From the neural crest to chromaffin cells: introduction to a session on chromaffin cell development.

abstract：:The endometrium acquires the ability to implant the developing embryo within a specific time window, termed the "receptive phase." During this period, the endometrium undergoes pronounced structural and functional changes induced by the ovarian steroids, estrogen and progesterone, which prepare it to be receptive to i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bagchi IC,Li Q,Cheon YP

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive plants cause substantial economic and environmental damage throughout the world. However, eradication of most invasive species is impossible and, in some cases, undesirable. An alternative is to slow the spread of an invasive species, which can delay impacts or reduce their extent. We identify three main area...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Caplat P,Coutts S,Buckley YM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to study the role of glucocorticoids in the insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-3 response to endotoxin. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration decreased IGFBP-3 serum levels as well as hepatic IGFBP-3 gene expression in both adrenalectomized and sham-operated rats. These data ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Priego T,Ibañez De Cáceres I,Martín AI,Villanúa MA,López-Calderón A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conspicuous similarities between Cushing's syndrome and the Metabolic Syndrome X open up the possibility that hypercortisolemia is involved also in the latter. Salivary cortisol is possible to measure during undisturbed conditions including perceived stressful events during everyday life. Such measurements clearly...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Björntorp P,Rosmond R

更新日期：1999-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A diverse array of organisms live longer under dietary restriction. Here, a hypothesis is proposed as a framework for interpreting this phenomenon. Dietary restriction is explained in terms of evolution and antagonistic pleiotropy. Focusing on the decline in reproductive capacity seen in dietary restriction, it is sub...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Koochmeshgi J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class of adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs), with 33 human homologs, is the second largest family of GPCRs. In addition to a seven-transmembrane α-helix-a structural feature of all GPCRs-the class of aGPCRs is characterized by the presence of a large N-terminal extracellular region. In addition, all aGP...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Liebscher I,Ackley B,Araç D,Ariestanti DM,Aust G,Bae BI,Bista BR,Bridges JP,Duman JG,Engel FB,Giera S,Goffinet AM,Hall RA,Hamann J,Hartmann N,Lin HH,Liu M,Luo R,Mogha A,Monk KR,Peeters MC,Prömel S,Ressl S,Sc

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extended parallel is developed between musical and prosodic structures, using the author's cognitively oriented music theory and recent work in generative phonology. For illustration, the sounds of a short poem by Robert Frost are treated entirely in musical terms. The poem is assigned a phonological stress grid an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lerdahl F

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VH replacement occurs through RAG-mediated recombination between a cryptic recombination signal sequence (cRSS) presented in a rearranged VH gene and a 23-bp RSS from an upstream VH gene. VH replacement renews the entire VH coding region and extends the immunoglobulin heavy-chain (IgH) CDR3 regions preferentially with...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Liu Y,Fan R,Zhou S,Yu Z,Zhang Z

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy for mitochondrial diseases is woefully inadequate. How-ever, lack of cure does not equate with lack of treatment. In this review, we consider sequentially several different therapeutic approaches. Palliative therapy is dictated by good medical practice and includes anticonvulsant medication, control of endocri...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dimauro S,Mancuso M,Naini A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test a hypothesis about how otoliths resolve roll-tilts from translations, we measured human ocular torsion position [ocular counterrolling (OCR)] to maintained linear acceleration stimuli. All subjects (n = 8) were tested in two conditions where the same magnitude of shear along an interaural axis was generated in...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： MacDougall HG,Curthoys IS,Betts GA,Burgess AM,Halmagyi GM

更新日期：1999-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of carbohydrate and fat utilization by skeletal muscle at rest and during exercise has been the subject of investigation since the early 1960s when Randle et al. proposed the so-called glucose-fatty acid cycle to explain the reciprocal relationship between carbohydrate and fat metabolism. The suggested mech...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jeukendrup AE

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) are neuroendocrine tumors of chromaffin tissue that produce catecholamines. They are usually located in the adrenal medulla, although in about 10% the tumors arise from extra-adrenal chromaffin tissue. The majority of PCCs arise sporadically, but PCCs occur also in the context of hereditary ca...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Korpershoek E,Van Nederveen FH,Dannenberg H,Petri BJ,Komminoth P,Perren A,Lenders JW,Verhofstad AA,De Herder WW,De Krijger RR,Dinjens WN

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), also known as slowly progressive type 1 diabetes (SPT1D), followed up for changes, including reactivity to the GAD65 antibody epitope for the 9-year period from impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) to the insulin-dependent stage (IDDM). This 69-year-old male...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Maruyama T,Koyama A,Hampe CS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is often proposed that quinolinic acid (QUIN) contributes to the pathophysiology of neuroinflammation because this kynurenine pathway metabolite is a selective agonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, and both its brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid concentrations increase markedly with inflammation. Howe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Obrenovitch TP

