Mechanism of sorting proopiomelanocortin and proenkephalin to the regulated secretory pathway of neuroendocrine cells.

abstract：:A complete amino acid sequence for rat testis P-450 17 alpha was deduced from nucleotide analysis of a cDNA clone isolated from a rat Leydig cell library. This cDNA expressed in COS-1 cells both 17 alpha-hydroxylase and 17,20 lyase activities. Rat P-450 17 alpha exhibited significant similarity to the nucleotide and d...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dufau ML,Minegishi T,Buczko E,Kitamura M,Delgado C,Namiki M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for tumor markers suitable for use in diagnosis and management of patients with lung cancer has met with limited success because each available marker lacks sufficient sensitivity and specificity. We have begun a collaborative study to evaluate multiple simultaneous serum markers to determine whether there ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McIntire KR,Radovich BT,Gail MH,Go VL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular redundancy refers to the ability of genes to back up damaged genes or gene loss. Although this term is widely discussed in many scientific circles, the process is still ill-defined, as shown by reviewing examples from the literature. Exploring the collagen-induced arthritis model in the context of CD44 knock...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Naor D,Nedvetzki S,Assayag N,Thurmond RL,Huang JF,Turley EA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse and human DNA sequences from centromeric and ribosomal domains were labeled with biotinylated deoxynucleotides and hybridized in situ to paraformaldehyde-fixed tissue culture cells. Centromeres were widely dispersed in most of these interphase nuclei. At late G2 phases of the cell cycle, centromeres appeared to ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Manuelidis L

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propofol is a widely used intravenous anesthetic agent. Our previous study showed that a therapeutic concentration of propofol can modulate macrophage functions. Mitochondria play critical roles in the maintenance of macrophage activities. This study attempted to evaluate further the effects of mitochondria on the pro...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wu GJ,Tai YT,Chen TL,Lin LL,Ueng YF,Chen RM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citizen soldiers (National Guard and Reserves) represent approximately 40% of the two million armed forces deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. Twenty-five to forty percent of them develop PTSD, clinical depression, sleep disturbances, or suicidal thoughts. Upon returning home, many encounter additional stresses and hurd...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Greden JF,Valenstein M,Spinner J,Blow A,Gorman LA,Dalack GW,Marcus S,Kees M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisense oligonucleotides (AON) are being developed for a wide array of therapeutic applications. Significant improvements in their serum stability, target affinity, and safety profile have been achieved with the development of chemically modified oligonucleotides. Here, we compared 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-beta-D-arabinon...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ferrari N,Bergeron D,Tedeschi AL,Mangos MM,Paquet L,Renzi PM,Damha MJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A few years after the first description of free-circulating DNA in plasma and serum, the detection of tumor-associated overexpressed mRNA in plasma was also reported. This observation has been confirmed and it seems to be clear that the presence of free-circulating RNA is a ubiquitous phenomenon. In this short review ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fleischhacker M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic contact dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin disease caused by T cells that recognize environmental and industrial allergens (i.e., haptens). Langerhans' cells (LC), which are skin-specific and "immature" members of the dendritic cell (DC) family of antigen-presenting cells, play crucial roles in the indu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Takashima A,Mummert M,Kitajima T,Matsue H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological consequences of chronic consumption of Maillard reaction products (MRPs) on renal function in health and renal disease are still incompletely understood. We investigated the metabolic and renal effects of a diet with varying MRP content in healthy and subtotally nephrectomized rats. Male Wistar rats wer...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sebeková K,Hofmann T,Boor P,Sebeková K Jr,Ulicná O,Erbersdobler HF,Baynes JW,Thorpe SR,Heidland A,Somoza V

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell transplantation therapy for diabetes and Parkinson's disease offers hope for long-term alleviation of symptoms. However, successful protocols remain elusive due to obstacles, including rejection and lack of tropic support for the graft. To enhance engraftment, testis-derived postmitotic Sertoli cells have been co...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cameron DF,Hushen JJ,Nazian SJ,Willing A,Saporta S,Sanberg PR

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is the product of the ob gene located in humans on chromosome 7q31.3. It is a 16-kDa protein named after the Greek "leptos," meaning lean, to indicate the function that this adipocyte-secreted protein was thought to have. Since its discovery, in fact, most of the research focused on the role of leptin in body-w...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ghizzoni L,Mastorakos G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This preliminary study describes effects of two pharmacologic agents on erythrocyte behavior. Increased erythrocyte aggregation has been proposed as important in the pathogenesis of a number of disorders, but the exact mechanism by which it plays a role in disease production remains unclear. Several anionic amphophile...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McMillan DE,Utterback NG,Wujek JJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type II topoisomerases are essential enzymes that modulate DNA under- and overwinding, knotting, and tangling. Beyond their critical physiological functions, these enzymes are the targets for some of the most widely prescribed anticancer drugs (topoisomerase II poisons) in clinical use. Topoisomerase II poisons kill c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pendleton M,Lindsey RH Jr,Felix CA,Grimwade D,Osheroff N

