Pathfinder and other tools for analyzing signal transduction networks.

abstract：:The survival of M. leprae and M. tuberculosis in the human host is dependent upon their ability to produce gene products that counteract the bactericidal activities of macrophages. To identify such mycobacterial genes and gene products, recombinant DNA libraries of mycobacterial DNA in E. coli were passed through macr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mundayoor S,Shinnick TM

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Products of phosphatidylinositol turnover have recently been implicated as regulators of cell growth and differentiation. Transformation of cells in culture by infection with certain viruses (Rous sarcoma virus, Kirsten sarcoma virus, and polyoma virus) or by transfection with the oncogenes carried by these viruses af...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cantley LC,Whitman M,Chahwala S,Fleischman L,Kaplan DR,Schaffhausen BS,Roberts TM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article is to investigate the influence of endothelin-1 (ET-1) on human monocyte Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE) activity and on the atherosclerosis-related monocyte functions. ET-1 caused an increase in pHi and in (22)Na influx of monocytes. A reversal of ET-1 effect on pHi was observed in the presen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Koliakos G,Befani C,Paletas K,Kaloyianni M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is a subjective symptom whose prevalence can be grossly underestimated. The high proportion of adults with thalassemia who experience chronic pain is evident from recent surveys. However, pain has not received enough attention in the overall management of thalassemia. The association of pain with the type and tre...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lal A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid cooling of small samples is necessary both to cryofixation for electron microscopy and to vitrification for cryopreservation. Several effects on the cooling rates of small samples quenched into liquid nitrogen were studied, including the diameter of samples, the subcooling of liquid nitrogen, the quenching speed...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cao Q,Hua TC

更新日期：1998-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac muscle relies highly on aerobic metabolism. Heart muscle has a high oxygen uptake at resting conditions, which increases many fold during exhaustive physical exercise. Such a high rate of oxidative metabolism is often associated with enhanced production of reactive oxygen metabolites. A single bout of strenuou...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Atalay M,Sen CK

更新日期：1999-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DbetaH) deficiency is a rare autosomal dominant disorder. Due to the absence of DbetaH, there is a blocked conversion of dopamine into norepinephrine. The biochemical hallmark of this syndrome consists of a complete absence of plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine levels in conjunction with ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Timmers HJ,Deinum J,Wevers RA,Lenders JW

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have established that methanolic extracts of bovine brain and lung possess CDS activity with an agonist-like profile at alpha(2)-adrenoceptor binding sites (i.e., greater potency against [(3)H]-clonidine sites than against [(3)H]-RX-821001 sites). Following prolonged reflux in ethylacetate, monovalent...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pinthong D,Kendall DA,Wilson VG

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we develop an agent-based model of social influence on body weight. The model's assumptions are grounded in theory and evidence from physiology, social psychology, and behavioral science, and its outcomes are tested against longitudinal data from American youth. We discuss the implementation of the mode...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hammond RA,Ornstein JT

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate a novel third-generation enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the high-sensitivity detection of autoantibodies to proteinase-3 (PR3) in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG). First- and second-generation ELISA for the detection of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Roggenbuck D,Buettner T,Hoffmann L,Schmechta H,Reinhold D,Conrad K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propagation and prolongation of rapid neuronal discharge underlies the epilepsies. However, episodic focal rapid neuronal discharges limited to discrete nuclei and pathways of the amygdala-hippocampal-septal-hypothalamic networks are the language of physiologic message systems for endocrine regulation and reproductive...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stevens JR

更新日期：1999-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The following, from the 12th OESO World Conference: Cancers of the Esophagus, includes commentaries on the relationship between stem cells, cancer, and the esophagus; the behavior of esophageal stem cells; and the role of genetics and epigenetics in approaches to translational research. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Croagh D,Frede J,Jones PH,Kaur P,Partensky C,Phillips WA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toluene, a volatile hydrocarbon found in a variety of chemical compounds, is misused and abused by inhalation for its euphorigenic effects. Toluene's reinforcing properties may share a common characteristic with other drugs of abuse, namely, activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system. Prior studies in our laboratory...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Riegel AC,Ali SF,Torinese S,French ED

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depressive disorders are associated with significant psychosocial impairment and disability. Depression should be thoroughly evaluated, as should current and past suicidality and potential risk factors for suicide. Mortality by suicide characterizes the course of major affective disorders in approximately 15% of those...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nemeroff CB,Compton MT,Berger J

