Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels. Molecular mechanisms of activation.

abstract：:The purpose of the present experiment was to determine if there is a factor in serum of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) that interferes with binding of (125I)-alpha-bungarotoxin to acetylcholine receptors of normal mouse diaphragm. Diaphragms were incubated aerobically for 1 hour in either Krebs-Henseleit solutio...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Keesey J,Shaikh I,Wolfgram F,Chao LP

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial, plasmid, and synthetic DNA containing unmethylated CpG dinucleotides in specific sequence contexts activate the vertebrate innate immune system. A pattern recognition receptor (PRR), toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9), recognizes CpG DNA and activates signaling cascade leading to the secretion of a number of cytok...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Agrawal S,Kandimalla ER

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory brainstem potentials were recorded from various scalp and nasopharyngeal sites referenced both to a noncephalic site and to certain scalp locations in normal humans. The distribution of amplitudes and latencies of the components were defined. There were significant amplitude, polarity, and latency asymmetries...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Starr A,Squires K

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four weeks immobilization of the right leg of aged rats (26 months old) caused a marked 31% and 27% reduction of muscle mass of the plantaris and soleus muscles, respectively. In animals treated with 0.6 mg/kg body weight of growth hormone (GH), the reduction of weight of the above muscles was only 14.7 and 16.1%, res...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fares FA,Gruener N,Carmeli E,Reznick AZ

更新日期：1996-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration is the outcome of the interaction between genetic variation and environmental factors, including nutritional status, sex, age, and altitude. Genetic diversity influencing this protein is complex and varies widely across populations. Variants related to abnormal Hb or altered characteristi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Barrera-Reyes PK,Tejero ME

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most research on reading skill acquisition in deaf individuals has been conducted from the perspective of a hearing child learning to read. This approach may limit our understanding of how a deaf child approaches the task of learning to read and successfully acquires reading skills. An alternative approach is to consi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dye MW,Hauser PC,Bavelier D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription regulatory factors are rapidly induced in brain by a wide variety of stimuli and may be important in coordinating changes in gene expression under-lying neuronal plasticity. Using in situ hybridization, we found that acute cocaine administration (20 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p.)) produced a robust indu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Humblot N,Thiriet N,Gobaille S,Aunis D,Zwiller J

更新日期：1998-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurologic symptoms were the earliest and most prominent symptoms recorded in Michigan farm residents exposed to PBB as compared to a non-PBB exposed control farm population in Wisconsin. In Michigan (particularly among males) those who exhibited the most marked symptoms tended to show diminished performance as assess...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Valciukas JA,Lilis R,Anderson HA,Wolff MS,Petrocci M

更新日期：1979-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproduction usually is characterized by a mean-population fecundity pattern. Such a pattern has a maximum at earlier ages and a subsequent gradual decline in egg production. It is shown that individual fecundity trajectories do not follow such a pattern. In particular, the regular individual fecundity pattern has no ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Novoseltsev VN,Arking R,Carey JR,Novoseltseva JA,Yashin AI

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-positive patients in the late phase of infection develop AIDS dementia complex, an array of neurological complications that include extrapyramidal symptoms, cognitive impairments, and psychiatric disturbances. Brains of these patients exhibit brain injury. The HIV-1 envelope...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bachis A,Mocchetti I

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of gamma-glutamyl-carboxylated growth arrest-specific 6 (cGas6) in mediating the beneficial effect of vitamin K (VK) on regulating glucose metabolism remains elusive. We took a three-pronged approach-evaluating human type 2 diabetes (T2D), high-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice, and in vitro cultured myotubes-to addres...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dihingia A,Ozah D,Borah T,Kalita J,Manna P

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several growth factors (e.g., transforming growth factors beta and alpha, basic fibroblast growth factor), produced by hypothalamic astrocytes, participate in the control of hypothalamic gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons. On this basis, we have hypothesized that steroid hormones, like estrogens and proges...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Galbiati M,Saredi S,Melcangi RC

