IGF-II binding to insulin receptor isoform A induces a partially different gene expression profile from insulin binding.

abstract：:Constitutively active GPCR have revealed novel properties of drugs that exhibit classical competitive antagonism at the native forms of GPCR. These drugs reverse basal levels of constitutive activity, indicating that they have inverse agonist activity. We were interested in determining if competitive antagonists of th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Egan C,Herrick-Davis K,Teitler M

更新日期：1998-12-15 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：:Intracerebral administration of the excitotoxin ibotenate to new-born mice induced white-matter lesions mimicking the periventricular leukomalacia occurring in human premature babies. In this model, co-injection of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) prevented white-matter lesions. VIP did not prevent the initial appe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gressens P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxyradicals are generally considered harmful byproducts of oxidative metabolism, causing molecular damage in living systems. They are implicated in various processes such as mutagenesis, aging, and series of pathological events. Although all this may be justified, evidence is accumulating that it is an oversimplified ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nagy IZ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A host of missense mutations in muscle nicotinic receptor subunits have been identified as the cause of congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS). Two classes of CMS phenotypes have been identified: slow channel myasthenic syndromes (SCCMSs) and fast channel myasthenic syndromes (FCCMSs). Although both have similar phenot...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sine SM,Wang HL,Ohno K,Shen XM,Lee WY,Engel AG

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the inflammatory synovium production of collagenase is probably responsible for the degradation of collagen in the extracellular matrix and distortion of the architecture and function of the joints. Major collagenase-producing cells are mesenchymal cells such as fibroblasts and chondrocytes, which synthesize and se...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Krane SM,Conca W,Stephenson ML,Amento EP,Goldring MB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in humans and in animal models have demonstrated that the receptor-dependent actions of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D are required for normal skeletal growth and maturation. Investigations were undertaken to address which consequences of vitamin D receptor deficiency are a direct result of impaired receptor-dependen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Demay MB

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endometrium acquires the ability to implant the developing embryo within a specific time window, termed the "receptive phase." During this period, the endometrium undergoes pronounced structural and functional changes induced by the ovarian steroids, estrogen and progesterone, which prepare it to be receptive to i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bagchi IC,Li Q,Cheon YP

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mediterranean diet is now recognized as being both limited in toxicity and abundant in nutrient and non-nutrient protective factors. A large body of basic, clinical and epidemiological studies have been developed in recent years to provide evidence of the benefits of the Mediterranean diet or its components on hea...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Covas MI,Marrugat J,Fitó M,Elosua R,de la Torre-Boronat C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of functional polymorphisms in promoters of the MMP-2 (-1306 C > T), MMP-3 (-1171 5A > 6A), MMP-9 (-1562 C > T), MMP-12 (-82 A > G), TIMP-1 (-372 C > T), and PAI-1 (-675 4G > 5G and -847 A > G) genes on the growth rate of small abdominal aortic aneurysms. The patients...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Powell JT

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to estimate the prevalence of SOX13 antibodies in Swedish patients with type 1 diabetes and healthy controls. The patients (n = 102; median age 35 years [range, 9-89]) were newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in a defined area in southern Sweden during 1995-1998. Islet cell antibodies (ICA) were ana...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Törn C,Shtauvere-Brameus A,Sanjeevi CB,Landin-Olsson M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have evaluated the impact of nutritional supplementation among pregnant adolescents. We examined the effects of the Rang Din Nutrition Study (RDNS) interventions on children born to mothers <20 years of age. The RDNS was a cluster-randomized effectiveness trial with four arms: (1) women and children both r...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dewey KG,Matias SL,Mridha MK,Arnold CD

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphotoxin is a protein with a MW of 45,000 daltons derived from activated lymphocytes that kills target cells nonspecifically. Kinetic studies indicate that there is a lag period of about 4 hours before cytotoxicity becomes apparent, even at high concentrations of lymphotoxin. Therefore, the role of lymphotoxin in c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mayer MM,Gately MK,Okamoto M,Shin ML,Willoughby JB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial phase of vessel formation is the establishment of nascent endothelial tubes from mesodermal precursor cells. Development of the vascular epithelium is examined using the transcription factor TAL1 as a marker of endothelial precursor cells (angioblasts), and a functional assay based on intact, whole-mounted...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Drake CJ,Hungerford JE,Little CD

