The effect of selective estrogen receptor modulators on parameters of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.

abstract：:It is thought that human natural killer (NK) lymphocytes should not damage self-tissues due to the inhibiting signal initiated by the engagement of one or another inhibitory receptor superfamily (IRS) members with self-human histocompatibility antigen (HLA)-I. During viral infection, the low expression of self-HLA-I o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Poggi A,Prevosto C,Zancolli M,Canevali P,Musso A,Zocchi MR

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methamphetamine (METH) produces nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) loss, partly resembling that which occurs in Parkinson's disease (PD). In PD there is also a marked alteration in the gut. Given the similarities between the central DA denervation produced by METH and PD, in the present study we evaluated the alterations in ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Natale G,Kastsiuchenka O,Pasquali L,Ruggieri S,Paparelli A,Fornai F

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the challenges facing health and welfare policymakers as well as researchers in most developed countries is the increasing demand for aging services and aged care. Low birth rates and rapid increases in the percentages of elderly people make aging and aged care one of the top-priority issues among the national ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Soar J,Seo Y

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) has been proposed for measuring fat-free mass, total body water, percent fat, body cell mass, intracellular water, and extracellular water: a veritable laboratory in a box. Although it is unlikely that BIA is quite this versatile, correlations have been demonstrated between BIA a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schoeller DA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, studies measuring behavioral activity have used male adult animals and grid crossings (GCs) as a representative measure of activity in lieu of total distance moved (TDM). However, using GCs as the dependent measure may not be effective for comparing the activity of animals during development, as they va...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vila JL,Philpot RM,Kirstein CL

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive enhancement, the amplification or extension of core capacities of the mind, has become a major topic in bioethics. But cognitive enhancement is a prime example of a converging technology where individual disciplines merge and issues transcend particular local discourses. This article reviews currently availa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sandberg A,Bostrom N

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now good evidence that in the AD brain, a number of neurotransmitter effector systems are defective. Such abnormalities include defective G, protein and protein kinase C function as well as a drastically reduced level of receptors for the second messenger Ins(1,4,5) P3. Such changes are probably not restricte...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fowler CJ,Garlind A,O'Neill C,Cowburn RF

更新日期：1996-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Jackson's Personality Research Form E (PRF) was administered to a large, heterogeneous group of adult inpatients with diagnoses of alcohol and/or drug dependence. Cluster analysis of PRF factor scores yielded five distinct patient subtypes: hostile-dependent, cooperative-nonreflective, socially uninvolved, impulsive-u...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Allen JP,Fertig JB,Mattson ME

更新日期：1994-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Controls and calibrators in autoimmune assays are typically developed from patient sera. However, the use of sera is accompanied by a number of disadvantages, such as lack of monospecificity, lack of assay comparability, and supply limitations. Ideally, the control reagent would be an antigen-specific human monoclonal...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Knappik A,Capuano F,Frisch C,Ylera F,Bonelli F

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherent-cell-depleted primed rabbit splenocytes were capable of mounting an in vitro response to SRBC. The addition of alveolar macrophages (AM) to adherent-cell-depleted or unseparated lymphoid cell populations resulted in significant suppression of the PFC response. Suppressive activity was limited to AM and depend...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Herscowitz HB,Pennline KJ,Conrad RE,Ullrich SE,Gerber HR

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least twenty-two architectonic areas can be distinguished within the orbital and medial prefrontal cortex (OMPFC). Although each of these areas has a distinct structure and connections, they can be grouped into two "networks," defined by cortico-cortical connections that primarily interconnect areas within each net...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Price JL

更新日期：1999-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In the light of results of clinical trials with immunoisolated human parathyroid tissue Ba2+-alginate capsules were developed that meet the requirements for long-term immunoisolated transplantation of (allogeneic and xenogeneic) cells and tissue fragments. Biocompatibility of the capsules was achieved by subjecting hi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zimmermann U,Thürmer F,Jork A,Weber M,Mimietz S,Hillgärtner M,Brunnenmeier F,Zimmermann H,Westphal I,Fuhr G,Nöth U,Haase A,Steinert A,Hendrich C

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Na,K-ATPase gamma subunit is present primarily in kidney as two splice variants, gammaa and gammab, which differ only at their extracellular N-termini. Two distinct effects of gamma are seen in biochemical Na,K-ATPase assays of mammalian (HeLa) cells transfected with gammaa or gammab, namely, (i) a decrease in K'(...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Blostein R,Pu HX,Scanzano R,Zouzoulas A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the complete genome sequences of the Nine Mile, K, and G isolates to improve our understanding of the unique virulence properties of C. burnetii and to provide important insight into the genome architecture and genetic diversity of this pathogen. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beare PA,Porcella SF,Seshadri R,Samuel JE,Heinzen RA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy as an immunomodulatory approach has the potential to treat various inherited and acquired immune-based human diseases. However, its clinical application has several challenges, varying from the efficiency of gene transfer, control of gene expression, cell and tissue targeting, and safety concerns associat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Singh NP,Yolcu ES,Askenasy N,Shirwan H

