Can we use steroid hormones to immunomodulate rheumatic diseases? Rheumatoid arthritis as an example.

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：:Leptin is the product of the ob gene located in humans on chromosome 7q31.3. It is a 16-kDa protein named after the Greek "leptos," meaning lean, to indicate the function that this adipocyte-secreted protein was thought to have. Since its discovery, in fact, most of the research focused on the role of leptin in body-w...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ghizzoni L,Mastorakos G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic coronary heart disease and other forms of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are the major cause of mortality in type II diabetes (T2DM) as well as a major contributor to morbidity and lifetime costs. The purpose of this article is the identification of the biochemical parameters in plasma, which may serve a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kalofoutis C,Piperi C,Zisaki A,Singh J,Harris F,Phoenix D,Alaveras A,Kalofoutis A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sm-2Fe molten alloy with 1:2 molar ratio was unidirectionally solidified in both microgravity and normal gravity in concurrence with a magnetic flux (0-0.12 T). The compound SmFe2 was produced by the unidirectional solidification in microgravity with a magnetic flux of 0T and exhibited a lamellar microstructure. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Okutani T,Nagai H,Mamiya M,Shibuya M,Castillo M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SET domain, first identified within and named after proteins encoded by three Drosophila genes [Su(var)3-9, E(z), and Trithorax], is recognized as a signature motif for histone methyltransferases that are involved in epigenetic processes. The SUV39H family of SET domain proteins methylate specifically the residue ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zhao Z,Shen WH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular DNA in the plasma or serum of cancer patients has been recently proposed as a source of analyzable cancer-related gene sequences (qualitative approach). Furthermore, patients with different tumor types show high levels of cell-free circulating DNA both in plasma and serum (quantitative approach) at the t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Frattini M,Gallino G,Signoroni S,Balestra D,Battaglia L,Sozzi G,Leo E,Pilotti S,Pierotti MA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have created genetically altered mice to investigate how expression of the Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchange protein alters excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling. Whereas low levels of exchanger overexpression have minimal effects on E-C coupling properties, high levels of overexpression in homozygous animals results in suscep...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Goldhaber JI,Henderson SA,Reuter H,Pott C,Philipson KD

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maize (Zea mays), also called corn, is believed to have originated in central Mexico 7000 years ago from a wild grass, and Native Americans transformed maize into a better source of food. Maize contains approximately 72% starch, 10% protein, and 4% fat, supplying an energy density of 365 Kcal/100 g and is grown throug...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ranum P,Peña-Rosas JP,Garcia-Casal MN

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ocular motor system provides several advantages for studying the brain, including well-defined populations of neurons that contribute to specific eye movements. Generation of rapid eye movements (saccades) depends on excitatory burst neurons (EBN) and omnipause neurons (OPN) within the brainstem, both types of cel...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Eggers SD,Horn AK,Roeber S,Härtig W,Nair G,Reich DS,Leigh RJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-controlled local immune response is needed for recovery from CNS injury, and autoimmune T cells play a key role in mediating this response. Autoimmunity, at least in the context of the CNS, is the body's fighting force against self-derived destructive compounds, and "tolerance to self" (traditionally though mis...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schwartz M,Kipnis J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common endocrine disorders affecting almost 6% of the world's population. The number of diabetic patients will reach 300 million in 2025 (International Diabetes Federation, 2001). More than 97% of these patients will have type II diabetes. The projected increase in the number of di...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Adeghate E,Schattner P,Dunn E

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:Experimental and observational findings suggest that calcium intake may protect against colorectal neoplasia. To investigate this hypothesis, we conducted a randomized, double-blind trial of colorectal adenoma recurrence. Nine hundred thirty patients with a recent history of colorectal adenomas were randomly given cal...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Baron JA,Beach M,Mandel JS,van Stolk RU,Haile RW,Sandler RS,Rothstein R,Summers RW,Snover DC,Beck GJ,Frankl H,Pearson L,Bond JH,Greenberg ER

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fracture of bone is clearly a major health concern, especially for the elderly. Medical therapies to reduce the possibility of bone fracture to date have principally centered on treating the loss in bone mass (bone mineral density) that accompanies aging (i.e., addressing the loss in bone quantity). However, it is...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ritchie RO

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopaminergic signaling in the brain is primarily modulated by dopamine transporters (DATs), which actively translocate extraneuronal dopamine back into dopaminergic neurons. Transporter proteins are highly dynamic, continuously trafficking between plasmalemmal and endosomal membranes. Changes in DAT membrane trafficki...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schmitt KC,Reith ME

