Ixodes ovatus Ehrlichia exhibits unique ultrastructural characteristics in mammalian endothelial and tick-derived cells.

abstract：:Our studies of Ca2+ release have shown that three classes of compounds--quercetin, which inhibits Ca2+ release by reversal of the Ca2+ pump, H+ ionophores and DCCD, which affect proton gradients, and lipophilic anions, which act to oppose a separation of membrane surface charges--all have potential in probing the mech...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： MacLennan DH,Shoshan V,Wood DS

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:Rats subjected to various accelerations (+G) exhibited increased levels of plasma epinephrine (EPI), norepinephrine (NE), and corticosterone. However, the collection of blood was performed after a centrifugation finished, and therefore the levels could be affected by the process of deceleration. The aim of this study ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Petrak J,Mravec B,Jurani M,Baranovska M,Tillinger A,Hapala I,Frollo I,Kvetnanský R

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite short halflife in biological fluids, nitric oxide (NO) can produce remote or long lasting effect in the cardiovascular system. Long distance transport or local storage of NO might explain these effects. In blood, recent findings suggest that in addition to being a major consumption pathway, interaction of NO w...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Muller B,Kleschyov AL,Alencar JL,Vanin A,Stoclet JC

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a newly developed algorithm in conjunction with the front tracking scheme, we have evaluated the transport associated with a deformable bubble moving in a tube in the presence of a soluble or an insoluble surfactant. Such evaluations are useful to the understanding of gas embolism--a common syndrome for decompre...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ayyaswamy PS,Zhang J,Eckmann DM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years, and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural sources, many based on their use in traditional medicine. The use of herbal drugs is once more escalating in the form of complementary and alternative medicine. The past century...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cragg GM,Newman DJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intense stress can be detrimental for tissue homeostasis and accelerates aging. On the other hand, repeated mild stresses can have beneficial and even life-prolonging effects. Hypersecretion of glucocorticoids (GCs) represents the major hormonal response to stress. However, besides its life-sustaining role, GC excess ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kletsas D,Pratsinis H,Gioni V,Pilichos K,Yiacoumettis AM,Tsagarakis S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This volume provides a small sampling of the rapidly growing science of cancer immunology. Growth in the field includes advances on the requirements for immunization or vaccination and the ways in which immunity can be suppressed or blocked, including active tumor-based mechanisms. I would like to introduce the papers...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Steinman RM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how the gulf between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cellular design arose is a major challenge. The viral eukaryogenesis (VE) hypothesis addresses the challenge of eukaryotic origins by suggesting the first eukaryotic cell was a multimember consortium consisting of a viral ancestor of the nucleus, an archaea...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bell PJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass spectrometric analysis of the low-molecular-weight (LMW) range of the serum/plasma proteome is revealing the existence of large numbers of previously unknown peptides and protein fragments, predicted to be derived from circulating low-abundance proteins. While genomics and proteomics are the primary discovery res...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Byrum S,Montgomery CO,Nicholas RW,Suva LJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that drinking red wine reduces oxidation of LDL. This reduction in oxidation has been attributed to the polyphenolic compounds in red wine, but the mechanisms of absorption and metabolism of these compounds has been unclear. We therefore investigated the absorption and metabolism of polyphenols using rat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yamashita S,Sakane T,Harada M,Sugiura N,Koda H,Kiso Y,Sezaki H

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：: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：:SNAP-25 (synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa) is a plasma membrane protein that, together with syntaxin and the synaptic vesicle protein VAMP/synaptobrevin, forms the SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) docking complex for regulated exocytosis. SNAP-25 also modulates dif...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Corradini I,Verderio C,Sala M,Wilson MC,Matteoli M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The newborn's immune system grows fast from a small size at birth by exposure primarily to the intestinal microflora normally obtained from the mother at and after birth. While building up its immune system, the infant is supported by the transplacental IgG antibodies, which also contain anti-idiotypic antibodies, pos...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hanson LA,Korotkova M,Lundin S,Håversen L,Silfverdal SA,Mattsby-Baltzer I,Strandvik B,Telemo E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based upon their migrating properties and effector functions, CD8(+) T cells have been further classified into central memory (T(CM)) and two types of effector memory (T(EM) and T(EMRA)) cells. These memory cells display distinct replicative characteristics. Because apoptosis plays an important role in cellular homeos...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gupta S,Gollapudi S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undernutrition and inadequate stimulation both negatively influence child health and development and have a long-term impact on school attainment and income. This paper reports data from India and Pakistan looking at how families interact, play with, and feed children; their expectations of growth and development; and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lingam R,Gupta P,Zafar S,Hill Z,Yousafzai A,Iyengar S,Sikander S,Haq Zu,Mehta S,Skordis-Worrel J,Rahman A,Kirkwood B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six highly trained marathon runners developed myocardial infarction. One of the two cases of clinically diagnosed myocardial infarction was fatal, and there were four cases of angiographically-proven infarction. Two athletes had significant arterial disease of two major coronary arteries, a third had stenosis of the a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Noakes T,Opie L,Beck W,McKechnie J,Benchimol A,Desser K

