Waist circumference and sagittal diameter reflect total body fat better than visceral fat in older men and women. The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.

abstract：:The proximate hurdle for cell trafficking to any anatomic site is the initial attachment of circulating cells to target tissue endothelium with sufficient strength to overcome prevailing forces of blood flow. E-selectin, an endothelial molecule that is inducibly expressed at all sites of inflammation, is a potent effe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sackstein R

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:Our objective was to learn the prevalence of spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia detected in ticks in La Rioja, in the north of Spain. From 2001 to 2005, 496 ticks representing 7 tick species were analysed at the Hospital de La Rioja. Ticks were removed from humans with or without rickettsial syndrome (n = 59) or col...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Oteo JA,Portillo A,Santibáñez S,Pérez-Martínez L,Blanco JR,Jiménez S,Ibarra V,Pérez-Palacios A,Sanz M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis of 14 clinical studies with RRR- or all-rac-alpha-tocopherol (83,800 subjects) was performed to evaluate whether RRR and all-rac differ in cardiovascular efficacy based on those clinical endpoints that are most consistently documented in the publications of the studies. Odds ratios of treatment versus ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kraemer K,Koch W,Hoppe PP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Males and females rarely have identical evolutionary interests over reproduction, and when the fitness of both sexes is dependent upon paternity outcomes, sexual conflict over fertilization is inevitable. In internal fertilizers, the female tract is a formidable selective force on the number and integrity of sperm tha...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Firman RC

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saliva is an underused fluid with considerable promise for biomedical testing. Its potential is particularly great for monitoring small-molecule analytes since these are often present in saliva at concentrations that correlate well with their free levels in blood. We describe the development of a prototype diagnostic ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fu E,Chinowsky T,Nelson K,Johnston K,Edwards T,Helton K,Grow M,Miller JW,Yager P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics and kinematics of saccades in a patient with severe ocular myasthenia were studied before and after treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). Before therapy, horizontal saccades were hypometric, but faster than similar-sized saccades made by normal subjects. During a 5-minute test period, saccades...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Serra A,Thurtell MJ,Leigh RJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations of the I-Ek-restricted, cytochrome c-specific T-cell response in mice show that both T-cell receptor V alpha and V beta CDR3 residues and the use of particular V alpha s and V beta s are necessary for recognition. Data strongly suggest that specific CDR3 residues are important in contacting the peptide....

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Davis MM,McHeyzer-Williams M,Chien YH

更新日期：1995-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is caused by postzygotic somatic activating mutations of GNAS and is classically characterized by the clinical triad of peripheral precocious puberty, café-au-lait pigmentation, and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. It can also present with other hyperfunctioning endocrinopathies, including...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chatty P,Khattab A,Marshall I

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human ABO(H) blood group phenotypes arise from the evolutionarily oldest genetic system found in primate populations. While the blood group antigen A is considered the ancestral primordial structure, under the selective pressure of life-threatening diseases blood group O(H) came to dominate as the most frequently ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Arend P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of high-affinity ligands for PPAR gamma has revealed the role of this receptor as the molecular target for the antidiabetic activity of the thiazolidinediones. The surprising observation that agonists of an adipogenic transcription factor reverse the obesity-associated disease of diabetes highlights...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Willson TM,Lehmann JM,Kliewer SA

更新日期：1996-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:By virtue of the progress in proteomics, the involvement of posttranslational modifications in aging has been more clearly demonstrated in recent years. We describe here that (1) carbonylation, a hallmark of protein oxidation in general, is paradoxically decreased in histone with aging and increased by calorie restric...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nakamura A,Kawakami K,Kametani F,Nakamoto H,Goto S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) were present by 13,700 years B.C.E. in the Catskills Mountains of southeastern New York State. These conifers were, and still are, largely confined to the eastern and far western portions of the region. A gap in the distribution exists between ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kudish M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The entorhinal cortex, subiculum, and hippocampus have been regions of great interest in both clinical and neuropathological investigations of schizophrenia. Postmortem studies have identified numerous abnormalities, although many remain controversial or unconfirmed. Among the cellular and molecular neuropathological ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Arnold SE