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After fertilization, the next major hurdle for human reproduction is trophoblast differentiation, which is required for implantation, followed in lockstep by rapid assembly of these embryonic cells into a functional placenta. During this process, cytotrophoblast stem cells invade the uterus, anchoring the conceptus to...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zhou Y,Genbacev O,Fisher SJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophylum are intracellular rickettsiae that cause bovine anaplasmosis and human granulocytic anaplasmosis, respectively. The ultimate vaccine for the control of anaplasmosis would be one that reduces infection and transmission of the pathogen by ticks. Effective vaccines for control o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： de la Fuente J,Ayoubi P,Blouin EF,Almazán C,Naranjo V,Kocan KM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We study the linear coupling between the Marangoni and Cowley-Rosensweig instabilities for a thin layer of ferrofluid subjected to a temperature gradient and a magnetic field. Both are perpendicular to the reference horizontal boundaries, one of which is a rigid plate, while the other is a free surface remaining flat ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hennenberg M,Slavtchev S,Weyssow B

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a significant increase in the percentage and absolute number of activated lymphocytes (OKT10+, IL2R1+) after ECT treatment of major depressive disorder. There is an acute decrease in the absolute number of total lymphocytes, T8+ and Leu11+ cells one hour after a single ECT. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fischler B,Bocken R,Schneider I,De Waele M,Thielemans K,Derde MP

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Metacommunity ecology combines local (e.g., environmental filtering and biotic interactions) and regional (e.g., dispersal and heterogeneity) processes to understand patterns of species abundance, occurrence, composition, and diversity across scales of space and time. As such, it has a great potential to generalize an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chase JM,Jeliazkov A,Ladouceur E,Viana DS

更新日期：2020-06-01 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 striatum is the major input nucleus of the basal ganglia. It is thought to play a key role in learning on the basis of positive reinforcement and in action selection. One view of the striatum conceives it as comprising a reiterated matrix of processing units that perform common operations in different striatal reg...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wickens JR,Budd CS,Hyland BI,Arbuthnott GW

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats subjected to various accelerations (+G) exhibited increased levels of plasma epinephrine (EPI), norepinephrine (NE), and corticosterone. However, the collection of blood was performed after a centrifugation finished, and therefore the levels could be affected by the process of deceleration. The aim of this study ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Petrak J,Mravec B,Jurani M,Baranovska M,Tillinger A,Hapala I,Frollo I,Kvetnanský R

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A type of unit discharge, termed "luxotonic," has been found in the striate cortex of unanesthetized squirrel monkeys and macaques.6, 21 The firing frequency of these units shows relatively little adaptation, continues indefinitely (hours), and reflects the level of diffuse illumination of the eye. The more numerous "...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Doty RW

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated a eugenol-degrading bacterium, Pseudomonas fluorescens E118. This strain produced a novel enzyme, eugenol dehydrogenase, which catalyzes the conversion of eugenol into coniferyl alcohol. The enzyme was purified from the eugenol-induced cells of P. fluorescens E118. The purified enzyme appeared to be homoge...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Furukawa H,Nagasawa T

更新日期：1998-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences and with support from the National Institute of Mental Health, the Life Technologies Foundation, and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, "Advancing Drug Discovery for Schizophrenia" was held March 9-11 at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City. The meeting, comprisi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Marder SR,Roth B,Sullivan PF,Scolnick EM,Nestler EJ,Geyer MA,Welnberger DR,Karayiorgou M,Guidotti A,Gingrich J,Akbarian S,Buchanan RW,Lieberman JA,Conn PJ,Haggarty SJ,Law AJ,Campbell B,Krystal JH,Moghaddam B,Sawa A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The harmful effects of oxidative processes in living organisms, in addition to chemical and biochemical media, can be reduced by antioxidants. The efficacy of an antioxidant depends on its reduction potential and kinetics of elimination of diverse free radicals. Redox potentials and reaction rate constants of selected...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jovanovic SV,Simic MG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth and pubertal disturbances are the commonest endocrinopathies in homozygous thalassemia, accounting for significant morbidity in 70-80% children and adolescents globally. This review focuses on the pathophysiology of the endocrinopathy from a historical perspective and altered natural history induced by better c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chatterjee R,Bajoria R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Globally, increasing acquired antimicrobial resistance among pathogenic bacteria presents an urgent challenge to human and animal health. As a result, significant efforts, such as the One Health Initiative, are underway to curtail and optimize the use of critically important antimicrobials for human medicine in all ap...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Scott HM,Acuff G,Bergeron G,Bourassa MW,Gill J,Graham DW,Kahn LH,Morley PS,Salois MJ,Simjee S,Singer RS,Smith TC,Storrs C,Wittum TE

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormones and neuropeptides may influence the activities of lymphoid organs and cells via endocrine and local autocrine/paracrine pathways. A paradigm of the interactions between the neuroendocrine and immune system is sophisticatedly represented in the thymus. Indeed, receptors for these molecules are heterogeneously ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ferone D,Boschetti M,Resmini E,Giusti M,Albanese V,Goglia U,Albertelli M,Vera L,Bianchi F,Minuto F

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00