Role of relaxin in maternal renal vasodilation of pregnancy.

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：:(a) The PR elicited by excitotoxic destruction of intrinsic neurons in the CN has a rapid onset, peaks within 2 weeks, and persists indefinitely; (b) the majority of the proliferating cells are not intrinsic to the CNS but are of hematic origin; (c) a small mirror-image response is seen in the contralateral CN; (d) th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Katz IR,Iacovitti L,Reis DJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a special form of diabetes that is clinically similar to type 2 diabetes but with positivity for pancreatic autoantibodies. The frequency of LADA patients among all patients diagnosed as type 2 varies between 6-50% in various populations. The frequency is higher in younge...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Landin-Olsson M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E is essential for normal neurological function. It is the major lipid-soluble, chain-breaking antioxidant in the body, protecting the integrity of membranes by inhibiting lipid peroxidation. Mostly on the basis of symptoms of primary vitamin E deficiency, it has been demonstrated that vitamin E has a central ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sen CK,Khanna S,Roy S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that metabolic inhibition is neuroprotective, but little evidence has been provided to support this proposal. Using the in vitro rabbit retina preparation as an established model of the central nervous system (CNS), we measured the rate of glucose utilization and lactate production, and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Maynard KI,Quiñones-Hinojosa A,Malek JY

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term exposure to estrogens influences the development of breast cancer in women, but the precise mechanisms involved are not clearly defined. Our working hypothesis is that estrogen modulates this process by two separate processes. One involves the binding of estradiol to estrogen receptor (ER) alpha with stimula...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Santen R,Cavalieri E,Rogan E,Russo J,Guttenplan J,Ingle J,Yue W

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catecholamines (CAs) are significantly involved in the regulation of homeostasis of the organism at rest and especially during stressful situations. Stress induces increases in plasma CA (epinephrine and norepinephrine) levels and prolactin (PRL) release from the adenopituitary. We have recently observed that salsolin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bodnar I,Mravec B,Kubovcakova L,Fekete MI,Nagy GM,Kvetnansky R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RAS interacts with multiple targets in the cell and controls at least two signaling pathways, one regulating extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation and the other controlling membrane ruffling formation. These two pathways appear to act synergistically to cause transformation. Human smooth muscle alpha-...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kumar CC,Ohashi K,Nagata K,Walsh A,Bar-Sagi D,Mizuno K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most measurement devices for bioimpedance spectroscopy are coupled to the measured object (tissue) via electrodes. At frequencies > 500 kHz, they suffer from artifacts due to stray capacitances between electrode leads as well as between the ground and object. The noninvasive measurement of the brain conductivity is ha...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Scharfetter H,Ninaus W,Puswald B,Petrova GI,Kovachev D,Hutten H

更新日期：1999-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been renewed interest in the role of strategies in sensorimotor learning. The combination of new behavioral methods and computational methods has begun to unravel the interaction between processes related to strategic control and processes related to motor adaptation. These processes may operate on very diff...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Taylor JA,Ivry RB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present article we assessed exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Italian asphalt workers (AW, n = 100), exposed to bitumen fumes and diesel exhausts, and in roadside construction workers (CW, n = 47), exposed to diesel exhausts, by means of environmental and biological monitoring. 1-hydroxypyr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Campo L,Buratti M,Fustinoni S,Cirla PE,Martinotti I,Longhi O,Cavallo D,Foà V

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human serum resistance-associated (SRA) gene was identified in 28 (80%) of the 35 T.b. rhodesiense trypanosomes from parasitologically confirmed sleeping sickness cases, using the primers designed by Radwanska and in 27 (77.1%) of the same 35 T.b. rhodesiense trypanosomes using the primers designed by Gibson. Howe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Enyaru JC,Matovu E,Nerima B,Akol M,Sebikali C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In amphibians, alpha-MSH secreted by the pars intermedia of the pituitary plays a pivotal role in the process of skin color adaptation. Reciprocally, the skin of amphibians contains a number of regulatory peptides, some of which have been found to regulate the activity of pituitary melanotrope cells. In particular, th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vaudry H,Chartrel N,Desrues L,Galas L,Kikuyama S,Mor A,Nicolas P,Tonon MC

更新日期：1999-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Frozen-hydrated microtubules have been studied by cryoelectron microscopy. We have described some structural features of microtubules, their relationship with the computed or X ray diffraction patterns, and the influence of the contrast transfer function. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mandelkow E,Mandelkow EM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The historical reasons for the introduction of tick control during the nineteenth century are reviewed. Background and concepts for the choice between long-term tick control and tick eradication are compared. Case studies of large-scale tick control or eradication programs in Africa, Australia, the United States, and ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pegram RG,Wilson DD,Hansen JW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor that mediates the specific uptake and intracellular transport of dimeric immunoglobulin A (IgA dimer) in mucosal and glandular epithelia is identical with a transmembrane precursor of secreted secretory component. During transport, the IgA dimer receptor (membrane SC) is cleaved into two domains, a membra...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kühn LC,Kraehenbuhl JP

