Dairy proteins and the response to pneumovax in senior citizens: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study.

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：:Although smell loss has several potential etiologies (e.g., head trauma, allergic rhinitis, and enlarged adenoids) that are common among children, studies evaluating the prevalence of olfactory dysfunction in the pediatric population are rare. Several challenges confront the clinician or researcher hoping to evaluate ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dalton P,Mennella JA,Cowart BJ,Maute C,Pribitkin EA,Reilly JS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diagnostic test is particularly beneficial if it reveals the level of susceptibility prior to onset of a disease process. In the case of childhood caries, such a diagnostic test affords the opportunity for preventive measures to be implemented before caries begins. Salivary glycoproteins contain a wealth of individu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Denny PC,Denny PA,Takashima J,Galligan J,Navazesh M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anemia affects a third of the world's population and contributes to increased morbidity and mortality, decreased work productivity, and impaired neurological development. Understanding anemia's varied and complex etiology is crucial for developing effective interventions that address the context-specific causes of ane...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chaparro CM,Suchdev PS

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to that in adults, hypertension in children is frequently amenable to surgical therapy. With advancing techniques in imaging, surgery, and anesthesia, the outcomes of surgery are excellent for children with endocrine tumors causing hypertension. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Newman KD,Ponsky T

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The harmful effects of oxidative processes in living organisms, in addition to chemical and biochemical media, can be reduced by antioxidants. The efficacy of an antioxidant depends on its reduction potential and kinetics of elimination of diverse free radicals. Redox potentials and reaction rate constants of selected...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jovanovic SV,Simic MG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In summary, the exon/intron structure of the chicken type II collagen gene is identical with that of the chicken alpha 2(I) collagen gene and differs at only one known position from the human and mouse alpha 1(I) genes. However, the chicken type II gene is different from the chicken alpha 2(I) gene in that it is consi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Upholt WB,Strom CM,Sandell LJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Without landmarks, navigation is based on information about self-velocity, which is transformed to position or orientation by a process called path integration. Simple path integration tasks, such as reaching a previously seen goal by blindfolded locomotion, were often considered to be automatic and not influenced by ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Glasauer S,Stein A,Günther AL,Flanagin VL,Jahn K,Brandt T

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:Evidence gathered to date from topographic data, geophysical data, well logs, and drill-core samples indicates that the buried Chicxulub basin, the source crater for the approximately 65 Ma Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) boundary deposits, is approximately 300 km in diameter. A prominent topographic ridge and a ring of gra...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sharpton VL,Marin LE

更新日期：1997-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:At the alpha(2A)-autoreceptors on the sympathetic nerve terminals of the human atrial appendages and rabbit pulmonary artery, rilmenidine and oxymetazoline exhibit different properties (antagonism and agonism, respectively). These opposite pharmacodynamic properties of alpha(2)-adrenoceptor ligands seem to be due to s...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Molderings GJ,Bonisch H,Bruss M,Gothert M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though only a decade has elapsed since the default network (DN) was first defined as a large-scale brain system, recent years have brought great insight into the network's adaptive functions. A growing theme highlights the DN as playing a key role in internally directed or self-generated thought. Here, we synthesize r...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Andrews-Hanna JR,Smallwood J,Spreng RN

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A range of imidazoline derivatives are known to be effective stimulators of insulin secretion, and this response correlates with closure of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in the pancreatic beta-cell. However, mounting evidence indicates that potassium channel blockade may form only part of the mechanism by which imi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Morgan NG,Chan SL,Mourtada M,Monks LK,Ramsden CA

更新日期：1999-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Proinflammatory cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) might be, at least partially, responsible for the development of osteopenia or osteoporosis in Crohn's disease. We investigated whether anti-TNF therapy for Crohn's disease could have any skeletal impact. Therefore, we studied the effects of ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pazianas M,Rhim AD,Weinberg AM,Su C,Lichtenstein GR

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the flight experiment, supporting ground science, and the design rationale for a project on spaceflight holography investigation in a virtual apparatus (SHIVA). SHIVA is a fundamental study of particle dynamics in fluids in microgravity. Gravitation effects and steady Stokes drag often dominate th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Trolinger JD,L'Esperance D,Rangel RH,Coimbra CF,Witherow WK

