Manufactured uncertainty: protecting public health in the age of contested science and product defense.

abstract：:The innervation of muscles in patients with the post-polio syndrome (PPS) may differ from limb to limb or even within the same limb because of the segmental nature of the initial involvement and the varying degree of subsequent recovery. Consequently, the compensatory effort of the neighboring muscles varies even in t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dalakas MC

更新日期：1995-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Our studies to date indicate that treatment with anti-idiotype to monoclonal anti-MHC antibodies can markedly influence the repertoire of anti-MHC antibodies expressed. The antibodies discussed here appear to represent two classes, one of which is public, probably representing expression of a germ line gene, and the s...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sachs DH,Bluestone JA,Epstein SL,Rabinowitz R

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells. Genetic and environmental factors contribute in this disease. There is evidence that MHC class I chain-related gene (MIC-A) plays a role in the susceptibility to this and other autoimmune diseases...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zake LN,Ghaderi M,Park YS,Babu S,Eisenbarth G,Sanjeevi CB

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) has been implicated in the growth of endometrial cancer. In the present study, immunostaining of EGF-R was investigated in different endometrial cancer histotypes. For this purpose 34 surgical samples of primary endometrial carcinoma were studied using monoclonal anti-EGF-R ant...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jasonni VM,Santini D,Amadori A,Ceccarelli C,Naldi S

更新日期：1994-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolide and polyether biosynthesis in actinomycetes is regulated at the level of precursor supply by effects of nutrients on the sources of the low-molecular-weight fatty acids used to build the carbon framework of these antibiotics. Ammonium ion appears to suppress the first enzymes of valine and threonine cataboli...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tang L,Zhang YX,Hutchinson CR

更新日期：1994-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Human germ-cell tumors (GCTs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms. Based on epidemiology, anatomical site of presentation, histology, chromosomal constitution, and pattern of genomic imprinting, GCTs are classified into five entities. Within the testis, three types of GCTs can be diagnosed: type I (teratomas and yo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Looijenga LH,Gillis AJ,Stoop HJ,Hersmus R,Oosterhuis JW

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Buddhist view of the origin of the universe is discussed. One of the basic tenets of Buddhism is the concept of interdependence which says that all things exist only in relationship to others, and that nothing can have an independent and autonomous existence. The world is a vast flow of events that are linked toge...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Thuan TX

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discrepancy between dynamical mass measures of objects such as galaxies and the observed distribution of luminous matter in the universe is typically explained by invoking an unseen "dark matter" component. Dark matter must necessarily be nonbaryonic. We introduce a simple hypothesis to do away with the necessity ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kinney WH,Brisudova M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac muscle relies highly on aerobic metabolism. Heart muscle has a high oxygen uptake at resting conditions, which increases many fold during exhaustive physical exercise. Such a high rate of oxidative metabolism is often associated with enhanced production of reactive oxygen metabolites. A single bout of strenuou...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Atalay M,Sen CK

更新日期：1999-06-30 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：:We created a toolbox of recombinant, microbial lipases, which allows us in combination with a lipase database to choose among the overexpressed lipases the most appropriate for a specific application and to improve it further via mutagenesis. By systematic comparison of geometry and properties of the scissile fatty ac...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schmidt-Dannert C,Pleiss J,Schmid RD

更新日期：1998-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat striatal synaptosomes showed a reduced capacity to generate a membrane potential after being exposed to methamphetamine (METH) for 1 h. As a consequence, the dopamine (DA) synaptosomes were impeded in their electrogenic-dependent reuptake of dopamine. The capacity for METH-exposed nerve terminals to generate a mem...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Westphalen RI,Stadlin A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accepted dogma has been that a single long-term hematopoietic stem cell (LT-HSC) can reconstitute all components of the immune system. However, our single-cell transfer studies have shown that highly purified LT-HSCs selectively fail to reconstitute B-1a cells in otherwise fully reconstituted hosts (i.e., LT-HSCs ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ghosn EE,Yang Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of the adenylyl cyclase signaling mechanism (ACSM) of insulin and related peptides allows for advancing the hypothesis of its participation in regulatory action on cell growth, apoptosis, and metabolism. The following evidences were obtained: (1) The order of efficiency of insulin and IGF-I growth-promot...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pertseva MN

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary psychology seeks to understand the functional design underlying psychological processes and behavior. Theories of selection pressures developed within evolutionary biology are key components of this understanding. Because past selection pressures responsible for current design cannot be directly observed,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gangestad SW

