Publications by authors named "M Carruthers"
Recent advances in Rosai-Dorfman-Destombes disease (RDD), notably molecular testing, targeted therapy, and PET-CT imaging, hold promise for better recognition and improved outcomes. This study presents patients diagnosed and treated in a "real world" setting, where navigating limited resources must be considered. This retrospective single-center review includes 15 adult patients diagnosed with RDD at Vancouver General Hospital between November 2015 and October 2023.
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- The mechanosensory lateral line system in fishes is crucial for survival behaviors like finding food and navigating in low-light conditions, and its morphology may undergo disruption during ecological speciation.
- In a study of two ecomorphs of the cichlid fish Astatotilapia calliptera in Lake Masoko, it was found that the deeper-water zooplanktivorous ecomorph has larger lateral line canal pores compared to the shallower-water invertebrate-feeding ecomorph.
- The findings highlight the early divergence in lateral line morphology as a potential contributor to adaptive radiation, an indication of how ecological specialization can influence sensory adaptations.
Cognitive control is the ability to allocate attention away from stimuli that are irrelevant to achieving a goal, towards stimuli that are. When conflict is anticipated, attention is biased in a global, top-down manner called proactive control and this effortful type of cognitive control is engaged before stimulus onset. The list-wise congruency proportion (LWPC) effect, where the Stroop congruency effect is reduced when there are more incongruent than congruent trials compared to vice versa, has been viewed as one of the prime signatures of this type of cognitive control.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe compared liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) against Binding Site immunonephelometry (BSIN) with regards to these methods' abilities to diagnose IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). IgG subclasses were gathered from laboratory from December 2011 to December 2020. The IgG4-RD positive and negative patients were diagnosed according to the ACR/EULAR classification criteria by extensive chart review.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLive birth (viviparity) has arisen repeatedly and independently among animals. We sequenced the genome and transcriptome of the viviparous Pacific beetle-mimic cockroach and performed comparative analyses with two other viviparous insect lineages, tsetse flies and aphids, to unravel the basis underlying the transition to viviparity in insects. We identified pathways undergoing adaptive evolution for insects, involved in urogenital remodeling, tracheal system, heart development, and nutrient metabolism.
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