Involvement of DPPIV/CD26 in epithelial morphology and suppressed invasive ability in ovarian carcinoma cells.

abstract：:Most of the plasma suppressive activity was associated with alpha 2M in both normal subjects and cancer patients. alpha 2M binding to physiological levels of proteases was associated with an increase in the ability to suppress lymphocyte reactivity in the TEEM test. alpha 2M binding to proteases released a peptide tha...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Alomran A,Shenton BK,Donnelly PK,Francis DM,Proud G,Taylor RM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychostimulant 3,4-,ethylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy") is known to induce hyperthermia and alterations in neurochemical metabolism in the CNS. However, the detailed cellular or molecular mechanisms behind MDMA-induced neurotoxicity are still not well known. Since MDMA induces profound hyperthermia tha...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sharma HS,Ali SF

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the molecular mechanism of endometrial differentiation we have initiated an analysis of the uteroglobin promoter. Uteroglobin is normally expressed in endometrial tissues under the control of ovarian hormones. In gene transfer experiments with the Ishikawa cell line, derived from a human endometrial aden...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Helftenbein G,Misseyanni A,Hagen G,Peter W,Slater EP,Wiehle RD,Suske G,Beato M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study surveyed serum concentrations of vitamins, electrolytes, and trace elements in subjects seropositive for HIV-1 by ELISA and confirmatory Western blot. Thirty subjects (26 males, 4 females) were recruited at a hospital clinic. Seventeen were classified as having mild or severe ARC (AIDS-related complex), 7 h...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bogden JD,Baker H,Frank O,Perez G,Kemp F,Bruening K,Louria D

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cochlear implants (CIs) provide impressive speech perception for persons with severe hearing loss, but many CI recipients fail in perceiving speech prosody and music. Successful rehabilitation depends on cortical plasticity in the brain and postoperative measures. The present study evaluates the behavioral and neurolo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Petersen B,Mortensen MV,Gjedde A,Vuust P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established that a preferential export of pyruvate-generated citrate occurs from cholesterol-rich tumor mitochondria, with both isolated mitochondrial systems as well as with viable tumor tissue slices (i.e., with whole tumors cells). Furthermore, we have demonstrated that the more rapid citrate efflux kinetic...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Coleman PS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been shown that stimulation of muscarinic m1 or m3 receptors can, by generating diacylglycerol (DAG) and activating protein kinase C (PKC), accelerate the breakdown of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) to form soluble, non-amyloidogenic peptides (APPs). This relationship has been demonstrated in hu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lee RK,Jimenez J,Cox AJ,Wurtman RJ

更新日期：1996-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and proenkephalin (PE) are synthesized at the endoplasmic reticulum and transported to the trans-Golgi network (TGN) where they are sorted and packaged into dense-core granules of the regulated secretory pathway (RSP). The mechanism of sorting POMC and PE to the RSP in neuroendocrine cells w...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Loh YP,Maldonado A,Zhang C,Tam WH,Cawley N

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-species hybridizations have enabled us to isolate and clone the gene for the beta chain of human fibrinogen. Highlights of the gene for the beta chain revealed by nucleotide sequence analyses, particularly in areas that have a direct bearing on defining the overall organization of the gene, have been presented. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chung DW,Rixon MW,Que BG,Davie EW

更新日期：1983-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Agonist interactions with release processes do not validate autoreceptor operation. Instead, the data suggests that autoreceptors function as homoreceptors. Declining efficacy of agonist inhibition of transmitter release with increasing stimulation "intensity" is not assignable to competition with endogenous transmitt...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kalsner S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether treatment with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), which causes transient cellular immunity depression, influences tuberculin skin testing (TST) interpretation. The study was also aimed to assess the degree of cellular immunity depression following open heart surgery. Fifteen children from developing coun...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stein M,Sela-Razon B,Linder I,Somekh E

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin (Cur), the golden yellow phenolic compound in turmeric, is well studied for its medicinal properties. In the current investigation, Cur dissolved using sodium hydroxide solution (CurNa) was tested for in vitro complement inhibitory activity and compared with rosmarinic acid (RA) and quercetin (Qur) dissolved ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kulkarni AP,Ghebremariam YT,Kotwal GJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:Rats inoculated once with nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and adjuvants had two episodes of weakness, the first being acute and transient, starting on day 8, and remitting in a few days, the second, chronic, progressive, and appearing after day 20. In the acute phase, the compound action potential and twitch evoked ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lambert EH,Lindstrom JM,Lennon VA

