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Champions of Nonviolence; How men and women committed to Gandhian tactics changed our world for the better
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Hawthorne, Mark
Hinduism Today
06-30-2003
THERE ARE IN THE WORLD MANY people who have fought great battles for social
or political justice using the principles of Mahatma Gandhi. Five amongst
them stand out strongly: Martin Luther King, leader of the American civil
rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s; Nelson Mandela, who brought an end
to apartheid in South Africa; the Dalai Lama, who seeks a peaceful
resolution on Tibet; Aung San Suu Kyi, fighting for democracy in her native
Myanmar (Burma); and Cesar Chavez, who struggled to reduce exploitation of
farm workers in California. Three of ...
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Histamine-induced itch and its relationship with pain.(Review)
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; ...pruritogenic agents, see [3, 4]), histamine is best known to evoke experimental itch...that we understand the manner in which histamine induces itch. In this regard, it is...mainly on experimental findings concerning histamine-induced itch. Histamine and itch Histamine...
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Histamine may aid in battle against tumors
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; ...a naturally occurring molecule called histamine, researchers can better stimulate an...leading cancer centers are testing whether histamine added to immunotherapy agents will improve...their tumor-killing ability. When histamine is added to immunotherapy, it attaches...
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Histamine: putative transmitter for lateral inhibition in Limulus eye. (horseshoe crab)
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The H1 histamine receptor regulates allergic lung responses.(Research article)(includes statistical table)
Magazine article from: Journal of Clinical Investigation
; Histamine, signaling via the type 1 receptor...Further investigation revealed that histamine acts as a T cell chemotactic factor and...Cultured T cells migrated in response to histamine in vitro, but this was ablated by blockade...
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Different roles of histamine receptor subtypes in ampullar & isthmic segments of human fallopian tube
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; ...the influence of both menstrual cycle phase and subtype-selective histamine antagonists on the contractions produced by histamine isolated in human fallopian tubes. Histamine produced tonic contractions of the isolated preparations of both the...
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IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF HISTAMINE RECEPTOR SUBTYPES IN HUMAN INFERIOR TURBINATES
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
; Histamine is an important chemical mediator in...the immunohistochemical localization of histamine receptor subtypes (H1R, H2R, H3R...study was to examine the distribution of histamine receptor subtypes in the human inferior...
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Benefits of a histamine-reducing diet for some patients with chronic urticaria and angioedema
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; ...primarily from the physiological actions of histamine. Some individuals with urticaria have a decreased ability to degrade dietary histamine before it enters the circulation. Foods high in histamine, such as fermented foods, may exacerbate...
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Genetic variability of histamine receptors in patients with Parkinson's disease.(Research article)
Magazine article from: BMC Medical Genetics
; ...3]; Jos AG Agndez [3] Background Histamine is involved in neuronal degeneration...patients [3]. It has been shown that histamine causes selective damage in the dopaminergic...4]. Among patients with PD, blood histamine levels [5] and the concentration of...
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Macrophages may uptake histamine for clearance by L-histidine decarboxylase.
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Uptake of the neurotransmitter histamine into the eyes of larvae of the barnacle (Balanus amphitrite).(Statistical Data Included)
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