Timm Kiilerich

In this paper, we report general pharmacological profile and major biological activities of natural progesterone (P) and progestins. The aim of this article consists of synthesizing the principal aspects of pharmacology and metabolism of P and progestins related to the clinical consequences of their use.

We review scientific literature on…[Read more]

Overall, support was found for the validity of the metacognitive model of PTSD.

The present study was designed to directly compare the diagnostic performance of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and intraoperative frozen section (FS) diagnoses in predicting deep myometrial invasion (MI) of endometrial cancer.

Using MRI…[Read more]

The most recent B.1.1.7, B.1.351 and P.1 variants of SARS-CoV-2, highlight the fact that changes in amino acids in the Spike protein can contribute to enhanced infection and transmission efficiency. This review covers a comparative analysis of previous coronavirus outbreaks and highlights the differences and similarities among different…[Read more]

Genes encoding pathogen pattern-recognition proteins (LGBP, PL5-2 and c-type lectin), prophenoloxidase system (PPAE2, PPAF2 and serpin), antimicrobial peptides (crustin and antiviral protein), blood clotting system (hemolymph clottable protein) and heat shock protein (HSP70) were expressed as they developed further, suggesting that these immune…[Read more]

Genes encoding pathogen pattern-recognition proteins (LGBP, PL5-2 and c-type lectin), prophenoloxidase system (PPAE2, PPAF2 and serpin), antimicrobial peptides (crustin and antiviral protein), blood clotting system (hemolymph clottable protein) and heat shock protein (HSP70) were expressed as they developed further, suggesting that these immune…[Read more]

014) and a higher mortality rate – 29.2% versus 14.4% – (P = .014) when compared to COVID-neg patients. Patients on PPIs were 2.3 times less likely (odds ratio  = 0.4381, 95% confidence interval , P = .0053) to develop COVID-19 infection, compared to those not on PPIs. No other treatment decreased or increased this risk. COVID-pos patients on…[Read more]

The proportions of the B and b alleles were 44.6% and 55.4%, respectively. There is no association between BsmI polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene and DKD (OR = 1.243; CI 95% 0.334-4.621; p value = 0.751).

the profile of BsmI polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene in the Indonesian population were genotypes Bb (89.2%) and…[Read more]

Men living with HIV (MLWH) often have reproductive goals that can increase HIV-transmission risks to their pregnancy partners. We developed a safer conception intervention for MLWH in South Africa employing cognitive behavioral skills to promote serostatus disclosure, ART uptake, and viral suppression. MLWH were recruited from an HIV clinic near…[Read more]