ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS LA401 AND LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI LA806 COMBINATION ATTENUATES OESOPHAGEAL AND GASTROINTESTINAL CANDIDIASIS AND CONSEQUENT GUT INFLAMMATION IN MICE

Oral Administration of Lactobacillus helveticus LA401 and Lactobacillus gasseri LA806 Combination Attenuates Oesophageal and Gastrointestinal Candidiasis and Consequent Gut Inflammation in Mice

Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen that causes mucosal gastrointestinal (GI) candidiasis tightly associated with gut inflammatory status.The emergence of drug resistance, the side effects of currently available antifungals and the high frequency of recurrent candidiasis indicate that new and improved therapeutics are needed.Probiotics ha

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Safety and antibody response to two-dose SARS-CoV-2 messenger RNA vaccination in patients with multiple myeloma

Abstract Background Patients with multiple myeloma canadian white blenheim apricot (MM) were excluded from the original SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine trials, which may influence vaccine hesitancy in this population.We prospectively characterized the safety and immunogenicity of two-dose SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in 44 patients with MM, who underwent va

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TINF2 Gene Mutation in a Patient with Pulmonary Fibrosis

Pulmonary fibrosis is a frequent manifestation of telomere syndromes.Telomere gene mutations are found in up to 25% and 3% of patients with familial disease and sporadic disease, respectively.The telomere gene TINF2 encodes an eponymous protein that is part of the shelterin complex, a complex involved in telomere protection and maintenance.A TINF2

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Comparison of Placido disc and Scheimpflug image-derived topography-guided excimer laser surface normalization combined with higher fluence CXL: the Athens Protocol, in progressive keratoconus

Anastasios John Kanellopoulos,1,2 George Asimellis11Laservision.gr Eye Institute, Athens, Greece; 2New York University School of Medicine, Department of Opthalmology, NY, NY, USABackground: The purpose of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of two alternative corneal topography data sources used in topography-guided excimer laser

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