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As studied by single cell RT-PCR of pituitary hormones, we demonstrated that the pituitaries of rats and mice contain a subpopulation of cells that express two or more hormone phenotypes typically belonging to lineages that are branched separately early during embryonic development, such as glycoprotein hormone alpha-...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Denef C,Pals K,Hauspie A,Vankelecom H,Seuntjens E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are two types of escapes in conservative dynamical systems with two degrees of freedom: escapes to infinity and escapes to certain singular points at a finite distance. In both cases the areas on a surface of section are not preserved. We consider the basins of escape to infinity in simple Hamiltonian systems. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Contopoulos G,Harsoula M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pawtucket Heart Health Program, a research effort testing a process of community activation for cardiovascular risk factor behavior change, risk factor change, and coronary heart disease event rate change, utilizes risk factor behavior change programs for the entire population of a northeastern city. A diversity o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Carleton RA,Sennett L,Gans KM,Levin S,Lefebvre C,Lasater TM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) participates in the regulation of endochondral bone development. After the cartilage mold is established in fetal life, perichondrial cells and chondrocytes at the ends of the mold synthesize PTHrP. This ligand then acts on PTH/PTHrP receptors on chondrocytes. As chondrocyte...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kronenberg HM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) is a multifunctional cell surface aminopeptidase with ubiquitous expression and it has a variety of functional properties in the development of human malignancies. In the present study, we showed the possible correlation between DPPIV/CD26 expression and less migratory potential with de...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kajiyama H,Shibata K,Terauchi M,Ino K,Nawa A,Kikkawa F

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms controlling ATP generation in the transition from normal resting conditions to either high work states or ischemia are poorly understood. ATP generation depends upon compartmentation between the mitochondria and cytosol of metabolic pathways and key energy transfer species that cannot be easily assessed...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zhou L,Yu X,Cabrera ME,Stanley WC

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cities modify their local climate, and at the same time they suffer from the local impacts of climate change. Our paper discusses the progress and obstacles in three active research topics that contribute to increasing the capability within the urban climate research community for transferring local climate knowledge ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hidalgo J,Lemonsu A,Masson V

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated as a mediator of vasodilation and neurotransmission in the mammalian cochlea. This is demonstrated by the presence of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and nitric oxide (NO) in the blood vessels and the organ of Corti in the cochlea. It is not certain if the neurons in the spiral gangli...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ruan RS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to analyze neuronal computations in the first olfactory processing center, the olfactory bulb, we measured odor-evoked activity patterns across large numbers of neurons within the intact olfactory bulb of zebrafish using optical and electrophysiological methods. We found that the olfactory bulb performs multi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Friedrich RW,Yaksi E,Judkewitz B,Wiechert MT

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients show evidence of immune activation, as demonstrated by increased numbers of activated T lymphocytes, including cytotoxic T cells, as well as elevated levels of circulating cytokines. Nevertheless, immune cell function of CFS patients is poor, with low natural killer cell cytotox...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Patarca R

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valproic acid (VA), a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACI), in vitro induces differentiation of promyelocyte leukemia cell (HL-60) and proliferation arrest and apoptosis of various leukemia cell lines. In MOLT-4 cells (human T lymphocyte leukemia) the cell cycle arrest is caused by 2 mM VA, while 4 mM VA induces main...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Záskodová D,Rezácová M,Vávrová J,Vokurková D,Tichy A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the concentration of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and the number of proliferating/apoptotic lymphocytes in peripheral blood of premature newborns of different gestation age and full-term newborns was determined. The experiments were performed using fluorescent spectrophotometry (with Hoechst 33342), ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tuaeva NO,Abramova ZI,Sofronov VV

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Will the development of safe, accurate prenatal diagnosis for Cooley's anemia result in a reduction in the unwanted birth of children with Cooley's anemia in the United States? Since detection of couples at risk only through the birth of an affected child will lead to a minimal reduction in the incidence of the diseas...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rowley PT,Loader S,Walden ME

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic growth factors are glycoproteins of 15-70 kDa. Although much clinical success has been obtained using recombinant proteins produced in mammalian cell lines and in microbial fermentation processes, the full-length polypeptides necessarily are expensive to produce, require parenteral administration, and in...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kaushansky K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether treatment with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), which causes transient cellular immunity depression, influences tuberculin skin testing (TST) interpretation. The study was also aimed to assess the degree of cellular immunity depression following open heart surgery. Fifteen children from developing coun...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stein M,Sela-Razon B,Linder I,Somekh E

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00