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2008 Field Excavation Final Report Acosta-Durst-Taylor House, Leslie G. Cecil Jul 2013

2008 Field Excavation Final Report Acosta-Durst-Taylor House, Leslie G. Cecil

Faculty Publications

The Acosta-Durst-Taylor site (now known as the Durst-Taylor House) is known as one of the earliest occupations in Nacogdoches, TX. The property fronts North Street and is just to the north of Hospital Street (Figure 1). Much of the history of this plot of land and accompanying house, out structures, and other buildings associated with this land is described thoroughly in the site’s National Register of Historic Places nomination form (United States Department of the Interior 2003). What follows is a brief synopsis of the changing landscape of site 41NA182.

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Current, July 29, 2013, University Of Missouri-St. Louis Jul 2013

Current, July 29, 2013, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

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Why Do Human Friends (But Not Pets) Make People Live Longer?, Harold Herzog Jul 2013

Why Do Human Friends (But Not Pets) Make People Live Longer?, Harold Herzog

'Animals and Us' Blog Posts

The lack of a "pet effect" on human longevity is puzzling.

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Index Of Mentions Of St. Augustin's Church And School In Newport Daily News, 1900-1940, Patrick F. Murphy Jul 2013

Index Of Mentions Of St. Augustin's Church And School In Newport Daily News, 1900-1940, Patrick F. Murphy

Patrick Murphy Collection on St. Augustin Parish and School

List of mentions of the St. Augustin's Church and St. Augustin's School in the Newport Daily News, listed alphabetically by subject with date.

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Studies On Tracheorelaxant And Anti-Inflammatory Activities Of Rhizomes Of Polygonatum Verticillatum, Haroon Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Hassan Mehmood, Najeeb-Ur Rehman, Naveed Muhammad, Ikram-Ul Haq, Nadeem Ashraf, Kamal Eldin H El-Tahir, Anwar Gilani Jul 2013

Studies On Tracheorelaxant And Anti-Inflammatory Activities Of Rhizomes Of Polygonatum Verticillatum, Haroon Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Hassan Mehmood, Najeeb-Ur Rehman, Naveed Muhammad, Ikram-Ul Haq, Nadeem Ashraf, Kamal Eldin H El-Tahir, Anwar Gilani

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Background: The present study describes the tracheorelaxant and anti-inflammatory effects of Polygonatum verticillatum which may support its medicinal use in hyperactive airway complaints and inflammatory disorders.
Methods: The tracheorelaxant activity of crude extract of the rhizomes of P. verticillatum (PR) was assessed in isolated guinea-pig tracheal tissues immersed in tissue organ bath filled with Tyrode's solution and a continuous supply of carbogen gas (95% O2 and 5% CO2). The contractile and relaxant responses of the tissue were measured using isometric transducers coupled with Power-Lab data acquisition system. The anti-inflammatory effect was evaluated in carrageenan-induced rat paw edema model, while the …

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Analysis Of Unannotated Equine Transcripts Identified By Mrna Sequencing, Stephen J. Coleman, Zheng Zeng, Matthew S. Hestand, Jinze Liu, James N. Macleod Jul 2013

Analysis Of Unannotated Equine Transcripts Identified By Mrna Sequencing, Stephen J. Coleman, Zheng Zeng, Matthew S. Hestand, Jinze Liu, James N. Macleod

Veterinary Science Faculty Publications

Sequencing of equine mRNA (RNA-seq) identified 428 putative transcripts which do not map to any previously annotated or predicted horse genes. Most of these encode the equine homologs of known protein-coding genes described in other species, yet the potential exists to identify novel and perhaps equine-specific gene structures. A set of 36 transcripts were prioritized for further study by filtering for levels of expression (depth of RNA-seq read coverage), distance from annotated features in the equine genome, the number of putative exons, and patterns of gene expression between tissues. From these, four were selected for further investigation based on predicted …

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Prefrontal Cortical Microcircuits Bind Perception To Executive Control, Ioan Opris, Lucas Santos, Greg A. Gerhardt, Dong Song, Theodore W. Berger, Robert E. Hampson, Sam A. Deadwyler Jul 2013

Prefrontal Cortical Microcircuits Bind Perception To Executive Control, Ioan Opris, Lucas Santos, Greg A. Gerhardt, Dong Song, Theodore W. Berger, Robert E. Hampson, Sam A. Deadwyler

