The clinical relevance of asbestos-induced pleural fibrosis.

abstract：:Angiogenesis is a prerequisite for tumor expansion and metastasis. The angiogenic potential of the heparin-binding growth factors acidic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and basic FGF has been demonstrated in various publications. We studied the inhibitory effects of suramin and the polysulfated heparinoids pentosan pol...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zugmaier G,Favoni R,Jaeger R,Rosen N,Knabbe C

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a common and serious disease. Most studies have shown that basic public knowledge about what a stroke is, symptoms of a stroke, and the proper reaction to a stroke is quite deficient. The fact that a stroke affects cognitive, communicative, and motor functions may partially explain the poor reaction to acute...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Alberts MJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of prognostic factors in predicting outcome in pediatric oncology is largely recognized, and most current protocols tailor treatment based on risk stratification. Further refinements of classical staging systems are ongoing, and the future of pediatric oncology is in the development of strategies based ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yanagisawa T,Bartels U,Bouffet E

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skeletal dysplasias or osteochondrodysplasias are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders of bone and/or cartilage. They are characterized by abnormalities in pattering, linear growth, differentiation, and maintenance of the human skeleton. While they have been considered to be generalized di...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rimoin DL,Cohn D,Krakow D,Wilcox W,Lachman RS,Alanay Y

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of animal cells, tissues, or organs for humans is being investigated as an alternative to allotransplantation and as therapy for a broad range of disease states including diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and neurologic pain control. The risk of transmitting novel infections with these tissues, xenozoonoses, has ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Michaels M

更新日期：1998-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular bacterium, Ehrlichia ruminantium, is the causative agent of heartwater, a tick-borne disease of livestock. Because vaccines need to incorporate components from several virulent isolates, it is essential to have information on the extent of genetic variation among isolates. We therefore amplified and ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Allsopp M,Steyn H,Zweygarth E,Allsopp B

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-seven reports of patients with seizures induced by listening and/or playing music and one personal observation are reviewed. Music-induced (or musicogenic) seizures are currently classified among the reflex seizures precipitated by complex stimuli. According to the available information, they are defined as foc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Avanzini G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell nucleus is a prominent target of autoantibodies in systemic autoimmune disorders. Approximately 2% of the population in Europe and North America suffers from systemic rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and scleroderma. The molecular mechanisms of systemic aut...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chen M,von Mikecz A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the relatively high prevalence of both hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and autoimmune disorders (ADs), it is not rare to encounter in daily clinical practice patients with ADs also carrying HCV. Corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressant drugs are needed to treat ADs, but they place HCV-infected patients at...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Galeazzi M,Bellisai F,Giannitti C,Manganelli S,Morozzi G,Sebastiani GD

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have generated a transgenic rat model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) providing formal proof that this neuropathy can be caused by increased expression of peripheral myelin protein-22 (PMP22). Heterozygous PMP22-transgenic rats develop muscle weakness and gait abnormalities as well as reduced nerve c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Niemann S,Sereda MW,Rossner M,Stewart H,Suter U,Meinck HM,Griffiths IR,Nave KA

更新日期：1999-09-14 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：:In this paper, I have introduced and solved a simple deterministic model of eye tracking that produces rich dynamical behavior. Some of its main features, notably the existence of a chaotic regime, are reminiscent of the anomalies reported in smooth pursuit eye tracking experiments with schizophrenia patients. By obta...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Huberman BA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic disorders present a public health challenge of staggering proportions. In diabetes, there is an urgent need to better understand disease heterogeneity, clinical trajectories, and related comorbidities. A pressing and timely question is whether we are ready for precision medicine in diabetes. Some biological ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Merino J,Florez JC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common feature across all animals, including humans, is that mitochondrial bioenergetics is linked to oxidative stress, but the nature of these relationships with survival is yet to be properly defined. In this study we included 12 Drosophila simulans isofemale lines: four of each distinct mtDNA haplogroup (siI, -II...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ballard JW,Katewa SD,Melvin RG,Chan G

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the high prevalence of adolescent smoking, few studies have examined nicotine sensitivity during this developmental period. In the present study we examined adolescent and adult rats' preference/aversion for a flavor previously paired with nicotine. Paired (nicotine + Kool-Aid) and unpaired (Kool-Aid) solution...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wilmouth CE,Spear LP

