{"title":"‘S’","authors":"P. Alam","doi":"10.1088/978-0-7503-3527-0ch19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-3527-0ch19","url":null,"abstract":": Latin Americans in the United States are generally presented as a group of poor and un- educated immigrants that pose threat to other members of society. Yet, representatives of this minority recently have become profitable con-sumers and influential voters, which may indi- cate social and economic advancement. Thus re-searchers dealing with the issues of Latino inte- gration in the U.S. define this phenomenon as Latino paradox . Arlene Davila in her book Lati- no Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race presents its detailed analysis. This article is an attempt to discuss the main issues pertinent to Latino paradox . They encompass aspects of La- tino perception in the Unites States and their image created by institutions, marketers and the media. The discussed problems cover, among others, racialization, citizenship and identity choices, relations with African Americans, social status and class in relation to economic ad- vancement and the potential of this minority as consumers.","PeriodicalId":10614,"journal":{"name":"Composites Engineering: An A–Z Guide","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78657412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘A’","authors":"P. Alam","doi":"10.1088/978-0-7503-3527-0ch1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-3527-0ch1","url":null,"abstract":"We have shown that sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) generated by sphingosine kinase 2 (SK2) is toxic in neurons lacking S1P-lyase (SGPL1), the enzyme that catalyzes its irreversible cleavage. Interestingly, patients harboring mutations in the gene encoding this enzyme (SGPL1) often present with neurological pathologies. Studies in a mouse model with a developmental neural-specific ablation of SGPL1 (SGPL1fl/fl/Nes) confirmed the importance of S1P metabolism for the presynaptic architecture and neuronal autophagy, known to be essential for brain health. We now investigated in SGPL1-deficient murine brains two other factors involved in neurodegenerative processes, namely tau phosphorylation and histone acetylation. In hippocampal and cortical slices SGPL1 deficiency and hence S1P accumulation are accompanied by hyperphosphorylation of tau and an elevated acetylation of histone3 (H3) and histone4 (H4). Calcium chelation with BAPTA-AM rescued both tau hyperphosphorylation and histone acetylation, designating calcium as an essential mediator of these (patho)physiological functions of S1P in the brain. Studies in primary cultured neurons and astrocytes derived from SGPL1fl/fl/Nes mice revealed hyperphosphorylated tau only in SGPL1-deficient neurons and increased histone acetylation only in SGPL1-deficient astrocytes. Both could be reversed to control values with BAPTA-AM, indicating the close interdependence of S1P metabolism, calcium homeostasis, and brain health.","PeriodicalId":10614,"journal":{"name":"Composites Engineering: An A–Z Guide","volume":"2009 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82505708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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