Browsing by Department "College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences"
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(2012-05-03)Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease characterized by demyelination and remyelination resulting in motor, sensory, visual, and autonomic dysfunctions that accumulate over time. Demyelination is thought to be caused ...
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(2012-07-11)Our research focuses on the role of intermediate proteins in human disease. Desmin, a major intermediate filament protein in muscle cells, is organized into a central coiledcoil alpha helical domain flanked by globular ...
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(2011-07-25)This project attempts to examine the impact stone fruits can have on the clotting of blood in the human body. Plum rich anthocyanin extract (RAE) was added in different concentrations (1-25ug/ml) to rabbit platelets suspended ...
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(2011-04-28)In the late 1800s, a disease known as “Texas Cattle Fever” became an economic and epidemiologic problem for cattle ranchers in Texas and parts of the southern United States. A tick-borne hemoparasite known as Babesia which ...
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(2011-08-08)Brucella spp. is a gram-negative, cocobacillus, non-motile bacteria that causes a zoonotic disease called brucellosis. Cases of brucellosis remain prevalent in Middle Eastern countries, and it is the most common ...
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(2012-10-19)The importance of gut associated lymphoid tissues has been extensively reported in higher vertebrates, but less is known in lower vertebrates. In mammals immunoglobulin (Ig)A is the primary Ig of mucosal immunity. But ...
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(2011-08-08)The establishment of endothelial cell-cell contacts is critical for the development and maintenance of the vascular network. Endothelial cell adherens junctions (AJ) are cell-cell adhesion complexes consisting of clusters ...
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(2012-05-03)Breast cancer affects a variety of individuals and currently encompasses a vast number of treatment plans. Two commonly used agents, Cyclophosphamide (C) and Adriamycin (A), will be used at clinical dosage on a progressive ...
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(2012-05-08)NSP4 is the viral-encoded, enterotoxic protein that is associated with the pathogenesis of rotavirus. Currently, the sequence of NSP4 is known for the different strains of rotavirus, but other proteins that are tightly ...
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(2012-04-24)The United States is the only technologically advanced, industrialized country that fails to provide all of its citizenry with health care coverage.1 In 2010, an estimated 16.3% of Americans (approximately 50 million ...