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of carbohydrate and fat utilization by skeletal muscle at rest and during exercise has been the subject of investigation since the early 1960s when Randle et al. proposed the so-called glucose-fatty acid cycle to explain the reciprocal relationship between carbohydrate and fat metabolism. The suggested mech...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jeukendrup AE

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is reviewed that suggests a central role for telomeres in one major model of biological aging, namely, proliferative senescence. Telomeric shortening with each cell division does not only act as a biological clock, but appears to trigger the ultimate loss of proliferative ability via activation of the p53-dep...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： von Zglinicki T

更新日期：1998-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial, plasmid, and synthetic DNA containing unmethylated CpG dinucleotides in specific sequence contexts activate the vertebrate innate immune system. A pattern recognition receptor (PRR), toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9), recognizes CpG DNA and activates signaling cascade leading to the secretion of a number of cytok...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Agrawal S,Kandimalla ER

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is generated through the catalytic activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS). In the brain, NO mediates neuronal survival, synaptic plasticity, vascular smooth muscle relaxation, and endothelial cell permeability. Previous studies demonstrated aberrant expression...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： de la Monte SM,Sohn YK,Etienne D,Kraft J,Wands JR

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian spermatogenesis is a complex developmental process. Spermatozoa, like ova, are uniquely capable of supporting embryonic development. Our approach to understanding this process is to identify genes whose developmental pattern of expression suggests that they may play a role in spermatogenesis. Experiments on ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Duggal RN,Zakeri ZF,Ponzetto C,Wolgemuth DJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-density (resting) murine Lyt-2+ T cells exposed in vitro to the ligand concanavalin A (Con A), or immobilized F23.1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) recognizing an allotypic determinant on the T-cell receptor (TCR), or high-density (resting) allogeneic B stimulator cells remain IL-2-unresponsive; such cells do not expre...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wagner H,Heeg K,Hardt C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depressive disorders are associated with significant psychosocial impairment and disability. Depression should be thoroughly evaluated, as should current and past suicidality and potential risk factors for suicide. Mortality by suicide characterizes the course of major affective disorders in approximately 15% of those...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nemeroff CB,Compton MT,Berger J

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent in vivo studies suggest a role for relaxin-3 in feeding and stress. To further elucidate the function of relaxin-3 in the central nervous system, we have employed a complementary approach, based on RNA interference, to modulate relaxin-3 expression. We have designed, constructed, and characterized three microRN...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Callander GE,Thomas WG,Bathgate RA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathologic examination in elderly individuals and patients with Parkinson's disease with and without dementia reveals abundant isocortical amyloid deposits with no or only a few neuritic plaques, neuropil threads (NT), and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), whereas NT and NFT may be present only in the entorhinal reg...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jellinger K,Braak H,Braak E,Fischer P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt has been made to describe several actions of progesterone related to the preparation of the uterus for decidualization. These actions result from classical ligand-receptor interactions as well as from nonreceptor-mediated changes, that is, those imposed by metabolic inactivation of the steroid. By opposing ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yochim JM

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:We recently isolated a novel bHLH/PAS protein, CLIF (cycle like factor), by yeast two-hybrid screening of human umbilical endothelial cell cDNA library. CLIF is preferentially expressed in endothelial and neuronal cells. Because CLIF is expressed in vascular endothelial cells and forms a heterodimer with CLOCK, the ke...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Maemura K,Layne MD,Watanabe M,Perrell MA,Nagai R,Lee ME

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in resuscitation science have indicated that, contrary to perception, death by cardiorespiratory criteria can no longer be considered a specific moment but rather a potentially reversible process that occurs after any severe illness or accident causes the heart, lungs, and brain to stop functioning. The resul...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Parnia S

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:Fructosamine-3-kinase (FN3K) and the more recently discovered fructosamine-3-kinase-related protein (FN3KRP) appear to protect proteins from nonenzymatic glycation. To gain a better understanding of these enzymes we performed a series of investigations including (1) in silico comparisons of their promoters; (2) real-t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Conner JR,Beisswenger PJ,Szwergold BS

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expectation of reward facilitates motor behaviors that enable the animal to approach a location in space where the reward is expected. It is now known that the same expectation of reward profoundly modifies sensory, motor, and cognitive information processing in the brain. However, it is still unclear which brain regi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hikosaka O

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00