Interstitial lung fibrosis can develop as a consequence of occupational or medical exposure,
as a result of genetic defects, and after trauma or acute lung injury leading to …

Solitary involvement of the sphenoid sinus is a relatively uncommon entity. A series of 132
patients with isolated sphenoid disease accumulated over a 22‐year period is reported. A …

Objective The objective of this study is to compare the surgical options for treatment of
inverted papilloma to determine the appropriate indications for conservative and aggressive …

Bipolar disorder is a highly heritable psychiatric disorder. We performed a genome-wide
association study (GWAS) including 20,352 cases and 31,358 controls of European descent …

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is progressive and often fatal; causes of familial
clustering of the disease are unknown. Germ-line mutations in the genes hTERT and hTR …

To identify bipolar disorder (BD) genetic susceptibility factors, we conducted two genome-
wide association (GWA) studies: one involving a sample of individuals of European ancestry …

Recent evidence suggests that dysfunctional type II alveolar epithelial cells (AECs)
contribute to the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Based on the …

Objective: Microvascular free-tissue transfer to the head and neck has become an accepted
method of reconstruction owing to increased success rates and superior aesthetic and …

Rationale: Lung fibroblasts are key mediators of fibrosis resulting in accumulation of
excessive interstitial collagen and extracellular matrix, but their origins are not well defined …

Treatment of hypercholesterolemia with statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A
reductase inhibitors) is effective in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular …