1.
RVD: a command-line program for ultrasensitive rare single nucleotide variant detection using targeted next-generation DNA resequencing
Anna
Cushing,
Patrick
Flaherty,
Erik
Hopmans,
John
M
Bell,
Hanlee
P
Ji
BMC Research Notes 2013, 6 :206 (23 May 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
2.
Self-perceived physical health predicts cardiovascular disease incidence and death among postmenopausal women
Nazmus
Saquib,
Robert
Brunner,
Jessica
Kubo,
Hilary
Tindle,
Candyce
Kroenke,
Manisha
Desai,
Martha
L
Daviglus,
Norrina
Allen,
Lisa
W
Martin,
Jennifer
Robinson,
Marcia
L
Stefanick
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :468 (14 May 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
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3.
Informing DSM-5: biological boundaries between bipolar I disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia
Victoria
E
Cosgrove,
Trisha
Suppes
BMC Medicine 2013, 11 :127 (14 May 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Victoria Cosgrove and Trisha Suppes agree that boundaries between the diagnosis of bipolar disorder I, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder are preserved in the DSM-5 criteria, as there is not yet enough data to justify a continuous model of psychosis.
4.
Improvements in patient-reported outcomes with apremilast, an oral phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, in the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis: results from a phase IIb randomized, controlled study
Vibeke
Strand,
David
Fiorentino,
ChiaChi
Hu,
Robert
M
Day,
Randall
M
Stevens,
Kim
A
Papp
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2013, 11 :82 (10 May 2013)
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5.
Chimeric antigen receptor containing ICOS signaling domain mediates specific and efficient antitumor effect of T cells against EGFRvIII expressing glioma
Chan-Juan
Shen,
Yu-Xiu
Yang,
Ethan
Q
Han,
Na
Cao,
Yun-Fei
Wang,
Yi
Wang,
Ying-Ying
Zhao,
Li-Ming
Zhao,
Jian
Cui,
Puja
Gupta,
Albert
J
Wong,
Shuang-Yin
Han
Journal of Hematology & Oncology 2013, 6 :33 (9 May 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
6.
Altering physiological networks using drugs: steps towards personalized physiology
Adam
D
Grossman,
Mitchell
J
Cohen,
Geoffrey
T
Manley,
Atul
J
Butte
BMC Medical Genomics 2013, 6 (Suppl 2):S7 (7 May 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF
7.
Tissue culture-induced genetic and epigenetic alterations in rice pure-lines, F1 hybrids and polyploids
Xiaoran
Wang,
Rui
Wu,
Xiuyun
Lin,
Yan
Bai,
Congdi
Song,
Xiaoming
Yu,
Chunming
Xu,
Na
Zhao,
Yuzhu
Dong,
Bao
Liu
BMC Plant Biology 2013, 13 :77 (5 May 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
8.
Repetitive and self-injurious behaviors: associations with caudate volume in autism and fragile X syndrome
Jason
J
Wolff,
Heather
C
Hazlett,
Amy
A
Lightbody,
Allan
L
Reiss,
Joseph
Piven
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2013, 5 :12 (2 May 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
9.
Sodium nitroprusside is not associated with metabolic acidosis during intraoperative infusion in children
Gregory
B
Hammer,
Sara
G
Connolly,
Scott
R
Schulman,
Andrew
Lewandowski,
Carol
Cohane,
Tammy
L
Reece,
Ravinder
Anand,
Jeff
Mitchell,
David
R
Drover
BMC Anesthesiology 2013, 13 :9 (30 April 2013)
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10.
Risk factors of short-term mortality after acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients on dialysis: a population-based study
Ju-Yeh
Yang,
Tsung-Chun
Lee,
Maria
E
Montez-Rath,
Glenn
M
Chertow,
Wolfgang
C
Winkelmayer
BMC Nephrology 2013, 14 :97 (26 April 2013)
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11.
Notch4 is required for tumor onset and perfusion
Maria José
Costa,
Xiaoqing
Wu,
Henar
Cuervo,
Ruchika
Srinivasan,
Seth
K
Bechis,
Ellen
Cheang,
Olivera
Marjanovic,
Thomas
Gridley,
Christin
A
Cvetic,
Rong
A
Wang
Vascular Cell 2013, 5 :7 (20 April 2013)
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12.
In vivo measurement of apolipoprotein E from the brain interstitial fluid using microdialysis
Jason
D
Ulrich,
Jack
M
Burchett,
Jessica
L
Restivo,
Dorothy
R
Schuler,
Philip
B
Verghese,
Thomas
E
Mahan,
Gary
E
Landreth,
Joseph
M
Castellano,
Hong
Jiang,
John
R
Cirrito,
David
M
Holtzman
Molecular Neurodegeneration 2013, 8 :13 (19 April 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
13.
