Search Results - "Bick, Roger J"
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Unlocking Aspirin's Chemopreventive Activity: Role of Irreversibly Inhibiting Platelet Cyclooxygenase-1
Published in Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) (01-02-2017)“…The mechanism by which aspirin consumption is linked to significant reductions in the incidence of multiple forms of cancer and metastatic spread to distant…”
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Reduced volume of the putamen in REM sleep behavior disorder patients
Published in Parkinsonism & related disorders (01-12-2010)“…Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to quantify volumes of specific subcortical gray matter nuclei implicated in Parkinson’s disease (PD) as a…”
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Relation of tissue Doppler derived myocardial velocities to myocardial structure and beta-adrenergic receptor density in humans
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (01-09-2000)“…OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate the relation of segmental tissue Doppler (TD) velocities to both the regional amount of interstitial fibrosis and the myocyte…”
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CSF from Parkinson disease patients differentially affects cultured microglia and astrocytes
Published in BMC neuroscience (29-11-2010)“…Excessive and abnormal accumulation of alpha-synuclein (α-synuclein) is a factor contributing to pathogenic cell death in Parkinson's disease. The purpose of…”
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Effects of Chan Su, a traditional Chinese medicine, on the calcium transients of isolated cardiomyocytes: Cardiotoxicity due to more than Na, K-ATPase blocking
Published in Life sciences (1973) (27-12-2002)“…Extracts of Chan Su, a traditional Chinese medication used as a topical anesthetic and cardiac medication, were incubated with cardiomyocytes that had been…”
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Melatonin Prevents Death of Neuroblastoma Cells Exposed to the Alzheimer Amyloid Peptide
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (01-03-1997)“…Studies from several laboratories have generated evidence suggesting that oxidative stress is involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The…”
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Left ventricular unloading before reperfusion reduces endothelin-1 release and calcium overload in porcine myocardial infarction
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-08-2008)“…Objectives The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that after an acute myocardial infarction, endothelin-1 release with subsequent calcium overload is…”
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Localization of antimicrobial peptides in normal and burned skin
Published in Burns (01-06-2006)“…Severe burn causes immunosuppression, and the eschar remains a perfect culture medium for microbial growth. The resulting sepsis is a common complication of…”
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A comparison of the effects of commercially available hawthorn preparations on calcium transients of isolated cardiomyocytes
Published in Journal of medicinal food (01-12-2008)“…We studied the potential cardiac effects of two alcohol extracts of commercially available hawthorn using rat cardiomyocytes and measuring calcium transients…”
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Cardiovascular distribution of the calcium sensing receptor before and after burns
Published in Burns (01-05-2008)“…Abstract Due to up-regulation of the parathyroid gland calcium-sensing receptor (CaR), burned children have hypocalcemic hypoparathyroidism, and decreased…”
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Location and Density of α- and β-Adrenoreceptor Sub-types in Myocardium After Mechanical Left Ventricular Unloading
Published in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation (01-07-2008)“…Background We hypothesized that not all subtypes of α- and β-adrenoreceptors undergo similar upregulation and redistribution in human myocardium after…”
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Interference of hawthorn on serum digoxin measurements by immunoassays and pharmacodynamic interaction with digoxin
Published in Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine (1976) (01-08-2010)“…Hawthorn is an herb indicated for treating cardiac illness. Because a patient taking digoxin may also take hawthorn, we investigated potential interference of…”
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C/EBPα is Required for Differentiation of White, but not Brown, Adipose Tissue
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-10-2001)“…The transcription factor CCAAT enhancer binding protein α (C/EBPα) is expressed at high levels in liver and adipose tissue. Cell culture studies show that…”
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Inflammatory cells and cytokines in the olfactory bulb of a rat model of neuroinflammation; insights into neurodegeneration?
Published in Journal of interferon & cytokine research (01-07-2013)“…This study examined inflammatory cell and cytokine production in brain tissue from a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated rat model that mimics many of the…”
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Effects of cytokines and heat shock on defensin levels of cultured keratinocytes
Published in Burns (01-06-2004)“…Burns have been associated with high levels of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines which promote systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS),…”
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Extramitochondrial Localization of Mortalin/mthsp70/PBP74/GRP75
Published in Biochemical and biophysical research communications (18-08-2000)“…Subcellular fractionation and immunofluorescence microscopy were used to identify the specific sites of intracellular residence of mortalin, also called a…”
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Ginseng: Cardiotonic in adult rat cardiomyocytes, cardiotoxic in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes
Published in Life sciences (1973) (17-11-2006)“…Ginsengs are widely used to improve cardiac health and circulation. Loosely termed as ginsengs, Asian (Panax), Siberian and Ashwagandha (Indian Ginseng) Indian…”
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Are Temporal Differences in GDNF and NOS Isoform Induction Contributors to Neurodegeneration? A Fluorescence Microscopy-Based Study
Published in The open neurology journal (26-08-2016)“…Specific factors in Parkinson's disease have become targets as to their protective and degenerative effects. We have demonstrated that cytokines and PD-CSF…”
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Improved Left Ventricular Function After Chronic Left Ventricular Unloading
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-09-1996)“…This study assessed the effect of prolonged left ventricular unloading on native ventricular function. We reviewed data from 31 patients (30 men, 1 woman)…”
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Enteral glutamine but not alanine maintains small bowel barrier function after ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats
Published in Shock (Augusta, Ga.) (01-05-2004)“…We previously demonstrated that glucose and glutamine, solutes metabolized by the gut, replenish ATP and enhance gut function compared with alanine, a solute…”
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