Immunosuppressive drugs: azathioprine in the treatment of myasthenia gravis.

abstract：:Seleno-glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) is considered to be the major enzymatic activity in charge of removing excess cytosolic and mitochondrial H2O2 in most tissues including brain. Intracellular GSHPx activity is therefore hypothesized to be one important factor that contributes to minimize hydroxyl radical formation...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mirault ME,Tremblay A,Furling D,Trepanier G,Dugre F,Puymirat J,Pothier F

更新日期：1994-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the high prevalence of adolescent smoking, few studies have examined nicotine sensitivity during this developmental period. In the present study we examined adolescent and adult rats' preference/aversion for a flavor previously paired with nicotine. Paired (nicotine + Kool-Aid) and unpaired (Kool-Aid) solution...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wilmouth CE,Spear LP

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CISD2, the causative gene for Wolfram syndrome 2 (WFS2), is an evolutionarily conserved novel gene. Recently, we have demonstrated that CISD2 is involved in mammalian lifespan control; this work also establishes WFS2 as a mitochondria-mediated disorder and effectively links CISD2 gene function, mitochondrial integrity...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chen YF,Wu CY,Kirby R,Kao CH,Tsai TF

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article is to investigate the influence of endothelin-1 (ET-1) on human monocyte Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE) activity and on the atherosclerosis-related monocyte functions. ET-1 caused an increase in pHi and in (22)Na influx of monocytes. A reversal of ET-1 effect on pHi was observed in the presen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Koliakos G,Befani C,Paletas K,Kaloyianni M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following on molecular mechanisms of Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma contains commentaries on the mechanism of bile and gastric acid induced damage; the roles of BMP-4 and CDX-2 in the development of intestinal metaplasia; the transcription factors driving intestinalization in Barrett's esophagus; the contr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dvorak K,Goldman A,Kong J,Lynch JP,Hutchinson L,Houghton JM,Chen H,Chen X,Krishnadath KK,Westra WM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex dielectric properties of canine skeletal muscles were measured at 25 degrees C during ischemia in the frequency range from 50 Hz to 200 MHz. The dielectric spectrum of skeletal muscle shows an alpha-dispersion below 1 kHz and a beta-dispersion with a relaxation frequency of about 100 kHz. The alpha-dispers...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schäfer M,Kirlum HJ,Schlegel C,Gebhard MM

更新日期：1999-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the repatriation of human remains to indigenous peoples in Australia and the United States and the role anthropologists play in the construction of past, present, and future identities for contemporary indigenous peoples. Using examples from both countries, I suggest that many of the participants ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cantwell AM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the role of the peptide substance P, signaling through the neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor, on methamphetamine-induced loss of dopamine transporter sites, a well-documented marker of toxicity in the striatum of the mouse brain, because this peptide is under dynamic regulation by the neurotransmitter dopamine. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yu J,Allison S,Ibrahim D,Cadet JL,Angulo JA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the redusome hypothesis, the aging of an organism is determined by the shortening of chronomeres (small perichromosomal linear DNA molecules). In this paper, a presumptive role for infradian hormonal rhythms is considered. Endogenous infradian rhythms are supposed to actively interact with those hormonal ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Olovnikov A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation and histone modification promote changes in chromatin structure that may affect gene expression in a heritable manner without directly altering the genome. As such, these phenomena are considered to be epigenetic in nature and are believed to contribute to the normal processes of human development but ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sutherland JE,Costa M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cardinal feature of neurons is the morphological polarity of neurons with serious functional implications. Typically, a neuron has a single axon and several dendrites. Neuronal polarity is essential for the unidirectional signal flow from somata or dendrites to axons in neurons. The initial event in establishing a p...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yoshimura T,Arimura N,Kaibuchi K

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osmotic opening of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) most likely is mediated by modification of interendothelial tight junctions, subsequent to shrinkage of cerebrovascular endothelial cells, and not by stimulation of transendothelial vesicular transport or by channel formation. This paper summarizes evidence for this con...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rapoport SI,Robinson PJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune disease affects a significant proportion of the population. The etiology of most autoimmune diseases is largely unknown, but it is thought to be multifactorial with both environmental and genetic influences. Rare monogenic autoimmune diseases, however, offer an invaluable window into potential disease mecha...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Waterfield M,Anderson MS

