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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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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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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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Diet-Induced Obesity and NASH Impair Disease Recovery in SARS-CoV-2-Infected Golden Hamsters
Viruses, 2022 Obese patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are prone to severe forms of COVID-19. There is an urgent need for new treatments that lower the severity of COVID-19 in this vulnerable population. To better replicate the human context, we set up
François Briand +18 more
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Antiviral Ranpirnase TMR-001 Inhibits Rabies Virus Release and Cell-to-Cell Infection In Vitro
Viruses, 2020 Currently, no rabies virus-specific antiviral drugs are available. Ranpirnase has strong antitumor and antiviral properties associated with its ribonuclease activity.
Todd G. Smith +12 more
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Parasite, 2009 Leishmaniasis is a group of diseases caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus. Previous studies have shown that a DNA vaccine encoding Leishmania donovani antigen nucleoside hydrolase 36 and L. mexicana glycoprotein 63 is protective in mice.
Chalé-balboa W.G. +4 more
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Syrian Hamster as an Animal Model for the Study on Infectious Diseases
Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 Infectious diseases still remain one of the biggest challenges for human health. In order to gain a better understanding of the pathogenesis of infectious diseases and develop effective diagnostic tools, therapeutic agents, and preventive vaccines, a ...
Jinxin Miao +3 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 IntroductionAntibody therapeutic strategies have served an important role during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as their effectiveness has waned with the emergence of escape variants.
Hannah A. D. King +44 more
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Neural Androgen Synthesis and Aggression: Insights From a Seasonally Breeding Rodent
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2018 Aggression is an essential social behavior that promotes survival and reproductive fitness across animal systems. While research on the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying this complex behavior has traditionally focused on the classic neuroendocrine ...
Kathleen M. Munley +2 more
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Gut Microbes, 2022 Clostridioides difficile is a major nosocomial pathogen that can cause severe, toxin-mediated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis. Recent work has shown that C. difficile exhibits heterogeneity in swimming motility and toxin production in vitro through
Dominika Trzilova +4 more
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