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Vergara C, Thio C, Latanich R, Cox A, Kirk G, Mehta S, et al.
Genes Immun . 2017 Mar; 18(2):82-87. PMID: 28300059
Inflammasomes are multi-protein complexes integrating pathogen-triggered signaling leading to the generation of pro-inflammatory cytokines including interleukin-18 (IL-18). Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are associated with...
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Kuniholm M, Xie X, Anastos K, Xue X, Reimers L, French A, et al.
Int J Immunogenet . 2016 Oct; 43(6):369-375. PMID: 27774761
Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genes play a central role in response to pathogens and in autoimmunity. Research to understand the effects of HLA genes on health has been limited because...
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Sroussi H, Burke-Miller J, French A, Adeyemi O, Weber K, Lu Y, et al.
J Dent Res . 2012 Apr; 91(7):666-70. PMID: 22538413
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with negative health outcomes, including infections. Vitamin D modulates inflammation and down-regulates the expression of calprotectin, a molecule which influences neutrophil functions and which has...
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Lopez-Gatell H, Cole S, Hessol N, French A, Greenblatt R, Landesman S, et al.
Am J Epidemiol . 2007 Mar; 165(10):1134-42. PMID: 17339383
Evidence regarding the effect of tuberculosis (TB) disease on progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease is inconclusive. The authors estimated the effect of time-varying incident TB on time to...
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Augenbraun M, Goedert J, Thomas D, Feldman J, Seaberg E, French A, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2003 Oct; 37(10):1357-64. PMID: 14583870
Individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are frequently coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Acute HCV infection is often asymptomatic and poorly understood. We conducted a historical...
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French A, Kirstein L, Massad L, Semba R, Minkoff H, Landesman S, et al.
J Infect Dis . 2000 Sep; 182(4):1084-9. PMID: 10979903
To explore the relationship between vitamin A (retinol) deficiency and cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women, we measured serum retinol concentrations in 1314 women enrolled...
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Cotter S, Lee D, French A
Optom Vis Sci . 1999 Sep; 76(9):631-6. PMID: 10498004
Purpose: A new pseudoisochromatic color plate test, "Color Vision Testing Made Easy" (CVTMET) has recently been introduced. Said to be designed for all age groups, including pre-school children, it uses...
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French A, Welbel S, Dietrich S, Mosher L, Breall P, Paul W, et al.
Ann Intern Med . 1998 Dec; 129(11):856-61. PMID: 9867726
Background: DNA fingerprinting establishes the genetic relatedness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates and has become a powerful tool in tuberculosis epidemiology. Objective: To use DNA fingerprinting to assess the efficacy of...
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French A, McCullough M, Rice K, Schultz M, Gordin F
Gerontology . 1998 Jan; 44(1):56-60. PMID: 9436017
Tuberculin reactivity decreases with age despite epidemiologic evidence that the elderly are more likely to have been infected. Whether this phenomenon is due to lack of antigenic stimulus or host...
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Lee D, Cotter S, French A
Optom Vis Sci . 1997 Nov; 74(9):726-31. PMID: 9380370
Purpose: We examined a pseudoisochromatic color plate test by Kojima and Matsubara for young children which uses drawings of familiar objects rather than letters or numbers. First, we evaluated the...