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Heritability estimates of the Big Five personality traits based on common genetic variants by Power, R A, Pluess, M

“…According to twin studies, the Big Five personality traits have substantial heritable components explaining 40–60% of the variance, but identification of…”
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Apigenin inhibits the inducible expression of programmed death ligand 1 by human and mouse mammary carcinoma cells by Coombs, Melanie R. Power, Harrison, Megan E, Hoskin, David W

“…Highlights • Apigenin inhibits interferon-γ-induced PD-L1 expression by breast cancer cells • The apigenin metabolite luteolin inhibits inducible PD-L1…”
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Radiotherapy, immunotherapy, and the tumour microenvironment: Turning an immunosuppressive milieu into a therapeutic opportunity by Donlon, N.E., Power, R., Hayes, C., Reynolds, J.V., Lysaght, J.

“…Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionised the treatment of solid tumours, yet most patients do not derive a clinical benefit. Resistance to ICB is…”
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Review: Examining the Natural Role of Amphibian Antimicrobial Peptide Magainin by McMillan, Katelyn A M, Coombs, Melanie R Power

“…Host defense peptides (HDPs) are a group of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) that are crucial components of the innate immune system of many different organisms…”
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Piperine, an alkaloid from black pepper, inhibits growth of human colon cancer cells via G1 arrest and apoptosis triggered by endoplasmic reticulum stress by Yaffe, Paul B., Power Coombs, Melanie R., Doucette, Carolyn D., Walsh, Mark, Hoskin, David W.

“…Piperine, a piperidine alkaloid present in black pepper, inhibits the growth of cancer cells, although the mechanism of action is not well understood. In this…”
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Anticancer Activities of Natural and Synthetic Peptides by Hilchie, A L, Hoskin, D W, Power Coombs, M R

“…Anticancer peptides (ACPs) are cationic amphipathic peptides that bind to and kill cancer cells either by a direct- or indirect-acting mechanism. ACPs provide…”
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Tongue-tie and frenotomy in infants with breastfeeding difficulties: achieving a balance by Power, R F, Murphy, J F

“…Aims Currently there is debate on how best to manage young infants with tongue-tie who have breastfeeding problems. One of the challenges is the subjectivity…”
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Phloridzin Docosahexaenoate Inhibits Spheroid Formation by Breast Cancer Stem Cells and Exhibits Cytotoxic Effects against Paclitaxel-Resistant Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells by Fernando, Wasundara, Clark, Rikki F, Rupasinghe, H. P. Vasantha, Hoskin, David W, Coombs, Melanie R. Power

“…The eradication of cancer stem cells (CSCs) is vital to successful cancer treatment and overall disease-free survival. CSCs are a sub-population of cells…”
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Ballistic tracks in graphene nanoribbons by Aprojanz, Johannes, Power, Stephen R., Bampoulis, Pantelis, Roche, Stephan, Jauho, Antti-Pekka, Zandvliet, Harold J. W., Zakharov, Alexei A., Tegenkamp, Christoph

“…High quality graphene nanoribbons epitaxially grown on the sidewalls of silicon carbide (SiC) mesa structures stand as key building blocks for graphene-based…”
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Electronic transport in disordered graphene antidot lattice devices by Power, Stephen R., Jauho, Antti-Pekka

“…Nanostructuring of graphene is in part motivated by the requirement to open a gap in the electronic band structure. In particular, a periodically perforated…”
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Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya by Lahr, M. Mirazón, Rivera, F., Power, R. K., Mounier, A., Copsey, B., Crivellaro, F., Edung, J. E., Fernandez, J. M. Maillo, Kiarie, C., Lawrence, J., Leakey, A., Mbua, E., Miller, H., Muigai, A., Mukhongo, D. M., Van Baelen, A., Wood, R., Schwenninger, J.-L., Grün, R., Achyuthan, H., Wilshaw, A., Foley, R. A.

“…A case of inter-group violence among hunter-gatherers on the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya 10,000 years ago. An early instance of human conflict Violence and…”
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Heading for the hills: risk avoidance drives den site selection in African wild dogs by Jackson, Craig R, Power, R John, Groom, Rosemary J, Masenga, Emmanuel H, Mjingo, Ernest E, Fyumagwa, Robert D, Røskaft, Eivin, Davies-Mostert, Harriet

“…Compared to their main competitors, African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) have inferior competitive abilities and interspecific competition is a serious…”
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Editorial: Immune Modulation by Flavonoids by Hoskin, David W, Coombs, Melanie R Power

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Mountain Refugia Limit Anthropogenic Suppression in a Re-Established Felid Population: The Case of the Magaliesberg Leopard Population in South Africa by Power, R John, Rogan, Matt S, Naude, Vincent N

“…Although highly adaptable, leopards incur substantial mortality in human-modified landscapes and generally subsist at lower densities than in protected areas…”
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One-dimensional confinement and width-dependent bandgap formation in epitaxial graphene nanoribbons by Karakachian, Hrag, Nguyen, T. T. Nhung, Aprojanz, Johannes, Zakharov, Alexei A., Yakimova, Rositsa, Rosenzweig, Philipp, Polley, Craig M., Balasubramanian, Thiagarajan, Tegenkamp, Christoph, Power, Stephen R., Starke, Ulrich

“…The ability to define an off state in logic electronics is the key ingredient that is impossible to fulfill using a conventional pristine graphene layer, due…”
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Dystrophic calcinosis cutis successfully treated with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy by Beatty, P., Killion, L., Power, R., Roche, M.

“…This case illustrates a presentation with dystrophic calcinosis cutis recalcitrant to several treatment modalities. Treatment with extracorporeal shockwave…”
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Investigating Potential Applications of the Fish Anti-Microbial Peptide Pleurocidin: A Systematic Review by McMillan, Katelyn A. M., Coombs, Melanie R. Power

“…The anti-microbial peptide (AMP) pleurocidin is found in winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus), an Atlantic flounder species. There is promising…”
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Polygenic interactions with environmental adversity in the aetiology of major depressive disorder by Mullins, N, Power, R A, Fisher, H L, Hanscombe, K B, Euesden, J, Iniesta, R, Levinson, D F, Weissman, M M, Potash, J B, Shi, J, Uher, R, Cohen-Woods, S, Rivera, M, Jones, L, Jones, I, Craddock, N, Owen, M J, Korszun, A, Craig, I W, Farmer, A E, McGuffin, P, Breen, G, Lewis, C M

“…Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common and disabling condition with well-established heritability and environmental risk factors. Gene-environment…”
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Scale-invariant large nonlocality in polycrystalline graphene by Ribeiro, Mário, Power, Stephen R., Roche, Stephan, Hueso, Luis E., Casanova, Fèlix

“…The observation of large nonlocal resistances near the Dirac point in graphene has been related to a variety of intrinsic Hall effects, where the spin or…”
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4T1 Murine Mammary Carcinoma Cells Enhance Macrophage-Mediated Innate Inflammatory Responses by Madera, Laurence, Greenshields, Anna, Coombs, Melanie R Power, Hoskin, David W

“…Tumor progression and the immune response are intricately linked. While it is known that cancers alter macrophage inflammatory responses to promote tumor…”
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