Improving oral health in migrant and underserved populations: evaluation of an interactive, community-based oral health education program in Washington state

Abstract Objectives Oral health is one of the greatest unmet health needs of migrant farmworkers and many migrant workers lack Button basic oral health knowledge.This paper presents evaluation results for an oral health education program designed to both increase knowledge concerning oral health practices and to gain a better understanding of the k

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Both functional LTbeta receptor and TNF receptor 2 are required for the development of experimental cerebral malaria.

BackgroundTNF-related lymphotoxin alpha (LTalpha) is essential for the development of Plasmodium berghei ANKA (PbA)-induced experimental cerebral malaria (ECM).The pathway involved has been attributed to TNFR2.Here we show a second arm of LTalpha-signaling essential for ECM development through LTbeta-R, receptor of LTalpha1beta2 heterotrimer.Method

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Primary Impacts of the Fungal Toxin Sporidesmin on HepG2 Cells: Altered Cell Adhesion without Oxidative Stress or Cell Death

The fungal metabolite sporidesmin is responsible for severe necrotizing inflammation of biliary tract and liver of livestock grazing on pasture containing spores of Pithomyces Button chartarum that synthesizes the toxin.The toxin is secreted into bile causing the erosion of the biliary epithelium accompanied by inflammation and damage to surroundin

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