Authors: Abigail Fraser, Dylan Williams, Debbie A. Lawlor DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013882 Abstract SummaryNew research analyzing nearly 4,000 US adults reveals that vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, and calcium each affect heart disease risk through distinct pathways....
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Authors: María José Ramírez-Lázaro, Sergio Lario, Alex Casalots, Esther Sanfeliu, Loreto Boix, Pilar García-Iglesias, Jordi Sánchez-Delgado, Antònia Montserrat, Maria Rosa Bella-Cueto, Marta Gallach, Isabel Sanfeliu, Ferran Segura, Xavier Calvet DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020009 Abstract SummaryReal-time PCR...
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Authors: Lu Zhu, Lingdi Wang, Xiao Wang, Xiaolin Luo, Ling Yang, Rui Zhang, Hongkun Yin, Dong Xie, Yi Pan, Yan Chen DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017415 Abstract SummaryNew research reveals that Smad7, a protein that regulates TGF-β...
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Authors: Sunil Sethi, Navneet Sharma, Nandita Kakkar, Juhi Taneja, Shiv Sekhar Chatterjee, Surinder Singh Banga, Meera Sharma DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000579 Abstract SummaryLeptospirosis cases in north India surged from 11.7% to 20.5% over five years, peaking...
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Authors: Ben Hudjetz, Gülsah Gabriel DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002488 Abstract SummaryHuman importin-α proteins (α1 and α7) selectively boost human-adapted influenza virus replication while having no effect on avian strains. These host factors enhance viral polymerase activity...
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