GIRISH JAYANT KOTWAL and DEBOMOY KUMAR LAHIRI

Preface

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A D MBEWU

Introductory Remarks: African Perspective on Natural Products and Molecular Medicine

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: xv. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Part I. Allergy, Apoptosis, Inflammation, and Immunomodulators:

PERLA THORBJORNSDOTTIR, RAGNHILDUR KOLKA, EGGERT GUNNARSSON, SLAVKO H. BAMBIR, GUÐMUNDUR THORGEIRSSON, GIRISH J. KOTWAL, and GUÐMUNDUR J. ARASON

Vaccinia Virus Complement Control Protein Diminishes Formation of Atherosclerotic Lesions: Complement Is Centrally Involved in Atherosclerotic Disease

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 1-15. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANTONY CUTLER and FRANK BROMBACHER

Cytokine Therapy

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 16-29. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NATALIE E. NIEUWENHUIZEN and ANDREAS L. LOPATA

Fighting Food Allergy: Current Approaches

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 30-45. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

FUMIKA MI-ICHI, HIROKO MIYADERA, TAMAKI KOBAYASHI, SHINZABURO TAKAMIYA, SEIJI WAKI, SUSUMU IWATA, SHOJI SHIBATA, and KIYOSHI KITA

Parasite Mitochondria as a Target of Chemotherapy: Inhibitory Effect of Licochalcone A on the Plasmodium falciparum Respiratory Chain

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 46-54. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PURUSHOTTAM JHA, SCOTT A. SMITH, DAVID E. JUSTUS, and GIRISH J. KOTWAL

Vaccinia Virus Complement Control Protein Ameliorates Collagen-Induced Arthritic Mice

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 55-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ZHOUNING ZHANG, MELISSA-ROSE ABRAHAMS, LAWRENCE A. HUNT, JILL SUTTLES, WILLIAM MARSHALL, DEBOMOY K. LAHIRI, and GIRISH J. KOTWAL

The Vaccinia Virus N1L Protein Influences Cytokine Secretion in Vitro after Infection

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 69-86. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MELISSA-ROSE ABRAHAMS, ZHOUNING ZHANG, SUFAN CHIEN, TIM SKERNS, and GIRISH J. KOTWAL

The Vaccinia Virus N1L ORF May Encode a Multifunctional Protein Possibly Targeting Different Kinases, One of Which Influences ATP Levels in Vivo

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 87-99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AMOD P. KULKARNI, YOHANNES T. GHEBREMARIAM, and GIRISH J. KOTWAL

Curcumin Inhibits the Classical and the Alternate Pathways of Complement Activation

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 100-112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

YOHANNES T. GHEBREMARIAM, ODUTAYO O. ODUNUGA, KRISTEN JANSE, and GIRISH J. KOTWAL

Humanized Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Complement Control Protein (hrVCP) with Three Amino Acid Changes, H98Y, E102K, and E120K Creating an Additional Putative Heparin Binding Site, Is 100-fold More Active Than rVCP in Blocking Both Classical and Alternative Complement Pathways

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 113-122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

YOHANNES T. GHEBREMARIAM, SCOTT A. SMITH, J B ANDERSON, D KAHN, and GIRISH J. KOTWAL

Intervention Strategies and Agents Mediating the Prevention of Xenorejection

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 123-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

JOHN P. ATKINSON, M KATHRYN LISZEWSKI, ANNA RICHARDS, DAVID KAVANAGH, and ELIZABETH A. MOULTON

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: An Example of Insufficient Complement Regulation on Self-Tissue

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 144-152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Part II. Structural Biology of Natural Proteins:

B T SEWELL, R N THUKU, X ZHANG, and M J BENEDIK

Oligomeric Structure of Nitrilases: Effect of Mutating Interfacial Residues on Activity

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 153-159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PIERRE REDELINGHUYS, ALOYSIUS T. NCHINDA, and EDWARD D. STURROCK

