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Creator:: Peixoto de Souza, Vanessa
Abstract:: Recently, an interest in supplementation of vitamin D to improve aspects of health, especially in human fertility, has emerged. However, supplementation of Vitamin D above the minimum required levels to prevent deficiency has yet to be explored in cattle despite evidence for vitamin D receptors in reproductive tissues. The objective...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Nagamine, Brandy S.
Abstract:: The immune system is a complex network of cellular processes working in harmony to guard us against pathogenic attack. Of utmost importance is the ability of the immune system to discriminate between “self” and “non-self” and diseased versus healthy. Recognition of antigens complexed to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Liu, S. E. Sharfstein, T. G. Graeber, P. A. Sieling, Y. J. Liu, T. H. Rea, B. R. Bloom, and R. L

Creator:: Arnold, Holly Kristin
Abstract:: The past decade of research has potentiated a revolution in our understanding of mammalian health and evolution by revealing that the gut microbiome plays a central role in mammalian physiology. Our ability to unlock this potential hinges upon the identification of specific groups of gut microbes that elicit effects on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to Dr. Jana Gordon for her support of me as a clinician as well as Dr. Stacie Summers who provided

Creator:: Gurung, Manoj
Abstract:: Gut microbiota plays an essential role in health and diseases, a fact already established. With the explosive increase in obesity and its main complication, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2D), there is an immediate need for novel methods of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of these conditions. In the last one and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ). 4. George, A. M., Jacob, A. G. & Fogelfeld, L. Lean diabetes mellitus: An emerging entity in the era

Creator:: Sackinger, Emily P.
Abstract:: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is an abnormal part of aging that mainly affects those over the age of 65. The current therapies are only FDA approved for mild to moderate AD symptoms. Cannabidiol (CBD) is a non-intoxicating constituent of Cannabis sativa that has been shown to have beneficial effects on cancer,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Marchant, Liz
Abstract:: Osteochondrosis (OC) is a developmental orthopedic disease that results from a disruption to normal endochondral ossification in the articular-epiphyseal growth complex. In mammals, the hedgehog pathway and growth factor signaling are essential to this process. Previous studies in yearling horses with OC have shown upregulation of Indian hedgehog and insulin-like...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: expression (Gordon and Nusse, 2006). The hedgehog (Hh) pathway has three primary family members

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