Immunoglobulin A is a class of antibodies produced by the adaptive immune system and secreted into the gut lumen to fight pathogenic bacteria.We recently demonstrated that the main physical effect of these antibodies is to enchain daughter bacteria, i.e.to cross-link bacteria into clusters as they divide, preventing them from interacting with light
In a survey of the incidence, severity, and significance of medical student abuse as perceived by the student population of a major medical school in Nigeria, 171 (74%) out of a total 231 respondents stated that they had been abused at some time while enrolled in medical school.The abuses ranged from verbal, physical, psychological to sexual.Fifty-
Matthew R Reynolds,1 Jonas Nilsson,2 Örjan Åkerborg,2 Mehul Jhaveri,3 Peter Lindgren2,41Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA; 2OptumInsight, Stockholm, Sweden; 3sanofi-aventis Inc, Bridgewater, NJ, USA; 4Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SwedenBackg
The presence of single nucleotide variations in the coding region of micro-RNA (miRNA)-encoding genes plays a significant role in the expression and function of these molecules in oncogenesis and cancer.The association of rs2682818 in miR-618 with increased risk of breast cancer was investigated in the Iranian population.rs2682818/miR-618 was genot
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) refers to a common disease in orthopaedics, whereas effective treatments have been rarely developed.As indicated from existing studies, chondrocyte death, extracellular matrix degradation and subchondral bone injury are recognized as the pathological basis of KOA.The present study aimed to determine the therapeutic effect