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2017 journal article

Local Government Capacity to Respond to Environmental Change: Insights from Towns in New York State

Environmental Management, 60(1), 118–135.

By: L. Larson n, T. Lauber*, D. Kay* & B. Cutts n

author keywords: Climate change; Environmental policy; Local government; Natural gas development; Open space development; Social capital
MeSH headings : Climate Change; Conservation of Natural Resources / legislation & jurisprudence; Conservation of Natural Resources / methods; Conservation of Natural Resources / trends; Environmental Policy / legislation & jurisprudence; Environmental Policy / trends; Humans; Local Government; New York; Policy Making; Rural Population; Urban Population
TL;DR: It was found that towns confronted with climate change were at a much earlier stage in the policy process and were generally less likely to display the essential resources, social support, and political legitimacy needed for an effective policy response. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Linking physiological mechanisms to thermally driven life history outcomes in the Mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer

Integrative and Comparative Biology, 57, E225–225.

By: H. Chou, W. Pathmasiri, S. Sumner & D. Buchwalter

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Keep breathing: Linking respiration to thermally regulated life history outcomes in the Mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer

Integrative and Comparative Biology, 57, E225–225.

By: H. Chou, D. Funk & D. Buchwalter

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

House Dust Endotoxin Levels Are Associated with Adult Asthma in a U.S. Farming Population

Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 14(3), 324–331.

By: M. Carnes, J. Hoppin n, N. Metwali*, A. Wyss, J. Hankinson, E. O’Connell*, M. Richards*, S. Long* ...

author keywords: pulmonary function; atopy; wheeze; CD14; TLR4
MeSH headings : Aged; Agriculture / statistics & numerical data; Asthma / epidemiology; Asthma / genetics; Case-Control Studies; Dust / analysis; Endotoxins / analysis; Environmental Exposure / adverse effects; Female; Gene-Environment Interaction; Humans; Lipopolysaccharide Receptors / genetics; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Respiratory Sounds; Surveys and Questionnaires; Toll-Like Receptor 4 / genetics; United States / epidemiology
TL;DR: House dust endotoxin was associated with current atopic and nonatopic asthma in a U.S. farming population and was associatedwith lower pulmonary function in patients with asthma, and the degree of the association with asthma depended on early‐life farm exposures. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Genomic profiling of canine mast cell tumors identifies DNA copy number aberrations associated with KIT mutations and high histological grade

CHROMOSOME RESEARCH, 25(2), 129–143.

By: H. Mochizuki n, R. Thomas n, S. Moroff & M. Breen n

author keywords: Cancer; Comparative genomic hybridization; Digital PCR; Dog; Mastocytosis; Pug
MeSH headings : Animals; Comparative Genomic Hybridization; DNA Copy Number Variations / genetics; Dogs; Genome / genetics; Mastocytosis, Cutaneous / diagnosis; Mastocytosis, Cutaneous / genetics; Mastocytosis, Cutaneous / pathology; Mutation; Predictive Value of Tests; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / genetics; Sensitivity and Specificity
TL;DR: Characterization of genomic alterations in canine MCTs may identify genomic regions and/or genes responsible for their development and progression, facilitating the discovery of new therapeutic targets and improved clinical management of this heterogeneous cancer. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Generation of LIF-independent induced pluripotent stem cells from canine fetal fibroblasts

THERIOGENOLOGY, 92, 75–82.

By: N. Goncalves, F. Bressan*, K. Roballo, F. Meirelles*, P. Xavier, H. Fukumasu, C. Williams n, M. Breen n ...

author keywords: iPSC; Canine; Stem cells; Pluripotency; Cellular reprogramming
MeSH headings : Animals; Dogs; Fetus / cytology; Fibroblasts / cytology; Fibroblasts / drug effects; Fibroblasts / physiology; Gene Expression Regulation / physiology; Leukemia Inhibitory Factor / pharmacology; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Mice, Nude; Pluripotent Stem Cells / physiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
TL;DR: This report is the first to describe the ability to reprogram canine somatic cells via lentiviral vectors without supplementation and with resistance to enzymatic action, thereby demonstrating the pluripotency of these cell lines. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Electrical Cell-Substrate Impedance Spectroscopy Can Monitor Age-Grouped Human Adipose Stem Cell Variability During Osteogenic Differentiation

STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, 6(2), 502–511.

author keywords: Electrical cell-substrate impedance spectroscopy; Adipose stem cells; Osteogenesis; Bioimpedance
MeSH headings : Adipose Tissue / cytology; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bone and Bones / cytology; Cell Differentiation; Cell Proliferation; Cells, Cultured; Dielectric Spectroscopy / methods; Electric Impedance; Humans; Middle Aged; Osteogenesis; Phenotype; Stem Cells / metabolism; Stem Cells / physiology; Time Factors; Young Adult
TL;DR: This is the first study to use ECIS to predict osteogenic potential of multiple hASC populations and to show that donor age may temporally control onset of osteogenesis, which could be critical for development of patient‐specific bone tissue engineering and regenerative medicine therapies. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Constitutive activation of alternative nuclear factor kappa B pathway in canine diffuse large B-cell lymphoma contributes to tumor cell survival and is a target of new adjuvant therapies

LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA, 58(7), 1702–1710.

