titer, and determine the isotype of antibody to p23 that was shed in the feces of experimen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wyatt CR,Perryman LE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High demand of neoplastic tissues for glutamine (Gln) is met by its active transport across cell membranes. Chronic treatment with acrylamide in rodents is associated with an increased incidence of neoplasms, including astrocytomas. In this study, 24-h acrylamide treatment significantly increased the initial rate of l...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wu Q,Sidoryk M,Mutkus L,Zielińska M,Albrecht J,Aschner M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify factors regulating neurogenesis and programmed cell death in mouse olfactory epithelium (OE), and to determine the mechanisms by which these factors act, we have studied mouse OE using two major experimental paradigms: tissue culture of embryonic OE and cell types isolated from it; and ablation of the olfa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Calof AL,Rim PC,Askins KJ,Mumm JS,Gordon MK,Iannuzzelli P,Shou J

更新日期：1998-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Much has been learned during the past decade about the specific retinoid-binding proteins that exist in plasma, and in the intracellular compartment in a number of tissues. Vitamin A is mobilized from liver stores and transported in plasma in the form of the lipid alcohol retinol, bound to a specific transport protein...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Goodman DS

更新日期：1981-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of a growing number of glycation and advanced glycation end products has been elucidated. Measuring these products can be used to assess cumulative glycemic and glycoxidative damage in diabetes and other chronic conditions. The predictive power of a given glycation product can be tested in large prospect...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Monnier VM,Sell DR,Genuth S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging may pose a challenge to the central nervous system, increasing its susceptibility to apoptotic events. Recent findings indicate that caloric restriction (CR) may have a profound effect on brain function and vulnerability to injury and diseases, by enhancing neuroprotection, stimulating the production of new neur...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hiona A,Leeuwenburgh C

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monoaminergic and cholinergic systems are implicated in different forms of behavioral arousal that can be dissected in terms of their forebrain targets and the nature of the behavioral processes they modulate in distinct regions. Thus, evidence in rats with selective neurochemical manipulations tested behaviorally...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Robbins TW,Granon S,Muir JL,Durantou F,Harrison A,Everitt BJ

更新日期：1998-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The Balb/c mice were infected with Coxiella burnetii and samples of blood and major organs from the infected mice were collected on days 1 to 14 after infection. The DNAs extracted from the samples were detected by a developed real-time quantitative PCR specific for C. burnetii and high loads of C. burnetii were found...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zhang J,Wen B,Chen M,Zhang J,Niu D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole and nonadherent Peyer's patch cells were shown to present antigen to cloned antigen specific T-cells, albeit less efficiently than spleen cells. Unlike spleen cells, adherent PP cells did not present antigen, and PP lacked cells with classical dendritic morphology. The antigen presenting and MLR-stimulating cell...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tomasi TB,Barr WG,Challacombe SJ,Curran G

更新日期：1983-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Human epidemiologic studies provide convincing evidence that dietary patterns practiced during adulthood are important contributors to age-related cognitive decline and dementia risk. Diets high in fat, especially trans and saturated fats, adversely affect cognition, while those high in fruits, vegetables, cereals, an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Parrott MD,Greenwood CE

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological actions of methamphetamine (METH) and phencyclidine (PCP) are different, but both of them can induce similar psychiatric disorders including abuse, intoxication, withdrawal, and psychotic symptoms like those of schizophrenia. These mental disorders are caused not only by their direct pharmacological ef...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ouchi Y,Kubota Y,Ito C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At concentrations effecting apoptosis, the alkylphosphocholine ErPC3 induced increased expression of the Rb protein in breast cancer (MCF-7) and leukemia (SKW-3, AR-230) cell lines as well as hypophosphorylation (K-562, CMLT-1, DOHH-2) and fragmentation of Rb (BV-173, SKW-3) in leukemia cell lines. ErPC3 exerts at lea...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Berger MR,Tsoneva I,Konstantinov SM,Eibl H

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As recently as ten years ago, the nature of the T-cell receptor for antigen was a mystery, as was the precise role of histocompatibility molecules in antigen-presentation to T cells. Although T-cell receptors have now been cloned and crystal structures of MHC/peptide molecules exist, our understanding of the parameter...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Boniface JJ,Davis MM

更新日期：1995-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to assess the prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) in women who had undergone in vitro fertilization (IVF) and the relationship between aPL and IVF outcome. A total of 101 infertile women with at least three unsuccessful IVF attempts were consecutively included in this ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sanmarco M,Bardin N,Camoin L,Beziane A,Dignat-George F,Gamerre M,Porcu G

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the light of results of clinical trials with immunoisolated human parathyroid tissue Ba2+-alginate capsules were developed that meet the requirements for long-term immunoisolated transplantation of (allogeneic and xenogeneic) cells and tissue fragments. Biocompatibility of the capsules was achieved by subjecting hi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zimmermann U,Thürmer F,Jork A,Weber M,Mimietz S,Hillgärtner M,Brunnenmeier F,Zimmermann H,Westphal I,Fuhr G,Nöth U,Haase A,Steinert A,Hendrich C

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The general aim of this experiment was to investigate the processes involved in reading musical notation and to study the relationship between written music and its auditory representation. Our main interest was to determine if musicians can develop expectancies for plausible or implausible auditory events on the sole...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schön D,Besson M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00