Obesity alters immune and metabolic profiles: New insight from obese‐resistant mice on high‐fat diet

SK Boi, CM Buchta, NA Pearson, MB Francis… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Diet‐induced obesity has been shown to alter immune function in mice, but
distinguishing the effects of obesity from changes in diet composition is complicated. It was …

[HTML][HTML] A therapeutic microparticle-based tumor lysate vaccine reduces spontaneous metastases in murine breast cancer

BP Gross, A Wongrakpanich, MB Francis, AK Salem… - The AAPS journal, 2014 - Springer
Metastatic breast cancer is currently incurable, and available therapies are associated with
severe toxicities. Induction of protective anti-tumor immunity is a promising therapeutic …

Tau interacts with SHP2 in neuronal systems and in Alzheimer's disease brains

…, CJ Leugers, JD Mueller, MB Francis… - Journal of cell …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Microtubule-associated protein tau, an integral component of neurofibrillary tangles, interacts
with a variety of signaling molecules. Previously, our laboratory reported that nerve growth …

Loss of tau and Fyn reduces compensatory effects of MAP2 for tau and reveals a Fyn‐independent effect of tau on calcium

…, J Rysted, Y Kim, MB Francis… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microtubule‐associated protein tau associates with Src family tyrosine kinase Fyn and is
tyrosine phosphorylated by Fyn. The presence of tyrosine phosphorylated tau in AD and the …

Loss of tau and Fyn reduces compensatory effects of MAP2 for tau and reveals a Fyn-independent effect of tau on glutamate-induced Ca2+ response

G Liu, R Thangavel, J Rysted, Y Kim, MB Francis… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Microtubule-associated protein tau associates with Src family tyrosine kinase Fyn. A tau-Fyn
double knockout (DKO) mouse was generated to investigate the role of the complex. DKO …

Perinatal antibiotic exposure of neonates in Canada and associated risk factors: a population-based study

RR Persaud, MB Azad, RS Chari… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To describe neonatal antibiotic exposures occurring immediately before and after
birth and their associated risk factors. Methods: A retrospective review of the hospital charts …

Hypoxia induces autophagic cell death in apoptosis-competent cells through a mechanism involving BNIP3

MB Azad, Y Chen, ES Henson, J Cizeau… - Autophagy, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Hypoxia (lack of oxygen) is a physiological stress often associated with solid tumors.
Hypoxia correlates with poor prognosis since hypoxic regions within tumors are considered …

Telling stories, saving lives: creating narrative health messages

LB Frank, ST Murphy, JS Chatterjee… - Health …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Increasingly, health communication practitioners are exploring the use of narrative storytelling
to convey health information. For this study, a narrative film was produced to provide …

Comparing early life nutritional sources and human milk feeding practices: personalized and dynamic nutrition supports infant gut microbiome development and …

SR Ames, LC Lotoski, MB Azad - Gut Microbes, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first six months of life, but many infants
receive pumped milk, formula, donor human milk, or other nutritional sources during this critical …

Narrowing the achievement gap in second-grade social studies and content area literacy: The promise of a project-based approach

AL Halvorsen, NK Duke, KA Brugar… - Theory & Research in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This study addresses the question: Do second-grade students from low- socioeconomic-status
(SES) schools taught with an iteratively designed project-based approach to social …