Identification of testis-specific male contraceptive targets: insights from transcriptional profiling of the cycle of the rat seminiferous epithelium and purified testicular cells.

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：:There is considerable evidence linking alcohol consumption, sedation, and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in the brain septum. We have shown that ethanol in clinically relevant concentrations can in vitro induce TRH release from the septum by a mechanism involving neuronal swelling. Corticotropin-releasing hormone...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kiss A,Adameová A,Kubovcáková L,Jamal B,Bacová Z,Zórad S,Tybitanclová K,Kvetnanský R,Strbák V

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection by different Leishmania spp. in cats has been reported in many countries. In Spain, since the first Leishmania infection described in 1933, sporadic clinical cases in cats have been reported. Various serologic studies performed in other areas of Spain have shown seroprevalences ranging between 1.7 and 60%. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ayllon T,Tesouro MA,Amusategui I,Villaescusa A,Rodriguez-Franco F,Sainz A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied ligand-receptor interactions between relaxin (RLN), insulin-like 3 peptide (INSL3), and LGR7 and LGR8 receptors. The phenotypic effects of deficiency for Lgr7 and Lgr8 receptors, transgenic overexpression of Rln1 and Insl3, and different combinations of these mutations in mice were analyzed. It was reported...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Feng S,Bogatcheva NV,Kamat AA,Agoulnik AI

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In electrical impedance cardiography, Kubicek's formula is often used to measure stroke volume from thoracic impedance variations synchronously to heart activity. To calculate stroke volume from impedance variations, the so-called outflow problem should be adequately solved. This outflow problem refers to the joint ca...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Faes TJ,Raaijmakers E,Meijer JH,Goovaerts HG,Heethaar RM

更新日期：1999-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) and nerve agents (NAs) are highly toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health worldwide. These compounds induce status epilepticus (SE) by irreversibly blocking the ability of acetylcholinesterase to break down acetylcholine at neural synapses. Animal models of orga...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McCarren HS,McDonough JH Jr

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple actions of somatostatin are mediated by specific membrane-bound receptors present in all somatostatin target tissues, such as brain, pituitary, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, and kidney. For instance, in the human gastrointestinal tract, three different types of tissue compartments express somatostatin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Reubi JC,Laissue J,Waser B,Horisberger U,Schaer JC

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymus produces several putative thymic hormones: thymosin alpha 1, thymulin, and thymopoietin, which have been reported to circulate and to act on both prothymocytes and mature T cells in the periphery, thus maintaining their commitment to the T cell system. These endocrine influences decline with age and are ass...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hadden JW,Malec PH,Coto J,Hadden EM

更新日期：1992-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Br-type neuron of the snail Helix pomatia, involved in neuronal regulation of various homeostatic and adaptive mechanisms, represents an interesting model for studying effects of temperature change on neuronal activity of poikilotherms. Acetylcholine induces a transient, inward dose-dependent current in the identi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nedeljković M,Kartelija G,Radenović L

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that red wines have antioxidant properties owing to the presence of polyphenols and hydroxycinnamates. It has been reported that these compounds are efficient scavengers of peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)). We assayed the ONOO(-)-scavenging activity of plant polyphenols, hydroxycinnamates, and red wines using a flu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Valdez LB,Actis-Goretta L,Boveris A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated as a mediator of vasodilation and neurotransmission in the mammalian cochlea. This is demonstrated by the presence of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and nitric oxide (NO) in the blood vessels and the organ of Corti in the cochlea. It is not certain if the neurons in the spiral gangli...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ruan RS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent immunologic studies have provided important new information about the nature of AHF deficiency diseases and the structure and synthesis of this protein. They provide, moreover, a considerably improved ability to identify the carrier state in hemophilia A. Additional progress may be possible in the identificatio...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hoyer LW,Rick ME

更新日期：1975-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary episodic ataxia (EA) syndromes are rare monogenic disorders that are phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous. The number of identified EA phenotypes is expanding. So far, mutations have been identified in four genes, all coding for membrane proteins including ion channels and transporters. The study of...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jen JC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccinia virus encodes secretory proteins termed virokines. One of the major virokines encoded by the N1L open reading frame is the 13.8 kDa protein. A recombinant virus, termed vGK5, lacking this protein when injected intracranially into mice, has one of the highest levels of in vivo attenuation achieved by deletion ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Billings B,Smith SA,Zhang Z,Lahiri DK,Kotwal GJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a phenotype resulting from a series of causative factors with a variable risk of complications. Etiologic diversity requires personalized prevention and treatment. Imaging procedures offer the potential to investigate the interplay between organs and pathways underlying energy intake and consumption in an i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Iozzo P

