Androgens and Dry Eye in Sjögren's Syndromea

…, RW Lambert, RS Kelleher, DB Tolls… - Annals of the New …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Sjögren's syndrome is an extremely complex and currently incurable autoimmune disorder,
which occurs primarily in females, and is associated with lacrimal gland inflammation, …

PD-1 expression in acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with HCV-specific CD8 exhaustion

S Urbani, B Amadei, D Tola, M Massari… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD8 cell exhaustion may represent a mechanism of HCV
persistence. The inhibitory receptor PD-1 has been reported to be up-regulated in exhausted …

Phenotypes and tolerances in the design space of biochemical systems

…, PMBM Coelho, RA Fasani, DA Tolla… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
… We will use the expression [T D , T I ] to describe the global tolerances, where T D =
tolerance to a fold decrease and T I = tolerance to a fold increase (because boundaries can be …

Effect of androgen deficiency on the human meibomian gland and ocular surface

…, MD Ullman, JM Cermak, DB Tolls… - The Journal of …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the chronic use of antiandrogen
medications leads to meibomian gland dysfunction, altered lipid profiles in meibomian gland …

[PDF][PDF] Outcome of acute hepatitis C is related to virus‐specific CD4 function and maturation of antiviral memory CD8 responses

S Urbani, B Amadei, P Fisicaro, D Tola… - …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… (D) Average number of positive peptide pools able to induce IFN- production in patients with
self-limited (grey bars) or chronic (black bars) evolution of hepatitis calculated at 3 different …

Relevant deformations in open string field theory: a simple solution for lumps

L Bonora, C Maccaferri, DD Tolla - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 - Springer
… In this case one expects to get lower dimensional D-branes, placed at the minima of the … ,
[35], where a lower dimensional Dbrane has been seen to emerge as inhomogeneous tachyon …

Does androgen insufficiency cause lacrimal gland inflammation and aqueous tear deficiency?

…, KL Krenzer, BD Sullivan, DB Tolls… - … & visual science, 1999 - iovs.arvojournals.org
PURPOSE: The current investigators have shown that androgen treatment suppresses
inflammation and stimulates the function of lacrimal glands in mouse models of Sjögren's …

Potential efficiency benefits of nonmydriatic ultrawide field retinal imaging in an ocular telehealth diabetic retinopathy program

PS Silva, JD Cavallerano, D Tolls, A Omar… - Diabetes …, 2014 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To compare efficiency of nonmydriatic ultrawide field retinal imaging (UWFI) and
nonmydriatic fundus photography (NMFP) in a diabetic retinopathy (DR) ocular telehealth …

Restoration of HCV-specific T cell functions by PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in HCV infection: effect of viremia levels and antiviral treatment

S Urbani, B Amadei, D Tola, G Pedrazzi, L Sacchelli… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/AIMS: HCV-specific T cells in acute hepatitis C with subsequent chronic
evolution are dysfunctional and most of them express PD-1. The aim of the study was to …

Regulation of aerobic-to-anaerobic transitions by the FNR cycle in Escherichia coli

DA Tolla, MA Savageau - Journal of molecular biology, 2010 - Elsevier
The FNR (fumarate nitrate reduction) protein plays a central role in the global oxygen response
of a variety of bacteria. In Escherichia coli, FNR is the master transcriptional regulator of …