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    • Barriers to HPV immunization among blacks and latinos: a qualitative analysis of caregivers, adolescents, and providers 

      Katz, Ingrid T.; Bogart, Laura M.; Fu, Chong Min; Liu, Yingna; Cox, Joanne E.; Samuels, Ronald C.; Chase, Tami; Schubert, Pamela; Schuster, Mark A. (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Despite recommendations that 11–12-year-olds receive the full three-shot Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series, national HPV immunization coverage rates remain low. Disparities exist, with Blacks and Latinos ...

    • Barriers to Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose Among Adults with Diabetes in an HMO: A Cross Sectional Study 

      Adams, Alyce S; Mah, Connie; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram; Zhang, Fang; Barton, Mary B; Ross-Degnan, Dennis (BioMed Central, 2003)
      Background: Recent studies suggest that patients at greatest risk for diabetes complications are least likely to self-monitor blood glucose. However, these studies rely on self-reports of monitoring, an unreliable measure ...

    • Barriers to Specialty Care and Specialty Referral Completion in the Community Health Center Setting 

      Zuckerman, Katharine E.; Perrin, James Marc; Hobrecker, Karin; Donelan, Karen (Elsevier BV, 2013)
      Objective To assess the frequency of barriers to specialty care and to assess which barriers are associated with an incomplete specialty referral (not attending a specialty visit when referred by a primary care provider) ...

    • Barriers, Benefits, and Beliefs of Brain Training Smartphone Apps: An Internet Survey of Younger US Consumers 

      Torous, John; Staples, Patrick Christian; Fenstermacher, Elizabeth Anne; Dean, Jason Aaron; Keshavan, Matcheri S (Frontiers Media SA, 2016)
      Background: While clinical evidence for the efficacy of brain training remains in question, numerous smartphone applications (apps) already offer brain training directly to consumers. Little is known about why consumers ...

    • Barx1-Mediated Inhibition of Wnt Signaling in the Mouse Thoracic Foregut Controls Tracheo-Esophageal Septation and Epithelial Differentiation 

      Woo, Janghee; Miletich, Isabelle; Kim, Byeong-Moo; Sharpe, Paul T.; Shivdasani, Ramesh Arjun (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-07-22)
      Mesenchymal cells underlying the definitive endoderm in vertebrate animals play a vital role in digestive and respiratory organogenesis. Although several signaling pathways are implicated in foregut patterning and ...

    • Basal forebrain control of wakefulness and cortical rhythms 

      Anaclet, Christelle; Pedersen, Nigel P.; Ferrari, Loris L.; Venner, Anne; Bass, Caroline E.; Arrigoni, Elda; Fuller, Patrick M. (Nature Pub. Group, 2015)
      Wakefulness, along with fast cortical rhythms and associated cognition, depend on the basal forebrain (BF). BF cholinergic cell loss in dementia and the sedative effect of anti-cholinergic drugs have long implicated these ...

    • Basal forebrain degeneration precedes and predicts the cortical spread of Alzheimer's pathology 

