Translational research of ghrelin.

abstract：:Metacommunity ecology combines local (e.g., environmental filtering and biotic interactions) and regional (e.g., dispersal and heterogeneity) processes to understand patterns of species abundance, occurrence, composition, and diversity across scales of space and time. As such, it has a great potential to generalize an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chase JM,Jeliazkov A,Ladouceur E,Viana DS

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated self-recognition in point-light displays depicting actions performed in synchrony with music. Participants were recorded executing three different actions (dancing, walking, and clapping) and were subsequently required to identify the agent (self versus other) from point-light displays with or ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sevdalis V,Keller PE

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While dopamine (DA) receptors mediate acute effects of amphetamine and cocaine, chronic drug administration produces many glutamate-dependent adaptations, including LTP in reward-related neuronal circuits. An important question presents itself: How do DA receptors influence glutamate-dependent synaptic plasticity? Alt...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wolf ME,Mangiavacchi S,Sun X

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction has been suggested as a causal factor for insulin resistance and diabetes. Previously we have shown a decrease of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content in tissues of diabetic patients. The mitochondrial proteins, which regulate the mitochondrial biogensis, including transcription and replication ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Choi YS,Ryu BK,Min HK,Lee SW,Pak YK

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the past three years there has been a rapid expansion in our knowledge of the role TGF-beta mediates in regulating immune responses in vitro. Whether the TGF-beta will be clinically useful to suppress immune responses to transplanted organs or autoimmune responses is unknown. However, now that highly purified q...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Palladino MA,Morris RE,Starnes HF,Levinson AD

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon and the glucagon-like peptides (GLP-1 and GLP-2) share a common evolutionary origin and are triplication products of an ancestral glucagon exon. In mammals, a standard scenario is found where only a single proglucagon-derived peptide set exists. However, fish and amphibians have either multiple proglucagon ge...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ng SY,Lee LT,Chow BK

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, it is known that several chemical agents used or generated by the oil industry are classified as mutagens and/or carcinogens. Among these we have gasoline, diesel, butane gas, styrene, benzene, chloroform, and others. Studies have verified that these chemicals have effects in fertility (abortions, sterility...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Paz-y-Miño C,López-Cortés A,Arévalo M,Sánchez ME

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty female imago of Haemaphysalis concinnae ticks collected from wild vegetation in May of 2001 in the Obor region near Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East were studied. DNA was extracted with commercially available kits following manufacturer's instructions. We used broad range primers SFG3 and SFG6 proposed for am...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mediannikov O,Ivanov L,Nishikawa M,Saito R,Sidelnikov YN,Zdanovskaya NI,Tarasevich IV,Suzuki H

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential impact of atrazine (ATZ) on gonadal malformations in larval Xenopus laevis has been controversially discussed, and a hypothesis has been generated that ATZ might induce the estrogen-synthesizing enzyme aromatase, leading to feminization or demasculinization. Recently, extensive long-term studies clearly ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kloas W,Lutz I,Urbatzka R,Springer T,Krueger H,Wolf J,Holden L,Hosmer A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of acid-base interactions during coordinated acinar and duct cell secretion in the exocrine pancreas is described. The sequence of acid-base events may be summarized as follows: (1) Sorting of secretory proteins and membrane components into the regulated secretory pathway of pancreatic acinar cells is trigger...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Freedman SD,Scheele GA

更新日期：1994-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnitine and its congeners may regulate the immune networks, and their influence on functions of immune cells predominantly or exclusively relies on carnitine-dependent energy production from fatty acids. A reduced pool of carnitines has been demonstrated in either serum or tissues, or both, from patients with a wide...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Famularo G,De Simone C,Trinchieri V,Mosca L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our studies have shown that the acyclic nucleotide analogues PMEA and HPMPC are able to penetrate into cells and are then activated to mono- and diphosphate derivatives. The latter correspond to triphosphate analogues and presumably serve an important role in the biological activity exerted by these antiviral agents. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bronson JJ,Ho HT,De Boeck H,Woods K,Ghazzouli I,Martin JC,Hitchcock MJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central administration of galanin produces performance deficits on a variety of rodent learning and memory tasks. Galanin impairs acquisition and/or retention of the Morris water task, delayed nonmatching to position, T-maze delayed alternation, starburst radial maze, and passive avoidance in normal rats. A primary si...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McDonald MP,Gleason TC,Robinson JK,Crawley JN

