New in vitro findings on the "free" form of apolipoprotein A-1.

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing in the United States, particularly among women. Approximately 60-70% of hypertension in adults may be directly attributed to obesity. In addition, maternal obesity is a major risk factor for hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. The underlying mechanisms for the assoc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fu Q

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:We examined the effects of a nonantimicrobial tetracycline analogue, CMT-8, on bone loss and osteoclasts in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. Three-month-old female rats were OVX, and, one week later, distributed into three groups: sham-operated non-OVX controls, untreated OVX controls, and CMT-8-treated OVX rats. After 145 ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sasaki T,Ohyori N,Debari K,Ramamurthy NS,Golub LM

更新日期：1999-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to review recent findings regarding the mechanisms by which GM1 may mimic or potentiate certain actions of neurotrophic factors, including promotion of neuronal survival. It is proposed that the neuroprotective activity of GM1 is due, at least in part, to its ability to favor the dimeriz...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ferrari G,Greene LA

更新日期：1998-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) is present in hyperactive and neoplastic thyrocytes, but the functional role of this relaxin-like peptide hormone during carcinogenesis in the thyroid gland is currently unknown. We generated new cell models of stable transfectants of the human follicular thyroid carcinoma cell line FTC-...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bialek J,Hombach-Klonisch S,Fiebig B,Weber E,Hoang-Vu C,Klonisch T

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents commentaries on the microscopic morphology of esophageal squamous epithelium; the frequency of duplication of the muscularis mucosae (MM) in Barrett's esophagus (BE); the significance of multilayered epithelium; whether cells in the lamina propria reflect those in the epithelium; how stem cells are...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Appelman HD,Streutker C,Vieth M,Neumann H,Neurath MF,Upton MP,Sagaert X,Wang HH,El-Zimaity H,Abraham SC,Bellizzi AM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smooth septate junctions (sSJs) are cell-cell junctions that are thought to regulate the paracellular pathway of the intestine and renal system in arthropods. The detailed mechanism of action of sSJs is not well understood, because their molecular organization has remained elusive for a long time. Recently, two sSJ-sp...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Furuse M,Izumi Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease characterized by the destruction of insulin-secreting pancreatic β cells. In humans with T1D and in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice (a murine model for human T1D), autoreactive T cells cause β-cell destruction, as transfer or deletion of these cells induces or...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Padgett LE,Broniowska KA,Hansen PA,Corbett JA,Tse HM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief overview of the different techniques used to estimate the probable maximum precipitation (PMP) is presented. As a particular case, the 1-day PMP over Catalonia has been calculated and mapped with a high spatial resolution. For this purpose, the annual maximum daily rainfall series from 145 pluviometric station...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Casas MC,Rodríguez R,Nieto R,Redaño A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Lipoxygenase (5-LOX) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) are two enzymes that are critical for the synthesis of eicosanoids, the inflammatory metabolites of arachidonic acid. Both 5-LOX and COX-2 are expressed in the brain, including in CNS neurons. The physiologic role of these proteins in neuronal functioning is not clea...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Manev H,Uz T,Manev R,Zhang Z

更新日期：2001-06-01 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

abstract：:The endogenous serum metabolite of vitamin D (calcitriol, 1,25(OH)2 D3 ) is considered a true steroid hormone (D hormone), and like glucocorticoids (GCs) and gonadal hormones, may exert several immunomodulatory activities. Serum vitamin D deficiency (25(OH) D), and therefore reduced 1,25(OH)2 D3 availability, is consi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cutolo M,Paolino S,Sulli A,Smith V,Pizzorni C,Seriolo B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging infectious diseases are of international concern because of the potential for, and impact of, pandemics; however, they are difficult to predict. To identify the drivers of disease emergence, we analyzed infectious disease threat events (IDTEs) detected through epidemic intelligence collected at the European C...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Semenza JC,Rocklöv J,Penttinen P,Lindgren E

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the ovaries are the principal source of systemic estrogen in the premenopausal nonpregnant woman, other sites of estrogen biosynthesis are present throughout the body and these become the major sources of estrogen beyond menopause. These extragonadal sources of estrogen are small, but may play an important, thou...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Simpson ER,Clyne C,Speed C,Rubin G,Bulun S

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strategy of "manufacturing uncertainty" has been used with great success by polluters and manufacturers of dangerous products to oppose public health and environmental regulation. This strategy entails questioning the validity of scientific evidence on which the regulation is based. While this approach is most ide...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Michaels D

