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Disease invasion dynamics : brucellosis and tuberculosis in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

Creator:

Gorsich, Erin E.

Abstract:

Emerging infectious diseases in wild animals threaten global biodiversity as well as domestic animal and human health. Their unprecedented increase in conjunction with anthropogenically induced range shifts of endemic pathogens exposes hosts to novel parasite combinations, lending urgency to research on disease dynamics in wildlife systems. In natural populations, hosts...

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Dissertation

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) AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Erin E. Gorsich for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in
Elevated ceramide levels contribute to the age-associated decline in vascular endothelial nitric oxide : pharmacologic administration of lipoic acid partially restores function

Creator:

Smith, Anthony R.

Abstract:

The vascular endothelium is a single cell layer that lines the lumen of the entire vasculature. It is the site of synthesis of nitric oxide (NO), a vasodilatory compound synthesized by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). NO causes intracellular calcium sequestration of the vascular smooth muscle cells, relaxing and dilating...

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Dissertation

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