The systemic activin response to pancreatic cancer: implications for effective cancer cachexia therapy [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a particularly lethal malignancy partly due to frequent, severe cachexia. Serum activin correlates with cachexia and mortality, while exogenous activin causes cachexia in mice.
Ceppa, Eugene P. +16 more
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Programming of stress-related behavioral and neuroendocrine functions during early life [PDF]
Tese de doutoramento em MedicinaThroughout ontogeny the mammalian brain shows windows of time during which there is an increased sensitivity towards the programming effects of external and endogenous signals.
Patchev, Alexandre Vladimirov
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Studies on the impact of amine-containing compounds on lysosomes [PDF]
Lysosomes accumulate weakly basic amine-containing drugs (i.e., lysosomotropic amines) through an ion trapping-type mechanism and are capable of disrupting lysosomal structure and function.
Funk, Ryan S.
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Lihaskudoksen NAD+-puutos ja Serpina3n molekyylibiologisina tekijöinä hiirten syöpäkakeksiassa – myostatiinin ja aktiviinien estäjien vaikutus [PDF]
Syöpäkakeksia on patofysiologialtaan vielä suurelta osin tuntematon, monitekijäinen aineenvaihdunnallinen sairaus, jossa paino ja lihaskudoksen määrä laskevat.
Ballarò, Riccardo +12 more
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Multi-minicore Disease Revisited. [PDF]
Multi-minicore disease (MmD) is an infrequent congenital myopathy, defined by structural changes in optic and electron microscopy, namely, multiple small areas lacking oxidative enzyme activity and focal disorganization of contractile proteins involving ...
Martins Filho, José +3 more
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Chronic Lung Disease in Cutis Laxa [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Cutis laxa (CL) is a group of disorders characterized by loose, inelastic, and redundant skin. The different types of CL are distinguished by clinical features, inheritance, and molecular findings.
Westman, Rachel E
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Defining the Pulmonary Disease and Disability from Lung Dysfunction in Cutis Laxa [PDF]
Cutis laxa is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by loose, lax, and inelastic skin. Other complications include lung, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary disease.
Mac Neal, Meghan Kelly
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First report of a short in-frame biallelic deletion removing part of the EGF-like domain calcium-binding motif in LTBP4 and causing autosomal recessive cutis laxa type 1C. [PDF]
Ravel JM +8 more
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Two novel mutations in ALDH18A1 and SPG11 gene found by whole-exome sequencing in spastic paraplegia disease patients in Iran. [PDF]
Komachali SR, Siahpoosh Z, Salehi M.
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