Pleiotropic action of insulin-like peptides of mollusk, Anodonta cygnea.

abstract：:Vaccinia virus encodes secretory proteins termed virokines. One of the major virokines encoded by the N1L open reading frame is the 13.8 kDa protein. A recombinant virus, termed vGK5, lacking this protein when injected intracranially into mice, has one of the highest levels of in vivo attenuation achieved by deletion ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Billings B,Smith SA,Zhang Z,Lahiri DK,Kotwal GJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes play a major role in behavioral adaptation to challenging environmental stimuli, but the complexity of their contribution remains unclear. There is growing evidence linking disease phenotypes with genes on the one hand, and the genesis of stress-related disorders like major depression, as a result of exposure to...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jabbi M,Korf J,Ormel J,Kema IP,den Boer JA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of sunlight have fascinated researchers for decades because nearly every living thing on earth is likely to be exposed to sunlight and the ultraviolet (UV) fraction of it. In addition to detrimental long-term effects such as immunosuppression and skin cancer, premature aging of the skin (photoaging) is a well-...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brenneisen P,Sies H,Scharffetter-Kochanek K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac afferent neurons are activated in the setting of myocardial ischemia and mediate the sensation of angina. However, the precise stimuli and receptive molecules responsible are not completely understood. To further investigate the molecular components involved, cardiac afferents were isolated in dissociated cult...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Benson CJ,Sutherland SP

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Phenylindoles and isosteric structures such as benzo[b]furans and benzo[b]thiophenes were used as estrogen receptor binding moiety for the syntheses of new nonsteroidal antiestrogens. The antiestrogenic potency was considerably enhanced following the introduction of polar functional groups into the side chain in pos...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Von Angerer E,Biberger C,Leichtl S

更新日期：1995-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Our tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) analog LK-805 (E107K) exhibited twofold higher specific cytotoxicity on the mouse fibroblast L-929 cell line than its native counterpart. In addition, significantly lowered systemic toxicity was observed in tumor-bearing mouse models treated with this analog. Due to a charge...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Menart V,Fonda I,Kenig M,Porekar VG

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amperometry is a powerful tool for studying the exocytotic process. Catecholamines released from a single secretory vesicle are oxidized by a carbon fiber microelectrode placed on a chromaffin cell membrane. This phenomenon can be recorded online as an amperometric signal. Each event of exocytosis is called a secretor...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gomez JF,Brioso MA,Machado JD,Sanchez JL,Borges R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that the symptoms associated with endometriosis are the result of local peritoneal inflammation. Increased concentrations of activated pelvic macrophages and lymphocytes and the elevated levels of specific cytokines and growth factors reviewed above support this hypothesis. The precise roles of ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Taylor RN,Ryan IP,Moore ES,Hornung D,Shifren JL,Tseng JF

更新日期：1997-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein crystallography, which has a growing role in the human genome project, is one of the most powerful techniques in modern biology. However, it can only be applied providing suitable crystals can be obtained. The ability to produce suitable crystals is currently the major bottleneck to structure determination. Mi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chayen NE,Helliwell JR

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the ability of the EPR spin trap DEPMPO to detect both superoxide and hydroxyl radicals produced by systems in vitro and in vivo are presented. Experiments using free radical-generating systems confirmed the suitability of the EPR spin trapping technique but also revealed the existence of an undesirable con...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mojović M,Vuletić M,Bacić GG

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous review of alternative treatments (Tx) of ADHD--those other than psychoactive medication and behavioral/psychosocial Tx--was supplemented with an additional literature search focused on adults with ADHD. Twenty-four alternative Tx were identified, ranging in scientific documentation from discrediting control...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Arnold LE

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we first present methods and preliminary results of pilot surveys of "serious" mental retardation (IQ less than or equal to 55); the surveys included screening and diagnostic components and were carried out in the less-developed world. Next we discuss two problems raised by these surveys: one is the diag...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stein Z,Durkin M,Belmont L

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endometrial effects of vaginal progesterone have been found to be unexpectedly reliable. This has led us to suspect that a local direct vagina-to-uterus transport or first uterine pass effect was the basis of the uterine targeting of vaginal progesterone. After vaginal administration of progesterone, uterine tissu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： De Ziegler D,Bulletti C,De Monstier B,Jääskeläinen AS

