Infarction? and Its Receptors 1 and 2 : Yin and Yang in Myocardial α Tumor Necrosis FactorPrint ISSN: 0009-7322. Online ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2009 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Circulation doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.846105 2009;119:1355-1357; originally published online Ma...

Objective. To explore the relationship between body constitution (BC) types and weight change in patients with schizophrenia and who underwent second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) treatment. Method. Body weight and waist circumference of eighty-five participants were measured for 6 consecutive weeks. Constitutions of Yin-Xu, Yang-Xu, and Stasis were assessed using the Body Constitution Quest...

In this short note, by using some of Chen’s theorems and classic analysis, we obtain a double inequality for triangle and give a positive answer to a problem posed by Yang and Yin [6].

major prizes awarded each year for biomedical research are often given to two or three scientists who have contributed to the development of a field, usually at different stages and from different laboratories. But sometimes an award acknowledges teamwork — a partnership that changes the course of medical science. This year’s Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research is a classic exampl...

Intra- and extra-cellular amyloid protein fibers are traditionally coupled to a series of devastating and incurable neurodegenerative disorders. Since the discovery of physiologically useful amyloids, our attention has been shifting from pure pathology to function, as amyloid aggregation seems to constitute a basis for the functional and dynamic assembly of biological structures. The following ...

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1, also known as CCL2) is a chemokine of the C-C type which recruits circulating monocytes to sites of inflammation. Over the past several years, MCP-1 has become established as a major factor in the development of atherosclerosis through its promotion of monocyte/macrophage accumulation in atherosclerotic plaques, leading in turn to chronic inflammation,...

The relevance of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) to global poverty and political instability has ignited interest in this group of diseases with the emergence of terms and concepts such as ‘One Health’ and ‘Leaving no one behind’ [1]. Importantly, this led to the materialization of concrete programs and initiatives aiming at control, elimination or even eradication of some NTDs, most notable...

Lenalidomide is one of a series of immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) that have been tested in a variety of malignant and nonmalignant disorders. The history and application of this family of drugs dates back to the 1950s when thalidomide, a synthetic glutamic acid derivative, was initially developed as an anticonvulsant for the treatment of epilepsy. The IMiDs exhibit a multitude of biologic effec...

nervous system, and possibly even segmentation. In Michael Akam University Museum of Zoology fact, something rather like an annelid. Downing Street Peter Holland's report on a " Sister of Hox " gene clus-Cambridge CB2 3EJ ter added a new twist to this question. Holland (Univer-United Kingdom sity of Reading, U.K.) has been trying to make sense of several homeobox genes that have sequences close...

Few physicians will argue against the statement that blood transfusions carry certain risks. There is also little debate over the fact that they can benefit those with hemorrhage or non-functioning bone marrow. Most of the salient debate in the literature centers on the benefits/risk ratio of blood component therapy. Besieged with repeated studies on restrictive vs. liberal transfusion, the cli...