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The Role of NLR-related Protein 3 Inflammasome in Host Defense and Inflammatory Diseases [PDF]
International Neurourology Journal, 2012 Among a number of innate receptors, the nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat containing (NLR) nucleotide oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor families are involved in the recognition of cytosolic pathogen- or danger-associated molecules ...
Chul-Su Yang +2 more
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mSystems, 2020 A diverse set of prophage-mediated mechanisms protecting bacterial hosts from infection has been recently uncovered within cluster N mycobacteriophages isolated on the host, Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155.
Catherine M. Mageeney +7 more
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2020 Background The ongoing African swine fever virus (ASFv) epidemic has had a major impact on pig production globally and biosecurity efforts to curb ASFv infectivity and transmission are a high priority.
Joshua A. Jackman +3 more
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Maladaptive (dark-side) and adaptive (bright-side) personality traits and defense styles
Acta Psychologica, 2023 This study explores the relationship between bright- and dark-side personality traits and four major styles of defense mechanisms (DMs) as this relationship remains unexplored and important in understanding the DMs. In all, 435 adult working participants
Adrian Furnham, Stephen Cuppello
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Associations between defense mechanisms and life satisfaction among North Korean refugees
Annals of General Psychiatry, 2021 Background The present study investigated associations between defense mechanisms and life satisfaction among North Korean refugees living in South Korea.
Chang Woo Lee +6 more
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mSphere, 2019 Although the role of high-risk human papillomaviruses (hrHPVs) as etiological agents in cancer development has been intensively studied during the last decades, there is still the necessity of understanding the impact of the HPV E6 and E7 oncogenes on ...
Ruwen Yang +9 more
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The Relationship between Defense Patterns and DSM-5 Maladaptive Personality Domains
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Aim: Research has extensively examined the relationship between defense mechanisms (DM) and personality traits. However, no study to date has explored if specific defenses (alone or in combination) are able to predict dysfunctional variants of ...
Antonella Granieri +5 more
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Increasing Mentalization to Reduce Maladaptive Defense in Patients With Mental Disorders
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Background: There are indications of associations between the ability to mentalize and psychological defense mechanisms. However, only a few studies have focused on these associations, and even fewer have included empirical analyses. In the present study,
Markus C. Hayden +7 more
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Investigating defensive functioning and alexithymia in substance use disorder patients
BMC Psychiatry, 2021 Background Substance Use Disorder (SUD) causes a great deal of personal suffering for patients. Recent evidence highlights how defenses and emotion regulation may play a crucial part in the onset and development of this disorder.
Alessandro Taurino +3 more
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Gender and age aspects of child psychological defenses in child-mother relationships [PDF]
Psychology in Russia: State of Art, 2016 The high level of stress in modern society poses a need to study family factors and resources for the development of children’s defense mechanisms in the current social environment.
Bogdanova, Maria V. +2 more
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