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Journal of Clinical Medicine, Volume 6, Issue 12

December 2017 - 11 articles

Cover Story: The cover image summarizes how mucin production is altered between health and fatal asthma. MUC5AC and MUC5B are the principal components of airway mucus. Recent evidence has begun to unveil their contribution to health and asthma. We review our current understanding of the role of MUC5AC and MUC5B in asthma. We discuss how MUC5AC and MUC5B share sequence and structure similarity, but their glycosylation, localization and function differ. We summarize how MUC5AC and MUC5B production is altered in asthma, discuss changes in goblet cell number and how these changes contribute to mucus plugging through MUC5AC tethering. We also discuss how commonly used asthma therapies and cytokine-specific antibodies may serve in part as mucoregulators. View the paper
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Articles (11)

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
15,342 Views
20 Pages

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy—Past, Present and Future

  • Alphonsus C. Liew,
  • Vassilios S. Vassiliou,
  • Robert Cooper and
  • Claire E. Raphael

12 December 2017

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiomyopathy with a prevalence of 1 in 500 in the general population. Since the first pathological case series at post mortem in 1957, we have come a long way in its understanding, diagno...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
10,671 Views
7 Pages

7 December 2017

Both infectious and non-infectious etiologies of acute encephalitis have been described, as well as their specific presentations, diagnostic tests, and therapies. Classic findings of acute encephalitis include altered mental status, fever, and new le...

  • Review
  • Open Access
95 Citations
25,111 Views
15 Pages

Imaging Characteristics of Malignant Sinonasal Tumors

  • Masaya Kawaguchi,
  • Hiroki Kato,
  • Hiroyuki Tomita,
  • Keisuke Mizuta,
  • Mitsuhiro Aoki,
  • Akira Hara and
  • Masayuki Matsuo

6 December 2017

Malignancies of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses account for 1% of all malignancies and 3% of malignancies of the upper aerodigestive tract. In the sinonasal tract, nearly half of all malignancies arise in the nasal cavity, whereas most of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
6,476 Views
16 Pages

Adipose Derived Stem Cells for Corneal Wound Healing after Laser Induced Corneal Lesions in Mice

  • Marco Zeppieri,
  • Maria Letizia Salvetat,
  • Antonio Beltrami,
  • Daniela Cesselli,
  • Rossella Russo,
  • Ignacio Alcalde,
  • Jesús Merayo-Lloves,
  • Paolo Brusini and
  • Pier Camillo Parodi

5 December 2017

The aim of our study was to assess the clinical effectiveness of topical adipose derived stem cell (ADSC) treatment in laser induced corneal wounds in mice by comparing epithelial repair, inflammation, and histological analysis between treatment arms...

  • Feature Paper
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,344 Views
8 Pages

30 November 2017

Recent evidence has revealed that a change of functional beta cell mass is an essential factor of the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Since beta cell dysfunction is not only present in T2DM but also progressively worsens with disease durat...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,454 Views
9 Pages

Neurological and Sleep Disturbances in Bronchiectasis

  • Chun Seng Phua,
  • Tissa Wijeratne,
  • Conroy Wong and
  • Lata Jayaram

30 November 2017

Bronchiectasis unrelated to cystic fibrosis is a chronic lung disease that is increasingly recognised worldwide. While other common chronic lung conditions such as chronic obstructive lung disease have been associated with cardiovascular disease, the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
59 Citations
11,573 Views
16 Pages

MUC1: The First Respiratory Mucin with an Anti-Inflammatory Function

  • Kosuke Kato,
  • Erik P. Lillehoj,
  • Wenju Lu and
  • Kwang Chul Kim

29 November 2017

MUC1 is a membrane-bound mucin expressed on the apical surfaces of most mucosal epithelial cells. In normal lung epithelia, MUC1 is a binding site for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic human pathogen of great clinical importance. It has now be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
16,403 Views
33 Pages

Implementing a Psychotherapy Service for Medically Unexplained Symptoms in a Primary Care Setting

  • Angela Cooper,
  • Allan Abbass,
  • Joanna Zed,
  • Lisa Bedford,
  • Tara Sampalli and
  • Joel Town

29 November 2017

Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are known to be costly, complex to manage and inadequately addressed in primary care settings. In many cases, there are unresolved psychological and emotional processes underlying these symptoms, leaving tradition...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
167 Citations
20,024 Views
58 Pages

Viral Oncology: Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis

  • Uyen Ngoc Mui,
  • Christopher T. Haley and
  • Stephen K. Tyring

29 November 2017

Oncoviruses are implicated in approximately 12% of all human cancers. A large number of the world’s population harbors at least one of these oncoviruses, but only a small proportion of these individuals go on to develop cancer. The interplay between...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
292 Citations
25,964 Views
17 Pages

29 November 2017

Asthma is characterized by mucus abnormalities. Airway epithelial hyperplasia and metaplasia result in changes in stored and secreted mucin and the production of a pathologic mucus gel. Mucus transport is impaired, culminating in mucus plugging and a...

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