The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19 global pandemic, utilizes host receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE2) for viral entry. However, other factors might also play important roles in SARS-CoV-2 infection, providing new directions antiviral treatments. GRP78 is a stress-inducible chaperone entry and infectivity many viruses. Rece...

several asthma susceptibility loci, including a region containing the vitamin d receptor (vdr) gene located at chromosome 12q, have been identified using genome-wide screens. our aim is to investigate the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) in vdr gene and asthma. one hundred one asthma patients and 206 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. genotypes were determin...

g -aminobutiric acid (gaba), the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system has two major receptor subtypes (gabaa and gabab). gabab receptors are activated by the antispastic and muscle relaxant agent, baclofen, which is a lipophilic derivative of gaba. since 1962 several strategies have been reported for the synthesis of baclofen.in this study an approach has been made to...

BACKGROUND We aimed to assess the impact of inconsistent responses on the internal reliability of a multi-item scale by developing a procedure to adjust Cronbach's alpha. METHODS A procedure for adjusting Cronbach's alpha when there are inconsistent responses was developed and used to assess the impact of inconsistent responses on internal reliability by evaluating the standard Chinese 12-ite...