Agrin isoforms and their role in synaptogenesis

UJ McMahan, SE Horton, MJ Werle, LS Honig… - Current opinion in cell …, 1992 - Elsevier
Agrin is thought to mediate the motor neuron-induced aggregation of synaptic proteins on
the surface of muscle fibers at neuromuscular junctions. Recent experiments provide direct …

Building a multisystemic understanding of societal resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic

D Wernli, M Clausin, N Antulov-Fantulin… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
The current global systemic crisis reveals how globalised societies are unprepared to face a
pandemic. Beyond the dramatic loss of human life, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered …

[HTML][HTML] Precision Global Health–The case of Ebola: a scoping review

NE Bempong, RR De Castañeda, S Schütte… - Journal of global …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak across West Africa was devastating, acting not
only as a wake-up call for the global health community, but also as a catalyst for innovative …

The agrin gene codes for a family of basal lamina proteins that differ in function and distribution

MA Ruegg, KWK Tsim, SE Horton, S Kröger, G Escher… - Neuron, 1992 - cell.com
We isolated two cDNAs that encode isoforms of agrin, the basal iamina protein that mediates
the motor neuron-induced aggregation of acetylcholine receptors on muscle fibers at the …

Precision global health in the digital age

A Flahault, A Geissbuhler, I Guessous, P Guérin… - Swiss Medical …, 2017 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Precision global health is an approach similar to precision medicine, which facilitates,
through innovation and technology, better targeting of public health interventions on a global …

Subcellular distribution and function of Rab3A, B, C, and D isoforms in insulin-secreting cells

M Iezzi, G Escher, P Meda, A Charollais… - Molecular …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Insulin-secreting cells express four GTPases of the Rab3 family. After separation of extracts
of INS-1 cells on a sucrose density gradient, the bulk of the A, B, and C isoforms was …

[PDF][PDF] Boosting higher education in Africa through shared massive open online courses (MOOCs)

G Escher, D Noukakis, P Aebischer - Education, learning, training …, 2014 - library.oapen.org
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have taken the world of higher education by storm.
Ubiquitous use of tablets and smartphones, rapid increase of broadband penetration, and …

[HTML][HTML] Moving global health forward in academic institutions

D Wernli, M Tanner, I Kickbusch, G Escher… - Journal of global …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Global health has attracted growing attention from academic institutions. Its emergence
corresponds to the increasing interdependence that characterizes our time and provides a …

Distribution of postsynaptic GABAa receptor aggregates in the deep cerebellar nuclei of normal and mutant mice

N Garin, JP Hornung, G Escher - Journal of Comparative …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
In the central nervous system, the aggregation of receptors is crucial for synapse formation
and function. To study the role of presynaptic terminals in the maintenance of postsynaptic …

Framing planetary health: arguing for resource-centred science

DJ Acunzo, G Escher, OP Ottersen… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Council injunction (1994) that “civil, cultural, economic, political, and social rights are
universal, interdependent, and indivisible” and observing the “relationship between the …