New developments in esophageal function testing and esophageal manifestations of connective tissue disorders.

abstract：:There is a significant increase in the percentage and absolute number of activated lymphocytes (OKT10+, IL2R1+) after ECT treatment of major depressive disorder. There is an acute decrease in the absolute number of total lymphocytes, T8+ and Leu11+ cells one hour after a single ECT. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fischler B,Bocken R,Schneider I,De Waele M,Thielemans K,Derde MP

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now good evidence that in the AD brain, a number of neurotransmitter effector systems are defective. Such abnormalities include defective G, protein and protein kinase C function as well as a drastically reduced level of receptors for the second messenger Ins(1,4,5) P3. Such changes are probably not restricte...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fowler CJ,Garlind A,O'Neill C,Cowburn RF

更新日期：1996-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) potently stimulates insulin secretion in vivo in mice without altering glucose disposal. Such a combination of results would be explained if epinephrine released by PACAP counteracts the action of insulin and, therefore, that the gluc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ahrén B,Filipsson K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twin and family studies have demonstrated that most cognitive traits are moderately to highly heritable. Neurodevelopmental disorders such as dyslexia, autism, and specific language impairment (SLI) also show strong genetic influence. Nevertheless, it has proved difficult for researchers to identify genes that would e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bishop DV

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a multifactorial heterogenous condition. The location of excess fat on the body determines the risk of morbidity and mortality for significant disease. Visceral, or intraabdominal, fat is the fat depot most highly associated with illness and death from cardiocerebrovascular disease and diabetes. Visceral fa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Peeke PM,Chrousos GP

更新日期：1995-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper reviews the major modes of action of estrogen on the molecular, cellular, tissue, and neurobehavioral levels of mammalian physiology, with an emphasis on the brain as an estrogen target tissue. We draw a distinction between receptor- and nonreceptor-mediated actions, as well as delineate the range of...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Scallet AC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) play a central role in successful control of HIV. Induction of effective CTL responses may therefore be an essential requirement of HIV vaccines. Knowledge of CTL epitopes targeted either in natural infection or following vaccination will be critical to understanding the anti-HIV immune r...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Goulder PJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study measured on-road driving behavior in subjects with bilateral vestibular loss (BVL). Data included point-of-regard (what the driver is looking at and attending to), gaze stability (the performance of the vestibulo-ocular reflex), and head movement, during complex maneuvers such as changing lanes, cornering, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： MacDougall HG,Moore ST,Black RA,Jolly N,Curthoys IS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 450 peer-reviewed papers containing the keyword Aspergillus fumigatus were published in 2011. Although this method may be an impossible task, I have selected three clusters of papers describing exciting recent advances in research on A. fumigatus. The first is the novel approach of in vivo imagining of experiment...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Osherov N

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous thromboembolic events, such as pulmonary embolism, deep venous thrombosis, and portal vein thrombosis, have been observed in adult thalassemia patients, mainly in beta-thalassemia intermedia. The clinical findings are consistent with the observation of several alterations that indicate a state of activation of ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cappellini MD,Grespi E,Cassinerio E,Bignamini D,Fiorelli G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a common and often fatal event, and, in survivors, it is accompanied by a high risk of recurrence. Ischemic stroke is associated with abnormal platelet activity and thrombus formation. In addition to their roles in the development of acute thrombi, platelets serve as a bridge for leukocytes within the vascul...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Franks ZG,Campbell RA,Weyrich AS,Rondina MT

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight reduction through caloric restriction (CR) or exercise can have opposite effects on bone. This study investigated the effects of comparable weight reduction through CR and/or exercise on body composition and bone structure in an obese rat model. Male 6-week-old rats were fed either a normal-fat diet for 6 month...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cao JJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that cirazoline, an alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist, has greater affinity than do other imidazoline or guanidinium compounds at imidazoline recognition sites. In this report we used [3H]cirazoline as a probe to characterize imidazoline recognition sites present in membrane homogenates of rat bra...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Angel I,Le Rouzic M,Pimoule C,Graham D,Arbilla S

更新日期：1995-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in brain distribution of 11C-MAP, 14C-MAP, and 123I-IMP in MAP- and cocaine-sensitized animals were examined to investigate the mechanism involved in increased dopaminergic transmission and behavioral sensitization. First, a significant increase in 11C-MAP radioactivity in the striatum and hypothalamus was...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Numachi Y,Yoshida S,Inosaka T,Sato M,Mizugaki M,Kimura K,Hishinuma T

