Browsing Research Articles (Medical Bioscience) by Author "Abdul-Rasool, Sahar"
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Autosomal recessive congenital cataract in captive-bred vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)
Magwebu, Zandisiwe E.; Abdul-Rasool, Sahar; Seier, Jurgen V.; Chauke, Chesa G. (Wiley, 2018)BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to evaluate the genetic predisposition of congenital cataract in a colony of captive-bred vervet monkeys. METHODS: Four congenital cataract genes: glucosaminyl (N-acetyl) transferase ... -
The synergistic and neuroprotective effects of alcohol–antioxidant treatment on blood–brain barrier endothelial cells
Fisher, David W.; Thomas, Kelly Angelique; Abdul-Rasool, Sahar (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)Background: Alcohol (EtOH) is reported to adversely affect one of the most crucial roles of the blood–brain barrier (BBB), the regulation of its permeability, thereby compromising the stability of the homeostatic environment ... -
Understanding human coronavirus HCoV-NL63
Abdul-Rasool, Sahar; Fielding, Burtram C. (Bentham Science, 2010)Even though coronavirus infection of humans is not normally associated with severe diseases, the identification of the coronavirus responsible for the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome showed that highly ...