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    • Inflammatory Biomarkers, Depressive Symptoms and Falls Among the elderly in Panama 

      Britton, Gabrielle; O'Bryant, Sid E.; Johnson, Leigh A.; Hall, James R.; Villarreal, Alcibiades E.; Oviedo, Diana C.; Pérez-Lao, Ambar R.; Carreira, María B. (Current Aging Science, 2018-01-01)
      Background: Falls are common among elderly adults, and are predictors of hospitalization, institutionalization and mortality. Objective: The objective of the present study was to examine the relationship between blood-based ...
    • Leaf-inhabiting genera of the Gnomoniaceae, Diaporthales 

      Sogonov, M.V.; Castlebury, L.A.; Rossman, A.Y.; Mejía, Luis Carlos; White, J.F. (Studies in Mycology, 2008-01-01)
      The Gnomoniaceae are characterised by ascomata that are generally immersed, solitary, without a stroma, or aggregated with a rudimentary stroma, in herbaceous plant material especially in leaves, twigs or stems, ...
    • Fungal endophytes limit pathogen damage in a tropical tree 

      Arnold, A. Elizabeth; Mejía, Luis Carlos; Kyllo, Damond; Rojas, Enith I.; Maynard, Zuleyka; Robbins, Nancy; Herre, Edward Allen (2003-10-23)
      Every plant species examined to date harbors endophytic fungi within its asymptomatic aerial tissues, such that endophytes represent a ubiquitous, yet cryptic, component of terrestrial plant communities. Fungal endophytes ...
    • Deterioro cognitivo leve y enfermedad de Alzheimer: Revisión de conceptos 

      Oviedo, Diana; Britton, Gabrielle; Villareal, Alcibiades (Investigación y Pensamiento Crítico, 2016-05-01)
      La enfermedad de Alzheimer (EA) es una enfermedad neurológica degenerativa que afecta a más de 46 millones de personas alrededor del mundo. Representa el tipo de demencia más común en los adultos mayores y cursa con una ...
    • A review of therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cell secretions and induction of secretory modification by different culture methods 

      Madrigal, Marialaura; S Rao, Kosagisharaf; H. Riordan, Neil (Madrigal et al. Journal of Translational Medicine, 2014-10-11)
      The mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) is being broadly studied in clinical trials. Contrary to the early paradigm of cell replacement and differentiation as a therapeutic mechanism of action, evidence is mounting that the ...
    • Simplified Model to Survey Tuberculosis Transmission in Countries Without Systematic Molecular Epidemiology Programs 

      Domínguez, Juan; Acosta, Fermín; Pérez-Lago, Laura; Sambrano, Dilcia; Goodridge, Amador; Batista, Victoria; De La Guardia, Carolina (Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019-03-03)
      Systematic molecular/genomic epidemiology studies for tuberculosis surveillance cannot be implemented in many countries. We selected Panama as a model for an alternative strategy. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive ...
    • Avian Mycobacteriosis in a Rescued Harpy Eagle from Darien Forest, Panama 

      Rengifo-Herrera, Claudia del Carmen; Reyes Herrera, Julio César; Magaña, Angie Marie; Acosta, Fermín; Ponder, Julia; Goodridge, Amador (Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 2019-06-20)
      The Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyia) is the largest raptor in the Neotropical region, distributed in low densities within primary forest habitats from southern Mexico to east-central Brazil, including Central America and ...