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular biological approach has provided important information toward understanding the complexities of the F0F1 ATPase. This article focuses on our recent results on the ATPase catalytic site contained in the beta subunit and the role of the gamma subunit in regulation of proton transport. We used a combination...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nakamoto RK,Shin K,Iwamoto A,Omote H,Maeda M,Futai M

更新日期：1992-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:By a combination of trace techniques and various biochemical methods, information about the characteristics of a 15-kDa selenoprotein was obtained. After labeling of rats in vivo with [(75)Se]selenite, subcellular fractionation of the homogenates of the prostate, lung, brain, thyroid gland, and large intestine, and ge...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kyriakopoulos A,Bukalis K,Roethlein D,Hoppe B,Graebert A,Behne D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human organism is in a state of dynamic equilibrium, homeostasis. The stress system is activated when homeostasis is challenged by extrinsic or intrinsic forces, the stressors. This system, whose central component is the central nervous system (CNS) and includes corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and noradrener...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stratakis CA,Chrousos GP

更新日期：1995-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This article suggests eight high-level concepts that can promote convergence by identifying analogies across fields of science and engineering. CONSERVATION: Many properties are conserved, through symmetries, parity laws, and feedback-regulated stabilities in complex adaptive systems. INDECISION: Inconsisten...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bainbridge WS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MRI is a robust technology that allows for superior contrast of muscles, tissues, and bones within the body, which enables visualization of soft tissue pathology that cannot be seen with CT or plain film radiography. In order to appreciate the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) intricacies of MRI, one must have a ba...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Khanna S,Crues JV 3rd

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of metastasis is a dreadful complication of cancer that is associated with a poor prognosis. Several clinical observations and experimental findings indicate that the metastatic process is nonrandom and involves a sequence of multistep events that may all be targeted for therapy. This includes angiogenes...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Laferriere J,Houle F,Huot J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental evidence confirms that the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play a fundamental role in a wide variety of pathologic conditions that involve connective tissue destruction including osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, tumor metastasis and angiogenesis, corneal ulceration, multiple sclerosis, periodonta...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Skotnicki JS,Zask A,Nelson FC,Albright JD,Levin JI

更新日期：1999-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To minimize technical problems relating to excessive size (600-800 mu in diameter) of standard alginate microcapsules (CSM) for pancreatic islet graft immunoisolation, we have developed two novel minimal volume, chemically identical, capsule prototypes (MVC): 1) coherent microcapsules (CM), and 2) medium-size microcap...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Calafiore R,Basta G,Luca G,Boselli C,Bufalari A,Bufalari A,Cassarani MP,Giustozzi GM,Brunetti P

更新日期：1999-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to assess the prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) in women who had undergone in vitro fertilization (IVF) and the relationship between aPL and IVF outcome. A total of 101 infertile women with at least three unsuccessful IVF attempts were consecutively included in this ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sanmarco M,Bardin N,Camoin L,Beziane A,Dignat-George F,Gamerre M,Porcu G

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a rabbit model of in utero exposure to intravenous injections of cocaine given twice daily to dams from gestational days 8-29. At the doses employed (4 mg/kg, injected twice daily), no differences were found in the body weight gain of dams, time to delivery, litter size, and body weight or other phys...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Romano AG,Harvey JA

更新日期：1998-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid diffusion experiments conducted on the MIR space station using the Canadian Space Agency QUELD II processing facility and the microgravity isolation mount (MIM) showed that g-jitter significantly increased the measured solute diffusion coefficients. In some experiments, milli-g forced vibration was superimposed...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Smith RW,Yang BJ,Huang WD

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NFkappaB factor Bcl-3 influences the survival of T cells when they are activated to take part in immune responses. Because treatment of mice with adjuvant results in the increased expression of Bcl-3 in T cells, where it has survival-promoting effects, Bcl-3 may be an important, limiting factor that is supplied to...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mitchell TC,Thompson BS,Trent JO,Casella CR

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is amenable to intervention and prevention by mild stress-induced hormesis. Previously, we have reported that repeated mild heat stress has antiaging and other beneficial effects on growth and a range of cellular and biochemical characteristics of normal human skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes undergoing aging ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rattan SI,Sejersen H,Fernandes RA,Luo W

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:We studied the role of the peptide substance P, signaling through the neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor, on methamphetamine-induced loss of dopamine transporter sites, a well-documented marker of toxicity in the striatum of the mouse brain, because this peptide is under dynamic regulation by the neurotransmitter dopamine. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yu J,Allison S,Ibrahim D,Cadet JL,Angulo JA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00