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent perceptual experiments with normal adult listeners show that phonetic information can readily be conveyed by sinewave replicas of speech signals. These tonal patterns are made of three sinusoids set equal in frequency and amplitude to the respective peaks of the first three formants of natural-speech utterances...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Remez RE,Rubin PE,Pisoni DB

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cirrhosis is a condition in which overnutrition, edema, and undernutrition can coexist simultaneously, or successively, over a period of time, giving rise to alterations in body composition, as well as systemic and multiorgan manifestations. We undertook a cross-sectional study of body composition in 198 adult p...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Strauss BJ,Gibson PR,Stroud DB,Borovnicar DJ,Xiong DW,Keogh J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidant activity of Maillard reaction products (MRPs) derived from four sugar-amino acid Maillard reaction model systems (glucose [Glc] or ribose [Rib] reacted with glycine [Gly] and L-lysine [Lys]) were examined in terms of chemical properties and molecular weight fractionation of reaction products. Rib-amino aci...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chen XM,Kitts DD

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect and direct experimental evidence demonstrates that both the entry of extracellular calcium and the liberation of calcium from intracellular stores can contribute to an increase in free cytoplasmic calcium concentration in endothelial cells, which seems to be an essential step in the synthesis and/or release o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rubanyi GM,Vanhoutte PM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More effective therapies have improved survival times of HIV+ patients, resulting in a higher prevalence of long-term complications of the disease. This review focuses on HIV-associated cardiovascular pathology, correlating the morphologic findings to clinical syndromes of HIV disease/AIDS. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： d'Amati G,di Gioia CR,Gallo P

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E is a plasma cholesterol and phospholipid transporter which plays a central role in lipoprotein metabolism in the brain. Apolipoprotein E is a polymorphic protein with three common alleles in the general population, designated epsilon 2, epsilon 3 and epsilon 4 coding for proteins ApoE2, ApoE3 and ApoE...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beffert U,Poirier J

更新日期：1996-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine changes in muscle cell injury and antioxidant capacity of weightlifters following a 1-week intensive resistance-training regimen. Thirty-six female subjects participated in this study, and their ages ranged from 18 to 25 years. The sample group included 19 elite weightlifters with ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Liu JF,Chang WY,Chan KH,Tsai WY,Lin CL,Hsu MC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MRI assessment of myocardial iron and function has revolutionized the treatment of thalassemia major patients. While knowledge of somatic iron stores is vital for iron chelation management, it does not adequately monitor cardiac risk. MRI monitoring of cardiac T2* allows preclinical recognition of myocardial iron, str...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wood JC,Noetzli L

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and plasma exchange (PLEX) are used to treat myasthenia gravis (MG) but with little trial evidence. While a class I study provided evidence for the efficacy of IVIG treatment, the empirical support for PLEX has been less convincing until recently. In a randomized controlled single-mas...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bril V,Barnett-Tapia C,Barth D,Katzberg HD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extension of mammalian health and life span has been achieved using various dietary interventions. We previously reported that restricting dietary methionine (MET) content extends life span only when growth hormone signaling is intact (no life span increase in GH deficiency or GH resistance). To understand the metabol...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brown-Borg HM,Rakoczy S,Wonderlich JA,Borg KE,Rojanathammanee L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular basis of human bitter taste perception is an area of intense research. Only 25 G protein-coupled receptors belonging to the hTAS2R gene family face the challenge to detect thousands of structurally different bitter compounds, most of which are plant metabolites. Since many natural bitter compounds are hi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Behrens M,Reichling C,Batram C,Brockhoff A,Meyerhof W

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we have sought to identify differences in alcohol consumption patterns and problems among young adult males from white, black, and Hispanic ethnic groups entering drug treatment programs. In overall consumption patterns we found results similar to those obtained in general population studies. However, ab...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hubbard RL,Schlenger WE,Rachal JV,Bray RM,Craddock SG,Cavanaugh ER,Ginzburg HM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00