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Injury models to study cardiac remodeling in the mouse: myocardial infarction and ischemia-reperfusion.

Deep tissue wound healing requires a complex sequence of several factors working in unison to repair the organ at risk. Myocardial infarction (MI) is particularly complex due to several local and systemic factors mediating the repair process within…

Tags: *Ventricular Remodeling, 2013, Animal, Animals, Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures, Coronary Vessels/surgery, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Disease Models, Ligation, Luther Daniel J, Meszaros J Gary, Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), Mice, Myocardial Infarction/*etiology/*pathology, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/*etiology/*pathology, NEOMED College of Medicine, Perfusion/methods, Thodeti Charles K, Wound Healing

Chemopreventive doses of resveratrol do not produce cardiotoxicity in a rodent model of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most lethal cancers, results in more than one million fatalities worldwide every year. In view of the limited therapeutic alternatives and poor prognosis of liver cancer, preventive control approaches,…

Tags: *Chemoprevention, 2011, Analysis of Variance, Animal, Animal Studies, Animal/drug effects, Animals, Antioxidants, Behavior, Bishayee Anupam, Blotting, Booth Tristan D, Carcinoma, Cardiotoxicity, Cardiotoxins/*toxicity, Chemoprevention, Data Analysis Software, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Descriptive Statistics, Disease Models, Doppler, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Echocardiography, Feeding Behavior/drug effects, Female, Fisher's Exact Test, Funding Source, Heart – Drug Effects, Heart/drug effects/physiopathology, Hepatocellular – Prevention and Control, Hepatocellular/*drug therapy/pathology/physiopathology, Hepatocytes/drug effects/pathology, Hodnichak Cheryl M, Humans, Investigational new drugs, Liver Neoplasms/*drug therapy/pathology/physiopathology, Liver/drug effects/pathology/physiopathology, Luther Daniel J, Meszaros J Gary, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohanyan Vahagn, Polyphenols – Therapeutic Use, Rats, Resveratrol, Shamhart Patricia E, Sisakian Hamayak, Sprague-Dawley, Stilbenes/*therapeutic use, Systole/drug effects, Western

Prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex vs. auditory brainstem response for hearing assessment.

The high prevalence of noise-induced and age-related hearing loss in the general population has warranted the use of animal models to study the etiology of these pathologies. Quick and accurate auditory threshold determination is a prerequisite for…

Suppression of acute proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine upregulation by post-injury administration of a novel small molecule improves long-term neurologic outcome in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury.

BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) with its associated morbidity is a major area of unmet medical need that lacks effective therapies. TBI initiates a neuroinflammatory cascade characterized by activation of astrocytes and microglia, and…

Oestrogen and nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurodegeneration: animal models and clinical reports of Parkinson's disease.

1. The exact nature of oestrogen (positive, negative or no effect) in the dopaminergic neurodegenerative disorder Parkinson's disease is controversial. 2. In the present review, we summarize the data on oestrogen and nigrostriatal dopaminergic…

Tags: 2007, Animal, Animals, Basal Ganglia/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology, Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology, Disease Models, Dluzen Dean E, Dopamine/*metabolism, Estrogens/*metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Humans, Liu Bin, Nerve Degeneration/drug therapy/*metabolism/pathology, Neurons/metabolism/pathology, Neuroprotective Agents/*metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Parkinson Disease/drug therapy/*metabolism/pathology, Parkinsonian Disorders/drug therapy/*metabolism/pathology, Substantia Nigra/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology

Effect of estrogen upon methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity within the impaired nigrostriatal dopaminergic system.

In the present study, we investigated whether estrogen remains effective as a neuroprotectant within an impaired nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) system of gonadectomized female and male mice. In Experiment 1, mice were treated with four different…

Modulating ryanodine receptors with dantrolene attenuates neuronopathic phenotype in Gaucher disease mice.

Neuronopathic Gaucher disease (nGD) manifests as severe neurological symptoms in patients with no effective treatment available. Ryanodine receptors (Ryrs) are a family of calcium release channels on intracellular stores. The goal of this study is to…

Regulation of cholesterol and bile acid homeostasis by the cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase/steroid response element-binding protein 2/microRNA-33a axis in mice.

