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DNA microarray global gene expression analysis of influenza virus-infected chicken and duck cells (2015)
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The data described in this article pertain to the article by Kuchipudi et al. (2014) titled “Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Infection in Chickens But Not Ducks Is Associated with Elevated Host Immune and Pro-inflammatory Responses” [1]. Whil... Read More about DNA microarray global gene expression analysis of influenza virus-infected chicken and duck cells.

Exploiting heterogeneous environments: does photosynthetic acclimation optimize carbon gain in fluctuating light? (2015)
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Plants have evolved complex mechanisms to balance the efficient use of absorbed light energy in photosynthesis with the capacity to use that energy in assimilation, so avoiding potential damage from excess light. This is particularly important under... Read More about Exploiting heterogeneous environments: does photosynthetic acclimation optimize carbon gain in fluctuating light?.

Genomic prediction of traits related to canine hip dysplasia (2015)
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Comparison of Schmallenberg virus antibody levels detected in milk and serum from individual cows (2015)
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© Daly et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Background: Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is a recently emerged virus of ruminants in Europe. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) are commonly used to detect SBV-specific antibodies in bulk tank milk samples... Read More about Comparison of Schmallenberg virus antibody levels detected in milk and serum from individual cows.

TGF-? superfamily members from the helminth Fasciola hepatica show intrinsic effects on viability and development (2015)
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© 2015 Japa et al.; licensee BioMed Central. The helminth Fasciola hepatica causes fasciolosis throughout the world, a major disease of livestock and an emerging zoonotic disease in humans. Sustainable control mechanisms such as vaccination are urgen... Read More about TGF-? superfamily members from the helminth Fasciola hepatica show intrinsic effects on viability and development.

Regional differences of testicular artery blood flow in post pubertal and pre-pubertal dogs (2015)
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Background Measurement of testicular artery blood flow is used in several species to evaluate reproductive function and testicular and scrotal pathology. In dogs there are inconsistent reports about normal flow in post-pubertal dogs and no informa... Read More about Regional differences of testicular artery blood flow in post pubertal and pre-pubertal dogs.

Placental expression of adenosine A2A receptor and hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha in early pregnancy, term and pre-eclamptic pregnancies: interactions with placental renin-angiotensin system (2015)
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Normal placentation occurs under low oxygen tensions yet hypoxia is also implicated in placental pathologies such as pre-eclampsia (PE). Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), adenosine and tissue renin-angiotensin-system (RAS) are known to promote angiog... Read More about Placental expression of adenosine A2A receptor and hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha in early pregnancy, term and pre-eclamptic pregnancies: interactions with placental renin-angiotensin system.

Animals and anomalies: an analysis of the UK veterinary profession and the relative lack of state reform (2015)
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The sociology of professions literature would predict that the contemporary state would not allow groups to continue unregulated or unreformed. However, this is indeed the case with the UK veterinary profession, with legislation dating back to 1966.... Read More about Animals and anomalies: an analysis of the UK veterinary profession and the relative lack of state reform.

Arginine dependence of acute myeloid leukaemia blast proliferation: a novel therapeutic target (2015)
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most common acute leukemias in adults and children, yet significant numbers of patients relapse and die of disease. In this study, we identify the dependence of AML blasts on arginine for proliferation. We s... Read More about Arginine dependence of acute myeloid leukaemia blast proliferation: a novel therapeutic target.

IL-36? induces maturation of Th1-inducing human MDDC and synergises with IFN-? to induce high surface expression of CD14 and CD11c (2015)
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We show that IL-36? induced maturation of human MDDCs and stimulated differentiation of IFN-? producing (Type 1) CD3+ lymphocytes but was not as effective as IL-36? in doing so. For the first time, we also show that IL-36? induced expression of CD14... Read More about IL-36? induces maturation of Th1-inducing human MDDC and synergises with IFN-? to induce high surface expression of CD14 and CD11c.

