Synchronization of posttranslational modifications during aging: Time is a crucial biological dimension.

abstract：:Violence against women has been a problem in human cultures for centuries. This is still the case both in developed and in developing countries, but it is in developing countries where the problem is aggravated as the result of cultural norms that are tolerant of men exerting power over women and girls as a commonly a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pick S,Contreras C,Barker-Aguilar A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear receptors are transcription factors that are activated by ligands and subsequently bind to regulatory regions in target genes, thereby modulating their expression. Nuclear receptors thus allow the organism to integrate signals coming from the environment and to adapt by modifying the expression levels of relev...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bocher V,Pineda-Torra I,Fruchart JC,Staels B

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), antiproteinase 3 (PR3) autoantibodies (PR3-ANCA) are crucial in the development of generalized vasculitis. Wegener's pathognomonic lesion, a granulomatous inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tract, contains abundant lymphocytes and macrophages. Lymphocyte clusters in germi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Voswinkel J,Müller A,Lamprecht P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing amount of evidences suggests that galanin plays an important role in the regulation of reproduction in the rat. Galanin is colocalized with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) in a subset of LHRH neurons, and the pattern of coexpression is sexually dimorphic, with a higher incidence of colocaliz...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Merchenthaler I

更新日期：1998-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-17-producing helper T (Th17) cells serve as a Th subset involved in epithelial cell- and neutrophil-mediated immune responses against extracellular microbes and in the development of various autoimmune diseases. The differentiation of Th17 cells is controlled by a number of intracellular signaling cas...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nagai S,Kurebayashi Y,Koyasu S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As recently as ten years ago, the nature of the T-cell receptor for antigen was a mystery, as was the precise role of histocompatibility molecules in antigen-presentation to T cells. Although T-cell receptors have now been cloned and crystal structures of MHC/peptide molecules exist, our understanding of the parameter...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Boniface JJ,Davis MM

更新日期：1995-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current study, we examined the effects of minocycline on the osteopenia of ovariectomized (OVX) aged rats using the marrow ablation model. This injury induces rapid bone formation followed by bone resorption in the marrow cavity. Old female rats were randomly divided into five groups: sham, OVX, OVX + minocycli...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Williams S,Barnes J,Wakisaka A,Ogasa H,Liang CT

更新日期：1999-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous scientific papers have suggested health-promoting effects of resveratrol, including claims in the prevention of diseases such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Therefore, it was proposed that the scientific community needed to express recommendations on the human use of resveratrol. Such recomm...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vang O

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic core needle biopsy has proven to be an accurate technique for evaluation of mammographically detected microcalcification. The development of the Mammotome biopsy system has led many medical centers to use this vacuum-assisted device for the sampling of microcalcifications in mammographically detected nonp...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Faour I,Al-Salam S,El-Terifi H,El Taji H

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The same retinal image motion can be produced by a variety of combinations of eye and target motion. In natural conditions, extraretinal information disambiguates retinal information for motion perception. By controlling the timing of visual motion with respect to saccades, it was possible to appraise the roles for mo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lee C,Lee J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse Schwann cells and rat RN22 schwannoma cells cultured in the absence of neurons and fibroblasts produce typical basement membrane proteins. Heparan sulfate proteoglycan (low density form), nidogen, and protein BM-40 were identified by radioimmunoassays, immunoblotting, and by immunoprecipitation after metabolic l...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dziadek M,Edgar D,Paulsson M,Timpl R,Fleischmajer R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the complete genome sequences of the Nine Mile, K, and G isolates to improve our understanding of the unique virulence properties of C. burnetii and to provide important insight into the genome architecture and genetic diversity of this pathogen. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beare PA,Porcella SF,Seshadri R,Samuel JE,Heinzen RA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established for both rat and man that the total testosterone concentration within the testis is far higher than that in serum. We know for the rat that intratesticular testosterone can be reduced by 50-60% without an adverse effect on spermatogenesis but that the required intratesticular testosterone concen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jarow JP,Zirkin BR

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are two types of escapes in conservative dynamical systems with two degrees of freedom: escapes to infinity and escapes to certain singular points at a finite distance. In both cases the areas on a surface of section are not preserved. We consider the basins of escape to infinity in simple Hamiltonian systems. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Contopoulos G,Harsoula M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of sympathetic nerve fibers (SNFs) occurs in inflamed tissue; and select semaphorins, upregulated during inflammation, stimulate repulsion/loss of SNFs. However, it is unknown whether other factors released locally in inflamed tissue, such as norepinephrine, dopamine, and 17β-estradiol, are also repellent. In ord...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Klatt S,Fassold A,Straub RH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximate entropy (ApEn) is a recently formulated family of parameters and statistics quantifying regularity (orderliness) in serial data, with developments within theoretical mathematics as well as numerous applications to multiple biological contexts. We discuss the motivation for ApEn development, from the study ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pincus SM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory response in the lungs following an inhalation exposure of animals and humans to ozone (O3) is associated with macrophage stimulation, release of chemotactic agents, and neutrophilia. This study investigated the adhesive behavior of the alveolar macrophages and its relevance to the inflammatory process...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bhalla DK,Hoffman LA,Pearson AC

