A 64-year-old female presented to our hospital with a chronic cough. She was diagnosed with cStage ⅢA small cell lung cancer(cT2aN2M0, limited disease). On admission for chemoradiation therapy, laboratory data incidentally revealed liver dysfunction. Further examination resulted in the patient being diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis. Oral p…[Read more]

Blunted or no WNV IgM response and high WNV IgG levels were observed in seven patients with previous flavivirus immunity.We recently showed that radiation-induced DNA damage in breast adipose tissue increases autotaxin secretion, production of lysophosphatidate (LPA) and expression of LPA1/2 receptors. We also established that dexamethasone…[Read more]

annandalei under a warmer environment, given that the MSF is directly related to metal toxicity. The warmer temperature significantly up-regulated the mRNA levels of mt1, hsp70, hsp90, and hk, indicating the copepods suffered from thermal stress. With exposure to Hg, the mRNA level of SOD increased strikingly but the transcript levels of hsp90,…[Read more]