Engineering anticancer T cells for extended functional longevity.

abstract：:The development of an integrated system for the continuous, automated production of pure cell culture derived proteins is discussed. The system comprises a cell culture subunit for the continuous culture of mammalian cells and a purification subunit linked on-line to the cell culture subunit. The cells are compartment...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Grandics P,Szathmary S,Szathmary Z,O'Neill T

更新日期：1991-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:B-1 cells represent a subpopulation of B cells that has been extensively studied in mice and shown to spontaneously generate natural antibody that provides antimicrobial protection and helps dispose of cellular debris. Mouse B-1 cells originate from distinct progenitors and express additional immune properties that in...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rothstein TL,Quach TD

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data Sets used in reverse engineering of biochemical networks contain usually relatively few high-dimensional data points, which makes the problem in general vastly underdetermined. It is therefore important to estimate the probability that a given algorithm will return a model of acceptable quality when run on a data...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Just W

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we have utilized the transglutaminase (TGase) enzyme to modify the primary structure of VIP with diaminopropane (DAP) at the level of the Gln16. We have investigated the conformational stability of VIP and VIP-DAP in solution by limited proteolysis experiments. The VIP-DAP appears to be more resi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Caraglia M,Dicitore A,Giuberti G,Cassese D,Lepretti M,Cartenì M,Abbruzzese A,Stiuso P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of either short-term fasting or vitamin E administration on insulin action was studied in two groups of obese Type 2 diabetic patients. Twelve patients underwent 7 days of fasting (group A), whereas 600 mg of vitamin E was administered daily during 3 months in 9 diabetic patients (group B). Insulin actio...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Skrha J,Sindelka G,Hilgertová J

更新日期：1997-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The song system of oscine birds has become a versatile model system that is used to study diverse problems in neurobiology. Because the song system is often studied with the intention of applying the results to mammalian systems, it is important to place song system brain nuclei in a broader context and to understand ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Farries MA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse pheochromocytoma cells (MPCs) provide an excellent model system for investigating the effects of hypoxia on catecholamine enzyme genes and on transcription factors mediating stress responses. RT-PCR detects rapid, transient increases in PNMT mRNA in hypoxic MPC 712 cells. Additionally, elevation of mRNAs encodin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Evinger MJ,Cikos S,Nwafor-Anene V,Powers JF,Tischler AS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is highly expressed in saliva of human newborns but not in adults. Here preliminary immunohistochemical analyses on different human tissues are reported. Immunoreactivity for Tβ4 in human salivary glands show high quantities of Tβ4 before birth, followed by downregulation of expression in adulthood. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Faa G,Nemolato S,Cabras T,Fanni D,Gerosa C,Fanari M,Locci A,Fanos V,Messana I,Castagnola M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac myofilaments consist of a highly ordered assembly of proteins that collectively generate force in a calcium-dependent manner. Defects in myofilament function and its regulation have been implicated in various forms of acquired and inherited human heart disease. For example, during cardiac ischemia, cardiac...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Day S,Davis J,Westfall M,Metzger J

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to analyze neuronal computations in the first olfactory processing center, the olfactory bulb, we measured odor-evoked activity patterns across large numbers of neurons within the intact olfactory bulb of zebrafish using optical and electrophysiological methods. We found that the olfactory bulb performs multi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Friedrich RW,Yaksi E,Judkewitz B,Wiechert MT

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic contact dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin disease caused by T cells that recognize environmental and industrial allergens (i.e., haptens). Langerhans' cells (LC), which are skin-specific and "immature" members of the dendritic cell (DC) family of antigen-presenting cells, play crucial roles in the indu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Takashima A,Mummert M,Kitajima T,Matsue H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methamphetamine (METH) produces nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) loss, partly resembling that which occurs in Parkinson's disease (PD). In PD there is also a marked alteration in the gut. Given the similarities between the central DA denervation produced by METH and PD, in the present study we evaluated the alterations in ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Natale G,Kastsiuchenka O,Pasquali L,Ruggieri S,Paparelli A,Fornai F

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) and nerve agents (NAs) are highly toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health worldwide. These compounds induce status epilepticus (SE) by irreversibly blocking the ability of acetylcholinesterase to break down acetylcholine at neural synapses. Animal models of orga...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McCarren HS,McDonough JH Jr

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty-seven Brahman cattle from several locations in Martinique (FWI), reared under different environmental conditions, were followed over three years and checked for clinical signs of dermatophilosis. To confirm that these animals had been in contact with the pathogen Dermatophilus congolensis, their...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Maillard JC,Martinez D,Bensaid A

更新日期：1996-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2014, there was an outbreak of beriberi on Kuria, a remote atoll in Kiribati, a small Pacific Island nation. A thiamine-poor diet consisting mainly of rice, sugar, and small amounts of fortified flour was likely to blame. We aimed to design a food fortification strategy to improve thiamine intakes in Kuria. We surv...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Green TJ,Whitfield KC,Daniels L,Brown RC,Houghton LA

