Beirut - a city with so many faces

So Many users - So Many Perspectives

Visualization — the transformation of data and information into multimedia including pictures, animation and 3D scenes — enables users to understand information more naturally. It reveals patterns and relations in the information which may otherwise remain hidden. As a consequence, it can provide a single user with enough valuable information to support decision making. In addition to this, vis...

[Celiac disease: a disease with many faces].

Como citar este artigo: Pratesi R, Gandolfi L. Doença celíaca: a afecção com múltiplas faces. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2005;81:357-8. Nishihara et al. apresentam, neste número, interessante estudo focalizando o significativo aumento de prevalência da doença celíaca (DC) em pacientes portadores da síndrome de Down (SD), aumento este comparável ao encontrado em estudos efetuados em outros países1. A pr...

Podoplanin - a small glycoprotein with many faces.

Podoplanin is a small membrane glycoprotein with a large number of O-glycoside chains and therefore it belongs to mucin-type proteins. It can be found on the surface of many types of normal cells originating from various germ layers. It is present primarily on the endothelium of lymphatic vessels, type I pneumocytes and glomerular podocytes. Increased levels of podoplanin or its neo-expression ...

Proteins that associate with lamins: many faces, many functions.

Lamin-associated polypeptides (LAPs) comprise inner nuclear membrane proteins tightly associated with the peripheral lamin scaffold as well as proteins forming stable complexes with lamins in the nucleoplasm. The involvement of LAPs in a wide range of human diseases may be linked to an equally bewildering range of their functions, including sterol reduction, histone modification, transcriptiona...

So Many WAM Variations, So Little Time