Background Benign ethnic neutropenia (BEN) is a hematologic condition associated with
people of African ancestry and specific Middle Eastern ethnic groups. Prior genetic …

Although Barrett's metaplasia of the esophagus (BE) is the only known precursor lesion to
esophageal adenocarcinomas (EACs), drivers of cellular transformation in BE remain …

Intravital multiphoton imaging of arteries is technically challenging because the artery
expands with every heartbeat, causing severe motion artifacts. To study leukocyte activity in …

Background The aim of this study is to investigate if IL8 levels were associated with incident
cardiovascular (CV) events (CVE) and mortality (all-cause, CV, and cancer) in a cohort of 60 …

Background We investigated the causality of IL-8 on carotid intima-media thickness (c-IMT),
a measure of sub-clinical atherosclerosis. Methods The IMPROVE is a multicenter European …

Several of the complications observed in sickle cell disease (SCD) are influenced by
variation in hematologic traits (HT), such as fetal hemoglobin (HbF) level and neutrophil …

Neutropenia and infection are major dose-limiting side effects of chemotherapy. The risk of
initial infection and subsequent complications are directly related to the depth and duration …

The Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) rs12075 polymorphism regulates
leukocyte trafficking and proinflammatory chemokine homeostasis. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) …

Several complications observed in sickle cell disease (SCD) are influenced by variation in
hematological traits (HT), such as fetal hemoglobin (HbF) level and neutrophil count …

Aim: To investigate the relationship between Duffy blood group and prevalence and severity
of preeclampsia in pregnant women referred to Shiraz University of Medical Science …