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Evaluation of Electrical Impedance Myography as a Noninvasive Musculoskeletal Biomarker in Infantile- and Late-Onset Pompe Disease. Genet Med. 2026 Jul 06; 102647.
van Gool R, Shah N, Cao A, Vrolix L, Cobb BS, Goodlett B, Johnson G, van der Heijden H, Yekedüz MK, Camelo C, Shulman J, Vogel AP, Stein MV, Sakho H, Kronn D, Todd N, Bodamer O, Rutkove S, Al-Hertani W, Upadhyay J. PMID: 42411350.
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Multimodal Noninvasive Biomarker Characterization of Structural and Functional Alterations in ADSS1-Deficient Myopathy. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2026 May; 49(3):e70193.
Yekedüz MK, van Gool R, van der Heijden H, Cobb BS, Shah N, Johnson G, Timpani CA, Shulman J, Rameh V, Hsu EE, LeSon C, Lee PY, Vogel AP, Al-Hertani W, Park HJ, Rybalka E, Rutkove SB, Upadhyay J. PMID: 42023707.
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A Multinational Study of Patient and Caregiver-Reported Insights Into ADSS1 Myopathy. Muscle Nerve. 2025 Dec; 72(6):1265-1272.
Yekedüz MK, Choi Y, Kim SH, van Gool R, van der Heijden H, Vrolix L, Cobb BS, Rutkowe S, Shulman J, Beggs A, Nalini A, Baskar D, Baweja N, Kakkar P, Al-Hertani W, Park HJ, Upadhyay J. PMID: 40994431.
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Levacetylleucine (N-acetyl-l-leucine) for Niemann-Pick disease type C. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2025 Apr; 46(4):386-387.
van Gool R, Al-Hertani W, Bodamer O, Upadhyay J. PMID: 40055076.
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Implications of the choroid plexus in Niemann-Pick disease Type C neuropathogenesis. Brain Behav Immun. 2025 Feb; 124:376-384.
van Gool R, Cay M, Ren B, Brodeur K, Golden E, Goodlett B, Yang E, Reilly T, Hastings C, Berry-Kravis EM, Lee PY, Di Biase M, Cropley V, Pantelis C, Velakoulis D, Shinn AK, Al-Hertani W, Walterfang M, Upadhyay J. PMID: 39689839; PMCID: PMC11787871.
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Intravenous Idursulfase for the Treatment of Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II: A Systematic Literature Review. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Aug 06; 25(16).
Al-Hertani W, Pathak RR, Evuarherhe O, Carter G, Schaeffer-Koziol CR, Whiteman DAH, Wright E. PMID: 39201256; PMCID: PMC11354461.
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Monitoring and integrated care coordination of patients with alpha-mannosidosis: A global Delphi consensus study. Mol Genet Metab. 2024 08; 142(4):108519.
Guffon N, Burton BK, Ficicioglu C, Magner M, Gil-Campos M, Lopez-Rodriguez MA, Jayakar P, Lund AM, Tal G, Garcia-Ortiz JE, Stepien KM, Ellaway C, Al-Hertani W, Giugliani R, Cathey SS, Hennermann JB, Lampe C, McNutt M, Lagler FB, Scarpa M, Sutton VR, Muschol N. PMID: 39024860.
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Characterization of central manifestations in patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C. Genet Med. 2024 03; 26(3):101053.
van Gool R, Golden E, Goodlett B, Zhang F, Vogel AP, Tourville JA, Yao K, Cay M, Tiwari S, Yang E, Zekelman LR, Todd N, O'Donnell LJ, Ren B, Bodamer OA, Al-Hertani W, Upadhyay J. PMID: 38131307; PMCID: PMC11995604.
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Case report: Chronic pain in a pediatric patient with late-onset pompe disease. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2023; 4:1244609.
Cao A, van Gool R, Golden E, Goodlett B, Camelo C, Bujoreanu S, Al-Hertani W, Upadhyay J. PMID: 37841659; PMCID: PMC10575478.
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A pilot investigation of muscle integrity in patients with ADSSL1 myopathy using electrical impedance myography. Muscle Nerve. 2023 Nov; 68(5):775-780.
Farid AR, Golden E, Hu A, Robicheau S, Rutkove S, Al-Hertani W, Upadhyay J. PMID: 37682022.
