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COVID-19: The forgotten priorities of the pandemic by Mesa Vieira, Cristina, Franco, Oscar H., Gómez Restrepo, Carlos, Abel, Thomas

“…•Preventive measures -such as social distancing- are crucial, but can carry long-term consequences.•Terms such as ‘spatial distancing’ help avoid the…”
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Campylobacter sp.: Pathogenicity factors and prevention methods—new molecular targets for innovative antivirulence drugs? by Kreling, Vanessa, Falcone, Franco H., Kehrenberg, Corinna, Hensel, Andreas

“…Infections caused by bacterial species from the genus Campylobacter are one of the four main causes of strong diarrheal enteritis worldwide…”
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COVID-19 in Health-Care Workers: A Living Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prevalence, Risk Factors, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes by Gómez-Ochoa, Sergio Alejandro, Franco, Oscar H, Rojas, Lyda Z, Raguindin, Peter Francis, Roa-Díaz, Zayne Milena, Wyssmann, Beatrice Minder, Guevara, Sandra Lucrecia Romero, Echeverría, Luis Eduardo, Glisic, Marija, Muka, Taulant

“…Abstract Health-care workers (HCWs) are at the frontline of response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), being at a higher risk of acquiring the disease…”
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Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population by Li, Yanping, Pan, An, Wang, Dong D, Liu, Xiaoran, Dhana, Klodian, Franco, Oscar H, Kaptoge, Stephen, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Stampfer, Meir, Willett, Walter C, Hu, Frank B

“…BACKGROUND:Americans have a shorter life expectancy compared with residents of almost all other high-income countries. We aim to estimate the impact of…”
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Optimal database combinations for literature searches in systematic reviews: a prospective exploratory study by Bramer, Wichor M, Rethlefsen, Melissa L, Kleijnen, Jos, Franco, Oscar H

“…Within systematic reviews, when searching for relevant references, it is advisable to use multiple databases. However, searching databases is laborious and…”
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RBL cells as models for in vitro studies of mast cells and basophils by Falcone, Franco H., Wan, Daniel, Barwary, Nafal, Sagi‐Eisenberg, Ronit

“…Summary Since their establishment in 1981, RBL‐2H3 cells have been widely used as a mast cell (MC) model. Their ability to be easily grown in culture in large…”
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A 24-step guide on how to design, conduct, and successfully publish a systematic review and meta-analysis in medical research by Muka, Taulant, Glisic, Marija, Milic, Jelena, Verhoog, Sanne, Bohlius, Julia, Bramer, Wichor, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Franco, Oscar H.

“…To inform evidence-based practice in health care, guidelines and policies require accurate identification, collation, and integration of all available evidence…”
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Environmental toxic metal contaminants and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis by Chowdhury, Rajiv, Ramond, Anna, O’Keeffe, Linda M, Shahzad, Sara, Kunutsor, Setor K, Muka, Taulant, Gregson, John, Willeit, Peter, Warnakula, Samantha, Khan, Hassan, Chowdhury, Susmita, Gobin, Reeta, Franco, Oscar H, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele

“…ABSTRACTObjectiveTo conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies investigating the association of arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury,…”
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Non-vigorous physical activity and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies by WOODCOCK, James, FRANCO, Oscar H, ORSINI, Nicola, ROBERTS, Ian

“…Although previous studies have found physical activity to be associated with lower mortality, the dose-response relationship remains unclear. In this…”
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Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy free of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort study by Li, Yanping, Schoufour, Josje, Wang, Dong D, Dhana, Klodian, Pan, An, Liu, Xiaoran, Song, Mingyang, Liu, Gang, Shin, Hyun Joon, Sun, Qi, Al-Shaar, Laila, Wang, Molin, Rimm, Eric B, Hertzmark, Ellen, Stampfer, Meir J, Willett, Walter C, Franco, Oscar H, Hu, Frank B

