Physioxic human cell culture improves viability, metabolism, and mitochondrial morphology while reducing DNA damage

S Timpano, BD Guild, EJ Specker… - The FASEB …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Multicellular organisms balance oxygen delivery and toxicity by having oxygen pass through
several barriers before cellular delivery. In human cell culture, these physiologic barriers …

DEAD box protein family member DDX28 is a negative regulator of hypoxia-inducible factor 2α-and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E2-directed hypoxic translation

…, O Bebenek, EJ Specker, J Uniacke - Molecular and cellular …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Hypoxia is a deficiency in oxygen delivery to tissues and is connected to physiological and
pathophysiological processes such as embryonic development and cancer. The master …

Autophagy‐dependent alternative splicing of ribosomal protein S24 produces a more stable isoform that aids in hypoxic cell survival

J Kerry, EJ Specker, M Mizzoni, A Brumwell, L Fell… - FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cells remodel splicing and translation machineries to mount specialized gene expression
responses to stress. Here, we show that hypoxic human cells in 2D and 3D culture models …

Autophagy-dependent alternative splicing event produces a more stable ribosomal protein S24 isoform that aids in hypoxic cell survival

J Kerry, EJ Specker, M Mizzoni, A Brumwell, L Fell… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Overlapping or convergent stress-activated molecular pathways exist to coordinate cell fate
in response to stimuli such as hypoxia, oxidative stress, DNA damage, and unfolded proteins…

Analysis of cap-binding proteins in human cells exposed to physiological oxygen conditions

…, SL Evagelou, BD Guild, EJ Specker, J Uniacke - JoVE (Journal of …, 2016 - jove.com
Translational control is a focal point of gene regulation, especially during periods of cellular
stress. Cap-dependent translation via the eIF4F complex is by far the most common pathway …

DEAD-box protein family member DDX28 is a negative regulator of HIF-2α and eIF4E2-directed hypoxic translation

SL Evagelou, O Bebenek, EJ Specker, J Uniacke - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Hypoxia occurs when there is a deficiency in oxygen delivery to tissues and is connected to
physiological and pathophysiological processes such as embryonic development, wound …

Dialectical behaviour therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy for eating disorders: Mood intolerance as a common treatment target

EJ Shumlich - Canadian Journal of Counselling and …, 2017 - cjc-rcc.ucalgary.ca
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) are
third-wave cognitive behavioural therapies that are beginning to show promise in the treatment …

Wild longnose dace downstream of wastewater treatment plants display an obese phenotype

A Lazaro-Côté, E Faught, LJ Jackson… - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Wild fish living downstream of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) often have increased
body condition factors or body mass indices compared to upstream fish. This observation has …

Estrogen receptor α is necessary in thymic development and estradiol-induced thymic alterations

JE Staples, TA Gasiewicz, NC Fiore… - The Journal of …, 1999 - journals.aai.org
Estrogens affect the development, maturation, and function of multiple organ systems,
including the immune system. One of the main targets of estrogens in the immune system is the …

Situated Personhood: Insights from Caregivers of Minimally Communicative Individuals

…, S Blain-Moraes, L Specker Sullivan - … Journal of Feminist …, 2023 - utpjournals.press
For caregivers of minimally communicative individuals, providing support in the absence of
clearly meaningful responses is ethically fraught. We conducted a secondary analysis of …