Publications by authors named "Adam J Swigost"
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- A 73-year-old woman developed a quickly worsening, ulcerated growth on her eyelid that showed only slight improvement with infection treatment.
- A biopsy confirmed it was primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (pcALCL), a rare disorder, but no other areas of the body were affected, suggesting a good prognosis.
- Treatment usually involves surgical removal with clear margins; for more advanced cases, intravenous brentuximab vedotin is recommended.
Amyloid precursor protein expression modulates intestine immune phenotype.
J Neuroimmune Pharmacol
March 2012
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is widely expressed across many tissue and cell types. Proteolytic processing of the protein gives rise to a plethora of protein fragments with varied biological activities. Although a large amount of data has been generated describing the metabolism of the protein in neurons, its role in regulating the phenotype of other cells remains unclear.
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