Evidence from nonhuman animal models demonstrates an important role for immune cells in
hypertension, but immune cell changes in human hypertension are less clear. Using mass …

Rodents (order Rodentia), followed by bats (order Chiroptera), comprise the largest
percentage of living mammals on earth. Thus, it is not surprising that these two orders …

Background With the successful implementation of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign
guidelines, post-sepsis in-hospital mortality to sepsis continues to decrease. Those who …

Background and Aims The cestode Echinococcus multilocularis infection, a serious health
problem worldwide, causes alveolar echinococcosis (AE), a tumor‐like disease …

The virus SARS-CoV-2 commonly causes self-resolving, flu-like illnesses in the majority of
patients, but a critical illness can be seen in 5% of cases–especially in the elderly population …

Abstract Programmed Cell Death 1 (PD-1) receptor and its ligands (PD-Ls) are essential to
maintain peripheral immune tolerance and to avoid tissue damage. Consequently, altered …

Introduction: T cell functions are altered during chronic viral infections and tumor
development. This is mainly manifested by significant changes in T cells' epigenetic and …

Memory T cells include T memory stem cells (TSCM) and central memory T cells (TCM).
Compared with effector memory T cells (TEM) and effector T cells (TEFF), they have better …

Rationale: Previous studies of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were mainly focused
on cross-sectional analysis. In this study, we sought to evaluate the dynamic changes of …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a novel coronavirus named
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with some patients …