Sjögren’s Syndrome: Concerted Triggering of Sicca Conditions by Zygmunt Mackiewicz, Justyna Mażul, Ieva Narkevičiūtė, Irena Dumalakienė, Irena Butrimienė, Rita Vilienė, Indrė Stankevičienė, Diana Mieliauskaitė

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of persistence of mumps virus and some cells that interact with viral infection in the focus of the autoimmune epithelitis and peripheral blood of Sjögren’s syndrome patients in comparison to patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and nonautoimmune sicca syndrome (nSS). …”
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Characterization and functional analysis of chicken hnRNP protein by Ke Wang, Manzi Huang, Qinghua Zeng, Huansheng Wu

“…Initially, these hnRNPs were found to be exclusively localized in the nucleus before IBDV infection. However, post-infection, they translocated into the cytoplasm to co-localize with the viral dsRNA. …”
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Hepatitis B care cascade among people with HIV/HBV coinfection in the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design, 2012-2016. by Jessica Kim, Craig W Newcomb, Dean Carbonari, Jessie Torgersen, Keri N Althoff, Mari M Kitahata, Marina B Klein, Richard D Moore, K Rajender Reddy, Michael J Silverberg, Angel M Mayor, Michael A Horberg, Edward R Cachay, Joseph K Lim, M John Gill, Kara Chew, Timothy R Sterling, Mark Hull, Eric C Seaberg, Gregory D Kirk, Sally B Coburn, Raynell Lang, Kathleen A McGinnis, Kelly A Gebo, Sonia Napravnik, H Nina Kim, Vincent Lo Re, North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design of IeDEA

“…A care cascade is a critical tool for evaluating delivery of care for chronic infections across sequential stages, starting with diagnosis and ending with viral suppression. …”
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A comparative evaluation of antibiotic and synbiotic supplementation on production performance and necrotic enteritis severity in broilers during an experimental necrotic enteritis... by Bikas Raj Shah, Walid Ghazi Al Hakeem, Revathi Shanmugasundaram, Ramesh K. Selvaraj

“…Therefore, a 35-day study was conducted to compare the efficacy of synbiotic (PoultryStar®ME) and antibiotic (Stafac®50, Virginiamycin) supplementation during an experimentally induced necrotic enteritis infection. A total of 360 day-old chicks were randomly assigned to four treatment groups: Antibiotic, Challenge + Antibiotic, Synbiotic, and Challenge + Synbiotic, each with 6 replicates. …”
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Clinical effect analysis of posterior longitudinal ligament resection during anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy by NIU Hai‐ying, MENG Xiang‐yu, ZUO Shan‐shan, SUN Xiao‐li, LI Yan, LIU Hong‐lei

“…The operation⁃related complications within 3 months after surgery such as limb dysfunction, drinking cough, hoarseness, pharyngeal pain and incision infection were counted. Results All 38 patients experienced successful surgery, with a success rate of 100%. …”
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Development of a Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides in Fecal Samples by Esther A. Shiraho, Agola L. Eric, Ibrahim N. Mwangi, Geoffrey M. Maina, Joseph M. Kinuthia, Martin W. Mutuku, Robert M. Mugambi, Jackson M. Mwandi, Gerald M. Mkoji

“…Ascaris lumbricoides is a nematode parasite that causes the common tropical infection ascariasis in humans. It is also considered among the neglected tropical diseases. …”
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Proton pump inhibitors versus histamine-2 receptor antagonists for stress ulcer prophylaxis during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a propensity score-matched analysis by Hiroki Matsui, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yutaka Kondo, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Kiyohide Fushimi

“…The secondary outcomes were red blood cell transfusion, hospital-acquired pneumonia and Clostridium difficile infection during hospitalisation.Results Of 11 328 eligible patients, 9738 received PPIs and 1590 received H2RAs. …”
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Ocular Inflammation in Uveal Tract in Aged Obese Type 2 Diabetic Rats (Spontaneously Diabetic Torii Fatty Rats) by Yusuke Kemmochi, Katsuhiro Miyajima, Takeshi Ohta, Tomohiko Sasase, Yuzo Yasui, Kaoru Toyoda, Kochi Kakimoto, Toshiyuki Shoda, Akihiro Kakehashi

“…There have been few reports on how diabetes has influence on the development of uveitis associated with bacterial infection. The SDT fatty rat can be an animal model to investigate diabetes-associated uveitis.…”
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Highlights of the Fourth Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C: Moving towards a National Action Plan by Selena M. Sagan, Benoit Dupont, Jason Grebely, Mel Krajden, Sonya A. MacParland, Jennifer F. Raven, Sahar Saeed, Jordan J. Feld, D. Lorne Tyrrell, Joyce A. Wilson

“…The theme of the 4th annual symposium held on Feb 27, 2015, “Strategies to Manage HCV Infection in Canada: Moving towards a National Action Plan,” was aimed at identifying strategies to maximize the impact of highly effective therapies to reduce HCV disease burden and ultimately eliminate HCV in Canada.…”
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Evolutionary conserved regulation of TFEB stability by the E3 ubiquitin ligase WWP2 modulates response to stress in vivo by Juan A. Garcia-Sanchez, Estelle Bonnet, Céline Loubatier, Anne Doye, Guillaume Paillier, Fabien Segui, Frédéric Larbret, Paul Chaintreuil, Ludovic Batistic, Cédric Torre, Marcel Deckert, Jolanta Polanowska, Patrick Munro, Laurent Boyer, Orane Visvikis

