PharmGKB summary: Efavirenz pathway, pharmacokinetics

EM McDonagh, JL Lau, ML Alvarellos… - Pharmacogenetics …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background Efavirenz (EFV) is used as part of a highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART)
regimen (HAART) against HIV-1 infection 1, 2. It is important to achieve the correct dosage of …

Epigenetic targets and drug discovery Part 2: Histone demethylation and DNA methylation

K Liu, Y Liu, JL Lau, J Min - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Chromatin structure is dynamically modulated by various chromatin modifications, such as
histone/DNA methylation and demethylation. We have reviewed histone methyltransferases …

Reducing overtreatment of prostate cancer by radical prostatectomy in Eastern Ontario: a population-based cohort study

L Witherspoon, JL Lau, RH Breau, C Knee… - … Open Access Journal, 2018 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Canadian guidelines recommend against population-based screening for
prostate cancer because of the risk of over-diagnosis and overtreatment. We sought to assess …

Genome-wide survey of SNP variation uncovers the genetic structure of cattle breeds

…, BJ Hayes, DG Bradley, M Barbosa da Silva, LPL Lau… - Science, 2009 - science.org
The imprints of domestication and breed development on the genomes of livestock likely differ
from those of companion animals. A deep draft sequence assembly of shotgun reads from …

The genome sequence of taurine cattle: a window to ruminant biology and evolution

…, J Song, B Zhu, DG Bradley, FSL Brinkman, LPL Lau… - Science, 2009 - science.org
To understand the biology and evolution of ruminants, the cattle genome was sequenced to
about sevenfold coverage. The cattle genome contains a minimum of 22,000 genes, with a …

[HTML][HTML] Derivation and validation of text search algorithms for renal and adrenal lesion identification in radiology text reports

LT Lavallée, C Knee, J Ross, JL Lau… - Canadian Urological …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods A simple random sample of 10 000 abdominal ultrasound (US) and computed
tomography (CT) reports was drawn from our hospital’s data warehouse. Reports were manually …

[PDF][PDF] Luke Witherspoon MD MSc, Johnathan L. Lau BSc, Rodney H. Breau MD MSc, Christopher Knee ND MSc, Michael Fung Kee Fung MD, Robin Morash RN …

T Luke - 2018 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Canadian guidelines recommend against population-based screening for
prostate cancer because of the risk of overdiagnosis and overtreatment. We sought to assess …

Complete system power estimation using processor performance events

WL Bircher, LK John - IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes the use of microprocessor performance counters for online measurement
of complete system power consumption. The approach takes advantage of the "trickle-…

[HTML][HTML] Semaglutide lowers body weight in rodents via distributed neural pathways

…, WFJ Hogendorf, HCC Helms, JF Jeppesen, LM John… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analog, induces weight loss, lowers glucose
levels, and reduces cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes. Mechanistic preclinical …

The developmental toxicity of perfluoroalkyl acids and their derivatives

C Lau, JL Butenhoff, JM Rogers - Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2004 - Elsevier
Perfluoroalkyl acids such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
have applications in numerous industrial and consumer products. Although the …