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University of New Mexico
Education•Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States•
About: University of New Mexico is a education organization based out in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 28870 authors who have published 64767 publications receiving 2578371 citations. The organization is also known as: UNM & Universitatis Novus Mexico.
Topics: Population, Poison control, Laser, Health care, Context (language use)
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TL;DR: The observed relationship between species richness and ANPP provides support for the theoretical expectation that a trade-off occurs between richness and productivity in herbaceous communities.
Abstract: Woody encroachment is a widespread and acute phenomenon affecting grasslands and savannas worldwide. We performed a meta-analysis of 29 studies from 13 different grassland/savanna communities in North America to determine the consequences of woody encroachment on plant species richness. In all 13 communities, species richness declined with woody plant encroachment (average decline = 45%). Species richness declined more in communities with higher precipitation (r2 = 0.81) and where encroachment was associated with a greater change in annual net primary productivity (ANPP; r2 = 0.69). Based on the strong positive correlation between precipitation and ANPP following encroachment (r2 = 0.87), we hypothesize that these relationships occur because water-limited woody plants experience a greater physiological and demographic release as precipitation increases. The observed relationship between species richness and ANPP provides support for the theoretical expectation that a trade-off occurs between richness and productivity in herbaceous communities. We conclude that woody plant encroachment leads to significant declines in species richness in North American grassland/savanna communities.
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Harvard University1, Johns Hopkins University2, University of Colorado Denver3, University of Colorado Boulder4, Nanyang Technological University5, University of Massachusetts Medical School6, University of Washington7, University of California, San Diego8, University of New Mexico9, University of Toronto10, University of Groningen11, Washington University in St. Louis12
TL;DR: In this article, the authors classified children with asthma according to four characteristic patterns of lung function growth and decline on the basis of graphs showing forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), representing spirometric measurements performed from childhood into adulthood.
Abstract: BackgroundTracking longitudinal measurements of growth and decline in lung function in patients with persistent childhood asthma may reveal links between asthma and subsequent chronic airflow obstruction. MethodsWe classified children with asthma according to four characteristic patterns of lung-function growth and decline on the basis of graphs showing forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), representing spirometric measurements performed from childhood into adulthood. Risk factors associated with abnormal patterns were also examined. To define normal values, we used FEV1 values from participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey who did not have asthma. ResultsOf the 684 study participants, 170 (25%) had a normal pattern of lung-function growth without early decline, and 514 (75%) had abnormal patterns: 176 (26%) had reduced growth and an early decline, 160 (23%) had reduced growth only, and 178 (26%) had normal growth and an early decline. Lower baseline values for FEV1, smal...
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TL;DR: It is determined that CRP also interacts with FcγRIIa (CD32), the low affinity receptor for IgG on monocytes and neutrophils, and this interaction could not account for the majority of binding of CRP to neutrophil or monocytic cells.
Abstract: C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute phase serum protein that shares several functions with immunoglobulin (Ig)G including complement activation and binding to receptors on monocytes and neutrophils. The identity of the receptor for CRP has been the target of extensive research. We previously determined that CRP binds to the high affinity receptor for IgG, FcγRI (CD64). However, this interaction could not account for the majority of binding of CRP to neutrophils or monocytic cells. We now determine that CRP also interacts with FcγRIIa (CD32), the low affinity receptor for IgG on monocytes and neutrophils. COS-7 cells were transfected with a construct containing the human FcγRIIA cDNA. CRP binding and the presence of CD32 were detected by mAb and analyzed by two-color flow cytometry. Cells expressing CD32 bound CRP in a dose-dependent and saturable manner consistent with receptor binding. CRP bound to transfectants and K-562 cells with similar kinetics, and in both cases binding was completely inhibited by aggregated IgG. On monocytic cell lines, treatment with Bt2cAMP increased FcγRII expression and enhanced CRP binding. CRP also specifically precipitated FcγRI and FcγRII from the monocytic cell line, THP-1. It is suggested that the major receptor for CRP on phagocytic cells is FcγRII.
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TL;DR: Investigation of the possibility that the TNF-alpha-induced increase in intestinal epithelial TJ permeability was regulated by myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK) protein expression indicates for the first time that this mechanism was mediated by an increase in MLCK protein expression.
Abstract: TNF-α plays a central role in the intestinal inflammation of various inflammatory disorders including Crohn's disease (CD). TNF-α-induced increase in intestinal epithelial tight junction (TJ) perme...
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TL;DR: It is shown that Atg5 expression in phagocytic cells is essential for cellular immunity to intracellular pathogens in vivo, and that an autophagy protein can participate in immunity and intrACEllular killing of pathogens via autophagosome-independent processes such as GTPase trafficking.
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Bruce S. McEwen | 215 | 1163 | 200638 |
David Miller | 203 | 2573 | 204840 |
Jing Wang | 184 | 4046 | 202769 |
Paul M. Thompson | 183 | 2271 | 146736 |
David A. Weitz | 178 | 1038 | 114182 |
David R. Williams | 178 | 2034 | 138789 |
John A. Rogers | 177 | 1341 | 127390 |
George F. Koob | 171 | 935 | 112521 |
John D. Minna | 169 | 951 | 106363 |
Carlos Bustamante | 161 | 770 | 106053 |
Lewis L. Lanier | 159 | 554 | 86677 |
Joseph Wang | 158 | 1282 | 98799 |
John E. Morley | 154 | 1377 | 97021 |
Fabian Walter | 146 | 999 | 83016 |
Michael F. Holick | 145 | 767 | 107937 |