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following paper on the molecular biology of Barrett's esophagus (BE) includes commentaries on signaling pathways central to the development of BE including Hh, NF-κB, and IL-6/STAT3; surgical approaches for esophagectomy and classification of lesions by appropriate therapy; the debate over the merits of minimally ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gibson MK,Dhaliwal AS,Clemons NJ,Phillips WA,Dvorak K,Tong D,Law S,Pirchi ED,Räsänen J,Krasna MJ,Parikh K,Krishnadath KK,Chen Y,Griffiths L,Colleypriest BJ,Farrant JM,Tosh D,Das KM,Bajpai M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is crucial for the effects of glucocorticoids (GCs). Several polymorphisms of the GR are associated with altered sensitivity to GCs. For the ER22/23EK polymorphism, a relative GC resistance has been demonstrated. In vivo, this was suggested by a smaller response to a dexamethasone supp...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Manenschijn L,van den Akker EL,Lamberts SW,van Rossum EF

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging may pose a challenge to the central nervous system, increasing its susceptibility to apoptotic events. Recent findings indicate that caloric restriction (CR) may have a profound effect on brain function and vulnerability to injury and diseases, by enhancing neuroprotection, stimulating the production of new neur...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hiona A,Leeuwenburgh C

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance has been recognized as the fundamental underlying metabolic defect in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome, a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity. Recent studies established that mitochondrial dysfunction is involved in insulin resist...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lee HK,Park KS,Cho YM,Lee YY,Pak YK

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal phagocytosis of neutrophils, a crucial component of non-specific immunity, is an eminently circadian parameter. In mice and rats, rates of phagocytosis peak in the second half of the dark span. A lipopolysaccharide-induced phagocytic response challenged in this period appears the most significant in amplitude an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hriscu ML

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article draws on ideas published in my "Intimations of Immortality" essay in Science (Vol. 288, No. 5463, p. 59, April 7, 2000) and my "Intimations of Immortality-The Ethics and Justice of Life Extending Therapies" in editor Michael Freeman's Current Legal Problems (Oxford University Press 2002: 65-97). This arti...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Harris J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin proteins, originally isolated from fractionation of thymus tissue, represent a class of compounds that we now know are present in numerous other tissues, are unrelated to each other in a genetic sense, and appear to have different functions within the cell. Thymosin α1 (generic drug name thymalfasin; trade na...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Volk DE,Tuthill CW,Elizondo-Riojas MA,Gorenstein DG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses the available clinical trials in which steroids have been used in the (adjuvant) treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Glucocorticosteroids have a positive effect on symptoms and signs of inflammation, but probably not on structural damage. Therefore glucocorticosteroids should be used as part of a ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bijlsma JW

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Hantaviruses belong to the Bunyaviridae family. While usually hosted by wild mammals, they are potentially pathogenic for humans, and several serologically distinct groups associated with different syndromes have been identified. Yet, investigations have mostly been conducted where human infections by hantaviruses con...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Henttonen H,Buchy P,Suputtamongkol Y,Jittapalapong S,Herbreteau V,Laakkonen J,Chaval Y,Galan M,Dobigny G,Charbonnel N,Michaux J,Cosson JF,Morand S,Hugot JP

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have defined three sets of HLA-DR3(+) haplotypes that provide maximum risk of type 1 disease development in Indians: (1) a diverse array of B8-DR3 haplotypes, (2) A33-B58-DR3 haplotype, and (3) A2-B50-DR3 occurring most predominantly in this population. Further analysis has revealed extensive diversity in B8-DR3 ha...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kumar N,Kaur G,Tandon N,Kanga U,Mehra NK

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomes are capable of oxidizing a variety of substrates including (poly)unsaturated enoyl-CoA esters. The beta-oxidation of unsaturated enoyl-CoA esters in peroxisomes, and also in mitochondria, is not just chain-shortening but also involves the metabolizing of pre-existing carbon-to-carbon double bonds. In addit...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hiltunen JK,Filppula SA,Koivuranta KT,Siivari K,Qin YM,Häyrinen HM

更新日期：1996-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved technology and medical advances have increased the lifespan for people with thalassemia. As thalassemia is no longer exclusively a pediatric blood disorder, consideration must now be given to transition planning from pediatric to adult care. The complexity of thalassemia disease, coupled with the changing fac...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Levine L,Levine M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The envelope glycoprotein complex (Env), encoded by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), kills uninfected cells expressing CD4 and/or the chemokine receptor CXCR4 or CCR5, via at least three independent mechanisms. First, the soluble Env product gp120 can induce the apoptotic cell death of lymphocytes, neurons, a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Castedo M,Perfettini JL,Andreau K,Roumier T,Piacentini M,Kroemer G

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we have utilized the transglutaminase (TGase) enzyme to modify the primary structure of VIP with diaminopropane (DAP) at the level of the Gln16. We have investigated the conformational stability of VIP and VIP-DAP in solution by limited proteolysis experiments. The VIP-DAP appears to be more resi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Caraglia M,Dicitore A,Giuberti G,Cassese D,Lepretti M,Cartenì M,Abbruzzese A,Stiuso P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the predictive relationships between climate variability and coccidioidomycosis is of great importance for the development of an effective public health decision-support system. Preliminary regression-based climate modeling studies have shown that about 80% of the variance in seasonal coccidioidomycosis ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Comrie AC,Glueck MF

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00