Basic mechanisms responsible for osteolytic and osteoblastic bone metastases

…, G Clines, EG Stebbins, DH Wong, LS Higgins… - Clinical cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Certain solid tumors metastasize to bone and cause osteolysis and abnormal new bone
formation. The respective phenotypes of dysregulated bone destruction and bone formation …

[HTML][HTML] Selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) modulation as a strategy for safer therapeutic PPARγ activation

LS Higgins, AM DePaoli - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2010 - Elsevier
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) is a clinically validated target for treatment
of insulin resistance. PPARγ activation by full agonists such as thiazolidinediones has …

[PDF][PDF] IN LEARNING AND MEMORY

PM Moran, PC Moser, LS Higgins… - ALZHEIMER …, 1996 - ndl.ethernet.edu.et
… As we have previously reported that APP-695 transgenic mice display no histopathology (Higgins
et ai., 1993), this indirectly supports a link between histopathology and the learning …

SD-208, a novel transforming growth factor β receptor I kinase inhibitor, inhibits growth and invasiveness and enhances immunogenicity of murine and human glioma …

…, A Murphy, DH Wong, W Wick, LS Higgins… - Cancer research, 2004 - AACR
The cytokine transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, by virtue of its immunosuppressive and
promigratory properties, has become a major target for the experimental treatment of human …

Age-related learning deficits in transgenic mice expressing the 751-amino acid isoform of human beta-amyloid precursor protein.

PM Moran, LS Higgins, B Cordell… - Proceedings of the …, 1995 - National Acad Sciences
The beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta-APP), from which the beta-A4 peptide is derived,
is considered to be central to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD). Transgenic mice …

Insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis protect corn from corn rootworms

…, ML Peters, JW Bing, JR Rouse, LS Higgins… - Nature …, 2001 - nature.com
Field tests of corn co-expressing two new delta-endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
have demonstrated protection from root damage by western corn rootworm (Diabrotica …

Inhibition of the TGF-β receptor I kinase promotes hematopoiesis in MDS

…, J Boultwood, LC Platanias, LS Higgins… - Blood, The Journal …, 2008 - ashpublications.org
MDS is characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis that leads to peripheral cytopenias.
Development of effective treatments has been impeded by limited insight into pathogenic …

β-Amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice that harbor diffuse Aβ deposits but do not form plaques show increased ischemic vulnerability: role of inflammation

…, D Liu, RA Kauppinen, LS Higgins… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
β-amyloid (Aβ), derived form the β-amyloid precursor protein (APP), is important for the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is characterized by progressive decline of …

Specific spatial learning deficits become severe with age in β-amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice that harbor diffuse β-amyloid deposits but do not form plaques

…, J Koistinaho, J Bures, LS Higgins - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
Memory impairment progressing to dementia is the main clinical symptom of Alzheimer's
disease (AD). AD is characterized histologically by the presence of β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and …

Inhibition of transforming growth factor β signaling reduces pancreatic adenocarcinoma growth and invasiveness

…, DL Damm, GT Muiru, A Murphy, LS Higgins… - Molecular …, 2007 - ASPET
Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) is a pleiotropic factor that regulates cell proliferation,
angiogenesis, metastasis, and immune suppression. Dysregulation of the TGFβ pathway in …