Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) reduces severity of Pseudomonas pneumonia in mice and inhibits epithelial barrier disruption and Pseudomonas invasion of respiratory epithelial cells

Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is the third most common hospital-acquired infection and the leading cause of death due to hospital-acquired infection in the US.During pneumonia and non-pneumonia severe illness, respiratory tract secretions become enriched with the serine protease neutrophil elastase (NE).Several NE activities promote onset and severity

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Role of RBC labeled 99m-Tc scan, Histopathology and Immunohistochemistry in Diagnosis of Jejunal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor presenting as obscure gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are relatively rare tumors of gastrointestinal Rossetto (GI) tract, most commonly arise from the stomach followed by small intestine and colon, clinically GIST present with occult GI bleeding, abdominal pain and intestinal obstruction.We present a case of a jejunal GIST, Robes/Robes Sets which presented as an

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