Clinical evaluation of a new quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of double-stranded DNA autoantibodies.

abstract：:Clinical and basic research in the area of drugs of abuse are of utmost importance since they provide the necessary background for health programs in one of the main problems of contemporary society. The available data in this field demonstrate that acute, subacute and/or chronic abuse of illicit drugs, e.g., cocaine,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Silva-Araújo A,Tavares MA

更新日期：1996-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Landesberg and Sideman's four state model of the cardiac cross-bridge (XB) hypothesizes a feedback of force development to Ca(2+) binding by troponin C (TnC). We have further modeled this behavior and observed that the force (F)-Ca(2+) relationship as well as the F-sarcomere length (SL) relationship and the time cours...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ter Keurs HE,Wakayama Y,Miura M,Stuyvers BD,Boyden PA,Landesberg A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of TCDD exposure on the developing immune system were investigated in Wistar/Fischer hybrid or Fischer rats. Fetal and neonatal rats were exposed to TCDD through maternal dosing (5 muk/kg) on day 18 of gestation and on days 0, 7, and 14 of postnatal life (group 1). Another group of neonatal rats was expose...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Luster MI,Faith RE,Clark G

更新日期：1979-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on host responses in sheep artificially infected with Theileria sp. (China) were discussed and summarized mainly on typical high fever periods, merozoits and schizoon observation, antibody response. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wu JS,Yu JM,Wang ZL,Song CP,Yuan JF,Yao BA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paget's disease is a common skeletal disorder with a strong genetic component, which is characterized by focal increases in disorganized bone remodeling, predominantly affecting the axial skeleton. Current evidence suggests that classical Paget's disease of bone (PDB) is caused by a combination of rare alleles of larg...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ralston SH,Albagha OM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of long-lasting, extensive rowing training on body fluids in 12 experienced rowers (23.3 +/- 6.3 years, 188.7 +/- 5.9 cm, 82.0 +/- 10.8 kg, body mass index [BMI] 23.7 +/- 2.1). All rowers had a light traditional breakfast about 3 h before the training. The subject...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jürimäe J,Jürimäe T,Pihl E

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:Tolerance has been defined as a lack of response to self but a more appropriate definition of tolerance is "any mechanism by which a potentially injurious immune response is prevented, suppressed, or shifted to a non-injurious class of immune response." Thus, tolerance is related to productive self-recognition, rather...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Weiner HL

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twin and family studies have demonstrated that most cognitive traits are moderately to highly heritable. Neurodevelopmental disorders such as dyslexia, autism, and specific language impairment (SLI) also show strong genetic influence. Nevertheless, it has proved difficult for researchers to identify genes that would e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bishop DV

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) modulates all forms of inflammation by acting on peripheral inflammatory cells, glial inflammatory cells, and on CNS receptors that activate descending antiinflammatory neural pathways. The multiple actions of this ancient peptide suggest that there is no singular bioch...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lipton JM,Zhao H,Ichiyama T,Barsh GS,Catania A

更新日期：1999-10-20 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：:Newly molted Boophilus microplus females obtained in a laboratory at 30 degrees C and environmental relative humidity (RH) were employed. An original device was used to hold ticks during feeding. Three groups of 15 ticks each were created: unfed, fed with heparinized blood, and fed with defibrinated blood. Ticks were ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： de la Vega R,Díaz G,Finlay L

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type II topoisomerases are essential enzymes that modulate DNA under- and overwinding, knotting, and tangling. Beyond their critical physiological functions, these enzymes are the targets for some of the most widely prescribed anticancer drugs (topoisomerase II poisons) in clinical use. Topoisomerase II poisons kill c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pendleton M,Lindsey RH Jr,Felix CA,Grimwade D,Osheroff N

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyocytes in the adult mammal retain little or none of their developmental capacity for hyperplastic growth. As a consequence of this differentiated, nonproliferative phenotype, cardiomyocyte loss due to injury or disease is irreversible. Therapeutic intervention in end-stage diseased hearts is currently limited ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Soonpaa MH,Daud AI,Koh GY,Klug MG,Kim KK,Wang H,Field LJ