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accepted dogma has been that a single long-term hematopoietic stem cell (LT-HSC) can reconstitute all components of the immune system. However, our single-cell transfer studies have shown that highly purified LT-HSCs selectively fail to reconstitute B-1a cells in otherwise fully reconstituted hosts (i.e., LT-HSCs ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ghosn EE,Yang Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonad-stimulating substance (GSS) is the first invertebrate gonadotropic neuropeptide hormone identified in a marine invertebrate, the starfish. Here, we show expression and distribution of GSS in various organs of the starfish Asterina pectinifera. Levels of GSS were high in the radial nerves and nerve ring. GSS was ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mita M,Ito C,Kubota E,Nagahama Y,Shibata Y

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have reported an association between exposure to childhood abuse or neglect and alterations in brain structure or function. One limitation of these studies is that they are correlational and do not provide evidence of a cause-effect relationship. Preclinical studies on the effects of exposure to early l...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Teicher MH,Tomoda A,Andersen SL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac tissue engineering promises to revolutionize the treatment of patients with end-stage heart failure and provide new solutions to the serious problem of heart donor shortage. By its broad definition, tissue engineering involves the construction of tissue equivalents from donor cells seeded within three-dimensio...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Leor J,Cohen S

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:The neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) has been implicated in the modulation of aggression in animals and humans. A longstanding dogma that aggression and serotonergic activity are inversely related has to be abandoned in light of many new findings. Trait and state aggression are differentially regulated by the 5-HT sy...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Olivier B

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromodulation denotes controlled electrical stimulation of the central or peripheral nervous system. The three forms of neuromodulation described in this paper-deep brain stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation-were chosen primarily for their demonstrated or potential clinical use...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Andrews RJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 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 bystander is defined as an active and involved participant in the social architecture of school violence, rather than a passive witness. Bullying is redefined from a triadic (bully-victim-bystander) rather than dyadic (bully-victim) perspective. Teachers, including administrators, and students can promote or ameli...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Twemlow SW,Fonagy P,Sacco FC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In conclusion, 5-HT has been shown to contract both circular and longitudinal muscle layers of human terminal ileum. By the use of selective antagonists, the receptors mediating these actions have been identified. In the circular muscle of human small intestine, 5-HT-induced contraction is mediated via a receptor of t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Borman RA,Burleigh DE

更新日期：1997-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute phase proteins (APPs) are a group of serum proteins that undergo dramatic changes in concentration during times of inflammation. Many APPs are heavily glycosylated, and their sugar content and complexity change in the presence of cancer-induced chronic inflammation. These changes in glycosylation are currently b...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dempsey E,Rudd PM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the five enzyme complexes in the oxidative phosphorylation system, NADH-coenzyme Q oxidoreductase (also called complex I) is the largest, most intricate, and least understood. This enzyme complex spans the inner mitochondrial membrane and catalyzes the first step of electron transfer by the oxidation of NADH, an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lin BY,Kao MC

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of therapeutic trials of transfer factor in a number of laboratories suggest clinical benefit and enhancement of immunological reactivity in patients with primary or secondary immunodeficiency diseases. Long term follow-up of 32 patients with the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome suggested that transfer factor caused c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Spitler LE

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this retrospective study is to assess the frequency of HLA-B27 and HLA-B51 in healthy subjects from the center of Tunisia and to investigate their usefulness in the diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and Behçet's disease (BD), respectively. Microlymphocytotoxicity test was used to perform serologic HL...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sakly N,Boumiza R,Zrour-Hassen S,Hamzaoui A,Ben Yahia S,Amara H,Khairallah M,Mahjoub S,Bergaoui N,Ghedira I

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble decoy receptor 3 (DcR3), a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, has recently been reported to increase osteoclast (OC) differentiation. Its impact on the skeleton was reinforced by a study on DcR3 transgenic mice showing a decreased bone mass through the elevation of OC number, providing s...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brunetti G,Oranger A,Mori G,Centonze M,Colaianni G,Rizzi R,Liso V,Zallone A,Grano M,Colucci S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNase activity and circulating DNA (cirDNA) concentration in blood plasma of healthy donors, patients with chronic prostatitis, and patients with prostate tumors were analyzed. The concentration of the cirDNA from plasma was determined by PicoGreen fluorescent assay. DNase activity in blood was measured using the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cherepanova AV,Tamkovich SN,Bryzgunova OE,Vlassov VV,Laktionov PP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00