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Genomics and host specialization of honey bee and bumble bee gut symbionts by Kwong, Waldan K., Engel, Philipp, Koch, Hauke, Moran, Nancy A.

“…Gilliamella apicola and Snodgrassella alvi are dominant members of the honey bee (Apis spp.) and bumble bee (Bombus spp.) gut microbiota. We generated complete…”
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Immune system stimulation by the native gut microbiota of honey bees by Kwong, Waldan K., Mancenido, Amanda L., Moran, Nancy A.

“…Gut microbial communities can greatly affect host health by modulating the host's immune system. For many important insects, however, the relationship between…”
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Combustion of Biomass in Fluidized Beds: A Review of Key Phenomena and Future Perspectives by Kwong, K. Y, Marek, E. J

“…This review presents recent advances in research on fluidized bed combustion of solid biomass. While the main focus is on thermochemical processes occurring in…”
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Distinct α-Synuclein Strains Differentially Promote Tau Inclusions in Neurons by Guo, Jing L., Covell, Dustin J., Daniels, Joshua P., Iba, Michiyo, Stieber, Anna, Zhang, Bin, Riddle, Dawn M., Kwong, Linda K., Xu, Yan, Trojanowski, John Q., Lee, Virginia M.Y.

“…Many neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the accumulation of insoluble protein aggregates, including neurofibrillary tangles comprised of tau…”
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Is it me or is it you? Physiological effects of the honey bee microbiota may instead be due to host maturation by Kwong, Waldan K, Raymann, Kasie

“…Microbiota-mediated impacts on host physiology and behavior have been widely reported in honey bees ( ). However, most of these studies are conducted in…”
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Patient-derived frontotemporal lobar degeneration brain extracts induce formation and spreading of TDP-43 pathology in vivo by Porta, Sílvia, Xu, Yan, Restrepo, Clark R., Kwong, Linda K., Zhang, Bin, Brown, Hannah J., Lee, Edward B., Trojanowski, John Q., Lee, Virginia M.-Y.

“…The stereotypical distribution of TAR DNA-binding 43 protein (TDP-43) aggregates in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD-TDP) suggests that pathological…”
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Genome-wide screen identifies host colonization determinants in a bacterial gut symbiont by Powell, J. Elijah, Leonard, Sean P., Kwong, Waldan K., Engel, Philipp, Moran, Nancy A.

“…Animal guts are often colonized by host-specialized bacterial species to the exclusion of other transient microorganisms, but the genetic basis of colonization…”
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Detection and identification of plasma bacterial and viral elements in HIV/AIDS patients in comparison to healthy adults by Li, S.-K., Leung, R. K-K., Guo, H.-X., Wei, J.-F., Wang, J.-H., Kwong, K.-T., Lee, S.-S., Zhang, C., Tsui, S. K.-W.

“…A low level of CD4+ lymphocyte cells makes end-stage HIV/AIDS patients highly susceptible to microbial infections. We have adopted the next generation…”
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Metabolism of Toxic Sugars by Strains of the Bee Gut Symbiont Gilliamella apicola by Zheng, Hao, Nishida, Alex, Kwong, Waldan K, Koch, Hauke, Engel, Philipp, Steele, Margaret I, Moran, Nancy A

“…Social bees collect carbohydrate-rich food to support their colonies, and yet, certain carbohydrates present in their diet or produced through the breakdown of…”
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Predictive validity of spontaneous early infant movement for later cerebral palsy: a systematic review by Kwong, Amanda K L, Fitzgerald, Tara L, Doyle, Lex W, Cheong, Jeanie L Y, Spittle, Alicia J

“…Aim To systematically review the predictive validity of spontaneous early infant movements for later cerebral palsy (CP). Method Cohort studies with published…”
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The acetylation of tau inhibits its function and promotes pathological tau aggregation by Lee, Virginia M. Y, Cohen, Todd J, Guo, Jing L, Hurtado, David E, Kwong, Linda K, Mills, Ian P, Trojanowski, John Q

“…The microtubule associated protein tau promotes neuronal survival through binding and stabilization of MTs. Phosphorylation regulates tau–microtubule…”
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Functional recovery in new mouse models of ALS/FTLD after clearance of pathological cytoplasmic TDP-43 by Walker, Adam K., Spiller, Krista J., Ge, Guanghui, Zheng, Allen, Xu, Yan, Zhou, Melissa, Tripathy, Kalyan, Kwong, Linda K., Trojanowski, John Q., Lee, Virginia M.-Y.

“…Accumulation of phosphorylated cytoplasmic TDP-43 inclusions accompanied by loss of normal nuclear TDP-43 in neurons and glia of the brain and spinal cord are…”
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Diversification of Type VI Secretion System Toxins Reveals Ancient Antagonism among Bee Gut Microbes by Steele, Margaret I, Kwong, Waldan K, Whiteley, Marvin, Moran, Nancy A

“…Microbial communities are shaped by interactions among their constituent members. Some Gram-negative bacteria employ type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) to…”
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Competitive organelle-specific adaptors recruit Vps13 to membrane contact sites by Bean, Björn D M, Dziurdzik, Samantha K, Kolehmainen, Kathleen L, Fowler, Claire M S, Kwong, Waldan K, Grad, Leslie I, Davey, Michael, Schluter, Cayetana, Conibear, Elizabeth

“…The regulated expansion of membrane contact sites, which mediate the nonvesicular exchange of lipids between organelles, requires the recruitment of additional…”
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Dynamic microbiome evolution in social bees by Kwong, Waldan K, Medina, Luis A, Koch, Hauke, Sing, Kong-Wah, Soh, Eunice Jia Yu, Ascher, John S, Jaffé, Rodolfo, Moran, Nancy A

“…The highly social (eusocial) corbiculate bees, comprising the honey bees, bumble bees, and stingless bees, are ubiquitous insect pollinators that fulfill…”
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Corallicolids: The elusive coral-infecting apicomplexans by Keeling, Patrick J, Mathur, Varsha, Kwong, Waldan K

“…DPOR, dark-operative protochlorophyllide reductase; RNAP, RNA polymerase. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009845.g002 How do you discover a eukaryotic…”
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Frischella perrara gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the gut of the honeybee, Apis mellifera by Engel, Philipp, Kwong, Waldan K, Moran, Nancy A

“…The gut of the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera, is colonized by a characteristic set of bacteria. Two distinct gammaproteobacteria are consistent members of…”
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Is Host Filtering the Main Driver of Phylosymbiosis across the Tree of Life? by Mazel, Florent, Davis, Katherine M, Loudon, Andrew, Kwong, Waldan K, Groussin, Mathieu, Parfrey, Laura Wegener

“…Host-associated microbiota composition can be conserved over evolutionary time scales. Indeed, closely related species often host similar microbiota; i.e., the…”
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Highly Reduced Genomes of Protist Endosymbionts Show Evolutionary Convergence by George, Emma E., Husnik, Filip, Tashyreva, Daria, Prokopchuk, Galina, Horák, Aleš, Kwong, Waldan K., Lukeš, Julius, Keeling, Patrick J.

“…Genome evolution in bacterial endosymbionts is notoriously extreme: the combined effects of strong genetic drift and unique selective pressures result in…”
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