Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most frequent infection episode in kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Reactivation usually occurs in the first three months after transplantation and is associated with higher cellular ...

Unconventional protein secretion represents an important process of the inflammatory response. The release of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-1? which burst during pyroptosis as a consequence of gasdermin D ...

A shallow sulcus characterizes trochlear dysplasia (TD) of the femoral trochlea, which can lead to chronic pain or instability of the patellofemoral joint. Breech presentation at birth has been identified as a risk factor ...

Asthmatic adults with lower lung function have been described as having had this worse condition early in life. Lung function is reduced in children with persistent asthma and continues low throughout adult life. The ...

Background: Early prediction of ICU death in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) could inform clinicians for targeting therapies to reduce harm and increase survival. We sought to determine clinical modifiable and ...

INTRODUCTION: Cancer and blood disorders in children are rare. The progressive improvement in survival over the last decades largely relies on the development of international academic clinical trials that gather the ...

BACKGROUND: Ectodermal dysplasias (ED) are a group of genetic conditions affecting the development and/or homeostasis of two or more ectodermal derivatives. An attenuated phenotype is considered a non-syndromic trait when ...