- Liver Diseases and Immunity
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Liver physiology and pathology
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
2023
Parsons (United States)
2023
Hadassah Medical Center
2009
Tissue-type plasminogen activators (tPA) and urokinase-type (uPA) are involved in liver repair. We examined the potential immunomodulatory actions of uPA, tPA uPA-receptor (uPAR) carbon-tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis wild-type (WT), tPA-/-, uPA-/- uPAR-/- mice. Carbon-tetrachloride treatment increased four groups but significantly less three knock-out models. Serum cytokines intrahepatic T cells elevated following process WT animals not groups. In culture, uPA lymphocyte...
Babesiosis is a tick-borne condition that causes hemolytic anemia and manifests with flu-like symptoms such as fevers, chills, fatigue, anorexia. Very few case reports have documented babesiosis infection associated false-positive HIV test. In this report, we add to the current literature by describing patient admitted for treatment of who had preliminary positive test on admission negative repeat after one week babesiosis. A 60-year-old male past medical history high cholesterol presented...