更新日期：1998-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The article describes the process of planning the Memorial of Disappeared Detained Citizens in the City of Montevideo, Uruguay, the construction of which was completed in January 2003. It explores the role that memory, planning, and reconciliation carried out in the public realm can play in the context of an urban env...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kohen M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 10 years, the continual discovery of novel forms of encephalitis associated with antibodies to cell-surface or synaptic proteins has changed the paradigms for diagnosing and treating disorders that were previously unknown or mischaracterized. We review here the process of discovery, the symptoms, and the...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Leypoldt F,Armangue T,Dalmau J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the popular and widely used Atkins diet, the body burns fat as its main fuel. This process produces ketosis and hence increased levels of beta-hydroxybutyrate (BOB) acetoacetate (AcAc) and its by-products acetone and acetol. These products are potential precursors of the glycotoxin methylglyoxal. Since methylglyoxa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beisswenger BG,Delucia EM,Lapoint N,Sanford RJ,Beisswenger PJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The osteoclast (OCL) is derived from the cells in monocyte-macrophage lineage. The earliest identifiable OCL precursor is the granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming unit (CFU-GM), which gives rise to granulocytes, monocytes, and OCL. CFU-GM-derived cells then differentiate to committed OCL precursors, which are post-mi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Roodman GD

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overarching role of coenzyme Q(10) in gene regulation, bioenergy formation, cellular redox poise regulation, and hydrogen peroxide formation is presented. Coenzyme Q(10) has a central role acting as a prooxidant in the generation of H(2)O(2). Contrary to the dogma that superoxide and H(2)O(2) formation are highly ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Linnane AW,Eastwood H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic health records (eHRs) play an increasingly important role in documentation and exchange of information in multi-and interdisciplinary patient care. Although eHRs are associated with mixed evidence in terms of effectiveness, they are undeniably the health record form of the future. This poses several learnin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Berndt M,Fischer MR

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 13 patients with unilateral peripheral vestibular lesions following removal of acoustic neurinomas. The time constant of the VOR after surgery was 6.4 +/- 2.6 seconds (normal is 18.5 +/- 7.7 seconds). The time constant of OKAN after surgery was 7.2 +/- 1.8 seconds (normal is 11.3 +/- 3.2 seconds). The mean ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hain TC,Zee DS

更新日期：1992-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The gain of the angular vestibulo-ocular reflex (aVOR) was determined in monkeys by rotation about a spatial vertical axis while upright or statically tilted forward and backward. Horizontal, vertical, and roll gains were determined at each head orientation and plotted as a function of head tilt. Before canal plugging...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yakushin SB,Dai M,Raphan T,Suzuki J,Arai Y,Cohen B

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The flow divider of the brachiocephalic branching of the rabbit aorta had both high and low shear stress regions, each of which was covered by endothelial cells with low and high permeability respectively, even in normolipidemic intact rabbits. When rabbits were placed on an atherogenic diet, low shear regions were...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yoshida Y,Okano M,Wang S,Kobayashi M,Kawasumi M,Hagiwara H,Mitsumata M

更新日期：1995-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Osmotic opening of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) most likely is mediated by modification of interendothelial tight junctions, subsequent to shrinkage of cerebrovascular endothelial cells, and not by stimulation of transendothelial vesicular transport or by channel formation. This paper summarizes evidence for this con...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rapoport SI,Robinson PJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence gathered to date from topographic data, geophysical data, well logs, and drill-core samples indicates that the buried Chicxulub basin, the source crater for the approximately 65 Ma Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) boundary deposits, is approximately 300 km in diameter. A prominent topographic ridge and a ring of gra...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sharpton VL,Marin LE

更新日期：1997-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Relaxin (RLX) has antifibrotic effects in a number of tissues. Many of these effects are similar to those induced by the activators of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), raising the possibility that a mechanism for RLX's antifibrotic effects may involve activation of the PPARgamma pathway. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Singh S,Bennett RG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The xynA gene encoding a major xylanase of Clostridium stercorarium F-9 was sequenced. The structural gene consists of an open reading frame of 1533 bp encoding a protein of 511 amino acids with an M(r) of 56,519. XynA consists of a catalytic domain belonging to family G at the NH2-terminus and two direct repeats of a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sakka K,Takada G,Karita S,Ohmiya K

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial protein, staphylocoagulase, binds stoichiometrically to human prothrombin resulting in a coagulant complex, staphylothrombin. The enzymatic properties of staphylothrombin differ from those of alpha-thrombin in their substrate specificities toward natural and synthetic substrates, in addition to their interac...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kawabata S,Morita T,Miyata T,Kaida S,Igarashi H,Iwanaga S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of animal cells, tissues, or organs for humans is being investigated as an alternative to allotransplantation and as therapy for a broad range of disease states including diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and neurologic pain control. The risk of transmitting novel infections with these tissues, xenozoonoses, has ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Michaels M

更新日期：1998-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Propofol is a widely used intravenous anesthetic agent. Our previous study showed that a therapeutic concentration of propofol can modulate macrophage functions. Mitochondria play critical roles in the maintenance of macrophage activities. This study attempted to evaluate further the effects of mitochondria on the pro...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wu GJ,Tai YT,Chen TL,Lin LL,Ueng YF,Chen RM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00