Risk factors for high anti-HHV-8 antibody titers (≥1:51,200) in black, HIV-1 negative South African cancer patients: a case control study [PDF]
Background: Infection with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is the necessary causal agent in the development of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Infection with HIV-1, male gender and older age all increase risk for KS.
BM Friedman+51 more
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Epigenetics and cell death: DNA hypermethylation in programmed retinal cell death. [PDF]
BackgroundVertebrate genomes undergo epigenetic reprogramming during development and disease. Emerging evidence suggests that DNA methylation plays a key role in cell fate determination in the retina.
Enke, Raymond A+5 more
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A Case of Dermatomyositis Coexisting with Both Anti-Mi-2 and Anti-NXP-2 Antibodies
Myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) including anti-Mi-2 and anti-nuclear matrix protein 2 (NXP-2) antibodies have been detected in the patients with dermatomyositis (DM), and are useful tools for identifying clinical subsets of DM.
Mitsuru Ito+5 more
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Acute Pancreatitis as an Initial Presentation [PDF]
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune, chronic inflammatory disorder affecting mainly the women. Almost half of the SLE patients have gastrointestinal involvement.
Indira Bairy+3 more
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Expression and intracellular localization of FKHRL1 in mammary gland neoplasms. [PDF]
FKHRL1 (FOXO3a), a member of the Forkhead family of genes, has been considered to be involved in the development of breast tumors; however, the in vivo expression and activation status of FKHRL1 in breast tumors still remains unclear.
Akagi, Tadaatsu+8 more
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SerpinB3 is a serine protease inhibitor that plays a relevant role in disease progression and cancer by increasing fibrosis, cell proliferation, and invasion, besides conferring resistance to apoptosis.
Alessandra Biasiolo+9 more
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Activation of an Estrogen/ Estrogen Receptor Signaling by BIG3 Through Its Inhibitory Effect on Nuclear Transport of PHB2/REA in Breast Cancer [PDF]
Breast cancer is known to be a hormone-dependent disease, and estrogens through an interaction with estrogen receptor (ER) enhance the proliferative and metastatic activity of breast tumor cells.
Arata Shimo+10 more
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Involvement of premacular mast cells in the pathogenesis of macular diseases.
We previously reported on the elevated intravitreal activities of tryptase and chymase in association with idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM) and idiopathic macular hole (MH).
Takaki Sato+9 more
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Merkel cell polyomavirus large T antigen disrupts lysosome clustering by translocating human Vam6p from the cytoplasm to the nucleus [PDF]
Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV) has been recently described as the cause for most human Merkel cell carcinomas. MCV is similar to simian virus 40 (SV40) and encodes a nuclear large T (LT) oncoprotein that is usually mutated to eliminate viral replication ...
Ali+45 more
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Anti-glial nuclear antibody (AGNA) is an onconeuroal antibody targeting the nuclei of Bergmann glia in the cerebellum and Anti-SRY-related HMG-box 1 (SOX1).
Jonas Feldheim+4 more
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