Investigating transcriptional regulation by fluorescence spectroscopy, from traditional methods to state-of-the-art single-molecule approaches.

abstract：:The mesodiencephalic junction is the site of the prenuclear control of vertical eye motion. We measured vertical saccades, smooth pursuit (SP), the vertical vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR), and its interactions with vision during active head motion in 21 patients with midbrain lesions causing palsy of vertical saccades,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sharpe JA,Kim JS

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its structurally related proteins are involved in the developmental regulation of various brain neurons, including midbrain dopaminergic neurons. We recently reported EGF and EGF-receptor abnormalities in both the brain tissues and blood of schizophrenic patients. Administration of EG...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mizuno M,Malta RS Jr,Nagano T,Nawa H

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a public health epidemic associated with a number of comorbidities, most notably type 2 diabetes and hypertension, as well as elevated all-cause mortality. The treatment for obesity and its associated comorbidities has most recently expanded into the field of bariatric endoscopy. This field bridges a gap be...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hill C,Khashab MA,Kalloo AN,Kumbhari V

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) provides financial compensation to land owners who avoid converting standing forests to other land uses. In this paper, we review the main opportunities and challenges for REDD+ implementation, including expectations for REDD+ to deliver on multiple ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Venter O,Koh LP

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of autoantibodies specific for double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) is a useful tool for the diagnosis and the prognosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A new quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), ORG anti-dsDNA, is recently available for the determination of anti-dsDNA antibodies....

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bardin N,Ragot C,Sanmarco M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To live beyond the octogenarian years, population and molecular genetic studies of centenarian sibships indicate that genetic factors play an increasingly important role as the limit of life span is approached. These factors are likely to influence basic mechanisms of aging that in turn broadly influence susceptibilit...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Perls T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dietary preferences, gastrointestinal anatomy, digestive physiology, biochemical capabilities, and commensal microflora of a bird are collectively known as its nutritional strategy. Measurement of hormones in droppings requires an appreciation of an animal's nutritional strategy in order to optimize collection pro...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Klasing KC

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic stroke is one of the leading causes of death and morbidity worldwide, and systemic thrombolytic treatment is still the first-line therapy within 4.5 h from symptom onset. Selecting patients for treatment response is mandatory in any time window but challenging as well. The authors aim to support stroke physic...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hametner C,Ringleb PA,Hacke W,Kellert L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A deficiency has been shown to affect vision, reproduction, cellular differentiation, and maintenance of epithelial and skeletal tissues. Different vitamin A compounds, i.e., retinol and retinoic acid, vary in their ability to fulfill these biologic functions. Aside from vision, the exact molecular mechanisms ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Navia JM,Harris SS

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hair follicles of eutheria arise during fetal life as a consequence of interactions between the cells and matrices of the epidermis and mesenchyme. In some instances, communication may be mediated by growth factors, receptors, and similar molecules. We have focused on epidermal growth factor and fibroblast growth ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Moore GP,Du Cros DL,Isaacs K,Pisansarakit P,Wynn PC

更新日期：1991-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an endotoxin that elicits the production of several cytokines, induces cardiovascular changes characterized by increased perfusion of immune organs and compensatory sympathetic vasoconstriction in other tissues. We therefore hypothesized that to adapt to altered blood flow distribution follow...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rogausch H,Vo NT,Del Rey A,Besedovsky HO

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rewards can be viewed as probability distributions of reward values. Besides expected (mean) value, a key parameter of such distributions is variance (or standard deviation), which constitutes a measure of risk. Single neurons in orbitofrontal cortex signal risk mostly separately from value. Comparable risk signals in...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schultz W,O'Neill M,Tobler PN,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the effects of agmatine on naloxone-precipitated withdrawal syndrome in morphine-dependent guinea pig ileum. Male guinea pigs that were starved for 24 hours were decapitated after cervical dislocation, and terminal portions of the ilea were removed. Segments were fixed at a resting tension of 1...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Aricioglu F,Ercil E,Dulger G

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults with better jobs enjoy better health: job title was, in fact, the social gradient metric first used to study the relationship between social class and chronic disease etiology, a core finding now replicated in most developed countries. What has been less well proved is whether this correlation is causal, and if...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Clougherty JE,Souza K,Cullen MR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis protease-activating factor-1 (Apaf-1), which plays a central role in the formation of the apoptosome, is absent or poorly expressed (because of a transcriptional silencing by methylation) in a substantial percentage of metastatic melanomas and melanoma cell lines, which are unable to activate caspase-9 and e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Del Bello B,Valentini MA,Comporti M,Maellaro E

