The pituitary-skin connection in amphibians. Reciprocal regulation of melanotrope cells and dermal melanocytes.

abstract：:The presence in the serum of specific autoantibodies, such as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA), and antiextractable nuclear antigens (anti-ENA), is one of the diagnostic criteria for autoimmune rheumatic disease, and the requests for these tests in the last few years have grown remar...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bonaguri C,Melegari A,Dall'Aglio P,Ballabio A,Terenziani P,Russo A,Battistelli L,Aloe R,Camisa R,Campaniello G,Sartori E,Monica C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy (BIS) can provide estimates of body composition for both whole body (WB) and body segments (BS). In normal, healthy subjects, BS measurements may be expected to serve as surrogates for WB indices; however, very little is known about this correspondence in people suffering from acut...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mazariegos M,Klassen P,Solomons NW,Fürst P

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole body exposure of rabbits to microwave radiation causes a decrease in ascorbic acid in the lens. In our study, rabbit lenses maintained in culture medium (37 degrees C) were exposed to either pulsed or continuous wave S-band radiation for 10-15 min at power densities between 0 and 200 mW/cm-2. Total ascorbic acid...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Weiter JJ,Finch ED,Schulz W,Frattali V

更新日期：1975-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses the available clinical trials in which steroids have been used in the (adjuvant) treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Glucocorticosteroids have a positive effect on symptoms and signs of inflammation, but probably not on structural damage. Therefore glucocorticosteroids should be used as part of a ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bijlsma JW

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Forests are one of Earth's critical biomes. They have been shown to respond strongly to many of the drivers that are predicted to change natural systems over this century, including climate, introduced species, and other anthropogenic influences. Predicting how different tree species might respond to this complex of f...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McMahon SM,Dietze MC,Hersh MH,Moran EV,Clark JS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight contributors from 12 European and 2 American sarcoidosis centers have collaborated in a survey to define many questions concerning the use of 67Ga lung scan in sarcoidosis. The new quantitative scoring methods based on digital evaluation seem better in detecting lung activity. In 20.1% of untreated patient...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rizzato G,Blasi A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental Herpesvirus hominis encephalitis in 3-week-old Swiss mice was utilized to evaluate the antiviral effects of adenine arabinoside (ara-A), phosphonacetic acid (PAA), and humoral antibodies to H. hominis (HIG). Administration of ara-A, PAA, or HIG during the early phase of infection reduced the mortality rat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cho CT,Feng KK

更新日期：1977-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes and obesity are major global public health problems, with migrant populations in high-income countries being particularly affected. Type 2 diabetes and obesity are also major threats in low- and middle-income countries, from which most migrant populations originate. Transitioning of societies and the r...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Agyemang C,Beune E,Meeks K,Addo J,Aikins AD,Bahendeka S,Danquah I,Mockenhaupt FP,Schulze MB,Klipstein-Grobusch K,Smeeth L,Stronks K

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary theory is undergoing an intense period of discussion and reevaluation. This, contrary to the misleading claims of creationists and other pseudoscientists, is no harbinger of a crisis but rather the opposite: the field is expanding dramatically in terms of both empirical discoveries and new ideas. In this ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pigliucci M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most measurement devices for bioimpedance spectroscopy are coupled to the measured object (tissue) via electrodes. At frequencies > 500 kHz, they suffer from artifacts due to stray capacitances between electrode leads as well as between the ground and object. The noninvasive measurement of the brain conductivity is ha...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Scharfetter H,Ninaus W,Puswald B,Petrova GI,Kovachev D,Hutten H

更新日期：1999-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The APC protein is a crucial regulator of intestinal cell growth, and mutations in the APC gene are a common initial event in the process of human colorectal carcinogenesis. Animals bearing germline mutations in Apc are therefore important models for human colorectal cancer. These animals have been used both to unders...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bertagnolli MM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the molecular mechanism by which Sph-1-P affects the FN-dependent haptotactic motility of serum-starved mouse melanoma B16/F10 cells. We found that EDG-5-induced Rho activation followed by enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK and paxillin, and beta 1-integrin activation leading to overexpression of...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yamamura S,Hakomori S,Wada A,Igarashi Y

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:In vitro and in vivo 31P magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy studies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain have revealed alterations in membrane phospholipid metabolism and high-energy phosphate metabolism. Mildly demented AD patients compared with control subjects have increased levels of phosphomonoesters, decreased le...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pettegrew JW,Klunk WE,Panchalingam K,McClure RJ,Stanley JA

更新日期：1997-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty female imago of Haemaphysalis concinnae ticks collected from wild vegetation in May of 2001 in the Obor region near Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East were studied. DNA was extracted with commercially available kits following manufacturer's instructions. We used broad range primers SFG3 and SFG6 proposed for am...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mediannikov O,Ivanov L,Nishikawa M,Saito R,Sidelnikov YN,Zdanovskaya NI,Tarasevich IV,Suzuki H