By: D. Seelig*, D. Ito*, C. Forster*, U. Yoon*, M. Breen n, L. Burns*, V. Bachanova*, K. Lindblad-Toh* ...

author keywords: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; alternative NF-kappa B pathway; canine model; targeting therapy; comparative pathology
MeSH headings : Animals; Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Survival / drug effects; Disease Models, Animal; Dogs; Gene Expression; Genes, Reporter; Humans; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / drug therapy; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / metabolism; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / pathology; Molecular Targeted Therapy; NF-kappa B / metabolism; Signal Transduction / drug effects
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that dogs with spontaneous DLBCL can provide a useful large animal model to study therapies targeting the ANFκBP and that a small interfering RNA inhibits the activation of the NFκB pathway and induces apoptosis in canineDLBCL cells. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Arsenic-Induced Activation of the Homeodomain-Interacting Protein Kinase 2 (HIPK2) to cAMP-Response Element Binding Protein (CREB) Axis

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 429(1), 64–78.

author keywords: ATF1; HIPK1; CCNA1; CBP; TAF4
MeSH headings : Arsenic / metabolism; Carrier Proteins / metabolism; Cell Line; Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / metabolism; Gene Expression Profiling; Humans; Phosphorylation; Protein Processing, Post-Translational; Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism; Serine / metabolism; Transcriptional Activation
TL;DR: The results suggest that the HIPK2-phospho-Ser271 CREB axis is a new arsenic-responsive CREB activation mechanism in parallel with the PKA-ph phosphate-based activation mechanism of Ser133 CREB. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 review

Applying evolutionary genetics to developmental toxicology and risk assessment

[Review of ]. REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY, 69, 174–186.

By: M. Leung*, A. Procter n, J. Goldstone*, J. Foox*, R. DeSalle*, C. Mattingly n, M. Siddall*, A. Timme-Laragy*

author keywords: Evolutionary genetics; Developmental toxicology; Systems toxicology; Birth defects; Signaling pathways; High-throughput screening; Evo-Devo
MeSH headings : Animals; Computational Biology; Evolution, Molecular; Humans; Phylogeny; Risk Assessment; Systems Biology; Teratology
TL;DR: This synthesis can lead to novel applications in developmental toxicity and risk assessment, but also can pave the way for applying an evo-devo perspective to the study of developmental origins of health and disease. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

A note on multiple imputation under complex sampling

Biometrika, 104(1), 221–228.

By: J. Kim & S. Yang

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database: update 2017

NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 45(D1), D972–D978.

MeSH headings : Computational Biology / methods; Databases, Chemical; Databases, Genetic; Gene Ontology; Humans; Search Engine; Signal Transduction; Toxicogenetics / methods; User-Computer Interface; Web Browser
TL;DR: This update describes the new exposure module (that harmonizes exposure science information with core toxicogenomic data) and introduces a novel dataset of GO-disease inferences (that identify common molecular underpinnings for seemingly unrelated pathologies). (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Nuclear Localized LSR: A Novel Regulator of Breast Cancer Behavior and Tumorigenesis

MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH, 15(2), 165–178.

By: D. Reaves*, K. Hoadley*, K. Fagan-Solis*, D. Jima n, M. Bereman n, L. Thorpe*, J. Hicks*, D. McDonald* ...

MeSH headings : Animals; Breast Neoplasms / genetics; Breast Neoplasms / metabolism; Breast Neoplasms / pathology; Carcinogenesis / genetics; Carcinogenesis / metabolism; Carcinogenesis / pathology; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / genetics; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / metabolism; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / pathology; Female; Heterografts; Humans; Mice; Receptors, LDL / biosynthesis; Receptors, LDL / genetics; Receptors, LDL / metabolism
TL;DR: Results show that nuclear LSR alters gene expression and may promote aggressive cancer phenotypes through differential subcellular localization to alter cell signaling, bioenergetics, and gene expression. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Novel Cadmium Resistance Determinant in Listeria monocytogenes

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 83(5).

author keywords: Listeria monocytogenes; cadmium resistance; cadA; biofilm; virulence
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacterial Proteins / genetics; Biofilms / drug effects; Biofilms / growth & development; Cadmium / toxicity; DNA Transposable Elements / genetics; Disease Models, Animal; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Food Microbiology; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / genetics; Genes, Bacterial; Larva / microbiology; Lepidoptera / microbiology; Listeria monocytogenes / drug effects; Listeria monocytogenes / genetics; Listeria monocytogenes / growth & development; Listeria monocytogenes / physiology; Listeriosis / microbiology; Metals, Heavy; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; Sequence Alignment; Virulence / genetics
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Marine snow formation by the toxin-producing diatom, Pseudo-nitzschia australis

HARMFUL ALGAE, 61, 23–30.

