Steroid therapy and the endometrium: biological and clinical implications.

abstract：:Sensorineural hearing loss results from the degeneration of hair cells and/or auditory neurons in the cochlea of the inner ear. BDNF and NT-3 were shown to support survival of auditory neurons both in vitro and in vivo. Cochlea from P3-P4 rats were cultured as floating explants and hair cells in the organ of Corti wer...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kuang R,Hever G,Zajic G,Yan Q,Collins F,Louis JC,Keithley E,Magal E

更新日期：1999-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Though several studies show that genetic factors influence individual differences in musical engagement, aptitude, and achievement, no study to date has investigated whether specialization among musically active individuals in terms of choice of instrument and genre is heritable. Using a large twin cohort, we explored...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mosing MA,Ullén F

更新日期：2018-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic sequence data provide evidence for a common origin of life and for its evolution by genetic variation via mutation and recombination. This paper discusses the fundamental dialectic paradigm of evolution--stability versus variability--at the crossroads of molecular genetics, population genetics, ecology, and th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Radman M,Matic I,Taddei F

更新日期：1999-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorientation may draw attention from other activities and its impact on cognition may cause pilot error and problems of concentration in dizzy patients. Tasks used to study the impact of disorientation include number processing, intelligence scales and Brookes matrices (reproduction of 2xD patterns of numbers vs. no...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gresty MA,Golding JF

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal modulators of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis are corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP). Corticotropin-releasing hormone is not exclusively produced in the hypothalamus. Its presence has been demonstrated at peripheral inflammatory sites. Ovulation and luteoly...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mastorakos G,Ilias I

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac muscle relies highly on aerobic metabolism. Heart muscle has a high oxygen uptake at resting conditions, which increases many fold during exhaustive physical exercise. Such a high rate of oxidative metabolism is often associated with enhanced production of reactive oxygen metabolites. A single bout of strenuou...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Atalay M,Sen CK

更新日期：1999-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we first present methods and preliminary results of pilot surveys of "serious" mental retardation (IQ less than or equal to 55); the surveys included screening and diagnostic components and were carried out in the less-developed world. Next we discuss two problems raised by these surveys: one is the diag...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stein Z,Durkin M,Belmont L

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preventive effects of the phytoalexin trans-resveratrol toward cancer have been largely described at the cellular and molecular levels in both in vivo and in vitro models; however, its primary targets are still poorly identified. In this review, we show the crucial role of cell membrane microdomains, that is, lipi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Delmas D,Aires V,Colin DJ,Limagne E,Scagliarini A,Cotte AK,Ghiringhelli F

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human serum resistance-associated (SRA) gene was identified in 28 (80%) of the 35 T.b. rhodesiense trypanosomes from parasitologically confirmed sleeping sickness cases, using the primers designed by Radwanska and in 27 (77.1%) of the same 35 T.b. rhodesiense trypanosomes using the primers designed by Gibson. Howe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Enyaru JC,Matovu E,Nerima B,Akol M,Sebikali C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of blood-brain barrier permeability and metabolic processes, and their regulation by endogenous or exogenous factors, will be important for development of efficient and selective delivery of therapeutic agents to the central nervous system. Primary cultures of brain microvessel endothelial cells offer a ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Audus KL,Borchardt RT

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of an ongoing randomized clinical trial for childhood-abuse-related PTSD, this study examined the association between PTSD and unresolved attachment as measured by the Adult Attachment Interview in a sample of 52 female childhood-abuse survivors. Results revealed that 55% of the sample was classified as preocc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stovall-McClough KC,Cloitre M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Babesia felis, originally identified in wild cats in the Sudan, was subsequently found to cause clinical disease in domestic cats. Although babesiosis in domestic cats has been reported sporadically from various countries, as a significant disease it appears to be a distinctly South African phenomenon. Apart from an i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Penzhorn BL,Schoeman T,Jacobson LS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) entering maternal circulation during pregnancy constitute a potential source of material for safe and reliable noninvasive prenatal diagnosis. The increased prevalence of beta-thalassemia mutations in countries like Greece may create a problem, making it difficult to distinguish...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mavrou A,Kolialexi A,Antsaklis A,Krikos X,Koratzis A,Metaxotou C

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with the clinical diagnosis of Wallenberg's syndrome caused by acute unilateral ischemic infarctions, which included the vestibular nucleus in the medullary brain stem and afferent vestibular pathways, were examined by positron emission tomography (PET) during caloric vestibular stimulation. They all ha...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dieterich M,Bense S,Stephan T,Brandt T,Schwaiger M,Bartenstein P

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects on ex vivo LDL resistance to oxidation and biomarkers of in vivo oxidative stress in response to 3-month dietary vitamin E restriction to 25% of recommended intake and 2-month unrestricted dietary intake and supplementation with 800 IU/d were studied in 100 healthy, nonsmoking 20-75-year-old volunteers. Si...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Winklhofer-Roob BM,Meinitzer A,Maritschnegg M,Roob JM,Khoschsorur G,Ribalta J,Sundl I,Wuga S,Wonisch W,Tiran B,Rock E,VITAGE Study Group.

