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BMC Infect Dis 2020 Feb 22;20(1):171. Epub 2020 Feb 22.

Department of Dermatology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China.

Background: Trichophyton benhamiae is a zoophilic dermatophyte that can cause tinea in humans and animals. Lesions caused by T. benhamiae tend to be highly inflammatory, and patients are often infected by animals or other patients infected with T. Read More

J Vasc Res 2019 4;56(1):28-38. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan,

Background: Hypertension is a major risk factor for atherosclerotic disease. However, it is still not clear whether mechanical stress caused by hypertension directly affects the atherosclerotic development in the aorta and coronary arteries.

Objectives And Methods: We generated a hypertensive (HTN) rabbit model by surgical removal of the left kidney and partial ligation of the right renal artery. Read More

Brain Pathol 2019 11 10;29(6):771-781. Epub 2019 Apr 10.

Department of Pathology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Objective: To compare neuropathological correlates of cognitive impairment between very old and younger individuals from a Brazilian clinicopathological study.

Methods: We assessed the frequency of neuropathological lesions and their association with cognitive impairment (Clinical Dementia Rating scale ≥0.5) in the 80 or over age group compared to younger participants, using logistic regression models adjusted for sex, race and education. Read More

Case Rep Dermatol 2018 Jan-Apr;10(1):89-95. Epub 2018 Apr 24.

Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Sendai Hospital, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Japan.

We report a 10-year-old boy with localized scleroderma of the linear and plaque type, who showed proteinuria and hematuria. In this patient, skin, articular, and renal manifestations appeared successively and then began to resolve in the same order. A renal biopsy specimen demonstrated mild mesangial cell proliferation, exudate of immunoglobulin in the glomerular capillary, and large electron-dense deposits in the afferent arteriole. Read More

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017 04 27;114(15):E3119-E3128. Epub 2017 Mar 27.

Department of Pediatrics, Pappajohn Biomedical Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242;

The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012, caused by a zoonotically transmitted coronavirus (CoV). Over 1,900 cases have been reported to date, with ∼36% fatality rate. Lack of autopsies from MERS cases has hindered understanding of MERS-CoV pathogenesis. Read More