Explores the mental, physical, cellular and biochemical aspects of environmental illnesses such as obesity, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, PTSD, fibromyalgia, chemical sensitivities, neurological disorders and numerous others. We advocate for better access to medical care, healthier lifestyles, resource conservation and the use of assistance animals for the disabled to promote a better quality of life.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a novel regul... [Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2010] - PubMed result
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a novel regul... [Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2010] - PubMed result: "The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a novel regulator of human melanogenesis."
Monday, November 29, 2010
Nrf2 Deficiency Influences Susceptibility to Stero... [Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010] - PubMed result
Nrf2 Deficiency Influences Susceptibility to Stero... [Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010] - PubMed result: "Nrf2 Deficiency Influences Susceptibility to Steroid Resistance via HDAC2 reduction"
Aging Reversed in Mice - ABC News
"Scientists have turned back the clock in mice they engineered to age faster than normal, an advance they suggest is the first time aging in mice has been reversed"
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Growth-Factor Gel Shows Promise As Hearing-Loss Treatment
"A new treatment has been developed for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL), a condition that causes deafness in 40,000 Americans each year, usually in early middle-age."
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Friday, November 26, 2010
HIF-2alpha, but not HIF-1alpha, promotes iron abso... [J Clin Invest. 2009] - PubMed result
HIF-2alpha, but not HIF-1alpha, promotes iron abso... [J Clin Invest. 2009] - PubMed result: "whereas HIF-2alpha played a crucial role in maintaining iron balance in the organism by directly regulating the transcription of the gene encoding divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1), the principal intestinal iron transporter"
Hypoxia-inducible factor 2α regulates macrophage function in mouse models of acute and tumor inflammation
Hypoxia-inducible factor 2α regulates macrophage function in mouse models of acute and tumor inflammation: "HIF-2α (but not HIF-1α) directly activates the expression of Oct4, a critical transcription factor regulating stem cell maintenance (28), as well as the red blood cell cytokine erythropoietin (29)."
The Journal of clinical investigation, Vol. 120, No. 8. (2 August 2010), pp. 2699-2714.
http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/8311046
The Journal of clinical investigation, Vol. 120, No. 8. (2 August 2010), pp. 2699-2714.
http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/8311046
PGC-1alpha regulates a HIF2alpha-dependent switch in skeletal muscle fiber types.
"HIF2α acts downstream of PGC-1α as a key regulator of a muscle fiber-type program and the adaptive response to exercise."
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (24 November 2010) http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/8311034
Health and Environmental Illness Research Blog: PGC-1a , Cold, MCK, Myogenesis and Nrf2 and Environmental Illness?!
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (24 November 2010) http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/8311034
Health and Environmental Illness Research Blog: PGC-1a , Cold, MCK, Myogenesis and Nrf2 and Environmental Illness?!
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