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• Effect of fenofibrate on amputation events in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (FIELD study): a prespecified analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

  BACKGROUND: Amputations in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus substantially impair their quality of life and impose high costs on health-care system…

  Authors: Kushwin Rajamani, Peter G Colman, Li Ping Li, James D Best, Merryn Voysey, Michael C D'Emden, Markku Laakso, John R Baker, Anthony C Keech, FIELD study investigators

  Source: Lancet. 2009 May 23

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• Modulation of glycosaminoglycan levels in tree shrew sclera during lens-induced myopia development and recovery.

  PURPOSE: In juvenile tree shrews, positioning a negative-power lens in front of an eye produces a hyperopic shift in refractive state and causes a com…

  Authors: Anisha G Moring, John R Baker, Thomas T Norton

  Source: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 2007 Jul

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• LambdaSa1 and LambdaSa2 prophage lysins of Streptococcus agalactiae.

  Putative N-acetylmuramyl-l-alanine amidase genes from LambdaSa1 and LambdaSa2 prophages of Streptococcus agalactiae were cloned and expressed in Esche…

  Authors: David G Pritchard, Shengli Dong, Marion C Kirk, Robert T Cartee, John R Baker

  Source: Applied and environmental microbiology. 2007 Nov

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• Endopeptidase and glycosidase activities of the bacteriophage B30 lysin.

  Synthetic peptides corresponding to portions of group B streptococcal peptidoglycan were used to show that the endopeptidase activity of bacteriophage…

  Authors: John R Baker, Chengbao Liu, Shengli Dong, David G Pritchard

  Source: Applied and environmental microbiology. 2006 Oct

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• Demonstration of a hyperglycemia-driven pathogenic abnormality of copper homeostasis in diabetes and its reversibility by selective chelation: quantitative comparisons between the biology of copper and eight other nutritionally essential elements in normal and diabetic individuals.

  We recently showed that treatment with the Cu(II)-selective chelator, trientine, alleviates heart failure in diabetic rats, improves left ventricular …

  Authors: Garth J S Cooper, Yih-Kai Chan, Ajith M Dissanayake, Fiona E Leahy, Geraldine F Keogh, Chris M Frampton, Gregory D Gamble, Dianne H Brunton, John R Baker, Sally D Poppitt

  Source: Diabetes. 2005 May

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• LysK CHAP endopeptidase domain is required for lysis of live staphylococcal cells.

  LysK is a staphylococcal bacteriophage endolysin composed of three domains: an N-terminal cysteine, histidine-dependent amidohydrolases/peptidases (CH…

  Authors: Stephen C Becker, Shengli Dong, John R Baker, Juli Foster-Frey, David G Pritchard, David M Donovan

  Source: FEMS microbiology letters. 2009 May

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• Composition and proposed structure of a water-soluble glycan from the Keumsa Sangwhang Mushroom (Phellinus linteus).

  Phellinus linteus is a mushroom which has been prized in Korea for its medicinal properties since ancient times. A glycan preparation from this source…

  Authors: John R Baker, Jeong-Su Kim, Soon-Young Park

  Source: Fitoterapia. 2008 Jul

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• Regeneration of the heart in diabetes by selective copper chelation.

  Heart disease is the major cause of death in diabetes, a disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia and cardiovascular complications. Although al…

  Authors: Garth J S Cooper, Anthony R J Phillips, Soon Y Choong, Bridget L Leonard, David J Crossman, Dianne H Brunton, 'Etuate L Saafi, Ajith M Dissanayake, Brett R Cowan, Alistair A Young,…

  Source: Diabetes. 2004 Sep

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• Epidemiological pattern of tattoo skin disease: a potential general health indicator for cetaceans.

  The presence of tattoo skin disease (TSD) was examined in 1392 free-ranging and dead odontocetes comprising 17 species from the Americas, Europe, Sout…

  Authors: Marie-Françoise Van Bressem, Koen Van Waerebeek, Francisco Javier Aznar, Juan Antonio Raga, Paul D Jepson, Pádraig Duignan, Rob Deaville, Leonardo Flach, Francisco Viddi, John R Baker,…

  Source: Diseases of aquatic organisms. 2009 Jul 23

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• Psychedelic sacraments.

  The use of psychedelic substances within a context that emphasizes religious experiences and aims to provide spiritual insights is not a new phenomeno…

  Authors: John R Baker

  Source: Journal of psychoactive drugs. 2005 Jun

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