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The clinical and genetic spectrum of autosomal-recessive TOR1A-related disorders. Brain. 2023 08 01; 146(8):3273-3288.
Saffari A, Lau T, Tajsharghi H, Karimiani EG, Kariminejad A, Efthymiou S, Zifarelli G, Sultan T, Toosi MB, Sedighzadeh S, Siu VM, Ortigoza-Escobar JD, AlShamsi AM, Ibrahim S, Al-Sannaa NA, Al-Hertani W, Sandra W, Tarnopolsky M, Alavi S, Li C, Day-Salvatore DL, Martínez-González MJ, Levandoski KM, Bedoukian E, Madan-Khetarpal S, Idleburg MJ, Menezes MJ, Siddharth A, Platzer K, Oppermann H, Smitka M, Collins F, Lek M, Shahrooei M, Ghavideldarestani M, Herman I, Rendu J, Faure J, Baker J, Bhambhani V, Calderwood L, Akhondian J, Imannezhad S, Mirzadeh HS, Hashemi N, Doosti M, Safi M, Ahangari N, Torbati PN, Abedini S, Salpietro V, Gulec EY, Eshaghian S, Ghazavi M, Pascher MT, Vogel M, Abicht A, Moutton S, Bruel AL, Rieubland C, Gallati S, Strom TM, Lochmüller H, Mohammadi MH, Alvi JR, Zackai EH, Keena BA, Skraban CM, Berger SI, Andrew EH, Rahimian E, Morrow MM, Wentzensen IM, Millan F, Henderson LB, Dafsari HS, Jungbluth H, Gomez-Ospina N, McRae A, Peter M, Veltra D, Marinakis NM, Sofocleous C, Ashrafzadeh F, Pehlivan D, Lemke JR, Melki J, Benezit A, Bauer P, Weis D, Lupski JR, Senderek J, Christodoulou J, Chung WK, Goodchild R, Offiah AC, Moreno-De-Luca A, Suri M, Ebrahimi-Fakhari D, Houlden H, Maroofian R. PMID: 36757831; PMCID: PMC10393417.
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The experience of living with Niemann-Pick type C: a patient and caregiver perspective. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2023 05 20; 18(1):120.
Golden E, van Gool R, Cay M, Goodlett B, Cao A, Al-Hertani W, Upadhyay J. PMID: 37210540; PMCID: PMC10200045.
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Correction: Ketogenic diet as a glycine lowering therapy in nonketotic hyperglycinemia and impact on brain glycine levels. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2023 Mar 13; 18(1):54.
Shelkowitz E, Saneto RP, Al-Hertani W, Lubout CMA, Stence NV, Brown MS, Long P, Walleigh D, Nelson JA, Perez FE, Shaw DWW, Michl EJ, Van Hove JLK. PMID: 36915141; PMCID: PMC10012511.
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Ketogenic diet as a glycine lowering therapy in nonketotic hyperglycinemia and impact on brain glycine levels. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 12 05; 17(1):423.
Shelkowitz E, Saneto RP, Al-Hertani W, Lubout CMA, Stence NV, Brown MS, Long P, Walleigh D, Nelson JA, Perez FE, Shaw DWW, Michl EJ, Van Hove JLK. PMID: 36471344; PMCID: PMC9720968.
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3-Hydroxyisobutyric acid dehydrogenase deficiency: Expanding the clinical spectrum and quantitation of D- and L-3-Hydroxyisobutyric acid by an LC-MS/MS method. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2022 05; 45(3):445-455.
Sasarman F, Ferdinandusse S, Sinasac DS, Fung E, Sparkes R, Reeves M, Rombough C, Sass JO, Voit R, Ruiter JPN, Koster J, Waterham HR, Pasquini E, Donati MA, Marquardt T, Wanders RJA, Al-Hertani W. PMID: 35174513.
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Screening, patient identification, evaluation, and treatment in patients with Gaucher disease: Results from a Delphi consensus. Mol Genet Metab. 2022 02; 135(2):154-162.
Kishnani PS, Al-Hertani W, Balwani M, Göker-Alpan Ö, Lau HA, Wasserstein M, Weinreb NJ, Grabowski G. PMID: 34972655.
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Targeting neurological abnormalities in lysosomal storage diseases. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2022 06; 43(6):495-509.
van Gool R, Tucker-Bartley A, Yang E, Todd N, Guenther F, Goodlett B, Al-Hertani W, Bodamer OA, Upadhyay J. PMID: 34844772.
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PURA-Related Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy: Phenotypic and Genotypic Spectrum. Neurol Genet. 2021 Dec; 7(6):e613.
Johannesen KM, Gardella E, Gjerulfsen CE, Bayat A, Rouhl RPW, Reijnders M, Whalen S, Keren B, Buratti J, Courtin T, Wierenga KJ, Isidor B, Piton A, Faivre L, Garde A, Moutton S, Tran-Mau-Them F, Denommé-Pichon AS, Coubes C, Larson A, Esser MJ, Appendino JP, Al-Hertani W, Gamboni B, Mampel A, Mayorga L, Orsini A, Bonuccelli A, Suppiej A, Van-Gils J, Vogt J, Damioli S, Giordano L, Moortgat S, Wirrell E, Hicks S, Kini U, Noble N, Stewart H, Asakar S, Cohen JS, Naidu SR, Collier A, Brilstra EH, Li MH, Brew C, Bigoni S, Ognibene D, Ballardini E, Ruivenkamp C, Faggioli R, Afenjar A, Rodriguez D, Bick D, Segal D, Coman D, Gunning B, Devinsky O, Demmer LA, Grebe T, Pruna D, Cursio I, Greenhalgh L, Graziano C, Singh RR, Cantalupo G, Willems M, Yoganathan S, Góes F, Leventer RJ, Colavito D, Olivotto S, Scelsa B, Andrade AV, Ratke K, Tokarz F, Khan AS, Ormieres C, Benko W, Keough K, Keros S, Hussain S, Franques A, Varsalone F, Grønborg S, Mignot C, Heron D, Nava C, Isapof A, Borlot F, Whitney R, Ronan A, Foulds N, Somorai M, Brandsema J, Helbig KL, Helbig I, Ortiz-González XR, Dubbs H, Vitobello A, Anderson M, Spadafore D, Hunt D, Møller RS, Rubboli G, PURA study group. PMID: 34790866; PMCID: PMC8592566.
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Family Experiences with Care for Children with Inherited Metabolic Diseases in Canada: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Patient. 2022 03; 15(2):171-185.
Chow AJ, Pugliese M, Tessier LA, Chakraborty P, Iverson R, Coyle D, Kronick JB, Wilson K, Hayeems R, Al-Hertani W, Inbar-Feigenberg M, Jain-Ghai S, Laberge AM, Little J, Mitchell JJ, Prasad C, Siriwardena K, Sparkes R, Speechley KN, Stockler S, Trakadis Y, Walia JS, Wilson BJ, Potter BK. PMID: 34282509; PMCID: PMC8289623.
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Upgrading the evidence for the use of ambroxol in Gaucher disease and GBA related Parkinson: Investigator initiated registry based on real life data. Am J Hematol. 2021 05 01; 96(5):545-551.
Istaiti M, Revel-Vilk S, Becker-Cohen M, Dinur T, Ramaswami U, Castillo-Garcia D, Ceron-Rodriguez M, Chan A, Rodic P, Tincheva RS, Al-Hertani W, Lee BH, Yang CF, Kiec-Wilk B, Fiumara A, Rubio B, Zimran A. PMID: 33606887.
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Health Care for Mitochondrial Disorders in Canada: A Survey of Physicians. Can J Neurol Sci. 2019 11; 46(6):717-726.
Paik K, Lines MA, Chakraborty P, Khangura SD, Latocki M, Al-Hertani W, Brunel-Guitton C, Khan A, Penny B, Rockman-Greenberg C, Rupar CA, Sondheimer N, Tarnopolsky M, Tingley K, Coyle D, Dyack S, Feigenbaum A, Geraghty MT, Gillis J, van Karnebeek CDM, Kronick JB, Little J, Potter M, Siriwardena K, Sparkes R, Turner LA, Wilson K, Buhas D, Potter BK, Canadian Inherited Metabolic Diseases Research Network. PMID: 31387656.
