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The metabolic effects of GDF15 are mediated by the orphan receptor GFRAL by Emmerson, Paul J, Wang, Feng, Du, Yong, Liu, Qian, Pickard, Richard T, Gonciarz, Malgorzata D, Coskun, Tamer, Hamang, Matthew J, Sindelar, Dana K, Ballman, Kimberly K, Foltz, Lisa A, Muppidi, Avinash, Alsina-Fernandez, Jorge, Barnard, Gavin C, Tang, Jason X, Liu, Xilin, Mao, Xudong, Siegel, Robert, Sloan, John H, Mitchell, Pamela J, Zhang, Bei B, Gimeno, Ruth E, Shan, Bei, Wu, Xinle

“…GDF15 has potent anti-obesity effects, but its receptor was previously unknown. GFRAL has now been identified as the receptor for GDF15, and it mediates the…”
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Cross-Reactive Polyclonal Antibodies Raised Against GalNAc-Conjugated siRNA Recognize Mostly the GalNAc Moiety by Ballman, Kimberly K., Peek, Victoria L., Sloan, John H., Li, Jingling, Konrad, Robert J., Wen, Yi

“…Small interfering RNA (siRNA) is gaining momentum as a therapeutic modality with six approved products. Since siRNA has the potential to elicit undesired…”
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Performance of a 3-Bladed Propeller Pump to Provide Cavopulmonary Assist in the Failing Fontan Circulation by Throckmorton, Amy L., PhD, Ballman, Kimberly K., BA, Myers, Cynthia D., MD, Frankel, Steven H., PhD, Brown, John W., MD, Rodefeld, Mark D., MD

“…Purpose We hypothesized that a propeller pump design would function optimally to provide cavopulmonary assist in a univentricular Fontan circulation…”
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Impaired function of Fanconi anemia type C-deficient macrophages by Liu, Ying, Ballman, Kimberly, Li, Deqiang, Khan, Shehnaz, Derr‐Yellin, Ethel, Shou, Weinian, Haneline, Laura S.

“…Fancc−/− macrophages exhibit autonomous defects contributing to the altered inflammatory response in vivo. FA is a genetic disorder characterized by BM…”
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Mechanisms of systemic adaptation to univentricular Fontan conversion by Myers, Cynthia D., MD, Ballman, Kimberly, BA, Riegle, Lindsay E., MD, Mattix, Kelly D., MD, Litwak, Kenneth, DVM, PhD, Rodefeld, Mark D., MD

“…Objective After univentricular Fontan conversion, systemic venous pressure serves as the sole driving force for transpulmonary blood flow. Consequently,…”
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Fas-Mediated Acute Lung Injury Requires Fas Expression on Nonmyeloid Cells of the Lung by Matute-Bello, Gustavo, Lee, Janet S, Liles, W. Conrad, Frevert, Charles W, Mongovin, Steven, Wong, Venus, Ballman, Kimberly, Sutlief, Steven, Martin, Thomas R

“…Fas (CD95) is a membrane surface receptor, which, in the lungs, is expressed in macrophages, neutrophils, and epithelial cells. In mice, Fas activation leads…”
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Mechanical Cavopulmonary Assist for the Univentricular Fontan Circulation Using a Novel Folding Propeller Blood Pump by Throckmorton, Amy L, Ballman, Kimberly K, Myers, Cynthia D, Litwak, Kenneth N, Frankel, Steven H, Rodefeld, Mark D

“…A blood pump specifically designed to operate in the unique anatomic and physiologic conditions of a cavopulmonary connection has never been developed…”
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Differential Regulation of Membrane CD14 Expression and Endotoxin-Tolerance in Alveolar Macrophages by Lin, Shu-Min, Frevert, Charles W, Kajikawa, Osamu, Wurfel, Mark M, Ballman, Kimberly, Mongovin, Stephen, Wong, Venus A, Selk, Amy, Martin, Thomas R

“…CD14 is important in the clearance of bacterial pathogens from lungs. However, the mechanisms that regulate the expression of membrane CD14 (mCD14) on alveolar…”
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Fas/Fas Ligand System Mediates Epithelial Injury, but Not Pulmonary Host Defenses, in Response to Inhaled Bacteria by MATUTE-BELLO, Gustavo, FREVERT, Charles W, LILES, W. Conrad, NAKAMURA, Morio, RUZINSKI, John T, BALLMAN, Kimberly, WONG, Venus A, VATHANAPRIDA, Charie, MARTIN, Thomas R

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Fetal hyperglycemia and a high-fat diet contribute to aberrant glucose tolerance and hematopoiesis in adult rats by Blue, Emily K., Ballman, Kimberly, Boyle, Frances, Oh, Eunjin, Kono, Tatsuyoshi, Quinney, Sara K., Thurmond, Debbie C., Evans-Molina, Carmella, Haneline, Laura S.

“…Background: Children exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during pregnancy are at increased risk of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. Our goal was…”
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Fetal hyperglycemia and a high fat diet contribute to aberrant glucose tolerance and hematopoiesis in adulthood by Blue, Emily K., Ballman, Kimberly, Boyle, Frances, Oh, Eunjin, Kono, Tatsuyoshi, Quinney, Sara K., Thurmond, Debbie C., Evans-Molina, Carmella, Haneline, Laura S.

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Optimal timing to repopulation of resident alveolar macrophages with donor cells following total body irradiation and bone marrow transplantation in mice by Matute-Bello, Gustavo, Lee, Janet S., Frevert, Charles W., Liles, W. Conrad, Sutlief, Steven, Ballman, Kimberly, Wong, Venus, Selk, Amy, Martin, Thomas R.

“…To determine the time required to repopulate mouse lungs with donor alveolar macrophages following total body irradiation (TBI) and bone marrow transplantation…”
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Blockade of the Fas/FasL System Improves Pneumococcal Clearance from the Lungs without Preventing Dissemination of Bacteria to the Spleen by Matute-Bello, Gustavo, Liles, W. Conrad, Frevert, Charles W., Dhanireddy, Shireesha, Ballman, Kimberly, Wong, Venus, Green, Richard R., Song, Ho Yeong, Witcher, Derrick R., Jakubowski, Joseph A., Martin, Thomas R.

“…Background. The Fas/FasL system is both proapoptotic and proinflammatory. FasL is inhibited by decoy receptor-3 (DcR3), a naturally occurring decoy receptor…”
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Tissue-Specific Mechanisms Control the Retention of IL-8 in Lungs and Skin by Frevert, Charles W, Goodman, Richard B, Kinsella, Michael G, Kajikawa, Osamu, Ballman, Kimberly, Clark-Lewis, Ian, Proudfoot, Amanda E. I, Wells, Timothy N. C, Martin, Thomas R

“…Chemokines are a group of structurally related peptides that promote the directed migration of leukocytes in tissue. Mechanisms controlling the retention of…”
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