Presynaptic receptors in hypertension.

abstract：:Coccidioidomycosis is a mild to life-threatening disease in otherwise healthy humans and other mammals caused by the fungus Coccidioides spp. Understanding the development of the unique dimorphic life cycle of Coccidioides spp. and its role in pathogenesis has been an area of research focus. However, nuclear behavior ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Li L,Schmelz M,Kellner EM,Galgiani JN,Orbach MJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:In order to analyze neuronal computations in the first olfactory processing center, the olfactory bulb, we measured odor-evoked activity patterns across large numbers of neurons within the intact olfactory bulb of zebrafish using optical and electrophysiological methods. We found that the olfactory bulb performs multi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Friedrich RW,Yaksi E,Judkewitz B,Wiechert MT

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the importance of bradykinin in myocardial preservation during ischemic arrest. Bradykinin is released from the heart spontaneously in response to ischemic stress, which may be viewed as a survival signal of the heart against ischemia. Bradykinin appears to function as a signaling molecule by co...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sato M,Das DK,Engelman RM

更新日期：1999-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The obesity epidemic is a leading cause of health problems in the United States, increasing the risk of cardiovascular, endocrine, and psychiatric diseases. Although many people lose weight through changes in diet and lifestyle, keeping the weight off remains a challenge. Here, we discuss a hypothesis that seeks to ex...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Matikainen-Ankney BA,Kravitz AV

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent study based on the SPoARC effect (spatial position association response codes) showed that culture heavily shapes cognition and more specifically the way thought is organized; when Western adults are asked to keep in mind a sequence of colors, they mentally organize them from left to right, whereas right-to-l...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Guida A,Mosinski F,Cipora K,Mathy F,Noël Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer of nutrients from the mother through the chorioallantoic placenta meets the nutritional needs of the embryo during human prenatal development. Although all amniotes start with a similar "tool kit" of extraembryonic tissues, an enormous diversity of extraembryonic tissue formation has evolved to accommodat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sheng G,Foley AC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musical enculturation is a complex, multifaceted process that includes the development of perceptual processing specialized for the pitch and rhythmic structures of the musical system in the culture, understanding of esthetic and expressive norms, and learning the pragmatic uses of music in different social situations...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Trainor LJ,Marie C,Gerry D,Whiskin E,Unrau A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TP73, as a TP53 homologue, drew the attention of tumor biologists because it is rarely mutated in human cancers and can induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by activating genes also regulated by p53. However, TP73 harbors an additional promoter that produces a dominant negative p73 protein (deltaNp73) having the opp...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rossi M,Sayan AE,Terrinoni A,Melino G,Knight RA

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of mtDNA types common to Asians and Amerinds (types A, B, C, and D) forced investigators to search for those nations of Asia which, though not considered the ancestors of the Amerinds, have retained a close genetic resemblance with them. We collected samples and studied the gene pools of the Turkic-speak...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zakharov IA,Derenko MV,Maliarchuk BA,Dambueva IK,Dorzhu CM,Rychkov SY

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:The acquisition of both speech and music uses general principles: learners extract statistical regularities present in the environment. Yet, individuals who suffer from congenital amusia (commonly called tone-deafness) have experienced lifelong difficulties in acquiring basic musical skills, while their language abili...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Peretz I,Saffran J,Schön D,Gosselin N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression regulation, in particular at the level of transcription, has been demonstrated to play a key role in the development of human diseases, including cancer, and in bacteria it is crucial for proliferation as well as for pathogenicity. Transcriptional regulation is based on complex networks of interactions...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zorrilla S,Lillo MP,Chaix D,Margeat E,Royer CA,Declerck N

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this note epistemological problems in general theories about living systems are considered; in particular, the question of hidden connections between different areas of experience, such as folk biology and scientific biology, and hidden connections between central concepts of theoretical biology, such as function, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Emmeche C

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient privacy is one of the major issues in the development of modern clinical information system networks. Such networks will have to demonstrate an appropriate concern for privacy as a precondition of operation. Regulatory effectiveness analysis is a novel technique for measuring compliance with a technological re...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brannigan VM