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Transiently elevated plasma methionine, S-adenosylmethionine and S-adenosylhomocysteine: Unreported laboratory findings in a patient with NGLY1 deficiency, a congenital disorder of deglycosylation. JIMD Rep. 2019 Sep; 49(1):21-29.
Chang CA, Wei XC, Martin SR, Sinasac DS, Al-Hertani W. PMID: 31497478; PMCID: PMC6718116.
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Single-center experience with Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN); expanding the phenotypic spectrum. Mol Genet Metab Rep. 2019 Sep; 20:100483.
Chard M, Appendino JP, Bello-Espinosa LE, Curtis C, Rho JM, Wei XC, Al-Hertani W. PMID: 31293896; PMCID: PMC6595096.
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D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria in a patient with speech delay due to a novel homozygous deletion in the D2HGDH gene. Mol Genet Metab Rep. 2019 Sep; 20:100482.
Phillips E, Sasarman F, Sinasac DS, Al-Hertani W. PMID: 31431883; PMCID: PMC6580329.
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Infantile Presentation of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy "Plus" Disease. J Neuroophthalmol. 2019 06; 39(2):249-252.
Zakrzewski H, Modabber M, Wilson N, Al-Hertani W, Toffoli D. PMID: 30829945.
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Effect of Ambroxol chaperone therapy on Glucosylsphingosine (Lyso-Gb1) levels in two Canadian patients with type 3 Gaucher disease. Mol Genet Metab Rep. 2019 Sep; 20:100476.
Charkhand B, Scantlebury MH, Narita A, Zimran A, Al-Hertani W. PMID: 31467847; PMCID: PMC6713848.
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Mutations in ACTL6B Cause Neurodevelopmental Deficits and Epilepsy and Lead to Loss of Dendrites in Human Neurons. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 05 02; 104(5):815-834.
Bell S, Rousseau J, Peng H, Aouabed Z, Priam P, Theroux JF, Jefri M, Tanti A, Wu H, Kolobova I, Silviera H, Manzano-Vargas K, Ehresmann S, Hamdan FF, Hettige N, Zhang X, Antonyan L, Nassif C, Ghaloul-Gonzalez L, Sebastian J, Vockley J, Begtrup AG, Wentzensen IM, Crunk A, Nicholls RD, Herman KC, Deignan JL, Al-Hertani W, Efthymiou S, Salpietro V, Miyake N, Makita Y, Matsumoto N, Østern R, Houge G, Hafström M, Fassi E, Houlden H, Klein Wassink-Ruiter JS, Nelson D, Goldstein A, Dabir T, van Gils J, Bourgeron T, Delorme R, Cooper GM, Martinez JE, Finnila CR, Carmant L, Lortie A, Oegema R, van Gassen K, Mehta SG, Huhle D, Abou Jamra R, Martin S, Brunner HG, Lindhout D, Au M, Graham JM, Coubes C, Turecki G, Gravel S, Mechawar N, Rossignol E, Michaud JL, Lessard J, Ernst C, Campeau PM. PMID: 31031012; PMCID: PMC6507050.
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Identification of a de novo case of COL5A1-related Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in an infant in the West Indies leading to improved targeted clinical care. Clin Case Rep. 2018 Nov; 6(11):2256-2261.
Wardeh A, Jackson T, Nelson B, Ernst C, Théroux JF, Al-Hertani W, Sobering AK, Maj MC. PMID: 30455932; PMCID: PMC6230631.
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Engagement of Canadian Patients with Rare Diseases and Their Families in the Lifecycle of Therapy: A Qualitative Study. Patient. 2018 06; 11(3):353-359.
Young A, Menon D, Street J, Al-Hertani W, Stafinski T. PMID: 29299833.
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A checklist for managed access programmes for reimbursement co-designed by Canadian patients and caregivers. Health Expect. 2018 12; 21(6):973-980.
Young A, Menon D, Street J, Al-Hertani W, Stafinski T. PMID: 29624799; PMCID: PMC6250858.
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Exploring patient and family involvement in the lifecycle of an orphan drug: a scoping review. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2017 12 22; 12(1):188.
Young A, Menon D, Street J, Al-Hertani W, Stafinski T. PMID: 29273068; PMCID: PMC5741909.
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ALG9-CDG: New clinical case and review of the literature. Mol Genet Metab Rep. 2017 Dec; 13:55-63.
