1 Department of Hematology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China 2 Department of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital affiliated to Tongji ...

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) 1 is a member of a family that is involved in growth, development, cell differentiation, and metabolism. IGF1, IGF2 and insulin act primarily through tyrosine ...

The thymus plays a pivotal role in generating a highly-diverse repertoire of T lymphocytes while preventing autoimmunity. Thymus seeding progenitors (TSPs) are a heterogeneous group of multipotent ...

Aging Health. 2012;8(5):471-477. Osteoporosis associated with chronic glucocorticoid therapy appears to be an important medical problem, which may often be underestimated. Glucocorticosteroids ...

The glucocorticoid dexamethasone (Dex) is widely used in preterm infants for the prevention of chronic lung disease. However, major concern has arisen about the long-term sequelae of this therapy.

Hyperinflation is also a characteristic radiological finding in NEHI.11 Systemic or inhaled glucocorticosteroid treatment was not associated with the clinical course of the disease in our patients, as ...