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254 Experimental Heterophyiasis: Histopathological & Immunological Study

253 Use of Transfer Factor in Patients with Persistent Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection Blanca Maria Morfin-Maciel, MD, and Julieta Margarita Sotelo-Ortiz. Allergy, Hospital Angeles Mocel, Mexico City, Mexico; Gynecology, Hospital Angeles Mocel, Mexico City, Mexico. Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. About 75 to 80% of sexua...

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Osteoarthritis (OA), also erroneously called degenerative joint disease, represents failure of a diarthrodial joint. In idiopathic OA, the most common form of the disease, no predisposing factor is apparent. Secondary OA is pathologically indistinguishable from idiopathic OA, but is attributable to an underlying cause, such as trauma or metabolic and endocrine diseases.1 Major trauma and repeti...

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Mammalian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is inherited principally down the maternal line, but the mechanisms involved are not fully understood. Females harboring a mixture of mutant and wild-type mtDNA (heteroplasmy) transmit a varying proportion of mutant mtDNA to their offspring. In humans with mtDNA disorders, the proportion of mutated mtDNA inherited from the mother correlates with disease sever...

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Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is an atypical member of the FGF family that functions as an endocrine hormone. Pharmacologic studies show that FGF21 has broadmetabolic actions in obese rodents and primates that include enhancing insulin sensitivity, decreasing triglyceride concentrations, and causing weight loss. In lean rodents, FGF21 expression is strongly induced in liver by prolonged f...