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Title: A NOVEL ANTIBODY FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
Author: Wu, Shuta
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Oncology
Description: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) remains the most aggressive cancer with a 5-year survival rate below 10%. Two of the major contributors to this dismal prognosis are late-stage diagnosis and limited treatment options. Common symptoms of PDA ...

Title: A STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS MAJOR INTRINSIC PROTEINS
Author: Taylor, Jonathon
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Cytology, Evolutionary developmental biology
Description: There is currently a major gap in understanding the physiological processes of tissue grade animals from early diverging phyla, particularly within the context of the molecular mechanisms in response to osmotic variation. A key protein family esse...

Title: ANCESTRAL COMPLEXITY AND LINEAGE SPECIFIC EXPANSIONS OF THE ANIMAL BZIP INTERACTOME
Author: Kane, Eric
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Bioinformatics, Evolutionary developmental biology
Description: Protein-protein interactions are central to the regulation and function of transcription factors in time- and cell-specific regulation of the genome. Increases in interactome complexity may serve as a mechanistic driver for evolutionary novelty. T...

Title: APE2 is a Critical Regulator of the DNA Damage Response to Maintain Genome Integrity in Mammalian Cells
Author: HOSSAIN, MD AKRAM
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology, Cytology
Description: The maintenance of genome integrity and fidelity is essential for the proper function and survival of all organisms. Recent studies have revealed that APE2 is required for the activation of an ATR-Chk1 DNA damage response (DDR) pathway in response...

Title: ASSESSING COMPARATIVE FUNCTIONS FOR THE BZIP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFE2 IN NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS
Author: Clegg, Devin
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: The bZIP gene superfamily is a family of transcription factors that have gone through multiple duplication events within bilaterians, specifically in vertebrates. This has led to multiple paralogs in each bZIP family while early diverging phyla ha...

Title: Abrogating the oncogenic signaling associated with tumor MUC1 in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Author: Bose, Mukulika
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biochemistry, Oncology
Description: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is one of the most lethal human cancers. The incidence rate of PDA nearly matches its mortality rate and the best treatment till date is surgical resection for which only 25\% are eligible. Tumor recurrence a...

Title: Apoptotic T-cell derived microparticles containing sonic hedgehog modulate endothelial cell functions in inflammation via rho kinase pathway
Author: Attal, Neha
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Impaired vascular regulation as a result of endothelial dysfunction is a major determinant of sepsis-associated liver failure. We have previously shown that inhibition of one signaling molecule rho-kinase (ROCK) predominantly restores endothelial ...

Title: Assessing the impact of temperature on population-specific gene expression of a model estuarine cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis
Author: Klock, Amy
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Temperature is a critical environmental factor that affects all living organisms. Climate change is resulting in rising global temperatures with marine environments being especially vulnerable. My study aimed to elucidate the temperature-dependent...

Title: Assessment of Methods and Environmental Influence on the Nematostella Vectensis Microbiome
Author: Krueger, Quinton
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Microbiology, Bioinformatics
Description: Cnidarians are a diverse clade of marine invertebrates that inhabit a variety of environments. The conditions of these habitats are becoming more extreme with the progression of time. These organisms associate with bacteria, which are composed of ...

Title: BIOFLAVONOIDS GENISTEIN AND QUERCETIN TRIGGER ALTERNATIVE END JOINING PATHWAY OF DNA REPAIR
Author: GHOSH, ANINDITA
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Faithful repair of chromosomal double-strand breaks (DSBs) is crucial to genome stability and normal cell survival and proliferation. During normal metabolic processes and especially following exposure to DNA damaging agents including irradiation,...

Title: CELLULAR BIOMARKER RESPONSES OF THE ASIAN CLAM, CORBICULA FLUMINEA, NEAR A COAL ASH POND
Author: Thomason, Travis
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: The storage of coal combustion residuals (CCR) in aquatic surface impoundments has been a common practice across the United States for decades. Typically these aquatic surface impoundments are designed to allow the upper portion of the ash-basin w...

Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY OF CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE A IN BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS
Author: Sharma, Sunita
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology
Description: Capsular Polysaccharide A (CPSA) is a polymer of a tetrasaccharide unit found on the surface of the symbiotic gut bacteria Bacteroides fragilis. It has been suggested that CPSA is vital for maintaining a normal balance between the levels of Th1 an...

Title: CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR) T CELL IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR MUCIN 1 (MUC1)-POSITIVE PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
Author: Yazdanifar, Mahboubeh
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Chimeric antigen receptor engineered (CAR) T cells have shown remarkable success in the treatment of hematologic cancers. However, this efficacy has yet to translate to treatment in solid tumors. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a fatal m...

Title: CO-CHAPERONE REGULATION OF THE RIBONUCLOETIDE REDUCTASE COMPLEX
Author: Knighton, Laura
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Biochemistry
Description: The molecular chaperone Hsp70 folds a significant proportion of the proteome and is responsible for the activity and stability of many disease-related proteins, including those in cancer. Substantial effort has been devoted to developing a range o...

Title: CORTICAL ACTIVITY OF THE SENSORIMOTOR SYSTEM IN PARTICIPANTS WITH CHRONIC ANKLE INSTABILITY
Author: Burcal, Christopher
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Kinesiology, Neurosciences
Description: Patients with chronic ankle instability (CAI) exhibit a wide variety of sensorimotor deficits. These include impairments in feed-forward sensorimotor control (i.e. motor planning) as well as feed-back sensorimotor control, which pertains to refini...

Title: Circadian behavior and gene expression in an estuarine cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis
Author: Leach, Whitney
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Ecology
Description: Animals respond to diurnal shifts in their environment with a combination of behavioral, physiological, and molecular changes to synchronize with regularly-timed external cues. The light:dark cycle is regarded as the most important entrainment cue...

Title: Collateral changes in susceptibility of Burkholderia multivorans
Author: Flanagan, Jerilyn
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Microbiology
Description: Antibiotic resistant bacteria, particularly in chronic infections, are difficult and costly to treat, so research into detection, identification, and treatment options is critical. Susceptibility measurement must accurately reflect the degree to w...

Title: Common Dietary and Environmental Compounds Promote a Leukemic Translocation in Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Differentiated Cells
Author: Vestal, Carol
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology, Genetics
Description: Maternal exposure to topoisomerase II (topoII) inhibitors that are biochemically similar to the chemotherapeutic drug etoposide may promote infant acute leukemia. Several studies have shown that common dietary bioflavonoids as well as benzene meta...

Title: Comparative analysis of Nitrosococcus genomes; isolation, physiological and genomic characterization of the new ammonia-oxidizing species Nitrosococcus wardiae, strain D1FHST; and molecular studies towards a better understanding of ammonia-dependent chemolithotrophy
Author: Wang, Lin
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology, Genetics
Description: Obligate aerobic chemolithoautotrophic ammonia-oxidzing bacteria (AOB) derive energy and reductant needed for growth solely from the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite thereby facilitating the process of nitritation. A strain of an ammonia-oxidizing ...

Title: Detrimental brain inflammation and the role of the interleukin 10 family members
Author: Burmeister, Amanda
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Resident brain cells recognize pathogens and can initiate and/or regulate inflammation. Indeed, we have shown that stimulated glial cells rapidly produce inflammatory mediators, followed by the late production of anti-inflammatory cytokines such a...