Development of Domain-Selective Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 160-175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EVE BROOK, ANDREW P. HERBERT, HUW T. JENKINS, DINESH C. SOARES, and PAUL N. BARLOW

Opportunities for New Therapies Based on the Natural Regulators of Complement Activation

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 176-188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Part III. Natural Enhancers of Health and Fertility:

WYNNE WESTON-DAVIES, ISABELLE COUILLIN, SILVIA SCHNYDER, BRUNO SCHNYDER, RENE MOSER, OLGA LISSINA, GUIDO C. PAESEN, PATRICIA NUTTALL, and BERNHARD RYFFEL

Arthropod-Derived Protein EV131 Inhibits Histamine Action and Allergic Asthma

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 189-196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BERNHARD RYFFEL, ISABELLE COUILLIN, ISABELLE MAILLET, BRUNO SCHNYDER, GUIDO C. PAESEN, PATRICIA NUTTALL, and WYNNE WESTON-DAVIES

Histamine Scavenging Attenuates Endotoxin-Induced Acute Lung Injury

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 197-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Part IV. Traditional African, Asian, and Mediterranean:

SHISHIR SHISHODIA, GAUTAM SETHI, and BHARAT B. AGGARWAL

Curcumin: Getting Back to the Roots

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 206-217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

KWANG SEOK AHN and BHARAT B. AGGARWAL

Transcription Factor NF-B: A Sensor for Smoke and Stress Signals

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 218-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ROGER HUNTER, MINO CAIRA, and NASHIA STELLENBOOM

Thiolsulfinate Allicin from Garlic: Inspiration for a New Antimicrobial Agent

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 234-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

VINOD KOCHUPILLAI, PRATIK KUMAR, DEVINDER SINGH, DHIRAJ AGGARWAL, NARENDRA BHARDWAJ, MANISHA BHUTANI, and SATYA N. DAS

Effect of Rhythmic Breathing (Sudarshan Kriya and Pranayam) on Immune Functions and Tobacco Addiction

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 242-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DARIO GIUGLIANO and KATHERINE ESPOSITO

Mediterranean Diet and Cardiovascular Health

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 253-260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MAHEEP BHATNAGAR, SIDDHRAJ S. SISODIA, and REKHA BHATNAGAR

Antiulcer and Antioxidant Activity of Asparagus racemosus WILLD and Withania somnifera DUNAL in Rats

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 261-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Part V. Antiviral, Antimicrobial Live Vaccine and Plant Vaccines:

AHMED A. AZAD

Novel Drugs and Vaccines Based on the Structure and Function of HIV Pathogenic Proteins Including Nef

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 279-292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GIRISH J. KOTWAL, JENNIFER N. KACZMAREK, STEVEN LEIVERS, YOHANNES T. GHEBREMARIAM, AMOD P. KULKARNI, GABRIELE BAUER, CORENA DE BEER, WOLFGANG PREISER, and ABDU RAHMAN MOHAMED

Anti-HIV, Anti-Poxvirus, and Anti-SARS Activity of a Nontoxic, Acidic Plant Extract from the Trifollium Species Secomet-V/anti-Vac Suggests That It Contains a Novel Broad-Spectrum Antiviral

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 293-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Editors’ Expression of Concern  

MICHELA BALLARDIN, ROBERTO SCARPATO, GIRISH J. KOTWAL, and ROBERTO BARALE

In Vitro Mutagenicity Studies of the Antiretrovirals AZT, Didanosine, and 3TC and a Plant Antiviral Extract Secomet-V Derived from the Trifollium Species

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 303-310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A ROBERT NEURATH, NATHAN STRICK, YUN-YAO LI, and ASIM K. DEBNATH

Punica granatum (Pomegranate) Juice Provides an HIV-1 Entry Inhibitor and Candidate Topical Microbicide

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 311-327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V A GOVAN

