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Lipopolysaccharide Challenge Reveals Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Dysfunction in Murine Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Description: Study explores whether chronic inflammatory processes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are in part due to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysfunction by challenging female control and SLE mice with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and measuring c-Fos expression as an index of neuronal activation, plasma adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) as an index of anterior pituitary function, and plasma corticosterone as an index of adrenal function.
Date: October 4, 2018
Creator: Pham, Grace S. & Mathis, Keisa W.
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Sarcoidosis and Its Splenic Wonder: A Rare Case of Isolated Splenic Sarcoidosis

Description: This article is a case study discussing a case of a 40-year-old female with isolated splenic sarcoidosis found to have isolated splenomegaly with multiple hypodense splenic lesions and no other multisystem involvement. Isolated splenomegaly is very rare and an uncommon presentation of sarcoidosis. This case is clinically challenging because of the extensive differential diagnosis. The authors conclude that sarcoidosis of the spleen, although rare, should be considered in the differential diagno… more
Date: November 5, 2018
Creator: Jhaveri, Khushali & Surani, Salim R.
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Breakthroughs in Medicinal Chemistry: New Targets and Mechanisms, New Drugs, New Hopes-4

Description: The article is part of a series of Editorials published biannually that highlights a number of recently published articles that describe crucial findings. This article highlights 25 different articles that range from asthma treatment to new oral β-lactamase inhibitor (BLI).
Date: December 31, 2018
Creator: Mangoni, Arduino A; Guillou, Catherine; Vanden Eynde, Jean Jacques; Hulme, Christopher; Jampilek, Josef; Li, Wei et al.
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Trends in Magnesium Intake among Hispanic Adults, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2014

Description: Paper describes the results of a study examining magnesium intake in Hispanic adults, using data from the NHANES from 1999-2014, stratified by gender, Hispanic origins, age, and poverty income ratio (PIR) level.
Date: November 22, 2019
Creator: Liu, Jialiang; Huang, Yuhan; Dai, Qi; Fulda, Kimberly G.; Chen, Shande & Tao, Meng-Hua
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Food Choice Priorities Change Over Time and Predict Dietary Intake at the End of the First Year of College Among Students in the U.S.

Description: Study assesses food choice priorities (FCP) and associations with consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV), fiber, added sugars from non-beverage sources, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) among college students, and how those choices evolve over their first year of college.
Date: September 13, 2018
Creator: Vilaro, Melissa J.; Colby, Sarah E.; Riggsbee, Kristin; Zhou, Wenjun; Byrd-Bredbenner, Carol; Olfert, Melissa D. et al.
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Breakthroughs in Medicinal Chemistry: New Targets and Mechanisms, New Drugs, New Hopes-5

Description: The article is part of a series of Editorials published biannually that highlights a number of recently published articles that describe crucial findings.
Date: June 30, 2019
Creator: Mangoni, Arduino A; Vanden Eynde, Jean Jacques; Jampilek, Josef; Hadjipavlou-Litina, Dimitra; Liu, Hong; Reynisson, Jóhannes et al.
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Association of Home Food Availability with Prediabetes and Diabetes among Adults in the United States

Description: This article examined associations of home food availabilities with prediabetes and diabetes among 8929 adults (20–70 years) participating in 2007–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. The results show prediabetes participants had lower availability of healthy foods and higher availability of unhealthy foods, suggesting the need to improve healthy food availability at home for this population.
Date: April 25, 2020
Creator: McAtee, Jenniffer; Tao, Meng-Hua; King, Christian & Chai, Weiwen
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Biodiversity of protists and nematodes in the wild nonhuman primate gut

Description: Article describes study which used an 18S rRNA gene fragment metabarcoding approach to assess the eukaryotic assemblage of 62 individuals representing 16 nonhuman primate NHP species to better understand the factors that influence the assembly and diversity of gut-associated eukaryotes.
Date: November 12, 2019
Creator: Mann, Allison E.; Mazel, Florent; Lemay, Matthew A.; Morien, Evan; Billy, Vincent; Kowalewski, Martin et al.
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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Barriers for pregnant women living in rural, agricultural villages to accessing antenatal care in Cambodia: A community-based cross-sectional study combined with a geographic information system

Description: Article describes how morbidity and mortality is still a major public health issue in low- and middle-income countries such as Cambodia. This study examines the barriers for pregnant women living in rural, agricultural villages.
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Yasuoka, Junko; Nanishi, Keiko; Kikuchi, Kimiyo; Suzuki, Sumihiro; Ly, Po; Thavrin, Boukheng et al.
Partner: UNT Health Science Center
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