      Schmitz, Taylor W.; Nathan Spreng, R.; Weiner, Michael W.; Aisen, Paul; Petersen, Ronald; Jack, Clifford R.; Jagust, William; Trojanowki, John Q.; Toga, Arthur W.; Beckett, Laurel; Green, Robert C.; Saykin, Andrew J.; Morris, John; Shaw, Leslie M.; Khachaturian, Zaven; Sorensen, Greg; Kuller, Lew; Raichle, Marc; Paul, Steven; Davies, Peter; Fillit, Howard; Hefti, Franz; Holtzman, Davie; Mesulam, M Marcel; Potter, William; Snyder, Peter; Schwartz, Adam; Montine, Tom; Thomas, Ronald G.; Donohue, Michael; Walter, Sarah; Gessert, Devon; Sather, Tamie; Jiminez, Gus; Harvey, Danielle; Bernstein, Matthew; Fox, Nick; Thompson, Paul; Schuff, Norbert; Borowski, Bret; Gunter, Jeff; Senjem, Matt; Vemuri, Prashanthi; Jones, David; Kantarci, Kejal; Ward, Chad; Koeppe, Robert A.; Foster, Norm; Reiman, Eric M.; Chen, Kewei; Mathis, Chet; Landau, Susan; Cairns, Nigel J.; Householder, Erin; Taylor-Reinwald, Lisa; Lee, Virginia; Korecka, Magdalena; Figurski, Michal; Crawford, Karen; Neu, Scott; Foroud, Tatiana M.; Potkin, Steven; Shen, Li; Faber, Kelley; Kim, Sungeun; Nho, Kwangsik; Thal, Leon; Buckholtz, Neil; Albert, Marylyn; Frank, Richard; Hsiao, John; Kaye, Jeffrey; Quinn, Joseph; Lind, Betty; Carter, Raina; Dolen, Sara; Schneider, Lon S.; Pawluczyk, Sonia; Beccera, Mauricio; Teodoro, Liberty; Spann, Bryan M.; Brewer, James; Vanderswag, Helen; Fleisher, Adam; Heidebrink, Judith L.; Lord, Joanne L.; Mason, Sara S.; Albers, Colleen S.; Knopman, David; Johnson, Kris; Doody, Rachelle S.; Villanueva-Meyer, Javier; Chowdhury, Munir; Rountree, Susan; Dang, Mimi; Stern, Yaakov; Honig, Lawrence S.; Bell, Karen L.; Ances, Beau; Carroll, Maria; Leon, Sue; Mintun, Mark A.; Schneider, Stacy; Oliver, Angela; Marson, Daniel; Griffith, Randall; Clark, David; Geldmacher, David; Brockington, John; Roberson, Erik; Grossman, Hillel; Mitsis, Effie; de Toledo-Morrell, Leyla; Shah, Raj C.; Duara, Ranjan; Varon, Daniel; Greig, Maria T.; Roberts, Peggy; Albert, Marilyn; Onyike, Chiadi; D'Agostino, Daniel; Kielb, Stephanie; Galvin, James E.; Cerbone, Brittany; Michel, Christina A.; Rusinek, Henry; de Leon, Mony J.; Glodzik, Lidia; De Santi, Susan; Doraiswamy, P. Murali; Petrella, Jeffrey R.; Wong, Terence Z.; Arnold, Steven E.; Karlawish, Jason H.; Wolk, David; Smith, Charles D.; Jicha, Greg; Hardy, Peter; Sinha, Partha; Oates, Elizabeth; Conrad, Gary; Lopez, Oscar L.; Oakley, MaryAnn; Simpson, Donna M.; Porsteinsson, Anton P.; Goldstein, Bonnie S.; Martin, Kim; Makino, Kelly M.; Ismail, M. Saleem; Brand, Connie; Mulnard, Ruth A.; Thai, Gaby; Mc-Adams-Ortiz, Catherine; Womack, Kyle; Mathews, Dana; Quiceno, Mary; Diaz-Arrastia, Ramon; King, Richard; Weiner, Myron; Martin-Cook, Kristen; DeVous, Michael; Levey, Allan I.; Lah, James J.; Cellar, Janet S.; Burns, Jeffrey M.; Anderson, Heather S.; Swerdlow, Russell H.; Apostolova, Liana; Tingus, Kathleen; Woo, Ellen; Silverman, Daniel H. S.; Lu, Po H.; Bartzokis, George; Graff-Radford, Neill R.; Parfitt, Francine; Kendall, Tracy; Johnson, Heather; Farlow, Martin R.; Hake, AnnMarie; Matthews, Brandy R.; Herring, Scott; Hunt, Cynthia; van Dyck, Christopher H.; Carson, Richard E.; MacAvoy, Martha G.; Chertkow, Howard; Bergman, Howard; Hosein, Chris; Black, Sandra; Stefanovic, Bojana; Caldwell, Curtis; Robin Hsiung, Ging-Yuek; Feldman, Howard; Mudge, Benita; Assaly, Michele; Kertesz, Andrew; Rogers, John; Bernick, Charles; Munic, Donna; Kerwin, Diana; Mesulam, Marek-Marsel; Lipowski, Kristine; Wu, Chuang-Kuo; Johnson, Nancy; Sadowsky, Carl; Martinez, Walter; Villena, Teresa; Turner, Raymond Scott; Johnson, Kathleen; Reynolds, Brigid; Sperling, Reisa A.; Johnson, Keith A.; Marshall, Gad; Frey, Meghan; Lane, Barton; Rosen, Allyson; Tinklenberg, Jared; Sabbagh, Marwan N.; Belden, Christine M.; Jacobson, Sandra A.; Sirrel, Sherye A.; Kowall, Neil; Killiany, Ronald; Budson, Andrew E.; Norbash, Alexander; Johnson, Patricia Lynn; Allard, Joanne; Lerner, Alan; Ogrocki, Paula; Hudson, Leon; Fletcher, Evan; Carmichael, Owen; Olichney, John; DeCarli, Charles; Kittur, Smita; Borrie, Michael; Lee, T.-Y.; Bartha, Rob; Johnson, Sterling; Asthana, Sanjay; Carlsson, Cynthia M.; Potkin, Steven G.; Preda, Adrian; Nguyen, Dana; Tariot, Pierre; Reeder, Stephanie; Bates, Vernice; Capote, Horacio; Rainka, Michelle; Scharre, Douglas W.; Kataki, Maria; Adeli, Anahita; Zimmerman, Earl A.; Celmins, Dzintra; Brown, Alice D.; Pearlson, Godfrey D.; Blank, Karen; Anderson, Karen; Santulli, Robert B.; Kitzmiller, Tamar J.; Schwartz, Eben S.; Sink, Kaycee M.; Williamson, Jeff D.; Garg, Pradeep; Watkins, Franklin; Ott, Brian R.; Querfurth, Henry; Tremont, Geoffrey; Salloway, Stephen; Malloy, Paul; Correia, Stephen; Rosen, Howard J.; Miller, Bruce L.; Mintzer, Jacobo; Spicer, Kenneth; Bachman, David; Finger, Elizabether; Pasternak, Stephen; Rachinsky, Irina; Drost, Dick; Pomara, Nunzio; Hernando, Raymundo; Sarrael, Antero; Schultz, Susan K.; Boles Ponto, Laura L.; Shim, Hyungsub; Smith, Karen Elizabeth; Relkin, Norman; Chaing, Gloria; Raudin, Lisa; Smith, Amanda; Fargher, Kristin; Raj, Balebail Ashok; Neylan, Thomas; Grafman, Jordan; Davis, Melissa; Morrison, Rosemary; Hayes, Jacqueline; Finley, Shannon; Friedl, Karl; Fleischman, Debra; Arfanakis, Konstantinos; James, Olga; Massoglia, Dino; Fruehling, J. Jay; Harding, Sandra; Peskind, Elaine R.; Petrie, Eric C.; Li, Gail; Yesavage, Jerome A.; Taylor, Joy L.; Furst, Ansgar J. (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
      There is considerable debate whether Alzheimer's disease (AD) originates in basal forebrain or entorhinal cortex. Here we examined whether longitudinal decreases in basal forebrain and entorhinal cortex grey matter volume ...

