Mosquitoes are important vectors of disease. These insects respond to invading organisms
with strong cellular and humoral immune responses that share many similarities with …

Mosquitoes are vectors of many deadly and debilitating pathogens. In the current study, we
used light and electron microscopies to study the immune response of Aedes aegypti …

The composite physiologic index (CPI) was derived to represent the extent of fibrosis on
high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), adjusting for emphysema in patients with …

Activated protein C (APC) supplementation significantly reduces mortality in patients with
severe sepsis, presumably by down-regulating coagulation, inflammation, and apoptosis. In …

Background The clinical course of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by
progressive decline in lung function and eventual mortality. We sought to determine if future …

Mosquitoes vector pathogens. One aspect that has been overlooked in mosquito–pathogen
relationships is the effect of host age on immune competence. Here, we show that there is …

Importance Alteration in lung microbes is associated with disease progression in idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis. Objective To assess the effect of antimicrobial therapy on clinical …

Rationale: Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) is the defining morphology of idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Guidelines for IPF diagnosis conditionally recommend surgical lung …

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive lung disease with variable course.
The Gender-Age-Physiology (GAP) Index and staging system uses clinical variables to …

Hyperlipidemia, particularly hypercholesterolemia, occurs in cardiac transplant recipients
both as a preexisting condition and as a consequence of immunosuppressive therapy. …