Biomedical sciences publications
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Accurate Atom-Mapping Computation for Biochemical Reactions
We introduce a new method for computing atom mappings called the minimum weighted edit-distance (MWED) metric. The metric is based on bond propensity to react and computes biochemically valid atom…
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Combining Cheminformatics Methods and Pathway Analysis to Identify Molecules with Whole-Cell Activity Against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Our approach leverages the integration of intensive data mining and curation and computational approaches, including cheminformatics combined with bioinformatics, to suggest biological targets and their small molecule modulators.
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Systematic Discovery of Synergistic Novel Antibiotic Combinations Targeting Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii
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Varenicline is a Potent Partial Agonist at α6β2* Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Rat and Monkey Striatum
The present experiments were therefore done to test the effect of varenicline on α6β2* nAChRs and their function, because its interaction with this subtype is currently unclear.
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Chronic Psychosocial Stressors and Salivary Biomarkers in Emerging Adults
We investigated whole saliva as a source of biomarkers to distinguish individuals who have, and who have not, been chronically exposed to severe and threatening life difficulties.
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Identification of (+)-Erythro-Mefloquine as an Active Enantiomer with Greater Efficacy than Mefloquine Against Mycobacterium Avium Infection in Mice
Infection caused by Mycobacterium avium is common in AIDS patients who do not receive treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) or who develop resistance to anti-HIV therapy.
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Efficacy of a Novel Orally Administered Formulation of DTPA Tablets for Decorporating an Intravenously Injected Radionuclide: A Comparison with Intravenously Administered Licensed DTPA
A proprietary minitablet formulation of the chelating agent diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPAMT) was administered orally to rats injected with (241 Am) (III)-citrate and compared with untreated controls.
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Mood Disorders and Risk of Lung Cancer in the EAGLE Case-Control Study and in the U.S. Veterans Affairs Inpatient Cohort
We evaluated the hypothesis that mood disorders may affect lung cancer risk in two large studies.
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Radiation Drugs-A Hot Topic
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Dual Hypocretin Receptor Antagonism Is More Effective for Sleep Promotion Than Antagonism of Either Receptor Alone
We compared the properties of selective HCRTR1 (SB-408124 and SB-334867) and HCRTR2 (EMPA) antagonists with that of the dual HCRTR1/ R2 antagonist almorexant in the rat.
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Highly Conserved CDR3 Region in Circulating CD4(+)V Beta 5(+) T Cells may be Associated with Cytotoxic Activity in Chagas Disease
The aim of this work was to determine whether T cells expressing this particular Vβ region displayed variable or restricted CDR3 sequences, as an indicator of the nature of the…
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Genotoxicity of the Cancer Chemopreventive Drug Candidates CP-31398, SHetA2, and Phospho-Ibuprofen
The genotoxic activities of three cancer chemopreventive drug candidates, CP-31398 (a cell permeable styrylquinazoline p53 modulator), SHetA2 (a flexible heteroarotinoid), and phospho-ibuprofen (PI, a derivative of ibuprofen) were tested.