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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
To retrieve all theses and dissertations associated with a specific department from the library catalogue, choose 'Advanced' and keyword search "university of alberta dept of english" OR "university of alberta department of english" (for example). Past graduates who wish to have their thesis or dissertation added to this collection can contact us at erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Items in this Collection
- 1Adam, Ibrahim S. Y.
- 1Airo, Adriana M
- 1Arendt, Christopher William.
- 1Awadh, Abdullah
- 1Azaizeh, Bara'ah
- 1Bacik, John-Paul
- 8Evans, David (Medical Microbiology and Immunology)
- 6Foley, Edan (Medical Microbiology and Immunology)
- 5Barry, Michele (Medical Microbiology and Immunology)
- 5Ingham, Robert (Medical Microbiology and Immunology)
- 5Ostergaard, Hanne (Medical Microbiology and Immunology)
- 4Baldwin, Troy (Medical Microbiology and Immunology)
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The role of obesity and insulin resistance in modulating immune cell function in cancer and liver disease
DownloadFall 2023
Obesity and associated insulin resistance (IR) represent a significant global health burden, and predispose individuals to develop various diseases, including cancer and liver diseases. Heightened inflammation during obesity can on the one hand exacerbate liver inflammation, while on the other,...
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The role of programmed death-1 (PD-1) expression in the negative selection of T lymphocytes
DownloadSpring 2011
The immune system must be able to mount a response against pathogens and transformed cells while remaining tolerant to healthy host tissue. A key process for ensuring this self-tolerance is the negative selection of self-reactive thymocytes. Expression of Programmed Death-1 (PD-1), a...
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Spring 2010
Infection of most cell types with herpes simplex virus (HSV) mutants lacking the activation functions of VP16 and/or ICP0 results in repression of viral gene expression. However, the human osteosarcoma cell line U2OS supports the replication of VP16 and ICP0 mutants to nearly wild type levels. ...
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The vaccinia virus N2 protein associates with karyopherins α2 and α4 and reduces the turnover rate of karyopherin α2
DownloadFall 2014
Due to their large genomes, poxviruses encode a number of enzymes, including a DNA polymerase and a DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, and therefore require few host gene factors for their replication. Several studies have shown several host nuclear factors are in fact recruited to viral sites of...
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Thinking inside and outside the blood vessel: S1P-mediated control of vascular tone and the impact of CMV infection
DownloadSpring 2016
Sphingosine 1–phosphate (S1P), a bioactive lipid, has both endothelial barrier enhancing and disrupting effects, but also regulates vascular tone. The concepts of endothelial permeability and vascular tone have traditionally been studied separately. In this thesis, I demonstrate novel findings...
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Fall 2013
Chimpanzees have been previously used to study HAV infection in vivo but they are expensive and difficult to maintain and thus, there is a need for a small animal model. Our aim is to test the susceptibility of the SCID-beige/Alb-uPA mice with chimeric human/mouse livers to HAV infection....