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most predominant malignancies worldwide. The 5-year survival rate is still relatively low due to few symptoms presenting with the early disease, diagnosis at middle to late stage, and high risk of recurrence after therapy. Novel protein biomarkers for early detec...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wang M,Smith JS,Wei WQ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effect of Lactobacillus casei on the effectiveness of the Mexican bovine babesiosis mixed vaccine, 20 bovines were randomly allocated into four groups of five animals (I, II, III, and IV). At day -2 animals in groups I and II were inoculated with saline solution by intramuscular route (i.m.) and animal...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bautista CR,Alvarez JA,Mosqueda JJ,Falcon A,Ramos JA,Rojas C,Figueroa JV,Ku M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this chapter, we have presented evidence for several potential levels of interaction of NT/N gene products with dopaminergic systems of the brain. We have focused on one manifestation of this interaction related to the effects of antipsychotic drugs on expression of the NT/N gene in two anatomically discrete popula...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Merchant KM,Dobie DJ,Dorsa DM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates that regulatory T cells play a crucial role in preventing autoimmunity. To examine the processes by which regulatory CD4(+) T cells are produced during immune repertoire formation, we have developed transgenic mice that express the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) and coexpress major ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Caton AJ,Cozzo C,Larkin J 3rd,Lerman MA,Boesteanu A,Jordan MS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) from bone marrow are a source of osteoblast progenitors in vivo, and under appropriate conditions they differentiate into osteoblasts ex vivo. The cells provide a convenient cell culture model for the study of osteogenic tissue repair in an experimentally accessible system. Recent ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gregory CA,Gunn WG,Reyes E,Smolarz AJ,Munoz J,Spees JL,Prockop DJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rehabilitation aims to lessen the physical and cognitive impairments and disabilities of patients with stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord or brain injury, and other neurologic diseases. Conventional approaches beyond compensatory adjustments to disability may be augmented by applying some of the myriad experiment...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dobkin BH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The familial myelodysplastic (MDS)/acute leukemia (AL) predisposition syndromes are inherited disorders that lead to significantly increased lifetime risks of MDS and AL development. At present, four recognized syndromes have Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments--certified testing for their respective germ-line ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： West AH,Godley LA,Churpek JE

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have employed antisense methods to study the transcriptional functions of c-fos protein (Fos). Clones expressing inducible anti-fos RNA have been employed to inhibit c-fos expression, resulting in activation of c-fos transcription by inhibiting its normal repressor function. The sites of negative regulation by Fos ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Holt JT

更新日期：1992-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of the adenylyl cyclase signaling mechanism (ACSM) of insulin and related peptides allows for advancing the hypothesis of its participation in regulatory action on cell growth, apoptosis, and metabolism. The following evidences were obtained: (1) The order of efficiency of insulin and IGF-I growth-promot...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pertseva MN

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and late initiation of corticosteroid treatment are included in the present study. Four of them received LHRHa treatment for the arrest of central precocious puberty, while the other four served as controls. The administration of LHRHa was effective in arresting the m...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dacou-Voutetakis C,Karidis N

更新日期：1993-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Taxonomic characterization of organisms in the genera Theileria and Babesia was originally based on observations of morphology and certain general phenotypic characteristics, which enabled many parasites to be unequivocally assigned to a particular genus. However, application of molecular genetic techniques, such as t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Allsopp MT,Allsopp BA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skeletal dysplasias or osteochondrodysplasias are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders of bone and/or cartilage. They are characterized by abnormalities in pattering, linear growth, differentiation, and maintenance of the human skeleton. While they have been considered to be generalized di...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rimoin DL,Cohn D,Krakow D,Wilcox W,Lachman RS,Alanay Y

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the evidence for oxidative stress for air pollution in the human lung is fragmentary, the hypothesis that oxidative stress is an important, if not the sole, mechanism of toxicity of oxidizing air pollutants and tobacco smoke is compelling and growing. First, biochemical mechanisms have been worked out for oxi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Menzel DB

更新日期：1992-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy at high altitude (>2700 m) is associated with higher rates of fetal growth restriction and preeclampsia as well as alterations in placentation, including increased villous vascularization and reduced remodeling of maternal spiral arteries. Because circulatory fetal DNA concentrations were shown to be enhance...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zhong XY,Wang Y,Chen S,Labu,Pubuzhuoma,Gesangzhuogab,Ouzhuwangmu,Hahn C,Holzgreve W,Hahn S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the industrialized world. This is partially attributed to the inability of cardiomyocytes to divide in a significant manner, and therefore the heart responds to injury through scar formation. One of the challenges of modern medicine is to develop novel therapeutic strateg...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bolli P,Chaudhry HW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Science is concerned not just with objects but also with their various aspects, such as their colors, temperatures, sizes, and shapes. These aspects, or properties, are generally thought to be of at least two kinds: primary properties, such as shape, size, and motion and secondary ones, such as temperature and color. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vollmer SH

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukoplakia in the oral cavity has been used as a putative surrogate marker of head and neck cancer development. A class of chemoprevention compounds, called protease inhibitors, has been shown in vitro and in animal models to effectively suppress premalignant lesions. Bowman-Birk inhibitor (BBI) is a protease inhibit...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Meyskens FL

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although smell loss has several potential etiologies (e.g., head trauma, allergic rhinitis, and enlarged adenoids) that are common among children, studies evaluating the prevalence of olfactory dysfunction in the pediatric population are rare. Several challenges confront the clinician or researcher hoping to evaluate ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dalton P,Mennella JA,Cowart BJ,Maute C,Pribitkin EA,Reilly JS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00