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to reevaluate the role of infection in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Sera from 119 patients with IBD [80 with Crohn's disease (CD); 39 with ulcerative colitis] and 98 healthy controls were assessed using the Bio-Rad BioPlex 2200 for the presence of Toxoplasma gondii, cytomegalovirus, Epst...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lidar M,Langevitz P,Barzilai O,Ram M,Porat-Katz BS,Bizzaro N,Tonutti E,Maieron R,Chowers Y,Bar-Meir S,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When an arbovirus enters an arthropod in an infected blood meal, several mechanisms may interact to affect its life cycle and ultimate transmissibility. Intrinsic absolute failure in the establishment of infection must be contrasted with infection that is successfully established but is variably modulated in its viral...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Murphy FA

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant advances have been made over the past few years concerning the cellular and molecular events underlying neuron death. Recently, it is becoming increasingly clear that some of genes induced during cerebral ischemia may actually serve to rescue the cell from death. However, the injured cell may not be capabl...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yenari MA,Dumas TC,Sapolsky RM,Steinberg GK

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible neuroprotective effects of thymosin beta(4) in different models of excitotoxicity. The application of thymosin beta(4) significantly attenuated glutamate-induced toxicity both in primary cultures of cortical neurons and in rat hippocampal slices. In in vivo experiment...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Popoli P,Pepponi R,Martire A,Armida M,Pèzzola A,Galluzzo M,Domenici MR,Potenza RL,Tebano MT,Mollinari C,Merlo D,Garaci E

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most important advances in perinatal health care is the use of antepartum fetal testing. Antepartum fetal testing methods may include inexpensive tests such as fetal kick counts or tests that can be quite expensive such as non-stress tests, fetal biophysical profiles, and Doppler assessments as well as inva...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vintzileos AM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Regardless of how creative, innovative, and elegant our computational methods, the ultimate proof of an algorithm's worth is the experimentally validated quality of its predictions. Unfortunately, this truism is hard to reduce to practice. Usually, modelers produce hundreds to hundreds of thousands of predictions, mos...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stolovitzky G,Prill RJ,Califano A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The life expectancy of patients with thalassemia major has significantly increased in recent years, as reported by several groups in different countries. However, complications are still frequent and affect the patients' quality of life. In a recent study from the United Kingdom, it was found that 50% of the patients ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Borgna-Pignatti C,Cappellini MD,De Stefano P,Del Vecchio GC,Forni GL,Gamberini MR,Ghilardi R,Origa R,Piga A,Romeo MA,Zhao H,Cnaan A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy at high altitude (>2700 m) is associated with higher rates of fetal growth restriction and preeclampsia as well as alterations in placentation, including increased villous vascularization and reduced remodeling of maternal spiral arteries. Because circulatory fetal DNA concentrations were shown to be enhance...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zhong XY,Wang Y,Chen S,Labu,Pubuzhuoma,Gesangzhuogab,Ouzhuwangmu,Hahn C,Holzgreve W,Hahn S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, some 80,000 commercial and industrial chemicals are now in use of which over 30,000 are produced or used in the Great Lakes region. Thus, the environmental quality within the Great Lakes basin has been compromised particularly with respect to persistent toxic substances (PTS). Information derived...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： De Rosa CT,Hicks HE,Ashizawa AE,Pohl HR,Mumtaz MM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogenate of 30 sarcoid lymph nodes was injected into the footpads of mice and 42% of the mice showed epitheloid-cell granulomas in the sites. However, the control lymph-node homogenates obtained from nonsarcoid patients also provoked similar granulomatous changes, although the positive rate was somewhat lower. In th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Iwai K,Takahashi S

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The damaging effects of superoxide in mitochondria leading to pathological disorders and aging are well documented and usually ascribed to superoxide's role as a precursor of reactive free radical species. However, the latest findings point out the importance of the nucleophilic properties of superoxide and its abilit...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Afanas'Ev IB

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis. Fractalkine, a CX3C/chemokine (CX3CL1), mediates monocytes-macrophage infiltration in activated endothelium, suggesting its specific role in atherosclerosis-related inflammation. In this study, we evaluate the following in early RA patients: the...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pingiotti E,Cipriani P,Marrelli A,Liakouli V,Fratini S,Penco M,Giacomelli R

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the predictive relationships between climate variability and coccidioidomycosis is of great importance for the development of an effective public health decision-support system. Preliminary regression-based climate modeling studies have shown that about 80% of the variance in seasonal coccidioidomycosis ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Comrie AC,Glueck MF

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, in membrane transport studies, we have observed the duality of ligand-binding site interactions in a structural protein membrane. Separately, the role of membrane anisotropy in the transport/catalytic behavior of an enzyme-membrane was investigated and modeled by the present authors. In this work, we are com...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vieth WR,Ciftçi T

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00