Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive, smoking-
related, inflammatory lung disease in which tumor necrosis factor-α is overexpressed and …

THE second and concluding part of the'Catalogue of the Marine Reptiles of the Oxford
Clay'begins with an account of the Pliosauridæ, which were known only by scattered …

Methods The study population consisted of adults with ARDS who were patients enrolled in
a prospective study of acute respiratory failure in the Medical and Surgical Intensive Care …

The roles of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 and TLR4 in the host inflammatory response to
infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis have not been elucidated. We examined …

AMONG recent discoveries in Palæontology, none have excited more interest than the
Lower Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas of the Fayûm. They add so much to our knowledge of the …

Patients with Barrett's esophagus are recognized as having a high risk of development of
adenocarcinoma. Although endoscopic surveillance of these patients is commonly …

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most prevalent sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the
world. In women, genital infection can cause endometritis and pelvic inflammatory disease …

The Mac-2 lectin (carbohydrate binding protein 35) is a soluble, 32-to 35-kDa
phosphoprotein that binds galactose-containing glycoconjugates. We report here that the …

Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) may develop inflammation in the distal ileum thought to
be due to “backwash” of cecal contents (“backwash ileitis”). However, a systematic analysis …

Human exposure to antibiotic residues in drinking water has not been well evaluated. This
study is the first attempt to simultaneously and efficiently identify and quantify 92 antibiotic …