更新日期：1983-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The emission factors for indoor straw combustion are a major data gap for estimating the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emissions in China. The emission factors for open-fire straw burning were borrowed from our previous study and a rough estimate was developed. As one of the most important emission sources in ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zhang Y,Dou H,Chang B,Wei Z,Qiu W,Liu S,Liu W,Tao S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is a primary public health problem and the second leading cause of death worldwide. It causes life-threatening malignancies and results in high financial costs for both patients and the healthcare system. Hence, it is important to develop effective long-term strategies pertaining to prevention and control of ca...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ganesan K,Xu B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nur77, Nurr1, and NOR-1 form a subfamily (the NR4A/Nur subfamily) of transcription factors belonging to the family of nuclear receptors. In this report, we characterized the single member of such a subfamily in the amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae. Developmental expression analysis of AmphiNR4A showed transcripts limi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Candiani S,Moronti L,Pestarino M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoonoses are animal and human diseases. Q fever is primarily a zoonosis-an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans under certain conditions. Recent epidemiological studies suggest that Q fever should be considered as a public health problem in many countries where it is present, but unrecognizable due to inad...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beslagić E,Hamzić S,Beslagić O,Zvizdić S

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the relatively high prevalence of both hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and autoimmune disorders (ADs), it is not rare to encounter in daily clinical practice patients with ADs also carrying HCV. Corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressant drugs are needed to treat ADs, but they place HCV-infected patients at...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Galeazzi M,Bellisai F,Giannitti C,Manganelli S,Morozzi G,Sebastiani GD

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid diffusion experiments conducted on the MIR space station using the Canadian Space Agency QUELD II processing facility and the microgravity isolation mount (MIM) showed that g-jitter significantly increased the measured solute diffusion coefficients. In some experiments, milli-g forced vibration was superimposed...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Smith RW,Yang BJ,Huang WD

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal and spatial regulation of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) is very crucial for maintaining calcium ion homeostasis within cells, and consequently in the regulation of cellular functions such as beta cell replication and differentiation, insulin secretion, and apoptosis. Calcium ion regula...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Parkash J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People discover rather than choose their sexual interests. The process of discovery typically begins before the onset of puberty and is associated with an increase in the secretion of sex hormones from the adrenal glands. However, the determinants of the direction of sexual interest, in the sense of preferences for th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Quinsey VL

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction, due to either environmental or genetic factors, can result in excessive production of reactive oxygen species, triggering the apoptotic death of dopaminergic cells in Parkinson's disease. Mitochondrial free radical production is promoted by the inhibition of electron transport at any point d...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fiskum G,Starkov A,Polster BM,Chinopoulos C

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disturbances in the balance of pro- and antifibrinolytic activity, as observed in AAA and obesity, respectively, have considerable potential for influencing both intra- and extravascular fibrinolytic events and may be causally related to the development of vascular disease. For example, the wall of the aortic athe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Samad F,Schneiderman J,Loskutoff D

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this chapter, we have presented evidence for several potential levels of interaction of NT/N gene products with dopaminergic systems of the brain. We have focused on one manifestation of this interaction related to the effects of antipsychotic drugs on expression of the NT/N gene in two anatomically discrete popula...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Merchant KM,Dobie DJ,Dorsa DM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This has been an overview of fish health, a comparison of some aspects of fish husbandry with other animal husbandry, and comments concerning fish health research--especially where it is going. The 1972 disease survey identified current problems; it ranked the problems according to priority. More important, research e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wolf K

更新日期：1975-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The loop between transmembrane helices 6 and 7 (L6/7) of P-type ATPases has been suggested to be important for the functional linkage of ion binding and enzyme phosphorylation or to be a site of initial cation binding. To investigate the role of L6/7 in Na,K-ATPase, alanine substitutions were made for charged and cons...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Xu G,Farley RA,Kane DJ,Faller LD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maize (Zea mays), also called corn, is believed to have originated in central Mexico 7000 years ago from a wild grass, and Native Americans transformed maize into a better source of food. Maize contains approximately 72% starch, 10% protein, and 4% fat, supplying an energy density of 365 Kcal/100 g and is grown throug...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ranum P,Peña-Rosas JP,Garcia-Casal MN

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00