VIP and PACAP inhibit activation induced apoptosis in T lymphocytes.

abstract：:This paper is dedicated to the transient liquid crystal technique measurements for multiple view access by using a novel digital recording and image processing system. The transient liquid crystal technique is widely used for heat transfer investigations in turbomachinery. It has been applied in our laboratory in seve...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vogel G,Boelcs A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the topic of laminar to turbulent flow transition, as applied to the design of gas turbines, is discussed. Transition comes about when a flow becomes sufficiently unstable that the orderly vorticity structure of the laminar layer becomes randomly oriented. Vorticity with a streamwise component leads to ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Simon TW,Kaszeta RW

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cytoplasmic vesicles are observed to move along microtubules. Often, bidirectional movement of particles is observed on a single microtubule. We have isolated one cytoplasmic motor, kinesin, and defined another, the axoplasmic retrograde factor, which are capable of powering anionic latex beads toward the plus an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sheetz MP,Vale R,Schnapp B,Schroer T,Reese T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize molecular patterns relating to a variety of microbial infections. Stimulation through TLRs leads to activation of antigen-presenting cells, production of inflammatory cytokines creating inflammation, and production of type 1 interferons (IFNs) that include IFN-alpha and -beta, and ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wong FS,Wen L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The entry of resting T cells into the G1 phase of the cell cycle after stimulation by mitogens is controlled by a series of biochemical events that are independent of growth factors. These events follow the initial signals stimulated through the engagement of the T-cell receptor and include activation of the cyclin-de...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Modiano JF,Domenico J,Szepesi A,Terada N,Lucas JJ,Gelfand EW

更新日期：1995-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescence and emerging adulthood form a critical time period for the achievement of optimal health and nutrition across all stages of the life course. We undertook a review of published literature and global data repositories for information on nutrition levels, trends, and patterns among young people aged 10-24 yea...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Akseer N,Al-Gashm S,Mehta S,Mokdad A,Bhutta ZA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is a 28-amino acid peptide that has several functions, including the regulation of water and electrolyte secretion, hormone and cytokine release, bronchodilitation, and neurogenesis. VIP effects are mediated by specific G-protein coupled receptors. Three distinct receptor subtypes, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Karacay B,O'Dorisio MS,Summers M,Bruce J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF beta is a cytokine which is involved with the regulation of different aspects of host defense responses to injury. Overexpression of TGF beta can lead to the conversion of its protective functions to pathogenetic manifestations. TGF beta is a potent factor in promoting anabolic aspects in connective tissue metabol...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lotz M,Seth P

更新日期：1993-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect evidence suggests that dopamine within the brain may participate in the regulation of immune responses in both man and rodents. The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible role played by the specific dopamine D1 receptor subtype within the central amygdala in the modulation of immunity. Mitog...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nistico G,Caroleo MC,Arbitrio M,Pulvirenti L

更新日期：1994-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the two first cases of human ehrlichiosis described in Italy. One patient presented symptoms indicative of ehrlichiosis, such as fever, conjunctivitis, and increase of hepatic enzymes; HGE was confirmed by fourfold seroconversion for HGE antigen. The second patient, a forest worker, was affected by Lyme...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ruscio M,Cinco M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant advances have recently been made in understanding the regulation of Ca(2+)-ATPase by phospholamban and in modeling their structures. However, these insights would be furthered by determining the 3-D structure of both proteins within the membrane, thus revealing the structural basis for their interaction. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Young HS,Reddy LG,Jones LR,Stokes DL

更新日期：1998-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The classic cardiac research programs revolved around measurable properties such as pressures, work done, vascular blood flow, electrical propagation, and other such parameters that defined the global heart functions in health and decease. Consistently, the first Henry Goldberg Workshop, held in Haifa in 1984, focused...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beyar R

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taken together with electrophysiological data, these results suggest that in states of DA deficiency, systemically administered L-dopa or DA agonist drugs inhibit cell firing in the major output nuclei of the basal ganglia (GPI and SNPR). We propose that DA produces this net effect by a direct influence on the striato...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wooten GF

更新日期：1997-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Every day billions of cells die in our bodies to eliminate those that are harmful, useless, or senescent. The process can be divided into two steps: cell dying and cell clearance. In the first step, death machinery is activated in the cells and quickly kills them. During the second step, dead cells are engulfed by pha...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nagata S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we analyzed the morphology of testes and efferent ducts as well as the localization of androgen receptors (AR) in the tissues of XY, YY, and XX male rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum. Testes of the XX trout differed distinctly from those of XY and YY males; the interstitial space was very ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Galas JF,Hejmej A,Glogowski J,Bilińska B

