S6.2 Dangerous liaisons: risk in MSM in developed countries

Dangerous liaisons

Cells during mitosis and meiosis undergo chromosome condensation through a process that depends on evolutionary conserved large protein complexes known as condensins. There are two condensing complexes, condensin i and ii, each of which is composed of five subunits. Condensin i and ii play essential, yet distinct, roles in chromosome condensation and segregation during mitosis. Recent findings ...

Dangerous Liaisons: Risk, Positionality and Power in Women’s Anthropological Fieldwork

Introduction That social realities are constructed through, and mediated by, interpersonal relationships is a truism for most anthropologists. Yet when it comes to assessing the realities of risk and danger in our own fieldwork, we are less adept at applying this basic premise to the world we inhabit. In the preparation of new fieldworkers, most anthropology schools treat fieldwork risk as exte...

Smoking and asthma: dangerous liaisons.

Cigarette smoking and asthma interact to induce important adverse effects on clinical, prognostic and therapeutic outcomes. This review examines recent evidence on the harmful effects of smoking in asthma, possible underlying inflammatory mechanisms for this altered response, management options for these patients and potential future therapeutic directions. Active smokers, particularly females,...

Ferritin and metallothionein: dangerous liaisons.

Ferritin (Ft) interaction with the Zn-complexes of mammalian MT1, MT2 and MT3 metallothioneins (MT) leads to simultaneous Fe(II) and Zn(II) release.

Dangerous liaisons? Industry relations with health professionals.