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orbital evolution of about 26,000 Jupiter-crossing objects and 1,500 resonant asteroids under the gravitational influence of planets was investigated. The rate of their collisions with terrestrial planets was estimated by computing the probabilities of collisions based on random-phase approximations and the orbita...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ipatov SI,Mather JC

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have witnessed an explosive growth in available biological data. This includes a tremendous quantity of sequence data (e.g., biological structures, genetic and physical maps, pathways) generated by genome and transcriptome projects focused on humans, mice, and a multitude of other species. Diabetes resear...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Petrovsky N,Silva D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight junction (TJ) properties are determined by membrane protein complexes of neighboring cells that form both a barrier and a selective pathway for paracellular substrate transport. Our previous work supports the view that paracellular permeability changes in the thick ascending limb (TAL) may underlie the mechanism...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shan Q,Himmerkus N,Hou J,Goodenough DA,Bleich M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the dideoxynucleosides described to date, the purine analogues ddA and ddI have exhibited very favorable therapeutic ratios in vitro. ddI is presently undergoing extensive phase I-II clinical trials. Whereas the action of adenosine deaminase (ADA) and purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) is usually to convert a gi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fridland A,Johnson MA,Cooney DA,Ahluwalia G,Marquez VE,Driscoll JS,Johns DG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis in T and B lymphocytes is a major element controlling the immune response. Activation induced cell death (AICD) in T cells is a main mechanism for maintaining peripheral tolerance and for limiting an ongoing immune response. AICD is initiated by antigen reengagement of the T cell receptor (TCR), and mediated...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Delgado M,Ganea D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphomannose isomerase (PMI), an enzyme not present in many plants, catalyzes the reversible interconversion of mannose 6-phosphate and fructose 6-phosphate. Plant cells lacking this enzyme are incapable of surviving on synthetic medium containing mannose. Thus PMI/mannose selection has utility in the identification...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Privalle LS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following study describes the basic demography of colorectal cancer patients and characteristics of the disease seen at a regional tertiary care cancer hospital. The study highlights the influence of gender and age on the occurrence of this malignancy in patients in Pakistan. In general, this population shares man...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Anwar N,Badar F,Yusuf MA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal function of the lymphatic vessels is associated with a variety of diseases, such as tumor metastasis and lymphedema. The development of strategies for local and controlled induction or inhibition of lymphangiogenesis would thus be of major importance for the treatment of such diseases. Two growth factors, vas...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Saaristo A,Karkkainen MJ,Alitalo K

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, I describe the development of the Irie Classroom Toolbox, a school-based violence prevention, teacher training program for use with children aged 3-6 years. In-depth interviews were conducted with Jamaican preschool teachers, who had participated in a trial of a classroom behavior management program, at...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Baker-Henningham H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-lymphocytes from three species of New World monkeys were susceptible to transformation in vitro with human T-cell leukemia virus. Marmoset T-lymphocytes transformed in vitro with HVS or HVA, T-lymphotropic herpesviruses of New World monkeys, were also transformed with HTLV resulting in doubly transformed T-cells. Th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Falk LA Jr,Byington R,Silva DP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A virus infections result in approximately 500,000 human deaths per year and many more sublethal infections. Wild birds are recognized as the ancestral host of influenza A viruses, and avian viruses have contributed genetic material to most human viruses, including subtypes H5N1 and H1N1. Thus, influenza vir...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vandegrift KJ,Sokolow SH,Daszak P,Kilpatrick AM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tick vector Ixodes ricinus can be found in pastures in landscapes where pasture and woodland intermix, such as in the bocage. To identify which mammal or bird species could potentially transport ticks between woodland and pasture, we did a species inventory on four French bocage sites in 2005. Fifty-eight species ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vourc'h G,Boyard C,Barnouin J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hsp70 chaperone is arguably the most studied member of the heat shock protein family, a legacy traced back to the early days of phage genetics. However, much still remains to be learned about this essential protein-folding machine. Its involvement in a number of human pathologies, ranging from cancer to protein ag...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Morano KA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mytilus edulis, a marine bivalve mollusc, contains hemocytes that share certain properties with cells of the human monocyte-macrophage lineage. Because of this and previously reported similar responses to opioids between Mytilus hemocytes and human granulocytes, we determined whether Mytilus might also possess monokin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hughes TK Jr,Smith EM,Leung MK,Stefano GB

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal hyperintensities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are increased in the white matter (WMH) and deep gray matter in dementia and depression and may have similar pathologies. However, no previous study has examined WMH in subjects with major depression. We carried out in vitro MRI on brain tissue from elderly s...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Thomas AJ,Perry R,Barber R,Kalaria RN,O'Brien JT

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00