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential health hazards involved with antineoplastic agents have been known for decades. Many anticancer drugs are recognized as carcinogens and genotoxins in experimental assays. Second cancers have been recorded in follow-up studies with treated patients. The first findings on occupational exposures among hospi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sorsa M,Hämeilä M,Järviluoma E

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ticks do not usually infest sympatric hosts species according to their availability in a given environment, and it has been suggested that habitat use by hosts is a major determinant of tick burdens. The knowledge of such infestation patterns and their relationship with host habitat use is important for the control of...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： De Garine-Wichatitsky M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A generation of research in cognitive psychology has given rise to many tasks that tap at various aspects of attention. It is now widely agreed that attention is not a single thing and that its measurement needs a strategy to study each of its various aspects. While there is no widely agreed taxonomy of attentional op...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Posner MI

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted depletion of immune cells expressing the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor can exacerbate inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) through elimination of regulatory T (Treg) cells, or ameliorate its course by depletion of cytotoxic cells. To answer this question we used a fusion protein composed of IL-2 and caspase-3 (IL...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sagiv Y,Kaminitz A,Lorberboum-Galski H,Askenasy N,Yarkoni S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new autoimmune disease affecting the neuromuscular junction has been defined. Acquired neuromyotonia is associated with antibodies to voltage-gated potassium channels that act, at least in part, by reducing potassium channel function with resulting neuronal hyperactivity. This condition is quite frequently associate...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vincent A,Jacobson L,Plested P,Polizzi A,Tang T,Riemersma S,Newland C,Ghorazian S,Farrar J,MacLennan C,Willcox N,Beeson D,Newsom-Davis J

更新日期：1998-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Two chemical classes of flavonoids, the flavan-3-ols (catechins and proanthocyanidins) and the anthocyanins, are the natural antioxidants present at the highest concentration in red grape and wine. In the berry, the anthocyanins are localized in the skins, similarly to other highly bioactive phenolics of grape such as...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mattivi F,Zulian C,Nicolini G,Valenti L

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nearly neutral theory represents a development of Kimura's neutral theory of molecular evolution that makes testable predictions that go beyond a mere null model. Recent evidence has strongly supported several of these predictions, including the prediction that slightly deleterious variants will accumulate in a sp...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hughes AL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of type 1 diabetes is, in part, dictated by the failure of regulatory T cells to maintain peripheral tolerance. As such, therapies aimed at correcting the declining function of regulatory T cells have been the subject of intense investigation. In this review, we discuss the potential of regulatory T ce...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Richer MJ,Horwitz MS

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:Whether T cells promote bone loss following immobilization after spinal cord injury (SCI) remains undetermined. Therefore, wild-type (WT) and T cell-deficient (Tcrb-/- ) male mice underwent sham or contusion SCI to cause hindlimb paralysis. Femurs were isolated and distal and midshaft regions were evaluated by microco...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sahbani K,Shultz LC,Cardozo CP,Bauman WA,Tawfeek HA

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncertainty in exposure assessment and uncertainty in kinetic models of early effects after exposure to a toxin are addressed in this paper. Sources of uncertainty in the determination of exposure of workers in chemical industry exposed to dioxins are exhibited and a simple kinetic model for biomonitor measurements of...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Edler L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine-based therapies have the potential to provide novel treatments for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and many types of infectious disease. However, to date, the full clinical potential of cytokines as drugs has been limited by a number of factors. To discuss these limitations and explore ways to overcome them, the...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Donnelly RP,Young HA,Rosenberg AS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial evidence suggests that stress can alter the general toxicological properties of the substituted amphetamines (AMPs) as well as their psychostimulant properties. Research concerning the interactions between stress and the neurotoxicity associated with the AMPs is, however, limited. Our previous work demonst...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Miller DB,O'Callaghan JP

更新日期：1996-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Lyme disease (LD) is the most common tick-borne disease in the United States, little is known about the frequency of and risk factors for infection with Borrelia burgdorferi in occupational groups. In 1986, we recruited primarily outdoor workers from six employee groups in southeastern New York where LD is en...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Smith PF,Benach JL,White DJ,Stroup DF,Morse DL

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied hearing impairment and cochlear ultrastructure in C57BL/6J mice containing the cpk mutant gene. Heterozygous cpk/+ mutant mice, 6-8 months old, showed a marked hearing loss as demonstrated by auditory evoked potentials with some showing hearing loss at 90 db sound pressure. Ultrastructural studies of first ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cho H,Buchanan J,Strong D,Yamada Y,Yoo TJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00