Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune disease clinically characterized by blisters on the skin and/or mucosa. Pathophysiologically, PV mediated close interaction of B cells and autoreactive T cells, inducing proliferation, differentiation, production autoantibodies targeting desmosomal adhesion proteins, namely desmoglein 3 1. To elucidate cell changes at different stages PV, canonical popul...

RESULTS: A total of 315 patients were identified, of which 34.3% underwent lumpectomy, 17.1% underwent mastectomy alone, while 48.6% underwent mastectomy and reconstruction. Lymphedema was diagnosed in 9.2% (n=19) of mastectomy patients and 27.8% (n=30) of lumpectomy patients. Removing >10 nodes in the both the mastectomy (OR=11.4, p=.000) and lumpectomy (OR=5.51, p=.034) cohort was predictive ...

This paper studies the effect of litigation as a way to enforce patents when firms hold private information. Patent protection granted by courts affect the entry, settlement and litigation decisions of future innovations. The model is broadly consistent with recent empirical evidence. We show that higher protection might be detrimental to the patentholder since it reduces entry of infringers th...

Manish Naja*, Piyush Bhardwaj, Narendra Singh, Phani Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, N. Ojha, Ram Sagar, S. K. Satheesh, K. Krishna Moorthy and V. R. Kotamarthi Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital 263 002, India National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru 560 034, India Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Science...

Serologic assays, whether conducted on single samples or multiple samples to assess seroconversion, do not provide reliable information on which to formulate, substantiate, or eliminate a diagnosis of Rhodococcus equi foal pneumonia. Authors’ addresses: College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 (Martens, Cohen, Chaffin); Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori ...