Objectives: We previously found that the pluripotency factor OCT4 is reactivated in smooth muscle cells (SMC) in human and mouse atherosclerotic plaques and plays an atheroprotective role.Loss of OCT4 in SMC in vitro was associated with decreases in SMC migration.However, molecular mechanisms responsible for atheroprotective SMC-OCT4-dependent effe
BackgroundRabies is a fatal encephalitis caused by lyssaviruses.Evidence of lyssavirus circulation has recently emerged in Southeast Asian bats.A cross-sectional study was conducted in Thailand to assess rabies-related knowledge and practices among persons regularly exposed to bats and bat habitats.The objectives were to identify deficiencies in ra
The high clinical mortality and economic burden posed by invasive fungal infections (IFIs), along with significant agricultural crop loss caused by various fungal species, has resulted in click here the widespread use of antifungal agents.Selective drug pressure, fungal attributes, and host- and drug-related factors have counteracted the efficacy o
This article illustrates a systematic and updated study of the Ponte delle Chianche, a Roman bridge on the ancient Via Traiana built at the beginning of the second century AD and located near Buonalbergo (Benevento, Italy).The study aimed to retrieve all information contained in literary sources and to cross-reference them with new data from resear
The article is devoted to analyzing the Russian-French cultural interaction in diachronic dynamics (XI-XXI cc.) together with studying the contacts between the French and the Russian languages.The author believes that the issues concerning the functional yield of the culture and the language elements of intercultural communication, regarded by many