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Resistance to Cell Death and Its Modulation in Cancer Stem Cells by Safa, Ahmad R

“…Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that human cancers arise from various tissues of origin that initiate from cancer stem cells (CSCs) or cancer-initiating…”
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Sequence as Context in Category Learning: An Eyetracking Study by Zaki, Safa R., Salmi, Isabella L.

“…In the current research, we tested the idea that the proximity of contrasting categories in a learning sequence would determine the features to which…”
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Targeting the Anti-Apoptotic Protein c-FLIP for Cancer Therapy by Safa, Ahmad R, Pollok, Karen E

“…Cellular FLICE (FADD-like IL-1beta-converting enzyme)-inhibitory protein (c-FLIP) is a major resistance factor and critical anti-apoptotic regulator that…”
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Myrtenol's Effectiveness against Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus : Targeting Antibiofilm and Antivirulence Properties by Makled, Amal F, Labeeb, Azza Z, Badr, Eman A E, Abdelmaksoud, Amany M, Elfiky, Safa R, Amer, Asmaa K, Sleem, Asmaa S

“…The emergence of methicillin-resistant (MRSA) several years ago highlighted the challenge of multidrug-resistant infections, emphasizing the critical need for…”
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Taxol Induces Caspase-10-dependent Apoptosis by Park, Soo-Jung, Wu, Ching-Haung, Gordon, John D., Zhong, Xiaoling, Emami, Armaghan, Safa, Ahmad R.

“…Taxol (paclitaxel) is known to inhibit cell growth and trigger significant apoptosis in various cancer cells. Although taxol induces apoptosis of cancer cells,…”
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c-FLIP knockdown induces ligand-independent DR5-, FADD-, caspase-8-, and caspase-9-dependent apoptosis in breast cancer cells by Day, Travis W., Huang, Su, Safa, Ahmad R.

“…Cellular-FLICE inhibitory protein (c-FLIP) is an inhibitor of apoptosis downstream of the death receptors Fas, DR4, and DR5, and is expressed as long (c-FLIP…”
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Predictors of pneumothorax after CT-guided transthoracic needle lung biopsy: the role of quantitative CT by Chami, H.A, Faraj, W, Yehia, Z.A, Badour, S.A, Sawan, P, Rebeiz, K, Safa, R, Saade, C, Ghandour, B, Shamseddine, A, Mukherji, D, Haydar, A.A

“…Aim To evaluate the association of quantitative computed tomography (CT) measures of emphysema with the occurrence of pneumothorax after CT-guided needle lung…”
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Procedural memory effects in categorization: Evidence for multiple systems or task complexity? by Zaki, Safa R., Kleinschmidt, Dave F.

“…According to an influential multiple-systems model of category learning, an implicit procedural system governs the learning of information-integration category…”
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The flavonoid baicalin counteracts ischemic and oxidative insults to retinal cells and lipid peroxidation to brain membranes by Jung, S.H., Kang, K.D., Ji, D., Fawcett, R.J., Safa, R., Kamalden, T.A., Osborne, N.N.

“…The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the flavonoid, baicalin is effective at blunting the negative influence of ischemia/reperfusion to…”
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Exemplar and Prototype Models Revisited: Response Strategies, Selective Attention, and Stimulus Generalization by Nosofsky, Robert M, Zaki, Safa R

“…J. D. Smith and colleagues ( J. P. Minda & J. D. Smith, 2001 ; J. D. Smith & J. P. Minda, 1998 , 2000 ; J. D. Smith, M. J. Murray, & J. P. Minda, 1997 )…”
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Is categorization performance really intact in amnesia? A meta-analysis by Zaki, Safa R

“…Most published studies of category learning in amnesia have reported intact categorization performance. These results have been used to challenge single-system…”
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The Role of Gaze Direction in Face Memory in Autism Spectrum Disorder by Zaki, Safa R., Johnson, Shannon A.

“…We tested the hypothesis that the direction of gaze of target faces may play a role in reported face recognition deficits in those with an autism spectrum…”
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Studies of Implicit Prototype Extraction in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Alzheimer's Disease by Nosofsky, Robert M, Denton, Stephen E, Zaki, Safa R, Murphy-Knudsen, Anne F, Unverzagt, Frederick W

“…Studies of incidental category learning support the hypothesis of an implicit prototype-extraction system that is distinct from explicit memory ( Smith, 2008…”
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A high-distortion enhancement effect in the prototype-learning paradigm : Dramatic effects of category learning during test by ZAKI, Safa R, NOSOFSKY, Robert M

“…Recent research suggests that exemplar models of classification are disconfirmed by the finding of extreme prototype-enhancement effects and steep typicality…”
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c-FLIP, a master anti-apoptotic regulator by Safa, A R

“…Cellular FLICE (FADD-like IL-1β-converting enzyme)-inhibitory protein (c-FLIP) is a master anti-apoptotic regulator and resistance factor that suppresses tumor…”
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Drug and apoptosis resistance in cancer stem cells: a puzzle with many pieces by Safa, Ahmad R

“…Resistance to anticancer agents and apoptosis results in cancer relapse and is associated with cancer mortality. Substantial data have provided convincing…”
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Dynamic assessment of mitoxantrone resistance and modulation of multidrug resistance by valspodar (PSC833) in multidrug resistance human cancer cells by Shen, Fei, Bailey, Barbara J, Chu, Shaoyou, Bence, Aimee K, Xue, Xinjian, Erickson, Priscilla, Safa, Ahmad R, Beck, William T, Erickson, Leonard C

“…P-glycoprotein (Pgp), a member of the ATP-binding cassette transporter family, is one of the major causes for multidrug resistance (MDR). We report using…”
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RNA Helicase A in the MEF1 Transcription Factor Complex Up-regulates the MDR1 Gene in Multidrug-resistant Cancer Cells by Zhong, Xiaoling, Safa, Ahmad R.

“…RNA helicase A (RHA) is a member of the DEAD/H family of RNA helicases and unwinds duplex RNA and DNA. Recent studies have shown that RHA regulates the…”
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Dissociations between Categorization and Recognition in Amnesic and Normal Individuals: An Exemplar-Based Interpretation by Nosofsky, Robert M., Zaki, Safa R.

“…In recent work, the finding of dissociations between categorization and recognition in amnesic and normal individuals has been taken as evidence of multiple…”
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Oscillatory potentials and the b-Wave: partial masking and interdependence in dark adaptation and diabetes in the rat by Layton, C J, Safa, R, Osborne, N N

“…Diabetes inhibits dark adaptation and both processes alter the electroretinogram (ERG) in similar ways. This study aimed to investigate the relationship…”
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