Sharon Moalem

Summary

Affiliation: University of Toronto
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Epidemic pathogenic selection: an explanation for hereditary hemochromatosis?
    Sharon Moalem
    Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Neurogenetics Laboratory, Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Canada
    Med Hypotheses 59:325-9. 2002
  2. ncbi Does female ejaculation serve an antimicrobial purpose?
    Sharon Moalem
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mail Box 1007, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Med Hypotheses 73:1069-71. 2009
  3. ncbi The quandary of reductionism: relevance to Alzheimer disease research
    Sharon Moalem
    Neurogenetics Laboratory, Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Canada
    J Alzheimers Dis 4:531-7. 2002
  4. ncbi Hemochromatosis and the enigma of misplaced iron: implications for infectious disease and survival
    Sharon Moalem
    Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Canada
    Biometals 17:135-9. 2004
  5. ncbi Involvement of ApoE E4 and H63D in sporadic Alzheimer's disease in a folate-supplemented Ontario population
    Maire Percy
    Surrey Place Centre and Departments of Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    J Alzheimers Dis 14:69-84. 2008
  6. ncbi Relation between apolipoprotein E genotype, hepatitis B virus status, and thyroid status in a sample of older persons with Down syndrome
    Maire E Percy
    Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Am J Med Genet A 120:191-8. 2003
  7. ncbi Aluminum and Alzheimer's disease, a personal perspective after 25 years
    Daniel P Perl
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Division, USA
    J Alzheimers Dis 9:291-300. 2006

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Epidemic pathogenic selection: an explanation for hereditary hemochromatosis?
    Sharon Moalem
    Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Neurogenetics Laboratory, Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Canada
    Med Hypotheses 59:325-9. 2002
    ..Furthermore, the C282Y mutation might have been selected for during the European plagues caused by Yersinia spp. and other pathogens because of the conferred resistance to infection, i.e., by epidemic pathogenic selection...
  2. ncbi Does female ejaculation serve an antimicrobial purpose?
    Sharon Moalem
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mail Box 1007, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Med Hypotheses 73:1069-71. 2009
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  3. ncbi The quandary of reductionism: relevance to Alzheimer disease research
    Sharon Moalem
    Neurogenetics Laboratory, Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Canada
    J Alzheimers Dis 4:531-7. 2002
    ..The time has come to reconsider and seriously question our most basic assumptions and beliefs surrounding what we believe Alzheimer disease to be, without which we run the risk of missed opportunities and failure...
  4. ncbi Hemochromatosis and the enigma of misplaced iron: implications for infectious disease and survival
    Sharon Moalem
    Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Canada
    Biometals 17:135-9. 2004
    ..Iron supplementation may adversely affect the health of individuals who have mounted an acute phase response to infection, injury or stress, or who carry genes predisposing them to iron overload disorders...
  5. ncbi Involvement of ApoE E4 and H63D in sporadic Alzheimer's disease in a folate-supplemented Ontario population
    Maire Percy
    Surrey Place Centre and Departments of Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    J Alzheimers Dis 14:69-84. 2008
    ..However, folate levels in the lowest population quartile did not affect the risk of AD. A model is presented to explain the experimental findings...
  6. ncbi Relation between apolipoprotein E genotype, hepatitis B virus status, and thyroid status in a sample of older persons with Down syndrome
    Maire E Percy
    Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Am J Med Genet A 120:191-8. 2003
    ..There was no evidence for an ApoE allele effect on HBV status, or for an HBV status effect on thyroid status. As thyroid status can affect cognitive function, ApoE allele effects in DAT may, in part, be thyroid effects...
  7. ncbi Aluminum and Alzheimer's disease, a personal perspective after 25 years
    Daniel P Perl
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Division, USA
    J Alzheimers Dis 9:291-300. 2006
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