A dynamic paracellular pathway serves diuresis in mosquito Malpighian tubules.

abstract：:Previous studies reported that constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) does not transactivate phenobarbital responsive unit (PBRU)2C1luciferase reporter gene in COS cells in which endogenous CYP2B1 gene is not induced with PB. In order to understand molecular mechanism(s) whereby PBRU is transactivated, this article de...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Min G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In hereditary HTG rats, basal systolic blood pressure using tail-cuff sphygmomanometry was significantly higher (122.1 +/- 2.1 mm Hg; n = 16) than that in NTG animals (107.1 +/- 1.52; n = 16). A low salt diet did not influence blood pressure in NTG rats during the consecutive 4 weekly periods. However, in the second w...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lichardus B,Seböková E,Jezová D,Mitková A,Zemánková A,Földes O,Vrána A,Klimes I

更新日期：1993-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory stimulation via rhythmic cues can be used successfully in the rehabilitation of motor function in patients with motor disorders. A prototypical example is provided by dysfunctional gait in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). Coupling steps to external rhythmic cues (the beat of music or the sou...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bella SD,Benoit CE,Farrugia N,Schwartze M,Kotz SA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of sympathetic nerve fibers (SNFs) occurs in inflamed tissue; and select semaphorins, upregulated during inflammation, stimulate repulsion/loss of SNFs. However, it is unknown whether other factors released locally in inflamed tissue, such as norepinephrine, dopamine, and 17β-estradiol, are also repellent. In ord...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Klatt S,Fassold A,Straub RH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E is a plasma cholesterol and phospholipid transporter which plays a central role in lipoprotein metabolism in the brain. Apolipoprotein E is a polymorphic protein with three common alleles in the general population, designated epsilon 2, epsilon 3 and epsilon 4 coding for proteins ApoE2, ApoE3 and ApoE...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beffert U,Poirier J

更新日期：1996-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting the response to xenotransplantation is difficult, but can be based upon (i) past clinical experience, (ii) opinion surveys and focus groups, (iii) predictable variables, and (iv) the allotransplant experience. Baby Fae, the Pittsburgh baboon liver transplants, and the Jeff Getty baboon marrow transplant hav...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Daar AS

更新日期：1998-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal human mitotic cells do not proliferate indefinitely in culture but undergo a limited number of divisions and progressively reach a state of irreversible growth arrest, a process termed replicative senescence. Hypoxia is a situation of reduced oxygen concentration that relates to many physiological and pathophys...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Poulios E,Trougakos IP,Chondrogianni N,Gonos ES

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia is associated with an increased release of factors from the placental syncytium into maternal blood, including the antiangiogenic factors soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 and soluble endoglin, the antifibrinolytic factor plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, prostanoids, lipoperoxides, cytokines, and micro...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Guller S,Ma YY,Fu HH,Krikun G,Abrahams VM,Mor G

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although alloxan-resistant (ALR) mice share 70% of the NOD genome, ALR islets are remarkably resistant to oxidative stress and autoimmunity. Using 2D PAGE comparative analysis, we have characterized 55 proteins that are differentially expressed between the NOD and ALR islet proteome. Ten proteins were found to be high...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yang P,Li M,Guo D,Gong F,Adam BL,Atkinson MA,Wang CY

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental occlusion of a brain-supplying artery triggers tissue ischemia and subsequent inflammatory events that are initiated at the blood microvessel interface. Cytokine production and molecular adhesive events occur in the early moments following cerebral blood flow reduction, which underlie the transition from ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： del Zoppo GJ

更新日期：1997-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is associated with abnormal lipid metabolism, intense respiratory tract (RT) infection, and inflammation, eventually resulting in lung tissue destruction and respiratory failure. The CF RT inflammatory milieu, as reflected by airway secretions, includes a complex array of inflammatory mediators, b...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Eiserich JP,Yang J,Morrissey BM,Hammock BD,Cross CE

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty-seven Brahman cattle from several locations in Martinique (FWI), reared under different environmental conditions, were followed over three years and checked for clinical signs of dermatophilosis. To confirm that these animals had been in contact with the pathogen Dermatophilus congolensis, their...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Maillard JC,Martinez D,Bensaid A

更新日期：1996-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological observations, clinical mechanistic studies, and basic laboratory research suggest that estrogen therapy is associated with beneficial cardiovascular effects in postmenopausal women. Estrogen has a multitude of biological effects that may account for this apparent benefit (which remains to be proved in ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Blum A,Cannon RO 3rd

