Matthew F. Starost

First Description of a New Species of Demodex (Acari: Demodecidae) from Rhesus Monkey (2005)

Zuzana Karjala, Clifford E. Desch, Matthew F. Starost

Species of Demodex live in hair follicles and sebaceous glands of many species of mammals. Demodex macaci n .sp. is described (all life stages) from a captive rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta...

ADENOMA OF THE GALLBLADDER IN A CHIMPANZEE (PAN TROGLODYTES) (2002)

Matthew F. Starost, Michele Martino

A 37-yr-old chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) died due to bacterial meningoencephalomyelitis. At necropsy, a mass was observed in the fundus of the gallbladder. Histopathologic examination resulted in a...

The effects of basic fibroblast growth factor or epidermal growth factor on equine tendon fibroblasts and dermal fibroblasts in vitro (2001)

Starost, Matthew F

Scope and method of study. The purpose of this study was to examine the biological effects of varying concentrations (0, 2, 5, 10, and 20 ng/ml) of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) or epidermal...

Identification and Characterization of SSTK, a Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase Essential for Male Fertility

Spiridonov, Nikolay A., Wong, Lily, Zerfas, Patricia M., Starost, Matthew F., Pack, Svetlana D., Paweletz, Cloud P., ...

Here we describe and characterize a small serine/threonine kinase (SSTK) which consists solely of the N- and C-lobes of a protein kinase catalytic domain. SSTK protein is highly conserved among...

Nonmyeloablative Conditioning with Busulfan before Matched Littermate Bone Marrow Transplantation Results in Reversal of the Disease Phenotype in Canine Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency

Sokolic, Robert A., Bauer, Thomas R., Gu, Yu-Chen, Hai, Mehreen, Tuschong, Laura M., Burkholder, Tanya, ...

Leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD)–1, a primary immunodeficiency disease caused by molecular defects in the leukocyte integrin CD18 molecule, is characterized by recurrent, life-threatening...

Identification and Characterization of SSTK, a Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase Essential for Male Fertility

Spiridonov, Nikolay A., Wong, Lily, Zerfas, Patricia M., Starost, Matthew F., Pack, Svetlana D., Paweletz, Cloud P., ...

Here we describe and characterize a small serine/threonine kinase (SSTK) which consists solely of the N- and C-lobes of a protein kinase catalytic domain. SSTK protein is highly conserved among...

TEL-AML1 transgenic zebrafish model of precursor B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Sabaawy, Hatem E., Azuma, Mizuki, Embree, Lisa J., Tsai, Huai-Jen, Starost, Matthew F., Hickstein, Dennis D.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a clonal disease that evolves through the accrual of genetic rearrangements and/or mutations within the dominant clone. The TEL-AML1 (ETV6-RUNX1) fusion in...

Mutation in the key enzyme of sialic acid biosynthesis causes severe glomerular proteinuria and is rescued by N-acetylmannosamine

Galeano, Belinda, Klootwijk, Riko, Manoli, Irini, Sun, MaoSen, Ciccone, Carla, Darvish, Daniel, ...

Mutations in the key enzyme of sialic acid biosynthesis, uridine diphospho–N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine (ManNAc) kinase (GNE/MNK), result in hereditary inclusion body...

Impaired Hair Follicle Morphogenesis and Cycling with Abnormal Epidermal Differentiation in nackt Mice, a Cathepsin L-Deficient Mutation

Benavides, Fernando, Starost, Matthew F., Flores, Mónica, Gimenez-Conti, Irma B., Guénet, Jean-Louis, Conti, Claudio J.

We previously described an autosomal-recessive mutation named nackt (nkt) exhibiting partial alopecia associated with CD4+ T-cell deficiency. Also, we recently reported that nkt (now Ctslnkt)...

Runx1 deficiency predisposes mice to T-lymphoblastic lymphoma

Kundu, Mondira, Compton, Sheila, Garrett-Beal, Lisa, Stacy, Terryl, Starost, Matthew F., Eckhaus, Michael, ...

Chromosomal rearrangements affecting RUNX1 and CBFB are common in acute leukemias. These mutations result in the expression of fusion proteins that act dominant-negatively to suppress the normal...

Reproductive capability in dogs with canine leukocyte adhesion deficiency treated with nonmyeloablative conditioning prior to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Burkholder, Tanya H., Colenda, Lyn, Tuschong, Laura M., Starost, Matthew F., Bauer, Thomas R., Hickstein, Dennis D.

Nonmyeloablative conditioning regimens are increasingly replacing myeolablative conditioning prior to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT). The recent advent of these conditioning...