abstract：:Numerous scientific papers have suggested health-promoting effects of resveratrol, including claims in the prevention of diseases such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Therefore, it was proposed that the scientific community needed to express recommendations on the human use of resveratrol. Such recomm...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vang O

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, vitamin D has been received increased attention due to the resurgence of vitamin D deficiency and rickets in developed countries and the identification of extraskeletal effects of vitamin D, suggesting unexpected benefits of vitamin D in health and disease, beyond bone health. The possibility of extra...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Christakos S,Hewison M,Gardner DG,Wagner CL,Sergeev IN,Rutten E,Pittas AG,Boland R,Ferrucci L,Bikle DD

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conservation translocation of species varies from restoring historic populations to managing the relocation of imperiled species to new locations. We review the literature in three areas--translocation, managed relocation, and conservation decision making--to inform conservation translocation under changing climates. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schwartz MW,Martin TG

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skin immune system includes a complex network of dendritic cells (DCs). In addition to generating cellular and humoral immunity against pathogens, skin DCs are involved in tolerogenic mechanisms that maintain immune homeostasis and in pathogenic chronic inflammation in which immune responses are unrestrained. Harn...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Klechevsky E,Banchereau J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease characterized by the destruction of insulin-secreting pancreatic β cells. In humans with T1D and in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice (a murine model for human T1D), autoreactive T cells cause β-cell destruction, as transfer or deletion of these cells induces or...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Padgett LE,Broniowska KA,Hansen PA,Corbett JA,Tse HM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Learning theory proposes that drug seeking is a synthesis of multiple controllers. Whereas goal-directed drug seeking is determined by the anticipated incentive value of the drug, habitual drug seeking is elicited by stimuli that have formed a direct association with the response. Moreover, drug-paired stimuli can tra...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hogarth L,Balleine BW,Corbit LH,Killcross S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza remains one of the most important causes of respiratory infection despite the widespread availability of vaccines. As effective vaccines against influenza principally rely on the induction of strain-specific neutralizing antibodies for their protective efficacy, drifted escape mutants and genetically reassor...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chiu C,Wrammert J,Li GM,McCausland M,Wilson PC,Ahmed R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have defined three sets of HLA-DR3(+) haplotypes that provide maximum risk of type 1 disease development in Indians: (1) a diverse array of B8-DR3 haplotypes, (2) A33-B58-DR3 haplotype, and (3) A2-B50-DR3 occurring most predominantly in this population. Further analysis has revealed extensive diversity in B8-DR3 ha...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kumar N,Kaur G,Tandon N,Kanga U,Mehra NK

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-17-producing helper T (Th17) cells serve as a Th subset involved in epithelial cell- and neutrophil-mediated immune responses against extracellular microbes and in the development of various autoimmune diseases. The differentiation of Th17 cells is controlled by a number of intracellular signaling cas...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nagai S,Kurebayashi Y,Koyasu S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a complete spinal cord injury (SCI) at the lowest thoracic level (T13), adult cats trained to walk on a treadmill can recover hindlimb locomotion within 2-3 weeks, resulting from the activity of a spinal circuitry termed the central pattern generator (CPG). The role of this spinal circuitry in the recovery of lo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Martinez M,Rossignol S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During neuronal circuit formation, axons are guided to their targets by the help of axon guidance molecules, which are required for establishing functional circuits. A promising system to dissect the development and functionalities of neuronal circuitry is the spinal cord central pattern generator (CPG) for locomotion...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vallstedt A,Kullander K

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial cell division is facilitated by the divisome, a dynamic multiprotein assembly localizing at mid-cell to synthesize the stress-bearing peptidoglycan and to constrict all cell envelope layers. Divisome assembly occurs in two steps and involves multiple interactions between more than 20 essential and accessory ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Egan AJ,Vollmer W

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Because of certain restrictions in medical praxis, reusable materials are only allowed in some countries. This also applies to electrodes for electromyography; the special single-fiber electromyography electrode must be replaced. This article gives some details of the possibilities of using an alternative-a small conc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stålberg E

