Role of steroid hormone-regulated genes in implantation.

abstract：:Influenza remains one of the most important causes of respiratory infection despite the widespread availability of vaccines. As effective vaccines against influenza principally rely on the induction of strain-specific neutralizing antibodies for their protective efficacy, drifted escape mutants and genetically reassor...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chiu C,Wrammert J,Li GM,McCausland M,Wilson PC,Ahmed R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Release of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) of Alzheimer's disease from Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts was stimulated in a concentration-dependent manner by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. In fibroblasts overexpressing protein kinase C alpha (PKC alpha), the EC50 for this response was 7 nM, while in control cells the EC50 ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Slack BE,Nitsch RM,Livneh E,Kunz GM Jr,Eldar H,Wurtman RJ

更新日期：1993-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The current trend in antipoverty policy emphasizes mandated empowerment: the poor are being handed the responsibility for making things better for themselves, largely without being asked whether this is what they want. Beneficiary control is now being built into public service delivery, while microcredit and small bus...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Banerjee AV,Duflo E

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Differentiation of specific epithelial cell lineages during development, as well as epithelial plasticity in response to heterologous cell-to-cell cross talk during adult life, accounts for the large variety of functions which are performed by the mucosal surfaces found in the human body. Among its functions, the dige...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hamzaoui N,Pringault E

更新日期：1998-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the predictive relationships between climate variability and coccidioidomycosis is of great importance for the development of an effective public health decision-support system. Preliminary regression-based climate modeling studies have shown that about 80% of the variance in seasonal coccidioidomycosis ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Comrie AC,Glueck MF

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Policy and program implementers require evidence on whether integrated psychosocial stimulation and nutrition interventions can be effectively delivered at-scale, how, and at what cost? To address some of these issues, a comprehensive evaluation of implementation was designed for a trial in Pakistan that integrated ps...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yousafzai AK,Rasheed MA,Siyal S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinesterase inhibitors used to treat Alzheimer's disease according to the principle of cholinergic replacement therapy have proved to be less beneficial than expected. The present study was designed to investigate the cerebrovascular response to physostigmine and tacrine in the experimental model of lesioning of th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Peruzzi P,von Euw D,Lacombe P

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The remarkable hemodynamic changes of normal pregnancy are briefly reviewed. In addition, new findings and current concepts related to the underlying hormonal and molecular mechanisms are presented. Finally, work that is in progress as well as future directions is briefly discussed. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Conrad KP,Jeyabalan A,Danielson LA,Kerchner LJ,Novak J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented evidence indicating that P2-purinergic receptors may activate the polyphosphoinositide-phospholipase C in HL60 cells via the mediation of a pertussis-toxin-sensitive GTP-binding protein, which also mediates the actions of chemotactic peptide receptors in these and other phagocytic white blood cells. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dubyak GR,Cowen DS,Lazarus HM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify a selective inhibitor of mammalian agmatinase, screening was performed on four analogues of agmatine with modifications directly to the guanidine group, six analogues with modifications to the carbon-amine chain, and one analogue with modifications at both ends of the molecule. Control compounds were amino...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Huang MJ,Regunathan S,Botta M,Lee K,McClendon E,Yi GB,Pedersen ML,Berkowitz DB,Wang G,Travagli M,Piletz JE

