abstract：:Although it has been known for long time that atherosclerosis is associated with lipid deposition, only recently it has been accepted that the plasmatic concentration of cholesterol, especially LDL cholesterol, is a risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, chemically modified LDL, but not native LDL, is able to induc...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Albertini R,Moratti R,De Luca G

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucolipidosis Type IV (MLIV) is a lysosomal storage disorder that is characterized by severe neurologic and ophthalmologic abnormalities. It is a progressive disease that usually presents during the first year of life with mental retardation, corneal opacities, and delayed motor milestones. First described in 1974, ML...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Slaugenhaupt SA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella infections are a serious public health problem in developing countries and represent a constant concern for the food industry. The severity and the outcome of a systemic Salmonella infection depends on the "virulence" of the bacteria, on the infectious dose as well as on the genetic makeup and immunological...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Mastroeni P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+ ions are involved in the regulation of many diverse functions in animal and plant cells, e.g. muscle contraction, secretion of neurotransmitters, hormones and enzymes, fertilization of oocytes, and lymphocyte activation and proliferation. The intracellular Ca2+ concentration can be increased by different molecula...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Guse AH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen is a branched polymer of glucose which serves as a reservoir of glucose units. The two largest deposits in mammals are in the liver and skeletal muscle but many cells are capable synthesizing glycogen. Its accumulation and utilization are under elaborate controls involving primarily covalent phosphorylation a...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Roach PJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most lysosomal storage diseases (LSD) exhibit neurological symptoms and there has been limited success in their treatment. Innovative treatments employing novel therapy or gene therapy may offer the prospect of improvement. Recent attempts to treat the neurological forms of LSD include neural stem cell therapy, mesenc...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Eto Y,Ohashi T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) represent a growing family of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of phospholipids at the sn-2 position leading to the generation of free fatty acids and lysophospholipids. Mammalian PLA2s are divided into two major classes according to their molecular mass and location: intracellular PLA2 a...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Touqui L,Alaoui-El-Azher M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV infection causes an acquired immunodeficiency, principally because of depletion of CD4 lymphocytes. The mechanism by which the virus depletes these cells, however, is not clearly understood. Since the virus predominantly infects CD4 lymphocytes in vivo, some have assumed that HIV replication directly kills the inf...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Cloyd MW,Chen JJ,Adeqboyega P,Wang L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells, as they develop in the thymus come to express antigen receptors. The specificity of these receptors cannot be predicted and must include many with potential anti-self reactivity. Those that encounter self-antigens, in association with self-MHC (major histocompatibility complex), with high affinity are inactiv...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Huang FP,MacPherson GG

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently it was believed that TNF-induced apoptosis is mediated exclusively by TNF-RI because TNF-RII lacks death domain. However, it has been demonstrated that TNF-RII enhances TNF-RI-mediated apoptosis. In this review, I have discussed the evidence and mechanisms by which TNF-RII regulates TNF-alpha-induced ap...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Gupta S

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1968 Berger and Hinglais published the first description of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). In the ensuing 30 years, extensive clinical, epidemiologic, and immunologic characterizations of primary (idiopathic) glomerulonephritis with IgA as the predominant or co-dominant immunoglobulin deposited in the mesangia of all glom...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Hsu SI

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract: The study of genetic alterations in tumors and their precursor lesions is often hampered by the presence of a heterogeneous background of non-neoplastic elements such as stromal cells, inflammatory cells, and angiogenic elements. Microdissection involves the extraction of specific populations of cells under ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Maitra A,Wistuba II,Gazdar AF

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00