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azole resistance in Aspergillus species may be on the rise, with significant potential implications for the management of invasive aspergillosis. The main mechanism of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus is via alterations of the target enzyme CYP51A. Such azole resistance is either primary or secondary (in the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Georgiadou SP,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 450 peer-reviewed papers containing the keyword Aspergillus fumigatus were published in 2011. Although this method may be an impossible task, I have selected three clusters of papers describing exciting recent advances in research on A. fumigatus. The first is the novel approach of in vivo imagining of experiment...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Osherov N

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular synapse. About half of LEMS patients have an associated small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC), which is usually detected after diagnosis of LEMS. This short review summarizes clinical and serological markers shown to predict the presenc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lipka AF,Verschuuren JJ,Titulaer MJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and plasma exchange (PLEX) are used to treat myasthenia gravis (MG) but with little trial evidence. While a class I study provided evidence for the efficacy of IVIG treatment, the empirical support for PLEX has been less convincing until recently. In a randomized controlled single-mas...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bril V,Barnett-Tapia C,Barth D,Katzberg HD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer of nutrients from the mother through the chorioallantoic placenta meets the nutritional needs of the embryo during human prenatal development. Although all amniotes start with a similar "tool kit" of extraembryonic tissues, an enormous diversity of extraembryonic tissue formation has evolved to accommodat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sheng G,Foley AC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is responsible for protein processing. In rapidly proliferating tumor cells, the ER tends to be overloaded with unfolded and misfolded proteins due to high metabolic demand. With the limited protein-folding capacity of the ER, tumor cells often suffer from more ER stress than do normal c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Suh DH,Kim MK,Kim HS,Chung HH,Song YS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin proteins, originally isolated from fractionation of thymus tissue, represent a class of compounds that we now know are present in numerous other tissues, are unrelated to each other in a genetic sense, and appear to have different functions within the cell. Thymosin α1 (generic drug name thymalfasin; trade na...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Volk DE,Tuthill CW,Elizondo-Riojas MA,Gorenstein DG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic purulent rhinosinusitis (CPR) is an inflammatory condition of unknown origin. Although various medical and surgical treatment modalities are available, 5-10% of patients remain refractory. Immune deficiency is one of the underlying risk factors for this disease. Earlier studies demonstrated disturbances in cel...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dalm VA,de Wit H,Drexhage HA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesothelium is the simple squamous epithelium covering all abdominal organs and the coeloms in which those organs reside. While the structural characteristics of this cell type were documented a century ago, its potential in development, disease, and wound healing is only now becoming apparent. In the embryo, mesothel...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shelton EL,Bader DM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is highly expressed in saliva of human newborns but not in adults. Here preliminary immunohistochemical analyses on different human tissues are reported. Immunoreactivity for Tβ4 in human salivary glands show high quantities of Tβ4 before birth, followed by downregulation of expression in adulthood. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Faa G,Nemolato S,Cabras T,Fanni D,Gerosa C,Fanari M,Locci A,Fanos V,Messana I,Castagnola M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strategy of antigenic variation is to present a constantly changing population phenotype that enhances parasite transmission, through evasion of immunity arising within, or existing between, host animals. Trypanosome antigenic variation occurs through spontaneous switching among members of a silent archive of many...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Barry JD,Hall JP,Plenderleith L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic stroke is one of the leading causes of death and morbidity worldwide, and systemic thrombolytic treatment is still the first-line therapy within 4.5 h from symptom onset. Selecting patients for treatment response is mandatory in any time window but challenging as well. The authors aim to support stroke physic...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hametner C,Ringleb PA,Hacke W,Kellert L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a common and serious disease. Most studies have shown that basic public knowledge about what a stroke is, symptoms of a stroke, and the proper reaction to a stroke is quite deficient. The fact that a stroke affects cognitive, communicative, and motor functions may partially explain the poor reaction to acute...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Alberts MJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organisms minimize genetic damage through complex pathways of DNA repair. Yet a gene family--the AID/APOBECs--has evolved in vertebrates with the sole purpose of producing targeted damage in DNA/RNA molecules through cytosine deamination. They likely originated from deaminases involved in A>I editing in tRNAs. AID, th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Conticello SG

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All blood cells are derived from multipotent stem cells, the so-called hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), that in adults reside in the bone marrow. Most types of blood cells also develop there, with the notable exception of T lymphocytes that develop in the thymus. For both HSCs and developing T cells, interactions with...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Roozen PP,Brugman MH,Staal FJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semi-conservative replication ensures that the DNA sequence of sister chromatids is identical except for replication errors and variation in the length of telomere repeats resulting from replicative losses and variable end processing. What happens with the various epigenetic marks during DNA replication is less clear....

