Alpha(2A)-adrenergic versus imidazoline receptor controversy in rilmenidine's action: alpha(2A)-antagonism in humans versus alpha(2A)-agonism in rabbits.

abstract：:This paper considers issues arising from presentations by Barry Everitt and Gorica Petrovich concerning amygdalar involvement in appetitive conditioning. Studies reported by these researchers are beginning to unravel the distribution of associative functions among amygdalar nuclei and their efferent targets. The main ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gabriel M,Burhans L,Kashef A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many electronic design tools are, at their core, tools for analyzing interacting networks of components in which there is a definite causal sense of direction in each interaction: outputs affect inputs, but not vice versa. Simplifying or restricting a network of protein interactions so that this kind of directedness h...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lok L

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The superior soft tissue contrast and multiplanar capability of magnetic resonance imaging has contributed to earlier diagnosis and implementation of effective treatment for a variety of arthropathies. Owing to overlapping clinical signs and symptoms, MRI plays a role in delineating the features and stages of these co...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Momeni M,Brindle K

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional and thiophosphonate-derivatized oligonucleotides were employed to specifically regulate functional gene expression in murine T-cell hybridomas. For example, induction of apoptotic cell death following activation of T-cell hybridomas was examined using antisense oligonucleotides corresponding to several pr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Green DR,Zheng H,Shi Y

更新日期：1992-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulation of signaling pathways is a common feature observed in human cancers and other diseases. Therefore, there is a strong need for compounds that are able to modulate or inactivate upregulated signaling events. Natural compounds extracted from plants have long been used and still present a dynamic domain in th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Blasius R,Dicato M,Diederich M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron microscopical studies presented here show that characteristic morphological alterations in mitochondria are a very early hallmark of the hepatocellular apoptotic program. Before chromatin condensation occurs, the outer mitochondrial membrane is focally disrupted and the inner membrane protrudes through th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Angermüller S,Schümann J,Fahimi HD,Tiegs G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogens are represented by a diverse group of compounds. Within this large family of molecules are tissue-selective estrogens that have been classified as selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs). These compounds are characterized by the fact that they exhibit both estrogen agonist and antagonist activity depe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Komm BS,Lyttle CR

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal modulators of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis are corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP). Corticotropin-releasing hormone is not exclusively produced in the hypothalamus. Its presence has been demonstrated at peripheral inflammatory sites. Ovulation and luteoly...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mastorakos G,Ilias I

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High concentrations of glucose induce insulin resistance and impair insulin secretion in a manner that mirrors type 2 diabetes, a phenomenon known as glucose toxicity. High concentrations of hexosamines mimic these effects, leading to the hypothesis that cells use hexosamine flux as a glucose- and satiety-sensing path...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cooksey RC,McClain DA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family members RANKL and TNF-alpha are critical regulators of osteoclast formation, functions of other TNFs in bone are poorly understood. Here we consider the roles in regulating bone turnover of TNF receptors (TNF-R) also expressed by osteoblasts and osteoblast precursors. TNF r...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Robinson LJ,Borysenko CW,Blair HC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro lethal activity of two Bacillus thuringiensis strains (IB-16 and IB-61) against Haemonchus contortus histotropic fourth stage larvae (L(4)) was evaluated. Each B. thuringiensis strain was used as soluble proteins at different concentrations. In addition, the in vitro lethal dose (LD(50)) of each strain wa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hernández Linares I,López Arellano ME,Mendoza de Gives P,Liébano Hernández E,de la Parra AB

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the flight experiment, supporting ground science, and the design rationale for a project on spaceflight holography investigation in a virtual apparatus (SHIVA). SHIVA is a fundamental study of particle dynamics in fluids in microgravity. Gravitation effects and steady Stokes drag often dominate th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Trolinger JD,L'Esperance D,Rangel RH,Coimbra CF,Witherow WK

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the aforementioned complications, noninvasive saliva collection has provided the medical and research community with an excellent medium for the monitoring of plasma steroid levels. This noninvasive method has permitted the evaluation and assessment of a multitude of endocrine studies that would have been extr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Quissell DO

更新日期：1993-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:During food shortage, organisms activate defense mechanisms to maximize their chance of survival. At least in part, these responses are triggered by changes in hormonal status and neural status during starvation. The hypothalamus is organized as a collection of distinct autonomously active nuclei and is considered to ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chiba T,Fujita S,Kubota H,Inoue D,Mizuno A,Komatsu T,Yamaza H,Higami Y,Shimokawa I

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uteroglobin, a steroid-inducible, cytokine-like, secreted protein with immunomodulatory properties, has been reported to bind progesterone, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), and retinol. Structural studies may delineate whether binding of ligands is a likely physiological function of human uteroglobin (hUG). We report ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pattabiraman N,Matthews JH,Ward KB,Mantile-Selvaggi G,Miele L,Mukherjee AB

