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A rhesus macaque model of α-dystroglycanopathy caused by a POMT1 splice altering variant. [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Model Exp Med
Rhesus macaques homozygous for a naturally occurring spice altering variant in the POMT1 gene develop lissencephaly, microphthalmia, and muscular contracture. The presentation models severe presentation of the human Walker‐Warburg syndrome. Abstract Background Biallelic mutations in genes associated with α‐dystroglycan glycosylation manifest in a ...
Nordlund A   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Complete mitochondrial genome of Capreolus pygargus (Cervidae: Capreolinae), a protected and threatened species in China

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Siberian Roe Deer, Capreolus pygargus, in China by the shotgun genome-skimming methods. The mitogenome of C. pygargus is totally 16,353 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs)
Tao Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adenoviruses in Fecal Samples from Asymptomatic Rhesus Macaques, United States

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2012
Adenoviruses can cause infectious diarrheal disease or respiratory infections in humans; 2 recent reports have indicated probable human infection with simian adenoviruses (SAdVs).
Soumitra Roy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanisms underlying cognitive bias in nonhuman primates.

open access: yesAnimal Behavior and Cognition, 2017
Recent research in nonhuman animals highlights the exciting possibility that performance on cognitive bias tasks might indirectly measure an individual’s subjective, affective state.
Bonnie M. Perdue
doaj   +1 more source

ABO Blood Groups Do Not Predict Schistosoma mansoni Infection Profiles in Highly Endemic Villages of Uganda

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2021
Schistosoma mansoni is a parasite which causes significant public-health issues, with over 240 million people infected globally. In Uganda alone, approximately 11.6 million people are affected.
Rachel Francoeur   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

What’s in a face (made of foods)? Comparing children’s and monkey’s perception of faces in face-like images of food

open access: yesAnimal Behavior and Cognition, 2017
Arcimboldo images are pictorial stimuli composed of fruits, vegetables, and other objects arranged in a way to resemble human faces. These images were originally created by the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo in the 16th century, but more recently have been ...
Michael J. Beran   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nonpathogenic SIV Infection in Sooty Mangabeys Is Characterized by a Lack of Activation and Expansion of Monocytes. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Med Primatol
ABSTRACT Introduction Natural hosts of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), including sooty mangabeys (SMs), maintain high viremia without progressing to AIDS and AIDS‐associated histopathogenesis. The mechanisms underlying this protection and lack of pathogenesis remain incompletely understood, particularly in relation to monocyte/macrophage ...
Soulas C   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Successful treatment of COVID‐19‐related acute respiratory distress syndrome with a rare blood type: A case report

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2021
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is indispensable for critically severe COVID‐19 patients. However, it would be inapplicable to patients with a rare blood type or blood transfusion refusal. In that case, severely conservative fluid management with the
Hiroyuki Yamada   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heterozygote Advantage Probably Maintains Rhesus Factor Blood Group Polymorphism: Ecological Regression Study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Rhesus factor polymorphism has been an evolutionary enigma since its discovery in 1939. Carriers of the rarer allele should be eliminated by selection against Rhesus positive children born to Rhesus negative mothers.
Jaroslav Flegr
doaj   +1 more source

CD4+ T Cells Are Key to Shaping a Protective Humoral Immunity in Primary Dengue 2 Virus Infection: Implications for Rational Vaccine Design

open access: yesVaccines
Background: Understanding the immune mechanisms that differentiate protective from pathogenic responses during dengue virus (DENV) infection is critical for effective vaccine development.
Angel E. Miranda-Santiago   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

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