“…In this study, we used Caenorhabditis elegans to screen for E3 ubiquitin ligases regulating the activity of TFEB’s homolog, HLH-30, upon pathogenic infection. We identified WWP-1 as a regulator of HLH-30-dependent immune response controlling HLH-30 stability to mediate host defense in vivo. …”
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Differential Diagnosis between Ulcerative Colitis and Clostridium Difficile-Associated Disease in a Patient with Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1 by Elizaveta A. Trush, Alexander V. Korolev, Elena A. Poluektova, Pavel V. Pavlov, Maria G. Pavlova, Alexander S. Tertychny, Yulia O. Sidorina, Natalia A. Ponkratova, Oleg S. Shifrin

“…Previous research has reported the relationship between APS-1 and clostridial infection. The combination of ulcerative colitis with APS-1 has not thus far been described.Conclusion. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of causal pathogens and determinants influencing black rot disease development in MD2 pineapples by Manori Kuruppu, Yasmeen Siddiqui, Hala Badr Khalil, Hala Badr Khalil

“…The increments in pH correlated with lesion length and infected area (r = 0.83 and r = 0.82, respectively). …”
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Deletion of ESX-3 and ESX-4 secretion systems in Mycobacterium abscessus results in highly impaired pathogenicity by Wassim Daher, Vincent Le Moigne, Yara Tasrini, Shweta Parmar, Danielle L. Sexton, John Jairo Aguilera-Correa, Valentin Berdal, Elitza I. Tocheva, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Laurent Kremer

“…In mice, infections with eccC3- and/or eccC4-deletion mutants resulted in complete survival and reduced bacterial loads in the lungs. …”
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Effective treatment of severe acute pancreatitis and COVID-19 pneumonia with tocilizumab by Piotr Zielecki, Magdalena Kaniewska, Mariusz Furmanek, Tomasz Bulski, Grażyna Rydzewska

“…Many severe COVID-19 patients develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which is the most serious complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection [10]. It has been reported that a systemic inflammatory syndrome called cytokine release syndrome (CRS) is responsible for the development of ARDS in SARS-CoV-2 infection, which leads to pulmonary fibrosis and organ failure. …”
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Mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal RNA analysis place Alveonasus lahorensis within the Argasinae and suggest that the genus Alveonasus is paraphyletic by Ben J. Mans, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Ronel Pienaar, Minique de Castro, Mehran Khan, Mashal M. Almutairi, Abdulaziz Alouffi, Abid Ali, Ala Tabor

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Toll-like receptor upregulation in liver and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with amoebic liver abscess by Sandhya Khunger, Abhishek Mewara, Upninder Kaur, Ajay Duseja, Pallab Ray, Naveen Kalra, Navneet Sharma, Rakesh Sehgal

“…Aim: We aimed to understand the host and microbe interactions at the time of infection and inflammatory response in amoebic liver abscess (ALA) patients based on toll-like receptor (TLR) expression (mRNA), cytokine and IgG subtypes levels. …”
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Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia and seizure control in children with nodding syndrome; a cross-sectional study by Charles R J C Newton, Albert Ningwa, Kevin Marsh, Richard Idro, Rodney Ogwang, Ronald Anguzu, Pamela Akun, Edward Kayongo

“…In these areas, asymptomatic infections are common but considered benign and so, are not treated. …”
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Impact of phytoconstituents on oral health practices: a post COVID-19 observation by Harsh Kumar, Reena Singh, Daljeet Singh Dhanjal, Chirag Chopra, Natália Cruz-Martins, Gheyath K. Nasrallah, Amin F. Majdalawieh, Sivakumar Manickam, Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Dinesh Kumar, Indu Sharma, Varun Sharma

“…Appropriate oral hygiene significantly reduces the possibility of oral infections. However, dental caries and periodontal diseases are major oral health issues causing chronic diseases due to poor oral health. …”
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The Importance of Platelet-Derived Growth Factors as Markers of Survival and Severity of COVID-19 in Patients Undergoing Monthly Follow-Up by Elżbieta Cecerska-Heryć, Dominika Nieszpór, Natalia Serwin, Ewa Pius Sadowska, Marta Gliźniewicz, Bartłomiej Grygorcewicz, Karol Serwin, Anna Michalczyk, Marta Budkowska, Małgorzata Goszka, Aleksandra Polikowska, Radosław Birger, Bogusław Machaliński, Barbara Dołęgowska

“…In later studies, the focus should be on finding the relationship of COVID-19 pathomechanism with all the parameters to understand the processes that occur in the body during SARS-CoV-2 virus infection.…”
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Successful management of recurrent cutaneous granulomas caused by Candida albicans using aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy post-surgery: A case report by Lulu Wang, Yahui Feng, Sisi Wang, Leyao Shi, Yong Ren, Zhiya Yang, Dongmei Shi

“…This case suggested that mono-ALA-PDT can be an effective treatment option for single lesion on the body surface caused by C. albicans deep infection.…”
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