1.
Composition of the adult digestive tract bacterial microbiome based on seven mouth surfaces, tonsils, throat and stool samples
Nicola
Segata,
Susan
Haake,
Peter
Mannon,
Katherine
P
Lemon,
Levi
Waldron,
Dirk
Gevers,
Curtis
Huttenhower,
Jacques
Izard
Genome Biology 2012, 13 :R42 (14 June 2012)
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Editor’s summary
The Human Microbiome Project's analysis of ten sites in the digestive tract of healthy human adults
2.
Curcumin: A review of anti-cancer properties and therapeutic activity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Reason
Wilken,
Mysore
S
Veena,
Marilene
B
Wang,
Eri
S
Srivatsan
Molecular Cancer 2011, 10 :12 (7 February 2011)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
3.
The Transcription Factor Encyclopedia
Dimas
Yusuf,
Stefanie
L
Butland,
Magdalena
I
Swanson,
Eugene
Bolotin,
Amy
Ticoll,
Warren
A
Cheung,
Xiao
Cindy Zhang,
Christopher
TD
Dickman,
Debra
L
Fulton,
Jonathan
S
Lim,
Jake
M
Schnabl,
Oscar
HP
Ramos,
Mireille
Vasseur-Cognet,
Charles
N
de Leeuw,
Elizabeth
M
Simpson,
Gerhart
U
Ryffel,
Eric
W-F
Lam,
Ralf
Kist,
Miranda
SC
Wilson,
Raquel
Marco-Ferreres,
Jan
J
Brosens,
Leonardo
L
Beccari,
Paola
Bovolenta,
Bérénice
A
Benayoun,
Lara
J
Monteiro,
Helma
DC
Schwenen,
Lars
Grontved,
Elizabeth
Wederell,
Susanne
Mandrup,
Reiner
A
Veitia
et al.
Genome Biology 2012, 13 :R24 (29 March 2012)
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Editor’s summary
A high quality compendium of transcription factor data that allows researchers to add new data via a peer-review system
4.
Perinatal nicotine exposure induces asthma in second generation offspring
Virender
K
Rehan,
Jie
Liu,
Erum
Naeem,
Jia
Tian,
Reiko
Sakurai,
Kenny
Kwong,
Omid
Akbari,
John
S
Torday
BMC Medicine 2012, 10 :129 (30 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Smoking during pregnancy induces asthma in offspring, and the effects are permanently transmitted to subsequent generations via epigenetic changes in germ cells, providing a breakthrough in studying transgenerational effects of toxins.
5.
The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage
John
Abramyan,
Daleen
Badenhorst,
Kyle
K
Biggar,
Glen
M
Borchert,
Christopher
W
Botka,
Rachel
M
Bowden,
Edward
L
Braun,
Anne
M
Bronikowski,
Benoit
G
Bruneau,
Leslie
T
Buck,
Blanche
Capel,
Todd
A
Castoe,
Mike
Czerwinski,
Kim
D
Delehaunty,
Scott
V
Edwards,
Catrina
C
Fronick,
Matthew
K
Fujita,
Lucinda
Fulton,
Tina
A
Graves,
Richard
E
Green,
Wilfried
Haerty,
Ramkumar
Hariharan,
LaDeana
H
Hillier,
Alisha
K
Holloway,
Daniel
Janes,
Fredric
J
Janzen,
Cyriac
Kandoth,
Lesheng
Kong,
Jason
de Koning,
Yang
Li
et al.
Genome Biology 2013, 14 :R28 (28 March 2013)
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Editor’s summary
The genome of the western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii , reveals insights into its extreme tolerance to anoxia and freezing
6.
A proprietary alpha-amylase inhibitor from white bean (Phaseolus vulgaris): A review of clinical studies on weight loss and glycemic control
Marilyn
L
Barrett,
Jay
K
Udani
Nutrition Journal 2011, 10 :24 (17 March 2011)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
7.
Aging effects on DNA methylation modules in human brain and blood tissue
Steve
Horvath,
Yafeng
Zhang,
Peter
Langfelder,
René
S
Kahn,
Marco
PM
Boks,
Kristel
van Eijk,
Leonard
H
van den Berg,
Roel
A
Ophoff
Genome Biology 2012, 13 :R97 (3 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
An age-related co-methylation module in human brain and blood tissue includes genes associated with Alzheimer's disease
8.
Acute cough: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
Peter
V
Dicpinigaitis,
Gene
L
Colice,
Mary
Goolsby,
Gary
I
Rogg,
Sheldon
L
Spector,
Birgit
Winther
Cough 2009, 5 :11 (16 December 2009)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
9.
