Transfer factor in immunodeficiency diseases.

abstract：:Over the last years, El Sistema--the Venezuelan project started in 1975 and now acknowledged worldwide as the most significant example of collective music education--has inspired a profusion of remarkable initiatives on all continents. From the original impulse by founder José Antonio Abreu, strong social principles o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Majno M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years, and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural sources, many based on their use in traditional medicine. The use of herbal drugs is once more escalating in the form of complementary and alternative medicine. The past century...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cragg GM,Newman DJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of tick vaccines provides new opportunities for control of tick infestations and tick-borne diseases. Recently, the tick-protective protein, subolesin, was identified in a cell line derived from Ixodes scapularis by expression library immunization and a mouse model of tick infestations. While subolesin was...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Blouin EF,Manzano-Roman R,de la Fuente J,Kocan KM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane bioreactors can be operated with intermittent permeation and continuous aeration. Aeration close to the surface of a submerged membrane helps to maintain a membrane surface that is free from fouling. The conditions under which this occurs depend on the interaction between flux and aeration rate. Increased flu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Howell JA,Arnot TC,Chua HC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relaxin (RLX) has antifibrotic effects in a number of tissues. Many of these effects are similar to those induced by the activators of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), raising the possibility that a mechanism for RLX's antifibrotic effects may involve activation of the PPARgamma pathway. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Singh S,Bennett RG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis protease-activating factor-1 (Apaf-1), which plays a central role in the formation of the apoptosome, is absent or poorly expressed (because of a transcriptional silencing by methylation) in a substantial percentage of metastatic melanomas and melanoma cell lines, which are unable to activate caspase-9 and e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Del Bello B,Valentini MA,Comporti M,Maellaro E

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:Malignancies have developed several strategies to evade immune surveillance. We have investigated pancreatic cancer cell lines and pancreatic cancer surgical specimens to evaluate possibilities of tumor escape in the Fas system, and local immune suppression. Despite Fas expression the majority of cell lines was resist...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ungefroren H,Voss M,Bernstorff WV,Schmid A,Kremer B,Kalthoff H

更新日期：1999-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the frame of the free-radical hypothesis of aging and literature data on increased life span of mated animals, we evaluated brain, kidney, and liver lipid peroxidation in C57Bl/6J mice of various ages and compared lipid peroxidation activity in mated and non-mated mice of both genders. An aging-associated increase ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Oxenkrug GF,Requintina PJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding thermostable alanine recemase from Bacillus stearothermophilus was cloned and expressed in E. coli. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity from cell extracts of E. coli carrying a plasmid designated pICR4. The alanine racemase gene sequenced was found to contain an open reading frame of 1158 nucleoti...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Soda K,Tanizawa K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found a novel genetic abnormality, heterozygous C-->T nucleotide substitution at position -1138 bp in the 5'-flanking region of the fibrinogen A alpha gene, in patients with hypofibrinogenemia. Luciferase reporter assay using the pGL3-basic vector and CHO cells indicates that the transcriptional activity of a vecto...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Okumura N,Terasawa F,Yonekawa O,Hamada E,Kaneko H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now generally accepted that it is not possible to design iron(III)-selective hexadentate chelators with high oral bioavailability. In order to achieve suitable levels of oral activity for the treatment of systemic iron overload either tridentate or bidentate molecules need to be investigated. There are a number ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hider RC,Zhou T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sm-2Fe molten alloy with 1:2 molar ratio was unidirectionally solidified in both microgravity and normal gravity in concurrence with a magnetic flux (0-0.12 T). The compound SmFe2 was produced by the unidirectional solidification in microgravity with a magnetic flux of 0T and exhibited a lamellar microstructure. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Okutani T,Nagai H,Mamiya M,Shibuya M,Castillo M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates that several mechanisms, associated or not with antioxidant actions, are involved in the effects of flavonoids on health. Flavonoid-rich beverages, foods, and extracts, as well as pure flavonoids are studied for the prevention and/or amelioration of metabolic syndrome (MS) and MS-associat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Galleano M,Calabro V,Prince PD,Litterio MC,Piotrkowski B,Vazquez-Prieto MA,Miatello RM,Oteiza PI,Fraga CG

