Landscape and site factors drive invasive Phragmites management and native plant recovery across Chesapeake Bay wetlands

CB Rohal, ELG Hazelton, EK McFarland… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Successful invasive plant management—where invaders are sufficiently reduced and diverse
native plant communities recover—remains an elusive goal for land managers. The site‐ …

Shoreline modification affects recruitment of invasive Phragmites australis

…, JR Stapp, ELG Hazelton, EK McFarland… - Wetlands Ecology and …, 2020 - Springer
Shoreline hardening affects ecological processes in nearshore intertidal ecosystems and
upland habitats. Invasive species establishment and spread is one consequence of shoreline …

Interleukin-driven insulin-like growth factor promotes prostatic inflammatory hyperplasia

AM Hahn, JD Myers, EK McFarland, S Lee… - Journal of Pharmacology …, 2014 - ASPET
Prostatic inflammation is of considerable importance to urologic research because of its
association with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer. However, the mechanisms by …

Plant biomass and nutrients (C, N and P) in natural, restored and prior converted depressional wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, US

EK McFarland, M LaForgia, M Yepsen, DF Whigham… - Folia geobotanica, 2016 - Springer
Monitoring is an essential component of restoration and measurements of biomass and
nutrient concentrations are often used as indicators of ecosystem function. We studied restored …

Synthesis and evaluation of dibenzothiazepines: a novel class of selective cannabinoid-1 receptor inverse agonists

…, A Tabatabaei, D Craig, K McFarland… - Journal of medicinal …, 2009 - ACS Publications
A novel class of CB1 inverse agonists was discovered. To efficiently establish structure−activity
relationships (SARs), new synthetic methodologies amenable for parallel synthesis were …

Interleukin-1 induced epithelial proliferation in prostate development and hyperplasia is mediated by stromal insulin-like growth factor-1 induction

TJ Jerde, EK McFarland, W Bushman - The Journal of Urology, 2009 - auajournals.org
RESULTS: We observed that suppression of FAK expression using small interfering RNA (siRNA)
mediated knockdown decreased the clonogenic activity, whereas over-expression of …

Assessing wetland restoration on the Delmarva Peninsula using vegetation characteristics

EK McFarland - 2015 - search.proquest.com
… This supports earlier findings of this study (McFarland et al. In Review), and corroborates
findings from other studies (Sharitz 2003, Kirkman et al. 2012). Restored systems require many …

[PDF][PDF] Insulin-like growth factors mediate inflammation-driven proliferation of the mouse prostate

TJ Jerde, SH Lee, EK McFarland, W Bushman - J Urol, 2010 - academia.edu
RESULTS: Inflammation caused a significant increase in IGF-1 expression and regulated
release within two days of inducing inflammation. This correlated with substantially increased …

Mercury bioaccumulation and trophic transfer in the terrestrial food web of a montane forest

CC Rimmer, EK Miller, KP McFarland, RJ Taylor… - Ecotoxicology, 2010 - Springer
We investigated mercury (Hg) concentrations in a terrestrial food web in high elevation
forests in Vermont. Hg concentrations increased from autotrophic organisms to herbivores < …

Discovery of potential antipsychotic agents possessing pro-cognitive properties

J Lameh, K McFarland, J Ohlsson, F Ek, F Piu… - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's …, 2012 - Springer
Current antipsychotic drug therapies for schizophrenia have limited efficacy and are notably
ineffective at addressing the cognitive deficits associated with this disorder. The present …