Barrett's esophagus: cancer and molecular biology.

abstract：:In this review we will evaluate evidence that altered gene dosage and structure impacts neurodevelopment and neural connectivity through deleterious effects on synaptic structure and function, and evidence that the latter are key contributors to the risk for autism. We will review information on alterations of structu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Smith M,Spence MA,Flodman P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of a growing number of glycation and advanced glycation end products has been elucidated. Measuring these products can be used to assess cumulative glycemic and glycoxidative damage in diabetes and other chronic conditions. The predictive power of a given glycation product can be tested in large prospect...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Monnier VM,Sell DR,Genuth S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we analyzed four population-based demographic and health surveys conducted in Bolivia between 1998 and 2016 to understand trends in anemia in children from 6 to 59 months of age by selected sociodemographic characteristics and three categories of altitude: low, medium, and high. Over the 18-year period, the prev...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cordero D,Aguilar AM,Casanovas C,Vargas E,Lutter CK

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopaminergic signaling in the brain is primarily modulated by dopamine transporters (DATs), which actively translocate extraneuronal dopamine back into dopaminergic neurons. Transporter proteins are highly dynamic, continuously trafficking between plasmalemmal and endosomal membranes. Changes in DAT membrane trafficki...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schmitt KC,Reith ME

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe several algorithms with winning performance in the Dialogue for Reverse Engineering Assessments and Methods (DREAM2) Reverse Engineering Competition 2007. After the gold standards for the challenges were released, the performance of the algorithms could be thoroughly evaluated under different parameters or...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Scheinine A,Mentzen WI,Fotia G,Pieroni E,Maggio F,Mancosu G,de la Fuente A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cities modify their local climate, and at the same time they suffer from the local impacts of climate change. Our paper discusses the progress and obstacles in three active research topics that contribute to increasing the capability within the urban climate research community for transferring local climate knowledge ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hidalgo J,Lemonsu A,Masson V

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Parachlamydiaceae are potential emerging pathogens that naturally infect free-living amoebae. We investigated the affects of incubation temperature on the growth and cytopathic effect of P. acanthamoeba in Acanthamoeba polyphaga. A. polyphaga were infected with P. acanthamoeba and incubated at different temperatures f...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Greub G,La Scola B,Raoult D

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene causes a major risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). To study the transcription control of the mouse (m) APOE gene, we first tested the promoter activity of a 721-base-pair (bp) 5'-flanking region, which is located 771 bp upstream from the translation initiation ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lahiri DK,Alley GM,Ge YW,Du Y

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E has the ability to scavenge a wide spectrum of free radicals, including singlet oxygen, superoxide, and hydroxyl radicals. It has beneficial effects against several other disorders, such as atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease, because it acts as a transcriptional regulator for gene expression via a tr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Al-Shamsi M,Amin A,Adeghate E

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term changes in catecholamine levels and expression of their biosynthetic enzymes are associated with several stress-related disorders such as elevated plasma norepinephrine in posttraumatic stress disorder and increased postmortem tyrosine hydroxylase in the locus coeruleus with major depression. Stress elevates...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sabban EL,Hebert MA,Liu X,Nankova B,Serova L

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipogenesis occurs primarily in the liver, where dietary carbohydrates control the expression of key enzymes in glycolytic and lipogenic pathways. We have recently discovered that the transcription factor XBP1, best known as a key regulator of the unfolded protein response (UPR), is required for de novo fatty acid syn...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Glimcher LH,Lee AH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin alpha 1, originally isolated as the compound responsible for reconstitution of immune function in thymectomized animal models, has enjoyed a wide-ranging clinical development program over the past decades, extending across multiple companies, indications, countries, and continents. This paper provides an over...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tuthill C,Rios I,McBeath R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary adrenal pheochromocytoma is caused by germline mutations in RET, VHL, SDHB, SDHD, and NF1. As these genes differ in function, so may their pheochromocytoma phenotypes, suggesting gene-specific patterns of age-related progression to pheochromocytoma. This possibility was explored for gene carriers with a lif...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Machens A,Brauckhoff M,Gimm O,Dralle H

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (PL) is a mammotropic neuropeptide produced by the pituitary and extrapituitary cells existing as several isoforms and belongs to the growth and lactogenic hormone family, which includes growth hormone and placental lactogens. The secretion of pituitary PL is under hypothalamic control. The cytokines IL-1, I...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chikanza IC