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we consider the evolution of Alzheimer's-like neuropathology in the aging primate brain. In particular, we examine the evolutionary pressures that have likely selected for the neuroprotective effects of estrogen and of the apolipoprotein E2 and E3 isoforms. We analyze this in the context of the altricial...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sapolsky RM,Finch CE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Na+/Ca2+-K+ exchangers (NCKX) are plasma membrane transporters that are thought to mainly mediate Ca2+ extrusion (along with K+) at the expense of the Na+ electrochemical gradient. However, because they are bidirectional, most assays have relied on measuring their activity in the reverse (Ca2+ import) mode. Herein we ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Altimimi HF,Schnetkamp PP

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the dideoxynucleosides described to date, the purine analogues ddA and ddI have exhibited very favorable therapeutic ratios in vitro. ddI is presently undergoing extensive phase I-II clinical trials. Whereas the action of adenosine deaminase (ADA) and purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) is usually to convert a gi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fridland A,Johnson MA,Cooney DA,Ahluwalia G,Marquez VE,Driscoll JS,Johns DG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anatomic and electrophysiologic studies have provided evidence that CRF meets some of the criteria as a neurotransmitter in the noradrenergic nucleus, the locus coeruleus (LC), although some of the criteria have yet to be satisfied. Thus, immunohistochemical findings suggest that CRF innervates the LC, but this must b...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Valentino RJ,Foote SL,Page ME

更新日期：1993-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:From the time Dan was 12 years old to the present, he always was the explorer of life. He was very fortunate in having an opportunity to see how life exists in several human societies around the world. His many professional foreign travels are presented. Dan went to a 1959 meeting in Argentina, to England in 1963, and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gilbert C,Gilbert RL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lesion, stimulation, and pharmacological studies point to separate hypothalamic control of pulsatile FSH and LH secretion. LH release is controlled by a region extending from the preoptic area to the anterior and mid-median eminence, whereas FSH release is controlled by a region extending from the dorsal anterior hypo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McCann SM,Marubayashi U,Sun HQ,Yu WH

更新日期：1993-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of evidence just reviewed, the hormonal requirements during IVM of mammalian oocytes for fertilization and developmental competence may be summarized as follows: 1. Nuclear maturation occurs "spontaneously," without follicular factors or hormones, in all mammalian species. 2. Cumulus cells are necessary d...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Armstrong DT,Zhang X,Vanderhyden BC,Khamsi F

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific probes (alpha-bungarotoxin for acetylcholine receptor (AChR), staphylococcal protein A for IgG, monospecific antibodies against C3 and C9) labelled with peroxidase were applied to study of the ultrastructure of the MG end plate. In each case of MG there was postsynaptic AChR deficiency, usually greatest at en...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Engel AG,Sahashi K,Fumagalli G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) has been implicated in the modulation of aggression in animals and humans. A longstanding dogma that aggression and serotonergic activity are inversely related has to be abandoned in light of many new findings. Trait and state aggression are differentially regulated by the 5-HT sy...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Olivier B

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a disease characterized by increased numbers of T lymphocytes within the alveolar structures and the consequent spontaneous release of a variety of mediators relevant to the pathogenesis of this disorder. This phenomenon is associated with a different expansion of the T cell subpopulations pre...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rossi GA,Sacco O,Cosulich E,Balbi B,Risso A,Ravazzoni C

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How can a psychoanalyst account for and recount the process of understanding the therapeutic endeavor? What happens in those moments, co-created by patient and analyst, when the consultation room comes "alive" in ways that defy easy or simplistic answers? How does an analyst come to understand psychoanalytic treatment...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gotthold JJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose conversion by brain synaptosomes can be regarded as a special case of intrinsic kinetic properties of the enzyme substrate system. Temperature modulation of apparent K(m) for this process can be described with our kinetic model. Using experimental data and the kinetic model, the minimal K(m) value for glucose ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Marjanović M,Zivadinović D,Dzakula Z,Andjus RK

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:Aromatase cytochrome P450, the key enzyme of estrogen biosynthesis from androgens, is encoded by CYP19. Its structure shows some peculiarities: exons II to X encode the protein, while multiple alternative exons I encode unique 5'-untranslated regions of the aromatase mRNA transcripts. Immunohistochemistry studies in t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Galmiche G,Corvaisier S,Kottler ML

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiments were conducted to determine the effects of neurotensin on secretion of a variety of anterior pituitary hormones. Conscious rats with indwelling cannulae in the third ventricle and external jugular vein were used and the effects on plasma hormone levels measured by radioimmunoassay. Neurotensin ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McCann SM,Vijayan E,Koenig J,Krulich L

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00