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a model for signaling events induced by fluid shear stress that incorporates many of the features discussed in this paper (FIG. 4). First, heterotrimeric G-proteins, as well as a small G-proteins, are activated by flow. Indeed, a G protein appears to be required for ERK1/2 activation by flow because ERK1/2 ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ishida T,Takahashi M,Corson MA,Berk BC

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive enhancement, the amplification or extension of core capacities of the mind, has become a major topic in bioethics. But cognitive enhancement is a prime example of a converging technology where individual disciplines merge and issues transcend particular local discourses. This article reviews currently availa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sandberg A,Bostrom N

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the effects of psychological stress on performance quality, autonomic responses, and upper extremity muscle activity in skilled pianists through comparisons between stressful (competition) and nonstressful (rehearsal) conditions. We observed increased levels of subjective anxiety, autonomic ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yoshie M,Kudo K,Ohtsuki T

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the time Dan was 12 years old to the present, he always was the explorer of life. He was very fortunate in having an opportunity to see how life exists in several human societies around the world. His many professional foreign travels are presented. Dan went to a 1959 meeting in Argentina, to England in 1963, and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gilbert C,Gilbert RL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for tumor markers suitable for use in diagnosis and management of patients with lung cancer has met with limited success because each available marker lacks sufficient sensitivity and specificity. We have begun a collaborative study to evaluate multiple simultaneous serum markers to determine whether there ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McIntire KR,Radovich BT,Gail MH,Go VL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research examining brain development during adolescence is escalating rapidly along multiple dimensions, as illustrated by the remarkable diversity of trans-disciplinary work shown in this symposium. Ontogenetic transitions characteristics of adolescence are common among mammalian species. Although no other species de...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Spear LP

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomy of the brain is extremely complex, and certain, even large structures, such as the corticospinal tract (CST), remain poorly understood. Diffusion tractography provides an opportunity to explore the white matter tracts in a fundamentally new way. In the current paper, we show how this technique has already ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Holodny AI,Watts R,Korneinko VN,Pronin IN,Zhukovskiy ME,Gor DM,Ulug A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to learn the prevalence of spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia detected in ticks in La Rioja, in the north of Spain. From 2001 to 2005, 496 ticks representing 7 tick species were analysed at the Hospital de La Rioja. Ticks were removed from humans with or without rickettsial syndrome (n = 59) or col...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Oteo JA,Portillo A,Santibáñez S,Pérez-Martínez L,Blanco JR,Jiménez S,Ibarra V,Pérez-Palacios A,Sanz M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is the outcome of the contest between chemistry and biology in living systems. Chronic, cumulative chemical modifications compromise the structure and function of biomolecules throughout the body. Proteins with long life spans serve as cumulators of exposure to chemical damage, which is detectable in the form of...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Baynes JW

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gain of function phenotypes exhibited by the heterozygous Tr, Tr-J, and CMT1A mutations indicate that these mutations interfere with more than the function of a single PMP22 allele. The identification of proteins that interact with PMP22 and that are sensitive both to stoichiometry and the effects of the mutations...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Snipes GJ,Orfali W,Fraser A,Dickson K,Colby J

更新日期：1999-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Many features of these gastric vesicles satisfy the requirements for the gastric H+ pump. For example, we have: (a) K+ requirement, (b) KA for K+ of about 30 mM; (c) identical cation sequence for tissue and vesicles, (d) similar anion sequence, (e) localization at the microvillus of the secretory canaliculus, (f) TI+ ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sachs G,Berglindh T,Rabon E,Stewart HB,Barcellona ML,Wallmark B,Saccomani G

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:Ischemic preconditioning (PC) is a polygenic defensive cellular adaptive phenomenon whereby brief ischemic stimuli render the heart resistant to subsequent similar stress. The late phase of ischemic PC lasts for three to four days, protects against both myocardial stunning and infarction, and thus has considerable cli...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dawn B,Bolli R

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) has dramatically decreased the rate of AIDS-related mortality and significantly extended the life span of patients with AIDS. A variety of metabolic side effects are associated with these therapies, one of which is metabolic bone disease. A higher prevalence ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pan G,Yang Z,Ballinger SW,McDonald JM

更新日期：2006-04-01 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