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Dopamine transients are sufficient and necessary for acquisition of model-based associations by Sharpe, Melissa J, Chang, Chun Yun, Liu, Melissa A, Batchelor, Hannah M, Mueller, Lauren E, Jones, Joshua L, Niv, Yael, Schoenbaum, Geoffrey

“…Learning to predict reward is thought to be driven by dopaminergic prediction errors, which reflect discrepancies between actual and expected value. Here the…”
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Chronic interleukin‐13 expression in mouse olfactory mucosa results in regional aneuronal epithelium by Saraswathula, Anirudh, Liu, Melissa M., Kulaga, Heather, Lane, Andrew P.

“…Background Olfactory dysfunction is highly associated with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), and the severity of loss has been linked with…”
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Trying is believing: A pilot study of in-vivo nicotine replacement therapy sampling in disadvantaged Black adults who smoke cigarettes by Liu, Melissa A., Brett, Emma I., Chavarria, Jesus, King, Andrea C.

“…While nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a frontline tobacco treatment that doubles smoking quit rates, only about 18% of Black adults who smoke cigarettes…”
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A dataset of sea turtle occurrences around the Taiwan coast by Hoh, Daphne Z, Fong, Chia-Ling, Su, Huai, Chen, Pengyu, Tsai, Chia-Chen, Tseng, Kelly W H, Liu, Melissa J Y

“…We describe a dataset of sea turtle sightings around the coast of Taiwan and its islands (Hoh and Fong 2022). This data collection was initiated by TurtleSpot…”
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Psychological Outcomes and Culturally Relevant Moderators Associated With Events of Discrimination Among Asian American Adults by Liu, Melissa A., Prestigiacomo, Christiana J., Karim, Muhammad Fazuan Abdul, Ashburn-Nardo, Leslie, Cyders, Melissa A.

“…Objectives: Incidents of discrimination against Asian Americans have increased in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aims of this study are to…”
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Early Impact of the U.S. COVID-19 Pandemic on Drinking Motives and Alcohol Use by Prestigiacomo, Christiana J., Liu, Melissa A., Plawecki, Martin H., Cyders, Melissa A.

“…Background: The goal of this study was to empirically examine the degree to which alcohol use and drinking motives changed during the first month of the…”
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Genetic mechanisms and age-related macular degeneration: common variants, rare variants, copy number variations, epigenetics, and mitochondrial genetics by Liu, Melissa M, Chan, Chi-Chao, Tuo, Jingsheng

“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex and multifaceted disease involving contributions from both genetic and environmental influences. Previous…”
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Enhanced Stem Cell Differentiation and Immunopurification of Genome Engineered Human Retinal Ganglion Cells by Sluch, Valentin M., Chamling, Xitiz, Liu, Melissa M., Berlinicke, Cynthia A., Cheng, Jie, Mitchell, Katherine L., Welsbie, Derek S., Zack, Donald J.

“…Human pluripotent stem cells have the potential to promote biological studies and accelerate drug discovery efforts by making possible direct experimentation…”
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IncX3 Epidemic Plasmid Carrying blaNDM-5 in Escherichia coli from Swine in Multiple Geographic Areas in China by Ho, Pak-Leung, Wang, Ya, Liu, Melissa Chun-Jiao, Lai, Eileen Ling-Yi, Law, Pierra Ying-Tung, Cao, Huiluo, Chow, Kin-Hung

“…Six imported pigs originating from Guangdong, Henan, and Hunan provinces in China during October 2015 to February 2017 were cultured and found to be positive…”
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Laryngotracheal Mucosal Surface Expression of Candidate Biomarkers in Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis by Liu, Melissa M., Motz, Kevin M., Murphy, Michael K., Yin, Linda X., Ding, Dacheng, Gelbard, Alexander, Hillel, Alexander T.

