Dysfunction of delayed rectifier potassium channels in an inherited cardiac arrhythmia.

abstract：:In this review, we present (1) the scientific basis for the use of high-dose immunosuppression followed by autologous peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D); (2) an update of the clinical and laboratory outcome of 20 patients transplanted at the University Ho...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Voltarelli JC,Couri CE,Stracieri AB,Oliveira MC,Moraes DA,Pieroni F,Barros GM,Madeira MI,Malmegrim KC,Foss-Freitas MC,Simões BP,Foss MC,Squiers E,Burt RK

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of long-lasting, extensive rowing training on body fluids in 12 experienced rowers (23.3 +/- 6.3 years, 188.7 +/- 5.9 cm, 82.0 +/- 10.8 kg, body mass index [BMI] 23.7 +/- 2.1). All rowers had a light traditional breakfast about 3 h before the training. The subject...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jürimäe J,Jürimäe T,Pihl E

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first step in cancer initiation is the reaction of chemical carcinogens with DNA to form stable adducts, which remain in DNA unless removed by repair, and depurinating adducts, which detach from DNA following destabilization of the glycosyl bond. Depurinating DNA adducts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons play a ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cavalieri EL,Rogan EG

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission of HIV from mothers to children may occur through the transplacental, intrapartum, or breastfeeding routes. Adequate nutritional status may reduce vertical transmission by affecting several maternal or fetal and child risk factors for transmission including enhancing systemic immune function in the mother...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fawzi W

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:Research in the area of adolescent alcohol use is progressing rapidly, as exemplified by the chapters in this section. Basic animal research in rodents has revealed adolescents to be more sensitive than adults to ethanol-induced disruptions in brain plasticity, although adolescents conversely are relatively insensitiv...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Spear LP

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recently published reports, including ours, suggest that adiponectin is a strong proinflammatory agent. Indeed, exposure of human placenta and adipose tissue to adiponectin induces the production of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), IL-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). We hav...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tsatsanis C,Zacharioudaki V,Androulidaki A,Dermitzaki E,Charalampopoulos I,Minas V,Gravanis A,Margioris AN

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:Alexithymia has been associated with both posttraumatic stress disorder and neuroendocrine responses to stress. This study examined the relationship of alexithymia to salivary cortisol and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenylglycol (MHPG) in a sample of police academy recruits exposed to a video stress challenge. Alexithymia sc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McCaslin SE,Inslicht SS,Neylan TC,Metzler TJ,Otte C,Lenoci M,Henn-Haase C,Best S,Yehuda R,Marmar CR

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we argue that the foundations of chemistry rely as much on the methods of measurement as they do on categories of chemical substance. To some degree, chemists perform the work of knowledge engineering: designing complex systems for the efficient retrieval of information. Indeed, in some cases, methods o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rothbart D,Kohout L

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hybridoma cell lines secreting anti-PrP antibodies were established from the fusion between mouse myeloma Sp2/0 and spleen cells from mice immunized with recombinant Chinese Luxi yellow cattle (Bos taurus, Luxi) PrP (24-234) or recombinant Chinese small-tailed Han sheep PrP (94-227). According to their Western bl...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wu X,Wang Z,Liu Y,Zhang Y,Chen Y,Zou Y

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tazobactam was the most recent β-lactamase inhibitor to be approved in 1993. Since the approval of piperacillin-tazobactam, the complexity of β-lactamase-mediated resistance among Gram-negative bacilli has increased enormously. After more than 20 years since the first such combination, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, was...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shlaes DM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In in vitro test systems, chrysotile is markedly toxic, causes chromosomal aberrations, and is capable of inducing morphological and preneoplastic transformation. In carefully designed animal experiments, chrysotile produces lung cancer and mesothelioma as effectively as do the amphiboles tested. Human population stud...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Harington JS

更新日期：1991-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and basic research in the area of drugs of abuse are of utmost importance since they provide the necessary background for health programs in one of the main problems of contemporary society. The available data in this field demonstrate that acute, subacute and/or chronic abuse of illicit drugs, e.g., cocaine,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Silva-Araújo A,Tavares MA