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lansdorp PM,Falconer E,Tao J,Brind'Amour J,Naumann U

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astronomers and physicists of diverse interest are teaming up to study enigmatic cosmic phenomena, such as the life cycle of black holes. A "disruptive innovation" is about to emerge during the next decade: Advanced gravitational-wave observatories. The emergence of gravitational-wave physics as a viable observational...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Márka S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates that several mechanisms, associated or not with antioxidant actions, are involved in the effects of flavonoids on health. Flavonoid-rich beverages, foods, and extracts, as well as pure flavonoids are studied for the prevention and/or amelioration of metabolic syndrome (MS) and MS-associat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Galleano M,Calabro V,Prince PD,Litterio MC,Piotrkowski B,Vazquez-Prieto MA,Miatello RM,Oteiza PI,Fraga CG

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is associated with abnormal lipid metabolism, intense respiratory tract (RT) infection, and inflammation, eventually resulting in lung tissue destruction and respiratory failure. The CF RT inflammatory milieu, as reflected by airway secretions, includes a complex array of inflammatory mediators, b...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Eiserich JP,Yang J,Morrissey BM,Hammock BD,Cross CE

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child maltreatment (CM) not only has detrimental and lifelong psychological consequences, but also can lead to lasting alterations in core physiological systems--a biological memory of CM. Furthermore, some of these alterations might even be transmitted to the next generation. This article describes current knowledge ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schury K,Kolassa IT

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated immune and endocrine status following antituberculosis treatment in HIV-negative patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB). Treatment led to a decrease in IL-6, IL-1β, and C-reactive protein levels. Cortisol levels decreased throughout the anti-TB treatment, particularly after 4 months, but changes ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bongiovanni B,Díaz A,D'Attilio L,Santucci N,Dídoli G,Lioi S,Nannini LJ,Gardeñez W,Bogue C,Besedovsky H,del Rey A,Bottasso O,Bay ML

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of sympathetic nerve fibers (SNFs) occurs in inflamed tissue; and select semaphorins, upregulated during inflammation, stimulate repulsion/loss of SNFs. However, it is unknown whether other factors released locally in inflamed tissue, such as norepinephrine, dopamine, and 17β-estradiol, are also repellent. In ord...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Klatt S,Fassold A,Straub RH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female mosquitoes gorge on vertebrate blood, a rich nutrient source for developing eggs, but gorging meals increase the risk of predation. Mosquitoes are quick to reduce the flight payload with a potent diuresis. Diuretic peptides of the insect kinin family induce a tenfold reduction in the paracellular resistance of ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beyenbach KW

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of chemical compounds are currently being discussed as novel drug delivery strategies. One promising strategy is to selectively open the paracellular pathway of epithelia for the passage of macromolecules. A prerequisite for this effect is a rapid and reversible action of these compounds, to allow a marked t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rosenthal R,Heydt MS,Amasheh M,Stein C,Fromm M,Amasheh S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence suggests that the tight junction is a dynamically regulated structure. Cytoskeletal reorganization, particularly myosin light chain phosphorylation--induced actomyosin contraction, has increasingly been recognized as a mediator of physiological and pathophysiological tight junction regulation. Howe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shen L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In epithelia and endothelia, overall resistance (TER) is determined by all ion-conductive structures, such as membrane channels, tight junctions, and the intercellular space, whereas the epithelial capacitance is due to the hydrophobic phase of the plasma membrane. Impedance means alternating current resistance and, i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Günzel D,Zakrzewski SS,Schmid T,Pangalos M,Wiedenhoeft J,Blasse C,Ozboda C,Krug SM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00