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine changes in muscle cell injury and antioxidant capacity of weightlifters following a 1-week intensive resistance-training regimen. Thirty-six female subjects participated in this study, and their ages ranged from 18 to 25 years. The sample group included 19 elite weightlifters with ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Liu JF,Chang WY,Chan KH,Tsai WY,Lin CL,Hsu MC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin is a ubiquitous extracellular matrix (ECM) protein known to play a critical role in cell adhesion. In the present study we dissected the effects of glucocorticoids and cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) on FN expression in cultures of cytotrophoblasts isolated from human term placentas to identify...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Guller S,Wozniak R,Leibman MI,Lockwood CJ

更新日期：1994-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy for mitochondrial diseases is woefully inadequate. How-ever, lack of cure does not equate with lack of treatment. In this review, we consider sequentially several different therapeutic approaches. Palliative therapy is dictated by good medical practice and includes anticonvulsant medication, control of endocri...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dimauro S,Mancuso M,Naini A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors that regulate various pathways of Maillard reaction leading to aroma, color, or carcinogen generation have not been identified, due to the difficulties associated with analyzing complex reaction mixtures. In particular, the role played by oxidation in directing aromagenic, chromogenic, or carcinogenic pathways...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yaylayan VA,Haffenden L,Chu FL,Wnorowski A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large-scale differential gene expression in lymphomononuclear cells of six patients with recently diagnosed type), and six normal individuals matched to patients for sex and age were studied. Glass slides containing 4608 cDNAs from the IMAGE library were spotted using robotic technology. Statistical analysis was c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rassi DM,Junta CM,Fachin AL,Sandrin-Garcia P,Mello S,Marques MM,Fernandes AP,Foss-Freitas MC,Foss MC,Sakamoto-Hojo ET,Passos GA,Donadi EA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of autoimmune diseases is higher in females than in males. In both sexes, adrenal hormones, that is, glucocorticoids, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and androgens, are inadequately low in patients when compared to healthy controls. Hormonally active androgens are anti-inflammatory, whereas estrogens are ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schmidt M,Naumann H,Weidler C,Schellenberg M,Anders S,Straub RH

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of substance use disorders has always been challenging because multiple neurotransmitters mediate addiction. However, with smoking being the leading cause of preventable death and the recent opioid epidemic in the United States, the search for novel solutions becomes more imperative. In this review, we d...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Xu A,Kosten TR

更新日期：2020-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The behavior of sadists is bizarre and poorly understood. There are gross endocrine and brain abnormalities in a small number of these men. Approximately two-fifths show subtle temporal lobe brain abnormalities that are logically linked to sexual behavior and require further exploration. It would be interesting to exp...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Langevin R,Bain J,Wortzman G,Hucker S,Dickey R,Wright P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the redusome hypothesis, the aging of an organism is determined by the shortening of chronomeres (small perichromosomal linear DNA molecules). In this paper, a presumptive role for infradian hormonal rhythms is considered. Endogenous infradian rhythms are supposed to actively interact with those hormonal ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Olovnikov A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of expression of human class II MHC genes has been studied in lymphoid and melanoma cells. Specific unmethylation of all restriction sites nearby the promoter regions has been detected in all cell lines and tissues studied, irrespective of their ability to express class II MHC products. The main functional...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gambari R,Barbieri R,Piva R,Tecce R,Fisher PB,Giacomini P,Natali PG

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using the selective ACE inhibitor captopril, we studied the effect of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) on larval growth, metamorphosis, and reproduction in a lepidopteran species, the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis. Captopril was detrimental to adult formation and oviposition, and in female moths it ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vercruysse L,Gelman D,van de Velde S,Raes E,Hooghe B,Vermeirssen V,van Camp J,Smagghe G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deprivation of sympathetic neurons of their physiological neurotrophic factor, nerve growth factor (NGF), leads to degeneration of soma and neurites, followed by loss of viability. The progression of degeneration and death are dependent upon macromolecular synthesis indicating an active participation of neuronal metab...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Deckwerth TL,Johnson EM Jr

更新日期：1993-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past two decades, many clinical trials have been conducted using different forms of estrogen therapy with and without progestin supplementation in an effort to treat diagnosed Alzheimer's disease. Design variations among these trials may account for the inconsistent results of these investigations and the per...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mulnard RA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Friendship pervades the human social landscape. These bonds are so important that disrupting them leads to health problems, and difficulties forming or maintaining friendships attend neuropsychiatric disorders like autism and depression. Other animals also have friends, suggesting that friendship is not solely a human...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brent LJ,Chang SW,Gariépy JF,Platt ML

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00