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Aurel O Iuga

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Ingerick P, Iuga A
J Am Board Fam Med . 2019 Sep; 32(5):752-753. PMID: 31506373
No abstract available.
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Iuga A, McGuire M
Risk Manag Healthc Policy . 2014 Mar; 7:35-44. PMID: 24591853
Medication nonadherence is an important public health consideration, affecting health outcomes and overall health care costs. This review considers the most recent developments in adherence research with a focus on...
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Reddy V, Iuga A, Shimada S, LaMotte R, Lerner E
J Neurosci . 2008 Apr; 28(17):4331-5. PMID: 18434511
Cowhage spicules provide an important model for histamine-independent itch. We determined that the active component of cowhage, termed mucunain, is a novel cysteine protease. We isolated mucunain and demonstrate that...
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Lerner E, Iuga A, Reddy V
Peptides . 2007 Aug; 28(9):1651-4. PMID: 17681401
In 1991, a potent 61 amino acid vasodilator peptide, named maxadilan, was isolated from the salivary glands of the sand fly. Subsequently, it was shown that this peptide specifically and...
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Iuga A, Lerner E
J Invest Dermatol . 2007 Jul; 127(8):1855-6. PMID: 17632567
McNeill et al. (2007, this issue) dissect the potential role of TRPM7 ion channels in pigment cells by studying the phenotype of zebrafish trpm7 mutant embryos. They demonstrate that 1-phenyl-2-thiourea,...
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Reddy V, Iuga A, Kounga K, Lerner E
J Biol Chem . 2006 Mar; 281(24):16197-201. PMID: 16569645
Maxadilan, a 61-amino-acid vasodilatory peptide, was initially isolated from the salivary glands of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis. Although its primary sequence has no homology to that of pituitary adenylate...
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Iuga A, Reddy V, Lerner E
Peptides . 2005 Nov; 26(11):2124-8. PMID: 16269347
We used a combinatorial chemical approach to identify novel agonists for the endogenous melanocortin receptor expressed in Xenopus laevis melanophores. A random one-bead one-compound hexapeptide library was screened to detect...
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Iuga A, Qureshi A, Lerner E
Pigment Cell Res . 2004 May; 17(3):302-6. PMID: 15140077
Nitric oxide is a diffusible gaseous mediator generated from l-arginine by inducible and constitutive nitric oxide synthases. It has been associated with cytotoxic effects. Inflammatory cells and Langerhans cells can...