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Robert D. Burk

Professor, Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology, Epidemiology, Albert Einstein College of …
Verified email at einsteinmed.edu
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Selenoprotein P: an extracellular protein with unique physical characteristics and a role in selenium homeostasis

RF Burk, KE Hill - Annu. Rev. Nutr., 2005 - annualreviews.org
… acid residues in the native protein did not label residues distal to the lysine at residue 261
(41), and limited trypsin proteolysis occurred after residue 264 but not more distally (RF Burk, …

Selenoprotein P—expression, functions, and roles in mammals

RF Burk, KE Hill - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2009 - Elsevier
… Such vesicles were not detected in the testis [Olson, GEVP Winfrey, KE Hill, and RF Burk,
unpublished] but they were present in kidney PCT cells [46]. Because only one isoform of …

Regulation of selenium metabolism and transport

RF Burk, KE Hill - Annual review of nutrition, 2015 - annualreviews.org
… concentration (used as a biomarker of whole-body selenium in the regulated pool) (115),
yield an estimate of 12 mg selenium in the specific selenium pool of a 70 kg person (RF Burk, …

Glutathione peroxidase activity in selenium-deficient rat liver

RA Lawrence, RF Burk - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 1976 - Elsevier
Glutathione peroxidase activity in the liver supernatant from rats fed a Se-deficient diet for 2
weeks was 8% of control when measured with H 2 O 2 but 42% of control when assayed with …

[HTML][HTML] Natural history of cervicovaginal papillomavirus infection in young women

…, L Beardsley, CJ Chang, RD Burk - New England Journal …, 1998 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is highly prevalent in sexually
active young women. However, precise risk factors for HPV infection and its incidence and …

Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

…, H Bisgaard, M Boehnke, DI Boomsma, RD Burk… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
… 49218060C > T (rs35866622 non-secretor) allele was associated with a reduced abundance
of the R. torques group and a decreased presence of the R. gnavus group. Ruminococcus …

A series of prostaglandin F2-like compounds are produced in vivo in humans by a non-cyclooxygenase, free radical-catalyzed mechanism.

JD Morrow, KE Hill, RF Burk… - Proceedings of the …, 1990 - National Acad Sciences
Increasing attention has focused on the role of free radicals derived from oxygen in the
pathophysiology of a wide variety of disorders. One of the well-recognized targets of free radical-…

[HTML][HTML] Classification of papillomaviruses (PVs) based on 189 PV types and proposal of taxonomic amendments

HU Bernard, RD Burk, Z Chen, K Van Doorslaer… - Virology, 2010 - Elsevier
We present an expansion of the classification of the family Papillomaviridae, which now
contains 29 genera formed by 189 papillomavirus (PV) types isolated from humans (120 types), …

Persistent genital human papillomavirus infection as a risk factor for persistent cervical dysplasia

…, P Palan, J Basu, R Tachezy, R Lewis… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
… The focus of the present study was to identify factors that determined whether a woman
with SIL at visit r would have SIL at the I + 1 visit. Persistent SIL was evaluated by grouping a …

Germline mutations in the ribonuclease L gene in families showing linkage with HPC1

…, N Papadopoulos, OP Kallioniemi, R Burk… - Nature …, 2002 - nature.com
Although prostate cancer is the most common non-cutaneous malignancy diagnosed in
men in the United States 1, 2, little is known about inherited factors that influence its genetic …