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP21A2 genotyping remains an important element in the diagnosis and management of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and establishing accurate genotype-phenotype correlations has facillitated adequate genetic counseling and prenatal management for at-risk families. Despite extensive efforts to establish a clear genotype...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Elmougy F,Sharaf S,Hafez M,Khattab A,Abou-Yousef H,Elsharkawy M,Baz H,Ekladious S,Sherif B,Musa N,Elshiwy Y,Afif A,Abdullatif M,Thabet G,Rady N,Ibrahim A,Soliman H

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Trk family of tyrosine-protein kinases, TrkA, TrkB, and TrkC, are the signaling receptors that mediate the biological properties of the NGF family of neurotrophins. This family of growth factors includes in addition to NGF, BDNF, NT-3, and NT-4. TrkA is the NGF receptor. TrkB serves as a receptor for both BDNF and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Barbacid M

更新日期：1995-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic modification of CpG islands (CGIs) in promoter regions is an important regulatory mechanism of gene expression in eukaryotic cells. Hypermethylation of CGIs may silence a gene, whereas hypomethylation of previously methylated CGIs allows gene expression. The pattern of methylation is cell-type-specific and ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wojdacz TK,Hansen LL

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The familial myelodysplastic (MDS)/acute leukemia (AL) predisposition syndromes are inherited disorders that lead to significantly increased lifetime risks of MDS and AL development. At present, four recognized syndromes have Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments--certified testing for their respective germ-line ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： West AH,Godley LA,Churpek JE

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing literature on the subject of aneurysmal degeneration of arteries in patients who are infected with HIV. A patient recently seen at our medical center with an aneurysm of the carotid artery stimulated our interest in reviewing the mechanisms by which HIV may initiate or predispose to these pathologies....

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tilson MD 3rd,Withers L

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an increasingly popular noninvasive neuromodulatory tool in the fields of cognitive and clinical neuroscience and psychiatry. It is an inexpensive, painless, and safe brain-stimulation technique that has proven to be effective in modulating cognitive and sensory-percep...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sellaro R,Nitsche MA,Colzato LS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid membrane reactors are well known for metal extraction. This technology may also be applied to the immobilization of enzymes in enzyme emulsions. The use of liquid membrane reactors for enzymatic bioconversions has several advantages in comparison to solid membrane reactors and conventional immobilization techni...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Scheper T,Makryaleas K,Nowottny C,Likidis Z,Tsikas D,Schügerl K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Why does music pervade our lives and those of all known human beings living today and in the recent past? Why do we feel compelled to engage in musical activity, or at least simply enjoy listening to music even if we choose not to actively participate? I argue that this is because musicality--communication using varia...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mithen S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The harmful effects of oxidative processes in living organisms, in addition to chemical and biochemical media, can be reduced by antioxidants. The efficacy of an antioxidant depends on its reduction potential and kinetics of elimination of diverse free radicals. Redox potentials and reaction rate constants of selected...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jovanovic SV,Simic MG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article gives an overview on worldwide efforts to eliminate chemical weapons and facilities for their production in the context of the implementation of the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). It highlights the objectives of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the international age...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Trapp R

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our study, we present a purely statistical observations-based model-free analysis that provides evidence about Granger causality (GC) from long-lived radiative forcings (LLRFs) to the climate trend (CT). This relies on having locally ordered breaks in the slopes of the trend functions of LLRF and the CT, with the b...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Estrada F,Perron P

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella, a Gram-negative bacterial species of the family Enterobacteriaceae, causes bacillary dysentery in humans, an acute rectocolitis that reflects the capacity of the microorganism to disrupt, invade, and cause the inflammatory destruction of the intestinal epithelium. Here, the pathogenesis of Shigella infection...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sansonetti PJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We test whether inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) can exert a cytoprotective effect on cerebral endothelial cells upon stimulation by pro-inflammatory cytokines. Mouse brain endothelial cells were stably transfected to express an antisense RNA against iNOS driven by an endothelium-specific von Wille...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yang DI,Chen S,Ezekiel UR,Xu J,Wu Y,Hsu CY

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As illustrated in Figure 1, a disturbance of the intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis is thought to be a common pathogenic factor for the generation of secondary nerve cell damage that develops after brain trauma or stroke or during the course of neurodegenerative diseases. A neuronal Ca2+ overload which may result from an ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schubert P,Ogata T,Marchini C,Ferroni S,Rudolphi K

更新日期：1997-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhanced levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) are considered to be a risk factor for pathological conditions associated with hypoxia or hyperinsulinemia. The expression of the PAI-1 gene is increased by insulin in different cells, although, the molecular mechanisms behind insulin-induced PAI-1 expressio...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dimova EY,Kietzmann T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issues of temporal coding and the temporal organization of activity have aroused a great deal of interest in sensory systems, cortex, thalamus, and hippocampus. Strangely, despite the important timing roles attributed to the cerebellum, little consideration has been given to the organization of activity within the...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Isope P,Dieudonné S,Barbour B

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00