    • Basal Gene Expression by Lung CD4+ T Cells in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Identifies Independent Molecular Correlates of Airflow Obstruction and Emphysema Extent 

      Freeman, Christine M.; McCubbrey, Alexandra L.; Crudgington, Sean; Nelson, Joshua; Martinez, Fernando J.; Han, MeiLan K.; Washko, George R.; Chensue, Stephen W.; Arenberg, Douglas A.; Meldrum, Catherine A.; McCloskey, Lisa; Curtis, Jeffrey L. (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Lung CD4+ T cells accumulate as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) progresses, but their role in pathogenesis remains controversial. To address this controversy, we studied lung tissue from 53 subjects undergoing ...

    • Baseline assessment of adult and adolescent primary care delivery in Rwanda: an opportunity for quality improvement 

      Vasan, Ashwin; Anatole, Manzi; Mezzacappa, Catherine; Hedt-Gauthier, Bethany L; Hirschhorn, Lisa R; Nkikabahizi, Fulgence; Hagenimana, Marc; Ndayisaba, Aphrodis; Cyamatare, Felix R; Nzeyimana, Bonaventure; Drobac, Peter; Gupta, Neil (BioMed Central, 2013)
      Background: As resource-limited health systems evolve to address complex diseases, attention must be returned to basic primary care delivery. Limited data exists detailing the quality of general adult and adolescent primary ...

    • Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the JUPITER Trial, A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Primary Prevention Trial of Statin Therapy Among Individuals With Low Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Elevated High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein 

      Ridker, Paul M.; Fonseca, Francisco A.H.; Genest, Jacques; Gotto, Antonio M.; Kastelein, John J.P.; Khurmi, Nardev S.; Koenig, Wolfgang; Libby, Peter; Lorenzatti, Alberto J.; Nordestgaard, Borge G.; Shepherd, James; Willerson, James T.; Glynn, Robert James (Elsevier BV, 2007)
      The Justification for the Use of statins in Primary prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin (JUPITER) is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled primary prevention trial of statin therapy among ...

    • Baseline Gamma Power during Auditory Steady-State Stimulation in Schizophrenia 

      Spencer, Kevin M. (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2012)
      Several studies have reported deficits in \(\gamma\) oscillatory activity elicited by sensory stimulation or cognitive processes in schizophrenia patients (SZ) compared to healthy control subjects (HC). However, the evidence ...

    • Baseline population health conditions ahead of a health system strengthening program in rural Madagascar 

      Miller, Ann; Ramananjato, Ranto H.; Garchitorena, Andres; Rabeza, Victor R.; Gikic, Djordje; Cripps, Amber; Cordier, Laura; Rahaniraka Razanadrakato, Hery-Tiana; Randriamanambintsoa, Marius; Hall, Lara; Murray, Megan Blanche; Safara Razanavololo, Felicite; Rich, Michael Leonard; Bonds, Matthew H (Informa UK Limited, 2017)

    • Baseline Repeated Measures from Controlled Human Exposure Studies: Associations between Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and the Systemic Inflammatory Biomarkers IL-6 and Fibrinogen 

      Thompson, Aaron M.S.; Zanobetti, Antonella; Silverman, Frances; Schwartz, Joel David; Coull, Brent Andrew; Urch, Bruce; Speck, Mary; Brook, Jeffrey R.; Manno, Michael; Gold, Diane R. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2009)
      Introduction: Systemic inflammation may be one of the mechanisms mediating the association between ambient air pollution and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and fibrinogen are biomarkers of ...

    • Baseline Resistance to Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Fails to Predict Virologic Response to Combination Therapy in Children (PACTG 338) 

      Fiscus, Susan A; Kovacs, Andrea; Petch, Leslie A; Hu, Chengcheng; Wiznia, Andrew A; Mofenson, Lynne M; Yogev, Ram; McIntosh, Kenneth; Pelton, Stephen I; Napravnik, Sonia; Stanley, Kenneth Earl; Nachman, Sharon A (BioMed Central, 2007)
      Background: The association between baseline drug resistance mutations and subsequent increase in viral failure has not been established for HIV-infected children. We evaluated drug resistance mutations at 39 codon sites ...

    • Basic and complex emotion recognition in children with autism: cross-cultural findings 

      Fridenson-Hayo, Shimrit; Berggren, Steve; Lassalle, Amandine; Tal, Shahar; Pigat, Delia; Bölte, Sven; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Golan, Ofer (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) have emotion recognition deficits when tested in different expression modalities (face, voice, body). However, these findings usually focus on basic emotions, using ...

    • Basic Features of a Cell Electroporation Model: Illustrative Behavior for Two Very Different Pulses 

      Son, Reuben S.; Smith, Kyle C.; Gowrishankar, Thiruvallur R.; Vernier, P. Thomas; Weaver, James C. (Springer US, 2014)
      Science increasingly involves complex modeling. Here we describe a model for cell electroporation in which membrane properties are dynamically modified by poration. Spatial scales range from cell membrane thickness (5 nm) ...

    • Basolateral Junction Proteins Regulate Competition for the Follicle Stem Cell Niche in the Drosophila Ovary 

      Kronen, Maria R.; Schoenfelder, Kevin P.; Klein, Allon M.; Nystul, Todd G. (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Epithelial stem cells are routinely lost or damaged during adult life and must therefore be replaced to maintain homeostasis. Recent studies indicate that stem cell replacement occurs through neutral competition in many ...

    • Battery of behavioral tests in mice to study postoperative delirium 

      Peng, Mian; Zhang, Ce; Dong, Yuanlin; Zhang, Yiying; Nakazawa, Harumasa; Kaneki, Masao; Zheng, Hui; Shen, Yuan; Marcantonio, Edward R.; Xie, Zhongcong (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
      Postoperative delirium is associated with increased morbidity, mortality and cost. However, its neuropathogenesis remains largely unknown, partially owing to lack of animal model(s). We therefore set out to employ a battery ...

    • Bax and Bak can localize to the endoplasmic reticulum to initiate apoptosis 

      Zong, Wei-Xing; Li, Chi; Hatzivassiliou, Georgia; Lindsten, Tullia; Yu, Qian-Chun; Yuan, Junying; Thompson, Craig B. (Rockefeller University Press, 2003)
      Bax and Bak play a redundant but essential role in apoptosis initiated by the mitochondrial release of apoptogenic factors. In addition to their presence at the mitochondrial outer membrane, Bax and Bak can also localize ...

    • A BAX/BAK and Cyclophilin D-Independent Intrinsic Apoptosis Pathway 

      Zamorano, Sebastián; Rojas-Rivera, Diego; Lisbona, Fernanda; Parra, Valentina; Court, Felipe A.; Villegas, Rosario; Cheng, Emily H.; Korsmeyer, Stanley J.; Lavandero, Sergio; Hetz, Claudio (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Most intrinsic death signals converge into the activation of pro-apoptotic BCL-2 family members BAX and BAK at the mitochondria, resulting in the release of cytochrome c and apoptosome activation. Chronic endoplasmic ...