Neuroscience Faculty Publications

During the perception-to-action cycle, our cerebral cortex mediates the interactions between the environment and the perceptual-executive systems of the brain. At the top of the executive hierarchy, prefrontal cortical microcircuits are assumed to bind perceptual and executive control information to guide goal-driven behavior. Here, we tested this hypothesis by comparing simultaneously recorded neuron firing in prefrontal cortical layers and the caudate-putamen of rhesus monkeys, trained in a spatial-versus-object, rule-based match-to-sample task. We found that during the perception and executive selection phases, cell firing in the localized prefrontal layers and caudate-putamen region exhibited similar location preferences on spatial-trials, but less on …

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Macro Description Of Public Beach Attributes That May Effect Turtle Nesting In Playa De Coco, La Flor (Pacific, Southwest Nicaragua) And Pacuare And Tortuguero, (Caribbean, Costa Rica), July 2013, Falk Huettmann Jul 2013

Macro Description Of Public Beach Attributes That May Effect Turtle Nesting In Playa De Coco, La Flor (Pacific, Southwest Nicaragua) And Pacuare And Tortuguero, (Caribbean, Costa Rica), July 2013, Falk Huettmann

Faculty

We observed several macro beach features of four public sea turtle nesting beaches for Playa Coco (latitude11.15382, longitude 85.80051; geographic datum WGS84) and La Flor (latitude 11.14282, longitude 85.79418) in southwest Nicaragua (Pacific), and Pacuare Reserve (latitude10.20123, longitude, 83.25925) and Tortugero (latitude 10.59583, longitude 83.52520) in Costa Rica (Caribbean). Recorded features included the intensity of tourism, number of different predator species of sea turtle hatchlings, number of tourists, and line transects for density of plastic, wood, metal, and crab burrows. Light and sound disturbances at night were also recorded as well as man-made objects left overnight on the shore of …

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Grid Survey Habitat Data For Playa El Coco Beach (Nesting Sea Turtles) - Pacific, Southwestern Nicaragua July Of 2013, Falk Huettmann Jul 2013

Grid Survey Habitat Data For Playa El Coco Beach (Nesting Sea Turtles) - Pacific, Southwestern Nicaragua July Of 2013, Falk Huettmann

Faculty

This GRID survey was done at the beach of Playa de Coco - near a globally relevant sea turtle nesting beach (La Flor). Playa el Coco (latitude 11.15382, longitude 85.80051, geographic datum WGS84) is situated at the Pacific Ocean in southwestern Nicaragua, approx. 20 km far from San Juan Del Sur and approx. 30 km far from the Costa Rican border, just adjacent to La Flor. We did our grid-based habitat survey on 8th and 9th of July in 2013. The GRID points are geo-referenced by latitude and longitude (decimal degrees, WGS84, +- 10 meters acuracy) and were visited only …

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Exploitation Of Channel Catfish In Nebraska Flood-Control Reservoirs, Christopher Lee Wiley Jul 2013

Exploitation Of Channel Catfish In Nebraska Flood-Control Reservoirs, Christopher Lee Wiley

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus, is a popular sportfish in North America, and is the third most-sought fish species in Nebraska. Exploitation rates of channel catfish populations have been estimated to be substantial in states neighboring Nebraska. Despite the popularity of channel catfish, little is known about the exploitation of channel catfish populations in Nebraska. The objectives of this study were to estimate the exploitation rates of channel catfish populations, identify the length bias of angling for channel catfish, and identify the self-imposed length limits for channel catfish at flood-control reservoirs of Nebraska. The software package Program Mark was used to …

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Diagnostic Ultrasound Induced Inertial Cavitation To Non-Invasively Restore Coronary And Microvascular Flow In Acute Myocardial Infarction, X. Feng, S. Gao, J. Wu, J. Lof, S. Radio, F. Vignon, W. Shi, J. Powers, E. Unger, E. Carr Everbach, J. Liu, T. R. Porter Jul 2013

Diagnostic Ultrasound Induced Inertial Cavitation To Non-Invasively Restore Coronary And Microvascular Flow In Acute Myocardial Infarction, X. Feng, S. Gao, J. Wu, J. Lof, S. Radio, F. Vignon, W. Shi, J. Powers, E. Unger, E. Carr Everbach, J. Liu, T. R. Porter

Engineering Faculty Works

Ultrasound induced cavitation has been explored as a method of dissolving intravascular and microvascular thrombi in acute myocardial infarction. The purpose of this study was to determine the type of cavitation required for success, and whether longer pulse duration therapeutic impulses (sustaining the duration of cavitation) could restore both microvascular and epicardial flow with this technique. Accordingly, in 36 hyperlipidemic atherosclerotic pigs, thrombotic occlusions were induced in the mid-left anterior descending artery. Pigs were then randomized to either a) 1/2 dose tissue plasminogen activator (0.5 mg/kg) alone; or same dose plasminogen activator and an intravenous microbubble infusion with either b) …

