Cardiac fiber orientation and the left-right asymmetry determining mechanism.

abstract：:Structural analysis of secretin in solution has demonstrated extended helical domains within both amino- and carboxyl-terminal halves, with a possible turn in between. However, the conformation of this peptide as it resides in its binding site within the receptor has not been established. In the work reported here, we...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dong M,Wang Y,Miller LJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid advances in the biomedical sciences are producing new means of intervention against many of the major tropical diseases. The discovery of new drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tests, however, is only the first, though important, step down an often long and difficult road to their effective deployment in disease con...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Smith PG

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how the gulf between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cellular design arose is a major challenge. The viral eukaryogenesis (VE) hypothesis addresses the challenge of eukaryotic origins by suggesting the first eukaryotic cell was a multimember consortium consisting of a viral ancestor of the nucleus, an archaea...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bell PJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidative modification of proteins by reactive species, especially reactive oxygen species, is implicated in the etiology or progression of a panoply of disorders and diseases. These reactive species form through a large number of physiological and non-physiological reactions. An increase in the rate of their prod...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stadtman ER,Levine RL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early dissemination, blood circulation, or homing of single tumor cells in bone marrow and other organs is usually undetectable at primary diagnosis, even by high resolution imaging technologies. However, ultrasensitive approaches now enable the detection of "occult" tumor cells. Many researchers are currently focusin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Riethdorf S,Pantel K

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been interested in the consequences of foreign DNA insertion into established mammalian genomes and have initially studied this problem in adenovirus type 12 (Ad12)-transformed cells or in Ad12-induced hamster tumors. Since integrates are frequently methylated de novo, it appears that they might be modified by...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Doerfler W,Hohlweg U,Müller K,Remus R,Heller H,Hertz J

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent study showed a significant association between schizophrenia in European samples and the glutamate cysteine ligase modifier (GCLM) subunit gene, which is the key glutathione (GSH)-synthesizing enzyme. Since the symptoms of methamphetamine (METH)-induced psychosis are similar to those of schizophrenia, the GCL...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kishi T,Ikeda M,Kitajima T,Yamanouchi Y,Kinoshita Y,Kawashima K,Inada T,Harano M,Komiyama T,Hori T,Yamada M,Iyo M,Sora I,Sekine Y,Ozaki N,Ujike H,Iwata N

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) results from excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH), and catabolic and anabolic effects of PTH on bone may lead to overall deleterious effects on skeleton. The aim of this study was to analyze the changes in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with PHPT who ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lumachi F,Camozzi V,Ermani M,Nardi A,Luisetto G

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our paper reviews recent progress in the study and understanding of observed trends in extreme rainfall events in the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo (MASP). These are discussed in relation to hydrometeorological hazards that trigger natural disasters, such as flash floods, landslides, and droughts, that affect the pop...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Marengo JA,Alves LM,Ambrizzi T,Young A,Barreto NJC,Ramos AM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based upon their migrating properties and effector functions, CD8(+) T cells have been further classified into central memory (T(CM)) and two types of effector memory (T(EM) and T(EMRA)) cells. These memory cells display distinct replicative characteristics. Because apoptosis plays an important role in cellular homeos...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gupta S,Gollapudi S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human alpha 2-antiplasmin (alpha 2AP) is the primary inhibitor of plasmin-mediated fibrinolysis and is an efficient substrate of activated factor XIII (FXIIIa). Among 452 amino acid residues in alpha 2AP, Gln2 is believed to be the sole FXIIIa-reactive site that participates in crosslinking alpha 2AP to fibrin. We stu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lee KN,Lee CS,Tae WC,Jackson KW,Christiansen VJ,McKee PA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred years after Santiago Ramon y Cajal provided critical evidence for the "neuron doctrine," his cellular view of the brain remains the basis of modern neural science. This article begins with a review of how the early work of Ramon y Cajal, Charles Sherrington, and John Eccles and their contemporaries laid ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Albright TD,Jessell TM,Kandell ER,Posner MI

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The avoidance of autoimmunity requires mechanisms to actively silence or tolerize self reactive T cells in the periphery. During infection, dendritic cells are not only capturing microbial antigens, but also are processing self antigens from dying cells as well as innocuous environmental proteins. Since the dendritic ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Steinman RM,Hawiger D,Liu K,Bonifaz L,Bonnyay D,Mahnke K,Iyoda T,Ravetch J,Dhodapkar M,Inaba K,Nussenzweig M