By: A. Schnetzer n, R. Lampe n, C. Benitez-Nelson*, A. Marchetti*, C. Osburn n & A. Tatters*

author keywords: Marine snow; Domoic acid; Pseudo-nitzschia; Toxin flux; Food web
TL;DR: This study confirms that MS functions as a major vector for toxin flux to depth, that Pseudo-nitzschia -derived aggregates should be considered ‘toxic snow’ for MS-associated organisms, and that effects of MS toxicity on interactions with aggregate-associated microbes and zooplankton consumers warrant further consideration. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 article

Imaging antiretroviral distribution within gastrointestinal tissues across pre-clinical species: implications for hiv eradication

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Vol. 101, pp. S17–17.

By: C. Thompson, E. Rosen, M. Mathews, N. White, C. Sykes, Y. Fedoriw, P. Charlins, L. Mulder ...

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Generation of a stable transgenic swine model expressing a porcine histone 2b-egfp fusion protein for cell tracking and chromosome dynamics studies

PLoS One, 12(1).

By: R. Sper, S. Koh, X. Zhang, S. Simpson, B. Collins, J. Sommer, R. Petters, I. Caballero, J. Platt, J. Piedrahita

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Ependymal cell contribution to scar formation after spinal cord injury is minimal, local and dependent on direct ependymal injury

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7.

By: Y. Ren*, Y. Ao*, . Timothy M. O'Shea*, J. Burda*, A. Bernstein*, A. Brumm*, N. Muthusamy n, H. Ghashghaei n ...

MeSH headings : Animals; Astrocytes / physiology; Cell Differentiation; Cicatrix / physiopathology; Disease Models, Animal; Ependyma / physiopathology; Mice; Mice, Transgenic; Neural Stem Cells / physiology; Spinal Cord Injuries / physiopathology
TL;DR: It is shown that ependyma contribution of progeny after SCI is minimal, local and dependent on direct ependymal injury, indicating that ependedyma are not a major source of endogenous neural stem cells or neuroprotective astrocytes afterSCI. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Effect of Cranberry Extract on the Frequency of Bacteriuria in Dogs with Acute Thoracolumbar Disk Herniation: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE, 31(1), 60–68.

By: N. Olby n, S. Vaden n, K. Williams n, E. Griffith n, T. Harris n, C. Mariani n, K. Munana n, P. Early n ...

author keywords: Escherichia coli; Incontinence; Proanthocyanidins; Spinal cord injury
MeSH headings : Administration, Oral; Animals; Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage; Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use; Bacteriuria / complications; Bacteriuria / drug therapy; Bacteriuria / urine; Bacteriuria / veterinary; Dog Diseases / drug therapy; Dogs; Female; Intervertebral Disc Displacement / complications; Intervertebral Disc Displacement / veterinary; Male; Plant Extracts / administration & dosage; Plant Extracts / therapeutic use; Prospective Studies; Single-Blind Method; Thoracic Vertebrae; Treatment Outcome; Urinary Tract Infections / complications; Urinary Tract Infections / drug therapy; Urinary Tract Infections / urine; Urinary Tract Infections / veterinary; Vaccinium macrocarpon
TL;DR: This clinical trial did not show a benefit of oral cranberry extract but had low power, but a possible association between urine AAA and lower risk of E. coli bacteriuria was identified. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

TAK1 regulates resident macrophages by protecting lysosomal integrity

CELL DEATH & DISEASE, 8.

By: Y. Sakamachi n, S. Morioka n, S. Mihaly n, G. Takaesu n, J. Foley*, M. Fessler*, J. Ninomiya-Tsuji n

MeSH headings : Animals; Cell Death / physiology; Cell Survival / physiology; Embryonic Development / physiology; Lung / metabolism; Lysosomes / metabolism; MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases / metabolism; Macrophages / metabolism; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Protective Agents / metabolism; Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I / metabolism; Signal Transduction / physiology; Thymocytes / physiology; Thymus Gland / metabolism; Toll-Like Receptors / metabolism
TL;DR: The results suggest that autocrine and potentially paracrine TNF kills Tak1-deficient macrophages during development, and reveal that TAK1 signaling maintains proper macrophage populations through protecting lysosomal integrity. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

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