Publications by authors named "D A Shirley"

is a growing health concern as the leading causal agent of systemic candidiasis, a life-threatening fungal infection with a mortality rate of ∼40% despite best available therapy. Yck2, a fungal casein kinase 1 (CK1) family member, is the cellular target of inhibitors YK-I-02 (YK) and MN-I-157 (MN). Here, multiplexed inhibitor beads paired with mass spectrometry (MIB/MS) employing ATP-competitive kinase inhibitors were used to define the selectivity of these Yck2 inhibitors across the global proteome.

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Background: Chronic diseases are the leading cause of disability and death in the United States. Clinical pharmacists have been shown to optimize health outcomes and reduce healthcare expenditures in patients with chronic diseases through improving medication adherence.

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate a pharmacist-led, artificial intelligence-supported medication adherence program on medication adherence, select disease control measures, and healthcare expenditures.

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has long been recognized as a lifelong condition, but brain aging studies in autistic adults aged >30 years are limited. Free water, a novel brain imaging marker derived from diffusion MRI (dMRI), has shown promise in differentiating typical and pathological aging and monitoring brain degeneration. We aimed to examine free water and free water corrected dMRI measures to assess white and gray matter microstructure and their associations with age in autistic adults.

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In North America, a comparatively small number of Fraxinus (ash) cultivars were planted in large numbers in both urban and rural environments across the entire range of Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh (green ash) over the last 80 years. Undetected cultivar gene flow, if extensive, could significantly lower genetic diversity within populations, suppress differentiation between populations, generate interspecific admixture not driven by long-standing natural processes, and affect the impact of abiotic and biotic threats. In this investigation we generated the first range-wide genetic assessment of F.

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Article Synopsis
  • - The study focuses on how mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants, particularly the Delta variant, can help us understand both the virus's biology and the public health impact of these changes.
  • - Researchers identified a specific mutation (G215C) in the nucleocapsid (N) protein that creates a disulfide bond, leading to more stable protein structures (dimers) which enhance viral growth.
  • - The G215C mutation also results in the production of larger virions that contain more nucleocapsid proteins, indicating a potential impact on how the virus spreads.
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