VAGINAL MICROBIOME-HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE INTERACTIONS ASSOCIATE WITH THE MUCOSAL PROTEOME AND HIV ACQUISITION.

Vaginal microbiome-hormonal contraceptive interactions associate with the mucosal proteome and HIV acquisition.

Alterations to the mucosal environment of the female genital tract, such as genital inflammation, have been associated with increased HIV acquisition in women.As the microbiome and hormonal contraceptives can affect vaginal mucosal immunity, we hypothesized these components may interact in the context of HIV susceptibility.Using previously publishe

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Localized Pseudoxanthomatous Mastocytosis of Vulva

Cutaneous mastocytosis (CM) is a mast cell proliferative disorder that is common in the pediatric age group.Common entities are urticaria pigmentosa, solitary Soap mastocytoma, telangiectasia macularis eruptive perstans.and diffuse CM.Pseudoxanthomatous mastocytosis presents in Bench the form of yellowish nodular lesion resembling xanthoma and is a

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Fighting Assessment Triggers Rapid Changes in Activity of the Brain Social Decision-Making Network of Cichlid Fish

Social living animals have to adjust their behavior to rapid changes in the social environment.It has been hypothesized that the expression of social behavior is better explained by the activity pattern of a diffuse social decision-making network (SDMN) in the brain than by the activity of a single brain region.In this study, we tested the hypothes

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