Are randomized trials obsolete or more important than ever in the genomic era?
John
PA
Ioannidis,
Muin
J
Khoury
Genome Medicine 2013, 5 :32 (18 April 2013)
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Editor’s summary
John Ioannidis and Muin Khoury reflect on how advances in the field of genomics are questioning the need for randomized clinical trials and revolutionizing their design.
14.
Domesticating the beast
Virginia
Walbot
BMC Biology 2013, 11 :35 (15 April 2013)
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Editor’s summary
In 2009, Virginia Walbot commented ‘Are we training pit bulls to review our manuscripts ?’ Revisiting the topic, she asks if we can tame our pit bull reviewers by involving students more in peer review and teaching them to see things from an authors’ perspective and the perspective of the journal that is responsible for making a decision on publication.
15.
An interview with Patrick O Brown on the origins and future of open access
Patrick
O
Brown
BMC Biology 2013, 11 :33 (15 April 2013)
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Editor’s summary
In an interview for the BMC Biology tenth anniversary collection, Patrick O Brown excavates his memory for the origins of open access publishing, and finds a vision of the future still to be fulfilled.
16.
NCBO Technology: Powering semantically aware applications
Patricia
L
Whetzel,
Journal of Biomedical Semantics 2013, 4 (Suppl 1):S8 (15 April 2013)
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Selected papers from the 15th Annual Bio-Ontologies Special Interest Group Meeting
Larisa
N
Soldatova,
Susanna-Assunta
Sansone,
Michel
Dumontier,
Nigam
H
Shah
Journal of Biomedical Semantics 2013, 4 (Suppl 1):I1 (15 April 2013)
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Daily cytokine fluctuations, driven by leptin, are associated with fatigue severity in chronic fatigue syndrome: evidence of inflammatory pathology
Elizabeth Ann
Stringer,
Katharine Susanne
Baker,
Ian
R
Carroll,
Jose
G
Montoya,
Lily
Chu,
Holden
T
Maecker,
Jarred
W
Younger
Journal of Translational Medicine 2013, 11 :93 (9 April 2013)
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19.
Correction: Mechanisms of stomatal development: an evolutionary view
Anne
Vatén,
Dominique
C
Bergmann
EvoDevo 2013, 4 :11 (4 April 2013)
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Open questions: Reflections on plant development and genetics
Virginia
Walbot
BMC Biology 2013, 11 :25 (28 March 2013)
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Editor’s summary
For the BMC Biology 10th anniversary series of open questions, Virginia Walbot reflects on how genomics has contributed to our understanding of plants over the last ten years, and the challenge of understanding how the flexible phenotypes of plants may adapt to environmental effects in future.
21.
A systematic review of the care coordination measurement landscape
Ellen
M
Schultz,
Noelle
Pineda,
Julia
Lonhart,
Sheryl
M
Davies,
Kathryn
M
McDonald
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13 :119 (28 March 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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The buccohypophyseal canal is an ancestral vertebrate trait maintained by modulation in sonic hedgehog signaling
Roman
H
Khonsari,
Maisa
Seppala,
Alan
Pradel,
Hugo
Dutel,
Gaël
Clément,
Oleg
Lebedev,
Sarah
Ghafoor,
Michaela
Rothova,
Abigael
Tucker,
John
G
Maisey,
Chen-Ming
Fan,
Maiko
Kawasaki,
Atsushi
Ohazama,
Paul
Tafforeau,
Brunella
Franco,
Jill
Helms,
Courtney
J
Haycraft,
Albert
David,
Philippe
Janvier,
Martyn
T
Cobourne,
Paul
T
Sharpe
BMC Biology 2013, 11 :27 (28 March 2013)
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The future of genomic medicine is here
Konrad
J
Karczewski
Genome Biology 2013, 14 :304 (27 March 2013)
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Editor’s summary
A report on the 6th annual Future of Genomic Medicine conference, held at the Scripps Seaside Forum, La Jolla, CA, USA, March 7-8, 2013
24.
Drug-induced uveitis
Nikolas
JS
London,
Sunir
J
Garg,
Ramana
S
Moorthy,
Emmett
T
Cunningham
Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection 2013, 3 :43 (25 March 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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Cloud-based solution to identify statistically significant MS peaks differentiating sample categories
Jun
Ji,
Jeffrey
Ling,
Helen
Jiang,
Qiaojun
Wen,
John
C
Whitin,
Lu
Tian,
Harvey
J
Cohen,
Xuefeng
B
Ling
BMC Research Notes 2013, 6 :109 (23 March 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed