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related articles Molecular characterization of two novel isoforms and a soluble form of mouse CLEC-2. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Jun 27;371(2):180-4 Authors: Xie J, Wu T, Guo L, Ruan Y, Zhou L, Zhu H, Yun X, Hong Y, Jiang J, Wen Y, Gu J CLEC-2 was first identified by sequence similarity to C-type lectin-like molecules with immune functions. Recently, human CLEC-2 has been reported as a receptor for the platelet-aggregating snake venom toxin rhodocytin and the endogenous sialoglycoprotein podoplanin. It has also been reported to facilitate the capture of hiv-1. However, investigation of mouse CLEC-2 (mCLEC-2) has little progressed after its identification. In this study, we identified two novel splicing variants of mCLEC-2 derived from omission of exon 2 and 2/4, respectively. These two variants had different expression profiles and subcellular localization from full-length mCLEC-2. Moreover, we observed that full-length mCLEC-2 could be cleaved p

A new report from the national Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse echoes recent federal reports claiming that marijuana has become more potent over the past decade and a half, adding that treatment admissions for marijuana problems increased dramatically during the same time frame.

The national Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has published new advice for physicians interested in 'Helping patients Who Drink Too Much.'

The Indonesian island of Bali will host the Ninth International Congress of AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in August 2009, Xinhuanet reports. Supported by the

Jamaica will develop a tuberculosis testing facility at its national Public health Laboratory because of the increasing number of hiv-positive people in the country who develop TB, Kevin Harvey, senior medical officer at the national HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Program at the Ministry of Health and Environment, said recently, the Jamaica Gleaner reports.

Inter Press Service recently examined a report released by the United Nations Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa last week at the U.N.

Pharmaceutical companies, which 'have been waging war against inexpensive generic drugs for years at the national level,' are now 'taking their fights to the states, promoting proposals that would' bar pharmacists from automatically replacing prescriptions for brand-name drugs with generics, the Baltimore Sun reports.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- While older adults mayseem the least likely group of Americans to become infected with hiv, anew study suggests it would be cost-effective for doctors to routinelygive AIDS tests to some sexually active people in their 60s and 70s.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- A protein linked toAlzheimer's disease also plays a role in hiv progression by promotingentry of the virus into cells, U.S. researchers say.

The New York City Department of health and Mental Hygiene recently approved a $2 million contract to make more than two million female condoms available in health clinics and organizations citywide to help curb the spread of hiv, the New York Daily News reports.