Search Results - "Weiss, Alison"
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Intestinal organoids model human responses to infection by commensal and Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli
Published in PloS one (14-06-2017)“…Infection with Shiga toxin (Stx) producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 can cause the potentially fatal complication hemolytic uremic syndrome, and currently only…”
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Needle in a haystack: localising the long-term neuronal changes from early-life exposure to general anaesthesia
Published in British journal of anaesthesia : BJA (01-12-2023)“…Narrowing down the histopathological changes in the brain after early-life exposure to general anaesthesia has presented a consistent challenge for preclinical…”
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Intra-striatal AAV2.retro administration leads to extensive retrograde transport in the rhesus macaque brain: implications for disease modeling and therapeutic development
Published in Scientific reports (24-04-2020)“…Recently, AAV2.retro, a new capsid variant capable of efficient retrograde transport in brain, was generated in mice using a directed evolution approach…”
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Glycolipid binding preferences of Shiga toxin variants
Published in PloS one (01-07-2014)“…The major virulence factor of Shiga toxin producing E. coli, is Shiga toxin (Stx), an AB5 toxin that consists of a ribosomal RNA-cleaving A-subunit surrounded…”
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Shiga Toxin Subtypes Display Dramatic Differences in Potency
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-03-2011)“…Purified Shiga toxin (Stx) alone is capable of producing systemic complications, including hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), in animal models of disease. Stx…”
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Colorimetric viral detection based on sialic acid stabilized gold nanoparticles
Published in Biosensors & bioelectronics (15-04-2013)“…Sialic acid reduced and stabilized gold nanoparticles (d=20.1±1.8 nm) were synthesized by a simple one-pot, green method without chemically modifying sialic…”
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Shiga toxin binding to glycolipids and glycans
Published in PloS one (13-02-2012)“…Immunologically distinct forms of Shiga toxin (Stx1 and Stx2) display different potencies and disease outcomes, likely due to differences in host cell binding…”
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Reduced D2/D3 Receptor Binding and Glucose Metabolism in a Macaque Model of Huntington's Disease
Published in Movement disorders (01-01-2023)“…Background Dopamine system dysfunction and altered glucose metabolism are implicated in Huntington's disease (HD), a neurological disease caused by mutant…”
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Probiotic Properties of Escherichia coli Nissle in Human Intestinal Organoids
Published in mBio (07-07-2020)“…strain Nissle has been used as a probiotic and therapeutic agent for over a century. Reports suggest that Nissle protects mice from enterohemorrhagic (EHEC)…”
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Electroosmotic flow driven microfluidic device for bacteria isolation using magnetic microbeads
Published in Scientific reports (02-10-2019)“…The presence of bacterial pathogens in water can lead to severe complications such as infection and food poisoning. This research proposes a point-of-care…”
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Microglia, inflammation and gut microbiota responses in a progressive monkey model of Parkinson's disease: A case series
Published in Neurobiology of disease (01-10-2020)“…Inflammation has been linked to the development of nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD), which greatly impact patients' quality of life and can often…”
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Reduced D 2 /D 3 Receptor Binding and Glucose Metabolism in a Macaque Model of Huntington's Disease
Published in Movement disorders (01-01-2023)“…Dopamine system dysfunction and altered glucose metabolism are implicated in Huntington's disease (HD), a neurological disease caused by mutant huntingtin…”
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Object and spatial memory after neonatal perirhinal lesions in monkeys
Published in Behavioural brain research (01-02-2016)“…•Object and location memory was assessed in monkeys with neonatal perirhinal lesions.•Recognition of objects after delays longer than 30s was impaired.•No…”
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Selective vulnerability of layer 5a corticostriatal neurons in Huntington's disease
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (20-03-2024)“…The properties of the cell types that are selectively vulnerable in Huntington's disease (HD) cortex, the nature of somatic CAG expansions of mHTT in these…”
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Psychoactive and other ceremonial plants from a 2,000-year-old Maya ritual deposit at Yaxnohcah, Mexico
Published in PloS one (26-04-2024)“…For millennia, healing and psychoactive plants have been part of the medicinal and ceremonial fabric of elaborate rituals and everyday religious practices…”
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Environmental DNA reveals arboreal cityscapes at the Ancient Maya Center of Tikal
Published in Scientific reports (16-06-2021)“…Tikal, a major city of the ancient Maya world, has been the focus of archaeological research for over a century, yet the interactions between the Maya and the…”
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The macaque brain ONPRC18 template with combined gray and white matter labelmap for multimodal neuroimaging studies of Nonhuman Primates
Published in NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) (15-01-2021)“…Macaques are the most common nonhuman primate (NHP) species used in neuroscience research. With the advancement of many neuroimaging techniques, new studies…”
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A novel rhesus macaque model of Huntington's disease recapitulates key neuropathological changes along with motor and cognitive decline
Published in eLife (07-10-2022)“…We created a new nonhuman primate model of the genetic neurodegenerative disorder Huntington's disease (HD) by injecting a mixture of recombinant…”
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A Zinc-Dependent Adhesion Module Is Responsible for Intercellular Adhesion in Staphylococcal Biofilms
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-12-2008)“…Hospital-acquired bacterial infections are an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Staphylococcal species are responsible for the…”
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