Metabotropic glutamate receptors regulate APP processing in hippocampal neurons and cortical astrocytes derived from fetal rats.

abstract：:Uteroglobin, a steroid-inducible, cytokine-like, secreted protein with immunomodulatory properties, has been reported to bind progesterone, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), and retinol. Structural studies may delineate whether binding of ligands is a likely physiological function of human uteroglobin (hUG). We report ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pattabiraman N,Matthews JH,Ward KB,Mantile-Selvaggi G,Miele L,Mukherjee AB

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taxonomic characterization of organisms in the genera Theileria and Babesia was originally based on observations of morphology and certain general phenotypic characteristics, which enabled many parasites to be unequivocally assigned to a particular genus. However, application of molecular genetic techniques, such as t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Allsopp MT,Allsopp BA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the serum cytokine profile of a nonrandomized group of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) who are destined to be treated with infliximab following failure after failure of different disease-modifiying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Serial serum samples were colle...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Amital H,Barak V,Winkler RE,Rubinow A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction has been suggested as a causal factor for insulin resistance and diabetes. Previously we have shown a decrease of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content in tissues of diabetic patients. The mitochondrial proteins, which regulate the mitochondrial biogensis, including transcription and replication ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Choi YS,Ryu BK,Min HK,Lee SW,Pak YK

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is usually caused by autoantibodies against muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR), which is composed of five subunits (alpha(2)betagammadelta or alpha(2)betaepsilondelta). Current treatments, including plasmapheresis, are nonspecific, causing several side effects. We aim to develop an a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tzartos SJ,Bitzopoulou K,Gavra I,Kordas G,Jacobson L,Kostelidou K,Lagoumintzis G,Lazos O,Poulas K,Sideris S,Sotiriadis A,Trakas N,Zisimopoulou P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this experiment, we investigated the influence of the photoperiod upon androgen receptor (AR) distribution and steroid concentrations in ovaries of 21-day-old bank vole females. Sections (6 mum) were assayed immunohistochemically. ARs were localized in the nuclei of granulosa cells. The strongest immunoreaction was...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Galas J,Slomczynska M,Kwasnik A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the first detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus from sick goose in Guangdong province in China in 1996, scientists in China started to develop vaccines for avian influenza pandemic preparedness. An H5N2 inactivated vaccine was produced from a low pathogenic virus, A/turkey/England/N-28/73, an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Qiao C,Tian G,Jiang Y,Li Y,Shi J,Yu K,Chen H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A four- to fivefold overexpression of the gene for the Alzheimer beta/A4 amyloid precursor protein (APP) in individuals with Down's Syndrome (DS) appears to be responsible for the fifty year earlier onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in DS compared to the normal population. It is therefore likely that a dereg...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beyreuther K,Pollwein P,Multhaup G,Mönning U,König G,Dyrks T,Schubert W,Masters CL

更新日期：1993-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is often a perplexing medical condition for both the physician and the patient. Accordingly, development of treatment strategies based on the needs of the individual patient is highly desirable. Although endometriosis has been part of the clinical practice for almost a century, many questions remain rela...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Valle RF,Sciarra JJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcopenia is the involuntary loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength that occurs with aging, resulting in physical frailty. One potential explanation for sarcopenia is the failure of muscle to regenerate after damage, some of which may be due to changes in the function of satellite cells. Recent studies have identi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Machida S,Narusawa M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is a subjective symptom whose prevalence can be grossly underestimated. The high proportion of adults with thalassemia who experience chronic pain is evident from recent surveys. However, pain has not received enough attention in the overall management of thalassemia. The association of pain with the type and tre...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lal A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass changes of skeletal muscles occur in a variety of species during the migratory period. Phenotypic flexibility of flight muscle mass is considered to represent adaptations of the flight muscle to changing power requirements associated with changes in body mass. We analyzed the relationship between muscle masses an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bauchinger U,Biebach H

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian spermatogenesis is a complex developmental process. Spermatozoa, like ova, are uniquely capable of supporting embryonic development. Our approach to understanding this process is to identify genes whose developmental pattern of expression suggests that they may play a role in spermatogenesis. Experiments on ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Duggal RN,Zakeri ZF,Ponzetto C,Wolgemuth DJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Judicious selection of new animal models for the study of basic aging processes must combine feasibility and good use of the comparative method with evidence of antiaging adaptations, like the ability to combat oxidative damage to cells and tissues. A number of vertebrate species already in use or being developed as n...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Holmes DJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher fasting plasma insulin levels and reduced CSF-to-plasma insulin ratios, suggestive of insulin resistance, have been observed in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) who do not possess an apolipoprotein E (ApoE)-epsilon 4 allele. Insulin has also been implicated in processing of beta-amyloid and amyloid precur...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Craft S,Asthana S,Schellenberg G,Baker L,Cherrier M,Boyt AA,Martins RN,Raskind M,Peskind E,Plymate S

