Background Patients starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) for acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS) in sub-Saharan Africa have high rates of mortality in the initial weeks of …

Background A low body mass index (BMI) at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is a strong
predictor of mortality among HIV-infected adults in resource-constrained settings. The …

… CHIASERA … MT(ASCP), Chair and Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham,
1705 University Blvd, SHPB 431, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, 205-975-3111, chiasera@uab.edu …

The effect of aerobic exercise intervention on the renal functional and ultrastructural changes
associated with diabetes mellitus were studied in the obese Zucker rat, a rat model of type …

A wide variety of commercial methods are available to measure glycohemoglobin (gHb).
These methods measure various species of gHb, eg, total gHb, hemoglobin A1 (Hb A1), or Hb …

Background. Low body mass index (BMI) at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is associated
with early mortality, but the etiology is not well understood. We hypothesized that low …

ABBREVIATIONS: ACTH-adrenocorticotropic hormone; ADH-antidiuretic hormone; CRH–corticotropin
releasing hormone; DHEA–dehydroepiandrosterone; FSH-follicle stimulating …

Troponin (Tn) is a heterotrimeric protein containing three subunits (C, T, and I) with different
molecular weights and distinctive functions. The subunits of Tn work cohesively to regulate …

Overweight and type 2 diabetes are complex, multifactor chronic disorders that have increased
at alarming rates in US children and adolescents over the last two decades. Despite the …

The distribution and appearance of anionic charge sides (ACS) in the glomerular basement
membrane (GBM) and mesangium were studied in two different animal models of diabetes …