Publications by authors named "L Markovic"

Background: Refined models of kidney disease are critical to better understand disease processes and study novel treatments while minimizing discomfort in research animals. The objective of this study was to report a technique for minimally invasive partial kidney embolism in cats and describe outcomes following transcatheter administration of embolic microspheres with subsequent contralateral nephrectomy.

Methods: Eleven, apparently healthy, male, purpose-bred cats underwent unilateral kidney embolism with 0.

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A search is presented for an extended Higgs sector with two new particles, X and ϕ, in the process X→ϕϕ→(γγ)(γγ). Novel neural networks classify events with diphotons that are merged and determine the diphoton masses. The search uses LHC proton-proton collision data at sqrt[s]=13  TeV collected with the CMS detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138  fb^{-1}.

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Companion dogs are a powerful model for aging research given their morphologic and genetic variability, risk for age-related disease, and habitation of the human environment. In addition, the shorter life expectancy of dogs compared to human beings provides a unique opportunity for an accelerated timeline to test interventions that might extend healthy lifespan. The Test of Rapamycin In Aging Dogs (TRIAD) randomized clinical trial is a parallel-group, double-masked, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial that will test the ability of rapamycin to prolong lifespan and improve several healthspan metrics in healthy, middle-aged dogs recruited from Dog Aging Project participants.

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Introduction/objectives: Transcatheter therapeutics have revolutionized treatment of pulmonary valve stenosis (PS). Further understanding of PS intervention may help improve outcomes for different species. This study describes characteristics and immediate outcomes in children and dogs undergoing balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty (BPV) or transpulmonary stent implantation for congenital PS.

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Retinoblastoma, a rare childhood eye cancer, has hereditary and non-hereditary forms. While TNM classification helps in prognosis, understanding molecular mechanisms is vital for the clinical behavior of retinoblastoma prediction. Our study aimed to analyze the expression levels of key Wnt pathway proteins, GSK3β, LEF1, β-catenin, and DVL1, and associate them to non-phosphorylated active form (pRb) and the phosphorylated inactive form (ppRb) and N-myc expression, in retinoblastoma cells and healthy retinal cells, in order to elucidate their roles in retinoblastoma and identify potential targets that could help to improve diagnostic and therapy.

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