Exploring the role of hepcidin, an antimicrobial and iron regulatory peptide, in increased iron absorption in beta-thalassemia.

abstract：:In this study we investigated the impact of estrogen antagonists and of 16alpha-OHE1 (an estrogen derivative that binds to and induces transactivation of estrogen receptors) on estrogen metabolism in malignant HepG2 human liver cells featured by high estrogen sulfotransferase (EST); our aim was to clarify the potentia...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Campisi I,Granata OM,Cocciadiferro L,Calabrò M,Polito LM,Carruba G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of different isoforms of mammalian voltage-gated sodium channels have been identified. These channels can be classified into three different types. Eight type 1 isoforms have been identified in the CNS, PNS, skeletal muscle, and heart. All of these channels have been expressed in exogenous systems, and all o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Goldin AL

更新日期：1999-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulose degradation is a rare trait in bacteria. However, the truly cellulolytic bacteria are extremely efficient hydrolyzers of plant cell wall polysaccharides, especially those in thermophilic anaerobic ecosystems. Clostridium stercorarium, a thermophilic ubiquitous soil dweller, has a simple cellulose hydrolyzing...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zverlov VV,Schwarz WH

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of taste loss over a discrete area of the tongue or palate is unknown; however, we have identified discrete losses in three etiological groups: head trauma, upper respiratory infection, and bulimia. We have now identified discrete losses in elderly subjects. To summarize, elderly subjects show elevated ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bartoshuk LM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies described in this report suggest a rather complex, albeit incomplete, sequence of molecular events that we believe form part of the cascade of reactions through which a series of hormones, via cAMP, regulates the expression of specific gene products. The majority of our own studies relate to cAMP-mediated ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jungmann RA,Constantinou AI,Squinto SP,Kwast-Welfeld J,Schweppe JS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SOX8 is a transcription factor that belongs to the SoxE group of high mobility group (HMG) superfamily of genes. As Sox8 is widely expressed during development, and has male-specific expression at the critical period for sex determination, it was initially hypothesized that its inactivation would result in abnormal se...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kennedy CL,Koopman P,Mishina Y,O'Bryan MK

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many autoimmune diseases are chronic conditions that progress over the course of years, and are characterized by the presence of autoantibodies that precede the overt disease by months or years. As examples, the presence of two islet cell antibodies (ICA) are associated with a 50% risk of developing diabetes mellitus ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Harel M,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional decline of tissues in aged animals is a result of cellular aging. Though any process of somatic cell aging basically depends on genomic instructions, phenotypes of aged cells are expressed in a given internal environment of each cell type that was made with translated proteins and post-translationally modif...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Toda T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) were present by 13,700 years B.C.E. in the Catskills Mountains of southeastern New York State. These conifers were, and still are, largely confined to the eastern and far western portions of the region. A gap in the distribution exists between ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kudish M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about how mitogenic factors generate growth regulatory signals and how these are mediated within the cell. We have developed three different types of mitogenic stimuli in order to identify the possible existence of common denominators in a complex and perhaps pleiotypic signal-response system. 3T3 cell...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zetterberg A,Engström W,Larsson O

更新日期：1982-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Sacrocaudal afferent (SCA) stimulation is used in this work to study neural pathways involved in sensory-activation of central pattern generators (CPGs) in the isolated spinal cord of the neonatal rat. Surgical manipulations of the white matter funiculi and confocal imaging of back-labeled funicular pathways suggest t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lev-Tov A,Etlin A,Blivis D

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. One can accurately predict the contribution of each inhibitor to the total inactivation of an enzyme in plasma once its pseudo-first-order reaction rate constant and concentration are known. 2. Because the mechanism of augmentation of the inactivation rate of an enzyme by ATIII occurs via formation of an ATIII-hepa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Colman RW,Scott CF,Pixley RA,de la Cadena RA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Lipoxygenase (5-LOX) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) are two enzymes that are critical for the synthesis of eicosanoids, the inflammatory metabolites of arachidonic acid. Both 5-LOX and COX-2 are expressed in the brain, including in CNS neurons. The physiologic role of these proteins in neuronal functioning is not clea...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Manev H,Uz T,Manev R,Zhang Z

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much has been learned during the past decade about the specific retinoid-binding proteins that exist in plasma, and in the intracellular compartment in a number of tissues. Vitamin A is mobilized from liver stores and transported in plasma in the form of the lipid alcohol retinol, bound to a specific transport protein...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Goodman DS

