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Joint eQTL assessment of whole blood and dura mater tissue from individuals with Chiari type I malformation.
(BMC Genomics, 2015-01-22)
BACKGROUND: Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) play an important role in the
regulation of gene expression. Gene expression levels and eQTLs are expected to vary
from tissue to tissue, and therefore multi-tissue analyses ...
Costimulation blockade alters germinal center responses and prevents antibody-mediated rejection.
(Am J Transplant, 2014-01)
De novo donor-specific antibody (DSA) after organ transplantation promotes antibody-mediated
rejection (AMR) and causes late graft loss. Previously, we demonstrated that depletion
using anti-CD3 immunotoxin combined with ...
Initiation of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected adults with skin complaints in northern Tanzania.
(Int J Dermatol, 2015-01)
Abnormal skin findings are identified in over 90% of human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV)-infected persons globally. A prospective cohort study of HIV-infected patients
with skin complaints commencing antiretroviral therapy ...
Preschool anxiety disorders predict different patterns of amygdala-prefrontal connectivity at school-age.
(PLoS One, 2015)
OBJECTIVE: In this prospective, longitudinal study of young children, we examined
whether a history of preschool generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, and/or social
phobia is associated with amygdala-prefrontal dysregulation ...
Associations of PI3KR1 and mTOR polymorphisms with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk and gene-environment interactions in Eastern Chinese populations.
(Scientific reports, 2015-01)
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the PI3K/PTEN/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway
may contribute to carcinogenesis. We genotyped five potentially functional PIK3R1
and mTOR SNPs in 1116 esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) ...
Steps to Health employee weight management randomized control trial: short-term follow-up results.
(J Occup Environ Med, 2015-02)
OBJECTIVE: To present the short-term follow-up findings of the Steps to Health study,
a randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two employee weight management
programs offered within Duke University and the Health ...
Nurse-led behavioral management of diabetes and hypertension in community practices: a randomized trial.
(J Gen Intern Med, 2015-05)
BACKGROUND: Several trials have demonstrated the efficacy of nurse telephone case
management for diabetes (DM) and hypertension (HTN) in academic or vertically integrated
systems. Little is known about the real-world potency ...
The keys to healthy family child care homes intervention: study design and rationale.
(Contemp Clin Trials, 2015-01)
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a major public health problem for which early preventive interventions
are needed. Large numbers of young children are enrolled in some form of child care
program, making these facilities influential ...
Functional Variants in Notch Pathway Genes NCOR2, NCSTN, and MAML2 Predict Survival of Patients with Cutaneous Melanoma.
(Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2015-07)
BACKGROUND: The Notch signaling pathway is constitutively activated in human cutaneous
melanoma to promote growth and aggressive metastatic potential of primary melanoma
cells. Therefore, genetic variants in Notch pathway ...
HPV16 antibodies as risk factors for oropharyngeal cancer and their association with tumor HPV and smoking status.
(Oral Oncol, 2015-07)
BACKGROUND: Antibodies (Abs) to the HPV16 proteome increase risk for HPV-associated
OPC (HPVOPC). The goal of this study was to investigate the association of a panel
of HPV16 Abs with risk for OPC as well as the association ...