… The study was supported by grants: OTKA T046863 (to J. Kappelmayer), Mec-13/2002 (to
Z. Hevessy) and by a beginning Grant-in-Aid from the Heartland Affiliate of the American Heart …

… Correspondence should be addressed to János Kappelmayer; kappelmayer@med.unideb.hu …
Dezso, and J. Kappelmayer, “Lack of P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 protects …

Sepsis is a life-threating condition with dysregulated systemic host response to microbial
pathogens leading to disproportionate inflammatory response and multi-organ failure. Various …

High plasma levels of soluble P-selectin are associated with thrombotic disorders and may
predict future cardiovascular events. Mice with high levels of soluble P-selectin have more …

OBJECTIVE: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Endothelial dysfunction often precedes manifest atherosclerosis. We assessed …

Background and Purpose— Several factors have been held responsible for the development
of atherosclerosis. To avoid the masking effect of age, we evaluated correlates of carotid …

Objectives Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) represents the primary receptor for
SARS-CoV-2 to enter endothelial cells. Here we investigated circulating ACE2 activity to predict …

Introduction Both experimental and clinical data provide evidence that vitamin D is one of
those important environmental factors that can increase the prevalence of certain autoimmune …

Background Bacterial infections are common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients
with cirrhosis. The early diagnosis of these infections is rather difficult. Aims To assess the …

Background Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) has recently become an available tumour
biomarker for detecting ovarian cancer along with the standard cancer antigen 125 (CA125). …