Strategies for Human Papillomavirus Therapeutic Vaccines and Other Therapies Based on the E6 and E7 Oncogenes

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 328-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Part VI. Cutting Edge Technologies and Delivery System:

NARENDRA P. SINGH, ESMA S. YOLCU, NADIR ASKENASY, and HAVAL SHIRWAN

ProtEx^TM: A Novel Technology to Display Exogenous Proteins on the Cell Surface for Immunomodulation

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 344-358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

VINITA V. KALE, RASHMI V. TRIVEDI, SANJAY P. WATE, and KISHOR P. BHUSARI

Development and Evaluation of a Suppository Formulation Containing Lactobacillus and Its Application in Vaginal Diseases

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 359-365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SHREEMANTA K. PARIDA, KRIS HUYGEN, BERNHARD RYFFEL, and TRINAD CHAKRABORTY

Novel Bacterial Delivery System with Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium Carrying Plasmid Encoding Mtb Antigen 85A for Mucosal Immunization: Establishment of Proof of Principle in TB Mouse Model

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 366-378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Part VII. Natural Anticancer Therapy:

OLIVIER MEURETTE, LAURENCE HUC, AMELIE REBILLARD, GWENAELLE LE MOIGNE, DOMINIQUE LAGADIC-GOSSMANN, and MARIE-THERESE DIMANCHE-BOITREL

TRAIL (TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand) Induces Necrosis-Like Cell Death in Tumor Cells at Acidic Extracellular pH

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 379-387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUZA A. GOMES PEREIRA, MARIA A. JULIANO, ADRIANA K. CARMONA, EDWARD D. STURROCK, and GIRISH J. KOTWAL

Cloning and Expression of a Functionally Active Truncated N-Glycosylated KSHV ORF4/KCP/Kaposica in the Methylotrophic Yeast Pichia pastoris

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 388-404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CATHERINE E. WHIBLEY, ROBERT A. KEYZERS, ANDREW G. SOPER, MICHAEL T. DAVIES-COLEMAN, TOUFIEK SAMAAI, and DENVER T. HENDRICKS

Antiesophageal Cancer Activity from Southern African Marine Organisms

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 405-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Part VIII. Neuroprotection:

AMOD P. KULKARNI, LAURIE A. KELLAWAY, and GIRISH J. KOTWAL

Herbal Complement Inhibitors in the Treatment of Neuroinflammation: Future Strategy for Neuroprotection

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 413-429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEBOMOY K. LAHIRI, DE-MAO CHEN, PREETI LAHIRI, STEVE BONDY, and NIGEL H. GREIG

Amyloid, Cholinesterase, Melatonin, and Metals and Their Roles in Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 430-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NIRVANA S. PILLAY, LAURIE A. KELLAWAY, and GIRISH J. KOTWAL

Administration of Vaccinia Virus Complement Control Protein Shows Significant Cognitive Improvement in a Mild Injury Model

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 450-461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K HANUMAE GOWD, V SABAREESH, S SUDARSLAL, PRATHIMA IENGAR, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ANTONY FERNANDO, KALYAN DEWAN, MANI RAMASWAMI, SIDDHARTHA P. SARMA, SUJIT SIKDAR, P BALARAM, and K S KRISHNAN

Novel Peptides of Therapeutic Promise from Indian Conidae

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 462-473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANNE ECKERT, UTA KEIL, ISABEL SCHERPING, SUSANNE HAUPTMANN, and WALTER E. MÜLLER

Stabilization of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential and Improvement of Neuronal Energy Metabolism by Ginkgo Biloba Extract EGb 761

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 474-485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Part IX. Wound Healing and Laser Therapy:

D HAWKINS, N HOURELD, and H ABRAHAMSE

Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) as an Effective Therapeutic Modality for Delayed Wound Healing

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 486-493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MANTO TSHABALALA-MSIMANG

Closing Remarks

Ann NY Acad Sci 2005 1056: 494-496. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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