A doctor who specializes in skin, hair, and nails.

The role of microphages is not completely known, but scientific research has shown that these cells attack foreign substances and infectious microbes through destruction and ingestion.  Derived from G [..]

Toll- like receptors (TLR) play a critical role in early immune response to invading pathogens.  The signaling by TLRs result in a variety of cellular responses including the production of interferons [..]

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has a list of symptoms and other measures that doctors can use as a guide to decide if a patient with symptoms has lupus. If your doctor finds that you have [..]

The clinical study is ongoing (that is, participants are receiving an intervention or being examined), but potential participants are not currently being recruited or enrolled. Source: clinicaltrials. [..]

Acute means sudden or severe. Acute symptoms appear, change, or worsen rapidly. It is the opposite of chronic. Source: NIH

Acute cutaneous lupus (ACLE) is one of three subsets of the general lupus skin disorder called cutaneous lupus erythematosus. This condition occurs when lupus is active and is generally characterized [..]

Acute phase response is the sum of the systemic and metabolic changes occurred by release of acute phase proteins in response to inflammatory stimulus. The most important ones of these acute phase rea [..]

The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) provides free medications for the treatment of HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections. The drugs provided through ADAP can help people with HIV/AIDS to live long [..]

A protein acts as a connecting molecule. An adapter protein is critical to intermolecular interactions and plays a role in the regulation of signal transduction initiated by engagement of surface rece [..]