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass production of Ehrlichia ruminantium variants from different regions of sub-Saharan Africa is one of the difficulties that must be overcome in producing a heartwater vaccine. Vaccine productivity can be limited by endogenous induction of interferon (IFN), which inhibits the propagation of Ehrlichia ruminantium (ER...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pedregal A,de Sousa DR,Nguyen HN,das Neves EA,Lowagie S,Marique T,Kagye N,Guerra IT,Kamba Y,Totte P,Vachiéry N,Lefrançois T,Martinez D,Yourassowsky C,Callens N,Monnom O,Dubois F,Wérenne J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B lymphocytes contribute to the pathogenesis of autoimmune disorders since B-cell depletion treatment improves such diseases. However, B cells seem ambivalent. Murine strains of nonorgan-specific as well as organ-specific autoimmune conditions present with aggravated symptoms when B cells are depleted. It is thus like...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lemoine S,Morva A,Youinou P,Jamin C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the early 1980s biologists have recognized that skeletal muscle generates free radicals. Of particular interest are two closely related redox cascades--reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) derivatives. The ROS cascade is initiated by superoxide anion radicals derived from the mitochondrial electro...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Reid MB,Durham WJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells located in connective tissues are a potent source of vasoactive and inflammatory mediators, such as cytokines. They accumulate in tissues in a wide variety of diseases where their function in most cases in unclear. In this report we provide evidence that rat basophilic leukemia cells (RBLC) cultured with a ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Conti P,Barbacane RC,Trakatellis M,Placido FC,Cataldo I,Reale M

更新日期：1997-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A body of information obtained by experiments with intact tissues, isolated cells, and sarcolemmal vesicles indicates, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a specific Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange system exists in vascular smooth muscle. However, its role in the regulation of cytosolic free-Ca2+ concentration and cell tension under ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Matlib MA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(a) The PR elicited by excitotoxic destruction of intrinsic neurons in the CN has a rapid onset, peaks within 2 weeks, and persists indefinitely; (b) the majority of the proliferating cells are not intrinsic to the CNS but are of hematic origin; (c) a small mirror-image response is seen in the contralateral CN; (d) th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Katz IR,Iacovitti L,Reis DJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the hippocampus expresses nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) and receives cholinergic innervation, the functional roles of these receptors are not completely understood. Our results indicated that presynaptic nAChRs mediated a calcium influx that enhanced the release of both glutamate and GABA. Fura-2...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Radcliffe KA,Fisher JL,Gray R,Dani JA

更新日期：1999-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal epithelial cells may play a role in the regulation of immune responses toward luminal antigens. We show that a subset of CD8(+) T cells undergoes oligoclonal expansion in the intestinal mucosa, probably through interaction with a unique complex expressed on epithelial cells, formed by a CEA subfamily member...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Allez M,Brimnes J,Shao L,Dotan I,Nakazawa A,Mayer L

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents commentaries on the microscopic morphology of esophageal squamous epithelium; the frequency of duplication of the muscularis mucosae (MM) in Barrett's esophagus (BE); the significance of multilayered epithelium; whether cells in the lamina propria reflect those in the epithelium; how stem cells are...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Appelman HD,Streutker C,Vieth M,Neumann H,Neurath MF,Upton MP,Sagaert X,Wang HH,El-Zimaity H,Abraham SC,Bellizzi AM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A remarkable "steroid sparing" effect of Saiboku-to was noted within 6 to 12 months of treatment in steroid-dependent asthmatic patients. Saiboku-to spared the downregulation of glucocorticoid receptor of human lymphocytes, plasma ACTH, and cortisol levels. It also spared downregulation of beta 2 receptor by beta 2 ag...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nakajima S,Tohda Y,Ohkawa K,Chihara J,Nagasaka Y

更新日期：1993-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic sequence data provide evidence for a common origin of life and for its evolution by genetic variation via mutation and recombination. This paper discusses the fundamental dialectic paradigm of evolution--stability versus variability--at the crossroads of molecular genetics, population genetics, ecology, and th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Radman M,Matic I,Taddei F

更新日期：1999-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an increasingly popular noninvasive neuromodulatory tool in the fields of cognitive and clinical neuroscience and psychiatry. It is an inexpensive, painless, and safe brain-stimulation technique that has proven to be effective in modulating cognitive and sensory-percep...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sellaro R,Nitsche MA,Colzato LS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined dopamine (DA) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) releasers such as phentermine (PHEN) and fenfluramine (FEN) are reported, in open label studies, to reduce craving for alcohol and cocaine and to prevent relapse. The objective of the studies reported here was to assess the actions of these agents alone and in comb...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rothman RB,Elmer GI,Shippenberg TS,Rea W,Baumann MH

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An EEG profile for cannabis preparations equated for delta 9-THC activity has been defined in occasional cannabis users in New York and in long-term, high-dose hashish users in Athens. The EEG effects of enhanced alpha activity, decreased beta activity, and decreased mean frequency are dose dependent, both in intensit...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fink M

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids and phenolic acids are widely distributed in higher plants and form part of the human diet. Recent interest in these substances has been stimulated by the potential health benefits arising from the antioxidant activity of these polyphenolic compounds. This review outlines the basic chemistry, biosynthesis, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Croft KD

更新日期：1998-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography allows for the study of human brain physiology and chemistry including cerebral blood flow, oxygen or glucose metabolism. We applied PET to study glucose metabolism using aphasia as a model of neurobehavior. The most striking observation was that the extent of cerebral glucose metabolic ch...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Metter EJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Masting, the highly variable and synchronous production of seeds across a population of perennial plants, is an ecologically important, but still poorly understood, phenomenon. While much is known about the fitness benefits of masting and its effects on seed consumers and trophic interactions, less is understood about...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Crone EE,Rapp JM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00