Healthy full-term infants were enrolled in a longitudinal study designed to examine the development of infant eating behavior. Infant weight and length was measured, mothers completed questionnaires regarding infant eating behaviors, and infants were weighed and length measured at ages 1, 2, 4, 6 and 10 months. Trajectories of eating behaviors were identified using latent class growth modeling and bivariate analyses examined associations of infant eating behavior trajectory membership with infant and maternal characteristics. Cross-lagged analyses examined associations between BEBQ subscales and infant weight-for-length z-score.
Harlan McCaffery, Julie Zaituna, Sophie Busch, Niko Kaciroti, Alison L. Miller, Julie C. Lumeng, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Ashley Gearhardt, Megan H. Pesch, Developmental trajectories of eating behaviors and cross-lagged associations with weight across infancy, Appetite, 2023, 106978
The dataset is organized as follows: the data for each of the three target structures is contained within a directory with the structure name (e.g., kagome, pyrocholore and snub-square). Within each structure directory, data obtained from alchemical and self-assembly simulations are separated into alchem and self-assembly directories respectively. An additional suboptimal-self-assembly directory is only present for the snub-square structure and contains the data for the pattern registration analysis discussed in the SI. For a detailed description of each file contained within each directory, please refer to the README file.
Rivera-Rivera, LY, Moore, TC & SC Glotzer. Inverse design of triblock Janus spheres for self-assembly of complex structures in the crystallization slot via digital alchemy. Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 2726-2736 doi: 10.1039/d2sm01593e
Goals of this work quantify repeatability and reproducibility across multiple NIH/NCI Co-Clinical Imaging Research Resources Program (CIRP) preclinical MRI systems in performing diffusion measurement using a standardized acquisition protocol on a shared phantom containing temperature-controlled medium of known diffusivity. To achieve these goals, the CIRP Image Acquisition Data Processing (IADP) working group (WG) performed a round-robin study of an ice water-based DWI phantom using a detailed phantom preparation procedure and standardized DWI acquisition protocol, with both site- and core-lab generated ADC measurements derived from shared datasets.
Identifying the functional traits that enable recovery after extreme events is necessary for assessing forest persistence and functioning, yet this is a difficult task because the traits mediating the responses to disturbance may vary depending on the disturbance type and over time. This study investigates the effects of traits on tree growth –for short and longer terms– in response to two vastly different extreme climatic events, droughts, and hurricanes, in a Puerto Rican forest.
Umaña, M. N. In review. The interplay of drought and hurricanes on tree recovery: insights from dynamic and weak functional responses. Forthcoming and Umana, M. (2023). Functional trait data across an elevational gradient of six tree species in El Yunque National Park, Puerto Rico in 2015 [Data set], University of Michigan - Deep Blue Data. https://doi.org/10.7302/7962-4t98
Part of the regulation of telomerase activity includes the alternative splicing (AS) of the catalytic subunit telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT). Although a therapeutic window for telomerase/TERT inhibition exists between cancer cells and somatic cells, stem cells express TERT and rely on telomerase activity for physiological replacement of cells. Therefore, identifying differences in TERT regulation between stem cells and cancer cells is essential for developing telomerase inhibition-based cancer therapies that reduce damage to stem cells. In this study, we measured TERT splice variant expression and telomerase activity in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), neural progenitor cells (NPCs), and non-small cell lung cancer cells (NSCLC, Calu-6 cells). We observed that a NOVA1-PTBP1-PTBP2 axis regulates TERT alternative splicing (AS) in iPSCs and their differentiation into NPCs. We also found that splice-switching of TERT, which regulates telomerase activity, is induced by different cell densities in stem cells but not cancer cells. Lastly, we identified cell type-specific splicing factors that regulate TERT AS. Overall, our findings represent an important step forward in understanding the regulation of TERT AS in stem cells and cancer cells. These data and subsequent studies may reveal a splicing factor(s) or their binding site(s) that could be targeted with small molecule drugs or antisense oligonucleotides, respectively, to reduce telomerase activity in cancer cells and promote durable cancer remissions.
This dataset contains the results of a survey of mouse handling methods by personnel working with laboratory mice. The survey included questions about preferred handling methods, barriers to use of refined handling methods, and a knowledge quiz about refined mouse handling. Data was collected via Qualtrics survey as described in the methodology section. This dataset is associated with the following publication, accepted by PLOS One:
PONE-D-23-01633R1
Title: Using refined methods to pick up mice: A survey benchmarking prevalence & beliefs about tunnel and cup handling
Authors: Lauren Young, Donna Goldsteen, Elizabeth A. Nunamaker, Mark J. Prescott, Penny Reynolds, Sally Thompson-Iritani, Sarah E. Thurston, Tara L. Martin, Megan R. LaFollette
Young LR, Goldsteen D, Nunamaker EA, Prescott MJ, Reynolds P, Thompson-Iritani S, Thurston SE, Martin TL, LaFollette MR. Using refined methods to pick up mice: A survey benchmarking prevalence & beliefs about tunnel and cup handling. PLOS ONE. 2023. In Press.
Healthy full-term infants were enrolled in a longitudinal study designed to examine the development of infant eating behavior. Infant weight and length was measured, mothers completed questionnaires regarding infant eating behaviors, and infant capacity for regulation of energy intake was evaluated by comparing intake between two days: one with feedings given on demand and one with feedings offered hourly. The infant's ability to downregulate intake in response to more frequent feedings was calculated.
Reynolds, L. A., McCaffery, H., Appugliese, D., Kaciroti, N. A., Miller, A. L., Rosenblum, K. L., ... & Lumeng, J. C. (2023). Capacity for Regulation of Energy Intake in Infancy. JAMA pediatrics, 177(6), 590-598.
Healthy full-term infants were enrolled in a longitudinal study designed to examine the development of infant eating behavior. Infant weight and length was measured, mothers completed questionnaires regarding infant eating behaviors, and infant sucking behavior was quantified using the NFANT device during a typical feeding. The predictive value of the NFANT-generated sucking metrics for infant weight gain was evaluated.
Feldman, Keith, Katharine Asta, Ashley N. Gearhardt, Julie M. Sturza, Danielle Appugliese, Alison L. Miller, Katherine Rosenblum, Kai Ling Kong, Amanda K. Crandall, and Julie C. Lumeng. "Characterization of a Vigorous sucking style in early infancy and its predictive value for weight gain and eating behaviors at 12 months." Appetite (2023): 106525.
The IN were sampled during and after ICB and sequenced to identify gene expression signatures that correlated with sensitivity or resistance. We also analyzed gene expression at the IN prior to ICB treatment to identify markers predicting therapeutic response. Longitudinally interrogating an IN, to monitor changes associated with ICB response, presents a new opportunity to personalize care and investigate mechanisms underlying treatment resistance.
