Vaccines against Francisella tularensis.

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：:The quantitative analysis of nerve growth dynamics is critical to our understanding of nerve development and regeneration, but only recently has a quantitative framework begun to emerge to help define key objectives and to direct experimental measurements towards achieving this goal. Conceptually, the framework center...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Buettner HM

更新日期：1994-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensorineural hearing loss results from the degeneration of hair cells and/or auditory neurons in the cochlea of the inner ear. BDNF and NT-3 were shown to support survival of auditory neurons both in vitro and in vivo. Cochlea from P3-P4 rats were cultured as floating explants and hair cells in the organ of Corti wer...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kuang R,Hever G,Zajic G,Yan Q,Collins F,Louis JC,Keithley E,Magal E

更新日期：1999-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In two series of antiarrhythmic drugs tested, as the octanol/water partition coefficient increases so do the following: elimination from the body by biotransformation, first-pass biotransformation in the liver and gastrointestinal tract after oral administration, protein binding to some extent, and penetration into br...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Drayer DE

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular synapse. About half of LEMS patients have an associated small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC), which is usually detected after diagnosis of LEMS. This short review summarizes clinical and serological markers shown to predict the presenc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lipka AF,Verschuuren JJ,Titulaer MJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial evidence suggests that stress can alter the general toxicological properties of the substituted amphetamines (AMPs) as well as their psychostimulant properties. Research concerning the interactions between stress and the neurotoxicity associated with the AMPs is, however, limited. Our previous work demonst...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Miller DB,O'Callaghan JP

更新日期：1996-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Relaxin (RLX) has antifibrotic effects in a number of tissues. Many of these effects are similar to those induced by the activators of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), raising the possibility that a mechanism for RLX's antifibrotic effects may involve activation of the PPARgamma pathway. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Singh S,Bennett RG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article gives an overview on worldwide efforts to eliminate chemical weapons and facilities for their production in the context of the implementation of the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). It highlights the objectives of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the international age...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Trapp R

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in an amount that produces acute stress has been found to affect the catecholamine systems in the brain. Acute peripheral LPS administration activated norepinephrine (NE) metabolism in the locus ceruleus (LC). Approximately 40% of murine LC neurons project to the o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ota A,Mori K,Kaneko YS,Nakashima A,Nagatsu I,Nagatsu T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To minimize technical problems relating to excessive size (600-800 mu in diameter) of standard alginate microcapsules (CSM) for pancreatic islet graft immunoisolation, we have developed two novel minimal volume, chemically identical, capsule prototypes (MVC): 1) coherent microcapsules (CM), and 2) medium-size microcap...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Calafiore R,Basta G,Luca G,Boselli C,Bufalari A,Bufalari A,Cassarani MP,Giustozzi GM,Brunetti P

更新日期：1999-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 90% of all cancer deaths arise from metastasis formation. Hence, understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying tumor progression, local invasion, and the formation of tumor metastases represents one of the great challenges in exploratory cancer research. Recent experimental results indicate that chan...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cavallaro U,Christofori G

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:Homogenate of 30 sarcoid lymph nodes was injected into the footpads of mice and 42% of the mice showed epitheloid-cell granulomas in the sites. However, the control lymph-node homogenates obtained from nonsarcoid patients also provoked similar granulomatous changes, although the positive rate was somewhat lower. In th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Iwai K,Takahashi S

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and late initiation of corticosteroid treatment are included in the present study. Four of them received LHRHa treatment for the arrest of central precocious puberty, while the other four served as controls. The administration of LHRHa was effective in arresting the m...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dacou-Voutetakis C,Karidis N

更新日期：1993-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of specific epithelial cell lineages during development, as well as epithelial plasticity in response to heterologous cell-to-cell cross talk during adult life, accounts for the large variety of functions which are performed by the mucosal surfaces found in the human body. Among its functions, the dige...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hamzaoui N,Pringault E

更新日期：1998-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we have reported the results of studies in psychiatric patient groups using the strategy of measuring opioid activity and beta-endorphin (ir) in CSF. Our findings do not lend support to the notion of excess endorphin activity in schizophrenia, but rather suggest the possibility of a decrease in endogenou...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pickar D,Naber D,Post RM,van Kammen DP,Kaye W,Rubinow DR,Ballenger JC,Bunney WE Jr

