The viral eukaryogenesis hypothesis: a key role for viruses in the emergence of eukaryotes from a prokaryotic world environment.

abstract：:Of the approaches presently available for prevention of blood-transmitted hepatitis, most clearly effective is the avoidance of high-risk donor populations, such as most paid commercial donors. It should be emphasized that even after screening for hepatitis B antigen most paid donor blood carries with it a five-ten ti...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Prince AM

更新日期：1975-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), the frequency of antibodies against insulin (IAA), glutamic acid decarboxylase-65 (GAD65), ICA512/IA2 (IA2), and islet cell antigens (ICA) vary with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) composition of the patient. IAA, IA2 autoantibodies, and ICA are increased in DQ8 positives; GAD65 antib...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gupta M,Graham J,McNeeny B,Zarghami M,Landin-Olsson M,Hagopian WA,Palmer J,Lernmark A,Sanjeevi CB

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article is to investigate the influence of endothelin-1 (ET-1) on human monocyte Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE) activity and on the atherosclerosis-related monocyte functions. ET-1 caused an increase in pHi and in (22)Na influx of monocytes. A reversal of ET-1 effect on pHi was observed in the presen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Koliakos G,Befani C,Paletas K,Kaloyianni M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inactive form of erythrocyte CA I was found in patients with primary aldosteronism. The levels of CA I in the patients were within the normal range: however, the specific esterase activity of CA I from three patients was in the range of 0.12-0.26 u/mg CA I (normal control: 0.66 +/- 0.1 u/mg CA I). In one subject, w...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kondo T,Taniguchi N,Hirano T,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pronounced increases in gangliosides belonging to the gangliotetraose family during the neurite outgrowth phase of neuronal differentiation have suggested a functional requirement for these substances related to process extension, arborization, and possibly synaptogenesis. Support for this hypothesis has come from...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ledeen RW,Wu G,Lu ZH,Kozireski-Chuback D,Fang Y

更新日期：1998-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recently published reports, including ours, suggest that adiponectin is a strong proinflammatory agent. Indeed, exposure of human placenta and adipose tissue to adiponectin induces the production of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), IL-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). We hav...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tsatsanis C,Zacharioudaki V,Androulidaki A,Dermitzaki E,Charalampopoulos I,Minas V,Gravanis A,Margioris AN

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane domain of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX) contains two conserved internal repeat sequences, designated the alpha-1 and alpha-2 repeats. We have studied the topological disposition of residues in the alpha repeats and a neighboring region by substituted cysteine accessibility scanning as well as the funct...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shigekawa M,Iwamoto T,Uehara A,Kita S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicergoline (NE)--a cerebral vasodilator with nicotinic acid esterified in its molecule--and Antagonic-Stress (AS) composition--a neurometabolic nootropic, also containing nicotinic acid but with fast and prolonged release--were evaluated in senile dementia of Alzheimer's type (SDAT), mild to moderate intensity (DSM-I...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schneider F,Popa R,Mihalas G,Stefanigă P,Mihalas IG,Măties R,Mateescu R

更新日期：1994-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences and with support from the National Institute of Mental Health, the Life Technologies Foundation, and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, "Advancing Drug Discovery for Schizophrenia" was held March 9-11 at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City. The meeting, comprisi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Marder SR,Roth B,Sullivan PF,Scolnick EM,Nestler EJ,Geyer MA,Welnberger DR,Karayiorgou M,Guidotti A,Gingrich J,Akbarian S,Buchanan RW,Lieberman JA,Conn PJ,Haggarty SJ,Law AJ,Campbell B,Krystal JH,Moghaddam B,Sawa A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane bioreactors can be operated with intermittent permeation and continuous aeration. Aeration close to the surface of a submerged membrane helps to maintain a membrane surface that is free from fouling. The conditions under which this occurs depend on the interaction between flux and aeration rate. Increased flu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Howell JA,Arnot TC,Chua HC

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：:Population trends indicate that in the near future the size of the elderly population will increase. This will result in a large increment in the numbers of persons suffering mild to severe levels of cognitive impairment. While considerable efforts continue to be made to explain brain changes associated with Alzheimer...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： de Leon MJ,Convit A,George AE,Golomb J,de Santi S,Tarshish C,Rusinek H,Bobinski M,Ince C,Miller D,Wisniewski H

更新日期：1996-01-17 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：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is well known to protect delayed neuronal cell death in the brain of rodents. In order to investigate the neuroprotective action of PACAP in the retina, we examined the effects of PACAP on kainic acid (KA)-induced neurotoxicity in the rat retina. Many ganglion...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Seki T,Nakatani M,Taki C,Shinohara Y,Ozawa M,Nishimura S,Ito H,Shioda S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have been long proposed to reside in defined anatomical locations within bone marrow (BM) tissues in direct contact or close proximity to nurturing cell types. Imaging techniques that allow the simultaneous mapping of HSCs and interacting cell types have been central to the discovery of...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gomariz A,Isringhausen S,Helbling PM,Nombela-Arrieta C

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) potently stimulates insulin secretion in vivo in mice without altering glucose disposal. Such a combination of results would be explained if epinephrine released by PACAP counteracts the action of insulin and, therefore, that the gluc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ahrén B,Filipsson K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current status of gene transfer experiments indicates that it is possible to provide (1) safe and efficient retroviral packaging lines for gene transfer; and (2) vectors containing the human beta-globin genes and selectable marker genes which can be transmitted into erythroid cells and are appropriately expressed....

