Pseudotumor of Ciliary Body

Orbital pseudotumor is a benign disease involving the orbital structures.Pseudotumor of the ciliary body is rare.We present a case of a 27-year-old male who presented with gradual visual loss, pain, and redness in his left eye.On examination he was found to have a yellowish white Dome Cameras mass at the periphery of anterior chamber in his left ey

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Transcriptional ontogeny of the developing liver

Abstract Background During embryogenesis the liver is derived from endodermal cells lining the digestive tract.These endodermal progenitor cells contribute to forming the parenchyma of a number of organs including the liver and pancreas.Early in organogenesis the fetal liver is populated by hematopoietic stem cells, the source for a number of blood

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Siglec-1 initiates formation of the virus-containing compartment and enhances macrophage-to-T cell transmission of HIV-1.

HIV-1 particles assemble and bud from the plasma membrane of infected T lymphocytes.Infected macrophages, in contrast, accumulate particles within an apparent intracellular compartment known as the virus-containing compartment or VCC.Many aspects of the formation and function of the VCC remain unclear.Here we demonstrate that VCC formation does not

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