“…AbstractObjectiveTo examine how a healthy lifestyle is related to life expectancy that is free from major chronic diseases.DesignProspective cohort…”
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Cardiovascular Health and Life Expectancy Among Adults in the United States by Ma, Hao, Wang, Xuan, Xue, Qiaochu, Li, Xiang, Liang, Zhaoxia, Heianza, Yoriko, Franco, Oscar H., Qi, Lu

“…Cardiovascular disease may be the main reason for stagnant growth in life expectancy in the United States since 2010. The American Heart Association recently…”
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Long-term strategies to control COVID-19 in low and middle-income countries: an options overview of community-based, non-pharmacological interventions by Chowdhury, Rajiv, Luhar, Shammi, Khan, Nusrat, Choudhury, Sohel Reza, Matin, Imran, Franco, Oscar H.

“…In low and middle-income countries (LMICs), strict social distancing measures (e.g., nationwide lockdown) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are…”
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Adherence to cardiovascular therapy: a meta-analysis of prevalence and clinical consequences by Chowdhury, Rajiv, Khan, Hassan, Heydon, Emma, Shroufi, Amir, Fahimi, Saman, Moore, Carmel, Stricker, Bruno, Mendis, Shanthi, Hofman, Albert, Mant, Jonathan, Franco, Oscar H

“…The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which adherence to individual vascular medications, assessed by different methods, influences the absolute…”
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Neurovascular coupling in humans: Physiology, methodological advances and clinical implications by Phillips, Aaron A, Chan, Franco HN, Zheng, Mei Mu Zi, Krassioukov, Andrei V, Ainslie, Philip N

“…Neurovascular coupling reflects the close temporal and regional linkage between neural activity and cerebral blood flow. Although providing mechanistic…”
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Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase Is an Innate Immune DNA Sensor for Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Collins, Angela C., Cai, Haocheng, Li, Tuo, Franco, Luis H., Li, Xiao-Dong, Nair, Vidhya R., Scharn, Caitlyn R., Stamm, Chelsea E., Levine, Beth, Chen, Zhijian J., Shiloh, Michael U.

“…Activation of the DNA-dependent cytosolic surveillance pathway in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection stimulates ubiquitin-dependent autophagy and…”
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The Effect of Financial Reporting Quality on Corporate Investment Efficiency: Evidence from the Adoption of SFAS No. 123R by Dou, Yiwei, Wong, M.H. Franco, Xin, Baohua

“…We test for changes in investment efficiency around a shock to financial reporting quality—the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, which requires that employee stock…”
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Association between fish consumption, long chain omega 3 fatty acids, and risk of cerebrovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis by Chowdhury, Rajiv, Stevens, Sarah, Gorman, Donal, Pan, An, Warnakula, Samantha, Chowdhury, Susmita, Ward, Heather, Johnson, Laura, Crowe, Francesca, Hu, Frank B, Franco, Oscar H

“…Objective To clarify associations of fish consumption and long chain omega 3 fatty acids with risk of cerebrovascular disease for primary and secondary…”
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BabA and LPS inhibitors against Helicobacter pylori: pectins and pectin-like rhamnogalacturonans as adhesion blockers by Gottesmann, Maren, Paraskevopoulou, Vasiliki, Mohammed, Aymen, Falcone, Franco H., Hensel, Andreas

“…The first step in the development of Helicobacter pylori pathogenicity is receptor-mediated adhesion to gastric epithelium. Adhesins of H. pylori not only…”
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Polyionic Tags as Enhancers of Protein Solubility in Recombinant Protein Expression by Paraskevopoulou, Vasiliki, Falcone, Franco H

“…Since the introduction of recombinant protein expression in the second half of the 1970s, the growth of the biopharmaceutical field has been rapid and protein…”
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p‐Chloropropynyl Phenylalanine, a Versatile Non‐Canonical Amino Acid for Co‐Translational Peptide Macrocyclization and Side Chain Diversification by Osorio Franco, H. Estheban, Le, Anthony V., Chang, Nathan Y., Hartman, Matthew C. T.

“…Macrocyclization has proven to be a beneficial strategy to improve upon some of the disadvantages of peptides as therapeutics. Nevertheless, many peptide…”
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