In this issue of Blood, Kang and colleagues describe a molecular signaling network involving Notch, COUP-TFII, and Prox-1, along with other supporting molecules, that regulates the specification and maintenance of lymphatic endothelial cells.

The embryonic diaphragm comprises four major structural components derived from the transverse septum, the dorsal foregut mesentery, the pleuroperitoneal folds (PPFs), and the body wall. In this study, the appearance of PPFs and related factors were investigated using light microscopy of horizontal sections of rat fetuses from embryonic day 12 to 13. In rat fetuses, the sign of PPF projection w...

VOUZZAVEDIBISAR Fantaisie Edmond Bianco Quand je tirais le dernier bord, mon petit voilier s'approcha lentement de la côte, je donnais un petit coup de barre pour la longer en cherchant où aborder. Et en même temps je lâchais le foc et la grand'voile. La terre à une dizaine de mètres par trois mètres de fond, une étroite plage de sable, mais aussi pas mal de petits rochers, je ne pouvais aborde...

Linear scleroderma "en coup de sabre" is a subset of localized scleroderma with band-like sclerotic lesions typically involving the fronto-parietal regions of the scalp. Patients often present with neurologic symptoms. On imaging, patients may have lesions in the cerebrum ipsilateral to the scalp abnormality. Infratentorial lesions and other lesions not closely associated with the overlying sca...

Previous research has shown that good looks, particularly being deemed attractive or competent-looking, can provide an electoral advantage. There is also evidence to support the notion that more dominant looks are associated with military success. To date, there has been little research into the effect of looks on political leadership success in a non-democratic setting. This project explores t...

Conventional wisdom holds that high levels of system support serve as an attitudinal barrier to democratic breakdown. In unconsolidated democracies, however, where democratic norms are regularly violated, the authors hypothesize that a healthy dose of political skepticism toward the political system, neither extreme rejection nor uncritical support of the system, would be associated with greate...

BACKGROUND Hemifacial atrophy (Parry-Romberg syndrome) is a relatively rare disease. The etiology of the disease is not clear. Some authors postulate its relation with limited scleroderma linearis. Linear scleroderma "en coup de sabre" is characterized by clinical presence of most commonly one-sided linear syndrome. In a number of patients, neurological affection is the medium of the disease. T...

Non-isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH+) is a severe birth defect that is often caused by de novo chromosomal anomalies. In this report, we use genome-wide oligonucleotide-based array comparative genome hybridization (aCGH) followed by rapid real-time quantitative PCR analysis to identify, confirm and map chromosomal anomalies in a cohort of 26 CDH+ patients. One hundred and five put...

Since the military coup on 1 February, more than 800 people, including children have been killed and 6,000 people arrested. The death toll number of incarcerated women is sharply increasing during crack down protesters by security forces; yet, little known about specific challenges opportunities encountered activists while imprisoned. Through analysis semi-structured interviews with five who de...