As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemics evolves, there is mounting evidence that the cardiovascular
system plays a role in the pathophysiology of COVID-19 disease. In their interesting recent …

The mode of acquisition and causes for the variable clinical spectrum of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) remain unknown. We utilized a reverse genetics system to generate a …

Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are derived from exogenous retrovirus infections
in the evolution of primates and account for about 8% of the human genome. They were …

The human cytokine interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) is a small glycoprotein secreted
by activated T cells, monocytes, endothelial cells, and keratinocytes, and is structurally …

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.gaPuona Page 1 resolution) of HIV RT complexed with duplex DNA (24). Within the intrinsic
limitations of the experiments, our model is not inconsistent with most of the results describ- …

Exposure of skeletal myoblasts to growth factor-deficient medium results in transcriptional
activation of muscle-specific genes, including the muscle creatine kinase gene (mck). Tissue …

Introduction Human host immune response following infection with the new variant of A/H1N1
pandemic influenza virus (nvH1N1) is poorly understood. We utilize here systemic …

Progressive immune-associated injury is a hallmark of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Viral evasion of innate immunity, hypercytokinemia and systemic immunopathology in …

Serum amyloid A (SAA) is an acute phase protein that in the blood is bound to high density
lipoproteins; SAA is secreted mainly by hepatocytes, and its concentration increases in the …