Abstract Purpose of the Review The aim of this review is to discuss recent data pointing at
an involvement of human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) in type 1 diabetes (T1D) onset�…

This paper presents a Web-based, cross-cultural, curricular initiative entitled Cultura,
designed to develop foreign language students' understanding of foreign cultural attitudes�…

Lymphatic vessels are critical for the maintenance of tissue fluid homeostasis and their
dysfunction contributes to several human diseases. The activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK1)�…

ALK1 is a type I receptor of the TGF-β family that is involved in angiogenesis. Circulating
BMP9 was identified as a specific ligand for ALK1 inducing vascular quiescence. In this�…

Abstract Bone Morphogenetic Protein 9 (BMP9) has been recently found to be the
physiological ligand for the activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK1), and to be a major�…

The transition to pulmonary respiration after birth requires rapid alterations in the structure of
the mammalian cardiovascular system. One dramatic change that occurs is the closure of�…

We describe a newly identified therapeutic target for type 1 diabetes (T1D): an envelope
protein of endogenous retroviral origin, human endogenous retrovirus W envelope (HERV�…

Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs), remnants of ancestral viral genomic insertions,
are known to represent 8% of the human genome and are associated with several�…

This chapter presents an intercultural project designed at MIT that makes use of Internet
communication tools to develop students' understanding of the values and attitudes�…

Thermal springs are poorly known in the sedimentary sites of the Pyrenees. In this paper, we
describe the 'Bagn�res‐de‐Bigorre'springs which occur in a remarkably active�…