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:CXC chemokines have been found to be important in the regulation of angiogenesis and tumor-related immunity, and in promoting organ-specific metastases. This review highlights the importance of CXC chemokine ligands and receptors in mediating non-small cell lung cancer tumor-associated angiogenesis, "immunoangiostasis...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Strieter RM,Belperio JA,Burdick MD,Sharma S,Dubinett SM,Keane MP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy CD45 KO mice show a Th2-type cytokine secretion profile in their small intestines. Dietary supplementation with human infant formula induced colitis and a shift toward a Th1-type profile, suggesting that diet can alter cytokine secretion. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lópeza MC,Holmes N

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Henry Kandrup wrote prolifically on the problem of relaxation of stellar systems. His picture of relaxation was significantly more refined than the standard description in terms of phase mixing and violent relaxation. In this article, I summarize Henry's work in this and related areas. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Merritt D

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, in membrane transport studies, we have observed the duality of ligand-binding site interactions in a structural protein membrane. Separately, the role of membrane anisotropy in the transport/catalytic behavior of an enzyme-membrane was investigated and modeled by the present authors. In this work, we are com...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vieth WR,Ciftçi T

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcitriol, the hormonal form of vitamin D, inhibited caspase-3-like activation in HaCaT keratinocytes exposed to hyperosmotic and oxidative stresses, heat shock, and the inflammatory cytokine TNF. The hormone also protected the cells from caspase-independent cell death induced by hyperosmotic and oxidative stresses. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Diker-Cohen T,Koren R,Liberman UA,Ravid A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the past few years, developmental scientists have switched their attention from the study of DNA sequencing to the epigenetic state of the genome. Studying epigenetics could present the key to understanding gene expression changes without altering the basic structure of DNA. For example, the blastocyst, trophec...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Palini S,De Stefani S,Scala V,Dusi L,Bulletti C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to study the role of glucocorticoids in the insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-3 response to endotoxin. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration decreased IGFBP-3 serum levels as well as hepatic IGFBP-3 gene expression in both adrenalectomized and sham-operated rats. These data ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Priego T,Ibañez De Cáceres I,Martín AI,Villanúa MA,López-Calderón A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a newly developed algorithm in conjunction with the front tracking scheme, we have evaluated the transport associated with a deformable bubble moving in a tube in the presence of a soluble or an insoluble surfactant. Such evaluations are useful to the understanding of gas embolism--a common syndrome for decompre...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ayyaswamy PS,Zhang J,Eckmann DM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesothelium is the simple squamous epithelium covering all abdominal organs and the coeloms in which those organs reside. While the structural characteristics of this cell type were documented a century ago, its potential in development, disease, and wound healing is only now becoming apparent. In the embryo, mesothel...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shelton EL,Bader DM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article summarizes reports on the concurrence of Klinefelter's syndrome (KS) with inflammatory rheumatic diseases, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, mixed connective tissue disease, the anti...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rovenský J,Imrich R,Lazúrová I,Payer J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the experimental and theoretical investigations of forced liquid flows through open capillary channels under reduced gravity conditions. An open capillary channel is a structure that establishes a liquid flow path at low Bond numbers, when the capillary pressure caused by the surface tension force d...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Haake D,Rosendahl U,Ohlhoff A,Dreyer ME

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for molecules on the surface of mammalian sperm that are responsible for the binding of sperm to the zona pellucida has led to the identification of a number of different surface proteins. Different experimental approaches have been used to identify these proteins and the strength of the evidence for their ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Myles DG,Primakoff P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trial was carried out in alpacas (Lama pacos) and llamas (Lama glama) to determine the economic benefits of controlling both external and internal parasites by the use of ivermectin ("Ivomec," Merck Sharp & Dohme). After four months the treated male alpacas gained on average 3.1 kg more than the untreated males, and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Windsor RS,Windsor RH,Teran M

更新日期：1992-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:According to a current paradigm cardiovascular diseases can be initiated by exposure of vascular cells to qualitatively modified low-density lipoproteins (LDL). Capillary leakage, an early feature of diabetic retinopathy, results in the exposure of retinal pericytes to modified LDL, including glycated (G-LDL) and heav...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Song W,Barth JL,Lu K,Yu Y,Huang Y,Gittinger CK,Argraves WS,Lyons TJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, I have introduced and solved a simple deterministic model of eye tracking that produces rich dynamical behavior. Some of its main features, notably the existence of a chaotic regime, are reminiscent of the anomalies reported in smooth pursuit eye tracking experiments with schizophrenia patients. By obta...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Huberman BA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00