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- 1Adame Perez, Stephany
- 1Al-Adra, David P.
- 1Albalawi, Zaina H
- 1Anderson, Sarah J
- 1Asaad, Ghada A
- 9Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 5Department of Medicine
- 5Department of Surgery
- 5Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- 4School of Public Health
- 3Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
- 2Johnson, Jeff A. (School of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta)
- 2Williams, Beverly (Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta)
- 1Al Hamarneh, Yazid (Pharmacology)
- 1Anderson, Colin (Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Surgery)
- 1Baldwin, Troy (Medical Microbiology and Immunology)
- 1Chan, Catherine (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences)
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Spring 2016
Living with diabetes is challenging. Achieving optimal blood sugar balance involves major lifestyle choices and changes that can be difficult to sustain over time. When a woman with diabetes immigrates to a new country with very different social and cultural customs, religion, values, norms, and...
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Assessment of food accessibility, availability and adherence to dietary recommendations among diabetic older adults living in subsidized retirement homes
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The availability and accessibility of healthy foods for type 2 diabetes patients may limit their food choices and adherence to dietary recommendations. The accessibility and availability of food for low-income, diabetic, older adults was evaluated. Information was gathered regarding self-care...
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Best practices: does it mean the same thing in the Aboriginal community as it does in the health authorities when it comes to diabetes care?
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Best Practices: Does it mean the same thing in the Aboriginal community as it does in the Health Authorities when it comes to diabetes care?
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Body Composition Assessment in Pediatric Obesity: Reliability, Validity, and Clinical Applications
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Adipose tissue and skeletal muscle have unique metabolic roles. Despite body mass index for age and sex (BMI z-score) being historically widely used to evaluate and monitor health status in children with obesity, it does not depict adiposity and muscularity (or their changes) during growth or...
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Cause of Death and the Impact of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure
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Introduction: Diabetes and heart failure (HF) place a large burden on healthcare systems and are associated with increased risk for death, including sudden cardiac death (SCD). However, causes of death have not been fully explored and evidence for primary prevention...
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Characterization of Human Pancreatic Beta-cell Progenitors as a Means to Alleviate the Shortage of Donor Tissue for Islet Transplantation
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The current shortage of islet tissue from cadaveric human donors is not sustainable and will preclude islet transplantation from becoming a widespread therapeutic treatment for those with type 1 diabetes. A potential alternative source of tissue may be through isolating, expanding, and...
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Characterization of the Mitochondrial Phenotype Associated with Primary Biliary Cholangitis
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Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic liver disease characterized by the immune-mediated destruction of intra-hepatic bile ducts. The autoimmune nature of PBC involves humoral and cell-mediated responses that target endogenous mitochondrial proteins. It is thought that the breakdown of...
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Chronic Fatigue Mechanisms in Autoimmune Diseases: Lessons from Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Systemic Sclerosis
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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease affecting the body's connective tissues, resulting in progressive fibrosis and vasculopathy. In some cases, individuals with SSc may also develop primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), another autoimmune disease characterized by damage to their...
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Contributions of Bim and Nur77 to multiple mechanisms of T cell tolerance following high affinity antigen encounter
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Prevention of autoimmune disease requires the elimination or inactivation of T cells that are highly reactive to self-peptides. During T cell development in the thymus, self-reactive thymocytes undergo negative selection upon receiving a high affinity T cell receptor (TCR) signal following...
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Fall 2012
Establishing mixed hematopoietic chimerism is a promising approach to develop donor-specific tolerance to transplanted organs. Establishing tolerance may eliminate the need for long-term immunosuppressive therapy, prevent chronic rejection and in the case of Type 1 Diabetes (T1DM), reverse...