Background: Lyme disease (LD) is caused by and is the most common tickborne disease in the northern hemisphere. Although classical characteristics of LD are well-known, the diagnosis and treatment are often delayed. Laboratory diagnosis by serological testing is recommended for most LD manifestations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii
November 2024
We present a series of articles proving the existence of a previously unknown mechanism of interaction between hematopoietic stem cells and extracellular double-stranded DNA (and, in particular, double-stranded DNA of the peripheral bloodstream), which explains the possibility of emergence and fixation of genetic information contained in double-stranded DNA of extracellular origin in hematopoietic stem cells. The concept of the possibility of stochastic or targeted changes in the genome of hematopoietic stem cells is formulated based on the discovery of new, previously unknown biological properties of poorly differentiated hematopoietic precursors. The main provisions of the concept are as follows.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAge-related inflammation or inflammaging is a key mechanism that increases disease burden and may control lifespan. How adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) control inflammaging is not well understood in part because the molecular identities of niche-specific ATMs are incompletely known. Using intravascular labeling to exclude circulating myeloid cells and subsequent single-cell sequencing with orthogonal validation, we define the diversity and alterations in niche resident ATMs through lifespan.
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