Dopamine, immunity, and disease

B Channer, SM Matt, EA Nickoloff-Bybel, V Pappa… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The neurotransmitter dopamine is a key factor in central nervous system (CNS) function,
regulating many processes including reward, movement, and cognition. Dopamine also …

Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs, and associations with age and sex or gender: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

A Artenie, J Stone, H Fraser, D Stewart… - The lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Measuring the incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among
people who inject drugs (PWID) is key to track progress towards elimination. We aimed to …

[КНИГА][B] Gender: Sociological Perspectives

LL Lindsey - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
A landmark publication in the social sciences, Linda Lindsey's Gender is the most
comprehensive textbook to explore gender sociologically, as a critical and fundamental …

Gender differences in the pathogenesis and risk factors of hepatocellular carcinoma

R Nevola, G Tortorella, V Rosato, L Rinaldi, S Imbriani… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Significant gender disparities have been highlighted in the incidence,
aggressiveness, and prognosis of HCC. A different epidemiological distribution of the risk …

Health inequalities in infectious diseases: a systematic overview of reviews

A Ayorinde, I Ghosh, I Ali, I Zahair, O Olarewaju… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The aim of this systematic overview of reviews was to synthesise available
evidence on inequalities in infectious disease based on three dimensions of inequalities; …

Co-receptor signaling in the pathogenesis of neuroHIV

EA Nickoloff-Bybel, L Festa, O Meucci, PJ Gaskill - Retrovirology, 2021 - Springer
The HIV co-receptors, CCR5 and CXCR4, are necessary for HIV entry into target cells,
interacting with the HIV envelope protein, gp120, to initiate several signaling cascades …

HCV, HIV AND HBV rapid test diagnosis in non-clinical outreach settings can be as accurate as conventional laboratory tests

M Muñoz-Chimeno, J Valencia, A Rodriguez-Recio… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Point of care rapid diagnostic tests (POC-RDT) for Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Human
Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Hepatitis B virus (HBV), are ideal for screening in non …

Social networks, stigma, and hepatitis C care among women who inject drugs: findings from a community recruited sample

AA Jones, KE Schneider, O Falade-Nwulia… - … of psychoactive drugs, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores the role of perceived HCV stigma and social networks on HCV care
among people who inject drugs (PWID) of both sexes, and solely among women who inject …