From Phagocytes to Immune Defense: Roles for Coronin Proteins in and Mammalian Immunity.

Microbes have interacted with eukaryotic cells for as long as they have been co-existing. While many of these interactions are beneficial for both the microbe as well as the eukaryotic cell, several microbes have evolved into pathogenic species. For some of these pathogens, host cell invasion results in irreparable damage and thus host cell destruction, whereas others use the host to avoid immune detection and elimination.

Anxiety and depression in sarcoidosis: the influence of age, gender, affected organs, concomitant diseases and dyspnea.

Background: Heightened degrees of anxiety and depression are often found in patients suffering from sarcoidosis, but the reasons for that are unclear. Furthermore, age and gender differences of anxiety and depression in sarcoidosis have not been reported with reference to normative data.

Objectives: The aim was to test age and gender differences of anxiety and depression in a large sample, and to examine the influence of affected organs, concomitant diseases and dyspnea.

Differences in metabolic risk factors between normal weight and overweight children.

Background: The effect of overweight on metabolic risk factors and the role of physical activity (PA) in pre-pubertal children is unclear.

Objective: To study differences in metabolic risk factors between groups of normal weight and overweight children and how these risk factors are associated with objectively measured PA and cardio-respiratory fitness (CRF).

Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 68 children aged 8?11 years.