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the great strides made in understanding the basic biology of cancer and the multiple approaches to cancer therapy that have been utilized, cancer remains a major cause of death worldwide. The two properties that define the most successful tumors are low antigenicity, enabling cancer cells to escape immune syst...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Al-Ramadi BK,Fernandez-Cabezudo MJ,El-Hasasna H,Al-Salam S,Attoub S,Xu D,Chouaib S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), is a parasite that attacks all warm-blooded animals including humans. This parasite has caused significant losses to the livestock industries of the Americas. Since the screwworm eradication program was initiated in the Southeastern United States in 1957, the erad...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wyss JH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible neuroprotective effects of thymosin beta(4) in different models of excitotoxicity. The application of thymosin beta(4) significantly attenuated glutamate-induced toxicity both in primary cultures of cortical neurons and in rat hippocampal slices. In in vivo experiment...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Popoli P,Pepponi R,Martire A,Armida M,Pèzzola A,Galluzzo M,Domenici MR,Potenza RL,Tebano MT,Mollinari C,Merlo D,Garaci E

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complete amino acid sequence for rat testis P-450 17 alpha was deduced from nucleotide analysis of a cDNA clone isolated from a rat Leydig cell library. This cDNA expressed in COS-1 cells both 17 alpha-hydroxylase and 17,20 lyase activities. Rat P-450 17 alpha exhibited significant similarity to the nucleotide and d...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dufau ML,Minegishi T,Buczko E,Kitamura M,Delgado C,Namiki M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperactivity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is often observed in association with and even prior to the onset of major depression. It is presently unclear (1) which molecular and cellular processes contribute to hyperactivity of parvocellular hypothalamic neurons (key regulators of the HPA system) an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Joëls M,Verkuyl JM,Van Riel E

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, the precise etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains largely unknown; however, it is well accepted that IBD results from a dysregulated mucosal immune response to environmental factors in genetically susceptible hosts. The primary defect, in at least a subpopulation of IBD patients, may be due to ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Reuter BK,Pizarro TT

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative process characterized by progressive degeneration of the substantia nigra and concurrent loss of neuromelanin in these structures. The present hypothesis suggests that progression of Parkinson's disease may be reduced by enhancing the regional levels of neuroprotective factor...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Halabe Bucay A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Converging lines of evidence indicate that withdrawal from prolonged exposure to stimulants and alcohol results in synaptic deficits of both dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT). According to the dual deficit model proposed by the authors, DA dysfunction during cocaine or alcohol withdrawal underlies anhedonia and psych...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rothman RB,Partilla JS,Dersch CM,Carroll FI,Rice KC,Baumann MH

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience in the surgical treatment of bone deformities in osteogenesis imperfecta, based upon 45 operations in 13 severely affected patients. Three different procedures were used. Fragmentation and temporary fixation by means of a wire does not guarantee a sufficient protection of the bone a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brunelli PC,Frediani P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful introduction of nucleic acids into mammalian neurons has revolutionized the analyses of gene regulation and cellular function. Various methods, including viral infection, have been developed to introduce plasmid DNA into primary neuronal cultures. However, transfection of primary cultures of neurons using t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Anji A,Shaik KA,Kumari M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two series of antiarrhythmic drugs tested, as the octanol/water partition coefficient increases so do the following: elimination from the body by biotransformation, first-pass biotransformation in the liver and gastrointestinal tract after oral administration, protein binding to some extent, and penetration into br...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Drayer DE

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-carotene acts as an antioxidant or a pro-oxidant depending on the concentrations that cells are treated with. Oxidative DNA damage is related to apoptosis of various cells. Ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated (ATM), a sensor for DNA-damaging agents, activates a variety of effectors in multiple signaling pathways, such ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jang SH,Lim JW,Kim H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of important themes emerge from our compartmental analyses of Na,K-ATPase biosynthesis in response to ionic stimuli. The ubiquitous alpha 1 beta 1 type sodium pump evolved to generate and maintain transmembrane Na+ and K+ gradients, and there are cell-type specific mechanisms of increasing synthesis and decre...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McDonough AA,Azuma KK,Lescale-Matys L,Tang MJ,Nakhoul F,Hensley CB,Komatsu Y

更新日期：1992-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Fructosamine-3-kinase (FN3K) and the more recently discovered fructosamine-3-kinase-related protein (FN3KRP) appear to protect proteins from nonenzymatic glycation. To gain a better understanding of these enzymes we performed a series of investigations including (1) in silico comparisons of their promoters; (2) real-t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Conner JR,Beisswenger PJ,Szwergold BS

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human organism is continuously in close contact with microorganisms, especially bacteria. In the present work, by means of a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, we looked for the presence of a distinct bacterial gene in human cells. To this end, we cultured a human cell line, HL60, in a supernatan...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Anker P,Zajac V,Lyautey J,Lederrey C,Dunand C,Lefort F,Mulcahy H,Heinemann J,Stroun M

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:There has been renewed interest in the role of strategies in sensorimotor learning. The combination of new behavioral methods and computational methods has begun to unravel the interaction between processes related to strategic control and processes related to motor adaptation. These processes may operate on very diff...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Taylor JA,Ivry RB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00