Background— Inflammatory mediators that originate in vascular and extravascular tissues
promote coronary lesion formation. Adipose tissue may function as an endocrine organ that …

… Johnson is a writer and sociologist with more than thirty years of college teaching experience.
The author of numerous books, including The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, …

This paper reports the incidence and natural history of macroscopic gastritis in a series of
127 consecutive patients with portal hypertension of various aetiologies. Gastritis was …

In 25 US jurisdictions, decreases in case incidence rate ratios for unvaccinated versus fully
vaccinated persons with and without booster vaccine doses were observed when the …

Purpose: A meta-analysis of randomized trials studying the effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs (NSAIDs) on blood pressure. Data Sources and Study Selection: Eight …

Glycans modify lipids and proteins to mediate inter- and intramolecular interactions across
all domains of life. RNA is not thought to be a major target of glycosylation. Here, we …

Background We report a prospective randomised comparison between laparoscopic and
small-incision cholecystectomy in 200 patients which was designed to eliminate bias for or …

This book is a companion volume to the Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology by Allan Johnson.
It is hoped that it will be of value to students and teachers of political science alike. It should …

Gasdermin proteins form large membrane pores in human cells that release immune
cytokines and induce lytic cell death. Gasdermin pore formation is triggered by caspase-mediated …

Quantitative studies have demonstrated that a purified lipopolysaccharide (endotoxin) derived
from the O-901 strain of Salmonella typhosa markedly enhanced the antibody response of …