Southeast Asia is a hotspot for emerging infectious diseases, including those with pandemic
potential. Emerging infectious diseases have exacted heavy public health and economic …

The TGF-beta family of cytokines are ubiquitous, multifunctional and essential to survival.
They play important roles in growth and development, inflammation and repair and host …

Pulmonary fibrosis can complicate diverse pulmonary and systemic pathologies. In many
cases the underlying cause remains unidentified. Mortality from the disease is increasing …

Background Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists differ in chemical structure, duration
of action, and in their effects on clinical outcomes. The cardiovascular effects of once-weekly …

We describe RAGE, the 'radiation adaptive grid Eulerian'radiation-hydrodynamics code,
including its data structures, its parallelization strategy and performance, its hydrodynamic …

Rationale: The impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on patients with interstitial lung
disease (ILD) has not been established. Objectives: To assess outcomes in patients with ILD …

Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1 may potentiate wound healing and fibrosis by
stimulating fibroblast collagen deposition. TGF-beta 1 is implicated in the pathogenesis of …

Adult fresh-water mussels are free-living but sedentary in habit. Though attached to nothing
they remain for indefinite periods nearly as still as if their position were irrevocably fixed …

Objectives To determine risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in Russia. Design Case-
control study of exposure to a variety of risk factors before and during the development of …

Six themes of physicians' relational communication were hypothesized to predict patients'
satisfaction and compliance, to relate to strategies used by physicians to gain compliance …