The role of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the mouse thymus revisited.

abstract：:Adolescence marks the beginning of adult-level cognitive control of behavior supported by the brain maturation processes of synaptic pruning and myelination. Cognitive development studies on adolescence indicate that this period is characterized by improvements in the performance of existing abilities including speed ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Luna B,Sweeney JA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of specific epithelial cell lineages during development, as well as epithelial plasticity in response to heterologous cell-to-cell cross talk during adult life, accounts for the large variety of functions which are performed by the mucosal surfaces found in the human body. Among its functions, the dige...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hamzaoui N,Pringault E

更新日期：1998-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis plays a critical role in acetaminophen (AAP)-induced hepatic injury, since inhibiting apoptosis also prevents the development of acute liver failure. In this study, the mechanism of apoptosis induction by AAP was investigated in the human hepatoblastoma cell line HuH7. AAP caused marked cytotoxicity in HuH7 ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kass GE,Macanas-Pirard P,Lee PC,Hinton RH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular redundancy refers to the ability of genes to back up damaged genes or gene loss. Although this term is widely discussed in many scientific circles, the process is still ill-defined, as shown by reviewing examples from the literature. Exploring the collagen-induced arthritis model in the context of CD44 knock...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Naor D,Nedvetzki S,Assayag N,Thurmond RL,Huang JF,Turley EA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-species hybridizations have enabled us to isolate and clone the gene for the beta chain of human fibrinogen. Highlights of the gene for the beta chain revealed by nucleotide sequence analyses, particularly in areas that have a direct bearing on defining the overall organization of the gene, have been presented. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chung DW,Rixon MW,Que BG,Davie EW

更新日期：1983-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonpathogenic enteric bacterial species initiate and perpetuate experimental colitis in interleukin-10 geneeficient mice (IL-10(-/-)). Bacteria-specific effects on the epithelium are difficult to distinguish because of the complex nature of the gut microflora. We showed that IL-10(-/-) mice compared to wild-type mice ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ruiz PA,Shkoda A,Kim SC,Sartor RB,Haller D

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune diseases affect approximately 5% of the population in Western countries, with high female predominance. Family and twins studies have demonstrated that genetic factors are crucial determinants of susceptibility to autoimmune disease, but no specific genes have yet been identified. Recent studies indicate th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Invernizzi P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations of the I-Ek-restricted, cytochrome c-specific T-cell response in mice show that both T-cell receptor V alpha and V beta CDR3 residues and the use of particular V alpha s and V beta s are necessary for recognition. Data strongly suggest that specific CDR3 residues are important in contacting the peptide....

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Davis MM,McHeyzer-Williams M,Chien YH

更新日期：1995-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensorimotor learning requires knowledge of the relationship between movements and sensory effects: a sensorimotor map. Generally, these mappings are not innate but have to be learned. During learning, the challenge is to build a continuous map from a set of discrete observations, that is, predict locations of novel t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： van Vugt FT,Ostry DJ

更新日期：2018-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) and nerve agents (NAs) are highly toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health worldwide. These compounds induce status epilepticus (SE) by irreversibly blocking the ability of acetylcholinesterase to break down acetylcholine at neural synapses. Animal models of orga...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McCarren HS,McDonough JH Jr

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imatinib is a selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive leukemias and other malignancies. An important clinical observation is that imatinib can affect the function of normal nonmalignant cells resulting in myelosuppression in treated patients. This observation is s...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Balabanov S,Appel S,Kanz L,Brossart P,Brümmendorf TH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Justice judgments are subjective by nature, and are influenced substantially by motivational processes. In the present contribution, two motives underlying justice judgments are examined: individualistic motives to evaluate solutions to social problems that benefit the self in material or immaterial ways as fair versu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： van Prooijen JW

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:AZT inhibited replication of an immunodeficiency-inducing strain of feline leukemia virus (FeLV-FAIDS) in vitro at concentrations as low as 0.005 microgram/mL. This antiviral activity was augmented an additional 25-30% when AZT was combined with human recombinant alpha-interferon (2b) (IFN alpha). Administration of AZ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hoover EA,Zeidner NS,Mullins JI

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemorrhagic strokes, intracerebral (ICH) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), often have poor outcomes. Indeed, the most common hemorrhagic stroke, ICH, has the highest mortality and morbidity rates of any stroke subtype. In this report, we discuss the evidence for the staging of red blood cell removal after ICH and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wagner KR,Dwyer BE

