Viruses and diabetes.

abstract：:To develop new treatments for beta-thalassemia, it is essential to identify the genes involved in the relevant pathophysiological processes. Iron metabolism in thalassemia mice being investigated, focusing on the expression of a gene called hepcidin (Hamp), which is expressed in the liver and whose product (Hamp) is s...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Breda L,Gardenghi S,Guy E,Rachmilewitz EA,Weizer-Stern O,Adamsky K,Amariglio N,Rechavi G,Giardina PJ,Grady RW,Rivella S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A linear stability analysis is presented for variable-viscosity miscible fluids in an unstable configuration; that is, a heavier fluid placed above a lighter one in a vertically oriented capillary tube. The initial interface thickness is treated as a parameter to the problem. The analysis is based on the three-dimensi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Meiburg E,Vanaparthy SH,Payr MD,Wilhelm D

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-seven reports of patients with seizures induced by listening and/or playing music and one personal observation are reviewed. Music-induced (or musicogenic) seizures are currently classified among the reflex seizures precipitated by complex stimuli. According to the available information, they are defined as foc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Avanzini G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to visualize androgen receptors (ARs) in the testis, epididymis, and prostate of the stallion by means of immunohistochemistry. Nuclear immunostaining was found in all somatic cells in the testis--Leydig, Sertoli, and peritubular myoid cells; in both types of epithelial cells of the epi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bilinska B,Hejmej A,Gancarczyk M,Sadowska J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune diseases include a diverse group of over 80 conditions. Sjögren's syndrome is the second most common autoimmune rheumatic disease, with an estimated prevalence in the United States of 2-4 million persons. There are prominent and consistent oral and dental findings in Sjögren's syndrome related to the autoim...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fox PC

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

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：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) causes neuronal degeneration and, at a late stage, creates HIV-associated dementia (HAD) and other neurological abnormalities. Therefore, the need for neuroprotective agents is great. However, therapeutic agents that reduce HIV neurotoxicity are difficult to characterize and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mocchetti I,Nosheny RL,Tanda G,Ren K,Meyer EM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have suggested that excess body weight gain may be a major risk factor for colon and breast cancer. A positive energy balance creates metabolic stresses, including the excess production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), hyperinsulinemia, the elevated adipokine secretion, and increased gut perme...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sung MK,Yeon JY,Park SY,Park JH,Choi MS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial cell sheet formation is central to many aspects of vertebrate development and function. For example, it is a major principle of differentiation in embryogenesis and regeneration, enables the compartmentalization of tissues, and is the basis for the maintenance of homeostasis throughout the body. A key chara...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yano T,Kanoh H,Tamura A,Tsukita S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating epidemiological, clinical, and experimental evidence supports the conclusion of a critical role of epigenetic factors in immune programming. This understanding provides the basis for elucidating how the intricate interactions of the genome, epigenome, and transcriptome shape immune responses and maintain ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zouali M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to identify novel targets for the development of nonhormonal male contraceptives, genome-wide transcriptional profiling of the rat testis was performed. Specifically, enzymatically purified spermatogonia plus early spermatocyctes, pachytene spermatocytes, round spermatids, and Sertoli cells was analyzed a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Johnston DS,Jelinsky SA,Zhi Y,Finger JN,Kopf GS,Wright WW

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences and with support from the National Institute of Mental Health, the Life Technologies Foundation, and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, "Advancing Drug Discovery for Schizophrenia" was held March 9-11 at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City. The meeting, comprisi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Marder SR,Roth B,Sullivan PF,Scolnick EM,Nestler EJ,Geyer MA,Welnberger DR,Karayiorgou M,Guidotti A,Gingrich J,Akbarian S,Buchanan RW,Lieberman JA,Conn PJ,Haggarty SJ,Law AJ,Campbell B,Krystal JH,Moghaddam B,Sawa A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to tissue injury elicited by trauma or infection, the inflammatory response, as a complex network of molecular and cellular interactions, sets an answer directed to facilitate a return to physiological homeostasis and tissue repair. The role of the genetic background and the subsequent predisposition towar...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Grimaldi MP,Vasto S,Balistreri CR,di Carlo D,Caruso M,Incalcaterra E,Lio D,Caruso C,Candore G

