1.
Misuse of blood serum to assess exposure to bisphenol A and phthalates
Antonia
M
Calafat,
Holger
M
Koch,
Shanna
H
Swan,
Russ
Hauser,
Lynn
R
Goldman,
Bruce
P
Lanphear,
Matthew
P
Longnecker,
Ruthann
A
Rudel,
Susan
L
Teitelbaum,
Robin
M
Whyatt,
Mary
S
Wolff
Breast Cancer Research 2013, 15 :403 (1 October 2013)
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Adolescents and parents’ perceptions of best time for sex and sexual communications from two communities in the Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana: implications for HIV and AIDS education
Emmanuel
Asampong,
Joseph
Osafo,
Jeffrey
Bingenheimer,
Clement
Ahiadeke
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013, 13 :40 (26 September 2013)
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3.
Determining who responds better to a computer- vs. human-delivered physical activity intervention: results from the community health advice by telephone (CHAT) trial
Eric
B
Hekler,
Matthew
P
Buman,
Jennifer
Otten,
Cynthia
M
Castro,
Lauren
Grieco,
Bess
Marcus,
Robert
H
Friedman,
Melissa
A
Napolitano,
Abby
C
King
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013, 10 :109 (22 September 2013)
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4.
Development and standardization of a furosemide stress test to predict the severity of acute kidney injury
Lakhmir
S
Chawla,
Danielle
L
Davison,
Ermira
Brasha-Mitchell,
Jay
L
Koyner,
John
M
Arthur,
James
A
Tumlin,
Andrew
D
Shaw,
Sharon
Trevino,
Paul
L
Kimmel,
Michael
G
Seneff
Critical Care 2013, 17 :R207 (20 September 2013)
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5.
HIV-1 Nef targets calnexin: a novel mechanism behind Nef effects on host cell and viral proteins
Lucas
Jennelle,
Ruth
Hunegnaw,
Dmitri
Sviridov,
Michael
Bukrinsky
Retrovirology 2013, 10 (Suppl 1):P8 (19 September 2013)
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Distinct polyadenylation landscapes of diverse human tissues revealed by a modified PA-seq strategy
Ting
Ni,
Yanqin
Yang,
Dina
Hafez,
Wenjing
Yang,
Kurtis
Kiesewetter,
Yoshi
Wakabayashi,
Uwe
Ohler,
Weiqun
Peng,
Jun
Zhu
BMC Genomics 2013, 14 :615 (11 September 2013)
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7.
Determine TB-LAM lateral flow urine antigen assay for HIV-associated tuberculosis: recommendations on the design and reporting of clinical studies
Stephen
D
Lawn,
Keertan
Dheda,
Andrew
D
Kerkhoff,
Jonathan
G
Peter,
Susan
Dorman,
Catharina
C
Boehme,
Mark
P
Nicol
BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13 :407 (3 September 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Steve Lawn and colleagues discuss best practice in the design, conduct and interpretation of studies into Determine TB-LAM, a commercially available, lateral-flow urine ‘strip test’ assay, for tuberculosis diagnosis.
8.
Genetic silencing of sGC β 1 in cancer: role of epigenetic regulation
Alex
Sotolongo,
Ka
Bian,
Ferid
Murad
BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology 2013, 14 (Suppl 1):P66 (29 August 2013)
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9.
NO-cGMP signalling and cancer therapy
Ka
Bian,
Alex
Sotolongo,
Huy
Lam,
Haijie
Xiao,
Dandan
Zhang,
Jun
Liu,
Ferid
Murad
BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology 2013, 14 (Suppl 1):P9 (29 August 2013)
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10.
Procalcitonin beyond the acute phase: novel biomediator properties?
Carolina
Panico,
Eric
Nylen
BMC Medicine 2013, 11 :189 (28 August 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Nylen and Panico comment on recent research indicating that procalcitonin is linked to all-cause mortality and cancer mortality in healthy men, and discuss the potential role of procalcitonin as both a novel biomarker and a biomediator.
11.
Plasma S -adenosylmethionine, DNMT polymorphisms, and peripheral blood LINE-1 methylation among healthy Chinese adults in Singapore
Maki
Inoue-Choi,
Heather
H
Nelson,
Kim
Robien,
Erland
Arning,
Teodoro
Bottiglieri,
Woon-Puay
Koh,
Jian-Min
Yuan
BMC Cancer 2013, 13 :389 (17 August 2013)
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12.
