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FcgammaR expression on macrophages is related to severity and chronicity of synovial inflammation and cartilage destruction during experimental immune-complex-mediated arthritis (ICA)
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We investigated the role of Fcγ receptors (FcγRs) on synovial macrophages in immune-complex-mediated arthritis (ICA). ICA elicited in knee joints of C57BL/6 mice... -
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Immune ablation and stem-cell therapy in autoimmune disease: Experimental basis for autologous stem-cell transplantation
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Treatment of rats suffering from florid chronic progressive systemic arthritis or from chronic remitting/relapsing encephalomyelitis with autologous bone marrow... -
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Dengue fever in pregnancy: a case report
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Background Dengue, a mosquito-borne flavivirus infection, is endemic in Southeast Asia. Currently, the incidence has been increasing among adults. Case presentation A... -
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Research Article: BMC Gastroenterology
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Background The cytotoxin associated gene A (cagA), and the vacuolating cytotoxin gene A (vacA) of Helicobacter pylori have been associated to phenotypic... -
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Risk factors for hospitalization among adults with asthma: the influence of sociodemographic factors and asthma severity
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Background The morbidity and mortality from asthma have markedly increased since the late 1970s. The hospitalization rate, an important marker of asthma severity,... -
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Glycosylation and the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) has been known for the past 11 years to be a membrane glycoprotein with chloride channel activity. Only... -
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Treatment of disseminated granuloma annulare with fumaric acid esters
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Background Granuloma annulare is a granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. Various therapies have been tried in disseminated granuloma annulare (DGA), including... -
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The molecular genetic linkage map of the model legume
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Background The legume Medicago truncatula has emerged as a model plant for the molecular and genetic dissection of various plant processes involved in rhizobial,... -
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Fast relapse and high drop out rate of 48 weeks daily interferon monotherapy in HIV-infected patients with chronic hepatitis C
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Background The standard of care for HCV Hepatitis is the combination of interferon (IFN) plus Ribavirin. In HIV patients the use of this combination therapy may... -
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Screening of the
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Background Intronic DNA sequences of the canine arrestin (SAG) gene was screened to identify potential disease causing mutations in dogs with generalized progressive... -
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Potential of (GATA)
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Background The microsatellite, (GATA)n has been frequently used for DNA fingerprinting. However, very few attempts have been made to analyze (GATA)n-containing loci... -
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The method of bladder drainage in spinal cord injury patients may influence the histological changes in the mucosa of neuropathic bladder – a hypothesis
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Background In spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, no correlation was found between the number of bladder infections per year, the period since injury, the neurologic... -
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New approaches to the modulation of inflammatory processes in airway disease models: ATS 2001, May 18-23, San Francisco
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The 97th American Thoracic Society meeting proved to be an excellent meeting, providing a wealth of new information on inflammatory diseases of the airways. Once... -
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Frequency of tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria in HIV infected patients from Bogota, Colombia
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Background The prevalence of infections by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculous Mycobacterium species in the HIV-infected patient population in Colombia was... -
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A comparison of the illness beliefs of people with angina and their peers: a questionnaire study
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Background What people believe about their illness may affect how they cope with it. It has been suggested that such beliefs stem from those commonly held within... -
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Saline lavage with substitution of bovine surfactant in term neonates with meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) transferred for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): a pilot study
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Background: Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is still a condition associated with a high mortality, and many patients require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation... -
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Reduced body mass, food intake, and testis size in response to short photoperiod in adult F344 rats
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Background Although laboratory rats are often considered classic nonseasonal breeders, peripubertal rats of two inbred strains, F344 and BN, have both reproductive... -
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Clinical review: Intensive care follow-up – what has it told us?
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The majority of intensive care practitioners, until comparatively recently, was content to discharge surviving patients to the care of referring primary specialty... -
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An optimised recovery method for thermophilic Campylobacter from liver
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Background The past three decades have witnessed the rise of Campylobacter enteritis in man from virtual obscurity to notoriety, with present isolation rates... -
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Long-term experimental evolution in
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Background Twelve populations of the bacterium, Escherichia coli, adapted to a simple, glucose-limited, laboratory environment over 10,000 generations. As a...