Meta-analysis: Neither quick nor easy
Nancy
G
Berman,
Robert
A
Parker
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2002, 2 :10 (9 August 2002)
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10.
Klinefelter syndrome and other sex chromosomal aneuploidies
Jeannie
Visootsak,
John
M
Graham
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2006, 1 :42 (24 October 2006)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
11.
The six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue part 1: conceptual and definitional issues in psychiatric diagnosis
James
Phillips,
Allen
Frances,
Michael
A
Cerullo,
John
Chardavoyne,
Hannah
S
Decker,
Michael
B
First,
Nassir
Ghaemi,
Gary
Greenberg,
Andrew
C
Hinderliter,
Warren
A
Kinghorn,
Steven
G
LoBello,
Elliott
B
Martin,
Aaron
L
Mishara,
Joel
Paris,
Joseph
M
Pierre,
Ronald
W
Pies,
Harold
A
Pincus,
Douglas
Porter,
Claire
Pouncey,
Michael
A
Schwartz,
Thomas
Szasz,
Jerome
C
Wakefield,
G Scott
Waterman,
Owen
Whooley,
Peter
Zachar
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2012, 7 :3 (13 January 2012)
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12.
A controlled trial of protein enrichment of meal replacements for weight reduction with retention of lean body mass
Leo
Treyzon,
Steve
Chen,
Kurt
Hong,
Eric
Yan,
Catherine
L
Carpenter,
Gail
Thames,
Susan
Bowerman,
He-Jing
Wang,
Robert
Elashoff,
Zhaoping
Li
Nutrition Journal 2008, 7 :23 (27 August 2008)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
13.
The six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue part 3: issues of utility and alternative approaches in psychiatric diagnosis
James
Phillips,
Allen
Frances,
Michael
A
Cerullo,
John
Chardavoyne,
Hannah
S
Decker,
Michael
B
First,
Nassir
Ghaemi,
Gary
Greenberg,
Andrew
C
Hinderliter,
Warren
A
Kinghorn,
Steven
G
LoBello,
Elliott
B
Martin,
Aaron
L
Mishara,
Joel
Paris,
Joseph
M
Pierre,
Ronald
W
Pies,
Harold
A
Pincus,
Douglas
Porter,
Claire
Pouncey,
Michael
A
Schwartz,
Thomas
Szasz,
Jerome
C
Wakefield,
G
Waterman,
Owen
Whooley,
Peter
Zachar
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2012, 7 :9 (23 May 2012)
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14.
Food consumption frequency and perceived stress and depressive symptoms among students in three European countries
Rafael
T
Mikolajczyk,
Walid
El Ansari,
Annette
E
Maxwell
Nutrition Journal 2009, 8 :31 (15 July 2009)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
15.
Effects of Açai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) berry preparation on metabolic parameters in a healthy overweight population: A pilot study
Jay
K
Udani,
Betsy
B
Singh,
Vijay
J
Singh,
Marilyn
L
Barrett
Nutrition Journal 2011, 10 :45 (12 May 2011)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
16.
Cancer and non-cancer health effects from food contaminant exposures for children and adults in California: a risk assessment
Rainbow
Vogt,
Deborah
Bennett,
Diana
Cassady,
Joshua
Frost,
Beate
Ritz,
Irva
Hertz-Picciotto
Environmental Health 2012, 11 :83 (9 November 2012)
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17.
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome in 41 adults: the illness, the patients, and problems of management
David
R
Fleisher,
Blake
Gornowicz,
Kathleen
Adams,
Richard
Burch,
Edward
J
Feldman
BMC Medicine 2005, 3 :20 (21 December 2005)
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Editor’s summary
Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome is a little studied but disabling condition, occurring in adults as well as children; appreciation of comorbidities such as migraine, anxiety and inter-episodic dyspeptic nausea may improve diagnosis.
18.
Common genetic variants, acting additively, are a major source of risk for autism
Lambertus
Klei,
Stephan
J
Sanders,
Michael
T
Murtha,
Vanessa
Hus,
Jennifer
K
Lowe,
A
Willsey,
Daniel
Moreno-De-Luca,
Timothy
W
Yu,
Eric
Fombonne,
Daniel
Geschwind,
Dorothy
E
Grice,
David
H
Ledbetter,
Catherine
Lord,
Shrikant
M
Mane,
Christa
Martin,
Donna
M
Martin,
Eric
M
Morrow,
Christopher
A
Walsh,
Nadine
M
Melhem,
Pauline
Chaste,
James
S
Sutcliffe,
Matthew
W
State,
Edwin
H
Cook,
Kathryn
Roeder,
Bernie
Devlin
Molecular Autism 2012, 3 :9 (15 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Common genetic variants have a substantial additive genetic effect on autism spectrum disorder liability and this effect differs between simplex and multiplex families.
