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Validation of Multiplex Serology detecting human herpesviruses 1-5 by Brenner, Nicole, Mentzer, Alexander J, Butt, Julia, Michel, Angelika, Prager, Kristina, Brozy, Johannes, Weißbrich, Benedikt, Aiello, Allison E, Meier, Helen C S, Breuer, Judy, Almond, Rachael, Allen, Naomi, Pawlita, Michael, Waterboer, Tim

“…Human herpesviruses (HHV) cause a variety of clinically relevant conditions upon primary infection of typically young and immunocompetent hosts. Both primary…”
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The intersectional effect of poverty, home ownership, and racial/ethnic composition on mean childhood blood lead levels in Milwaukee County neighborhoods by Lynch, Emily E, Meier, Helen C. S

“…Environmental conditions that contribute to childhood lead exposure are spatially patterned. Socioeconomic and racial inequities in childhood lead exposure…”
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Evaluation of T-cell aging-related immune phenotypes in the context of biological aging and multimorbidity in the Health and Retirement Study by Ramasubramanian, Ramya, Meier, Helen C S, Vivek, Sithara, Klopack, Eric, Crimmins, Eileen M, Faul, Jessica, Nikolich-Žugich, Janko, Thyagarajan, Bharat

“…Cellular changes in adaptive immune system accompany the process of aging and contribute to an aging-related immune phenotype (ARIP) characterized by decrease…”
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Pathogen burden and leukocyte telomere length in the United States by Noppert, Grace A, Feinstein, Lydia, Dowd, Jennifer B, Stebbins, Rebecca C, Zang, Emma, Needham, Belinda L, Meier, Helen C S, Simanek, Amanda, Aiello, Allison E

“…Prior studies in humans have suggested that telomere shortening may be accelerated by infection, but research on multiple pathogens and use of large…”
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Antinuclear antibodies and mortality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004) by Dinse, Gregg E, Parks, Christine G, Weinberg, Clarice R, Meier, Helen C S, Co, Caroll A, Chan, Edward K L, Miller, Frederick W

“…Recent studies suggest antinuclear antibodies (ANA) may be related to mortality risk, but evidence is sparse and inconclusive. Thus, we investigated ANA…”
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Basal body temperature as a biomarker of healthy aging by Simonsick, Eleanor M., Meier, Helen C. S., Shaffer, Nancy Chiles, Studenski, Stephanie A., Ferrucci, Luigi

“…Scattered evidence indicates that a lower basal body temperature may be associated with prolonged health span, yet few studies have directly evaluated this…”
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Immune cells are associated with mortality: the Health and Retirement Study by Seshadri, Gokul, Vivek, Sithara, Prizment, Anna, Crimmins, Eileen M, Klopack, Eric T, Faul, Jessica, Guan, Weihua, Meier, Helen C S, Thyagarajan, Bharat

“…Age-related immunosenescence is characterized by changes in immune cell subsets and is associated with mortality. However, since immunosenescence is associated…”
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Childhood Maltreatment and Longitudinal Epigenetic Aging: NIMHD Social Epigenomics Program by Chang, Olivia D, Meier, Helen C S, Maguire-Jack, Kathryn, Davis-Kean, Pamela, Mitchell, Colter

“…Child physical and emotional abuse and neglect may affect epigenetic signatures of accelerated aging several years after the exposure. To examine the…”
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Cognition and Wealth Changes in Mid-to-later Life: A Latent Class Trajectories Approach Using the Health and Retirement Study by Westrick, Ashly C., Esiaka, Darlingtina K., Meier, Helen C.S., Rooks, Ronica N., Manning, Mark, Tarraf, Wassim

“…Objectives To assess how cognitive trajectories from mid-to-later life relate to wealth change, overall and by mid-life income. Methods: Data were from…”
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Prenatal Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Epigenetic Alterations at Birth Among Children Born to White British and Pakistani Mothers in the Born in Bradford Study by Simanek, Amanda M., Manansala, Regina, Woo, Jennifer M.P., Meier, Helen C. S., Needham, Belinda L., Auer, Paul L.