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Grid Habitat Plot Survey Data For The Nesting Sea Turtles Beach La Flor Beach, Pacific, Southwestern Nicaragua July Of 2013, Falk Huettmann Jul 2013

Grid Habitat Plot Survey Data For The Nesting Sea Turtles Beach La Flor Beach, Pacific, Southwestern Nicaragua July Of 2013, Falk Huettmann

Faculty

This GRID habitat plot survey was done at a globally relevant sea turtle nesting beach: La Flor (latitude 11.14282, longitude 85.79418, geographic datum WGS84). This sand beach is located at the Pacific Ocean in southwestern Nicaragua, approx. 20 km far from San Juan Del Sur and approx. 30 km far from the Costa Rican border. We did our grid-based habitat survey on the 11th of July in 2013. The GRID points are geo-referenced by latitude and longitude (decimal degrees, WGS84, +- 10 meters acuracy) and were visited only once (no 3 repeats were done because it consists of sand and …

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Diagrammatic Elicitation: Defining The Use Of Diagrams In Data Collection, Muriah Umoquit, Peggy Tso, Tünde Varga-Atkins, Mark O'Brien, Johannes Wheeldon Jul 2013

Diagrammatic Elicitation: Defining The Use Of Diagrams In Data Collection, Muriah Umoquit, Peggy Tso, Tünde Varga-Atkins, Mark O'Brien, Johannes Wheeldon

The Qualitative Report

The use of graphic representations of experience and the social environment in the data collection process is an emerging approach. The terms diagramming, mapping and drawing are often used interchangeably, with no common interdisciplinary understanding of what they mean. The lack of a unifying terminology has resulted in simultaneous but separate developments undermining a more coherent approach to this emergent method. By defining what a diagram is and examining where diagramming fits amongst other data collection approaches, this paper proposes the term diagrammatic elicitation to refer to the use of diagrams in the data collection process. Two subcategories of this …

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Genetic Determinants Of Habitual Physical Activity And Overweight And Obesity, Harold Lee Jul 2013

Genetic Determinants Of Habitual Physical Activity And Overweight And Obesity, Harold Lee

Master's Theses

We tested 6 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with obesity from genome wide association studies for their association with physical activity (PA). Healthy European-American women (n=265) and men (n=230) (23.5±0.3yr, 24.6±0.2kg•m-2) were genotyped for MC4R (rs17782313), FTO (rs9939609), TMEM18 (rs6548238), NEGR1 (rs2815752), SH2B1 (rs7498665), and KCTD15 (rs11084753), and completed the Paffenbarger PA Questionnaire. We examined gene interactions by summing the number of obesity effect alleles. RESULTS: Normal weight subjects with MC4R T expended 1981.2±741.7kcal∙wk-1 less than non-carriers in total PA (p=0.008), 1825.9±650.2 kcal∙wk-1 less in sports/recreation (p=0.027), and 1231.3±552.7 kcal∙wk-1 less …

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Ovarian Dynamics In Zebrafish (Danio Rerio): A Study Of Growth, Vascularization, And Estrogenic Effects In Follicle-Enclosed Oocytes In Vivo, Gayathri Kaushik Jul 2013

Ovarian Dynamics In Zebrafish (Danio Rerio): A Study Of Growth, Vascularization, And Estrogenic Effects In Follicle-Enclosed Oocytes In Vivo, Gayathri Kaushik

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Kaushik, Gayathri. M.S. The University of Memphis. August/2013. Ovarian dynamics in zebrafish (Danio rerio): A study of growth, vascularization, and estrogenic effects in follicle-enclosed oocytes in vivo. Major Professor: Dr. Charles A. LessmanThe timeline of follicle-enclosed oocyte growth and development is not known. To study this, mature female zebrafish, Danio rerio, were injected intraperitoneally with the marker trypan blue (TB). Ovaries were removed at different time post injection. Then, oocyte diameter and TB uptake were determined from brightfield and fluorescence microscopy images, respectively. TB uptake increased steadily up to 48 hours post injection and declined subsequently. In Tg(fli1:EGFP)y1 zebrafish that …

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Learning The Meaning Of The Vervet Alarm Calls Using A Cognitive And Computational Model, Nisrine Ait Khayi-Enyinda Jul 2013

Learning The Meaning Of The Vervet Alarm Calls Using A Cognitive And Computational Model, Nisrine Ait Khayi-Enyinda

