Cytomegalovirus cavitary pneumonia in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient.

Cavitary lung lesions are uncommon radiological findings in cytomegalovirus pneumonia, and tissue biopsy is rarely performed for diagnosis. A 67-year-old man presented with a wet cough. Extensive white moss in the oral cavity was found on physical examination, and chest computed tomography revealed an approximately 4 cm cavitary lesion in the upper lobe of the right lung.

Shogaol but not gingerol has a neuroprotective effect on hemorrhagic brain injury: Contribution of the α, β-unsaturated carbonyl to heme oxygenase-1 expression.

We investigated the effects of shogaol, which has an α, β-unsaturated carbonyl group, and gingerol, which does not, on primary-cultured microglia to understand how the α, β-unsaturated carbonyl interacts with Kelch-like ECH-associated protein (Keap)1. Shogaol (1 μM) but not the same concentration of gingerol significantly increased heme oxygenase (HO)-1 protein levels in cultured microglia without cytotoxicity. In addition, shogaol suppressed the release of the inflammation marker nitric oxide induced by 30 U/ml thrombin treatment.