更新日期：1992-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its structurally related proteins are involved in the developmental regulation of various brain neurons, including midbrain dopaminergic neurons. We recently reported EGF and EGF-receptor abnormalities in both the brain tissues and blood of schizophrenic patients. Administration of EG...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mizuno M,Malta RS Jr,Nagano T,Nawa H

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptive co-evolution of mammals and bacteria has led to the establishment of complex commensal communities on mucosal surfaces. In spite of having available a wealth of immune-sensing and effector mechanisms capable of triggering inflammation in response to microbial intrusion, mucosal immune cells establish an intim...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cerutti A,Cols M,Gentile M,Cassis L,Barra CM,He B,Puga I,Chen K

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinesterase inhibitors used to treat Alzheimer's disease according to the principle of cholinergic replacement therapy have proved to be less beneficial than expected. The present study was designed to investigate the cerebrovascular response to physostigmine and tacrine in the experimental model of lesioning of th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Peruzzi P,von Euw D,Lacombe P

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The APC protein is a crucial regulator of intestinal cell growth, and mutations in the APC gene are a common initial event in the process of human colorectal carcinogenesis. Animals bearing germline mutations in Apc are therefore important models for human colorectal cancer. These animals have been used both to unders...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bertagnolli MM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an important cause of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc), despite the improvement of therapies. An early diagnosis and the use of drugs interfering with the main pathogenic pathways of PAH is pivotal for the improvement of prognosis in primary PAH and PAH secondary to autoimmune...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cerinic Matucci M,Del Rosso A,Federico P,Livi R,Fiori G,Bartoli F,Blagojevic J,Tempestini A,Pignone A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present information technologies use semiconductor devices and magnetic/optical disks; however, they are all foreseen to face fundamental limitations within a decade. Therefore, superceding devices are required for the next paradigm of high-performance information technologies. The paper first describes architectures ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wada Y

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the study of nationalism has received much attention throughout the social sciences and humanities, the experimental investigation of it lags behind. In this paper we review recent advances in the examination of implicit nationalism. In the first set of experiments we survey, the Palestinian, Israeli, Italian, a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hassin RR,Ferguson MJ,Kardosh R,Porter SC,Carter TJ,Dudareva V

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：:We created a toolbox of recombinant, microbial lipases, which allows us in combination with a lipase database to choose among the overexpressed lipases the most appropriate for a specific application and to improve it further via mutagenesis. By systematic comparison of geometry and properties of the scissile fatty ac...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schmidt-Dannert C,Pleiss J,Schmid RD

更新日期：1998-12-13 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：:The prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing in the United States, particularly among women. Approximately 60-70% of hypertension in adults may be directly attributed to obesity. In addition, maternal obesity is a major risk factor for hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. The underlying mechanisms for the assoc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fu Q

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the morphological phenotypes in patients with different mutations of the PMP22 gene gives additional insights into the role of the protein in myelin function. The pathology in young patients is in some aspects different from the pathology in older patients, providing essential and additional information a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gabreëls-Festen A,VAN DE Wetering R

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-HT2B receptors, in addition to phospholipase C stimulation, are able to trigger activation of the proto-oncogene product p21ras. During mouse embryogenesis, a peak of 5-HT2B receptor expression is detected at the neurulation stage; we localized the 5-HT2B expression in neural crest cells, heart myocardium, and somit...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Choi DS,Kellermann O,Richard S,Colas JF,Bolaños-Jimenez F,Tournois C,Launay JM,Maroteaux L

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is a common response of epidermal cells to a variety of noxious stimuli such as ultraviolet (UV) radiation from solar light and proinflammatory cytokines from skin-infiltrating leukocytes. Here, we report that two types of plant-derived antioxidants, the phenylpropanoid glycoside verbascoside as well ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pastore S,Potapovich A,Kostyuk V,Mariani V,Lulli D,De Luca C,Korkina L

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) in individuals over 40 years of age comprises three groups: early-onset MG with prolonged disease duration, late-onset MG with thymoma, and late-onset of nonthymomatous MG. The clinical features do not differ between the three groups, except that early-onset patients with prolonged disease durat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Aarli JA,Romi F,Skeie GO,Gilhus NE

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00