A. Brack

Publication List Details

Period

1991 - 2009

Number

43

Co-Authors

Exoplanet Characterization and the Search for Life (2009)

Kasting, J., Traub, W., Roberge, A., Leger, A., Schwartz, A., Wooten, A., ...

Over 300 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) have been detected orbiting nearby stars. We now hope to conduct a census of all planets around nearby stars and to characterize their atmospheres and...

Darwin —- a mission to detect and search for life on extrasolar planets (2009)

Cockell, C. S., Léger, A., Fridlund, M., Herbst, T. M., Kaltenegger, L., Absil, O., ...

The discovery of extrasolar planets is one of the greatest achievements of modern astronomy. The detection of planets that vary widely in mass demonstrates that extrasolar planets of low mass exist....

Darwin-A Mission to Detect and Search for Life on Extrasolar Planets (2009)

Cockell, C S, Léger, A, Fridlund, M, Herbst, T M, Kaltenegger, L, Absil, Olivier, ...

The discovery of extrasolar planets is one of the greatest achievements of modern astronomy. The detection of planets that vary widely in mass demonstrates that extrasolar planets of low mass exist....

DARWIN - A Mission to Detect, and Search for Life on, Extrasolar Planets (2008)

Cockell, C. S., Leger, A., Fridlund, M., Herbst, T., Kaltenegger, L., Absil, O., ...

The discovery of extra-solar planets is one of the greatest achievements of modern astronomy. The detection of planets with a wide range of masses demonstrates that extra-solar planets of low mass...

Pain and the immune system (2008)

Rittner, H. L., Brack, A., Stein, C.

In inflammation, leucocytes containing opioid peptides migrate into the tissue. Opioid peptides can be released and bind to opioid receptors on peripheral nerve terminals, which counteracts...

Interplanetary transfer of photosynthesis: An experimental demonstration of a selective dispersal filter in planetary island biogeography (2007)

Cockell, C., Brack, A., Wynn-Williams, D. D., Baglioni, P., Brandstatter, F., Demets, R., ...

We launched a cryptoendolithic habitat, made of a gneissic impactite inoculated with Chroococcidiopsis sp., into Earth orbit. After orbiting the Earth for 16 days, the rock entered the Earth's...

Do meteoroids of sedimentary origin survive terrestrial atmospheric entry?: the ESA artificial meteorite experiment STONE (2002)

Brack, A., Baglioni, P., Borruat, G., Brandstatter, F., Demets, R., Edwards, H. G. M., ...

The 18 SNC meteorites identified to date are all igneous rocks, being basalts or basaltic cumulates. The lack of sedimentary rocks in this inventory is therefore surprising, in view of the...

Amyloid peptides are toxic via a common oxidative mechanism.

Schubert, D, Behl, C, Lesley, R, Brack, A, Dargusch, R, Sagara, Y, ...

beta-Amyloid protein (A beta) is a member of a small group of proteins that accumulate as amyloid deposits in various tissues. It has recently been demonstrated that the toxicity of A beta toward...

Identification of β,β-turns and unordered conformations in polypeptide chains by vacuum ultraviolet circular dichroism

Brahms, S., Brahms, J., Spach, G., Brack, A.

Different conformations of polypeptides were characterized by measurements of the circular dichroism (CD) extended into the vacuum ultraviolet region. (i) The linear β-pleated sheet structure was...

Glucocorticoid-mediated repression of cytokine gene transcription in human arteritis-SCID chimeras.

Brack, A, Rittner, H L, Younge, B R, Kaltschmidt, C, Weyand, C M, Goronzy, J J

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a vasculitic syndrome that preferentially affects medium and large-sized arteries. Glucocorticoid therapy resolves clinical symptoms within hours to days, but therapy...

Amyloid peptides are toxic via a common oxidative mechanism.

Schubert, D, Behl, C, Lesley, R, Brack, A, Dargusch, R, Sagara, Y, ...

beta-Amyloid protein (A beta) is a member of a small group of proteins that accumulate as amyloid deposits in various tissues. It has recently been demonstrated that the toxicity of A beta toward...

Identification of β,β-turns and unordered conformations in polypeptide chains by vacuum ultraviolet circular dichroism

Brahms, S., Brahms, J., Spach, G., Brack, A.

Different conformations of polypeptides were characterized by measurements of the circular dichroism (CD) extended into the vacuum ultraviolet region. (i) The linear β-pleated sheet structure was...

Glucocorticoid-mediated repression of cytokine gene transcription in human arteritis-SCID chimeras.

Brack, A, Rittner, H L, Younge, B R, Kaltschmidt, C, Weyand, C M, Goronzy, J J

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a vasculitic syndrome that preferentially affects medium and large-sized arteries. Glucocorticoid therapy resolves clinical symptoms within hours to days, but therapy...

Giant cell vasculitis is a T cell-dependent disease.

Brack, A., Geisler, A., Martinez-Taboada, V. M., Younge, B. R., Goronzy, J. J., Weyand, C. M.

BACKGROUND: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis that preferentially targets medium-sized and large arteries. The etiopathogenesis of the syndrome is not known, and because of the...