ABSTRACT Serum 1, 3-β-d-glucan (BG) assay may be helpful as a marker for the diagnosis
of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) and invasive fungal infection (IFI). We conducted …

Objective To examine cancer incidence in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) through a
meta‐analysis of population‐based cohort studies. Methods Five different databases …

Introduction: Glycemic control is important in diabetes mellitus to minimize the progression of
the disease and the risk of potentially devastating complications. Inhibition of the sodium …

Pig cloning will have a marked impact on the optimization of meat production and
xenotransplantation. To clone pigs from differentiated cells, we microinjected the nuclei of …

Porcine in vitro production (IVP) systems, including in vitro maturation (IVM) and in vitro
fertilization (IVF) of oocytes and their subsequent in vitro culture (IVC), have been modified …

Background Red cell distribution width (RDW), one of many routinely examined parameters,
shows the heterogeneity in erythrocyte size. We investigated the association of RDW levels …

State failure, ethnopolitical war, genocide, famine, and refugee flows are variants of a type of
complex political and humanitarian crisis, exemplified during the 1990s in places like …

Inhibitors of proximal tubular Na+-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) are natriuretic, and they
lower blood pressure. There are reports that the activities of SGLT2 and Na+-H+ exchanger …

We have previously indicated that porcine blastocysts can be produced by in vitro
fertilization (IVF) and culture (IVC) in chemically defined porcine gamete medium (PGM) and …

A porcine model of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) promises to facilitate human
cancer studies, the humanization of tissue for xenotransplantation, and the evaluation of …