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CHRISTMAS PARTY 2000 AND FAREWELL TO MAJA SCHRAMM AND JING GU

CHRISTMAS PARTY 2000 AND FAREWELL TO MAJA SCHRAMM AND JING GU MERRY CHRISTMAS (DON’T EAT THE CANDY CANE UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS! IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE IT’S TIME TO EAT! FRANCES YEE (BACKGROUND: RUBY PITTMAN, NORA MALERASIE AND SAMANTHA CROWE) MAJA SCHRAMM MODELING HER FAREWELL GIFT.   JING GU RECEIVING HIS GIFT ENJOYING …

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T-Ag Inhibits Implantation by EC Cell Derived Embryoid Bodies

A Espinosa and LP Villarreal   When introduced into ES cells of a blastocyct, polyomavirus (Py) T-Ag results in mice mosaic for T-Ag but otherwise essentially normal.  It has been reported that SV40 T-Ag does not inhibit differentiation of F9 EC cells, but did inhibit endogenous retrovirus (IAP) production.  We therefore sought to determine if …

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VIRUSES AND SCHIZOPHRENIA; A FOCUS ON HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS

Herpes 11:2(Suppl):83A-88A, 2004 Robert Yolken ABSTRACT: Various factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Evidence for an infectious cause includes the 508% increased risk among those born in the winter-spring months, when infectious diseases are more prevalent and at times when other infections (measles, varicella, poliomyelitis) show increased activity. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) …

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TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODY TITERS IN TREATMENT NAIVE FIRST EPISODES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

To explore the contribution of infectious exposure to schizophrenia, we determined the levels of several antibodies to infectious agents in blood samples collected in a randomized double-blind 52 week clinical trial in China.  The sample included 160 first-episode schizophrenia patients and 60 normal controls balanced in distribution of age (28 ±7), gender (53% male vs. …

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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SYSTEMIC QUINOLINIC ACID IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SYSTEMIC QUINOLINIC ACID IN SCHIZOPHRENIA LD Bobo*, RH Yolken, EF Torrey, JD Paltan-Ortiz, MM Herman, NC Briggs, H Velasco, M Zito, MP Heyes Stanley Research Foundation, NAMI, Washington DC Immunologic marker elevations in schizophrenia have been reported. Quinolinic acid (QUIN), a potential neurotoxic product of immune-activated macrophages and microglia, has been …

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The overall goal of The Stanley Neurovirology Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is to develop a training and research program devoted to the elucidation of the role of infection and immunity in the etiology of schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. Consumers: See Department/Programs