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Temporal dependence of neuronal alpha-synuclein oligomerization and nuclear translocation induced by paraquat

环境与职业医学, 2022
BackgroundParaquat (PQ), one of the environmental poisons associated with sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), can cause abnormal aggregation of alpha-synuclein (α-syn), but the research on its conformational changes and subcellular localization is limited.
Baofu ZHANG, Kaidong WANG, Bingyang ZHANG, Min HUANG   +3 more
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Genetic influences on ‘environmental’ factors [PDF]

Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2010
Childhood environment, social environment and behavior, leisure time activities and life events have been hypothesized to contribute to individual differences in cognitive abilities and physical and emotional well‐being. These factors are often labeled ‘environmental’, suggesting they shape but not reflect individual differences in behavior.
Vinkhuyzen, A. A.E., Van Der Sluis, S., De Geus, E. J.C., Boomsma, D. I., Posthuma, D.   +4 more
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CD4+T and CD8+T cells profile in lung inflammation and fibrosis: targets and potential therapeutic drugs

Frontiers in Immunology
Pulmonary fibrosis is an interstitial lung disease characterized by chronic progressive fibrosis. It is associated with fibrocyte proliferation and collagen deposition, leading to severe, irreversible lung function decline.
Xiaobo Sun, Xinwen Zhang, Yuhan He, Xueting Du, Qian Cai, Zhihong Liu   +5 more
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Protective effect of Lycium barbarum polysaccharide on reproductive system injury of female rats induced by 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

环境与职业医学, 2021
Background2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) is widely used as a broad-leaved herbicide and plant growth regulator. Related studies have shown that 2,4-D has neurotoxicity, ability to disrupt endocrine function, genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, and ...
Hengquan WANG, Ru CHAI, Jian ZHOU, Huifang YANG   +3 more
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The Genetic and Environmental Factors for Keratoconus [PDF]

BioMed Research International, 2015
Keratoconus (KC) is the most common cornea ectatic disorder. It is characterized by a cone-shaped thin cornea leading to myopia, irregular astigmatism, and vision impairment. It affects all ethnic groups and both genders. Both environmental and genetic factors may contribute to its pathogenesis.
Gordon-Shaag, A, Millodot, M, Shneor, E, Liu, Y   +3 more
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Social and environmental factors influencing in-prison drug use [PDF]

, 2011
Purpose – There is a strong political imperative to regard the prison as a key social setting for health promotion, but evidence indicates that drug misuse continues to be a significant issue for many prisoners.
Woodall, J
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Some Observations on the Role of Water States for Biological and Therapeutical Effects

Innovative Biosystems and Bioengineering, 2018
The peculiar properties of water are recalled, among them the “memory of water”, underlining the behavior of cell water, whose “ordered” structure is probably due to the endogenous electromagnetic fields generated by organelles inside the cells, such ...
Massimo Scalia, Pasquale Avino, Massimo Sperini, Valentina Viccaro, Albina Pisani, Vincenzo I. Valenzi   +5 more
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The Hippo signaling pathway contributes to the 2,5-Hexadion-induced apoptosis of ovarian granulosa cells

Journal of Ovarian Research, 2023
Although n-hexane can induce ovarian damage by inducing ovarian granulosa cell (GC) apoptosis, the mechanism underlying this induction of apoptosis has not been fully elucidated.
Yi Sun, Huiting Chen, Sichuan Chen, Xueming Xu, Wenchang Zhang, Yuchen Li   +5 more
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Emerging viral respiratory tract infections—environmental risk factors and transmission [PDF]

, 2014
This article is made available for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Charrel, Remi N., Gautret, Philippe, Gray, Gregory C., Memish, Ziad A., Odezulu, Nnanyelugo G., Zumla, Alimuddin   +6 more
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Environmental disasters as a factor of environmental pollution [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2020
An ecological catastrophe consists in a massive change in natural conditions that lead to a change in the environment and the death of living organisms. Disaster can be caused by both natural processes and human actions. Losses after such disasters are often irreparable. Economic reasons worse the ecological situation.
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