«We found that fibrinogen stops adult stem cells from transforming into the mature cells that produce myelin,» explained
first author of the study Mark Petersen, MD, a visiting scientist in Akassoglou's laboratory and an assistant adjunct professor of pediatrics at UCSF.
Not exact matches
The marine geologist and
first author of the
study explains, «Only in the short southern spring and summer, for just a few months in the year, was there a
marked stratification at the ocean's surface.
«This could postpone the development
of age - related diseases,» said
Mark Y. Jeng, the
study's other
first author and former graduate student in Ott's lab.
Simple measures such as BMI may fail to completely inform us
of a patient's true cardiovascular risk,» said
Mark Rabbat, MD,
first author of the
study and an assistant professor
of medicine and radiology, Division
of Cardiology, at Loyola University Medical Center.
This
study marks the
first investigation
of the connections between fat distribution, body image disturbance and the development
of disordered eating, say its
authors.
The
study was jointly
first -
authored by Shivani Pahwa, MD, department
of radiology, and Nicholas Schiltz, PhD, department
of biostatistics; and was developed in close collaboration with Lee Ponsky, MD, department
of urology, and
Mark Griswold, PhD, department
of radiology.
«These are important clues as to where to look in the brain for therapeutic effects
of these drugs,» said Derrek Hibar,
first author of the paper and a professor at the USC
Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute when the
study was conducted.
«We found the IFG2 gene
marks the beginning
of reprogramming to hematopoietic cells,» said Dr. Masatoshi Nishizawa, a hematologist in the Yoshida lab and
first author of the new
study.
In the new
study, Ron and
first author Emmanuel Darcq, PhD, a former postdoctoral fellow now at McGill University in Canada, found that when mice consumed excessive amounts
of alcohol for a prolonged period, there was a
marked decrease in the amount
of BDNF in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), a brain region important for decision making.