Publications by authors named "Savannah Goldstein"
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- Borrelia burgdorferi is a tick-borne bacterium that causes Lyme disease, and recent studies show that male mice have a higher infection prevalence and spirochete load than females.
- In the study using C57BL/6 mice, the absence of acquired immunity (in SCID mice) significantly increased spirochete loads, particularly in male mice's ventral skin.
- The differences observed in mice may not translate to humans, suggesting that further research is needed to understand why males have a higher abundance of B. burgdorferi in their skin.
Implantation of testis cell aggregates from various donors under the back skin of recipient mice results in de novo formation of testis tissue. We used this implantation model to study the putative in vivo effects of six different growth factors on testis cord development. Recipient mice (n = 7/group) were implanted with eight neonatal porcine testis cell aggregates that were first exposed to a designated growth factor: FGF2 at 1 µg/mL, FGF9 at 5 µg/mL, VEGF at 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: We have previously shown that implantation of testis cell aggregates under the back skin of immunodeficient mice results in regeneration of testis tissue. We used this unique model to investigate the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) on testis cord development. Neonatal piglet testis cells were briefly (<1 h) exposed to either low (L: 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWeaned dairy heifers are often housed in environments with few appropriate outlets for grooming or oral manipulation. Our objective was to characterize brush use by naive heifers, including patterns over time. In phase 1, groups of 4 heifers (n = 13 groups, 146.
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