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This thesis explains how the infant vervet, Chlorocebus pygerthrus, learns the meaning of vervet alarm calls using the Learning Intelligent Distribution Agent's (LIDA) perceptual learning mechanism. We consider an approch of multiple meanings which corresponds to a feeling-based meaning, an action-based meaning, and a referential meaning. The first part of simulations was performed to test the learning of the meaning of these alarm calls while the infant is attached physically to the mother. The second part of simulations was performed to study the infant's understanding of these alarm calls while the infant is detached physically from the mother. The results …

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2013: Proceedings Of The 16th International Congress Of Speleology, Czech Republic, Brno, July 21-28, 2013 Volume 3 International Congress Of Speleology Ics Proceedings, International Congress Of Speleology Jul 2013

2013: Proceedings Of The 16th International Congress Of Speleology, Czech Republic, Brno, July 21-28, 2013 Volume 3 International Congress Of Speleology Ics Proceedings, International Congress Of Speleology

KIP Talks and Conferences

Produced by the Organizing Committee of the 16th International Congress of Speleology. Published by the Czech Speleological Society and the SPELEO2013 and in the co-operation with the International Union of SpeleologyEdited by Michal Filippi, Pavel Bosák Contents Preface Session: Karst And Caves In Carbonate Rocks, Salt And GypsumKarst Hydrogeology Of The Haney Limestone, South-Central Kentucky / Sarah M. Arpin, Christopher G. Groves -- An Introduction To Kalahroud Cave, North Of Esfahan, Iran / Shirin Bahadorinia, Sayed Hassen Hejazi, Alireza Nadimi, Derek C. Ford -- Cave System Of Kita Gaćešina - Draženova Puhaljka. The Longest Cave In The Dinaric Karst / …

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55th Annual Rocky Mountain Conference On Magnetic Resonance Jul 2013

55th Annual Rocky Mountain Conference On Magnetic Resonance

Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance

Final program, abstracts, and information about the 55th annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance, co-endorsed by the Colorado Section of the American Chemical Society and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Held in Denver, Colorado, July 28 - August 1, 2013.

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Treatment Of Tinea Corporis By Topical 10% Zinc Sulfate Solution, Khalifa E. Sharquie, Adil A. Noaimi, Sarmad A. Al-Hashimy, Iqbal G. F. Al-Tereihi Jul 2013

Treatment Of Tinea Corporis By Topical 10% Zinc Sulfate Solution, Khalifa E. Sharquie, Adil A. Noaimi, Sarmad A. Al-Hashimy, Iqbal G. F. Al-Tereihi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Tinea corporis is a dermatophyte infection of the glabrous skin. Multiple modalities of therapy have been used in the treatment of tinea corporis including both systemic and topical agents, such as imidazols, triazols, allylamines, ciclopirox and griseofulvin. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of topical 10% zinc sulfate solution in the treatment of tinea corporis and tap water as placebo controlled in treatment of tinea corporis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This opened labeled blind-therapeutic trial done in the Department of Dermatology -Baghdad Teaching Hospital, during October 2004 – March 2006.It consisted from 63 patients with tinea corporis, 33 …

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July 27, 2013 (Pages 4201-4312), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Jul 2013

July 27, 2013 (Pages 4201-4312), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 43 (2013)

No abstract provided.

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An Interview With Sue Donaldson And Will Kymlicka, Angus Taylor Jul 2013

An Interview With Sue Donaldson And Will Kymlicka, Angus Taylor

Between the Species

Angus Taylor interviews Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka, authors of Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights (Oxford University Press, 2011).

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July 26, 2013 - Alec Department Meeting Minutes Jul 2013

July 26, 2013 - Alec Department Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Examining The Relationship Between High School Deviant Behavior And Substance Use In College Students., Amanda Ndemo Jul 2013

Examining The Relationship Between High School Deviant Behavior And Substance Use In College Students., Amanda Ndemo

UROP Posters

The main purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between deviant high school behavior and substance use, as limited to alcohol and cigarette use. Deviant behavior as analyzed was defined by symptoms of conduct disorder and alcohol and cigarette use was limited to the past 30 days of the individual’s college career. The Conduct Disorder (CD) symptoms queried in the survey included setting fires, fights and things of that nature. Deviant behavior sum scores were created based on a pattern of related behaviors and the frequency at which each occurred. Data from 2022 VCU freshman who completed the …

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South Dakota Agricultural Land Values And Cash Rental Rates: 2013, Larry Janssen, Burton Pflueger, Bronc Mcmurty Jul 2013

South Dakota Agricultural Land Values And Cash Rental Rates: 2013, Larry Janssen, Burton Pflueger, Bronc Mcmurty

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

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Graduate Programs Commencement, 14th Class (2013), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine Jul 2013

Graduate Programs Commencement, 14th Class (2013), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Commencements

Philadelphia Campus Graduate Programs Commencement program, 14th Class. Degrees include Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology Doctor of Psychology in School Psychology Educational Specialist in School Psychology Master of Science in School Psychology Master of Science in Counseling and Clinical Health Psychology Master of Science in Organizational Development and Leadership Master of Science in Forensic Medicine Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences Master of Science in Health Sciences - Physician Assistant Studies.

