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    • Anatomy and function of an excitatory network in the visual cortex 

      Lee, Wei-Chung Allen; Bonin, Vincent; Reed, Michael; Graham, Brett J.; Hood, Greg; Glattfelder, Katie; Reid, R. Clay (2016)
      Circuits in the cerebral cortex consist of thousands of neurons connected by millions of synapses. A precise understanding of these local networks requires relating circuit activity with the underlying network structure. ...
    • Anatomy and neuro-pathophysiology of the cough reflex arc 

      Polverino, Mario; Fasolino, Marco; Andò, Filippo; Alfieri, Antonio; De Blasio, Francesco; Polverino, Francesca (BioMed Central, 2012)
      Coughing is an important defensive reflex that occurs through the stimulation of a complex reflex arc. It accounts for a significant number of consultations both at the level of general practitioner and of respiratory ...
    • Ancestry of the Timorese: age-related macular degeneration associated genotype and allele sharing among human populations from throughout the world 

      Morrison, Margaux A.; Magalhaes, Tiago R.; Ramke, Jacqueline; Smith, Silvia E.; Ennis, Sean; Simpson, Claire L.; Portas, Laura; Murgia, Federico; Ahn, Jeeyun; Dardenne, Caitlin; Mayne, Katie; Robinson, Rosann; Morgan, Denise J.; Brian, Garry; Lee, Lucy; Woo, Se J.; Zacharaki, Fani; Tsironi, Evangelia E.; Miller, Joan W.; Kim, Ivana K.; Park, Kyu H.; Bailey-Wilson, Joan E.; Farrer, Lindsay A.; Stambolian, Dwight; DeAngelis, Margaret M. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2015)
      We observed that the third leading cause of blindness in the world, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), occurs at a very low documented frequency in a population-based cohort from Timor-Leste. Thus, we determined a ...
    • Ancient Haplotypes at the 15q24.2 Microdeletion Region Are Linked to Brain Expression of MAN2C1 and Children's Intelligence 

      Cáceres, Alejandro; Esko, Tõnu; Pappa, Irene; Gutiérrez, Armand; Lopez-Espinosa, Maria-Jose; Llop, Sabrina; Bustamante, Mariona; Tiemeier, Henning; Metspalu, Andres; Joshi, Peter K.; Wilsonx, James F.; Reina-Castillón, Judith; Shin, Jean; Pausova, Zdenka; Paus, Tomáš; Sunyer, Jordi; Pérez-Jurado, Luis A.; González, Juan R. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      The chromosome bands 15q24.1-15q24.3 contain a complex region with numerous segmental duplications that predispose to regional microduplications and microdeletions, both of which have been linked to intellectual disability, ...
    • Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans 

      Lazaridis, Iosif; Patterson, Nick; Mittnik, Alissa; Renaud, Gabriel; Mallick, Swapan; Kirsanow, Karola; Sudmant, Peter H.; Schraiber, Joshua G.; Castellano, Sergi; Lipson, Mark; Berger, Bonnie; Economou, Christos; Bollongino, Ruth; Fu, Qiaomei; Bos, Kirsten I.; Nordenfelt, Susanne; Li, Heng; de Filippo, Cesare; Prüfer, Kay; Sawyer, Susanna; Posth, Cosimo; Haak, Wolfgang; Hallgren, Fredrik; Fornander, Elin; Rohland, Nadin; Delsate, Dominique; Francken, Michael; Guinet, Jean-Michel; Wahl, Joachim; Ayodo, George; Babiker, Hamza A.; Bailliet, Graciela; Balanovska, Elena; Balanovsky, Oleg; Barrantes, Ramiro; Bedoya, Gabriel; Ben-Ami, Haim; Bene, Judit; Berrada, Fouad; Bravi, Claudio M.; Brisighelli, Francesca; Busby, George B. J.; Cali, Francesco; Churnosov, Mikhail; Cole, David E. C.; Corach, Daniel; Damba, Larissa; van Driem, George; Dryomov, Stanislav; Dugoujon, Jean-Michel; Fedorova, Sardana A.; Romero, Irene Gallego; Gubina, Marina; Hammer, Michael; Henn, Brenna M.; Hervig, Tor; Hodoglugil, Ugur; Jha, Aashish R.; Karachanak-Yankova, Sena; Khusainova, Rita; Khusnutdinova, Elza; Kittles, Rick; Kivisild, Toomas; Klitz, William; Kučinskas, Vaidutis; Kushniarevich, Alena; Laredj, Leila; Litvinov, Sergey; Loukidis, Theologos; Mahley, Robert W.; Melegh, Béla; Metspalu, Ene; Molina, Julio; Mountain, Joanna; Näkkäläjärvi, Klemetti; Nesheva, Desislava; Nyambo, Thomas; Osipova, Ludmila; Parik, Jüri; Platonov, Fedor; Posukh, Olga; Romano, Valentino; Rothhammer, Francisco; Rudan, Igor; Ruizbakiev, Ruslan; Sahakyan, Hovhannes; Sajantila, Antti; Salas, Antonio; Starikovskaya, Elena B.; Tarekegn, Ayele; Toncheva, Draga; Turdikulova, Shahlo; Uktveryte, Ingrida; Utevska, Olga; Vasquez, René; Villena, Mercedes; Voevoda, Mikhail; Winkler, Cheryl; Yepiskoposyan, Levon; Zalloua, Pierre; Zemunik, Tatijana; Cooper, Alan; Capelli, Cristian; Thomas, Mark G.; Ruiz-Linares, Andres; Tishkoff, Sarah A.; Singh, Lalji; Thangaraj, Kumarasamy; Villems, Richard; Comas, David; Sukernik, Rem; Metspalu, Mait; Meyer, Matthias; Eichler, Evan E.; Burger, Joachim; Slatkin, Montgomery; Pääbo, Svante; Kelso, Janet; Reich, David; Krause, Johannes (2014)
      We sequenced the genomes of a ~7,000 year old farmer from Germany and eight ~8,000 year old hunter-gatherers from Luxembourg and Sweden. We analyzed these and other ancient genomes1–4 with 2,345 contemporary humans to show ...
    • Ancient human sialic acid variant restricts an emerging zoonotic malaria parasite 

