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(Metabolites, 2022-11-29)This study aimed to evaluate whether the single nucleotide polymorphisms of ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 2 (ABCG2) and solute carrier family 2 member 9 (SLC2A9) affect individual blood uric acid levels using ...
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(Metabolites, 2022-11-29)This study aimed to evaluate whether the single nucleotide polymorphisms of ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 2 (ABCG2) and solute carrier family 2 member 9 (SLC2A9) affect individual blood uric acid levels using ...
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(2010-12-17)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyCommon, complex diseases are not caused by a single gene mutation but rather have genetic and environmental components. As a subset, autoimmune diseases also possess robust gene expression signatures that have both genetic ...
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(2007-07-30)Department: NeuroscienceIn order to form synaptic connections, an individual neuron needs to coordinate the activities of a large number of proteins. The neuron can modulate the activity of these proteins in a variety of ways. For instance, ...
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(2010-04-12)Department: Biomedical InformaticsAnswering questions such as “Which genes are related to breast cancer?” usually requires retrieving relevant publications through the PubMed search engine, reading these publications, and manually creating gene lists. This ...
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Gene-Environment Interactions Between Manganese Toxicity and Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease Genes (2015-03-26)Department: NeuroscienceParkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative, motor disorder that is characterized by selective dopaminergic cell loss in the substantia nigra pars compacta. About 10-20% of PD cases have genetic causes; nonetheless, ...
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(2011-07-28)Department: PharmacologyHuntington’s disease is a fatal autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by an expansion of CAG repeats in the DNA of the Huntingtin gene. The length of the repeat is inversely related to the age of disease ...
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(Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 1978)The purpose of this paper is to focus, once more (l), attention on a genealogical procedure which obtained among Hebrew chronographers(2). Simply stated, this paper will hold that, in some cases, minimal alterations were ...
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(North Carolina Law Review, 2011)No force has put more pressure on the legal system than is likely to be exerted as climate change begins to disrupt the settled expectations of humans. Demands on the legal system will be intense and long-term, but is the ...
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(Vanderbilt University Special Collections, 2014-10-21)
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(Clinical Law Review, 2021)This article explores the role that a generalist externship seminar can play in teaching law students about the legal profession - lawyers, the institutions in which they practice, and the markets for their services. After ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2001)This article considers the ranking of profiles of opportunity sets on the basis of their equality. A version of the Pigou-Dalton transfer principle that is appropriate for the measurement of opportunity inequality is ...
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(2018-04-11)Department: PsychologyA non-repeated items (NRI) design is an experimental design in which items are not repeated across the levels of an experimental condition. When binary outcomes are collected, a generalized linear mixed-effect model (GLMM) ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(2013-11-22)Department: NeuroscienceAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed childhood neuropsychiatric disorder. More than twenty years of genetic, behavioral, and pharmacological research support the hypothesis that ...
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(2021-07-08)Department: HistoryThis dissertation examines discussions of male bodies and male embodiment in early modern medical, pharmacological, and medico-legal texts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Premodern medical texts described and ...
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(2018-10-19)Department: Biological SciencesRecent advances in sequencing technology have greatly decreased the cost and increased the availability of genomic data. Armed with this rich base of information, it has become feasible to pursue the study of complex ...
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(2013-04-19)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyNinjurins are a conserved family of transmembrane proteins that increase expression in response to injury and stress. There are few in vivo studies of Ninjurin, and little is known about Ninjurin function. In this thesis ...
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(2013-06-04)Department: BiochemistryThis dissertation focuses on the biochemical and genetic characterization of the protein-protein interaction in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae between the cytosolic translation initiation guanine nucleotide ...
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(2013-03-29)Department: NeuroscienceIn the brain, serotonin (5-hydroxtryptamine, 5-HT) is synthesized in the raphe nucleus. Raphe serotonergic projections modulate neurotransmissions throughout the brain influencing mood and behavior. The serotonin transporter ...