Physiology
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis, like ulcerative colitis, is a disease of non-smokers as the odds of having PSC are significantly decreased among current and former smokers聽
Cigarette smoking, appendectomy, and tonsillectomy as risk factors for the development of primary sclerosing cholangitis: a case control study Mitchell SA, Thyssen M, Orchard TR, Jewell DP, Fleming KA, Chapman… Read more.
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Smoking cessation significantly raises risk and incidence of type-2 diabetes and obstructive pulmonary disease
Study shows increased risk of diabetes after smoking cessation lasts for 12 years Yeh HC, Duncan BB, Schmidt MI, Wang NY, Brancati FL. Smoking, smoking cessation, and risk for type… Read more.
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Reactive Arthritis AKA Reiter’s Syndrome
Reportedly triggered by everything from food poisoning to bug bites to STDs to hormones (estrogen, relaxin) Mnemonic: Can’t See, Can’t Pee, Can’t Climb a Tree Read more.
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Retinoblastoma Protein Wiki
Retinoblastoma protein, dysfunctional in several cancers, belongs to the pocket protein family and is a recruiter of chromatin remodeling enzymes Read more.
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Chrysiasis
Chrysiasis聽is a dermatological condition induced by the聽parenteral聽administration of聽gold salts, usually for the treatment of聽rheumatoid arthritis.鈥娐燬uch treatment has been superseded as the best practice for treating the disease because of “numerous… Read more.
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Vitelline duct connects the yolk sac to the small intestine. This duct obliterates when the embryo is about 6 weeks old. Complete failure of the duct to obliterate results in a fistula from the ileum to the umbilicus (vitelline fistula).
In the聽human embryo, the聽vitelline duct, also known as the聽vitellointestinal duct,聽the聽yolk stalk,聽the聽omphaloenteric duct,聽or the聽omphalomesenteric duct,聽is a long narrow tube that joins the聽yolk sac聽to the聽midgut聽lumen聽of the developing聽fetus.聽It appears at the end of… Read more.
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Microfold cells聽(or聽M cells)
Microfold cells (or M cells) are found in the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) of the Peyer’s patches in the small intestine, and in the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) of other parts of the gastrointestinal tract. These cells are known to… Read more.
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Peyer’s patches (aggregated lymphoid nodules)
Peyer’s patches (or aggregated lymphoid nodules) are organized lymphoid follicles, named after the 17th-century Swiss anatomist Johann Conrad Peyer. They are an important part of gut associated lymphoid tissue usually found in humans in the lowest portion of… Read more.
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The聽Membrane Attack Complex/Perforin (MACPF)聽superfamily aka MACPF/CDC superfamily
See also:聽Complement membrane attack complex The聽Membrane Attack Complex/Perforin (MACPF)聽superfamily, sometimes referred to as the MACPF/CDC superfamily,聽is named after a聽domain聽that is common to the聽membrane attack complex聽(MAC) proteins of聽the complement system聽(C6, C7,… Read more.
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The聽membrane attack complex聽(MAC) or聽terminal complement complex聽(TCC) is a complex of proteins typically formed on the surface of聽pathogen聽cell membranes聽as a result of the activation of the host’s聽complement system, and as such is an effector of the聽immune system
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also: MACPF The聽membrane attack complex聽(MAC) or聽terminal complement complex聽(TCC) is a complex of proteins typically formed on the surface of聽pathogen聽cell membranes聽as a result of the activation… Read more.