      Dankwa, Selasi; Lim, Caeul; Bei, Amy K.; Jiang, Rays H. Y.; Abshire, James R.; Patel, Saurabh D.; Goldberg, Jonathan M.; Moreno, Yovany; Kono, Maya; Niles, Jacquin C.; Duraisingh, Manoj T. (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
      Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic parasite transmitted from macaques causing malaria in humans in Southeast Asia. Plasmodium parasites bind to red blood cell (RBC) surface receptors, many of which are sialylated. While ...
    • Ancient mitochondrial DNA provides high-resolution time scale of the peopling of the Americas 

      Llamas, Bastien; Fehren-Schmitz, Lars; Valverde, Guido; Soubrier, Julien; Mallick, Swapan; Rohland, Nadin; Nordenfelt, Susanne; Valdiosera, Cristina; Richards, Stephen M.; Rohrlach, Adam; Romero, Maria Inés Barreto; Espinoza, Isabel Flores; Cagigao, Elsa Tomasto; Jiménez, Lucía Watson; Makowski, Krzysztof; Reyna, Ilán Santiago Leboreiro; Lory, Josefina Mansilla; Torrez, Julio Alejandro Ballivián; Rivera, Mario A.; Burger, Richard L.; Ceruti, Maria Constanza; Reinhard, Johan; Wells, R. Spencer; Politis, Gustavo; Santoro, Calogero M.; Standen, Vivien G.; Smith, Colin; Reich, David; Ho, Simon Y. W.; Cooper, Alan; Haak, Wolfgang (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2016)
      The exact timing, route, and process of the initial peopling of the Americas remains uncertain despite much research. Archaeological evidence indicates the presence of humans as far as southern Chile by 14.6 thousand years ...
    • The androgen receptor cistrome is extensively reprogrammed in human prostate tumorigenesis 

      Pomerantz, Mark M.; Li, Fugen; Takeda, David; Lenci, Romina; Chonkar, Apurva; Chabot, Matthew; Cejas, Paloma; Vazquez, Francisca; Cook, Jennifer; Shivdasani, Ramesh A.; Bowden, Michaela; Lis, Rosina; Hahn, William C.; Kantoff, Philip W.; Brown, Myles; Loda, Massimo; Long, Henry W.; Freedman, Matthew L. (2015)
      Master transcription factors interact with DNA to establish cell-type identity and to regulate gene expression in mammalian cells1,2. The genome-wide map of these transcription factor binding sites has been termed the ...
    • Androgen Receptor Cytosine, Adenine, Guanine Repeats, and Haplotypes in Relation to Ovarian Cancer Risk 

      Terry, Kathryn Lynne; De Vivo, Immaculata; Titus-Ernstoff, Linda; Shih, Mei-Chiung; Cramer, Daniel William (American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), 2005)
      Biological and epidemiologic evidence suggest that androgen or its receptor may play a role in ovarian cancer pathogenesis. The most notable genetic factor influencing androgen receptor (AR) activity is the functional ...
    • Androgen receptor functions in prostate cancer development and progression 

      Balk, Steven P (Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd, 2014)
      The androgen receptor (AR) is critical for the normal development of prostate and for its differentiated functions. The consistent expression of AR in prostate cancer (PCa), and its continued activity in PCa that relapse ...
    • Androgen Regulation of Gene Expression in Human Meibomian Gland and Conjunctival Epithelial Cells 

      Khandelwal, Payal; Liu, Shaohui; Sullivan, David A. (Molecular Vision, 2012)
      Purpose Androgens exert a significant influence on the structure, function and/or pathophysiology of the meibomian gland and conjunctiva. We sought to determine whether this hormone action involves the regulation of ...
    • Anemia of Inflammation Is Related to Cognitive Impairment among Children in Leyte, The Philippines 