更新日期：1995-03-27 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：: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：:Although it is clear that thrombopoietin is the primary regulator of thrombopoiesis, several lines of evidence indicate that the hormone affects multiple aspects of hematopoiesis: the in vivo administration of TPO increases marrow levels of erythroid, myeloid, and megakaryocytic progenitor cells and its genetic elimin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kaushansky K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) who have serological markers typical of autoimmune type 1 DM. The specific pancreatic markers, ICAs, glutamic decarboxylase (GADAbs), and second islet antigen (IA2Abs), were measured in 70 women with GDM during the...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lapolla A,Fedele D,Pedini B,Dal Fra MG,Sanzari M,Masin M,Zanchetta R,Betterle C

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-inflammatory efficacy of the fermented wheat germ extract (FWGE, Avemar) in the rat adjuvant arthritis (AA) model was examined. To Wistar rats with AA, different doses of FWGE and anti-inflammatory drugs (indomethacin, dexamethasone) as monotherapies were administered and FWGE and either diclofenac or dexamethaso...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Telekes A,Resetar A,Balint G,Blazso G,Falkay G,Lapis K,Raso E,Szende B,Ehrenfeld M,Shoenfeld Y,Hidvegi M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until now, neoadjuvant therapy plus surgical resection of the primary tumor and potential metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) has been the current optimal treatment for locally advanced thoracic esophageal cancer (EC). LN metastasis is one of the most negative prognostic factors for thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinom...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wang Z,Mao Y,Gao S,Li Y,Tan L,Daiko H,Liu S,Chen C,Koyanagi K,He J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria display considerable structural diversity particularly in terms of the folding of the energy-transducing inner membrane. The hypothesis is forwarded that the topology of the mitochondrial inner membrane is not random but rather is a regulated cell parameter. Its effects on internal diffusion of metabolite...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mannella CA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current tuberculosis (TB) therapies take too long and the regimens are complex and subject to adverse effects and drug-drug interactions with concomitant medications. The emergence of drug-resistant TB strains exacerbates the situation. Drug discovery for TB has resurged in recent years, generating compounds (hits) wi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mdluli K,Kaneko T,Upton A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) entering maternal circulation during pregnancy constitute a potential source of material for safe and reliable noninvasive prenatal diagnosis. The increased prevalence of beta-thalassemia mutations in countries like Greece may create a problem, making it difficult to distinguish...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mavrou A,Kolialexi A,Antsaklis A,Krikos X,Koratzis A,Metaxotou C

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is a major complication in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). SRC occurs during the first 4 years of disease evolution in more than 75% of the cases, almost exclusively in patients with diffuse SSc. Other risk factors, including preceding corticosteroid therapy, have been associated...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Teixeira L,Mahr A,Berezné A,Noël LH,Guillevin L,Mouthon L

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis in T and B lymphocytes is a major element controlling the immune response. Activation induced cell death (AICD) in T cells is a main mechanism for maintaining peripheral tolerance and for limiting an ongoing immune response. AICD is initiated by antigen reengagement of the T cell receptor (TCR), and mediated...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Delgado M,Ganea D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of in situ extraction, fungal elicitation, a permeabilizing agent, and the oxygen transfer rate on shikonin production in transformed suspension and hairy root cultures of Lithospermum erythrorhizon were studied. Shikonin production with in situ extraction in transformed cell and hairy root cultures by n-hexad...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sim SJ,Kim DJ,Chang HN

更新日期：1994-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis. Fractalkine, a CX3C/chemokine (CX3CL1), mediates monocytes-macrophage infiltration in activated endothelium, suggesting its specific role in atherosclerosis-related inflammation. In this study, we evaluate the following in early RA patients: the...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pingiotti E,Cipriani P,Marrelli A,Liakouli V,Fratini S,Penco M,Giacomelli R

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Music-supported therapy (MST) has been developed recently to improve the use of the affected upper extremity after stroke. MST uses musical instruments, an electronic piano and an electronic drum set emitting piano sounds, to retrain fine and gross movements of the paretic upper extremity. In this paper, we first desc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rodriguez-Fornells A,Rojo N,Amengual JL,Ripollés P,Altenmüller E,Münte TF

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00