Search Results - "McGivern, Jered V"
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Inhibition of apoptosis blocks human motor neuron cell death in a stem cell model of spinal muscular atrophy
Published in PloS one (19-06-2012)“…Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disorder caused by a deletion of the survival motor neuron 1 gene leading to motor neuron loss, muscle atrophy,…”
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Spinal muscular atrophy astrocytes exhibit abnormal calcium regulation and reduced growth factor production
Published in Glia (01-09-2013)“…Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disorder caused by the deletion of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene that leads to loss of motor neurons in…”
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Exploiting pluripotent stem cell technology for drug discovery, screening, safety, and toxicology assessments
Published in Advanced drug delivery reviews (01-04-2014)“…In order for the pharmaceutical industry to maintain a constant flow of novel drugs and therapeutics into the clinic, compounds must be thoroughly validated…”
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Derivation of Myogenic Progenitors Directly From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Using a Sphere‐Based Culture
Published in Stem cells translational medicine (01-05-2014)“…The authors present a novel protocol for deriving myogenic progenitors from human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells using free‐floating…”
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Structural basis for RNA recognition by a type II poly(A)-binding protein
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (07-10-2008)“…We identified a functional domain (XlePABP2-TRP) of Xenopus laevis embryonic type II poly(A)-binding protein (XlePABP2). The NMR structure of XlePABP2-TRP…”
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Mitigating aberrant Cdk5 activation alleviates mitochondrial defects and motor neuron disease symptoms in spinal muscular atrophy
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-11-2023)“…Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the top genetic cause of infant mortality, is characterized by motor neuron degeneration. Mechanisms underlying SMA pathogenesis…”
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Nicorandil, a Nitric Oxide Donor and ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Opener, Protects Against Dystrophin-Deficient Cardiomyopathy
Published in Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics (01-11-2016)“…Dystrophin-deficient cardiomyopathy is a growing clinical problem without targeted treatments. We investigated whether nicorandil promotes cardioprotection in…”
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Impact of a cytomegalovirus kinase inhibitor on infection and neuronal progenitor cell differentiation
Published in Antiviral research (01-05-2016)“…Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the leading cause of congenital infections. Symptomatic newborns present with a range of sequelae including disorders of the…”
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EZ spheres: a stable and expandable culture system for the generation of pre-rosette multipotent stem cells from human ESCs and iPSCs
Published in Stem cell research (01-05-2013)“…We have developed a simple method to generate and expand multipotent, self-renewing pre-rosette neural stem cells from both human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)…”
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Toward defining the phosphoproteome of Xenopus laevis embryos
Published in Developmental dynamics (01-06-2009)“…Phosphorylation is universally used for controlling protein function, but knowledge of the phosphoproteome in vertebrate embryos has been limited. However,…”
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Post transcriptional regulation of early Xenopus laevis development
Published 01-01-2008“…Vertebrate development begins with a single cell, and transforms it into a multi-cellular organism with a defined body axis. Although much of this information…”
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