The contribution of PA-X to the virulence of pandemic 2009 H1N1 and highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses (2015)
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PA-X is a novel protein encoded by PA mRNA and is found to decrease the pathogenicity of pandemic 1918 H1N1 virus in mice. However, the importance of PA-X proteins in current epidemiologically important influenza A virus strains is not known. In this... Read More about The contribution of PA-X to the virulence of pandemic 2009 H1N1 and highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses.

Triaging informative cis-regulatory elements for the combinatorial control of temporal gene expression during Plasmodium falciparum intraerythrocytic development (2015)
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Background: Over 2700 genes are subject to stage-specific regulation during the intraerythrocytic development of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Bioinformatic analyses have identified a large number of over-represented motifs in the... Read More about Triaging informative cis-regulatory elements for the combinatorial control of temporal gene expression during Plasmodium falciparum intraerythrocytic development.

Body composition and behaviour in adult rats are influenced by maternal diet, maternal age and high-fat feeding (2015)
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Fetal exposure to maternal undernutrition has lifelong consequences for physiological and metabolic function. Maternal low-protein diet is associated with an age-related phenotype in rats, characterised by a period of resistance to development of obe... Read More about Body composition and behaviour in adult rats are influenced by maternal diet, maternal age and high-fat feeding.

Effect of pre- and postnatal growth and post-weaning activity on glucose metabolism in the offspring (2015)
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Maternal caloric restriction during late gestation reduces birth weight, but whether long-term adverse metabolic outcomes of intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR) are dependent on either accelerated postnatal growth or exposure to an obesogenic env... Read More about Effect of pre- and postnatal growth and post-weaning activity on glucose metabolism in the offspring.

Area of hock hair loss in dairy cows : risk factors and correlation to a categorical scale (2015)
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Data from 3691 dairy cows from 76 farms were used to investigate the risk factors associated with area of hair loss over the lateral aspect of the hock, and the correlation between the area of hair loss as calculated using a hock map and hock lesion... Read More about Area of hock hair loss in dairy cows : risk factors and correlation to a categorical scale.

Skin malformations in a neonatal foal tested homozygous positive for Warmblood Fragile Foal Syndrome (2015)
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BACKGROUND: Skin malformations that resembled manifestations of Ehlers-Danlos-Syndrome were described in a variety of domestic animals during the last century as cutis hyperelastica, hyperelastosis cutis, dermatosparaxis, dermal/collagen dysplasia... Read More about Skin malformations in a neonatal foal tested homozygous positive for Warmblood Fragile Foal Syndrome.

Dairy herd mastitis and reproduction: using simulation to aid interpretation of results from discrete time survival analysis (2015)
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Probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA) is a simulation-based technique for evaluating the relative importance of different inputs to a complex process model. It is commonly employed in decision analysis and for evaluation of the potential impact of... Read More about Dairy herd mastitis and reproduction: using simulation to aid interpretation of results from discrete time survival analysis.

Investigating common clinical presentations in first opinion small animal consultations using direct observation (2015)
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Understanding more about the clinical presentations encountered in veterinary practice is vital in directing research towards areas relevant to practitioners. The aim of this study was to describe all problems discussed during a convenience sample of... Read More about Investigating common clinical presentations in first opinion small animal consultations using direct observation.

Epidrug mediated re-expression of miRNA targeting the HMGA transcripts in pituitary cells (2015)
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Transgenic mice overexpressing the high mobility group A (HMGA) genes, Hmga1 or Hmga2 develop pituitary tumours and their overexpression is also a frequent finding in human pituitary adenomas. In some cases, increased expression of HMGA2 but not that... Read More about Epidrug mediated re-expression of miRNA targeting the HMGA transcripts in pituitary cells.

Persistence of scrapie infectivity within a farm environment after cleaning and decontamination (2015)
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Scrapie of sheep/goats and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) of deer/elk are contagious prion diseases where environmental reservoirs are directly implicated in the transmission of disease. In this study the effectiveness of recommended scrapie farm deco... Read More about Persistence of scrapie infectivity within a farm environment after cleaning and decontamination.