Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 We explored an emerging technology to produce anti-Hantaan virus (HTNV) and anti-Puumala virus (PUUV) neutralizing antibodies for use as pre- or post-exposure prophylactics.
Casey C. Perley +13 more
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eLife, 2022 Despite mass public health efforts, the SARS-CoV2 pandemic continues as of late 2021 with resurgent case numbers in many parts of the world. The emergence of SARS-CoV2 variants of concern (VoCs) and evidence that existing vaccines that were designed to ...
David W Hawman +14 more
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The role of photoperiod and melatonin in the control of seasonal reproduction in mammals [PDF]
Roczniki Naukowe Polskiego Towarzystwa Zootechnicznego, 2020 Melatonin secreted by pineal cells is a hormone whose biosynthesis is coordinated by neurons of the master clock located in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN), characterized by the generation of a 24-hour rhythm.
Izabela Szpręgiel, Danuta Wronska
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Dynamic Changes of the Blood Chemistry in Syrian Hamsters Post-Acute COVID-19
Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the long-term health consequences of COVID-19 are not fully understood. We aimed to determine the long-term lung
Chi-Ju Hsu +9 more
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Virulence, 2023 Nipah virus (NiV) is a high-risk pathogen which can cause fatal infections in humans. The Indian isolate from the 2018 outbreak in the Kerala state of India showed ~ 4% nucleotide and amino acid difference in comparison to the Bangladesh strains of NiV ...
Sreelekshmy Mohandas +5 more
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Donor species complement after liver xenotransplantation: The mechanism of protection from hyperacute rejection [PDF]
, 1994 Hamster hearts transplanted into stable rat recipients of hamster livers (OLT rats) were hyperacutely rejected after transfer with unaltered rat antihamster hyperimmune serum (HS).
Celli, S +6 more
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Characterizations of Hamster Retina as a Model for Studies of Retinal Cholesterol Homeostasis
Biology, 2021 Cholesterol homeostasis in the retina, a sensory organ in the back of the eye, has been studied in mice but not hamsters, despite the latter being more similar to humans than mice with respect to their whole-body cholesterol maintenance. The goal of this
Nicole El-Darzi +6 more
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A method for nucleic acid hybridization to isolated chromosomes in suspension [PDF]
, 1987 A procedure was developed to provide differential fluorescent staining of metaphase chromosomes in suspension following nucleic acid hybridization. For this purpose metaphase chromosomes were isolated from a Chinese hamster x human hybrid cell line ...
Bier, Frank +5 more
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BORAGE OIL RICH IN GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID (GLA) REDUCES CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) RISK FACTORS IN HAMSTERS FED IN DIET RICH IN SATURATED FATTY ACIDS (SFAS) AND CHOLESTEROL. [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research, 2014 The experiment was applied on /45/ healthy male of golden Syrian hamsters, were divided into three groups as follows: Control group(C), High Fat-High Cholesterol group(HF-HC) and Borage Oil group (BO).
Ahmad Mufeed Supuh +2 more
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Transplantable melanomas in hamsters and gerbils as models for human melanoma : sensitization in melanoma radiotherapy : from animal models to clinical trials [PDF]
, 2018 The focus of the present review is to investigate the role of melanin in the radioprotection of melanoma and attempts to sensitize tumors to radiation by inhibiting melanogenesis. Early studies showed radical scavenging, oxygen consumption and adsorption
Andrzej Słominski +11 more
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