OSTEOCLASTS AND THEIR CIRCULATING PRECURSORS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: RELATIONSHIPS WITH DISEASE ACTIVITY AND BONE EROSIONS

Osteoclasts and their circulating precursors in rheumatoid arthritis: Relationships with disease activity and bone erosions

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have very different outcomes, particularly with regard to bone erosions.Since osteoclasts are responsible for bone destruction adjacent to rheumatoid synovium, profiling osteoclasts from circulating precursors in RA could help identify patients at risk for bone destruction.In this study, we sought to determin

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Fungal cell gigantism during mammalian infection.

The interaction between fungal pathogens with the host frequently results in morphological changes, such as hyphae formation.The encapsulated pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is not considered a dimorphic fungus, and is predominantly found in host tissues as round yeast cells.However, there is a specific morphological change associated wit

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The natural death of the Supreme Judicial Commission of Bangladesh and the consequent patronage appointments to the Bench: Advocating the establishment of an Independent Judicial Commission

In order to strengthen the constitutional process of appointment of judges in Superior Courts, Bangladesh established a Supreme Judicial Commission in 2008 by promulgating an Ordinance.This Ordinance was neither promulgated in pursuance of any provisions of the Constitution nor by introducing any amendment to the provisions of the Constitution.The

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