Publications by authors named "A D Luber"

Article Synopsis
  • In patients transitioning from acute to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, CD8+ T cells fail to effectively eliminate the virus, necessitating new, functional T cell responses for a potential cure.
  • Researchers developed a therapeutic HBV vaccine, AdC6-gDHBV2, using a chimpanzee adenovirus vector that incorporates HSV glycoprotein D to enhance CD8+ T cell responses.
  • In preclinical tests, this vaccine induced significant reductions in circulating HBV DNA and surface antigens, demonstrating its effectiveness even when administered long after the initial infection.
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Urban forests provide direct and indirect benefits to human well-being that are increasingly captured in residential property values. Remote Sensing (RS) can be used to measure a wide range of forest and vegetation parameters that allows for a more detailed and better understanding of their specific influences on housing prices. Herein, through a systematic literature review approach, we reviewed 89 papers (from 2010 to 2022) from 21 different countries that used RS data to quantify vegetation indices, forest and tree parameters of urban forests and estimated their influence on residential property values.

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A 51-year-old man with a 3-year history of exogenous testosterone pellet injections to the left buttock presented for routine skin examination. While the patient reported recurrent drainage from the site of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) injections, he continued to receive repeated implantations every 6 months. On physical examination, a 12-mm irregular, brown macule was identified within a poorly demarcated, ecchymotic, and fluctuant subcutaneous plaque on the left buttock with a sinus tract draining serosanguinous fluid.

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An 81-year-old man presented to the clinic with a 2.1 cm firm, skin-colored subcutaneous tumor on the left upper arm (Figure 1). The lesion arose at the site of a past smallpox vaccination and had been slowly enlarging for approximately 4 years.

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