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is a primary public health problem and the second leading cause of death worldwide. It causes life-threatening malignancies and results in high financial costs for both patients and the healthcare system. Hence, it is important to develop effective long-term strategies pertaining to prevention and control of ca...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ganesan K,Xu B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scant empirical attention has been devoted to understanding endings in youth mentoring relationships, despite the frequency with which they occur. This study examined data from a mixed-methods study of mentoring relationship endings in which youth mentees, the youth's parents or guardians, mentors, and program staff w...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Spencer R,Keller TE,Perry M,Drew AL,Clark-Shim H,Horn JP,Miranda-Díaz M,McCormack MJ

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowdria ruminantium is an obligate intracellular rickettsial pathogen which is responsible for a tick-borne disease of domestic and wild ruminants called heartwater or cowdriosis. Although several genes have been cloned and partially sequenced, the genome size, gross structure, and organization of the C. ruminantium g...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： de Villiers EP,Brayton KA,Zweygarth E,Allsopp BA

更新日期：1998-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established for both rat and man that the total testosterone concentration within the testis is far higher than that in serum. We know for the rat that intratesticular testosterone can be reduced by 50-60% without an adverse effect on spermatogenesis but that the required intratesticular testosterone concen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jarow JP,Zirkin BR

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual dimorphism is a well-documented phenomenon that is observed at all levels of the animal kingdom. Historically, sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen) have been implicated as key players in a wide array of pathologies displaying sexual dimorphism in their etiology and progression. While these hormones clearly ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Quinn M,Ramamoorthy S,Cidlowski JA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current tuberculosis (TB) therapies take too long and the regimens are complex and subject to adverse effects and drug-drug interactions with concomitant medications. The emergence of drug-resistant TB strains exacerbates the situation. Drug discovery for TB has resurged in recent years, generating compounds (hits) wi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mdluli K,Kaneko T,Upton A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article summarizes reports on the concurrence of Klinefelter's syndrome (KS) with inflammatory rheumatic diseases, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, mixed connective tissue disease, the anti...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rovenský J,Imrich R,Lazúrová I,Payer J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute phase proteins (APPs) are a group of serum proteins that undergo dramatic changes in concentration during times of inflammation. Many APPs are heavily glycosylated, and their sugar content and complexity change in the presence of cancer-induced chronic inflammation. These changes in glycosylation are currently b...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dempsey E,Rudd PM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic core needle biopsy has proven to be an accurate technique for evaluation of mammographically detected microcalcification. The development of the Mammotome biopsy system has led many medical centers to use this vacuum-assisted device for the sampling of microcalcifications in mammographically detected nonp...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Faour I,Al-Salam S,El-Terifi H,El Taji H

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The constitution of platelet-fibrin(ogen) contacts, the separation of the platelets initially aggregated, and the rearrangement of the platelet cytoskeleton during clot formation (0.5 to 60 minutes after thrombin stimulation) were investigated using ultrastructural and immunocytochemical techniques. After aggregation,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Morgenstern E,Daub M,Dierichs R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test a hypothesis about how otoliths resolve roll-tilts from translations, we measured human ocular torsion position [ocular counterrolling (OCR)] to maintained linear acceleration stimuli. All subjects (n = 8) were tested in two conditions where the same magnitude of shear along an interaural axis was generated in...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： MacDougall HG,Curthoys IS,Betts GA,Burgess AM,Halmagyi GM

更新日期：1999-05-28 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：:Modified tumor cells were used to immunize three murine hosts against syngenic ascitic lymphomas: C3H-6C3HED, BALB/c-P1798, and DBA/2-L1210. When the host was capable of a significant immune response against the malignant cells during progressive tumor growth (e.g., C3H vs. 6C3HED), protective immunization against a l...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Prager MD,Gordon WC,Baechtel FS

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that obese children have increased problems with self-esteem and depression when compared to the normal pediatric population. Fifty-one consecutive patients enrolled in a hospital based weight management program received the CDI and the PHSCS as part of their initial evaluation. There were 24 mal...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sheslow D,Hassink S,Wallace W,DeLancey E

更新日期：1993-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive and/or nondestructive techniques can provide structural information about bone, beyond simple bone densitometry. While the latter provides important information about osteoporotic fracture risk, many studies indicate that bone mineral density (BMD) only partly explains bone strength. Quantitative assessmen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Genant HK,Jiang Y

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-associated alterations in the mitochondrial electron transport system (ETS) may lead to free radical generation and contribute to aging. The complexes of the ETS were screened spectrophotometrically in gastrocnemius of young (10 month) as well as older (20 and 26 month) B6C3F1 female mice fed an ad libitum (AL) di...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Feuers RJ

更新日期：1998-11-20 00:00:00