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RAGE is a multiligand receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily: implications for homeostasis and chronic disease
Receptor for AGE (RAGE) is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily that engages distinct classes of ligands. The biology of RAGE is driven by the settings in which these ligands accumulate, such as diabete...
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RAGE and arthritis: the G82S polymorphism amplifies the inflammatory response
The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and its proinflammatory S100/calgranulin ligands are enriched in joints of subjects with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and amplify the immune/inflammatory re...
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A Recombinant Classical Swine Fever Virus with a Marker Insertion in the Internal Ribosome Entry Site
Based on an infectious cDNA clone of classical swine fever virus (CSFV) strain Alfort/187 (Ruggli et al., J Virol 70, 3478–3487, 1996) a full-length cDNA was constructed harbouring a nonviral 44 base insertion in...
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Classical swine fever virus is genetically stable in vitro and in vivo
Phylogenetic analyses of large numbers of classical swine fever strains have revealed a high degree of sequence conservation in the genomic regions examined, suggesting either a recent common ancestor or a lo...
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Peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from patients with diabetic nephropathy show increased activation of the oxidative-stress sensitive transcription factor NF-kB
Increased oxidative stress and subsequent activation of the transcription factor NF-kB has been linked to the development of late diabetic complications. To determine whether oxidative stress dependent NF-kB ...
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Rapid characterization of new pestivirus strains by direct sequencing of PCR-amplified cDNA from the 5′ noncoding region
Reverse transcription coupled with the polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used for the rapid laboratory diagnosis of pestivirus infections. A direct DNA sequencing method was developed for the analysis of ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Role of subgenomic minus-strand RNA in coronavirus replication
Coronavirus subgenomic minus-strand RNAs (negative-strand copies of the 3′ coterminal subgenomic mRNAs) probably function in mRNA amplification by serving as templates for transcription from internal (intergen...