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Diseases, Volume 5, Issue 1

March 2017 - 12 articles

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Articles (12)

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
84 Citations
22,110 Views
45 Pages

It is the intention of this review to characterize milk’s role as an epigenetic regulator in health and disease. Based on translational research, we identify milk as a major epigenetic modulator of gene expression of the milk recipient. Milk is prese...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
8,954 Views
19 Pages

Targeting H19, an Imprinted Long Non-Coding RNA, in Hepatic Functions and Liver Diseases

  • Chad Pope,
  • Shashank Mishra,
  • Joshua Russell,
  • Qingqing Zhou and
  • Xiao-Bo Zhong

H19 is a long non-coding RNA regulated by genomic imprinting through methylation at the locus between H19 and IGF2. H19 is important in normal liver development, controlling proliferation and impacting genes involved in an important network controlli...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
66 Citations
10,804 Views
11 Pages

Gaucher disease, the most common lysosomal storage disorder, is due to a deficiency in the enzyme glucocerebrosidase. This leads to the accumulation of its normal substrate, glucocerebroside, in tissue macrophages, affecting the hematological, viscer...

  • Review
  • Open Access
124 Citations
22,069 Views
26 Pages

Male Infertility: The Effect of Natural Antioxidants and Phytocompounds on Seminal Oxidative Stress

  • Malik Adewoyin,
  • Muhammad Ibrahim,
  • Ramli Roszaman,
  • Muhammad Lokman Md Isa,
  • Nur Aizura Mat Alewi,
  • Ainin Azwani Abdul Rafa and
  • Mohd Nur Nasyriq Anuar

Defective sperm function has been identified as the most common cause of infertility. The objective of this study was to review recent findings on the effects of various antioxidants on male fertility. High amounts of poly unsaturated fatty acid are...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,907 Views
7 Pages

Detection of Alphacoronavirus vRNA in the Feces of Brazilian Free-Tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) from a Colony in Florida, USA

  • Tania S. Bonny,
  • John P. Driver,
  • Taylor Paisie,
  • Marco Salemi,
  • John Glenn Morris,
  • Lisa A. Shender,
  • Lisa Smith,
  • Carolyn Enloe,
  • Kevin Oxenrider and
  • Jeffery A. Gore
  • + 3 authors

27 February 2017

Bats are natural reservoirs of coronaviruses and other viruses with zoonotic potential. Florida has indigenous non-migratory populations of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) that mostly roost in colonies in artificial structures. Unl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,725 Views
6 Pages

Lysosomal Storage Disorders and Malignancy

  • Gregory M. Pastores and
  • Derralynn A. Hughes

27 February 2017

Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are infrequent to rare conditions caused by mutations that lead to a disruption in the usual sequential degradation of macromolecules or their transit within the cell. Gaucher disease (GD), a lipidosis, is among the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,517 Views
15 Pages

24 February 2017

Ease of design, relatively low cost and a multitude of gene-altering capabilities have all led to the adoption of the sophisticated and yet simple gene editing system: clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,312 Views
16 Pages

23 February 2017

Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) is the most common form of the MPS group of genetic diseases. MPS I results from a deficiency in the lysosomal enzyme α-l-iduronidase, leading to accumulation of undegraded heparan and dermatan sulphate glycosamin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,987 Views
8 Pages

Risk of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among People with Sickle Cell Disease in Accra, Ghana

  • Eric S. Donkor,
  • Jonathan A. Osei,
  • Isaac Anim-Baidoo and
  • Samuel Darkwah

15 February 2017

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is benign except in certain medical conditions such as pregnancy and immunosuppression. In Ghana, there are hardly any studies on urinary infections among sickle cell disease (SCD) patients, and the few studies carried...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,452 Views
11 Pages

30 January 2017

To assess the association between dietary antioxidant intake and the incidence of the three major oxidative stress-related eye diseases, cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration, 78 cases from the University of Auckland Optometry and...

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