Statins in High-Risk Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outpatients: No Impact on Time to First Exacerbation and All-Cause Mortality – The STATUETTE Cohort Study [Corrigendum]

Damkjær M, Håkansson K, Kallemose T, Ulrik CS, Godtfredsen N.Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis.2021;16:579–589.The authors have advised that the statistical analysis script incorrectly labelled patients receiving ICS/LABA-combination inhalers as only receiving LABA.The error has resulted in an incorrect prevalence of ICS treatment i

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COVID-19 Pandemic and Small-Scale Industries in a Local Geographic Space of Nigeria: An Assessment of the Impact of Strategic Interfirm Alliance

The outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic has brought with it stagnation in all sectors of the economy, unemployment and loss of jobs, threats of recession, and annihilation of industries across the world.This paper examined the impact of strategic interfirm alliance on small-scale industries (SSI) amid the threat of COVID-19 pandemic in Nsukka, a local

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AAV5-mediated manipulation of insulin expression in choroid plexus has long-term metabolic and behavioral consequences

Summary: The choroid plexus (CP) is a source of trophic factors for the developing and mature brain.Insulin is produced in epithelial cells click here of the CP (EChPs), and its secretion is stimulated by Htr2c-mediated signaling.We modulated insulin expression in EChPs with intracerebroventricular injections of AAV5.Insulin overexpression in CP de

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