This study aims to investigate the clinical characteristics and viral shedding kinetics of asymptomatic patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).The data of 38 asymptomatic patients positive for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid were collected from February to March 2020 in Tuanfeng County, Huanggang, Hubei, China. The epidemiology, laboratory examination, chest imaging, viral nucleic acid test results, clinical characteristics, and viral shedding time were summarized in this retrospective study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Angiogenesis plays a significant role in complex inflammatory and angiogenic processes and is also involved in multiple myeloma (MM) pathogenesis. IL-37 is a proinflammatory cytokine in antitumor activity. Our purpose was to evaluate the IL-37 clinical significance on MM.
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