The mucosal barrier of the upper respiratory tract including the nasal cavity, which is the first
site of exposure to inhaled antigens, plays an important role in host defense in terms of …

Self-assembling peptides have been explored as building blocks to construct functional
materials that can be used in a broad range of biomedical applications. This account gives an …

Early-onset sarcoidosis (EOS) and inheritable Blau syndrome (BS) share characteristic
clinical features of juvenile-onset systemic granulomatosis syndrome that mainly affects skin, …

To clarify the physiologic roles of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in infectious
states in vivo, we examined the serum levels of G-CSF in patients with infection. Serum …

To provide a detailed record of a relatively rare thrust surface rupture and examine its active
tectonic implications, we have conducted field mapping of the surface rupture associated …

Subjective experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of humidity on human comfort
and productivity under transient conditions from hot and humid environment to thermally …

This study investigated the prevalence and distribution of anomalies of permanent dentition
in the current Japanese population by examining an unbiased sample. We conducted a …

As an innate immune response against diverse viral infections, a host induces two types of
interferon (IFN), type-I (IFN-β/α) and type-III (IFN-λ). We investigated IFN inductions by …

The pathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is poorly understood and
cytokine dysregulation has been suggested as one relevant mechanism to be explored. We …

The population dynamics of a sibling species of CapiteUa capitata (Fabricius) in a cove
organically polluted by fish farrn~ ng were characterized by early recolonizahon m azoic areas, …