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of metastasis is a dreadful complication of cancer that is associated with a poor prognosis. Several clinical observations and experimental findings indicate that the metastatic process is nonrandom and involves a sequence of multistep events that may all be targeted for therapy. This includes angiogenes...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Laferriere J,Houle F,Huot J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from two similar experimental systems that attempt to create laboratory geophysical analogs in spherical geometry are presented. In the first system, real time holographic interferometry and shadowgraph visualization are used to study convection in the fluid between two concentric spheres when two distinct buo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hegseth J,Amara K

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E is essential for normal neurological function. It is the major lipid-soluble, chain-breaking antioxidant in the body, protecting the integrity of membranes by inhibiting lipid peroxidation. Mostly on the basis of symptoms of primary vitamin E deficiency, it has been demonstrated that vitamin E has a central ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sen CK,Khanna S,Roy S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of mixed matrix membranes were developed by UOP in the late 1980s. The first type includes adsorbent polymers, such as silicalite-cellulose acetate (CA), NaX-CA, and AgX-CA mixed matrix membranes. The silicalite-CA has a CO(2)/H(2) selectivity of 5.15 +/- 2.2. In contrast, the CA membrane has a CO(2)/H(2) se...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kulprathipanja S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent controversies in the existence of saturable binding of general anesthetics in brain tissues prompted a careful examination of specific binding of anesthetics to neural receptors. We examined the binding of both local and general anesthetics using electron spin resonance and radioligand criteria. Our results sug...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lin L,Koblin DD,Wang HH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asbestos contamination of relatively contained environments within structures can occur under many conditions and in association with various activities. Such contamination persists and can potentially expose all structure users. The more significant contamination levels are associated with disturbance of friable asbe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sawyer RN

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) was studied in 26 normal subjects and 26 patients with cerebellar lesions, using horizontal vision-reversal prisms. In normal subjects, the adaptation of gain after wearing prisms for one hour was approximately 50% of the VOR value in the dark. In contrast to this, p...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yagi T,Shimizu M,Sekine S,Kamio T,Suzuki JI

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present article we assessed exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Italian asphalt workers (AW, n = 100), exposed to bitumen fumes and diesel exhausts, and in roadside construction workers (CW, n = 47), exposed to diesel exhausts, by means of environmental and biological monitoring. 1-hydroxypyr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Campo L,Buratti M,Fustinoni S,Cirla PE,Martinotti I,Longhi O,Cavallo D,Foà V

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:The investigation of immune senescence has uncovered many changes in B cell development, maintenance, and function with increasing age. However, most of these studies have focused on conventional B cell subsets in the spleen. The B-1 cell subset is an essential arm of the innate immune system, which in general has bee...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Holodick NE,Rothstein TL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing interest in the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation for sleep disturbed populations. Our study sought to evaluate the effect of mindfulness meditation interventions on sleep quality. To assess for relative efficacy, comparator groups were restricted to specific active controls (such as evidenced...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rusch HL,Rosario M,Levison LM,Olivera A,Livingston WS,Wu T,Gill JM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) Vitamin D is the precursor of an extremely potent calcium regulating hormone, 1,25(OH)2D3, which is secreted by the kidney. (2) The secretion of 1,25(OH)2D3 by the kidney is influenced by the calcium and phosphorus content of the diet, parathyroid hormone, and 1,25(OH)2D3 itself. (3)Prolactin and growth hormone ar...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： MacIntyre I,Colston KW,Szelke M,Spanos E

更新日期：1978-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We study the linear coupling between the Marangoni and Cowley-Rosensweig instabilities for a thin layer of ferrofluid subjected to a temperature gradient and a magnetic field. Both are perpendicular to the reference horizontal boundaries, one of which is a rigid plate, while the other is a free surface remaining flat ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hennenberg M,Slavtchev S,Weyssow B

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial protein, staphylocoagulase, binds stoichiometrically to human prothrombin resulting in a coagulant complex, staphylothrombin. The enzymatic properties of staphylothrombin differ from those of alpha-thrombin in their substrate specificities toward natural and synthetic substrates, in addition to their interac...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kawabata S,Morita T,Miyata T,Kaida S,Igarashi H,Iwanaga S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with Ménière's disease (MD), caloric testing can show, depending on the stage and activity of the disease, a variety of results. Between attacks, many, or perhaps even most, patients with unilateral early or mild MD have normal caloric tests; late MD can show abnormalities ranging from mild to severe unila...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McGarvie LA,Curthoys IS,MacDougall HG,Halmagyi GM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00