Regulation of the expression of class II genes of the human major histocompatibility complex in tumor cells.

abstract：:Amyloid precursor proteins (APP) are a member of a larger family of proteins that include the amyloid precursor-like proteins (APLP) APLPI and APLP2. We have examined the expression and metabolism of APLP2 and document that APLP2 is expressed at high levels in the nervous system and in peripheral tissues. Furthermore,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sisodia SS,Thinakaran G,Slunt HH,Kitt CA,Von Koch CS,Reed RR,Zheng H,Price DL

更新日期：1996-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-seven reports of patients with seizures induced by listening and/or playing music and one personal observation are reviewed. Music-induced (or musicogenic) seizures are currently classified among the reflex seizures precipitated by complex stimuli. According to the available information, they are defined as foc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Avanzini G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesive interactions are recognized requirements for cellular proliferation, migration and differentiation during normal morphogenesis as well as disease. By differential cloning, osteopontin was identified as an adhesive protein upregulated during vascular remodeling and neointima formation in both rat models and hu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Giachelli CM,Liaw L,Murry CE,Schwartz SM,Almeida M

更新日期：1995-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify rate and stability of remission induced by low-dose prednisone comedication in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we evaluated patients with early RA (<1 year) who were randomized to receive (P) or not (non-P) low-dose prednisone in association with step-up disease-modifying antirheumatic drug thera...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Todoerti M,Scirè CA,Boffini N,Bugatti S,Montecucco C,Caporali R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In common marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus, order Primates), infants aged 2-28 days were deprived of parental care for 30-120 min/day in order to investigate the long-term effects of this neglect-stress model on affect and cognition in a primate species. Basal morning levels of urinary cortisol across the first ye...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pryce CR,Dettling A,Spengler M,Spaete C,Feldon J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mobilization and recruitment of blood and lymphatic vasculatures are widely described in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Although angiogenesis contributes to intense gut inflammation, it remains unclear whether and when lymphangiogenesis amplifies or protects in IBD. The prolonged maintenance of lymphatic (ove...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Alexander JS,Chaitanya GV,Grisham MB,Boktor M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tocopherols and tocotrienols (vitamin E) and ascorbic acid (vitamin C) as well as the carotenoids react with free radicals, notably peroxyl radicals, and with singlet molecular oxygen (1O2), this being the basis of their function as antioxidants. RRR-alpha-tocopherol is the major peroxyl radical scavenger in biologica...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sies H,Stahl W,Sundquist AR

更新日期：1992-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The overarching role of coenzyme Q(10) in gene regulation, bioenergy formation, cellular redox poise regulation, and hydrogen peroxide formation is presented. Coenzyme Q(10) has a central role acting as a prooxidant in the generation of H(2)O(2). Contrary to the dogma that superoxide and H(2)O(2) formation are highly ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Linnane AW,Eastwood H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our work was to detect minor loci acting as Alzheimer's disease (AD) genetic markers. We divided 206 AD patients and 186 individuals as controls into six age at onset/age-dependent groups. We studied polymorphisms of the genes of apolipoprotein E (APOE) and its promoter, cathepsin D, butyrylcholinesterase, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beyer K,Lao JI,Latorre P,Ariza A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) caused disease outbreaks in Israel in the 1950s and the late 1970s. In 1998 an outbreak of WNV in goose farms and evidence of infection in dead migratory birds were reported. Consequently, human diagnostic services for WNV were resumed, including virus isolation, serology, and RT-PCR. Risk factor...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bin H,Grossman Z,Pokamunski S,Malkinson M,Weiss L,Duvdevani P,Banet C,Weisman Y,Annis E,Gandaku D,Yahalom V,Hindyieh M,Shulman L,Mendelson E

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：:Donepezil, a choline esterase inhibitor, has been widely used as a medicine for Alzheimer's disease. Recently, a study showed that donepezil inhibited addictive behaviors induced by cocaine, including cocaine-conditioned place preference (CPP) and locomotor sensitization to cocaine. In the present study, we investigat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Takamatsu Y,Yamanishi Y,Hagino Y,Yamamoto H,Ikeda K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the pancreatic islets, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is expressed in beta cells and autonomic nerve terminals; the majority of these nerve terminals are parasympathetic. PACAP binds to three types of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs): VPAC1 receptors, VPAC2 receptors, and PAC1 recepto...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ahrén B

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy (BIS) can provide estimates of body composition for both whole body (WB) and body segments (BS). In normal, healthy subjects, BS measurements may be expected to serve as surrogates for WB indices; however, very little is known about this correspondence in people suffering from acut...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mazariegos M,Klassen P,Solomons NW,Fürst P

