Objectives Social skills teaching (SST) is a commonly implemented intervention strategy with
individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Given the myriad of strategies that may be …

The nasal cellular epigenome may serve as biomarker of airway disease and environmental
response. Here we collect nasal swabs from the anterior nares of 547 children (mean-age …

Three aspects of the regulation of the human alpha-skeletal actin gene are examined in this
study by quantitative analysis of transgenic tissues: level of expression, tissue specificity, …

Chromatin accessibility is integral to the process by which transcription factors (TFs) read
out cis-regulatory DNA sequences, but it is difficult to differentiate between TFs that drive …

Previous studies have shown that noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) improves
gas exchange in acute and chronic respiratory failure. However, some patients are unable …

Breastmilk has many documented beneficial effects on the developing human infant, but the
components of breastmilk that influence these developmental pathways have not been fully …

Background Prenatal ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and maternal chronic
psychosocial stress have independently been linked to changes in mithochondrial DNA copy …

Platelets contain two cAMP phosphodiesterases (PDEs) which regulate intracellular cAMP
levels, cGMP-inhibited cAMP PDE (PDE3A) and cGMP-stimulated PDE (PDE2A). Using the …

Background Aging is associated with functional decline of neurons and increased incidence
of both neurodegenerative and ocular disease. Photoreceptor neurons in Drosophila …

Introduction Changes in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can serve as a marker of cumulative
oxidative stress (OS) due to the mitochondria's unique genome and relative lack of repair …