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Parental Uveitis Influences Offspring With an Increased Susceptibility to the Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Purpose: Previous studies have shown that parental abnormal physiological conditions such as inflammation, stress, and obesity can be transferred to offspring. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of parental uveitis on the development
Guangnian Yin, Guangnian Yin, Wenxin Zeng, Wenxin Zeng, Kaijiao Hu, Kaijiao Hu, Jie Gao, Jie Gao, Jianping Liu, Yan Chen, Feilan Chen, Feilan Chen   +11 more
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Animal models for COVID-19: advances, gaps and perspectives

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022
COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is the most consequential pandemic of this century. Since the outbreak in late 2019, animal models have been playing crucial roles in aiding the rapid development of vaccines/drugs for prevention and therapy, as well as ...
Changfa Fan, Yong Wu, Xiong Rui, Yuansong Yang, Chen Ling, Susu Liu, Shunan Liu, Youchun Wang   +7 more
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A Novel Tree Shrew Model of Chronic Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis and Its Disruptive Application

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
BackgroundPrevious studies have established several animal models for experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) in rodents without the fovea centralis in the human retina.
Kaijiao Hu, Kaijiao Hu, Longbao Lv, Hui Huang, Hui Huang, Guangnian Yin, Guangnian Yin, Guangnian Yin, Jie Gao, Jie Gao, Jianping Liu, Yaying Yang, Wenxin Zeng, Wenxin Zeng, Yan Chen, Ni Zhang, Feiyan Zhang, Yuhua Ma, Feilan Chen, Feilan Chen   +19 more
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Survivorship of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in a Hypoxic Environment

Sociobiology, 2015
The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, is a structural pest of major economic importance in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.  Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the United States Gulf coast on August 29, 2005, inundating
Carrie Cottone, Nan-Yao Su, Rudolf Scheffrahn, Claudia Riegel   +3 more
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Effects of forest disturbance on the fitness of an endemic rodent in a biodiversity hotspot

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Praomys delectorum occurs abundantly in both disturbed and intact forests in the Ukaguru Mountains within the Eastern Arc Mountains (EAM), Morogoro, Tanzania.
Olaoluwa John Ademola, Bram Vanden Broecke, Herwig Leirs, Loth S. Mulungu, Apia W. Massawe, Rhodes H. Makundi   +5 more
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Ghost rodents: Albinism in Australian rodent species

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
AbstractWhile almost half of all mammal species are rodents, records of albinism in free‐ranging rodents are very rare. Australia has a large and diverse assemblage of native rodent species, but there are no records of free‐ranging albino rodents in the published literature.
Darcy Watchorn, Chris Dickman, Judy Dunlop, Emmalie Sanders, Molly Watchorn, Phoebe Burns   +5 more
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A Comparative Study on the Distribution Pattern of Endocrine Cells in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Two Small Alpine Mammals, Plateau Zokor (Eospalax baileyi) and Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae)

Animals, 2023
Endocrine cells can secrete a variety of gastrointestinal hormones that regulate gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, which, in turn, play an important role in animal growth, metabolism, and acclimation.
Xincheng Cai, Darhan Bao, Rui Hua, Bin Cai, Lei Wang, Rui Dong, Limin Hua   +6 more
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The potential habitat of desert locusts is contracting: predictions under climate change scenarios [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Desert locusts are notorious for their widespread distribution and strong destructive power. Their influence extends from the vast arid and semiarid regions of western Africa to northwestern India.
Jingyun Guan, Moyan Li, Xifeng Ju, Jun Lin, Jianguo Wu, Jianghua Zheng   +5 more
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Doping in Racing Pigeons (Columba livia domestica): A Review and Actual Situation in Belgium, a Leading Country in This Field

Veterinary Sciences, 2022
Pigeon racing is a sport in which trained homing pigeons (Columba livia domestica) are released between 60 and 1200 km from their loft and then have to return home as quickly as possible. The first race was held in 1818 in Belgium and since then, Belgium
Didier Marlier
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Paramyxoviruses in Rodents: A Review

Open Veterinary Journal, 2022
Paramyxoviruses have been shown to infect a wide range of hosts, including rodents, and humans. Several novel murine paramyxoviruses have been discovered in the last several decades. Although these viruses are unclassified, they are recognised as Beilong virus, Mojiang virus, and Tailam virus in rats, Jeilongvirus, Nariva, Novel Paju Apodemus ...
Mohd Qawiem, Firdaus, Nawal Amani, Abdul Rahman, Faranieyza-Afiqah, Farzee, Yasmin, Abd Rahaman, Arshad, Siti Suri, Mohamed Sohaimi, Norfitriah, Nur Fazila, Saulol Hamid   +6 more
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