Davis K, Webster D, Smith C, Jackson S, Sinasac D, Seargeant L, Wei XC, Ferreira P, Midgley J, Foster Y, Li X, He M, Al-Hertani W. PMID: 28932688; PMCID: PMC5596360.
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Glutaric Aciduria Type 3: Three Unrelated Canadian Cases, with Different Routes of Ascertainment. JIMD Rep. 2018; 39:89-96.
Waters PJ, Kitzler TM, Feigenbaum A, Geraghty MT, Al-Dirbashi O, Bherer P, Auray-Blais C, Gravel S, McIntosh N, Siriwardena K, Trakadis Y, Brunel-Guitton C, Al-Hertani W. PMID: 28766179; PMCID: PMC5953897.
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Hypersuccinylacetonaemia and normal liver function in maleylacetoacetate isomerase deficiency. J Med Genet. 2017 04; 54(4):241-247.
Yang H, Al-Hertani W, Cyr D, Laframboise R, Parizeault G, Wang SP, Rossignol F, Berthier MT, Giguère Y, Waters PJ, Mitchell GA, Québec NTBC Study Group. PMID: 27876694.
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Diagnosis of late-onset Pompe disease and other muscle disorders by next-generation sequencing. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2016 Jan 25; 11:8.
Lévesque S, Auray-Blais C, Gravel E, Boutin M, Dempsey-Nunez L, Jacques PE, Chenier S, Larue S, Rioux MF, Al-Hertani W, Nadeau A, Mathieu J, Maranda B, Désilets V, Waters PJ, Keutzer J, Austin S, Kishnani P. PMID: 26809617; PMCID: PMC4727295.
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Triple therapy with pyridoxine, arginine supplementation and dietary lysine restriction in pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy: Neurodevelopmental outcome. Mol Genet Metab. 2015 Sep-Oct; 116(1-2):35-43.
Coughlin CR, van Karnebeek CD, Al-Hertani W, Shuen AY, Jaggumantri S, Jack RM, Gaughan S, Burns C, Mirsky DM, Gallagher RC, Van Hove JL. PMID: 26026794.
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Severe craniosynostosis in an infant with deletion 22q11.2 syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2013 Jan; 161A(1):153-7.
Al-Hertani W, Hastings VA, McGowan-Jordan J, Hurteau J, Graham GE. PMID: 23239640.
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Novel clinical findings in a case of postnatally diagnosed trisomy 12 mosaicism. Am J Med Genet A. 2012 Jun; 158A(6):1452-4.
Al-Hertani W, McGowan-Jordan J, Allanson JE. PMID: 22585428.
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Discordant phenotypes in a mother and daughter with mosaic supernumerary ring chromosome 19 explained by a de novo 7q36.2 deletion and 7p22.1 duplication. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Apr; 155A(4):885-91.
Argiropoulos B, Carter M, Brierley K, Hare H, Bouchard A, Al-Hertani W, Ryan SR, Reid J, Basik M, McGowan-Jordan J, Graham GE. PMID: 21416596.
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Human newborn polymorphonuclear neutrophils exhibit decreased levels of MyD88 and attenuated p38 phosphorylation in response to lipopolysaccharide. Clin Invest Med. 2007; 30(2):E44-53.
Al-Hertani W, Yan SR, Byers DM, Bortolussi R. PMID: 17716541.
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The emergency department as an asthma surveillance tool at the community level: a decline in the burden of pediatric asthma in halifax, Canada. J Asthma. 2005 Oct; 42(8):679-82.
Taylor BW, Maxwell D, Al-Hertani W. PMID: 16266960.
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Role of MyD88 in diminished tumor necrosis factor alpha production by newborn mononuclear cells in response to lipopolysaccharide. Infect Immun. 2004 Mar; 72(3):1223-9.
Yan SR, Qing G, Byers DM, Stadnyk AW, Al-Hertani W, Bortolussi R. PMID: 14977922; PMCID: PMC355999.
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Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein- and CD14-dependent activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 by lipopolysaccharide in human neutrophils is associated with priming of respiratory burst. Infect Immun. 2002 Aug; 70(8):4068-74.
Yan SR, Al-Hertani W, Byers D, Bortolussi R. PMID: 12117913; PMCID: PMC128158.
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