Clues to immune tolerance: the monogenic autoimmune syndromes.

abstract：:Whole body exposure of rabbits to microwave radiation causes a decrease in ascorbic acid in the lens. In our study, rabbit lenses maintained in culture medium (37 degrees C) were exposed to either pulsed or continuous wave S-band radiation for 10-15 min at power densities between 0 and 200 mW/cm-2. Total ascorbic acid...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Weiter JJ,Finch ED,Schulz W,Frattali V

更新日期：1975-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:This communication summaries a series of observations of the transport function of the crypt of the rat distal colon. Development of methods to study both 22Na uptake by apical membrane vesicles prepared from crypt cells and intracellular pHi (pHi), fluid movement (Jv), and bicarbonate secretion during microperfusion ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Binder HJ,Rajendran VM,Geibel JP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia and reperfusion injure the heart, as manifested by myocardial infarction, postischemic ventricular functional dysfunctions, arrhythmias, and cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Hearts can be adapted to ischemic-reperfusion injury by subjecting them to non-lethal cyclic episodes of short-term ischemia and reperfusion. Th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Maulik N,Sasaki H,Galang N

更新日期：1999-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-associated alterations in the mitochondrial electron transport system (ETS) may lead to free radical generation and contribute to aging. The complexes of the ETS were screened spectrophotometrically in gastrocnemius of young (10 month) as well as older (20 and 26 month) B6C3F1 female mice fed an ad libitum (AL) di...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Feuers RJ

更新日期：1998-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid advances in the biomedical sciences are producing new means of intervention against many of the major tropical diseases. The discovery of new drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tests, however, is only the first, though important, step down an often long and difficult road to their effective deployment in disease con...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Smith PG

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G3139 is an 18mer phosphorothioate oligonucleotide targeted to the initiation codon region of the Bcl-2 mRNA. Because of the ability of this antisense construct to downregulate the expression of Bcl-2 mRNA and protein, it has entered phase III clinical trials in a number of human cancers, including advanced melanoma. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Benimetskaya L,Lai JC,Khvorova A,Wu S,Miller P,Stein CA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent immunologic studies have provided important new information about the nature of AHF deficiency diseases and the structure and synthesis of this protein. They provide, moreover, a considerably improved ability to identify the carrier state in hemophilia A. Additional progress may be possible in the identificatio...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hoyer LW,Rick ME

更新日期：1975-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that a central even in the early pathogenesis of sporadic Alzheimer disease (SAD) is the dysfunction of the neuronal insulin receptor signal transduction. To prove this, this receptor was inhibited by a triplicate icv application of STZ. Insulin binding sites were upregulated as in SAD. With r...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hoyer S,Lee SK,Löffler T,Schliebs R

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:In electrical impedance cardiography, Kubicek's formula is often used to measure stroke volume from thoracic impedance variations synchronously to heart activity. To calculate stroke volume from impedance variations, the so-called outflow problem should be adequately solved. This outflow problem refers to the joint ca...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Faes TJ,Raaijmakers E,Meijer JH,Goovaerts HG,Heethaar RM

更新日期：1999-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic purulent rhinosinusitis (CPR) is an inflammatory condition of unknown origin. Although various medical and surgical treatment modalities are available, 5-10% of patients remain refractory. Immune deficiency is one of the underlying risk factors for this disease. Earlier studies demonstrated disturbances in cel...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dalm VA,de Wit H,Drexhage HA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The damaging effects of superoxide in mitochondria leading to pathological disorders and aging are well documented and usually ascribed to superoxide's role as a precursor of reactive free radical species. However, the latest findings point out the importance of the nucleophilic properties of superoxide and its abilit...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Afanas'Ev IB

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More effective therapies have improved survival times of HIV+ patients, resulting in a higher prevalence of long-term complications of the disease. This review focuses on HIV-associated cardiovascular pathology, correlating the morphologic findings to clinical syndromes of HIV disease/AIDS. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： d'Amati G,di Gioia CR,Gallo P

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A summary is provided of the early history of research on the flow of nonrenewable energy resources through the economy and of the flow of renewable energy resources through a natural ecosystem. The techniques are similar, and many specific applications are provided. A combined economic and ecological technique is als...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hannon B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual dimorphism is a well-documented phenomenon that is observed at all levels of the animal kingdom. Historically, sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen) have been implicated as key players in a wide array of pathologies displaying sexual dimorphism in their etiology and progression. While these hormones clearly ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Quinn M,Ramamoorthy S,Cidlowski JA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether the previously reported differences in adenylate cyclase activity between the sarcolemma of normal and dystrophic chick muscles are also found in the SR, to search for a possible relationship between the adenylate cyclase changes and the pathophysiology of dystrophy, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rodan GA,Rodan SB,Raible DG,Cutler LS,Wacholtz M,Sha'afi RI

