A catalogue of all named Nepticulidae and Opostegidae is presented, including fossil species. The catalogue is simultaneously published online in the scratchpad http://nepticuloidea.info/ and in Catalogue of Life (http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/database/id/172). We provide a historical overview of taxonomic research on Nepticuloidea and a brief 'state of the art'. A DNA barcode data...

UNLABELLED A dynamic homeostasis is maintained between the host and native bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract in animals, but migration of bacteria from the gut to other organs can lead to disease or death. Enterococcus faecalis is a commensal of the gastrointestinal tract; however, Enterococcus spp. are increasingly frequent causes of nosocomial infections with a high mortality rate. We in...

Hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, or both have been described in patients with essential hypertension. Previous work from our laboratory has shown that in hypertensive patients with microalbuminuria, dyslipidemia and abnormal patterns in the diurnal variations of blood pressure are frequently associated. Whether hyperinsulinemia and microalbuminuria are directly related has not been determi...

OBJECTIVES This report addressed the question 'What is the clinical and cost-effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in the management of chronic neuropathic or ischaemic pain?' DATA SOURCES Thirteen electronic databases [including MEDLINE (1950-2007), EMBASE (1980-2007) and the Cochrane Library (1991-2007)] were searched from inception; relevant journals were hand-searched; and approp...

The Rockefeller University Press J. Exp. Med. Vol. 208 No. 13 2563-2569 To the Editor: In a recent issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Thomas Rothstein and colleagues, a group with long-standing expertise in the field of mouse B1 cells, reported the description of a B1 B cell subset in human blood, a population that has thus far eluded identification (Griffin et al., 2011). Mouse B1 ...

The Rockefeller University Press J. Exp. Med. Vol. 208 No. 13 2563-2569 To the Editor: In a recent issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Thomas Rothstein and colleagues, a group with long-standing expertise in the field of mouse B1 cells, reported the description of a B1 B cell subset in human blood, a population that has thus far eluded identification (Griffin et al., 2011). Mouse B1 ...

The Rockefeller University Press J. Exp. Med. Vol. 208 No. 13 2563-2569 To the Editor: In a recent issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Thomas Rothstein and colleagues, a group with long-standing expertise in the field of mouse B1 cells, reported the description of a B1 B cell subset in human blood, a population that has thus far eluded identification (Griffin et al., 2011). Mouse B1 ...

Objective: This study assessed the diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy (CE) and its impact on patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB). Subjects and Methods: Between May 2007 and May 2009, 63 patients with OGIB (overt bleeding: 25, and occult blood loss with chronic ferropenic anemia: 38) and normal upper and lower endoscopy were studied by CE. Demographic characteristics, prior...

Purpose: Natural killer/T-cell (NK/T-cell) lymphoma is a highly aggressive tumor for which no serological tumor marker has yet been established to be useful clinically. We investigated the potential of circulating EBV DNA as a tumor marker for this malignancy. Experimental Design: A real-time quantitative PCR assay was used to measure circulating EBV DNA. Results: Plasma EBV DNA levels were mea...