Hepatitis C virus (HCV) entry is dependent on coreceptor complex formation between the
tetraspanin superfamily member CD81 and the tight junction protein claudin-1 (CLDN1) on the …

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Pulmonary inflammation, which is characterized by the presence of perivascular macrophages,
has been proposed as a key pathogenic driver of pulmonary hypertension (PH), a …

There is a growing body of research on the neural control of immunity and inflammation.
However, it is not known whether the nervous system can regulate the production of …

Myeloid cells, such as neutrophils, are produced in the bone marrow in high quantities and
are important in the pathogenesis of vascular diseases such as pulmonary hypertension (PH)…

Maternal microchimerism (MMc) has been associated with development of allospecific
transplant tolerance, antitumor immunity, and cross-generational reproductive fitness, but its …

Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a metabolic organ known to regulate fat mass, and glucose
and nutrient homeostasis. VAT is an active endocrine gland that synthesizes and secretes …

Background Since 2011, there have been ongoing massive unexplained increases of sargassum
seaweed strandings along the coastlines of Caribbean countries. The objective of our …

The elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in > 50% of chronically infected patients by treatment
with IFN-α suggests that plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), major producers of IFN-α, …

Rationale: Unproven theories abound regarding the long-range uptake and endocrine
activity of extracellular blood-borne microRNAs into tissue. In pulmonary hypertension (PH), …