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients show evidence of immune activation, as demonstrated by increased numbers of activated T lymphocytes, including cytotoxic T cells, as well as elevated levels of circulating cytokines. Nevertheless, immune cell function of CFS patients is poor, with low natural killer cell cytotox...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Patarca R

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometers are instruments that can determine multiparameter data simultaneously and have a great potential in providing unique information about cells. To transfer this potential to the clinical laboratory, the development and the proper use of standards and calibrators are required to ensure comparability and r...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schwartz A,Fernández-Repollet E

更新日期：1993-03-20 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：:The M1 antigens, associated with gastric fucomucin, the early oncofetal precancerous marker for the distal colon, were studied using the immunoperoxidase method in the distal colon. We compared human tumoral mucosa with that of rats during DMH-induced carcinogenesis. In both cases we examined histologically normal muc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bara J,Decaens C,Burtin P

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission of HIV from mothers to children may occur through the transplacental, intrapartum, or breastfeeding routes. Adequate nutritional status may reduce vertical transmission by affecting several maternal or fetal and child risk factors for transmission including enhancing systemic immune function in the mother...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fawzi W

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify rate and stability of remission induced by low-dose prednisone comedication in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we evaluated patients with early RA (<1 year) who were randomized to receive (P) or not (non-P) low-dose prednisone in association with step-up disease-modifying antirheumatic drug thera...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Todoerti M,Scirè CA,Boffini N,Bugatti S,Montecucco C,Caporali R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic purulent rhinosinusitis (CPR) is an inflammatory condition of unknown origin. Although various medical and surgical treatment modalities are available, 5-10% of patients remain refractory. Immune deficiency is one of the underlying risk factors for this disease. Earlier studies demonstrated disturbances in cel...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dalm VA,de Wit H,Drexhage HA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human speech perception seems to involve the ability to recognize groupings of speech sounds rather than component phonemes, and to distinguish between permuted orders of items within sequences as holistic entities. Humans can use this Holistic Pattern Recognition (HPR) not only with speech and music, but also with se...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Warren RM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present epidemiological data support and extend previous evidence in men and animals. Thus, a poor plasma status of vitamin C (less than 23 microM = 0.4 mg/dl) and/or of cholesterol-standardized vitamin E (less than 20-21.5 microM = 9 mg/l) occurs in westernized countries with an increased risk of IHD. A poor stat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gey KF,Stähelin HB,Puska P,Evans A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have generated a transgenic rat model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) providing formal proof that this neuropathy can be caused by increased expression of peripheral myelin protein-22 (PMP22). Heterozygous PMP22-transgenic rats develop muscle weakness and gait abnormalities as well as reduced nerve c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Niemann S,Sereda MW,Rossner M,Stewart H,Suter U,Meinck HM,Griffiths IR,Nave KA

更新日期：1999-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to infection or effective vaccination, naive antigen-specific CD8+ T cells undergo a dramatic highly orchestrated activation process. Initial encounter with an appropriately activated antigen-presenting cell leads to blastogenesis and an exponential increase in antigen-specific CD8+ T cell numbers. Simulta...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Obar JJ,Lefrançois L

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we show that the same panel of three microsatellite markers is useful for the detection of alterations in the DNA of tumor cells and plasma from patients diagnosed with SCLC and NSCLC. In 31% of the SCLC patients, we detected a microsatellite alteration(s) or LOH in at least one locus. In the group of p...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bruhn N,Beinert T,Oehm C,Jandrig B,Petersen I,Chen XQ,Possinger K,Fleischhacker M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we have presented an overview of fundamental issues involved in mediphotonic imaging, and reviewed some of the emerging techniques for early-light transillumination imaging of body organs. The results on human breast tissues presented here, together with the data accumulated and advances made by resea...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Alfano RR,Demos SG,Gayen SK

更新日期：1997-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses of the RNA metabolism of hyperthermophilic archaea highlight the efficiency of regulatory RNAs and RNA-guided processes at extreme temperatures. These organisms must overcome the intrinsic thermolability of RNAs. Elevated levels of RNA modifications and structured GC-rich regions are observed for many univers...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gomes-Filho JV,Randau L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymus produces several putative thymic hormones: thymosin alpha 1, thymulin, and thymopoietin, which have been reported to circulate and to act on both prothymocytes and mature T cells in the periphery, thus maintaining their commitment to the T cell system. These endocrine influences decline with age and are ass...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hadden JW,Malec PH,Coto J,Hadden EM

更新日期：1992-12-26 00:00:00