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    An epistatic interaction between pre-natal smoke exposure and socioeconomic status has a significant impact on bronchodilator drug response in African American youth with asthma

    Asthma is one of the leading chronic illnesses among children in the United States. Asthma prevalence is higher among African Americans (11.2%) compared to European Americans (7.7%). Bronchodilator medications...

    J. Magaña, M. G. Contreras, K. L. Keys, O. Risse-Adams, P. C. Goddard in BioData Mining (2020)

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    Metabolic stress induces a Wnt-dependent cancer stem cell-like state transition

    Reciprocal interactions between cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment drive multiple clinically significant behaviors including dormancy, invasion, and metastasis as well as therapy resistance. These mic...

    E Lee, J Yang, M Ku, N H Kim, Y Park, C B Park, J-S Suh, E S Park in Cell Death & Disease (2015)

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    Extracts of the invasive shrub Lonicera maackii increase mortality and alter behavior of amphibian larvae

    Water-soluble phytochemicals produced by invasive plants may represent novel elements of invaded ecosystems that can precipitate a variety of direct and indirect effects on native organisms. Phenolic compounds...

    J. I. Watling, C. R. Hickman, E. Lee, K. Wang, J. L. Orrock in Oecologia (2011)

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    Advanced Treatment Technologies in the Remediation of Seleniferous Drainage Waters and Sediments

    Bioaccumulation of selenium (Se) in wetlands and evaporation ponds has created serious hazards to fish and waterfowl in the western United States. Agricultural drainage water is the main source for Se contamin...

    W.T. Frankenberger Jr., C. Amrhein, T.W.M. Fan in Irrigation and Drainage Systems (2004)

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    Functional capacities of marsupial hearts: size and mitochondrial parameters indicate higher aerobic capabilities than generally seen in placental mammals

    This study of marsupial hearts explored the aerobic capacities of this group of mammals; recent information suggests that marsupials possess higher aerobic abilities than previously accepted. Characteristics s...

    T. J. Dawson, K. N. Webster, B. Mifsud, E. Raad in Journal of Comparative Physiology B (2003)

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    Growth retardation and neonatal lethality in mice with a homozygous deletion in the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II

    The C-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II consists of tandem repeats of the consensus heptapeptide YSPTSPS. Deletion studies in tissue culture cells have indicated that the CTD p...

    Y. Litingtung, A. M. Lawler, S. M. Sebald, E. Lee in Molecular and General Genetics MGG (1999)

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    The effect of propylthiouracil on glutathione S-transferase activity of rat spleen in vitro and in vivo

    Propylthiouracil (PTU) inhibited glutathione (GSH) S-transferase (EC 2.5.1.18) activity of rat spleens in a concentration dependent manner in vitro. PTU (1.5 mmoles/kg) treatment of rats for 1 or 2 weeks cause...

    K. Kariya, E. Lee, T. Matsue in Experientia (1983)

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    Effect of ethanol on taurine concentration in the brain

    The taurine concentration in the brain was decreased in ethanol-dependent rats, but returned to normal soon after withdrawal of ethanol. It was not affected by acute ethanol administration.

    H. Iwata, T. Matsuda, E. Lee, S. Yamagami, A. Baba in Experientia (1980)

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    Primary productivity and related data from tropical and subtropical marine sediments

    Measurements in situ were made of oxygen exchange and 14C fixation in calcareous sediments off the coast of Florida, USA, and at various sites in the Caribbean Sea at depths to 60 m. Sediment samples were analyze...

    J. S. Bunt, C. C. Lee, E. Lee in Marine Biology (1972)