更新日期：1992-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of carcinogenesis on various hepatic microsomal parameters and related cell functions was studied in two tumor models. Hepatocarcinoma was produced by diethylnitrosamine (DEN) and 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) (Solt-Farber model) and mammary adenocarcinoma using R3230 AC cancer cell line. In these models th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Feuer G

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In plants, the photons of light are absorbed at the level of the photosystems in the chloroplasts. The functioning of the photosynthetic electron transfer chain linked to this process is required to generate NADPH and ATP. In addition, the light signal promotes a regulatory cascade, situated in the stroma, that involv...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jacquot JP,Rouhier N,Gelhaye E

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proto-oncogene c-myc is involved in multiple cell pathways with opposite effects on cell outcome of death or proliferation. It has been proposed that these different roles depend on the sequestration of c-Myc protein in cellular compartments and/or its phosphorylation. We speculated that subcellular localization o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Supino R,Favini E,Cuccuru G,Zunino F,Scovassi AI

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of what is known about the neural underpinnings of human cognition comes from studies limited to racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically homogeneous samples. Furthermore, although most studies include both males and females in their samples, sex differences in patterns of brain activity and perfo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dotson VM,Duarte A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Na,K-ATPase gamma subunit is present primarily in kidney as two splice variants, gammaa and gammab, which differ only at their extracellular N-termini. Two distinct effects of gamma are seen in biochemical Na,K-ATPase assays of mammalian (HeLa) cells transfected with gammaa or gammab, namely, (i) a decrease in K'(...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Blostein R,Pu HX,Scanzano R,Zouzoulas A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A virus infections result in approximately 500,000 human deaths per year and many more sublethal infections. Wild birds are recognized as the ancestral host of influenza A viruses, and avian viruses have contributed genetic material to most human viruses, including subtypes H5N1 and H1N1. Thus, influenza vir...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vandegrift KJ,Sokolow SH,Daszak P,Kilpatrick AM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human speech perception seems to involve the ability to recognize groupings of speech sounds rather than component phonemes, and to distinguish between permuted orders of items within sequences as holistic entities. Humans can use this Holistic Pattern Recognition (HPR) not only with speech and music, but also with se...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Warren RM

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:Methamphetamine (METH) is a widely used "club drug" that produces neural damage in the brain, including the loss of some neurons. METH-induced striatal neuronal loss has been attenuated by pretreatment with the neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist WIN-51,708 in mice. Using a histologic method, we have observed the interna...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wang J,Xu W,Ali SF,Angulo JA

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Tick-borne pathogens in the genus Ehrlichia cause emerging zoonoses. Although laboratory mice are susceptible to Ehrlichia infections, many isolates do not cause clinical illness. In contrast, the Ixodes ovatus Ehrlichia-like agent (IOE) causes disease and immune responses in mice comparable to the human illness cause...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Munderloh UG,Silverman DJ,MacNamara KC,Ahlstrand GG,Chatterjee M,Winslow GM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogenate of 30 sarcoid lymph nodes was injected into the footpads of mice and 42% of the mice showed epitheloid-cell granulomas in the sites. However, the control lymph-node homogenates obtained from nonsarcoid patients also provoked similar granulomatous changes, although the positive rate was somewhat lower. In th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Iwai K,Takahashi S

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen VI is a large, disulfide-bonded protein complex which is widely distributed in connective tissue. The constituent polypeptide chains (Mr = 110,000-140,000) consist of collagenous and noncollagenous segments, are degraded to chains of about half the size when collagen VI is solubilized by pepsin, and assemble ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Engel J,Furthmayr H,Odermatt E,von der Mark H,Aumailley M,Fleischmajer R,Timpl R

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol-mediated heme oxgenase-1 (HO-1) induction has been shown to occur in primary neuronal cultures and has been implicated as having potential neuroprotective action. Further, antioxidant properties of resveratrol have been reported to protect against coronary heart disease. We attempted to examine the HO-1 in...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Huang HM,Liang YC,Cheng TH,Chen CH,Juan SH

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal peptides play important roles regulating feeding and energy homeostasis. Most gastrointestinal peptides including glucagon like peptide-1, peptide YY, amylin, and oxytomodulin are anorectic, and only ghrelin is an orexigenic peptide. Ghrelin increases appetite, modulates energy balance, suppresses inf...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ueno H,Shiiya T,Nakazato M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile infection, also known as C. difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD), is the most common cause of nosocomial diarrhea, typically initiated by the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics that disrupt gut flora, thereby allowing C. difficile to proliferate. It is an increasing cause of morbidity and mortalit...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sears P,Ichikawa Y,Ruiz N,Gorbach S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00