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diverse mutations in the gene encoding the copper transporter ATP7A lead to X-linked recessive Menkes disease or occipital horn syndrome. Recently, two unique ATP7A missense mutations, T994I and P1386S, were shown to cause isolated adult-onset distal motor neuropathy. These mutations induce subtle defects in ATP7A int...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yi L,Kaler S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian failure is heterogeneous, both in cause and in phenotype. Women whose menses cease prior to age 40 years and have menopausal FSH levels are traditionally considered by clinicians to have the diagnosis of "premature ovarian failure" (POF). In fact, however, the ovarian function in this disorder is in reality a ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Simpson JL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The arterial baroreflex has two important functions. First, the arterial baroreflex is a negative feedback reflex that regulates arterial pressure around a preset value called a set or operating point. Second, the arterial baroreflex also establishes the prevailing systemic arterial pressure when the operating point i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： DiCarlo SE,Bishop VS

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding thermostable alanine recemase from Bacillus stearothermophilus was cloned and expressed in E. coli. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity from cell extracts of E. coli carrying a plasmid designated pICR4. The alanine racemase gene sequenced was found to contain an open reading frame of 1158 nucleoti...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Soda K,Tanizawa K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephroblastoma overexpressed (Nov), a member of the CCN family of proteins, is expressed by osteoblasts and its transcription is regulated by transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta and bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP). CCN proteins can interact with TGF-beta, BMPs, and Wnt. We explored the function of Nov in skeletal ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Canalis E

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The avoidance of autoimmunity requires mechanisms to actively silence or tolerize self reactive T cells in the periphery. During infection, dendritic cells are not only capturing microbial antigens, but also are processing self antigens from dying cells as well as innocuous environmental proteins. Since the dendritic ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Steinman RM,Hawiger D,Liu K,Bonifaz L,Bonnyay D,Mahnke K,Iyoda T,Ravetch J,Dhodapkar M,Inaba K,Nussenzweig M

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that the symptoms associated with endometriosis are the result of local peritoneal inflammation. Increased concentrations of activated pelvic macrophages and lymphocytes and the elevated levels of specific cytokines and growth factors reviewed above support this hypothesis. The precise roles of ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Taylor RN,Ryan IP,Moore ES,Hornung D,Shifren JL,Tseng JF

更新日期：1997-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing in the United States, particularly among women. Approximately 60-70% of hypertension in adults may be directly attributed to obesity. In addition, maternal obesity is a major risk factor for hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. The underlying mechanisms for the assoc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fu Q

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize molecular patterns relating to a variety of microbial infections. Stimulation through TLRs leads to activation of antigen-presenting cells, production of inflammatory cytokines creating inflammation, and production of type 1 interferons (IFNs) that include IFN-alpha and -beta, and ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wong FS,Wen L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When conceptualized within a developmental systems theoretical framework, resilience involves mutually beneficial, reciprocally influential relations between a person and his or her context. The key features of developmental systems theory, which stress the plasticity of these relations, lead to an optimistic view of ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lerner RM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the role of activating pathways of plasminogen in the natural history of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). To fulfill this objective 70 male patients with small AAA (> 3 cm) were interviewed and examined. Their blood samples were taken at diagnosis. The patients were scanned annual...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lindholt JS

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:The invariant nature of body situs within and across vertebrate species implies that a highly conserved pathway controls the specification of the left-right (L/R) axis. Situs-specific morphogenesis begins at the end of this pathway and leads to normal organ arrangement, also known as situs solitus. Occasionally, indiv...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Delhaas T,Decaluwe W,Rubbens M,Kerckhoffs R,Arts T

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hybridoma cell lines secreting anti-PrP antibodies were established from the fusion between mouse myeloma Sp2/0 and spleen cells from mice immunized with recombinant Chinese Luxi yellow cattle (Bos taurus, Luxi) PrP (24-234) or recombinant Chinese small-tailed Han sheep PrP (94-227). According to their Western bl...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wu X,Wang Z,Liu Y,Zhang Y,Chen Y,Zou Y

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological consequences of chronic consumption of Maillard reaction products (MRPs) on renal function in health and renal disease are still incompletely understood. We investigated the metabolic and renal effects of a diet with varying MRP content in healthy and subtotally nephrectomized rats. Male Wistar rats wer...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sebeková K,Hofmann T,Boor P,Sebeková K Jr,Ulicná O,Erbersdobler HF,Baynes JW,Thorpe SR,Heidland A,Somoza V

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00