      Olson, Courtney L.; Acosta, Luz P.; Hochberg, Natasha S.; Olveda, Remigio M.; Jiz, Mario; McGarvey, Stephen T.; Kurtis, Jonathan D.; Bellinger, David C.; Friedman, Jennifer (Public Library of Science, 2009)
      Background: Many studies have addressed the relationship between iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and cognitive impairment, but none have evaluated the role of non-iron deficiency anemia (NIDA). One of the main causes of NIDA ...
    • Anesthesia for patients with subglottic cysts 

      Vo, Daniel N. (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2016)
      Key Clinical Message Acquired subglottic cysts can cause rapid development of respiratory distress. Subglottic cysts are a disease of premature infants and other pathologies of prematurity should be anticipated. Perioperative ...
    • Anesthesia for Suboccipital Craniotomy in a Patient with Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: A Case Report 

      Peterfreund, Robert Andrew; Luman, Emily; Martuza, Robert Lawrence (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012)
      Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare pulmonary condition often presenting with spontaneous pneumothorax. Imaging or biopsy confirm the diagnosis. Published case reports describe the anesthetic management of patients ...
    • Anesthetic Isoflurane Increases Phosphorylated Tau Levels Mediated by Caspase Activation and Aβ Generation 

      Dong, Yuanlin; Xu, Zhipeng; Wu, Xu; Zhang, Yiying; Xie, Zhongcong (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Anesthetic isoflurane has been shown to promote Alzheimer’s disease (AD) neuropathogenesis by inducing caspase activation and accumulation of β-amyloid (Aβ). Phosphorylation of tau protein is another important feature of ...
    • Anesthetic Sevoflurane Causes Rho-Dependent Filopodial Shortening in Mouse Neurons 

      Zimering, Jeffrey H.; Dong, Yuanlin; Fang, Fang; Huang, Lining; Zhang, Yiying; Xie, Zhongcong (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Early postnatal anesthesia causes long-lasting learning and memory impairment in rodents, however, evidence for a specific neurotoxic effect on early synaptogenesis has not been demonstrated. Drebrin A is an actin binding ...
    • Ang-2/VEGF bispecific antibody reprograms macrophages and resident microglia to anti-tumor phenotype and prolongs glioblastoma survival 

      Kloepper, Jonas; Riedemann, Lars; Amoozgar, Zohreh; Seano, Giorgio; Susek, Katharina; Yu, Veronica; Dalvie, Nisha; Amelung, Robin; Datta, Meenal; Song, Jonathan; Askoxylakis, Vasileios; Taylor, Jennie; Lu-Emerson, Christine; Batista, Ana; Kirkpatrick, Nathaniel; Jung, Keehoon; Snuderl, Matija; Muzikansky, Alona; Stubenrauch, Kay; Krieter, Oliver; Wakimoto, Hiroaki; Xu, Lei; Munn, Lance; Duda, Dan; Fukumura, Dai; Batchelor, Tracy; Jain, Rakesh (National Academy of Sciences, 2016)
      Inhibition of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway has failed to improve overall survival of patients with glioblastoma (GBM). We previously showed that angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) overexpression compromised ...
    • Angina and Future Cardiovascular Events in Stable Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: Insights From the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry 

      Eisen, Alon; Bhatt, Deepak L.; Steg, P. Gabriel; Eagle, Kim A.; Goto, Shinya; Guo, Jianping; Smith, Sidney C.; Ohman, E. Magnus; Scirica, Benjamin M. (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2016)
      Background: The extent to which angina is associated with future cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease has long been debated. Methods and Results: Included were outpatients with established coronary ...
    • Angiogenesis in Wounds Treated by Microdeformational Wound Therapy 

      Erba, Paolo; Ogawa, Rei; Ackermann, Maximilian; Adini, Avner; Miele, Lino F.; Dastouri, Pouya; Helm, Douglas; Mentzer, Steven James; D’Amato, Robert J.; Murphy, George Francis; Konerding, Moritz A.; Orgill, Dennis Paul (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2011)
      Background: Mechanical forces play an important role in tissue neovascularization and are a constituent part of modern wound therapies. The mechanisms by which vacuum assisted closure (VAC) modulates wound angiogenesis are ...
    • Angiogenic Activity of Breast Cancer Patients’ Monocytes Reverted by Combined Use of Systems Modeling and Experimental Approaches 

      Guex, Nicolas; Crespo, Isaac; Bron, Sylvian; Ifticene-Treboux, Assia; Faes-van’t Hull, Eveline; Kharoubi, Solange; Liechti, Robin; Werffeli, Patricia; Ibberson, Mark; Majo, Francois; Nicolas, Michäel; Laurent, Julien; Garg, Abhishek; Zaman, Khalil; Lehr, Hans-Anton; Stevenson, Brian J.; Rüegg, Curzio; Coukos, George; Delaloye, Jean-François; Xenarios, Ioannis; Doucey, Marie-Agnès (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Angiogenesis plays a key role in tumor growth and cancer progression. TIE-2-expressing monocytes (TEM) have been reported to critically account for tumor vascularization and growth in mouse tumor experimental models, but ...