“…Objectives Idiopathic subglottic stenosis (iSGS) is an inflammatory process leading to fibrosis and narrowing of the laryngotracheal airway. There is…”
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Mixed methods prospective findings of the initial effects of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic on individuals in recovery from substance use disorder by Shircliff, Katherine, Liu, Melissa, Prestigiacomo, Christiana, Fry, Melissa, Ladd, Kevin, Gilbert, Misty Kannapel, Rattermann, Mary Jo, Cyders, Melissa A

“…The beginning of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic interrupted integral services and supports for those in recovery from substance use disorders. The current study…”
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De novo assembly and annotation of the retinal transcriptome for the Nile grass rat (Arvicanthis ansorgei) by Liu, Melissa M, Farkas, Michael, Spinnhirny, Perrine, Pevet, Paul, Pierce, Eric, Hicks, David, Zack, Donald J

“…Cone photoreceptors are required for color vision and high acuity vision, and they die in a variety of retinal degenerations, leading to irreversible vision…”
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Proteome Landscape of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Shares Commonalities With Malignancy-Associated EMT by Sripathi, Srinivasa R., Hu, Ming-Wen, Turaga, Ravi Chakra, Mertz, Joseph, Liu, Melissa M., Wan, Jun, Maruotti, Julien, Wahlin, Karl J., Berlinicke, Cynthia A., Qian, Jiang, Zack, Donald J.

“…Stress and injury to the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) often lead to dedifferentiation and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). These processes have…”
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Myocardial Hypertrophic Remodeling and Impaired Left Ventricular Function in Mice with a Cardiac-Specific Deletion of Janus Kinase 2 by Gan, Xiaohong T, Rajapurohitam, Venkatesh, Xue, Jenny, Huang, Cathy, Bairwa, Suresh, Tang, Xilan, Chow, Jeffrey T.-Y, Liu, Melissa F.W, Chiu, Felix, Sakamoto, Kazuhito, Wagner, Kay-Uwe, Karmazyn, Morris

“…The Janus kinase (JAK) system is involved in numerous cell signaling processes and is highly expressed in cardiac tissue. The JAK isoform JAK2 is activated by…”
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Dietary exposure to polyaromatic hydrocarbons of the Hong Kong population by Chung, Stephen W. C., Liu, Melissa P. S., Wong, Kenny K. C., Chan, Gabriel Y. S.

“…Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous in the environment and food. The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives concluded 13 individual PAHs…”
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Transcriptome Landscape of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition of Human Stem Cell-Derived RPE by Sripathi, Srinivasa R, Hu, Ming-Wen, Liu, Melissa M, Wan, Jun, Cheng, Jie, Duan, Yukan, Mertz, Joseph L, Wahlin, Karl J, Maruotti, Julien, Berlinicke, Cynthia A, Qian, Jiang, Zack, Donald J

“…RPE injury often induces epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT). Although RPE-EMT has been implicated in a variety of retinal diseases, including…”
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Gene therapy for ocular diseases by Liu, Melissa M, Tuo, Jingsheng, Chan, Chi-Chao

“…The eye is an easily accessible, highly compartmentalised and immune-privileged organ that offers unique advantages as a gene therapy target. Significant…”
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Epigenetics in Ocular Diseases by Liu, Melissa M, Chan, Chi-Chao, Tuo, Jingsheng

“…Epigenetics pertains to heritable alterations in gene expression that do not involve modification of the underlying genomic DNA sequence. Historically, the…”
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Use of Optical Coherence Tomography by Nonexpert Personnel as a Screening Approach for Glaucoma by Liu, Melissa M., Cho, Chris, Jefferys, Joan L., Quigley, Harry A., Scott, Adrienne W.

“…PURPOSE:This pilot study was conducted to assess optical coherence tomography (OCT) as a screening tool for glaucoma when used by nonexpert personnel…”
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The effects of quercetin in cultured human RPE cells under oxidative stress and in Ccl2/Cx3cr1 double deficient mice by Cao, Xiaoguang, Liu, Melissa, Tuo, Jingsheng, Shen, Defen, Chan, Chi-Chao

“…Quercetin, a member of the flavonoid family, is one of the most prominent dietary antioxidants. This study investigates the mechanisms for the effects of…”
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