更新日期：1997-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids and phenolic acids are widely distributed in higher plants and form part of the human diet. Recent interest in these substances has been stimulated by the potential health benefits arising from the antioxidant activity of these polyphenolic compounds. This review outlines the basic chemistry, biosynthesis, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Croft KD

更新日期：1998-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Young songbirds memorize a tutor song and use the memory trace as a template to shape their own song by auditory feedback. Major issues in birdsong research include the neural sites and mechanisms for song memory and auditory feedback. The brain song control system contains neurons with both premotor and auditory func...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Konishi M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight and adherens junctions play critical roles in the barrier, adhesion, and signaling functions of epithelial and endothelial cells. How the molecular organization of these junctions is tuned to the widely diverse physiological requirements of each tissue type is not well understood. Here, we address this question ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vasileva E,Sluysmans S,Bochaton-Piallat ML,Citi S

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:The complex dielectric properties of canine skeletal muscles were measured at 25 degrees C during ischemia in the frequency range from 50 Hz to 200 MHz. The dielectric spectrum of skeletal muscle shows an alpha-dispersion below 1 kHz and a beta-dispersion with a relaxation frequency of about 100 kHz. The alpha-dispers...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schäfer M,Kirlum HJ,Schlegel C,Gebhard MM

更新日期：1999-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Content differentiation models posit that different areas of the prefrontal cortex perform similar operations but differ in terms of the content that is operated on. For example, it has been suggested that the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) perform similar working memory or i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zald DH

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:The functions of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian and -adrenal axes are intertwined, and molecular defects in either axis may cause ovarian dysfunction. Advances in molecular genetics have allowed new insights into the pathophysiology of ovarian disorders. Specific gene mutations causing delayed puberty and/or ovari...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kalantaridou SN,Chrousos GP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproduction usually is characterized by a mean-population fecundity pattern. Such a pattern has a maximum at earlier ages and a subsequent gradual decline in egg production. It is shown that individual fecundity trajectories do not follow such a pattern. In particular, the regular individual fecundity pattern has no ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Novoseltsev VN,Arking R,Carey JR,Novoseltseva JA,Yashin AI

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major trauma, shock, sepsis, and other conditions can lead to the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which may progress to the highly lethal multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Although a number of therapeutic strategies have been initiated, their success has been limited largely due to an incomplete ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Deitch EA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olivary fibers express CGRP-LI until the nest phase of their development and never in the next postnatal steps, that is, the "capuchon" stage. Together with other results presented in this volume regarding the postnatal development of CGRP binding sites in the cerebellar cortex, these immunohistologic findings suggest...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Morara S,Rosina A,Provini L

更新日期：1992-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:It is thought that neuronal activity in orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) represents the value of anticipated reward; however activity in many other brain areas also seems to reflect expected reward value. For example, we have shown that in monkeys performing a memory-guided saccade task for a reward of variable size, activi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Roesch MR,Olson CR

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of E-cadherin expression or function in epithelial carcinomas has long been thought as a primary reason for disruption of tight epithelial cell-cell contacts and release of invasive tumor cells from the primary tumor. Indeed, E-cadherin serves as a widely acting suppressor of invasion and growth of epithelial...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hazan RB,Qiao R,Keren R,Badano I,Suyama K

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has suggested that the superoxide and nitric oxide-derived reactive oxygen species peroxynitrite (ONOO-) may play a significant role in the acute pathophysiology of brain injury. One pharmacological mechanism by which ONOO(-)-mediated damage might be interrupted is by the administration of scavenging c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hall ED,Kupina NC,Althaus JS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quasibiennial oscillation (QBO) dominates the variability of the equatorial stratosphere and also affects the circulation and temperature of the extratropical region. In this paper we review previous work showing that the mid- to high-latitude circulation is weaker (stronger) when QBO easterlies (westerlies) domin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Peña-Ortiz C,García-Herrera R,Ribera P,Calvo N

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accelerated atherosclerosis occurs in patients with type III hyperlipoproteinemia and familial hypercholesterolemia. These genetic disorders focus attention on specific types of lipoproteins as being responsible for the development of accelerated coronary artery heart disease. The accumulation of chylomicron remnants ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Weisgraber KH,Innerarity TL,Rall SC Jr,Mahley RW

更新日期：1990-01-01 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