更新日期：1981-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Forests are one of Earth's critical biomes. They have been shown to respond strongly to many of the drivers that are predicted to change natural systems over this century, including climate, introduced species, and other anthropogenic influences. Predicting how different tree species might respond to this complex of f...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McMahon SM,Dietze MC,Hersh MH,Moran EV,Clark JS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the repatriation of human remains to indigenous peoples in Australia and the United States and the role anthropologists play in the construction of past, present, and future identities for contemporary indigenous peoples. Using examples from both countries, I suggest that many of the participants ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cantwell AM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraocular lesions occurred in 55 of 70 sarcoidosis patients (78.6%) and their intraocular findings were biomicroscopically analyzed. Intraocular lesions were observed bilaterally in 54 of 55 patients (98.0%) and these various lesions occurred simultaneously or within a short period in almost all tissues of the eyeba...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Iwata K,Nanba K,Sobue K,Abe H

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets play important roles for hemostasis with activated platelets adhering to the injured vessel wall to initiate platelet aggregation. At the same time, our study revealed the cytotoxic effect on endothelial cells characterized by an increase of intracellular Ca++ and a decrease of EDRF production, which may cau...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Numano F,Kishi Y,Ashikaga T,Hata A,Makita T,Watanabe R

更新日期：1995-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The epsilon 4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE) is strongly associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Caucasian populations, but our studies suggest that APOE epsilon 4 is not a risk factor for AD in Nigerian blacks and is a weak risk factor in African-Americans. The prevalence of AD is lower in Nigerians...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lahiri DK,Xu Y,Klaunig J,Baiyewu O,Ogunniyi A,Hall K,Hendrie H,Sahota A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of action of tocopherol transfer protein (TTP) and its role in the intracellular processing of vitamin E were investigated using confocal fluorescence microscopy. The results from this work suggest that TTP functions by transporting vitamin E from endocytic organelles to other locations in the cell. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Qian J,Wilson K,Nava P,Morley S,Atkinson J,Manor D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of embryonic implantation relies on an ideal cross-talk between the embryo and the receptive endometrium. This article focuses on the role of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and its receptors in human embryo implantation. LIF is a secreted glycoprotein first described as a factor that induced the differen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Aghajanova L

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pawtucket Heart Health Program, a research effort testing a process of community activation for cardiovascular risk factor behavior change, risk factor change, and coronary heart disease event rate change, utilizes risk factor behavior change programs for the entire population of a northeastern city. A diversity o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Carleton RA,Sennett L,Gans KM,Levin S,Lefebvre C,Lasater TM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass production of Ehrlichia ruminantium variants from different regions of sub-Saharan Africa is one of the difficulties that must be overcome in producing a heartwater vaccine. Vaccine productivity can be limited by endogenous induction of interferon (IFN), which inhibits the propagation of Ehrlichia ruminantium (ER...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pedregal A,de Sousa DR,Nguyen HN,das Neves EA,Lowagie S,Marique T,Kagye N,Guerra IT,Kamba Y,Totte P,Vachiéry N,Lefrançois T,Martinez D,Yourassowsky C,Callens N,Monnom O,Dubois F,Wérenne J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper will review our recent data relevant to the antioxidant effects of N-acetylserotonin (NAS), the immediate precursor of melatonin, the pineal gland indole. Mechanisms of the antioxidant effects of NAS might involve interaction with melatonin type 3 receptors and nonreceptor mechanisms such as stimulation of ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Oxenkrug G

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Explicit memory refers to the conscious retrieval of past information or experiences, whereas implicit memory refers to an unintentional or nonconscious form of retrieval. Much of the literature in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience has focused on differences between explicit and implicit memory, and the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dew ITZ,Cabeza R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary and human factors have been found to be the major factors influencing the bioavailability of micronutrients, such as provitamin A carotenoid (pVAC), iron, and zinc, in biofortified crops. Dietary factors are related to food matrix structure and composition. Processing can improve pVAC bioavailability by disrup...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bechoff A,Dhuique-Mayer C

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:The hypothesis tested was that mutant tumor DNA shed into plasma would show predictive value for monitoring response to therapy in non-small cell lung carcinoma patients. Pretreatment plasma specimens from 25 patients on a phase I trial were evaluated, 12 with paired posttreatment specimens, and 138 patients on the So...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kimura T,Holland WS,Kawaguchi T,Williamson SK,Chansky K,Crowley JJ,Doroshow JH,Lenz HJ,Gandara DR,Gumerlock PH

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most striking changes in the primary lymphoid organs during human aging is the progressive involution of the thymus. As a consequence, the rate of naïve T cell output dramatically declines with age and the peripheral T cell pool shrinks. These changes lead to increased incidence of severe infections and dec...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pfister G,Weiskopf D,Lazuardi L,Kovaiou RD,Cioca DP,Keller M,Lorbeg B,Parson W,Grubeck-Loebenstein B

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify factors regulating neurogenesis and programmed cell death in mouse olfactory epithelium (OE), and to determine the mechanisms by which these factors act, we have studied mouse OE using two major experimental paradigms: tissue culture of embryonic OE and cell types isolated from it; and ablation of the olfa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Calof AL,Rim PC,Askins KJ,Mumm JS,Gordon MK,Iannuzzelli P,Shou J

更新日期：1998-11-30 00:00:00