Although traditionally regarded as a disease confined to the lungs, acute pneumonia has
important effects on the cardiovascular system at all severities of infection. Pneumonia tends …

IDO1 (indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1) is a member of a unique class of mammalian haem
dioxygenases that catalyse the oxidative catabolism of the least-abundant essential amino …

Men may not be able to multitask, but it is emerging that proteins can. This capacity of
proteins to exhibit more than one function is termed protein moonlighting, and, surprisingly …

Background Aging is accompanied by increasing vulnerability to pathologies such as
atherosclerosis (ATH) and Alzheimer disease (AD). Are these different pathologies, or …

Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection is ubiquitous. It accounts for 10% of community-
acquired pneumonias and 5% of cases of pharyngitis, bronchitis and sinusitis in both …

Implicit in the central dogma is the hypothesis that each protein gene product has but one
function. However, over the past decade, it has become clear that many proteins have one …

Chlamydia pneumoniae is an enigmatic human and animal pathogen. Originally discovered
in association with acute human respiratory disease, it is now associated with a remarkably …

Chlamydia pneumoniae (CP) is an important human pathogen that causes atypical
pneumonia and is associated with various chronic inflammatory disorders. Caspase-1 is a …

Resistance in microbes towards existing antibiotics has become a part of natural adaptation,
leading to the survival of resistant microbial strains. It can be attributed to the extreme and …

Zoonotic infections are a growing threat to global health. Chlamydia pneumoniae is a major
human pathogen that is widespread in human populations, causing acute respiratory …