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium ions are essential to proper neurotransmission. Impairment in cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration and Ca(2+) signaling disturbs neuronal activity, leading to pathological consequences. In cells, a high-affinity plasma membrane calcium pump (PMCA) keeps free Ca(2+) in the nanomolar range. Among four genes encoding t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zylinska L,Kowalska I,Kozaczuk A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathologic examination in elderly individuals and patients with Parkinson's disease with and without dementia reveals abundant isocortical amyloid deposits with no or only a few neuritic plaques, neuropil threads (NT), and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), whereas NT and NFT may be present only in the entorhinal reg...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jellinger K,Braak H,Braak E,Fischer P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary reports indicate the influence of oxidative stress and interleukins, particularly TGF-beta1, in maintenance of bone mass. This study was designed to determine any possible variations of cellular lipid peroxidation, the total antioxidant power, and concentration of TGF-beta1 in blood and saliva of osteoporo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yousefzadeh G,Larijani B,Mohammadirad A,Heshmat R,Dehghan G,Rahimi R,Abdollahi M

更新日期：2006-12-01 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

abstract：:An aqueous solution of L-glutamine (50 mmol/L) and methylglyoxal (100 mmol/L) was incubated at 120 degrees C for 3 h in a 200 mmol/L phosphate buffer (pH 7.4). Four major fluorophores were revealed on the HPLC chromatogram. The same four fluorophores were obtained from the heating of a mixture of ammonia and methylgly...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Niquet C,Pilard S,Mathiron D,Tessier FJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CNS interstitial fluid homeostasis by the glial perineurial blood-brain barrier in the crayfish and cockroach is dependent on glial uptake mechanisms, low paracellular permeability, and the cation-binding properties of the extracellular matrix. Potassium selective permeability of the crayfish perineurium is modulated ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Butt AM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies, which included predominantly Caucasian populations, examined psychiatric and physical illness and associated suicide risk. We used a nationwide database to reassess the findings in an Asian population, and also analyzed the influence of different onset timing of psychiatric and physical illness and t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chang CF,Yeh MK,Chien WC,Chung CH,Li TT,Lai EC

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A summary is provided of the early history of research on the flow of nonrenewable energy resources through the economy and of the flow of renewable energy resources through a natural ecosystem. The techniques are similar, and many specific applications are provided. A combined economic and ecological technique is als...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hannon B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells derived from human trabecular bones have been shown to have multipotential differentiation ability along osteogenic, chondrogenic, and adipogenic lineages. In this study, we have derived two clonal sublines of human trabecular bone cells by means of stable transduction with human papilloma virus E6/E7 genes. Our...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Osyczka AM,Nöth U,Danielson KG,Tuan RS

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell surface antigen recognized by monoclonal antibody W7C5 is expressed at low levels on human CD34(+) and CD34(-) bone marrow stem cell populations but at high levels on fetal liver CD34(+) cells. To identify the recognized antigen, we performed partial amino acid sequence and MALDI analysis of purified W7C5 ant...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Giesert C,Marxer A,Sutherland DR,Schuh AC,Kanz L,Buhring HJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musical enculturation is a complex, multifaceted process that includes the development of perceptual processing specialized for the pitch and rhythmic structures of the musical system in the culture, understanding of esthetic and expressive norms, and learning the pragmatic uses of music in different social situations...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Trainor LJ,Marie C,Gerry D,Whiskin E,Unrau A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer of nutrients from the mother through the chorioallantoic placenta meets the nutritional needs of the embryo during human prenatal development. Although all amniotes start with a similar "tool kit" of extraembryonic tissues, an enormous diversity of extraembryonic tissue formation has evolved to accommodat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sheng G,Foley AC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolation of Coxiella Burnetii in the standard laboratory setting is hazardous; therefore most diagnoses are based on retrospective detection of a rising antibody titer to C. burnetti. As a result, this disease is usually undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Methods for the rapid detection of C. burnetti have now been develop...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Frazier ME,Mallavia LP,Samuel JE,Baca OG

更新日期：1990-01-01 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

abstract：:It has been proposed that spacetime should be regarded as an evolving block universe, bounded to the future by the present time, which continually extends to the future. This future boundary is defined at each time by measuring proper time along Ricci eigenlines from the start of the universe. A key point, then, is th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ellis GF

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years calcium channel blockers have emerged as a new class of antiarrhythmic agents for the control of certain supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias. Electrophysiologically, they are heterogeneous but their main action is mediated through a depressant effect on the slow calcium channel in cardiac musc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nademanee K,Singh BN

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00