更新日期：1998-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-species hybridizations have enabled us to isolate and clone the gene for the beta chain of human fibrinogen. Highlights of the gene for the beta chain revealed by nucleotide sequence analyses, particularly in areas that have a direct bearing on defining the overall organization of the gene, have been presented. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chung DW,Rixon MW,Que BG,Davie EW

更新日期：1983-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A cardinal feature of neurons is the morphological polarity of neurons with serious functional implications. Typically, a neuron has a single axon and several dendrites. Neuronal polarity is essential for the unidirectional signal flow from somata or dendrites to axons in neurons. The initial event in establishing a p...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yoshimura T,Arimura N,Kaibuchi K

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of autoimmune diseases is higher in females than in males. In both sexes, adrenal hormones, that is, glucocorticoids, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and androgens, are inadequately low in patients when compared to healthy controls. Hormonally active androgens are anti-inflammatory, whereas estrogens are ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schmidt M,Naumann H,Weidler C,Schellenberg M,Anders S,Straub RH

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular genetics teaches three lessons relevant to the nature of genetic change during evolution: (1) Genomes are organized as hierarchies of composite systems (multidomain protein-coding sequences; functional loci made up of regulatory, coding, processing, and intervening sequences; and multilocus regulons and repl...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shapiro JA

更新日期：1999-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have heard a wide-ranging set of talks on cosmology and high energy astrophysics at this conference. All I can really do in this short talk is to present my subjective impression of an arbitrary selection of highlights. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rees MJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to identify novel targets for the development of nonhormonal male contraceptives, genome-wide transcriptional profiling of the rat testis was performed. Specifically, enzymatically purified spermatogonia plus early spermatocyctes, pachytene spermatocytes, round spermatids, and Sertoli cells was analyzed a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Johnston DS,Jelinsky SA,Zhi Y,Finger JN,Kopf GS,Wright WW

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic administration of 5,7-HT to newborn rats produces an altered development of the 5-HT neurons in the central nervous system, with marked regional differences. 5,7-Hydroxytryptamine can enter the brain and elicit its neurotoxic actions after systemic administration in the neonatal stage due to an incompletely d...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jonsson G,Pollare T,Hallman H,Sachs C

更新日期：1978-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a rare hereditary disease characterized by recurrent transient ischemic attacks, strokes, and vascular dementia. Various mutations in the Notch3 gene cause the disease, whereas the mechanism of how they cause the di...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Abe K,Murakami T,Matsubara E,Manabe Y,Nagano I,Shoji M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At a given cytosolic domain of a chromaffin cell, the rate and amplitude of the Ca(2+) concentration, [Ca(2+)](c), depend on at least three efficient regulatory mechanisms: (1) the plasmalemmal Ca(2+) channels; (2) the endoplasmic reticulum (ER); and (3) the mitochondria. High-voltage activated Ca(2+) channels of the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cuchillo-Ibanez I,Albillos A,Aldea M,Arroyo G,Fuentealba J,Garcia AG

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:The contact area of bubbles with a transparent heating surface was optically measured during subcooled pool boiling of water on the ground. In the experiments, boiling bubbles were attached to the heating surface with a bubble holder and nearly reproduced the bubble behavior observed in low gravity. DC power was appli...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Suzuki K,Takahashi S,Ohta H

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) has been implicated in the modulation of aggression in animals and humans. A longstanding dogma that aggression and serotonergic activity are inversely related has to be abandoned in light of many new findings. Trait and state aggression are differentially regulated by the 5-HT sy...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Olivier B

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell nucleus is a prominent target of autoantibodies in systemic autoimmune disorders. Approximately 2% of the population in Europe and North America suffers from systemic rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and scleroderma. The molecular mechanisms of systemic aut...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chen M,von Mikecz A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranscriptional control of gene expression plays a key role in regulating gene expression in cells undergoing apoptosis. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is a crucial enzyme in the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin E2 (PGE(2)) and is significantly upregulated in many types of adenocarcinomas. COX-2 overexpre...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mukhopadhyay D,Jung J,Murmu N,Houchen CW,Dieckgraefe BK,Anant S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ibogaine, an alkaloid extracted from Tabemanthe iboga, is being studied as a potential long-acting treatment for oploid and stimulant abuse as well as for alcoholism and smoking. Studies in this laboratory have used animal models to characterize ibogaine's interactions with drugs of abuse, and to investigate the mecha...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Glick SD,Maisonneuve IS

更新日期：1998-05-30 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：:In this paper a novel algorithm is proposed for space trajectory design that combines a systematic and a heuristic method for global optimization. For the systematic part of the algorithm a branching technique is used, whereas a particular implementation of evolution programming forms the core of the heuristic part. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vasile M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00