UNLABELLED: Bile acid synthesis not only produces physiological detergents required for intestinal nutrient absorption, but also plays a critical role in regulating hepatic and whole-body metabolic homeostasis. We recently reported that…

A Western diet induced NAFLD in LDLR(-/)(-) mice is associated with reduced hepatic glutathione synthesis.

Oxidative stress plays a key role in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Glutathione is the major anti-oxidant involved in cellular oxidative defense, however there are currently no simple non-invasive methods for assessing…

Adrenal epinephrine increases alveolar liquid clearance in a canine model of neurogenic pulmonary edema.

Case reports of neurogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) often indicate that the edema resolves quickly. Because plasma epinephrine concentration may be elevated in NPE, and epinephrine has been shown to increase the rate of alveolar liquid clearance (ALC),…

Tags: 1998, Adrenal Glands/*metabolism, Adrenalectomy, Adrenergic beta-Agonists/blood/*pharmacology/therapeutic use, Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/therapeutic use, American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, Amiloride/therapeutic use, Animal, Animals, Awender N E, Blood, Blood Pressure, Brain Diseases/chemically induced/*complications, Central Nervous System Agents/adverse effects, Cisterna Magna, Disease Models, Diuretics/therapeutic use, Dogs, Epinephrine/blood/*physiology/therapeutic use, Extravascular Lung Water/chemistry/*metabolism, Female, Hypertension, Injections, Lane S M, Maender K C, Male, Maron M B, Propanolamines/therapeutic use, Proteins/analysis, Pulmonary Alveoli/*metabolism, Pulmonary Artery, Pulmonary Edema/etiology/*metabolism/prevention & control, Pulmonary/prevention & control, Sodium Channel Blockers, Veratrine/adverse effects

Renal Calcium Oxalate Deposits Induce a Pro-Atherosclerotic and Pro-Osteoporotic Response in Mice.

Urinary stone disease (USD) is increasing in adult and pediatric populations. Adult and pediatric studies have demonstrated decreased bone mineral density and increased fracture rates. USD has also been independently linked to increased rates of…

Innate and adaptive host response during the initial phase of herpes simplex virus encephalitis in the neonatal mouse.

To study early events of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis and its sequelae, the authors induced a controlled infection in the brains of mice using HSVgH, a genetically modified Disabled Infective Single Cycle virus. Neonatal Balb/C…

Weighted Lin-Wang tests for crossing hazards.

Lin and Wang have introduced a quadratic version of the logrank test, appropriate for situations in which the underlying survival distributions may cross. In this note, we generalize the Lin-Wang procedure to incorporate weights and investigate the…

Tags: *Survival Analysis, 2014, Algorithms, Animal, Animals, Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, Computer Simulation, Data Interpretation, Disease Models, Humans, Jia Zhenyu, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Koziol James A, Leukemia/drug therapy, Mice, Models, Reproducibility of Results, Statistical

Altered Neuroinflammation and Behavior after Traumatic Brain Injury in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has acute and chronic sequelae, including an increased risk for the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). TBI-associated neuroinflammation is characterized by activation of brain-resident microglia and infiltration of…

Effects of vascular endothelial growth factor on wound closure rates in the genetically diabetic mouse model.

Impaired wound healing is characteristic of diabetic patients. Potential reasons include poor inflammatory response, granulation tissue formation, and abnormal patterns of cytokine release and response. Vascular endothelial growth factor, abnormally…

Growth hormone injections improve bone quality in a mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta.

UNLABELLED: Systemic growth hormone injections increased spine and femur length in a mouse model of OI. Femur BMC, cross-sectional area, and BMD were increased. Smaller gains were produced in vertebral BMC and cross-sectional area. Biomechanical…

Effects of growth hormone transgene expression on vertebrae in a mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta.

