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Ari Morgenthau

University of Toronto
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Genetic origins of tetralogy of fallot

A Morgenthau, WH Frishman - Cardiology in review, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Due to improved survival and clinical outcomes, congenital heart disease (CHD) is an area
of growing importance within the medical community. As these patients reach adulthood and …

Bacterial receptors for host transferrin and lactoferrin: molecular mechanisms and role in host–microbe interactions

A Morgenthau, A Pogoutse, P Adamiak… - Future …, 2013 - Future Medicine
Iron homeostasis in the mammalian host limits the availability of iron to invading pathogens
and is thought to restrict iron availability for microbes inhabiting mucosal surfaces. The …

[HTML][HTML] The negatively charged regions of lactoferrin binding protein B, an adaptation against anti-microbial peptides

A Morgenthau, A Beddek, AB Schryvers - PLOS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Lactoferrin binding protein B (LbpB) is a bi-lobed membrane bound lipoprotein that is part of
the lactoferrin receptor complex in a variety of Gram-negative pathogens. Despite high …

The role of lactoferrin binding protein B in mediating protection against human lactoferricin

A Morgenthau, M Livingstone… - … and Cell Biology, 2012 - cdnsciencepub.com
Bacteria that inhabit the mucosal surfaces of the respiratory and genitourinary tracts of
mammals encounter an iron-deficient environment because of iron sequestration by the host …

The specificity of protection against cationic antimicrobial peptides by lactoferrin binding protein B

A Morgenthau, SK Partha, P Adamiak, AB Schryvers - Biometals, 2014 - Springer
A variety of Gram-negative pathogens possess host-specific lactoferrin (Lf) receptors that
mediate the acquisition of iron from host Lf. The integral membrane protein component of the …

Assessment of the working range and effect of sodium dichloroisocyanurate on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms and planktonic cells

A Morgenthau, AM Nicolae, AE Laursen, DA Foucher… - Biofouling, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) is a chemical agent that acts against
microorganisms in a manner similar to that of sodium hypochlorite by releasing free …

[HTML][HTML] Rare Disease Education Outside of the Classroom and Clinic: Evaluation of the RARE Compassion Program for Undergraduate Medical Students

A Morgenthau, C Margus, MP Mackley, AP Miller - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Launched in 2014, the RARE Compassion Program is the first international educational
program to pair medical students with rare disease patients in order to enhance exposure to …

A Rare Hemoglobin Variant (β51Pro → His) Causing Misleading Measurements of Hemoglobin A1c

MP Mackley, A Morgenthau, M Elnenaei… - Journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is considered the standard of care for the testing and
monitoring of diabetes. Its ability to accurately reflect glycemia, however, is imperfect …

A comparative, cross-species investigation of the properties and roles of transferrin-and lactoferrin-binding protein B from pathogenic bacteria

N Ostan, A Morgenthau, RH Yu… - … and Cell Biology, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
Pathogenic bacteria from the families Neisseriaeceae and Moraxellaceae acquire iron from
their host using surface receptors that have the ability to hijack iron from the iron …

Angioedema secondary to amlodipine and lisinopril: a documented progression

A Morgenthau, E Kim - BMJ Case Reports, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A 50-year-old man with a polycystic kidney disease, awoke from sleep with unilateral jaw
swelling. As demonstrated in the accompanying figure 1, the oedema progressed over a …