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Association between SNAP-25 gene polymorphisms and cognition in autism: functional consequences and potential therapeutic strategies by Braida, D, Guerini, F R, Ponzoni, L, Corradini, I, De Astis, S, Pattini, L, Bolognesi, E, Benfante, R, Fornasari, D, Chiappedi, M, Ghezzo, A, Clerici, M, Matteoli, M, Sala, M

“…Synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25) is involved in different neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia and…”
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Scurvy disease in a young Sicilian man: a case report by Nicolosi, G., Contino, A., Benfante, R., La Carrubba, S., Rinollo, C., Occhipinti, G., Di Rosa, S.

“…BACKGROUND Scurvy disease is a condition due to deficiency of ascorbid acid (vitamin C) and it is characterized by weakness, anemia, appearance of…”
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Elevated serum cholesterol is a risk factor for both coronary heart disease and thromboembolic stroke in Hawaiian Japanese men : implications of shared risk by BENFANTE, R, YANO, K, LIE-JU HWANG, CURB, J. D, KAGAN, A, ROSS, W

“…The relation between total serum cholesterol level and thromboembolic or nonhemorrhagic stroke is controversial. The Honolulu Heart Program cohort of…”
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Genomic organization and transcription of the human retinol dehydrogenase 10 (RDH10) gene by Picozzi, P., Marozzi, A., Fornasari, D., Benfante, R., Barisani, D., Meneveri, R., Ginelli, E.

“…A cDNA clone up-regulated in hydraulic lung edema in rabbit showed high similarity with human RDH10 mRNA, which encodes a protein involved in retinoic acid…”
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Studies of Cardiovascular Disease and Cause-Specific Mortality Trends in Japanese-American Men Living in Hawaii and Risk Factor Comparisons with Other Japanese Populations in the Pacific Region: A Review by BENFANTE, RICHARD

“…The Honolulu Heart Program (HHP) is a long-term prospective epidemiologie study of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in male descendants of Japanese migrants to…”
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Neurosecretory cells without neurosecretion: evidence of an independently regulated trait of the cell phenotype by Malosio, M. L., Benfante, R., Racchetti, G., Borgonovo, B., Rosa, P., Meldolesi, J.

“…Neurosecretion competence is a fundamental property that enables differentiated neurones and professional neurosecretory cells to store neurotransmitters and…”
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Does cigarette smoking have an independent effect on coronary heart disease incidence in the elderly? by Benfante, R, Reed, D, Frank, J

“…In order to evaluate the effects of cigarette smoking on coronary heart disease (CHD) in elderly persons in the Honolulu Heart Program, 1,394 men between ages…”
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Topoisomerase I action on the heterochromatic DNA from the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana : studies in vivo and in vitro by CARETTONI, D, LANDSBERGER, N, ZAGNI, E, BENFANTE, R, BADARACCO, G

“…The genomes of higher eukaryotes contain various amounts of tandem repeated DNA sequences (satellite DNA) typically located in the constitutive…”
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Purification and characterization of a proteolytic active fragment of DNA topoisomerase I from the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana (Crustacea anostraca) by BADARACCO, G, LANDSBERGER, N, BENFANTE, R

“…The ATP-independent type I topoisomerase from the crustacean Artemia franciscana was purified to near-homogeneity. Its activity was measured by an assay that…”
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Differential effects of thiazide and estrogen upon bone mineral content and fracture prevalence by Wasnich, R D, Ross, P D, Heilbrun, L K, Vogel, J M, Yano, K, Benfante, R J

“…Individual and combined effects of thiazides and estrogens upon bone mineral content at four sites (proximal radius, distal radius, os calcis, lumbar spine)…”
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A binding protein (p82 protein) recognizes specifically the curved heterochromatic DNA in Artemia franciscana by Benfante, R, Landsberger, N, Maiorano, D, Badaracco, G

“…DNA bending has been suggested to play a role in the regulation of gene expression, initiation of DNA replication, site specific recombination and DNA…”
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Thiazide effect on the mineral content of bone by Wasnich, R D, Benfante, R J, Yano, K, Heilbrun, L, Vogel, J M

“…The thiazide diuretics are known to cause calcium retention. In order to study the effect of thiazides on bone mineralization, we have measured the mineral…”
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Risk factors in middle age that predict early and late onset of coronary heart disease by Benfante, R J, Reed, D M, MacLean, C J, Yano, K

“…Twelve biological and lifestyle characteristics measured in a group of 5919 middle aged men free of clinical coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and cancer…”
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SP Proteins and PHOX2B Regulate the Expression of the Human PHOX2a Gene by Flora, Adriano, Lucchetti, Helen, Benfante, Roberta, Goridis, Christo, Clementi, Francesco, Fornasari, Diego

“…Phox2a is a vertebrate homeodomain transcription factor that is involved in the specification of the autonomic nervous system. We have isolated the 5'…”
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Is Elevated Serum Cholesterol Level a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease in the Elderly? by Benfante, Richard, Reed, Dwayne

“…Since serum cholesterol is a major component in the causal pathway of atherosclerosis, a pathological process that usually progresses with age, we have…”
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In vivo RNA-RNA duplexes from human alpha 3 and alpha 5 nicotinic receptor subunit mRNAs by Solda, G, Boi, S, Duga, S, nasari, D, Benfante, R, Malcovati, M, Tenchini, M L

“…Natural antisense transcripts, because of their potential to form double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules, recently emerged as a mechanism acting on eukaryotic…”
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Neuronal and Extraneuronal Expression and Regulation of the Human alpha 5 Nicotinic Receptor Subunit Gene by Flora, A, Schulz, R, Benfante, R, Battaglioli, E, Terzano, S, Clementi, F, nasari, D

“…The mRNA encoding the human alpha 5 nicotinic subunit was detected in several structures of the nervous system but appeared to be mainly expressed in…”
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The expression of PHOX2A, PHOX2B and of their target gene dopamine-b-hydroxylase (DbH) is not modified by exposure to extremely-low-frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) in a human neuronal model by Benfante, R, Antonini, R A, Kuster, N, Schuderer, J, Maercker, C, Adlkofer, F, Clementi, F, nasari, D

“…The homeodomain transcription factors PHOX2A and PHOX2B are vital for development of the autonomic nervous system. Their spatial and temporal expression at the…”
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Neuronal and Extraneuronal Expression and Regulation of the Human α5 Nicotinic Receptor Subunit Gene by Flora, Adriano, Schulz, Regine, Benfante, Roberta, Battaglioli, Elena, Terzano, Susanna, Clementi, Francesco, Fornasari, Diego

“…: The mRNA encoding the human α5 nicotinic subunit was detected in several structures of the nervous system but appeared to be mainly expressed in cerebellum,…”
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Predictors of health in men of Japanese ancestry in Hawaii by Reed, D, Benfante, R

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