Heather L Van Epps
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Recent Articles
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Improved reporting of statistical design and analysis: guidelines, education, and editorial policies
Mazumdar M, Banerjee S, Van Epps H
Methods Mol Biol
. 2010 Jul;
620:563-98.
PMID: 20652522
A majority of original articles published in biomedical journals include some form of statistical analysis. Unfortunately, many of the articles contain errors in statistical design and/or analysis. These errors are...
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Rivera A, Ro G, Van Epps H, Simpson T, Leiner I, SantAngelo D, et al.
Immunity
. 2006 Oct;
25(4):665-75.
PMID: 17027299
Aspergillus fumigatus is a mold that causes a spectrum of diseases, including lethal lung infections in immunocompromised humans and allergic asthma in atopic individuals. T helper 1 (Th1) CD4(+) T...
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Van Epps H
J Exp Med
. 2006 Jul;
203(6):1389.
PMID: 16823946
In the early 1990s, Richard (Randy) Hardy and colleagues divided B cell precursors into subpopulations--the Hardy fractions--based on the cells' expression of various cell surface proteins. This classification helped lay...
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Van Epps H
J Exp Med
. 2006 Jun;
203(5):1137.
PMID: 16767801
In 1947, Paul Beeson showed that rabbits repeatedly injected with certain bacteria eventually become resistant to the bacteria's fever-provoking effects-a phenomenon known as endotoxin tolerance.
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Van Epps H
J Exp Med
. 2006 May;
203(5):1139-42.
PMID: 16704968
Figure 1Biopolis, Singapore's futuristic research hub.How does a country one-fourth the size of Rhode Island with little history in biomedical science become one of the world's biomedical research giants? The...
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Van Epps H
J Exp Med
. 2006 May;
203(4):803.
PMID: 16685764
In the early 1930s, Richard Shope isolated influenza virus from infected pigs. Shope's finding was quickly followed by the isolation of the influenza virus from humans, proving that a virus-not...
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Van Epps H
J Exp Med
. 2006 Mar;
203(2):259.
PMID: 16528813
In 1939, René Dubos discovered gramicidin-the first clinically tested antibiotic agent. This discovery helped revive the stalled interest in penicillin and launched the era of antibiotics.
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Van Epps H
J Exp Med
. 2006 Mar;
203(1):5.
PMID: 16523537
Having defined the protein nature of antibodies under the tutelage of Oswald Avery, Michael Heidelberger was the first to apply mathematics to the reaction of antibodies and their antigens (the...
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Hohl T, Van Epps H, Rivera A, Morgan L, Chen P, Feldmesser M, et al.
PLoS Pathog
. 2005 Nov;
1(3):e30.
PMID: 16304610
Inhalation of fungal spores (conidia) occurs commonly and, in specific circumstances, can result in invasive disease. We investigated the murine inflammatory response to conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus, the most common...
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Van Epps H
J Exp Med
. 2005 Nov;
202(10):1306.
PMID: 16301739
In 1923, a young chemist-turned-microbiologist and his mentor made the startling discovery that bacterial sugars could be targeted by the immune system--a groundbreaking finding that helped launch the field of...