19.
Autism genetics: searching for specificity and convergence
Jamee
M
Berg,
Daniel
H
Geschwind
Genome Biology 2012, 13 :247 (31 July 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Daniel Geschwind and Jamee Berg review the genes associated with autism spectrum disorders: how might their functions relate to one another?
20.
Rapid cognitive improvement in Alzheimer's disease following perispinal etanercept administration
Edward
L
Tobinick,
Hyman
Gross
Journal of Neuroinflammation 2008, 5 :2 (9 January 2008)
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Editor’s summary
Report of rapid cognitive improvement in an Alzheimer's patient within minutes following delivery of an anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) therapeutic, etanercept.
21.
A BioBrick compatible strategy for genetic modification of plants
Patrick
M
Boyle,
Devin
R
Burrill,
Mara
C
Inniss,
Christina
M
Agapakis,
Aaron
Deardon,
Jonathan
G
DeWerd,
Michael
A
Gedeon,
Jacqueline
Y
Quinn,
Morgan
L
Paull,
Anugraha
M
Raman,
Mark
R
Theilmann,
Lu
Wang,
Julia
C
Winn,
Oliver
Medvedik,
Kurt
Schellenberg,
Karmella
A
Haynes,
Alain
Viel,
Tamara
J
Brenner,
George
M
Church,
Jagesh
V
Shah,
Pamela
A
Silver
Journal of Biological Engineering 2012, 6 :8 (20 June 2012)
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22.
A unified phylogeny-based nomenclature for histone variants
Paul
B
Talbert,
Kami
Ahmad,
Geneviève
Almouzni,
Juan
Ausió,
Frederic
Berger,
Prem
L
Bhalla,
William
M
Bonner,
W
Cande,
Brian
P
Chadwick,
Simon W
L
Chan,
George A
M
Cross,
Liwang
Cui,
Stefan
I
Dimitrov,
Detlef
Doenecke,
José
M
Eirin-López,
Martin
A
Gorovsky,
Sandra
B
Hake,
Barbara
A
Hamkalo,
Sarah
Holec,
Steven
E
Jacobsen,
Kinga
Kamieniarz,
Saadi
Khochbin,
Andreas
G
Ladurner,
David
Landsman,
John
A
Latham,
Benjamin
Loppin,
Harmit
S
Malik,
William
F
Marzluff,
John
R
Pehrson,
Jan
Postberg
et al.
Epigenetics & Chromatin 2012, 5 :7 (31 May 2012)
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In response to an urgent need to rationalize the current schemes for naming histone variants, researchers from over 30 institutions worldwide have developed consistent but flexible naming rules that are informative and database-searchable.
23.
Defining the critical hurdles in cancer immunotherapy
Bernard
A
Fox,
Dolores
J
Schendel,
Lisa
H
Butterfield,
Steinar
Aamdal,
James
P
Allison,
Paolo
Ascierto,
Michael
B
Atkins,
Jirina
Bartunkova,
Lothar
Bergmann,
Neil
Berinstein,
Cristina
C
Bonorino,
Ernest
Borden,
Jonathan
L
Bramson,
Cedrik
M
Britten,
Xuetao
Cao,
William
E
Carson,
Alfred
E
Chang,
Dainius
Characiejus,
A Raja
Choudhury,
George
Coukos,
Tanja
de Gruijl,
Robert
O
Dillman,
Harry
Dolstra,
Glenn
Dranoff,
Lindy
G
Durrant,
James
H
Finke,
Jerome
Galon,
Jared
A
Gollob,
Cécile
Gouttefangeas,
Fabio
Grizzi
et al.
Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9 :214 (14 December 2011)
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24.
Outdoor advertising, obesity, and soda consumption: a cross-sectional study
Lenard
I
Lesser,
Frederick
J
Zimmerman,
Deborah
A
Cohen
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :20 (10 January 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
25.
Analysis of gene expression and chemoresistance of CD133+ cancer stem cells in glioblastoma
Gentao
Liu,
Xiangpeng
Yuan,
Zhaohui
Zeng,
Patrizia
Tunici,
Hiushan
Ng,
Iman
R
Abdulkadir,
Lizhi
Lu,
Dwain
Irvin,
Keith
L
Black,
John
S
Yu
Molecular Cancer 2006, 5 :67 (2 December 2006)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central