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional profiling and functional genomics experiments using E11.5 metanephros organ cultures from Ahr(-/-) and Ahr(+/+) have shown that aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) transcription factor is involved in the regulation of mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition (MET) during nephrogenesis. This response is mediate...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ramos KS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translin and translin-associated factor X (translin/TRAX) proteins have been implicated in a variety of cellular activities central to nucleic acid metabolism. Accumulating evidence indicates that translin/TRAX complexes participate in processes ensuring the replication of DNA, as well as cell division. Significant pr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kasai M,Ishida R,Nakahara K,Okumura K,Aoki K

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small but measurable component of some indoor lighting is ultraviolet radiation (UVR); whether it is sufficient to modify the indoor worker's risk for chronic skin changes is not directly answerable with available technology. A first approach to this question involves a) estimating a range of annual background solar...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cole C,Forbes PD,Davies RE,Urbach F

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taken together with electrophysiological data, these results suggest that in states of DA deficiency, systemically administered L-dopa or DA agonist drugs inhibit cell firing in the major output nuclei of the basal ganglia (GPI and SNPR). We propose that DA produces this net effect by a direct influence on the striato...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wooten GF

更新日期：1997-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:During food shortage, organisms activate defense mechanisms to maximize their chance of survival. At least in part, these responses are triggered by changes in hormonal status and neural status during starvation. The hypothalamus is organized as a collection of distinct autonomously active nuclei and is considered to ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chiba T,Fujita S,Kubota H,Inoue D,Mizuno A,Komatsu T,Yamaza H,Higami Y,Shimokawa I

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most ecological economists believe that the transition to a steady-state economy is necessary to ensure ecological sustainability and to maximize a nation's economic welfare. While some observers agree with the necessity of the steady-state economy, they are nonetheless critical of the suggestion made by ecological ec...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lawn P

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormones and neuropeptides may influence the activities of lymphoid organs and cells via endocrine and local autocrine/paracrine pathways. A paradigm of the interactions between the neuroendocrine and immune system is sophisticatedly represented in the thymus. Indeed, receptors for these molecules are heterogeneously ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ferone D,Boschetti M,Resmini E,Giusti M,Albanese V,Goglia U,Albertelli M,Vera L,Bianchi F,Minuto F

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2014, there was an outbreak of beriberi on Kuria, a remote atoll in Kiribati, a small Pacific Island nation. A thiamine-poor diet consisting mainly of rice, sugar, and small amounts of fortified flour was likely to blame. We aimed to design a food fortification strategy to improve thiamine intakes in Kuria. We surv...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Green TJ,Whitfield KC,Daniels L,Brown RC,Houghton LA

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging research suggests that cerebral white matter (WM) integrity, as reflected in fractional anisotropy (FA) via diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), is decreased in older adults, especially in the prefrontal regions of the brain. Behavioral investigations of cognitive functioning suggest that some aspects of cogni...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Marks BL,Madden DJ,Bucur B,Provenzale JM,White LE,Cabeza R,Huettel SA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is an endocrine organ that contributes to thermogenesis and energy consumption. We investigated the effects of salt loading and surgical removal of whitened interscapular BAT (iBAT) on cardiac and adipose tissue pathology in DahlS.Z-Leprfa /Leprfa (DS/obese) rats, an animal model of metaboli...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Komatsu Y,Aoyama K,Yoneda M,Ito S,Sano Y,Kawai Y,Cui X,Yamada Y,Furukawa N,Ikeda K,Nagata K

更新日期：2020-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The strategy of "manufacturing uncertainty" has been used with great success by polluters and manufacturers of dangerous products to oppose public health and environmental regulation. This strategy entails questioning the validity of scientific evidence on which the regulation is based. While this approach is most ide...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Michaels D

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human alpha 2-antiplasmin (alpha 2AP) is the primary inhibitor of plasmin-mediated fibrinolysis and is an efficient substrate of activated factor XIII (FXIIIa). Among 452 amino acid residues in alpha 2AP, Gln2 is believed to be the sole FXIIIa-reactive site that participates in crosslinking alpha 2AP to fibrin. We stu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lee KN,Lee CS,Tae WC,Jackson KW,Christiansen VJ,McKee PA

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Formaldehyde was administered for 104 weeks in drinking water supplied ad libitum at concentrations of 1500, 1000, 500, 100, 50, 10, or 0 mg/L to groups of 50 male and 50 female Sprague-Dawley rats beginning at seven weeks of age. Control animals (100 males and 100 females) received tap water only. Acetaldehyde was ad...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Soffritti M,Belpoggi F,Lambertin L,Lauriola M,Padovani M,Maltoni C

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00