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Reactin: Regulatory Activity Inference Of Transcription Factors Underlying Human Diseases With Application To Breast Cancer, Mingzhu Zhu, Chun-Chi Liu, Chao Cheng Jul 2013

Reactin: Regulatory Activity Inference Of Transcription Factors Underlying Human Diseases With Application To Breast Cancer, Mingzhu Zhu, Chun-Chi Liu, Chao Cheng

Dartmouth Scholarship

Genetic alterations of transcription factors (TFs) have been implicated in the tumorigenesis of cancers. In many cancers, alteration of TFs results in aberrant activity of them without changing their gene expression level. Gene expression data from microarray or RNA-seq experiments can capture the expression change of genes, however, it is still challenge to reveal the activity change of TFs. Here we propose a method, called REACTIN (REgulatory ACTivity INference), which integrates TF binding data with gene expression data to identify TFs with significantly differential activity between disease and normal samples. REACTIN successfully detect differential activity of estrogen receptor (ER) between …

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Dimerization Of The Glucan Phosphatase Laforin Requires The Participation Of Cysteine 329, Pablo Sánchez-Martín, Madushi Raththagala, Travis M. Bridges, Satrio Husodo, Matthew S. Gentry, Pascual Sanz, Carlos Romá-Mateo Jul 2013

Dimerization Of The Glucan Phosphatase Laforin Requires The Participation Of Cysteine 329, Pablo Sánchez-Martín, Madushi Raththagala, Travis M. Bridges, Satrio Husodo, Matthew S. Gentry, Pascual Sanz, Carlos Romá-Mateo

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Laforin, encoded by a gene that is mutated in Lafora Disease (LD, OMIM 254780), is a modular protein composed of a carbohydrate-binding module and a dual-specificity phosphatase domain. Laforin is the founding member of the glucan-phosphatase family and regulates the levels of phosphate present in glycogen. Multiple reports have described the capability of laforin to form dimers, although the function of these dimers and their relationship with LD remains unclear. Recent evidence suggests that laforin dimerization depends on redox conditions, suggesting that disulfide bonds are involved in laforin dimerization. Using site-directed mutagenesis we constructed laforin mutants in which individual cysteine …

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Code-Switching In The Classroom: Teaching The Neutral American Dialect To The 21st Century Student, Hollis Louise Casini Jul 2013

Code-Switching In The Classroom: Teaching The Neutral American Dialect To The 21st Century Student, Hollis Louise Casini

Theses and Dissertations

Language is a personal process, a product of not only our development, but of one’s culture. Yet in the United States, an actor must be able to speak without a detectable dialect to be competitive in the entertainment world. How can voice teachers in a multi-cultural society, train students with more attention to the individuality of the students we educate? In this thesis, I present the information I have found important in my development as a voice teacher that has influenced my approach to training actors to use the Neutral American dialect. I begin by outlining human language acquisition and …

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Poor Maternal Nutrition Reduced Body Weight, Growth Variables, And Circulating Concentrations Of Igf-I And Igfbp-3 In Lambs, Melissa A. Rokosa Jul 2013

Poor Maternal Nutrition Reduced Body Weight, Growth Variables, And Circulating Concentrations Of Igf-I And Igfbp-3 In Lambs, Melissa A. Rokosa

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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Ptpn11 Deletion In A Novel Cartilage Cell Causes Metachondromatosis By Activating Hedgehog Signaling, Qian Wu Jul 2013

Ptpn11 Deletion In A Novel Cartilage Cell Causes Metachondromatosis By Activating Hedgehog Signaling, Qian Wu

UCHC Articles - Research

SHP2, encoded by PTPN11, is required for survival, proliferation and differentiation of various cell types1,2. Germ line activating mutations in PTPN11 cause Noonan Syndrome, while somatic PTPN11 mutations cause childhood myeloproliferative disease and contribute to some solid tumors. Recently, heterozygous inactivating mutations in PTPN11 were found in metachondromatosis, a rare inherited disorder featuring multiple exostoses, endochondromas, joint destruction and bony deformities3,4. The detailed pathogenesis of this disorder has remained unclear. Here, we used a conditional knockout allele (Ptpn11fl) and Cre recombinase (Cre) transgenic mice to delete Ptpn11 specifically in …

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