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Tulane University
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About: Tulane University is a education organization based out in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Blood pressure. The organization has 24478 authors who have published 47205 publications receiving 1944993 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Louisiana.
Topics: Population, Blood pressure, Receptor, Poison control, Medicine
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TL;DR: A critical role of co-receptor utilization in viral pathogenesis is suggested and in vivo infection with chimeric simian-human immunodeficiency virus provides a reliable in vivo model for preclinical examination of HIV-1 vaccines and therapeutic agents in the context of the HIV- 1 envelope protein.
Abstract: Infection of macaques with chimeric simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) provides an excellent in vivo model for examining the influence of envelope on HIV-1 pathogenesis. Infection with a pathogenic CCR5 (R5)-specific enveloped virus, SHIVSF162P, was compared with infection with the CXCR4 (X4)-specific SHIVSF33A.2. Despite comparable levels of viral replication, animals infected with the R5 and X4 SHIV had distinct pathogenic outcomes. SHIVSF162P caused a dramatic loss of CD4+ intestinal T cells followed by a gradual depletion in peripheral CD4+ T cells, whereas infection with SHIVSF33A.2 caused a profound loss in peripheral T cells that was not paralleled in the intestine. These results suggest a critical role of co-receptor utilization in viral pathogenesis and provide a reliable in vivo model for preclinical examination of HIV-1 vaccines and therapeutic agents in the context of the HIV-1 envelope protein.
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TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper examined the trends in body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and prevalence of overweight, general obesity and abdominal obesity among Chinese adults from 1993 to 2009.
Abstract: The objective of this study is to examine the trends in body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and prevalence of overweight (BMI 25-27.49 kg m(-2) ), general obesity (BMI ≥ 27.5 kg m(-2) ) and abdominal obesity (WC ≥ 90 cm for men and ≥80 cm for women) among Chinese adults from 1993 to 2009. Data were obtained from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, which was conducted from 1993 to 2009 and included a total of 52,621 Chinese adults. During the period of 1993-2009, mean BMI values increased by 1.6 kg m(-2) among men and 0.8 kg m(-2) among women; mean WC values increased by 7.0 cm among men and 4.7 cm among women. The prevalence of overweight increased from 8.0 to 17.1% among men (P < 0.001) and from 10.7 to 14.4% among women (P < 0.001); the prevalence of general obesity increased from 2.9 to 11.4% among men (P < 0.001) and from 5.0 to 10.1% among women (P < 0.001); the prevalence of abdominal obesity increased from 8.5 to 27.8% among men (P < 0.001) and from 27.8 to 45.9% among women (P < 0.001). Similar significant trends were observed in nearly all age groups and regions for both men and women. The prevalence of overweight, general obesity and abdominal obesity among Chinese adults has increased greatly during the past 17 years.
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Baylor College of Medicine1, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center2, Emory University3, Ochsner Medical Center4, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai5, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center6, University of Tennessee Health Science Center7, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio8, Scripps Health9, Tulane University10, University of Alabama at Birmingham11, Oakland University12, University of Washington13, University of Miami14, Washington University in St. Louis15, University of California, Irvine16, Grady Memorial Hospital17
TL;DR: Looking AHEAD = Look Action for Health in Diabetes means taking action to control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Blood pressure and looking at potential barriers to this action.
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TL;DR: In this article, density functional calculations for the (0001)-Zn surface of wurtzite ZnO are reported, and different stabilization mechanisms, such as metallization of the surface layer, adsorption of OH groups or O adatoms, the formation of Zn vacancies, and large scale triangular reconstructions are considered.
Abstract: Density-functional calculations for the (0001)-Zn surface of wurtzite ZnO are reported. Different stabilization mechanisms, such as metallization of the surface layer, adsorption of OH groups or O adatoms, the formation of Zn vacancies, and large scale triangular reconstructions are considered. The calculations indicate that isolated Zn vacancies or O adatoms are unfavorable compared to triangular reconstructions. In the absence of hydrogen, these triangular features are stable under any realistic temperature and pressure. When hydrogen is present, the reconstruction is lifted, and hydroxyl groups stabilize the ideal otherwise unreconstructed surface. The transition between the unreconstructed hydroxyl covered surface and the triangular shaped features occurs abruptly; OH groups lift the reconstruction, but their adsorption is energetically unfavorable on the triangularly reconstructed surface.
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TL;DR: This work examines, with a particular emphasis on human retrotransposon activity, several newly discovered aspects of mammalian retrotransposition biology, and considers their potential impact on host biology as well as their ultimate implications for the nature of the TE-host relationship.
Abstract: Transposable elements (TEs) have shared an exceptionally long coexistence with their host organisms and have come to occupy a significant fraction of eukaryotic genomes. The bulk of the expansion occurring within mammalian genomes has arisen from the activity of type I retrotransposons, which amplify in a "copy-and-paste" fashion through an RNA intermediate. For better or worse, the sequences of these retrotransposons are now wedded to the genomes of their mammalian hosts. Although there are several reported instances of the positive contribution of mobile elements to their host genomes, these discoveries have occurred alongside growing evidence of the role of TEs in human disease and genetic instability. Here we examine, with a particular emphasis on human retrotransposon activity, several newly discovered aspects of mammalian retrotransposon biology. We consider their potential impact on host biology as well as their ultimate implications for the nature of the TE-host relationship.
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Walter C. Willett | 334 | 2399 | 413322 |
JoAnn E. Manson | 270 | 1819 | 258509 |
Frank B. Hu | 250 | 1675 | 253464 |
Eric B. Rimm | 196 | 988 | 147119 |
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski | 169 | 1431 | 128585 |
Nicholas J. White | 161 | 1352 | 104539 |
Tien Yin Wong | 160 | 1880 | 131830 |
Tomas Hökfelt | 158 | 1033 | 95979 |
Thomas E. Starzl | 150 | 1625 | 91704 |
Geoffrey Burnstock | 141 | 1488 | 99525 |
Joseph Sodroski | 138 | 542 | 77070 |
Glenn M. Chertow | 128 | 764 | 82401 |
Darwin J. Prockop | 128 | 576 | 87066 |
Kenneth J. Pienta | 127 | 671 | 64531 |
Charles Taylor | 126 | 741 | 77626 |