Publications by authors named "Logan Turner"

Background: Geroscience focuses on interventions to mitigate molecular changes associated with aging. Lifestyle modifications, medications, and social factors influence the aging process, yet the complex molecular mechanisms require an in-depth exploration of the epigenetic landscape. The specific epigenetic clock and predictor effects of a vegan diet, compared to an omnivorous diet, remain underexplored despite potential impacts on aging-related outcomes.

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Senolytics, small molecules targeting cellular senescence, have emerged as potential therapeutics to enhance health span. However, their impact on epigenetic age remains unstudied. This study aimed to assess the effects of Dasatinib and Quercetin (DQ) senolytic treatment on DNA methylation (DNAm), epigenetic age, and immune cell subsets.

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Biological aging is a multifactorial process involving complex interactions of cellular and biochemical processes that is reflected in omic profiles. Using common clinical laboratory measures in ~30,000 individuals from the MGB-Biobank, we developed a robust, predictive biological aging phenotype, , that balances clinical biomarkers with overall mortality risk and can be broadly recapitulated across EMRs. We then applied elastic-net regression to model with DNA-methylation (DNAm) and multiple omics, generating and respectively.

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The increasing number of available anti-cancer drugs presents a challenge for oncologists, who must choose the most effective treatment for the patient. Precision cancer medicine relies on matching a drug with a tumor's molecular profile to optimize the therapeutic benefit. However, current precision medicine approaches do not fully account for intra-tumoral heterogeneity.

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Iron is an essential element for plant and animal life and is found in soil, fresh waters and marine waters. The Fe ion is a vital prosthetic group and cofactor to mitochondrial electron transport complexes and numerous proteins involved in normal functioning. Despite its importance to life-sustaining processes, overexposure results in toxicity.

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Transcriptomes are appropriate resources for studying species that lack sequenced genomes, as they can serve as references for a broad suite of genetic applications, including: phylogenetic assessments, population genomics, and evaluate responses to environmental fluctuations. Here, we present the transcriptomes of two species of marine fishes of commercial and ecological relevance in the Western Atlantic: Lutjanus griseus and L. synagris.

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The resting membrane potential enables neurons to rapidly initiate and conduct electrical signals. K2p channels are key in maintaining this membrane potential and electrical excitability. They direct the resting membrane potential toward the K equilibrium potential.

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Background: The highfin blenny, Lupinoblennius nicholsi, is a marine fish species reported in reef and rocky inshore habitats with a disjunct distribution in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Overall, there are very few studies on this species and there is a scarcity of molecular resources for genetic comparisons. We set out to report the first mitochondrial genome for L.

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Background: Dense inflammation can obscure nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) on frozen sections, prompting removal of additional layers to ensure negative margins. Cytokeratin (CK) immunostaining in Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) has been examined and found to be useful but is limited by lengthy 1-hour processing.

Objective: Our objective was to develop an effective ultrarapid CK frozen section immunostain to be used during MMS in cases of NMSC with dense or perineural inflammation.

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A variety of rehabilitation methods that increase social interaction and locomotor activity are reported to yield positive benefits in humans and animals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Environmental enrichment often incorporates group housing, increased cage size, and objects to increase social interaction and stimulate locomotor activity of animals. Others have reported that adult rats housed in enriched environments immediately after moderate contusion thoracic SCI show improvements in locomotion, but not in neurotransmission through or anatomy at the SCI site.

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