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bank A,Markowitz D,Lerner N

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High demand of neoplastic tissues for glutamine (Gln) is met by its active transport across cell membranes. Chronic treatment with acrylamide in rodents is associated with an increased incidence of neoplasms, including astrocytomas. In this study, 24-h acrylamide treatment significantly increased the initial rate of l...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wu Q,Sidoryk M,Mutkus L,Zielińska M,Albrecht J,Aschner M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is the product of the ob gene located in humans on chromosome 7q31.3. It is a 16-kDa protein named after the Greek "leptos," meaning lean, to indicate the function that this adipocyte-secreted protein was thought to have. Since its discovery, in fact, most of the research focused on the role of leptin in body-w...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ghizzoni L,Mastorakos G

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：:The human spatial orientation system is highly complex and nonlinear. It is difficult, therefore, to arrive at an unequivocal model of the underlying processing by merely combining the known elementary mechanisms ("bottom-up" approach); additional "top-down" concepts are required to narrow the choice between several f...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mergner T,Becker W

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipogenesis occurs primarily in the liver, where dietary carbohydrates control the expression of key enzymes in glycolytic and lipogenic pathways. We have recently discovered that the transcription factor XBP1, best known as a key regulator of the unfolded protein response (UPR), is required for de novo fatty acid syn...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Glimcher LH,Lee AH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific probes (alpha-bungarotoxin for acetylcholine receptor (AChR), staphylococcal protein A for IgG, monospecific antibodies against C3 and C9) labelled with peroxidase were applied to study of the ultrastructure of the MG end plate. In each case of MG there was postsynaptic AChR deficiency, usually greatest at en...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Engel AG,Sahashi K,Fumagalli G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal symptoms are common, and can arise from mucosal, motor, functional, and neoplastic processes, among others. Judicious use of diagnostic testing can help define the etiology of symptoms and can direct management. Endoscopy, esophageal high-resolution manometry (HRM), ambulatory pH or pH-impedance manometry, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gyawali CP,de Bortoli N,Clarke J,Marinelli C,Tolone S,Roman S,Savarino E

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy at high altitude (>2700 m) is associated with higher rates of fetal growth restriction and preeclampsia as well as alterations in placentation, including increased villous vascularization and reduced remodeling of maternal spiral arteries. Because circulatory fetal DNA concentrations were shown to be enhance...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zhong XY,Wang Y,Chen S,Labu,Pubuzhuoma,Gesangzhuogab,Ouzhuwangmu,Hahn C,Holzgreve W,Hahn S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Processes that regulate quiescence, self-renewal, and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are not well understood. Owing, in part, to the ability of xenobiotic ligands to have persistent effects on the immune system in experimental animals, there has been much work to define a physiological role of the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gasiewicz TA,Singh KP,Bennett JA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-controlled local immune response is needed for recovery from CNS injury, and autoimmune T cells play a key role in mediating this response. Autoimmunity, at least in the context of the CNS, is the body's fighting force against self-derived destructive compounds, and "tolerance to self" (traditionally though mis...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schwartz M,Kipnis J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the functional response to human relaxin 2 (H2 relaxin), human relaxin 3 (H3 relaxin), porcine relaxin, and human INSL3 in the cytosensor microphysiometer, using CHO-K1 cells stably expressing human GPCR135. CHO-K1 cells stably expressing GPCR135 were generated by the serial dilution method and rec...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Van der Westhuizen ET,Sexton PM,Bathgate RA,Summers RJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect evidence, including neuroprotection against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-neurotoxicity by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors and resistance of transgenic animals deficient in NOS, is controversial. We have reviewed evidence in favor of oxidative stress during the development of MPTP...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mohanakumar KP,Thomas B,Sharma SM,Muralikrishnan D,Chowdhury R,Chiueh CC

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical safety and efficacy evaluation of a novel bioartificial liver support system (BLSS) was conducted using a D-galactosamine canine liver failure model. The BLSS houses a suspension of porcine hepatocytes in a hollow fiber cartridge with the hepatocytes on one side of the membrane and whole blood flowing on t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Patzer JF 2nd,Mazariegos GV,Lopez R,Molmenti E,Gerber D,Riddervold F,Khanna A,Yin WY,Chen Y,Scott VL,Aggarwal S,Kramer DJ,Wagner RA,Zhu Y,Fulmer ML,Block GD,Amiot BP

更新日期：1999-06-18 00:00:00