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal human mitotic cells do not proliferate indefinitely in culture but undergo a limited number of divisions and progressively reach a state of irreversible growth arrest, a process termed replicative senescence. Hypoxia is a situation of reduced oxygen concentration that relates to many physiological and pathophys...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Poulios E,Trougakos IP,Chondrogianni N,Gonos ES

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormones and neuropeptides may influence the activities of lymphoid organs and cells via endocrine and local autocrine/paracrine pathways. A paradigm of the interactions between the neuroendocrine and immune system is sophisticatedly represented in the thymus. Indeed, receptors for these molecules are heterogeneously ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ferone D,Boschetti M,Resmini E,Giusti M,Albanese V,Goglia U,Albertelli M,Vera L,Bianchi F,Minuto F

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two experiments, musically trained and untrained adults were tested on their ability to match spoken utterances with their tonal analogues (tone sequences that retained the pitch and temporal patterns of the utterances). In both cases, musical training was associated with superior performance, indicating an enhance...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Thompson WF,Schellenberg EG,Husain G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During food shortage, organisms activate defense mechanisms to maximize their chance of survival. At least in part, these responses are triggered by changes in hormonal status and neural status during starvation. The hypothalamus is organized as a collection of distinct autonomously active nuclei and is considered to ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chiba T,Fujita S,Kubota H,Inoue D,Mizuno A,Komatsu T,Yamaza H,Higami Y,Shimokawa I

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper considers issues arising from presentations by Barry Everitt and Gorica Petrovich concerning amygdalar involvement in appetitive conditioning. Studies reported by these researchers are beginning to unravel the distribution of associative functions among amygdalar nuclei and their efferent targets. The main ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gabriel M,Burhans L,Kashef A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is one of the most common chronic diseases. It is an autoimmune, polygenic disease, associated with several genes on different chromosomes. The most important gene is human leukocyte antigen (HLA), also known as major histocompatibility complex (MHC), which is located on chro...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shtauvere-Brameus A,Ghaderi M,Rumba I,Sanjeevi CB

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased incidence of vascular disease, and oxidative stress is recognized as an important feature in this condition, despite the underlying mechanisms not being fully understood. In these patients, an interaction between lipoproteins and the immune system has ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Batuca JR,Ames PR,Isenberg DA,Alves JD

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TT virus (TTV) is a recently described circular DNA virus of about 3.8 kb, which is related to the circoviridae viruses. It is commonly detected in healthy subjects and no association with any specific disease has been established. TTV was initially thought to be hepatotropic, but subsequent reports have shown that it...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zhong S,Yeo W,Tang MW,Lin XR,Mo F,Ho WM,Hui P,Johnson PJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory stimulation via rhythmic cues can be used successfully in the rehabilitation of motor function in patients with motor disorders. A prototypical example is provided by dysfunctional gait in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). Coupling steps to external rhythmic cues (the beat of music or the sou...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bella SD,Benoit CE,Farrugia N,Schwartze M,Kotz SA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether the previously reported differences in adenylate cyclase activity between the sarcolemma of normal and dystrophic chick muscles are also found in the SR, to search for a possible relationship between the adenylate cyclase changes and the pathophysiology of dystrophy, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rodan GA,Rodan SB,Raible DG,Cutler LS,Wacholtz M,Sha'afi RI

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural systems cannot be closed to the environment. At the same time there is a necessity for closure in order to build the system. It is this quint-essential tension between openness and closure that drives systems to unfold into further stages or levels of growth and development. In other words, the emergence of or...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Alvarez De Lorenzana JM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methamphetamine (METH), a highly addictive drug, can cause degeneration of monoaminergic terminals and neuronal apoptosis in the mammalian brain. In the present article, we have used serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) to investigate patterns of gene expression in the striata of rats that were given a neurotoxic...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cai NS,McCoy MT,Ladenheim B,Lyles J,Ali SF,Cadet JL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high index of suspicion is essential in arriving at the correct diagnosis of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). LEMS should be considered in the differential in any patient who has proximal weakness, reduced or absent muscle stretch reflexes, and dry mouth. Weakness predominates in hip and shoulder muscles, b...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sanders DB

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present information technologies use semiconductor devices and magnetic/optical disks; however, they are all foreseen to face fundamental limitations within a decade. Therefore, superceding devices are required for the next paradigm of high-performance information technologies. The paper first describes architectures ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wada Y

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00