更新日期：1996-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is typically accompanied by both acute and chronic alterations in the stress response. These alterations have mostly been described in individuals under baseline conditions, but studies have also used a challenge model to assess the role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vermetten E,Vythilingam M,Schmahl C,DE Kloet C,Southwick SM,Charney DS,Bremner JD

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Cell transplantation therapy for diabetes and Parkinson's disease offers hope for long-term alleviation of symptoms. However, successful protocols remain elusive due to obstacles, including rejection and lack of tropic support for the graft. To enhance engraftment, testis-derived postmitotic Sertoli cells have been co...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cameron DF,Hushen JJ,Nazian SJ,Willing A,Saporta S,Sanberg PR

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid evidence has established the negative impact of high iron burden and related tissue damage on the outcome of hemopoietic stem cell transplantation for thalassemia major. Recent improvements in our knowledge of iron metabolism have been focused on elevated non-transferrin-bound iron and labile plasma iron levels ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Angelucci E,Pilo F

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral sympathetic nerve terminals in many tissues, but not all, are endowed with beta-adrenoceptors. Activation of these result in an enhancement of noradrenaline release evoked by electrical nerve stimulation. These so-called presynaptic beta-adrenoceptors are possibly located on the outer surface of the varicos...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nedergaard OA,Abrahamsen J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extended parallel is developed between musical and prosodic structures, using the author's cognitively oriented music theory and recent work in generative phonology. For illustration, the sounds of a short poem by Robert Frost are treated entirely in musical terms. The poem is assigned a phonological stress grid an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lerdahl F

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severely inflamed colonic sections of IL-2 (-/-) mice showed up to 19-fold increased iNOS mRNA levels. The level of iNOS protein expression corresponded to the increased iNOS mRNA levels as detected by means of Western blot analysis. There was a clear, positive relationship between the level of iNOS expression and the...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Harren M,Schönfelder G,Paul M,Horak I,Riecken EO,Wiedenmann B,John M

更新日期：1998-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The extreme toxicity of organophosphorous-based compounds has been known since the late 1930s. Starting in the mid-1940s, many nations throughout the world have been producing large quantities of organophosphorous (OP) nerve agents. Huge stockpiles of nerve agents have since developed. There are reportedly more than 2...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： LeJeune KE,Dravis BC,Yang F,Hetro AD,Doctor BP,Russell AJ

更新日期：1998-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the repatriation of human remains to indigenous peoples in Australia and the United States and the role anthropologists play in the construction of past, present, and future identities for contemporary indigenous peoples. Using examples from both countries, I suggest that many of the participants ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cantwell AM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although very few measurements have appeared in the open literature and there seems to be a controversy about the existence of the NDR phenomenon in molecules, the prospects of building such systems have attracted significant attention. In the work reported in this paper we used a model based on DFT calculations of th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Simón-Manso Y,Gonzalez C,Mujica V,Aray Y,Marquez M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major source of pain and disability worldwide with no effective medical therapy due to poor understanding of its pathogenesis. Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) has been reported to play a role in subchondral bone pathology and articular cartilage degeneration during the progression of OA. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Xie L,Tintani F,Wang X,Li F,Zhen G,Qiu T,Wan M,Crane J,Chen Q,Cao X

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While there has been substantial growth in early childhood development (ECD) services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there is considerable inequity in their distribution and quality. Evidence-based governance strategies are necessary, but currently they are insufficient for widespread, quality implementa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Britto PR,Yoshikawa H,van Ravens J,Ponguta LA,Reyes M,Oh S,Dimaya R,Nieto AM,Seder R

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Various hypotheses on the origin of cerebellar downbeat nystagmus (DBN) have been presented; the exact pathomechanism, however, is still not known. Based on previous anatomical and electrophysiological studies, we propose that an asymmetry in the distribution of on-directions of vertical gaze-velocity Purkinje cells l...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Marti S,Straumann D,Glasauer S

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：:Natural systems cannot be closed to the environment. At the same time there is a necessity for closure in order to build the system. It is this quint-essential tension between openness and closure that drives systems to unfold into further stages or levels of growth and development. In other words, the emergence of or...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Alvarez De Lorenzana JM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00