MBL: mostly benign lymphocytes, but…

Bacteria despite MBL Binding Opsonophagocytosis of Yeasts but Not of Mannose-Binding Lectin (MBL) Facilitates

Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: mostly safe, but do benefits outweigh risks?

Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomies have become one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the ICU, and are believed to offer a variety of advantages over open tracheostomies, including increased convenience. Recent publications have established that the risk of fatal complications related to the procedure is low. However, clinicians must still weigh these risks against ex...

Emergency contraception: mostly successes, but still some threats.

1998,1 it was clear that progestogen-only emergency contraception (POEC) causes less nausea-related side effects than the Yuzpe regimen. The study also showed a reduction in effectiveness of both treatments with time. Although the effectiveness of the Yuzpe regimen was lower than in other studies, which caused some debate, it was clear that POEC was no less effective. POEC has gradually become ...

CD93 is Selectively Expressed on Human Myeloma Cells but Not on B Lymphocytes

Background: CD93 has originally been known as a C1q receptor, and many studies have demonstrated that CD93 is expressed on hematopoietic stem cells, B cell progenitors, myeloid and monocytic cells. Moreover, CD93 is shown to be expressed on long-lived plasma cells, and CD93 deficient-mice display an impairment in plasma cell development. Objective: To investiga...

Benign monoclonal expansion of CD8+ lymphocytes in HIV infection.

BACKGROUND A transient expansion of the CD8+ T cell pool normally occurs in the early phase of HIV infection. Persistent expansion of this pool is observed in two related settings: diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome (DILS) and HIV associated CD8+ lymphocytosis syndrome. AIM To investigate a group of HIV infected patients with CD8+ lymphocytosis syndrome with particular emphasis on wh...