STUDY DESIGN: A human growth hormone transgene was bred into mice of the Cola2oim (oim) lineage. Caudal (tail) vertebrae from male and female mice at early skeletal maturity and at midlife were evaluated for physical and biomechanical properties.…

Impairment of pH gradient and membrane potential mediates redox dysfunction in the mitochondria of the post-ischemic heart.

The mitochondrial electrochemical gradient (Deltap), which comprises the pH gradient (DeltapH) and the membrane potential (DeltaPsi), is crucial in controlling energy transduction. During myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (IR), mitochondrial…

Alignment of inducible vascular progenitor cells on a micro-bundle scaffold improves cardiac repair following myocardial infarction.

Ischemic heart disease is still the leading cause of death even with the advancement of pharmaceutical therapies and surgical procedures. Early vascularization in the ischemic heart is critical for a better outcome. Although stem cell therapy has…

Tags: *Cardiovascular regeneration, *Ischemic heart diseases, *Micro-bundle scaffold, *Myocardial infarction, *Neovascularization, *Stem cells, *Tissue Scaffolds, *Vascular progenitor cells, 2017, Animal, Animals, Basic research in cardiology, Cell Differentiation, Cell Proliferation, Cell Survival, Cells, Chilian William M, Coculture Techniques, Cultured, Cumpston Devan, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Disease Models, Dong Feng, Endothelial Progenitor Cells/metabolism/*transplantation, Enrick Molly, Fibroblast Growth Factor 2/metabolism, Hakobyan Tatev, Jamaiyar Anurag, Janota Danielle, Kolz Christopher L, Lactic Acid/*chemistry, Muscle, Myocardial Infarction/metabolism/pathology/physiopathology/*surgery, Myocardium/metabolism/*pathology, Myocytes, NEOMED College of Medicine, Newby Bi-Min Zhang, Ohanyan Vahagn, Paracrine Communication, Phenotype, Physiologic, Polyglycolic Acid/*chemistry, Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer, Rats, Signal Transduction, Smooth, Smooth Muscle/metabolism/*transplantation, Song Hokyung, Sprague-Dawley, Stevanov Kelly, Time Factors, Tissue Engineering/*methods, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism, Vascular/metabolism/*transplantation, Ventricular Remodeling, Wan Weiguo, Yin Liya

Acute exercise attenuates phenylephrine-induced contraction of rabbit isolated aortic rings.

Factors associated with a single bout of dynamic exercise (increased circulating catecholamines, increased body temperature, and decreased pH) are known to attenuate the vascular response to alpha-adrenergic receptor activation. Therefore, we…

Increased transperitoneal bacterial translocation in laparoscopic surgery.

BACKGROUND: The indications for laparoscopic surgery have expanded to include diseases possibly associated with peritonitis such as appendicitis, perforated peptic ulcers, and diverticulitis. The safety of carbon dioxide (CO2) pneumoperitoneum in the…

Qualitative skeletal correlates of wing shape in extant birds (Aves: Neoaves).

BACKGROUND: Among living fliers (birds, bats, and insects), birds display relatively high aspect ratios, a dimensionless shape variable that distinguishes long and narrow vs. short and broad wings. Increasing aspect ratio results in a functional…

Tags: *Flight, 2015, Animal, Animal/*anatomy & histology/physiology, Animals, Biological Evolution, Birds/*anatomy & histology/classification/*physiology, BMC evolutionary biology, Bone and Bones/anatomy & histology, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Feathers, Fossils, Hieronymus Tobin L, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phylogeny, Wings

Reduced AMPK activation and increased HCAR activation drive anti-inflammatory response and neuroprotection in glaucoma.

BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is a chronic degenerative disease for which inflammation is considered to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis and progression. In this study, we examined the impact of a ketogenic diet on the inflammation evident in glaucoma…

Tags: 2018, AMP-activated protein kinase, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism, Animal, Animals, Biological, Calcium Binding Proteins – Metabolism, Calcium-Binding Proteins/metabolism, Cells – Drug Effects, Cells – Pathology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Diet, Disease Models, Eye Proteins/genetics, Female, G-Protein-Coupled – Metabolism, G-Protein-Coupled/*metabolism, Glaucoma, Glaucoma – Complications, Glaucoma – Pathology, Glaucoma/*complications/pathology, Harun-Or-Rashid Mohammad, Impact of Events Scale, Inbred DBA, Inflammation – Etiology, Inflammation – Prevention and Control, Inflammation hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor, Inflammation/*etiology/*prevention & control, Inman Denise M, Journal of neuroinflammation, Ketogenic diet, Ketogenic/methods, Male, Membrane Glycoproteins, Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics, Mice, Microfilament Proteins – Metabolism, Microfilament Proteins/metabolism, Microglia/drug effects/pathology, Models, Mutation, Mutation/genetics, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Neuroprotection/drug effects/*physiology, NLR Family, Optic Nerve – Pathology, Optic Nerve/pathology, Phosphotransferases – Metabolism, Proteins, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/genetics/metabolism, Receptors, Retina – Drug Effects, Retina – Pathology, Retinal Ganglion Cells/drug effects/*pathology, Transgenic

Impaired coronary metabolic dilation in the metabolic syndrome is linked to mitochondrial dysfunction and mitochondrial DNA damage.

Mitochondrial dysfunction in obesity and diabetes can be caused by excessive production of free radicals, which can damage mitochondrial DNA. Because mitochondrial DNA plays a key role in the production of ATP necessary for cardiac work, we…

LVC Timing in Infant Pig Swallowing and the Effect of Safe Swallowing.

Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury in neonates, a complication of head and neck surgeries, leads to increased aspiration risk and swallowing dysfunction. The severity of resulting sequelae range from morbidity, such as aspiration pneumonia, to…

Postnatal developmental changes in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body in a mouse model of auditory pathology.

Age-related hearing loss (AHL) is a multifactorial disorder characterized by a decline in peripheral and central auditory function. Here, we examined synaptic transmission in DBA/2 mice, which carry the AHL8 gene, at the identifiable glutamatergic…

The Physiologic Impact of Unilateral Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve (RLN) Lesion on Infant Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Performance.

Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury in neonates, a complication of patent ductus arteriosus corrective surgery, leads to aspiration and swallowing complications. Severity of symptoms and prognosis for recovery are variable. We transected the RLN…

Tags: 2015, Animal, Animals, Aspiration, Ballester Ashley, Biological, Deglutition, Deglutition – Physiology, Deglutition disorders, Deglutition Disorders – Etiology, Deglutition Disorders – Physiopathology, Deglutition Disorders/*etiology/physiopathology, Deglutition/*physiology, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Disease Models, Dysphagia, Esophagus, Esophagus – Physiopathology, Esophagus/*physiopathology, Fraley Luke, German Rebecca Z, Gould François D H, Gross Andrew, Human, Infant, Lammers Andrew R, Laryngeal Nerves – Injuries, Laryngeal Nerves – Physiopathology, Models, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohlemacher Jocelyn, Oropharynx – Physiopathology, Oropharynx/*physiopathology, Recurrent laryngeal nerve, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injuries/*complications/physiopathology, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve/*physiopathology, Swine

A modification of the epidermal scarification model of herpes simplex virus infection to achieve a reproducible and uniform progression of disease.

A slight modification in the method used to remove the top keratinized layer of skin in the epidermal scarification model of HSV infection results in an easier, less painful, more uniform and reproducible means of infection. The back of mice was…

The ability of an HSV strain to initiate zosteriform spread correlates with its neuroinvasive disease potential.

The requirements for disease development in the mouse epidermal scarification-zosteriform model of HSV infection are likely to parallel those required for primary HSV disease of humans. HSV-1 strains, which are neuroinvasive in the mouse footpad…

Sex steroid induction of gallstones in the male Syrian hamster.

Light (LM), transmission (TEM) and scanning (SEM) electron microscopic techniques were used to characterize morphologic changes induced in the gallbladder of Syrian hamsters following a one-month estradiol (E) and estradiol + medroxyprogesterone…

Animal Models for Dysphagia Studies: What Have We Learnt So Far.

