FDG PET for rheumatoid arthritis: basic considerations and whole-body PET/CT.

abstract：:The newborn's immune system grows fast from a small size at birth by exposure primarily to the intestinal microflora normally obtained from the mother at and after birth. While building up its immune system, the infant is supported by the transplacental IgG antibodies, which also contain anti-idiotypic antibodies, pos...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hanson LA,Korotkova M,Lundin S,Håversen L,Silfverdal SA,Mattsby-Baltzer I,Strandvik B,Telemo E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing interest in the use of statins, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, for treating specific neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., cerebrovascular disease, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis) and possibly traumatic brain injury. Neither is there a consensus on the efficacy of statins in t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wood WG,Eckert GP,Igbavboa U,Müller WE

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl meltdown spread over 40% of Europe (including Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Romania, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Greece, Iceland, Slovenia) and wide territories in Asia (including Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Emirates, China), northern Africa, and N...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yablokov AV,Nesterenko VB

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of in situ extraction, fungal elicitation, a permeabilizing agent, and the oxygen transfer rate on shikonin production in transformed suspension and hairy root cultures of Lithospermum erythrorhizon were studied. Shikonin production with in situ extraction in transformed cell and hairy root cultures by n-hexad...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sim SJ,Kim DJ,Chang HN

更新日期：1994-11-30 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：:Forests are one of Earth's critical biomes. They have been shown to respond strongly to many of the drivers that are predicted to change natural systems over this century, including climate, introduced species, and other anthropogenic influences. Predicting how different tree species might respond to this complex of f...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McMahon SM,Dietze MC,Hersh MH,Moran EV,Clark JS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aqueous solution of L-glutamine (50 mmol/L) and methylglyoxal (100 mmol/L) was incubated at 120 degrees C for 3 h in a 200 mmol/L phosphate buffer (pH 7.4). Four major fluorophores were revealed on the HPLC chromatogram. The same four fluorophores were obtained from the heating of a mixture of ammonia and methylgly...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Niquet C,Pilard S,Mathiron D,Tessier FJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perceptions of coccidioidomycosis as a medical problem has undergone sequential and dramatic metamorphoses since its first description more than a century ago. First thought to be rare and lethal, coccidioidomycosis was subsequently found to be common and often mild. During World War II, its overall impact upon la...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Galgiani JN

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to quantify the changes in cell membrane conductance in response to electropermeabilization, which may elucidate the mechanisms of tissue injury resulting from high-voltage electrical shock. A high-speed, space-clamp and voltage-clamp experimental configuration was used. The pulse paramet...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gowrishankar TR,Chen W,Lee RC

更新日期：1998-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes are nanovesicles secreted from cells that play key roles in intercellular communication. They carry unique content derived from parental cells and are capable of transferring this cargo between cells. The role and function of exosomes largely depends on the origin and functional status of the parental cells. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cobelli NJ,Leong DJ,Sun HB

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine has been found to improve memory performance in a variety of tests in rats, monkeys, and humans. Interactions of nicotinic systems with dopamine (DA) systems may be important for this effect. We conducted a series of studies of nicotinic agonist and antagonist interactions with DA systems using rats in a win-...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Levin ED,Rose JE

更新日期：1995-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight junctions of epithelial and endothelial cells form selective barriers that regulate paracellular transport of solutes, immune cells, and drugs. Tight junctions consist of proteins that physically "seal" the tight junction but also form channels that allow for permeation between the cells, resulting in epithelial...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schulzke JD,Fromm M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients show evidence of immune activation, as demonstrated by increased numbers of activated T lymphocytes, including cytotoxic T cells, as well as elevated levels of circulating cytokines. Nevertheless, immune cell function of CFS patients is poor, with low natural killer cell cytotox...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Patarca R

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The airway disease termed asthma has been recognized for centuries but is now receiving increased attention because of chronicity, high incidence in the population and rising mortality rate. Asthma is now recognized as a disease of unknown etiology characterized by a hyperactive airway which can be demonstrated by res...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Patterson R,Greenberger PA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choir singing is positively associated with well-being and quality of life, and requires the coordination of physiological systems within and across individuals. Informed by models of interpersonal action coordination, we delineate the network topography of choir singing by analyzing cross-frequency couplings and with...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Müller V,Delius JAM,Lindenberger U

