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Spring 2015

Zhuo, Ran

Besides being the most popular drug in the world, caffeine is an attractive tool used in research to help us answer fascinating scientific questions, because caffeine impinges on a number of molecular pathways. In my research, I used caffeine to study DNA repair pathways and insect xenobiotic...

Spring 2013

Cordingley, Dean M.

Caffeine is used by some athletes to improve endurance performance, however, the mechanism(s) by which caffeine elicits performance improvements have been unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of caffeine on pain perception, fatigue perception, plasma catecholamine...

2000-08-01

Wang, Jian, Burnett, John R., Near, Susan, Young, T. Kue, Zinman, Bernard, Hanley, Anthony J. G., Connelly, Philip W., Harris, Stewart B., Hegele, Robert A.

"Mutations in ABCA1, a member of the ATP-binding cassette family, have been shown to underlie Tangier disease (TD) and familial hypoalphalipoproteinemia (FHA), which are genetic disorders that are characterized by depressed concentrations of plasma high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. An...

2007-12-01

Lahiry, Piya, Ban, Matthew R., Pollex, Rebecca L., Sawyez, Cynthia G., Huff, Murray W., Young, T. Kue, Bjerregaard, Peter, Hegele, Robert A.

"Objectives: We undertook studies of the association between common genomic variations in APOC3, APOA5, APOE and PON1 genes and variation in biochemical phenotypes in a sample of Greenlanders. Study Design: Genetic association study of quantitative lipoprotein traits. Methods: In a sample of...

2019-01-01

Nair, Sindhu G., Loppnow, Glen R.

It has been well established that mutations in K-Ras and N-Ras proto-oncogenes can convert them into active oncogenes. Current molecular cancer research has been focused on determining the key steps by which cellular genes become oncogenes and not on the underlying and fundamental chemical damage...

1978

Elisens, Wayne J.

Masters thesis. Suggests elevation of five taxa of Oxytropis campestris to species status, based on chromosome studies.

Fall 2014

Pravdivyi, Igor

An individual’s body weight is tightly regulated by balancing food intake with energy expenditure. This is accomplished in part by secretion of the hormone leptin by adipocytes, an excess of which signals to reduce appetite and increase activity through action in the hypothalamic region of the...

Fall 2014

Li, Xiao

Over 50 Melanoma-associated antigen (MAGE) genes have been identified in the human genome. They share a conserved 200 amino acid MAGE-homology domain (MHD). In yeast, the only MAGE homolog (Nse3) is a component of the Smc5/6 DNA damage response complex. In humans, MAGE proteins influence cell...

Fall 2014

Dimopoulos, Ioannis

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is considered a heterogeneous group of disorders. Although many genes influence susceptibility to disease, none has shown to be the primary contributor. To identify genetic contributors, distinct AMD phenotypes need to be established. We relied on...

Spring 2012

Chen, Yishen

Neuropathic pain afflicts 1.5-3% of the general population. It can be initiated by traumatic nerve injuries or diseases such as diabetic or post-herpetic neuropathy. Neuropathic pain is often initiated by abnormal spontaneous activity in sensory neurons and this provokes increased excitability of...