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ras proteins, which regulate intracellular signaling by a cyclic process involving interconversion between active GTP-bound and inactive GDP-bound states, play an essential role in controlling the activity of several crucial signaling pathways regulating normal cellular proliferation. Mutational activation of RAS ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Colombo S,Peri F,Tisi R,Nicotra F,Martegani E

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine-1-phosphate (Sph-1-P) has been implicated as an intracellular second messenger in many studies. Previously, we found the roles of Sph-1-P as a platelet activating lipid released from stimulated platelets and as a lipid regulator of cell motility. We first investigated the mechanism by which Sph-1-P induces...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Igarashi Y

更新日期：1998-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomy of the brain is extremely complex, and certain, even large structures, such as the corticospinal tract (CST), remain poorly understood. Diffusion tractography provides an opportunity to explore the white matter tracts in a fundamentally new way. In the current paper, we show how this technique has already ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Holodny AI,Watts R,Korneinko VN,Pronin IN,Zhukovskiy ME,Gor DM,Ulug A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is amenable to intervention and prevention by mild stress-induced hormesis. Previously, we have reported that repeated mild heat stress has antiaging and other beneficial effects on growth and a range of cellular and biochemical characteristics of normal human skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes undergoing aging ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rattan SI,Sejersen H,Fernandes RA,Luo W

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we argue that the foundations of chemistry rely as much on the methods of measurement as they do on categories of chemical substance. To some degree, chemists perform the work of knowledge engineering: designing complex systems for the efficient retrieval of information. Indeed, in some cases, methods o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rothbart D,Kohout L

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is crucial for the effects of glucocorticoids (GCs). Several polymorphisms of the GR are associated with altered sensitivity to GCs. For the ER22/23EK polymorphism, a relative GC resistance has been demonstrated. In vivo, this was suggested by a smaller response to a dexamethasone supp...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Manenschijn L,van den Akker EL,Lamberts SW,van Rossum EF

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present our achievements in the synthesis and application of multifunctionalized, cross-linked, polystyrene microspheres, which remarkably and quite generally are taken up by all cell types studied to date. Importantly, the nature of these synthetic beads allows multistep solid-phase chemistry and the ability to bi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sánchez-Martín RM,Alexander L,Bradley M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Policy and program implementers require evidence on whether integrated psychosocial stimulation and nutrition interventions can be effectively delivered at-scale, how, and at what cost? To address some of these issues, a comprehensive evaluation of implementation was designed for a trial in Pakistan that integrated ps...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yousafzai AK,Rasheed MA,Siyal S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to tissue injury elicited by trauma or infection, the inflammatory response, as a complex network of molecular and cellular interactions, sets an answer directed to facilitate a return to physiological homeostasis and tissue repair. The role of the genetic background and the subsequent predisposition towar...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Grimaldi MP,Vasto S,Balistreri CR,di Carlo D,Caruso M,Incalcaterra E,Lio D,Caruso C,Candore G

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian and other rhythmic changes in biological susceptibility and response of organisms to a large variety of physical as well as chemical agents including medications and foods are rather common phenomena. Modern chronopharmacology investigates drug effects (a) as a function of biological timing and (b) upon para...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Reinberg AE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although much work has been done in the field of circulating DNA, no definitive information on sequencing data of total circulating DNA is available. Characterization of total circulating DNA by sequence analysis may give valuable information about the origin and function of these nucleic acid molecules. Circulating D...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： van der Vaart M,Pretorius PJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Athletic women are at risk for developing ovulatory dysfunction, which presents variably as menstrual irregularity or absence. Initially characterized as an isolated disruption of hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release, athletic amenorrhea, a form of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, is invariably acc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pauli SA,Berga SL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary and human factors have been found to be the major factors influencing the bioavailability of micronutrients, such as provitamin A carotenoid (pVAC), iron, and zinc, in biofortified crops. Dietary factors are related to food matrix structure and composition. Processing can improve pVAC bioavailability by disrup...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bechoff A,Dhuique-Mayer C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth and pubertal disturbances are the commonest endocrinopathies in homozygous thalassemia, accounting for significant morbidity in 70-80% children and adolescents globally. This review focuses on the pathophysiology of the endocrinopathy from a historical perspective and altered natural history induced by better c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chatterjee R,Bajoria R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing limb or differentiating neural and blood cells are traditional models used to study programmed cell death in mammals. The developing mouse dentition can also be an attractive model for studying apoptosis regulation. Apoptosis is most extant during early odontogenesis in mice. The embryonic tooth pattern is ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Peterková R,Peterka M,Lesot H

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis in T and B lymphocytes is a major element controlling the immune response. Activation induced cell death (AICD) in T cells is a main mechanism for maintaining peripheral tolerance and for limiting an ongoing immune response. AICD is initiated by antigen reengagement of the T cell receptor (TCR), and mediated...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Delgado M,Ganea D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00