Publications by authors named "W L Kendall"

Hippocampal neuroinflammation is present in multiple diseases and disorders that impact motivated behaviour in a sex-specific manner, but whether neuroinflammation alone is sufficient to disrupt this behaviour is unknown. We investigated this question here using mice. First, the application of an endotoxin to primary cultures containing only hippocampal neurons did not affect their activation.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) with colonoscopy has improved patient outcomes; however, it remains the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality, novel strategies to improve screening are needed. Here, we propose an optical biopsy technique based on spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT). Depth resolved OCT images are analyzed as a function of wavelength to measure optical tissue properties and used as input to machine learning algorithms.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • - Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) is a common inherited connective tissue disorder, but its genetic causes are still unknown.
  • - Researchers conducted whole exome sequencing on families and sporadic patients with hEDS, discovering a specific missense variant in the KLK15 gene linked to the disease.
  • - By creating knock-in mice with this variant, they validated that it caused connective tissue defects, supporting the role of KLK15 gene variants in hEDS and promoting early diagnosis and improved clinical treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Many populations migrate between two different habitats (e.g. wintering/foraging to breeding area, mainstem-tributary, river-lake, river-ocean, river-side channel) as part of their life history.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Screening programs for colorectal cancer (CRC) have had a profound impact on the morbidity and mortality of this disease by detecting and removing early cancers and precancerous adenomas with colonoscopy. However, CRC continues to be the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality in both men and woman, partly because of limitations in colonoscopy-based screening. Thus, novel strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of screening colonoscopy are urgently needed.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF