Background: Low socio-economic and educational levels of parents are important risk factors for under-nutrition in children.The distribution of health and diseases in childhood had been shown to be strongly influenced by the social characteristics like occupation and educational attainment.The aim of this study was to determine the socioeconomic st
The complete mitochondrial genome of the king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus was firstly determined.The mitogenome is 17,477 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) Chopsticks genes, and a control region.The total nucleotide composition is 31.0% A, 22.2% T, 33.1% C, and 13.8% G
Tribbles 3 (TRIB3) modulates lipid and glucose metabolism, macrophage lipid uptake, with a gain-of-function variant associated with increased cardiovascular risk.Here we set out to examine the role of this pseudokinase in atherosclerotic plaque development.Human endarterectomy atherosclerotic tissue specimens analysed by immunofluorescence showed u