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Primary skin fibroblasts as a model of Parkinson's disease [PDF]
, 2012 Parkinson's disease is the second most frequent neurodegenerative disorder. While most cases occur sporadic mutations in a growing number of genes including Parkin (PARK2) and PINK1 (PARK6) have been associated with the disease.
A Grunewald +84 more
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Animal Models of Airway Diseases [PDF]
, 2011 Over the past 20 years, the growing awareness that purinergic signaling events literally shape the immune and inflammatory responses to infection and allergic reactions warranted the development of animal models to assess their importance in vivo in acute lung injury and chronic airway diseases.
Thompson, Linda F. +2 more
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Animal Models of Alzheimer Disease [PDF]
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2012 Significant insights into the function of genes associated with Alzheimer disease and related dementias have occurred through studying genetically modified animals. Although none of the existing models fully reproduces the complete spectrum of this insidious human disease, critical aspects of Alzheimer pathology and disease processes can be ...
LaFerla, Frank M, Green, Kim N
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada +6 more
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Allostatic load and preterm birth [PDF]
, 2015 Preterm birth is a universal health problem that is one of the largest unmet medical needs contributing to the global burden of disease. Adding to its complexity is that there are no means to predict who is at risk when pregnancy begins or when women ...
McCreary, J Keiko +5 more
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
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Functional genomics reveal gene regulatory mechanisms underlying schizophrenia risk
Nature Communications, 2019 We know a large number of risk SNPs for schizophrenia, but little about how these SNPs contribute to the disorder. Here, the authors use functional genomics to identify risk SNPs that disrupt transcription factor binding and validate the regulatory ...
Yongxia Huo +4 more
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Scorpion Toxin, BmP01, Induces Pain by Targeting TRPV1 Channel
Toxins, 2015 The intense pain induced by scorpion sting is a frequent clinical manifestation. To date, there is no established protocol with significant efficacy to alleviate the pain induced by scorpion envenomation.
Md Abdul Hakim +6 more
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Risk assessment scenarios to understand the persistence of Rift Valley fever in Comoros (Indian Ocean) [PDF]
, 2012 Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is an arbozoonosis identified for the first time in Kenya in the 1930s. In 2000, the first apparition of the virus out of Africa was described in the Arabian Peninsula with both animal and human cases.
Cardinale, Eric +5 more
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Diffusion Imaging in the Rat Cervical Spinal Cord [PDF]
, 2015 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the state of the art approach for assessing the status of the spinal cord noninvasively, and can be used as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in cases of disease or injury. Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), is sensitive
Budde, Matthew D. +3 more
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