Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) are innate immunity molecules present in most invertebrate and vertebrate animals, but not in plants. Insects have up to 19 PGRPs, classified into short ...

Introduction: Attempted tracheal replacement efforts thus far have had very little success. Major limiting factors have been the inability to efficiently re-vascularise and mimic the mechanical ...

3 Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel Correspondence to Professor Eitan Kerem, ...

trachea; UCLC, upper cervical lymphatic chain. The blue and black arrows indicate direct drainage from esophagus to deep cervical lymph nodes. In summary, although the lower deep cervical lymph nodes ...

National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK Dr P Paredi, National Heart and Lung Institute, Airway Disease Section, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK; ...