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt has been made to describe several actions of progesterone related to the preparation of the uterus for decidualization. These actions result from classical ligand-receptor interactions as well as from nonreceptor-mediated changes, that is, those imposed by metabolic inactivation of the steroid. By opposing ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yochim JM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite new technological advances in the rehabilitation of audition in profoundly deaf children, auditory training remains a fundamental part of their education. Consequently, it is necessary to learn what kind of stimuli, what kind of auditory tasks, and what kind of learning procedures generate faster and more long...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rochette F,Bigand E

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of AQP4-IgG (a pathogenic antibody that targets the astrocytic water channel aquaporin-4), as the first sensitive and specific biomarker for any inflammatory central nervous system demyelinating disease (IDD), has shifted emphasis from the oligodendrocyte and myelin to the astrocyte as a central immunopa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pittock SJ,Lucchinetti CF

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These studies demonstrate that photochemotherapy can be successfully evaluated in animal models. The therapy mediates specific suppression of immune responses and appears to operate at the level of the effector T cells. Future studies will focus on isolation and characterization of the host response to photochemothera...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Berger CL,Edelson RL,Edwards N,Sanchez J,Coppey L,He X,Marboe C,Rose E

更新日期：1991-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies of proteins often face the problem of distinguishing a true orthologue (species homologue) from a paralogue (a gene duplicate). This identification task is particularly challenging for endocrine peptides and neuropeptides because they are short and usually have several invariant positions. For some...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Larhammar D,Sundström G,Dreborg S,Daza DO,Larsson TA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This article suggests eight high-level concepts that can promote convergence by identifying analogies across fields of science and engineering. CONSERVATION: Many properties are conserved, through symmetries, parity laws, and feedback-regulated stabilities in complex adaptive systems. INDECISION: Inconsisten...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bainbridge WS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rabbit antimouse brain theta reagent was made specific for cells of the T lineage by absorption in vivo in nude mice. When used in double fluorescence together with an antimouse immunoglobulin reagent, four types of cells were found in spleen and lymph nodes of both normal and nude mice: Ig+thetaBr-, Ig-thetaBr+, Ig...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Loor F,Roelants GE

更新日期：1975-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular biological approach has provided important information toward understanding the complexities of the F0F1 ATPase. This article focuses on our recent results on the ATPase catalytic site contained in the beta subunit and the role of the gamma subunit in regulation of proton transport. We used a combination...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nakamoto RK,Shin K,Iwamoto A,Omote H,Maeda M,Futai M

更新日期：1992-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly, often defined as those 65 years or older, are the most rapidly growing segment of the population, and onset of epilepsy is higher in this age group than in any other. This paper reviews recent developments, including a new proposed definition of epilepsy, a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Leppik IE,Birnbaum AK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly industrializing India is described by the International Monetary Fund as a young, disciplined, and vibrant economy with a projected growth of 6.7% for 2005. The total workforce of 397 million has only 7% of workers employed in the organized sector with construction, where asbestos exposure is prevalent, employ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Joshi TK,Bhuva UB,Katoch P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the flight experiment, supporting ground science, and the design rationale for a project on spaceflight holography investigation in a virtual apparatus (SHIVA). SHIVA is a fundamental study of particle dynamics in fluids in microgravity. Gravitation effects and steady Stokes drag often dominate th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Trolinger JD,L'Esperance D,Rangel RH,Coimbra CF,Witherow WK

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:Molecular dynamics (MD) are performed in all-atom simulations of two polymer species based on polythiophene. In one case the amphiphilic polymer forms a monolayer interface between a vacuum and an aqueous layer containing ions. The electroactive nature of the polymer is invoked by conferring a negative charge on it to...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Morton-Blake DA,Leith D

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accepted dogma has been that a single long-term hematopoietic stem cell (LT-HSC) can reconstitute all components of the immune system. However, our single-cell transfer studies have shown that highly purified LT-HSCs selectively fail to reconstitute B-1a cells in otherwise fully reconstituted hosts (i.e., LT-HSCs ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ghosn EE,Yang Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia is a complex and well-coordinated process. As blood glucose concentration declines, peripheral and central glucose sensors relay this information to central integrative centers to coordinate neuroendocrine, autonomic, and behavioral responses and avert the progression of ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tesfaye N,Seaquist ER

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00