Allostatic load amplifies the effect of blood lead levels on elevated blood pressure among middle-aged U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study
Ami
R
Zota,
Edmond
D
Shenassa,
Rachel
Morello-Frosch
Environmental Health 2013, 12 :64 (16 August 2013)
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13.
Association between the luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor (LHCGR ) rs4073366 polymorphism and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation
Travis
J
O’Brien,
Mariah
M
Kalmin,
Arthur
F
Harralson,
Adam
M
Clark,
Ian
Gindoff,
Samuel
J
Simmens,
David
Frankfurter,
Paul
Gindoff
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2013, 11 :71 (25 July 2013)
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14.
VlincRNAs controlled by retroviral elements are a hallmark of pluripotency and cancer
Georges
St Laurent,
Dmitry
Shtokalo,
Biao
Dong,
Michael
R
Tackett,
Xiaoxuan
Fan,
Sandra
Lazorthes,
Estelle
Nicolas,
Nianli
Sang,
Timothy
J
Triche,
Timothy
A
McCaffrey,
Weidong
Xiao,
Philipp
Kapranov
Genome Biology 2013, 14 :R73 (22 July 2013)
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Editor’s summary
The expression of vlincRNAs from retroviral promoters is correlated with pluripotency and malignancy
15.
Creation and implementation of an emergency medicine education and training program in Turkey: an effective educational intervention to address the practitioner gap
Jennifer
Bellows,
Katherine
Douglass,
Ridvan
Atilla,
Jeffrey
Smith,
G
Kapur
International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2013, 6 :29 (22 July 2013)
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16.
The proportions of people living with HIV in low and middle-income countries who test tuberculin skin test positive using either a 5 mm or a 10 mm cut-off: a systematic review
Andrew
D
Kerkhoff,
Ankur
Gupta,
Taraz
Samandari,
Stephen
D
Lawn
BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13 :307 (8 July 2013)
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17.
Assisting regional policy by rapidly comparing enterprise innovation between regions
Yiannis
Nikolaidis,
Konstantinos
Fouskas,
Elias
G
Carayannis
Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2013, 2 :16 (21 June 2013)
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A comprehensive and integrative reconstruction of evolutionary history for Anomura (Crustacea: Decapoda)
Heather
D
Bracken-Grissom,
Maren
E
Cannon,
Patricia
Cabezas,
Rodney
M
Feldmann,
Carrie
E
Schweitzer,
Shane
T
Ahyong,
Darryl
L
Felder,
Rafael
Lemaitre,
Keith
A
Crandall
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13 :128 (20 June 2013)
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19.
Phage cluster relationships identified through single gene analysis
Kyle
C
Smith,
Eduardo
Castro-Nallar,
Joshua
NB
Fisher,
Donald
P
Breakwell,
Julianne
H
Grose,
Sandra
H
Burnett
BMC Genomics 2013, 14 :410 (19 June 2013)
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20.
When to start antiretroviral therapy: the need for an evidence base during early HIV infection
Jens
D
Lundgren,
Abdel
G
Babiker,
Fred
M
Gordin,
Álvaro
H
Borges,
James
D
Neaton
BMC Medicine 2013, 11 :148 (14 June 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Jens Lundgren and colleagues argue for a more cautious approach to starting antiretroviral therapy, highlighting that there is no evidence from randomized trials to suggest the benefits of starting therapy early outweigh the potential harms.
21.
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: pathogenic mechanisms of muscle weakness
Sree
Rayavarapu,
William
Coley,
Travis
B
Kinder,
Kanneboyina
Nagaraju
Skeletal Muscle 2013, 3 :13 (7 June 2013)
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22.
Exploring changes in open defecation prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa based on national level indices
Deise
I
Galan,
Seung-Sup
Kim,
Jay
P
Graham
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :527 (30 May 2013)
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Genome-wide identification of transcriptional targets of RORA reveals direct regulation of multiple genes associated with autism spectrum disorder
Tewarit
Sarachana,
Valerie
W
Hu
Molecular Autism 2013, 4 :14 (22 May 2013)
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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)
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25.
Rapid, responsive, relevant (R3) research: a call for a rapid learning health research enterprise
William
T
Riley,
Russell
E
Glasgow,
Lynn
Etheredge,
Amy
P
Abernethy
Clinical and Translational Medicine 2013, 2 :10 (10 May 2013)
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