THE LANDSCAPE OF PEDIATRIC HIGH-GRADE GLIOMAS: THE VIRTUES AND PITFALLS OF PRE-CLINICAL MODELS


The Transcriptional Regulator Lrp Contributes to Toxin Expression, Sporulation, and Swimming Motility in Clostridium difficile

Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, and major cause of nosocomial diarrhea.Related studies have identified numerous factors that influence virulence traits such as the production of the two primary toxins, toxin Refurbished Grinder A (TcdA) and toxin B (TcdB), as well as sporulation, motility, and biofilm formation.Ho

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Tribute to a Leading Personality of World Horticultural Science

Following the proposal of Academic Council of Horticulture Faculty, the Senate of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca accepted nominee Professor Jules Janick for Doctor Honoris Causa award.The title was awarded in festive ceremony on September 30, 2010.Jules Janick, Professor at Purdue University has a long and d

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Neonatal Immune Responses to Respiratory Viruses

Respiratory tract infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in newborns, infants, and young children.These early life infections present a formidable immunologic challenge with a number of possibly conflicting goals: simultaneously eliminate the acute pathogen, preserve the primary Salt gas-exchange function of the lung parenchyma i

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The novel mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist finerenone attenuates neointima formation after vascular injury.

The novel nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonist finerenone holds promise to be safe and efficient in the treatment of patients with heart failure and/or chronic kidney disease.However, its effects on vascular function remain elusive.The aim of this study was to determine the functional effect of selective MR antagonism by finereno

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