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to learn the prevalence of spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia detected in ticks in La Rioja, in the north of Spain. From 2001 to 2005, 496 ticks representing 7 tick species were analysed at the Hospital de La Rioja. Ticks were removed from humans with or without rickettsial syndrome (n = 59) or col...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Oteo JA,Portillo A,Santibáñez S,Pérez-Martínez L,Blanco JR,Jiménez S,Ibarra V,Pérez-Palacios A,Sanz M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune diseases affect approximately 5% of the population in Western countries, with high female predominance. Family and twins studies have demonstrated that genetic factors are crucial determinants of susceptibility to autoimmune disease, but no specific genes have yet been identified. Recent studies indicate th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Invernizzi P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information processing in the rodent hippocampus is fundamentally shaped by internally generated sequences (IGSs), expressed during two different network states: theta sequences, which repeat and reset at the ∼8 Hz theta rhythm associated with active behavior, and punctate sharp wave-ripple (SWR) sequences associated ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pezzulo G,Kemere C,van der Meer MAA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nervous systems of helminths are highly peptidergic. Species in the phylum Nematoda (roundworms) possess at least 50 FMRFamide-related peptides (FaRPs), with more yet to be identified. To date, few non-FaRP neuropeptides have been identified in these organisms, though evidence suggests that other families are present....

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Geary TG,Marks NJ,Maule AG,Bowman JW,Alexander-Bowman SJ,Day TA,Larsen MJ,Kubiak TM,Davis JP,Thompson DP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the industrialized world. This is partially attributed to the inability of cardiomyocytes to divide in a significant manner, and therefore the heart responds to injury through scar formation. One of the challenges of modern medicine is to develop novel therapeutic strateg...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bolli P,Chaudhry HW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is usually caused by autoantibodies against muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR), which is composed of five subunits (alpha(2)betagammadelta or alpha(2)betaepsilondelta). Current treatments, including plasmapheresis, are nonspecific, causing several side effects. We aim to develop an a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tzartos SJ,Bitzopoulou K,Gavra I,Kordas G,Jacobson L,Kostelidou K,Lagoumintzis G,Lazos O,Poulas K,Sideris S,Sotiriadis A,Trakas N,Zisimopoulou P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is assigned to newborns with a birth weight and/or birth length below the 10th percentile for their gestational age and whose abdominal circumference is below the 2.5th percentile with pathologic restriction of fetal growth. IUGR is usually due to maternal, fetal, or pla...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Valsamakis G,Kanaka-Gantenbein C,Malamitsi-Puchner A,Mastorakos G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

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：:The purpose of this study was to determine the seroprevalence against Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana among a risk group, patients with HIV infection, and to identify the epidemiological factors involved. Our data indicate that the prevalence of Bartonella infection among HIV-infected patients is much grea...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pape M,Kollaras P,Mandraveli K,Tsona A,Metallidis S,Nikolaidis P,Alexiou-Daniel S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2 S) is a highly neurotoxic gas. Acute exposure can lead to neurological sequelae among survivors. A drug for treating neurological sequelae in survivors of acute H2 S intoxication is needed. Using a novel mouse model we evaluated the efficacy of cobinamide (Cob) for increasing survival of, and redu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Anantharam P,Whitley EM,Mahama B,Kim DS,Sarkar S,Santana C,Chan A,Kanthasamy AG,Kanthasamy A,Boss GR,Rumbeiha WK

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The injury to vascular endothelium seen in severe bacterial infection may be mediated by neutrophil-derived enzymes. Neutrophil adhesion to endothelium, a prerequisite for this process, is mediated sequentially by the leukocyte adhesion molecules L-selectin and the beta 2 integrins, including CD11b/CD18. We have explo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Finn A,Strobel S,Levin M,Klein N

更新日期：1994-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific probes (alpha-bungarotoxin for acetylcholine receptor (AChR), staphylococcal protein A for IgG, monospecific antibodies against C3 and C9) labelled with peroxidase were applied to study of the ultrastructure of the MG end plate. In each case of MG there was postsynaptic AChR deficiency, usually greatest at en...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Engel AG,Sahashi K,Fumagalli G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease in which the beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed by the body's own immune system. IL12 plays a role in pathological situations, such as septic shock, tissue damage during inflammation, and organ-specific autoimmune diseases. In NOD mice, administration of I...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Holm P,Luthman H,Kockum I

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent literature providing insights from neuroscience and evolutionary biology into how individuals perceive risky choice situations represents a "second wave" of findings that recapitulates as well as challenges the risk perception research begun in the 1980s, which relied on psychometric survey research. Gleani...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Finkel AM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major challenge in systems biology is to evaluate the feasibility of a biological research project prior to its realization. Since experiments are animals-, cost- and time-consuming, approaches allowing researchers to discriminate alternative hypotheses with a minimal set of experiments are highly desirable. Given a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Maiwald T,Kreutz C,Pfeifer AC,Bohl S,Klingmüller U,Timmer J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00