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation and histone modification promote changes in chromatin structure that may affect gene expression in a heritable manner without directly altering the genome. As such, these phenomena are considered to be epigenetic in nature and are believed to contribute to the normal processes of human development but ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sutherland JE,Costa M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation study is to evaluate safety, tolerability, and enhancement on healing of thymosin beta-4 (Tbeta-4) administered topically in patients with venous ulcers. Three groups of patients, coming from 10 sites, 5 from Italy and 5 from Poland, will be enrol...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Guarnera G,DE Rosa A,Camerini R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) impairs olfaction, but it is uncertain how early this occurs in the disease process and whether the effect can be accounted for by other behavioral or genetic markers of the disease. We administered the Brief Smell Identification Test (BSIT) to 471 older people without dementia or cognitive im...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wilson RS,Arnold SE,Schneider JA,Boyle PA,Buchman AS,Bennett DA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes play a major role in behavioral adaptation to challenging environmental stimuli, but the complexity of their contribution remains unclear. There is growing evidence linking disease phenotypes with genes on the one hand, and the genesis of stress-related disorders like major depression, as a result of exposure to...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jabbi M,Korf J,Ormel J,Kema IP,den Boer JA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NAFTA and GATT have specified that we must base import decisions on sound scientific information. This includes the use of risk assessment procedures to justify excluding or restricting the international movement of either live animals or products from animals. Procedures and techniques have been described for calcula...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Metcalf HE,Blackwell JH,Acree JA

更新日期：1996-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether T cells promote bone loss following immobilization after spinal cord injury (SCI) remains undetermined. Therefore, wild-type (WT) and T cell-deficient (Tcrb-/- ) male mice underwent sham or contusion SCI to cause hindlimb paralysis. Femurs were isolated and distal and midshaft regions were evaluated by microco...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sahbani K,Shultz LC,Cardozo CP,Bauman WA,Tawfeek HA

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV encephalopathy has been in the past years the most typical CNS disorder in patients with AIDS. Histologic abnormalities consist in astrocytosis, myelin pallor, infiltration by infected macrophages, resident microglia and multinucleated giant cells, generally in absence of direct infection of neurons. Mononuclear p...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Antinori A,Giancola ML,Alba L,Soldani F,Grisetti S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forests are one of Earth's critical biomes. They have been shown to respond strongly to many of the drivers that are predicted to change natural systems over this century, including climate, introduced species, and other anthropogenic influences. Predicting how different tree species might respond to this complex of f...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McMahon SM,Dietze MC,Hersh MH,Moran EV,Clark JS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Trk family of tyrosine-protein kinases, TrkA, TrkB, and TrkC, are the signaling receptors that mediate the biological properties of the NGF family of neurotrophins. This family of growth factors includes in addition to NGF, BDNF, NT-3, and NT-4. TrkA is the NGF receptor. TrkB serves as a receptor for both BDNF and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Barbacid M

更新日期：1995-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete recovery of ischemic cardiac muscle after myocardial infarction is still an unresolved concern. In recent years, intensive research efforts have focused on mimicking the physical and biological properties of myocardium for cardiac repair. Here we show how heart regeneration approaches have evolved from cell t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Soler-Botija C,Bagó JR,Bayes-Genis A

更新日期：2012-04-01 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 W-curve is a numerical mapping algorithm that provides tertiary information content of long and short genomic sequences. The most popular genomic pattern recognition algorithms depend on string matching of the primary information content of short genomic sequences. Herein, we describe a way to define the fuzzy pro...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cork DJ,Toguem A

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The superior soft tissue contrast and multiplanar capability of magnetic resonance imaging has contributed to earlier diagnosis and implementation of effective treatment for a variety of arthropathies. Owing to overlapping clinical signs and symptoms, MRI plays a role in delineating the features and stages of these co...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Momeni M,Brindle K

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal cancer (EC) is one of the most lethal cancers and a public health concern worldwide, owing to late diagnosis and lack of efficient treatment. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) are main histopathological subtypes of EC that show striking differences in geographical...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Talukdar FR,di Pietro M,Secrier M,Moehler M,Goepfert K,Lima SSC,Pinto LFR,Hendricks D,Parker MI,Herceg Z

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and basic research in the area of drugs of abuse are of utmost importance since they provide the necessary background for health programs in one of the main problems of contemporary society. The available data in this field demonstrate that acute, subacute and/or chronic abuse of illicit drugs, e.g., cocaine,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Silva-Araújo A,Tavares MA

更新日期：1996-10-31 00:00:00