Immunoglobulin A and liver diseases. [PDF]
, 2017 Immunoglobulin A (IgA) is a major immunoglobulin isotype in the gut and plays a role in maintenance of gut homeostasis. Secretory IgA (SIgA) has multiple functions in the gut, such as to regulate microbiota composition, to protect intestinal epithelium ...
Inamine, Tatsuo, Schnabl, Bernd
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Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Spontaneous Large Animal Model of Human HCM. [PDF]
, 2017 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common disease in pet cats, affecting 10-15% of the pet cat population. The similarity to human HCM, the rapid progression of disease, and the defined and readily determined endpoints of feline HCM make it an ...
Freeman, Lisa M +4 more
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Factors Affecting Helminth Abundances in Synanthropic Rodents of an Urban Environment [PDF]
, 2018 Background:Current levels of urbanization cause changes in the ecology of hosts, the pathogens, or both, promoting the proliferation of zoonotic diseases.
Hancke, Diego, Suarez, Olga Virginia
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Interactions between landscape changes and host communities can regulate echinococcus multilocularis transmission [PDF]
, 2003 An area close to the Qinghai-Tibet plateau region and subject to intensive deforestation contains a large focus of human alveolar echinococcosis while sporadic human cases occur in the Doubs region of eastern France.
Bao, G +10 more
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Evidence for a GABAergic system in rodent and human testis: Local GABA production and GABA receptors [PDF]
, 2003 The major neurotransmitter of the central nervous system, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), exerts its actions through GABA(A), GABA(B) and GABA(C) receptors.
Calandra, Ricardo S. +7 more
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Rodent reservoirs of future zoonotic diseases [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015 SignificanceForecasting reservoirs of zoonotic disease is a pressing public health priority. We apply machine learning to datasets describing the biological, ecological, and life history traits of rodents, which collectively carry a disproportionate number of zoonotic pathogens.
Sarah Bowden +3 more
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Isolation of three novel rat and mouse papillomaviruses and their genomic characterization. [PDF]
, 2012 Despite a growing knowledge about the biological diversity of papillomaviruses (PV), only little is known about non-human PV in general and about PV mice models in particular.
Gottschling, Marc +5 more
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Respiratory Diseases of Rodents
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 2000 Practitioners may be called on to treat rodents with respiratory diseases or to advise clients concerning the care of these rodents. Respiratory diseases of mice, rats, guinea pigs, and Syrian hamsters are well known because of the use of these species in research, whereas few or no reports of respiratory disease in rodents of other species exist ...
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Habitat Management to Reduce Human Exposure to Trypanosoma cruzi and Western Conenose Bugs (Triatoma protracta). [PDF]
, 2016 Chagas disease, which manifests as cardiomyopathy and severe gastrointestinal dysfunction, is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a vector-borne parasite. In California, the vector Triatoma protracta frequently colonizes woodrat (Neotoma spp.) lodges, but may ...
Conrad, Patricia +4 more
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Density-Dependent Prevalence of Francisella tularensis in Fluctuating Vole Populations, Northwestern Spain [PDF]
, 2017 Self Archiving; https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/page/copyright-and-disclaimers J.J.L.L., F.M., and R.R.P. held official licenses for trapping wildlife in Spain. Capture permits were provided by the Dirección General del Medio Natural, Junta de Castilla y León.
Anda, Pedro +9 more
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