Publications by authors named "K E Draeger"

Grocery workers were essential to the workforce and exempt from lockdown requirements as per Minnesota Executive Order 20-20. The risk of COVID-19 transmission in grocery settings is not well documented. This study aimed to determine which factors influenced seropositivity among grocery workers.

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A community-academic partnership was formed in Minnesota's Red River Basin for a 1-year planning grant preceding a larger intervention to reduce pesticide exposure among children. Photovoice, developed by Dr. Caroline Wang, was used by mothers to document pathways to pesticide exposure for their children along with other health and safety concerns.

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A single-center, randomised, placebo- controlled, cross-over study was conducted to characterize the new sulfonylurea glimepiride and to compare its profile of action with the second generation sulfonylurea glibenclamide. The total duration of each experiment was 5 hours. At zero time an i.

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The aim of the present study was to assess the beta cell response to glimepiride, administered orally, during and following a hyperglycaemic clamp in 14 NIDDM patients (7 males), aged 62.5 (St. Dev.

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DM20 is a proteolipid protein that has been extensively studied for its role in central nervous system myelination. We demonstrate that DM20 expression is widespread and independent of myelination. In the Schwann cells and neurons of the peripheral nervous system, DM20 is not incorporated into the membrane as it is in the central nervous system (CNS), but remains cytoplasmic.

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