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is imperative that operating personnel and regulatory agencies have secure, advance, and accurate knowledge of the true surface properties of materials to be contacted with flowing blood. The actual devices must be characterized in their sterile, immediate pre-exposure states. Although very sensitive electronic ins...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Baier RE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the implementation processes for interventions that integrate nutrition and psychosocial stimulation for children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries. We examine the content of these programs, the delivery strategy, intensity and duration, personnel training and supervision, c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yousafzai AK,Aboud F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is generated through the catalytic activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS). In the brain, NO mediates neuronal survival, synaptic plasticity, vascular smooth muscle relaxation, and endothelial cell permeability. Previous studies demonstrated aberrant expression...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： de la Monte SM,Sohn YK,Etienne D,Kraft J,Wands JR

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perhaps the greatest mystery is why the universe exists in the first place. How is it possible for something to emerge from nothing, or has a universe in some form always existed? This question of origins-both of the universe as a whole and of the fundamental laws of physics-raises profound scientific, philosophical, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Paulson S,Albert D,Holt J,Turok N

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:The endothelial regulation of vWF synthesis, storage, regulated and constitutive release, and now binding are the focus of numerous research laboratories. The understanding of these phenomena is important to the pathophysiology of local hemostasis. Although the structural understanding of the relationship of vW AgII t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kawai Y,Montgomery RR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teaching primary care is an important, but as yet, incompletely fulfilled responsibility of medical schools. The current surge of interest will not provide the needed personnel if primary care is defined too broadly, and if it is made everybody's business, but nobody's in particular. Primary care must not neglect firs...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pellegrino ED

更新日期：1978-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have now indicated that micronutrients, such as the carotenoids, tocopherols, and ascorbic acid, can prevent mutagenesis, genotoxic effects, or malignant transformation in bacteria and mammalian tissue, either in cell culture or in organ culture. In addition, multiple papers report that some of these micr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Krinsky NI

更新日期：1993-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin proteins, originally isolated from fractionation of thymus tissue, represent a class of compounds that we now know are present in numerous other tissues, are unrelated to each other in a genetic sense, and appear to have different functions within the cell. Thymosin α1 (generic drug name thymalfasin; trade na...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Volk DE,Tuthill CW,Elizondo-Riojas MA,Gorenstein DG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saliva is an underused fluid with considerable promise for biomedical testing. Its potential is particularly great for monitoring small-molecule analytes since these are often present in saliva at concentrations that correlate well with their free levels in blood. We describe the development of a prototype diagnostic ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fu E,Chinowsky T,Nelson K,Johnston K,Edwards T,Helton K,Grow M,Miller JW,Yager P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine-based therapies have the potential to provide novel treatments for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and many types of infectious disease. However, to date, the full clinical potential of cytokines as drugs has been limited by a number of factors. To discuss these limitations and explore ways to overcome them, the...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Donnelly RP,Young HA,Rosenberg AS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A beneficial effect of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in the treatment of acute focal cerebral ischemia has not been proven. In the present study, two established experimental models of acute focal cerebral ischemia were treated with DMSO. Twenty adult cats lightly anesthetized with ketamine hydrochloride underwent right m...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Little JR,Spetzler RF,Roski RA,Selman WR,Zabramski J,Lesser RP

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect evidence, including neuroprotection against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-neurotoxicity by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors and resistance of transgenic animals deficient in NOS, is controversial. We have reviewed evidence in favor of oxidative stress during the development of MPTP...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mohanakumar KP,Thomas B,Sharma SM,Muralikrishnan D,Chowdhury R,Chiueh CC

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:Access to experimental X-ray diffraction image data is important for validation and reproduction of macromolecular models and indispensable for the development of structural biology processing methods. In response to the evolving needs of the structural biology community, we recently established a diffraction data pub...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McKinney B,Meyer PA,Crosas M,Sliz P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00