AZD6244 (ARRY-142886), a potent inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase 1/2 kinases: mechanism of action in vivo …

BR Davies, A Logie, JS McKay, P Martin, S Steele… - Molecular cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Constitutive activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) mitogen-activated
protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway in human cancers is often associated with …

Sea surface temperatures in the subarctic northeast Pacific reflect millennial‐scale climate oscillations during the last 16 kyrs

SS Kienast, JL McKay - Geophysical Research Letters, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Changes of sea surface temperature (SST) in the subarctic NE Pacific over the last 16,000
calendar years before present (16 kyr BP) have been inferred from the study of C 37 alkenone …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of educational, audit and feedback, system based, and incentive and penalty interventions to reduce laboratory test utilization: a systematic review

DM Kobewka, PE Ronksley, JA McKay… - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2015 - degruyter.com
Laboratory and radiographic tests are often ordered unnecessarily. This excess testing has
financial costs and is a burden on patients. We performed a systematic review to determine …

Recommendations for pathology peer review

…, JF Hardisty, A Irizarry, JS McKay… - Toxicologic …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Pathology peer review verifies and improves the accuracy and quality of pathology
diagnoses and interpretations. Pathology peer review is recommended when important risk …

Patterns of health care use in a high-cost inpatient population in Ottawa, Ontario: a retrospective observational study

PE Ronksley, JA McKay, DM Kobewka… - … Open Access Journal, 2015 - cmajopen.ca
Background A small proportion of patients account for the majority of health care spending.
We used detailed clinical and administrative data to explore clinical characteristics, patterns …

Evaluation of a convenient method of assessing rodent visual function in safety pharmacology studies: effects of sodium iodate on visual acuity and retinal morphology …

…, G Ahmed, A Bigley, D Heathcote, JS McKay - … of pharmacological and …, 2011 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: We have evaluated the ability of a semi-automated, optomotor reflex
method to assess drug-induced visual dysfunction, in albino and pigmented rats and mice. …

The role of Northeast Pacific meltwater events in deglacial climate change

…, A Condron, AC Mix, MH Walczak, JL McKay… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Columbia River megafloods occurred repeatedly during the last deglaciation, but the impacts
of this fresh water on Pacific hydrography are largely unknown. To reconstruct changes in …

Contrasting effects of mitogenic growth factors on oligodendrocyte precursor cell migration

R Milner, HJ Anderson, RF Rippon, JS McKay… - Glia, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
We have examined the effects of the mitogenic growth factors platelet derived growth factor (PDGF),
basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and glial growth factor‐2 (GGF‐2) on …

Glial‐mediated neuroprotection: Evidence for the protective role of the NO‐cGMP pathway via neuron–glial communication in the peripheral nervous system

T Thippeswamy, JS Mckay, R Morris, J Quinn, LF Wong… - Glia, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The NO‐cGMP pathway has emerged as a neuroprotective signaling system involved in
communication between neurons and glia. We have previously shown that axotomy or nerve …

Evaluation of micromilling/conventional isotope ratio mass spectrometry and secondary ion mass spectrometry of δ18O values in fish otoliths for sclerochronology

TE Helser, CR Kastelle, JL McKay… - Rapid …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Stable oxygen isotope ratios (δ 18 O values) measured in fish otoliths can
provide valuable detailed information on fish life history, fish age determination, and ocean …