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(2016-11-21)Department: PathologySepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to infection. It is often accompanied by the pathologic production of thrombin, the key enzyme in blood plasma responsible for coagulation, and by contact activation, which is a ...
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(2009-04-10)Department: ChemistryHemozoin (Hz), the heme detoxification biomineral formed during the intraerythrocytic stage of malaria, has long been suspected of contributing to immunomodulations that occur during P. falciparum infection. Rupture of ...
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(2015-07-14)Department: PhysicsGalaxy interactions play a critical role in the growth and evolution of galaxies. While galaxy mergers are known to transform galaxies morphologically and kinematically in a myriad of ways, not all interactions lead to a ...
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(2010-05-17)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyTHE ROLE OF FOXM1 IN GROWTH FACTOR-MEDIATED PANCREATIC BETA-CELL PROLIFERATION JIA ZHANG Dissertation under the direction of Professor Maureen A. Gannon Both type I and type II diabetes are due to an either absolute ...
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(2008-09-29)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsMOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS THE ROLE OF FOXM1 IN PANCREATIC BETA CELL MASS REGENERATION AND EXPANSION AMANDA ACKERMANN MISFELDT Dissertation under the direction of Maureen Gannon, Ph.D. The size of an organism’s ...
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The Role of French Language Proficiency in the Social Integration of France's Immigrant Populations (Vanderbilt University, 2014)
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(2021-08-19)Department: Biological SciencesCOPI plays important roles in the cellular trafficking system by retrieving protein cargoes at the Golgi and endosomes. The COPI budding and fusion cycle starts when a small GTPase, Arf1, is recruited to the membrane. ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009)The paper assumes a government advantage in collecting income contingent payments and develop a proposal for a government loan program that is an integral part of the tax system. The focus is on administrative costs and ...
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Department: NeuroscienceThe Bone Morphogenic Protein (BMP) signaling pathway is vital in neural progenitor cell proliferation, specification, and differentiation. The BMP signaling antagonist Gremlin2 (Grem2) is the most potent natural inhibitor ...
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Department: NeuroscienceThe Bone Morphogenic Protein (BMP) signaling pathway is vital in neural progenitor cell proliferation, specification, and differentiation. The BMP signaling antagonist Gremlin2 (Grem2) is the most potent natural inhibitor ...
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(2008-07-18)Department: Biomedical EngineeringLasers have taken on an ever-expanding role in the medical field for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Commonly, damage from laser procedures has been quantified on the tissue level. As a result, relatively little ...
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(2009-12-16)Department: ChemistryInfecting 200 million people chronically, Schistosoma mansoni, the helminth responsible for schistosomiasis, catabolizes host hemoglobin releasing amino acids and heme. To avoid the oxidative stress caused by toxic free ...
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(2021-03-25)Department: Biomedical EngineeringOsteomyelitis, inflammation of bone, is highly morbid and is most commonly triggered by Staphylococcus aureus infection. Despite the introduction of antimicrobials, curative treatment of S. aureus osteomyelitis often fails ...
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(2019-05-15)Department: Human GeneticsGut microbiomes, the genetic repertoire for millions to trillions of microbes residing throughout each metazoan’s digestive tract, are shaped by their host and environment. Composed of up to 500 times the genetic diversity ...
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(2023-01-30)Department: BiochemistryGenetic models suggested that SMARCA5 was required for DNA templated events including transcription, DNA replication and DNA repair. We engineered a degron tag into the endogenous alleles of SMARCA5, a catalytic component ...
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(2010-08-05)Department: Electrical EngineeringAmbient hydrogen has been shown to enhance the degradation of several types of linear bipolar devices. Recently, it has been seen that hydrogen exposure can cause increased degradation at high dose rates. This has created ...
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(2015-03-24)Department: Special EducationThis paper explores efficiency and transfer of word learning in first and second grade students. In two studies, students participated in a short training in which they were exposed to words that vary in spelling regularity ...
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(2023-11-14)Department: Biological SciencesInfectious diseases pose a continuous risk to the health and longevity of human, animal, and plant communities. Fortunately, immune systems are equipped to identify and eradicate these invading parasites. However, an ...
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(2017-08-30)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyAirway inflammatory diseases including viral bronchiolitis and allergy are significant causes or morbidity and mortality worldwide. A recently identified lineage of leukocytes known as innate lymphoid cells (ILC) have ...
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(2010-07-15)Department: NeuroscienceMonoamine signaling in the central nervous system plays an essential role in circuits involving attention, mood, memory, and stress as well as providing pivotal support for autonomic function in the peripheral nervous ...