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skin immune system includes a complex network of dendritic cells (DCs). In addition to generating cellular and humoral immunity against pathogens, skin DCs are involved in tolerogenic mechanisms that maintain immune homeostasis and in pathogenic chronic inflammation in which immune responses are unrestrained. Harn...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Klechevsky E,Banchereau J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight and adherens junctions play critical roles in the barrier, adhesion, and signaling functions of epithelial and endothelial cells. How the molecular organization of these junctions is tuned to the widely diverse physiological requirements of each tissue type is not well understood. Here, we address this question ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vasileva E,Sluysmans S,Bochaton-Piallat ML,Citi S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulation of signaling pathways is a common feature observed in human cancers and other diseases. Therefore, there is a strong need for compounds that are able to modulate or inactivate upregulated signaling events. Natural compounds extracted from plants have long been used and still present a dynamic domain in th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Blasius R,Dicato M,Diederich M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological status of presynaptic receptors, regulating sympathetic neurotransmitter release, remains subject to debate. Nevertheless, pharmacological techniques have shown presynaptic alpha-adrenoceptors, mediating a negative feedback inhibition of neuronal noradrenaline (NA) release, and presynaptic beta-adren...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Borkowski KR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability is crucial for normal vascular endothelial function and health. Recent studies have demonstrated an endocrine role for NO equivalents that may be transported in the blood to peripheral tissue beds, where under hypoxic conditions they can liberate NO and cause vasodilation. Exercise tr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stabler T,Kenjale A,Ham K,Jelesoff N,Allen J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To live beyond the octogenarian years, population and molecular genetic studies of centenarian sibships indicate that genetic factors play an increasingly important role as the limit of life span is approached. These factors are likely to influence basic mechanisms of aging that in turn broadly influence susceptibilit...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Perls T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass spectrometric analysis of the low-molecular-weight (LMW) range of the serum/plasma proteome is revealing the existence of large numbers of previously unknown peptides and protein fragments, predicted to be derived from circulating low-abundance proteins. While genomics and proteomics are the primary discovery res...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Byrum S,Montgomery CO,Nicholas RW,Suva LJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptive co-evolution of mammals and bacteria has led to the establishment of complex commensal communities on mucosal surfaces. In spite of having available a wealth of immune-sensing and effector mechanisms capable of triggering inflammation in response to microbial intrusion, mucosal immune cells establish an intim...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cerutti A,Cols M,Gentile M,Cassis L,Barra CM,He B,Puga I,Chen K

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutualistic interactions, where two interacting species have a net beneficial effect on each other's fitness, play a crucial role in the survival and evolution of many species. Despite substantial empirical and theoretical work in past decades, the impact of these interactions on natural selection is not fully underst...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hillesland KL

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two basic types of factors reacting with anti-I region (anti-Ia) antisera are compared, those derived from macrophage-like antigen presenting cells and others derived from T-lymphocytes, of either the suppressor or helper type. Despite the common property of reacting with anti-Ia antisera, the two sets of factors diff...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Feldmann M,Erb P,Kontiainen S,Todd I,Woody JN

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnitine acyltransferases catalyze the exchange of acyl groups between carnitine and coenzyme A (CoA). These enzymes include carnitine acetyltransferase (CrAT), carnitine octanoyltransferase (CrOT), and carnitine palmitoyltransferases (CPTs). CPT-I and CPT-II are crucial for the beta-oxidation of long-chain fatty aci...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jogl G,Hsiao YS,Tong L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence indicates that deregulation of the epigenetic machinery comprising the microRNA (miRNA) network is a critical factor in the progression of various diseases, including cancer. Concurrently, dietary phytochemicals are being intensively studied for their miRNA-mediated health-beneficial properties, such ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kumar A,Rimando AM,Levenson AS

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Neuropathology is one approach to the effort to elucidate the pathophysiology of suicide. Initial neurochemical studies focusing on the roles of serotonin (5-HT) and noradrenaline (NE) abnormalities in brains of suicide victims have been somewhat inconsistent. More recently developed methodologies, including quantitat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bachus SE,Hyde TM,Akil M,Weickert CS,Vawter MP,Kleinman JE

更新日期：1997-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:It is imperative that operating personnel and regulatory agencies have secure, advance, and accurate knowledge of the true surface properties of materials to be contacted with flowing blood. The actual devices must be characterized in their sterile, immediate pre-exposure states. Although very sensitive electronic ins...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Baier RE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most risk assessments assume uncertainty may be decomposed into variability and incertitude. Language is often overlooked as a source of uncertainty, but linguistic uncertainty may be pervasive in workshops, committees, and other face-to-face language-based settings where it can result in misunderstanding and arbitrar...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Carey JM,Burgman MA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigations with the NZB X SWR model show that the development of systemic autoimmune disease is a multistep, multigene process. Severe lupus nephritis in the NZB X SWR hybrids results from the interaction of genes inherited from both the autoimmune NZB and the normal SWR parents. A similar genetic interaction ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Datta SK,Gavalchin J

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pregnant uterus is unique because of the dramatic functional changes that occur in the peripartum period. To promote the concept that we have a relatively poor understanding of the physiology of parturition, we will posit 10 facts that are so obvious and so clearly accepted as facts that they probably are not even...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Young RC

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with probable Alzheimer's disease were either stimulated with a continuous visual recognition task (n = 18) or with a continuous auditory recognition task during PET measurement with 18 FDG. The PET scanner was a Siemens CTI, ECAT EXACT with 5 mm transaxial and 6 mm axial resolution. The global stimulation ef...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kessler J,Ghaemi M,Mielke R,Herholz K,Heiss WD

更新日期：1996-01-17 00:00:00