Research using animal models has contributed significantly to realizing the goal of understanding dysfunction and improving the care of patients who suffer from dysphagia. But why should other researchers and the clinicians who see patients day in…

MitoNEET (CISD1) Knockout Mice Show Signs of Striatal Mitochondrial Dysfunction and a Parkinson's Disease Phenotype.

Mitochondrial dysfunction is thought to play a significant role in neurodegeneration observed in Parkinson's disease (PD), yet the mechanisms underlying this pathology remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that loss of mitoNEET (CISD1), an iron-sulfur…

Novel models for assessing blood-brain barrier drug permeation.

INTRODUCTION: The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a selectively permeable micro-vascular unit which prevents many central nervous system (CNS)-targeted compounds from reaching the brain. A significant problem in CNS drug development is the ability to…

Tags: *Capillary Permeability, 2012, Allen David D, Animal, Animals, Blood-Brain Barrier/*metabolism, Bloomquist Jeffrey R, Drosophila melanogaster/metabolism, Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology, Geldenhuys Werner J, Grasshoppers/metabolism, High-Throughput Screening Assays, Humans, Models, Pharmaceutical Preparations/*metabolism, Zebrafish/metabolism

Aldo-keto reductase 1B7 is a target gene of FXR and regulates lipid and glucose homeostasis.

Aldo-keto reductase 1B7 (AKR1B7) is proposed to play a role in detoxification of by-products of lipid peroxidation. In this article, we show that activation of the nuclear receptor farnesoid X receptor (FXR) induces AKR1B7 expression in the liver and…

Two distinct representations of social vocalizations in the basolateral amygdala.

Acoustic communication signals carry information related to the types of social interactions by means of their "acoustic context," the sequencing and temporal emission pattern of vocalizations. Here we describe responses to natural vocal sequences in…

Social vocalizations of big brown bats vary with behavioral context.

Bats are among the most gregarious and vocal mammals, with some species demonstrating a diverse repertoire of syllables under a variety of behavioral contexts. Despite extensive characterization of big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) biosonar signals,…

Tags: *Animal Communication, *Behavior, 2012, Acoustics, Animal, Animals, Chiroptera/*physiology, College of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Electrocardiography, Faure Paul A, Gadziola Marie A, Grimsley Jasmine M S, NEOMED College of Medicine, PloS one, Wenstrup Jeffrey J

The effect of manganese exposure in Atp13a2-deficient mice.

Loss of function mutations in the P5-ATPase ATP13A2 are associated with Kufor-Rakeb Syndrome and Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis. While the function of ATP13A2 is unclear, in vitro studies suggest it is a lysosomal protein that interacts with the…

Cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase-deficient mice are protected from high-fat/high-cholesterol diet-induced metabolic disorders.

Cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) is the first and rate-limiting enzyme in the conversion of cholesterol to bile acids in the liver. In addition to absorption and digestion of nutrients, bile acids play a critical role in the regulation of…

G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor plays a key role in bile acid metabolism and fasting-induced hepatic steatosis in mice.

Bile acids are signaling molecules that play a critical role in regulation of hepatic metabolic homeostasis by activating nuclear farnesoid X receptor (Fxr) and membrane G-protein-coupled receptor (Takeda G-protein-coupled receptor 5; Tgr5). The role…

Gender differences in neurotoxicity of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system: implications for Parkinson's disease.

This article describes the progression of steps followed to demonstrate a gender difference associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) and to gain an understanding of the basis, mechanisms, and implications of this gender specificity. First, a review…

Tags: 2000, Animal, Corpus Striatum/pathology/*physiopathology, Disease Models, Dluzen D E, Dopamine/metabolism, Estrogens/*pharmacology, Female, Humans, Male, McDermott J L, Neurotoxins/*antagonists & inhibitors, Parkinson Disease/metabolism/pathology/*physiopathology, Postmenopause, Sex Distribution, Sex Factors, Substantia Nigra/pathology/*physiopathology, The journal of gender-specific medicine : JGSM : the official journal of the Partnership for Women's Health at Columbia

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