Placental malaria (PM) is a leading cause of maternal and infant mortality.Although the accumulation of parasitized erythrocytes (PEs) and monocytes within the placenta is thought to contribute to the pathophysiology of PM, the molecular mechanisms underlying PM remain unclear.Based on the hypothesis that excessive complement activation may contrib
Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is a serious healthcare threat.In fact, the Center for Disease Control recently reported that carbapenem-resistant A.baumannii is responsible for more than 8,500 infections, 700 deaths, and $281 million in healthcare costs annually in the United States with few, if any, treatment options available, leadin
Tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia have experienced widespread subsidence due to forest clearance and drainage for agriculture, oil palm and pulp wood production, causing concerns about their function as a long-term carbon store.Peatland drainage leads to subsidence (lowering of peatland surface), an indicator of degraded peatlands, while Other F
Proteolytic shedding of the extracellular ectodomain of platelet receptors provides a key mechanism for irreversible loss of ligand-binding capacity, and for regulating platelet function in health and disease.Platelets derived from megakaryocytes are small anucleate cells in peripheral blood, with the ability to rapidly adhere, become activated, an