Previous studies showed that ultrasound can mechanically remove tissue in a localized,
controlled manner. Moreover, enhanced acoustic backscatter is highly correlated with the�…

The joint impact of pregnancy, environmental, and sociocultural exposures on early life gut
microbiome is not yet well-characterized, especially in racially and socioeconomically�…

HLA-DRB1 is a sarcoidosis risk gene, and the* 03: 01 allele is strongly associated with
disease resolution in European sarcoidosis cases. Whereas the HLA-DRB1 variation is�…

The αvβ3 integrin receptor is an important cancer target due to its overexpression on many
solid tumors and the tumor neovasculature and its role in metastasis and angiogenesis. We�…

Importance In the United States, Black and Hispanic children have higher rates of asthma
and asthma-related morbidity compared with White children and disproportionately reside in�…

The activity of β-catenin (β-cat), a key component of the Wnt signaling pathway, is
deregulated in about 40% of ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinomas (OEAs), usually as a�…

BACKGROUND: IgE is both a marker and mediator of allergic inflammation. Despite
reported differences in serum total IgE levels by race-ethnicity, African American and Latino�…

Allergic rhinitis is the most common clinical presentation of allergy, affecting 400 million
people worldwide, with increasing incidence in westernized countries,. To elucidate the�…

Rationale: Albuterol, a bronchodilator medication, is the first-line therapy for asthma
worldwide. There are significant racial/ethnic differences in albuterol drug response�…

Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by the formation of
granulomas in affected organs. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of this disease�…