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite intense efforts, little is known about the etiology of prostate cancer, and treatment of advanced forms of the disease has had limited success. Nonetheless, epidemiologic studies combined with animal model and in vitro experiments indicate that natural components of the diet, including n-3 PUFA, the carotenoid...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cohen LA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contemporary management of atrial fibrillation imposes many challenges, particularly in the setting of our aging population. In addition to well-recognized consequences, such as stroke and mortality, emerging evidence relates atrial fibrillation to elevated risk of dementia, posing further therapeutic challenges. As t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chinitz JS,Castellano JM,Kovacic JC,Fuster V

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T1DM is a disease that affects pancreatic beta cells and results in severe insulin depletion. T1DM is a multigenic disease, and the strongest genetic association with this disease is shown by the genes in MHC class II, namely, DQA1 and DQB1. The other gene that has been implicated in susceptibility to T1DM is the MICA...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nikitina-Zake L,Ghaderi M,Park Y,Babu S,Eisenbarth G,Sanjeevi CB

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Protein crystallography, which has a growing role in the human genome project, is one of the most powerful techniques in modern biology. However, it can only be applied providing suitable crystals can be obtained. The ability to produce suitable crystals is currently the major bottleneck to structure determination. Mi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chayen NE,Helliwell JR

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretory granules function as the major IP(3)-sensitive intracellular Ca(2+) store of secretory cells. Recently it was found that the secretory granules contain three isoforms of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP(3)R)/Ca(2+) channels and high-capacity, low-affinity Ca(2+) storage proteins chromogranins A ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yoo SH,So SH,Huh YH,Park HY

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the expression of several genes whose transcripts have increased levels in Alzheimer's disease and have found heterogeneity in these levels in different patients with this condition. The level of expression of these genes was compared to different clinical and pathological aspects of the disease. A ca...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Duguid JR,Trzepacz C,Kemper T,Tourtellote WW,Volicer L

更新日期：1993-05-28 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：:Classic studies of the cerebellum before the middle of the twentieth century established the structural entity of the cerebellum and characterized its function as enabling animals and humans to carry out smooth and accurate movements, even at a high speed and without visual feedback. In the 1960s, neuronal circuit str...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ito M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In today's climate of government outsourcing and multiple stakeholder involvement in public sector management and service delivery, it is more important than ever to rethink and redesign the structure of how policy decisions are made, implemented, monitored, and adapted to new realities. The traditional command-and-co...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： van den Belt M,Kenyan JR,Krueger E,Maynard A,Roy MG,Raphael I

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the preB stage, when only the IGH locus has rearranged, mu chains become expressed in association with the psi L chains, lambda-like and VpreB, thus forming the preB receptor. By the use of a monoclonal anti VpreB antibody, preB cells were isolated from two adult bone marrow samples, and the VH repertoire was analy...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tonnelle C,Cuisinier AM,Gauthier L,Guelpa-Fonlupt V,Milili M,Schiff C,Fougereau M

更新日期：1995-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the developmental patterns of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) binding sites in the human hypothalamus. VIP recognition sites were widely distributed throughout the rostrocaudal extent of the hypothalamus. VIP binding was generally low in the fetal and neonatal periods and a tendency in increasi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Najimi M,Rachidi F,Afif A,Chigr F

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 15% of pregnant women vape electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), exposing the fetus to a range of toxic compounds, including nicotine and by-products of e-cigarette liquid (e-liquid) pyrolysis. Owing to the recent emergence of these products, research mainly focuses on immediate users, and not on in uter...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Li G,Chan YL,Wang B,Saad S,George J,Oliver BG,Chen H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that women with breast cancer who undergo therapies beyond the surgical intervention (adjuvant chemotherapy, hormone therapy, or both) often suffer from the lack of estrogen, manifesting as climacteric symptoms in either treated premenopausal or postmenopausal women. Although HRT (hormone replacement ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Xydakis AM,Sakkas EG,Mastorakos G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis plays a critical role in acetaminophen (AAP)-induced hepatic injury, since inhibiting apoptosis also prevents the development of acute liver failure. In this study, the mechanism of apoptosis induction by AAP was investigated in the human hepatoblastoma cell line HuH7. AAP caused marked cytotoxicity in HuH7 ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kass GE,Macanas-Pirard P,Lee PC,Hinton RH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in humans and in animal models have demonstrated that the receptor-dependent actions of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D are required for normal skeletal growth and maturation. Investigations were undertaken to address which consequences of vitamin D receptor deficiency are a direct result of impaired receptor-dependen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Demay MB

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00