“…Prenatal socioeconomic disadvantage (SD) has been linked to DNA methylation (DNAm) in adulthood, but whether such epigenetic alterations are present at birth…”
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Objective and subjective childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and incident depression in adulthood: a longitudinal analysis in the Sister Study by Simanek, Amanda M., Meier, Helen C. S., D’Aloisio, Aimee A., Sandler, Dale P.

“…Understanding of the role of objective versus subjective childhood socioeconomic disadvantage (SD) in depression onset in adulthood among women, independent of…”
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Benzophenone-3 and antinuclear antibodies in U.S. adolescents and adults ages 12-39 years by Parks, Christine G., Meier, Helen C. S., Jusko, Todd A., Wilkerson, Jesse, Miller, Frederick W., Sandler, Dale P.

“…BackgroundBetween 1988 and 2012, prevalence of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) increased in the U.S., especially in adolescents and non-Hispanic Whites. Female…”
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Hygiene Hypothesis Indicators and Prevalence of Antinuclear Antibodies in US Adolescents by Meier, Helen C S, Sandler, Dale P, Wilkerson, Jesse, Miller, Frederick W, Dinse, Gregg E, Parks, Christine G

“…Autoimmunity prevalence, as measured by antinuclear antibodies (ANA), is increasing in U.S. adolescents. Improved hygiene and cleaner environments in childhood…”
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Association between Vitamin D Deficiency and Antinuclear Antibodies in Middle-Aged and Older U.S. Adults by Meier, Helen C S, Sandler, Dale P, Simonsick, Eleanor M, Parks, Christine G

“…Vitamin D deficiency is associated with cancer and autoimmune diseases, but little is known about the association between vitamin D and antinuclear antibodies…”
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Early life socioeconomic position and immune response to persistent infections among elderly Latinos by Meier, Helen C.S., Haan, Mary N., Mendes de Leon, Carlos F., Simanek, Amanda M., Dowd, Jennifer B., Aiello, Allison E.

“…Persistent infections, such as cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), and Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), are…”
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Telomeres in toxicology: Occupational health by Shoeb, Mohammad, Meier, Helen C.S., Antonini, James M.

“…The ends of chromosomes shorten at each round of cell division, and this process is thought to be affected by occupational exposures. Occupational hazards may…”
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Home Mortgage Lending and Neighborhood Mental Health: A Spatial Econometric Analysis of 18 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas by Chen, Liang, Mitchell, Bruce C, Richardson, Jason, Meier, Helen C S

“…This study investigates the relationship between home mortgages and neighborhood mental health across the 18 largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in…”
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The legacy of structural racism: Associations between historic redlining, current mortgage lending, and health by Lynch, Emily E., Malcoe, Lorraine Halinka, Laurent, Sarah E., Richardson, Jason, Mitchell, Bruce C., Meier, Helen C.S.

“…Structural racism, which is embedded in past and present operations of the U.S. housing market, is a fundamental cause of racial health inequities. We…”
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Cellular response to chronic psychosocial stress: Ten-year longitudinal changes in telomere length in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis by Meier, Helen C.S., Hussein, Mustafa, Needham, Belinda, Barber, Sharrelle, Lin, Jue, Seeman, Teresa, Diez Roux, Ana

“…•Examined if chronic psychosocial stress was longitudinally associated with telomere length changes over time in a diverse, middle-aged cohort .•Within-person…”
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Association between coexisting hypertension, dyslipidaemia and elevated C reactive protein with cardiovascular disease and mortality: a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis in a representative cohort of older US adults by Karadimas, Thomas Leonidas, Meier, Helen C S

“…Hypertension and dyslipidemia are established risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but are often insufficient alone in predicting CVD. Inflammation…”
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