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review aims to discuss the neurophysiology of the esophagus and new methods to assess esophageal nociception. Pain and other symptoms can be caused by diseases in the mucosa or muscular or sphincter dysfunction, together with abnormal pain processing, either in the peripheral or central nervous systems. Therefore...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brock C,McCallum RW,Gyawali CP,Farmer AD,Frøkjaer JB,McMahon BP,Drewes AM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection against stress by glucocorticoids is discussed in relation to their permissive and suppressive actions. Evidence from the last decade is summarized regarding the physiological nature of the suppressive actions, and the hypothesis that they prevent stress-activated defense mechanisms from overshooting and da...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Munck A,Náray-Fejes-Tóth A

更新日期：1994-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the pancreatic islets, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is expressed in beta cells and autonomic nerve terminals; the majority of these nerve terminals are parasympathetic. PACAP binds to three types of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs): VPAC1 receptors, VPAC2 receptors, and PAC1 recepto...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ahrén B

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) play an important role in various processes involved in regulating systemic blood pressure. These receptors are expressed at excitatory cholinergic synapses between sympathetic preganglionic neurons and postganglionic sympathetic neurons and link the integrative activities of...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cooper E

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:Current evidence from genetic and epidemiological studies supports the view that Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a heterogeneous disorder. While the disease is pathologically defined by the presence of specified lesions in form of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles within the parenchyma, other features of patholo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cohen DL,Hedera P,Premkumar DR,Friedland RP,Kalaria RN

更新日期：1997-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective studies of spontaneous abortion, bias can arise if the investigator restricts attention to the outcome of the most recent pregnancy. Bias happens because couples tend to replace spontaneous abortions with other pregnancies until they achieve a live birth, after which they may avoid conception for a ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Weinberg CR,Baird DD,Wilcox AJ

更新日期：1994-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that bone marrow will seed and proliferate in normal recipients. Transfusion of 50 million cells on each of 4 or 5 consecutive days, a total of 200-250 million cells, resulted in the recipient's marrow being 20-40% of donor origin. The present paper reported on the marked enhancement of prolif...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brecher G,Mulcahy K,Tjio JH,Raveché E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistical learning is a set of cognitive mechanisms allowing for extracting regularities from the environment and segmenting continuous sensory input into discrete units. The current study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) (N = 25) in conjunction with an artificial language learning paradigm to provi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ordin M,Polyanskaya L,Soto D

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain better insight into mass transfer problems in encapsulated cell systems requires a combination of experimental investigations and mathematical modeling. Specific mass transfer studies are reviewed including oxygen transfer in immobilized animal cell culture bioreactors, modeling of polymer droplet formation an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Goosen MF

更新日期：1999-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive data mining of the scientific literature has become an increasing challenge. To address this challenge, Elsevier's Pathway Studio software uses the techniques of natural language processing to systematically extract specific biological information from journal articles and abstracts that is then used to ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cheadle C,Cao H,Kalinin A,Hodgkinson J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a series of experiments aimed at directly comparing the prosodic level of processing in language with the melodic level of processing in music are reported. The first series of experiments was conducted on adults, musicians and nonmusicians, and the second one on 7- to 9-year-old musician and nonmusicia...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Magne C,Schön D,Besson M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex (KGDHC) is an important mitochondrial constituent, and deficiency of KGDHC is associated with a number of neurological disorders. KGDHC is composed of three proteins, each encoded on a different and well-characterized gene. The sequences of the human proteins are known. Th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sheu KF,Blass JP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past three decades of clinical disappointments in treating stroke must compel us to rethink our strategy. Given the enormous complexity of the clinical disease, the "one size fits all" approach to stroke treatment is unlikely to succeed. The effective treatment of stroke aimed at reversing ischemic injury will req...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Joshi S,Agarwal S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) now enables precise visualization of the mechanical state of the living human orbit. Resulting insights have motivated histological re-examination of human and simian orbits, providing abundant consistent evidence for the active pulley hypothesis, a re-formulation of ocular motor physi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Demer JL

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vestibular stimulation by head accelerations always involves multisensory activation of the vestibular, somatosensory, and visual systems. Over the past few years, galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) has become increasingly popular for testing vestibular function for clinical and research purposes. Although GVS prov...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jahn K,Naessl A,Strupp M,Schneider E,Brandt T,Dieterich M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear receptors are transcription factors that are activated by ligands and subsequently bind to regulatory regions in target genes, thereby modulating their expression. Nuclear receptors thus allow the organism to integrate signals coming from the environment and to adapt by modifying the expression levels of relev...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bocher V,Pineda-Torra I,Fruchart JC,Staels B

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00