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Efficacy of the topical nasal steroid budesonide on improving sleep and daytime somnolence in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis by Hughes, K., Glass, C., Ripchinski, M., Gurevich, F., Weaver, T. E., Lehman, E., Fisher, L. H., Craig, T. J.

“…Background:  Improving quality of life is considered to be a major endpoint and motivation for clinical intervention in patients with perennial allergic…”
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An instrument to measure functional status outcomes for disorders of excessive sleepiness by WEAVER, T. E, LAIZNER, A. M, DINGES, D. F, EVANS, L. K, MAISLIN, G, CHUGH, D. K, LYON, K, SMITH, P. L, SCHWARTZ, A. R, REDLINE, S, PACK, A. I

“…This article reports the development of the functional outcomes of sleep questionnaire (FOSQ). This is the first self-report measure designed to assess the…”
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Function and regulation of expression of pulmonary surfactant-associated proteins by WEAVER, T. E, WHITSETT, J. A

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Human surfactant protein B: structure, function, regulation, and genetic disease by Whitsett, J A, Nogee, L M, Weaver, T E, Horowitz, A D

“…Elucidation of the structure and function of the hydrophobic surfactant protein (SP-B) and the SP-B gene has provided critical insight into surfactant…”
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Association of peri‐operative prescription of non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs with continued prescription of opioids after total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective claims‐based cohort study by Hussain, N., Brull, R., Gilron, I., Weaver, T. E., Shahzad, H., D'Souza, R. S., Abdel‐Rasoul, M., Clarke, H., McCartney, C. J. L., Abdallah, F. W.

“…Summary Non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are one of the mainstays of multimodal pain management. While effective for acute pain control, recent…”
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Targeted disruption of the surfactant protein B gene disrupts surfactant homeostasis, causing respiratory failure in newborn mice by Clark, J C, Wert, S E, Bachurski, C J, Stahlman, M T, Stripp, B R, Weaver, T E, Whitsett, J A

“…Surfactant protein B (SP-B) is an 8.7-kDa, hydrophobic protein that enhances the spreading and stability of surfactant phospholipids in the alveolus. To…”
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Outcome measurement in sleep medicine practice and research. Part 2: assessment of neurobehavioral performance and mood by Weaver, T.E.

“…Neurobehavioral performance and alterations in mood consequent to sleep disorders and their treatment has recently been the focus of clinical investigations…”
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Bacterial Killing Is Enhanced by Expression of Lysozyme in the Lungs of Transgenic Mice by Akinbi, Henry T, Epaud, Ralph, Bhatt, Hetal, Weaver, Timothy E

“…To assess the role of lysozyme in pulmonary host defense in vivo, transgenic mice expressing rat lysozyme cDNA in distal respiratory epithelial cells were…”
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Night-to-night variability in CPAP use over the first three months of treatment by WEAVER, T. E, KRIBBS, N. B, DINGES, D. F, PACK, A. I, KLINE, L. R, CHUGH, D. K, MAISLIN, G, SMITH, P. L, SCHWARTZ, A. R, SCHUBERT, N. M, GILLEN, K. A

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between night-to-night variability and nightly duration of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)…”
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Proteolytic generation and aggregation of peptides from transmembrane regions: lung surfactant protein C and amyloid beta-peptide by Johansson, J, Weaver, T E, Tjernberg, L O

“…The formation of amyloid fibrils is associated with several devastating diseases in humans and animals, including e.g. Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the…”
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Bacterial killing is enhanced by exogenous administration of lysozyme in the lungs by Epaud, R., Delestrain, C., Weaver, T.E., Akinbi, H.T.

“…Lysozyme, a 14-kDa protein, is one of the most abundant antimicrobials in the lungs. Its concentration in airway surface sufficient to kill several bacterial…”
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Lamellar Body Formation in Normal and Surfactant Protein B-Deficient Fetal Mice by Stahlman, Mildred T, Gray, Mary Phillips, Falconieri, Mary W, Whitsett, Jeffrey A, Weaver, Timothy E

“…Surfactant protein B (SP-B) −/− mice die of lethal respiratory distress syndrome shortly after birth. Alveolar type II epithelial cells in SP-B–deficient mice…”
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Intracellular processing of pulmonary surfactant protein B in an endosomal/lysosomal compartment by Voorhout, W F, Veenendaal, T, Haagsman, H P, Weaver, T E, Whitsett, J A, van Golde, L M, Geuze, H J

“…The hydrophobic surfactant protein B (SP-B) is synthesized in alveolar type II cells as a 40-kDa precursor protein that is processed via 39- and 23-kDa…”
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Neurobehavioral consequences of arousals by CHUGH, D. K, WEAVER, T. E, DINGES, D. F

“…The neurobehavioral deficits of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) are often attributed to the rate of respiratory disturbance or rate of arousals during…”
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Posttranslational processing of surfactant protein C in rat type II cells by Vorbroker, D K, Voorhout, W F, Weaver, T E, Whitsett, J A

“…Pulmonary surfactant consists of phospholipids and proteins that form a stable monolayer at the surface of the alveoli to prevent lung collapse. Surfactant…”
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Processing of surfactant protein B proprotein by a cathepsin D-like protease by Weaver, T E, Lin, S, Bogucki, B, Dey, C

“…Surfactant protein B (SP-B) is a hydrophobic peptide of relative molecular weight (M(r)) = 8,000 that is associated with pulmonary surfactant phospholipids…”
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Differential effects of epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-beta on synthesis of Mr = 35,000 surfactant-associated protein in fetal lung by Whitsett, J A, Weaver, T E, Lieberman, M A, Clark, J C, Daugherty, C

“…Differentiation of pulmonary Type II epithelial cells in late gestation is associated with the synthesis of pulmonary surfactant required for adaptation to air…”
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Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy: the challenge to effective treatment by Weaver, Terri E, Grunstein, Ronald R

“…Despite the high efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to reverse upper airway obstruction in sleep apnea, treatment effectiveness is limited…”
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Single-step purification/solubilization of recombinant proteins: application to surfactant protein B by Holzinger, A, Phillips, K S, Weaver, T E

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cDNA, deduced polypeptide structure and chromosomal assignment of human pulmonary surfactant proteolipid, SPL(pVal) by Glasser, S W, Korfhagen, T R, Weaver, T E, Clark, J C, Pilot-Matias, T, Meuth, J, Fox, J L, Whitsett, J A

“…In hyaline membrane disease of premature infants, lack of surfactant leads to pulmonary atelectasis and respiratory distress. Hydrophobic surfactant proteins…”
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