Background. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in social-communicative deficits and restricted and repetitive behaviors, interests, or activities (APA, 2013). While current estimates suggest 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with ASD, more alarming statistics indicate 1 in 50 school-aged children live with the disorder (Blumberg, Bramlett, Kogan,...
In endurance-trained men, an acute bout of exercise is shown to suppress post-exercise appetite and alter changes in specific appetite regulating hormones. Limited research has examined these responses in endurance-trained women. PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of exercise intensity on the appetite regulating hormones acylated ghrelin, PYY and GLP-1 and...
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, arising from malignant transformation of pigment-producing melanocytes. The primary risk factor for melanoma and other skin cancers is DNA damage resulting from unprotected solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR). If incorrectly repaired, this damage can result in incorporation of mutations that cause aberrant cell...
This study was to determine if an increase of PaC0₂, after breath-holding prior to full inspiration, could enable a person to reach the same FVC measured on land while submerged. Another purpose of this study was to explore the difference in Db and %BF between HW at RV, TLC and...
The Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor and member of the basic helix-loop-helix Per/ARNT/Sim (bHLH/PAS) family of chemosensors and developmental regulators. As a member of the PAS domain family of transcription factors responsive to exogenous signals, the AhR exerts influence on many processes relating to cellular fate....
A key mechanism utilized by plants to make iron (Fe) available for
uptake is the reduction of Fe(III) to Fe(II) via an inducible, plasma
membrane-bound Fe(III) reductase. Genes encoding such enzymes have
not yet been isolated from plants; however, two Fe(III) reductases have
been cloned from yeast. FRE1 and FRE2...
Calcium channel blockers (CCB) was studied extensively in cardiology for their tissue
protective effect following myocardial infarction; we hypothesized that administration of
a CCB would interfere with the processes that result in exercise-induced muscle damage
(EIMD) and delayed onset muscle soreness. To investigate the effects of a CCB on a...
Victoria blight, caused by fungus Cochliobolus victoriae, is a disease originally described on oats and recapitulated on Arabidopsis. Victoria blight is used as a model plant disease that conforms to an inverse gene-for-gene interaction. C. victoriae virulence is dependent upon its production of victorin, a host-specific toxin that induces programmed...
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are members of a
large group of ligand-regulated transcription factors that includes nuclear
receptors for steroid and thyroid hormones, retinoids and vitamin D₃.
Synthetic fibrates and thiazolidinediones that bind to and activate PPARs are
used efficaciously in humans to remedy hypertriglyceridemia and non-insulin
dependent diabetes mellitus,...