Biomedical sciences publications
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No Association between Germline Variation in Catechol-O-Methyltransferase and Colorectal Cancer Survival in Postmenopausal Women
Because catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT; 22q11.21) activity is an important component of estrogen-mediated carcinogenesis, we hypothesized that germline variation in COMT may be associated with CRC survival.
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Hyperpolarized [1,4-C-13]-Diethylsuccinate: A Potential Dnp Substrate for in Vivo Metabolic Imaging
In this work, the applicability of a novel imaging agent, [1,4-(13)C]-diethylsuccinate, for hyperpolarized (13)C metabolic imaging of the TCA cycle was explored.
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PORTR: Pre-Operative and Post-Recurrence Brain Tumor Registration
We propose a new method for deformable registration of pre-operative and post-recurrence brain MR scans of glioma patients. To address this challenging task, our method, called PORTR, explicitly accounts for…
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Type IV Collagen α1-Chain Noncollagenous Domain Blocks MMP-2 Activation Both in-Vitro and in-Vivo
In the present study, the regulation of MMP-2 activation by α1(IV)NC1 was evaluated. α1β1-integrin which is required for inhibition of angiogenesis is not playing a role in cellular invasion and inhibition of…
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mRNA Splicing-Modulatory Pharmacophores: The Total Synthesis of Herboxidiene, a Pladienolide-Herboxidiene Hybrid Analog and Related Derivatives
We report an improved enantioselective synthesis of herboxidiene and the first report of its biologically active totally synthetic analog: 6-norherboxidiene.
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Influence of Systemic Interleukin-6 on the Inverse Association between Your-Choice American Heart Diet and a 41-Year Mortality Risk from Coronary Heart Disease among Men
Our premise is systemic inflammation measured as plasma interleukin-6 levels medicates the association between whole diet and long-term mortality risk from coronary heart disease independent of genes.
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Monkeys That Voluntarily and Chronically Drink Alcohol Damage Their Brains: A Longitudinal MRI Study
Here we report monkey oral ethanol self-administration combined with MR imaging to characterize brain changes over 15 months in 18 well-nourished rhesus macaques.
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Microdroplet Temperature Calibration Via Thermal Dissociation of Quenched DNA Oligomers
Here, we present a novel method for calibrating the temperature of microdroplets using quenched, fluorescently labeled DNA oligomers.
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Computational Models for Neglected Diseases: Gaps and Opportunities
Here, we identify gaps in which computational approaches have been used for some neglected diseases and not others. We also make recommendations for the broad-spectrum integration of these techniques into…
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Developments in Purification Methods for Obtaining and Evaluation of Collagen Derived Endogenous Angioinhibitors
This review focuses on the method developments in obtaining biologically active NC1 domains and for specific evaluations in different scenarios.
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Radiation Drugs – Still a Hot Topic
On the occasion of the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, it was reported inScience magazine that evacuees were still waiting to go home, but fortunately that radionuclide exposure, at…
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Working Memory Impairment and Cardiovascular Hyperarousal in Young Primary Insomniacs
We investigated memory performance and cardiovascular activity in 13 primary insomniacs (PI) compared to 13 good sleepers (GS).