Search Results - "Laing, J"
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ThermoTRPs and Pain
Published in The Neuroscientist (01-04-2016)“…The ability of the body to perceive noxious stimuli lies in a heterogeneous group of primary somatosensory neurons termed nociceptors. The molecular receptors…”
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Immunobiology of Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (22-09-2018)“…Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes clinically significant illness during acute and recurrent infection accompanied by robust innate and acquired immune…”
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Cord compression defined by MRI is the driving factor behind the decision to operate in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy despite poor correlation with disease severity
Published in PloS one (26-12-2019)“…The mainstay treatment for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) is surgical decompression. Not all cases, however, are suitable for surgery. Recent…”
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Immune responses to a HSV-2 polynucleotide immunotherapy COR-1 in HSV-2 positive subjects: A randomized double blinded phase I/IIa trial
Published in PloS one (17-12-2019)“…Genital herpes simplex infection affects more than 500 million people worldwide. We have previously shown that COR-1, a therapeutic HSV-2 polynucleotide…”
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Chemokines
Published in Developmental and comparative immunology (03-05-2004)“…Chemokines are small proteins that control cellular migration. An extensive family of these molecules has been described in mammals containing nearly 50…”
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A comparison of radiological descriptions of spinal cord compression with quantitative measures, and their role in non-specialist clinical management
Published in PloS one (22-07-2019)“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is gold-standard for investigating Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM), a disabling disease triggered by compression of the…”
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A genomic view of the NOD-like receptor family in teleost fish: identification of a novel NLR subfamily in zebrafish
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (06-02-2008)“…A large multigene family of NOD-like receptor (NLR) molecules have been described in mammals and implicated in immunity and apoptosis. Little information,…”
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Immunity to fish rhabdoviruses
Published in Viruses (01-01-2012)“…Members of the family Rhabdoviridae are single-stranded RNA viruses and globally important pathogens of wild and cultured fish and thus relatively well studied…”
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Selective retention of virus-specific tissue-resident T cells in healed skin after recovery from herpes zoster
Published in Nature communications (15-11-2022)“…Herpes zoster is a localized skin infection caused by reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus. Tissue-resident T cells likely control skin infections…”
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Varicella-zoster virus proteome-wide T-cell screening demonstrates low prevalence of virus-specific CD8 T-cells in latently infected human trigeminal ganglia
Published in Journal of neuroinflammation (12-06-2023)“…Trigeminal ganglia (TG) neurons are an important site of lifelong latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection. Although VZV-specific T-cells are considered…”
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HSV-2-Specific Human Female Reproductive Tract Tissue Resident Memory T Cells Recognize Diverse HSV Antigens
Published in Frontiers in immunology (31-03-2022)“…Antigen-specific T persist and protect against skin or female reproductive tract (FRT) HSV infection. As the pathogenesis of HSV differs between humans and…”
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The HSV-2 mutant ΔPK induces melanoma oncolysis through nonredundant death programs and associated with autophagy and pyroptosis proteins
Published in Gene therapy (01-03-2010)“…Malignant melanoma is a highly aggressive and drug-resistant cancer. Virotherapy is a novel therapeutic strategy based on cancer cell lysis through selective…”
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HLA-B57:01 Complexed to a CD8 T-Cell Epitope from the HSV-2 ICP22 Protein Binds NK and T Cells through KIR3DL1
Published in Viruses (11-05-2022)“…HLA-B*57:01 is an HLA allelic variant associated with positive outcomes during viral infections through interactions with T cells and NK cells, but severe…”
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Bullying victimisation and paranoid ideation in people at ultra high risk for psychosis
Published in Schizophrenia research (01-10-2015)“…Abstract Background Bullying victimisation has been suggested to contribute to paranoid ideation in general population samples and recent evidence found that…”
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One night of sleep deprivation decreases treadmill endurance performance
Published in European journal of applied physiology (01-09-2009)“…The aim was to test the hypothesis that one night of sleep deprivation will impair pre-loaded 30 min endurance performance and alter the cardio-respiratory,…”
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A novel tool for the assessment of pain: validation in low back pain
Published in PLoS medicine (07-04-2009)“…Adequate pain assessment is critical for evaluating the efficacy of analgesic treatment in clinical practice and during the development of new therapies. Yet…”
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Interpersonal sensitivity in the at-risk mental state for psychosis
Published in Psychological medicine (01-09-2012)“…Interpersonal sensitivity is a personality trait described as excessive awareness of both the behaviour and feelings of others. Although interpersonal…”
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Ictal face perception disturbance, tattoos, and reclaiming the self
Published in Epilepsy & behavior reports (01-01-2023)“…•Seizures arising from the occipito- temporal region may lead to face perception changes, or ‘prosopometamorphopsia’.•Ictal experiences may have significant…”
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Characterization of the interferon genes in homozygous rainbow trout reveals two novel genes, alternate splicing and differential regulation of duplicated genes
Published in Fish & shellfish immunology (01-02-2009)“…The genes encoding the type I and type II interferons (IFNs) have previously been identified in rainbow trout and their proteins partially characterized. These…”
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A review of geriatric injuries at a major trauma centre in South Africa
Published in South African medical journal (12-12-2019)“…Trauma in South Africa (SA) has been referred to as a malignant epidemic, but the impact of trauma on the elderly has tended to be overlooked. To address this…”
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