更新日期：1996-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper considers issues arising from presentations by Barry Everitt and Gorica Petrovich concerning amygdalar involvement in appetitive conditioning. Studies reported by these researchers are beginning to unravel the distribution of associative functions among amygdalar nuclei and their efferent targets. The main ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gabriel M,Burhans L,Kashef A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisense oligonucleotides (AON) are being developed for a wide array of therapeutic applications. Significant improvements in their serum stability, target affinity, and safety profile have been achieved with the development of chemically modified oligonucleotides. Here, we compared 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-beta-D-arabinon...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ferrari N,Bergeron D,Tedeschi AL,Mangos MM,Paquet L,Renzi PM,Damha MJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that metabolic inhibition is neuroprotective, but little evidence has been provided to support this proposal. Using the in vitro rabbit retina preparation as an established model of the central nervous system (CNS), we measured the rate of glucose utilization and lactate production, and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Maynard KI,Quiñones-Hinojosa A,Malek JY

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Balb/c mice were infected with Coxiella burnetii and samples of blood and major organs from the infected mice were collected on days 1 to 14 after infection. The DNAs extracted from the samples were detected by a developed real-time quantitative PCR specific for C. burnetii and high loads of C. burnetii were found...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zhang J,Wen B,Chen M,Zhang J,Niu D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological status of presynaptic receptors, regulating sympathetic neurotransmitter release, remains subject to debate. Nevertheless, pharmacological techniques have shown presynaptic alpha-adrenoceptors, mediating a negative feedback inhibition of neuronal noradrenaline (NA) release, and presynaptic beta-adren...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Borkowski KR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this chapter, we will review how signal transduction pathways have been assembled in the past, bringing us to our present understanding of this area of research. The methods employed have relied heavily upon the genetics of yeast, worms, flies, mice, and humans. The use of second site suppressors and epistasis has ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Levine AJ,Hu W,Feng Z,Gil G

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to test the anticancer properties of the water-insoluble derivative of camptothecin, 9-nitrocamptothecin (9NC), administered in a liposome formulation (L-9NC) in aerosol to mice with subcutaneous xenografts of three human cancers and in mice with murine melanoma and human osteosarcoma pul...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Knight V,Kleinerman ES,Waldrep JC,Giovanella BC,Gilbert BE,Koshkina NV

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse models with targeted deletion of the genes encoding the enzyme 25-hydroxyvitamin D 1alpha-hydroxylase [1alpha(OH)ase], and the vitamin D receptor (VDR), have provided considerable insight into the regulation of mineral and skeletal physiology by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)(2)D]. Dietary manipulation induce...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Goltzman D

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RAS interacts with multiple targets in the cell and controls at least two signaling pathways, one regulating extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation and the other controlling membrane ruffling formation. These two pathways appear to act synergistically to cause transformation. Human smooth muscle alpha-...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kumar CC,Ohashi K,Nagata K,Walsh A,Bar-Sagi D,Mizuno K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is clear that thrombopoietin is the primary regulator of thrombopoiesis, several lines of evidence indicate that the hormone affects multiple aspects of hematopoiesis: the in vivo administration of TPO increases marrow levels of erythroid, myeloid, and megakaryocytic progenitor cells and its genetic elimin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kaushansky K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive and/or nondestructive techniques can provide structural information about bone, beyond simple bone densitometry. While the latter provides important information about osteoporotic fracture risk, many studies indicate that bone mineral density (BMD) only partly explains bone strength. Quantitative assessmen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Genant HK,Jiang Y

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief overview is presented of recently developed and currently emerging statistical and computational techniques that have been proved to be highly helpful in handling the avalanche of the new type of data generated by modern high-throughput technologies in experimental biology. The review, in no way comprehensive,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rosenfeld S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the ability of high-dose androgens, namely AAS, administered during adolescence to facilitate aggressive behavior in experimental animals was examined. Data from these studies show clearly that exposure to high doses of multiple AAS during adolescent development can predispose animals to intense ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Melloni RH Jr,Ferris CF

更新日期：1996-09-20 00:00:00