Pangolins Lack IFIH1/MDA5, a Cytoplasmic RNA Sensor That Initiates Innate Immune Defense Upon Coronavirus Infection

Zoonotic infections are an imminent threat to human health.Pangolins were recently identified as carriers and intermediate hosts of coronaviruses.Previous research has shown that infection with coronaviruses activates an innate immune response upon sensing of viral RNA by interferon-induced with helicase C domain 1 (IFIH1), also known as MDA5.Here,

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TOPONYMS, ARGUMENTS OF THE INHABITING AND SOCIAL-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES WITHIN OLTENIA SUB-CARPATHIAN DEPRESSION AREA

In order to achieve the study of the toponyms of this sub-Carpathian region, there were thoroughly analysed the topographic maps at the scale 1:100,000; there were emphasized more than 200 names, half of which making reference to the landforms (oronyms) and the rest to Baseball water (hydronyms) and settlements (oiconyms).Many toponyms come from th

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