The somatic care of patients with comorbid mental disorders: protocol of a mixed-methods study aiming to identify barriers to and enablers of utilization of somatic healthcare (SoKo) [PDF]
Background Healthcare for people with somatic and comorbid mental diseases can pose a challenge to the healthcare system. The aim of the SoKo study (the Somatic care of patients with mental Comorbidity) is to assess the current state of care and the ...
Sophie E. Groß +11 more
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Management of Uveitis Patients on Anti-TNF Agents Who Develop Demyelinating Disease – A Case Series [PDF]
Background/Aims Anti-tumor necrosis factor (Anti-TNF) agents have proven beneficial for the treatment of chronic non-infectious uveitis, yet rare neurological complications and demyelinating disease can occur with their use.
Abel Hamdan +5 more
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Unveiling the Mechanisms of a Remission in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)-like Syndrome: The Role of Hippocampal Palmitoyltransferase Expression and Stress Susceptibility [PDF]
Post-translational modifications of proteins via palmitoylation, a thioester linkage of a 16-carbon fatty acid to a cysteine residue, reversibly increases their affinity for cholesterol-rich lipid rafts in membranes, changing their function.
Careen A. Schroeter +8 more
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Neuro-Cells Mitigate Amyloid Plaque Formation and Behavioral Deficits in the APPswe/PS1dE9 Model of Alzheimer Disease While Also Reducing IL-6 Production in Human Monocytes [PDF]
Neuroinflammation is a key feature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and stem cell therapies have emerged as promising candidates due to their immunomodulatory properties.
Johannes de Munter +12 more
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Differential Cytotoxic Effects of Cell-Free Supernatants of Emerging Pathogens Escherichia albertii and Escherichia fergusonii on Four Cell Lines Reveal Vero Cells as a Putative Candidate for Cytotoxicity Analysis [PDF]
Escherichia albertii and Escherichia fergusonii are recognized as emerging pathogens with zoonotic potential. Despite their increasing importance, there is a paucity of data on the cytotoxicity of these two pathogens.
Kandhan Srinivas +13 more
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Total Thrombus-Formation System in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease [PDF]
The Total Thrombus-formation Analysis System (T-TAS) is an automated device using coated microchips to assess thrombus formation under flow conditions.
Christian Pfrepper MD +9 more
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A spatial long-read approach at near-single-cell resolution reveals developmental regulation of splicing and polyadenylation sites in distinct cortical layers and cell types [PDF]
Genome-wide spatial long-read approaches often lack single-cell resolution and yield limited read lengths. Here, we introduce spatial ISOform sequencing (Spl-ISO-Seq), which reveals exons and polyadenylation sites with near-single-cell resolution.
Careen Foord +16 more
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Increased Oxidative Stress in the Prefrontal Cortex as a Shared Feature of Depressive- and PTSD-Like Syndromes: Effects of a Standardized Herbal Antioxidant [PDF]
Major depression (MD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) share common brain mechanisms and treatment strategies. Nowadays, the dramatically developing COVID-19 situation unavoidably results in stress, psychological trauma, and high incidence of MD ...
Johannes de Munter +25 more
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Ambivalence in Attitudes Toward Forgiveness
Are attitudes toward forgiveness ambivalent? To answer this question and explore whether such ambivalence predicts individuals’ propensity to forgive and tendency to view forgiveness as desirable/virtuous, we asked undergraduates (N = 159) to complete ...
Susan D. Boon +2 more
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Highlights of the ESC 2014 Conference
Coverage of the 2014 Annual Conference of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium, featuring The keynote address from Dr. Rajesh Tandon Poster Session Award Winners First Place—Integrating High-Impact Scholarship into a General Education Class. By
Edward Mullins
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