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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: EFFECTS OF S-ADENOSYL-L-METHIONINE ON COLLAGEN EXPRESSION IN ACTIVATED HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS
Author: Thompson, Kyle
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Cytology
Description: Liver fibrosis is defined as the excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) components, which can disrupt the normal liver microcirculation and lead to injury. Unresolved, hepatic fibrosis can progress to cirrhosis, an end-state liver di...

Title: Hepatic Stellate Cell Transdifferentiation: Pro-fibrogenic Effectors
Author: Lakner, Ashley
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology
Description: Hepatic fibrosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and can be described as exacerbated wound-healing marked by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix components, predominantly type I collagen. Chronic injury stimula...

Title: IDENTIFICATION OF EPITHELIAL OVARIAN TUMOR SPECIFIC APTAMERS THAT BIND AND INTERNALIZE INTO TARGET CELLS
Author: Benedetto, Gregory
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Biology
Description: New clinical tools that aid in the early diagnosis of ovarian malignancies will significantly help reduce mortality and improve current long-term survival rates. The objective of the work presented here was to identify ovarian tumor specific singl...

Title: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF NEWLY DESCRIBED CYTOSOLIC PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS IN PROTECTIVE HOST RESPONSES TO NEUROTROPIC VIRUSES
Author: Crill, Emma
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Immunology, Virology
Description: The importance of the effector functions performed by glial cells, the resident cells of the CNS possessing immune functions, in abrogating potentially fatal neurotropic viral infections have only recently begun to gain appreciation. These effecto...

Title: Intracellular pattern recognition receptors underlie inflammatory responses of glial cells to central nervous system pathogens
Author: Sterka, David
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Cytology
Description: There is growing appreciation that the resident glial cells of the CNS, in particular microglia and astrocytes, are important participants in the generation of inflammation during brain infection. However, the mechanisms by which these cell types ...

Title: Pleiotropic effects on the transcriptome and genome of transgenic soybeans resulting from transgene integration and expression in seed tissue
Author: Lambirth, Kevin
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology, Bioinformatics
Description: The seeds of the common soybean (Glycine max) produce and store large amounts of protein, making them an appealing bioreactor for producing valuable recombinant proteins at high levels. However, the effects of accumulating recombinant protein at h...

Title: THE ROLE OF MUC1 IN REGULATION AND PROGRESSION OF CANCER
Author: Sahraeimanouchehrabadi, Mahnaz
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Immunology, Biology, Oncology
Description: MUC1 is a heavily glycosylated transmembrane glycoprotein which is overexpressed and aberrantly glycosylated in most human carcinomas. MUC1 contains a large tandem repeat, a short transmembrane, and a small cytoplasmic tail. Both tandem repeat and...