Effect of probiotics on the intestinal microbiota of patients with giardiasis and ascariasis.

Recently, many cases of mixed invasion by Giardia and ascarids have been registered. Gastrointestinal lesions in patients are often accompanied by dysbiotic changes. The aim was to study the effect of probiotics containing in the complex therapy of patients with giardiasis, ascariasis, and mixed invasion.

Pulmonary involvement in systemic sclerosis: exploring cellular, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms.

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic progressive autoimmune disease characterized by immune inflammation, vasculopathy, and fibrosis. There are still numerous uncertainties in the understanding of disease initiation and progression. Pulmonary involvement in SSc, and particularly pulmonary fibrosis, is critical for all organ systems affections in this disease.