Background— Kawasaki disease is an acute self-limited vasculitis of childhood that is
characterized by fever, bilateral nonexudative conjunctivitis, erythema of the lips and oral mucosa, …

Background— The purpose of this statement is to update the recommendations by the
American Heart Association (AHA) for the prevention of infective endocarditis that were last …

Background: Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis of childhood that leads to coronary
artery aneurysms in ≈25% of untreated cases. It has been reported worldwide and is the …

… mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0) containing 7 M guanidine HCl, 1% ß-mercapto-ethanol. The solubilized
protein was refolded in the presence of 200 volumes of 2 M urea, 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0) …

Gut commensal microbes shape the mucosal immune system by regulating the differentiation
and expansion of several types of T cell 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 . Clostridia, a dominant class of …

… Their BMI was 31.1±2.4 kg/m 2 (range, 24.5 to 39.3 kg/m 2 ) in nondiabetic subjects (age,
54±5 years) and 33.0±3.5 kg/m 2 (range, 22.4 to 44.8 kg/m 2 ) in diabetic subjects (age, 54±8 …

… ponents in westerly shear is 20-60 x 10 -3 m 2 s -2, while the direct estimate is only 0-4 x 10
-3 m 2 s -2. For easterly shear, the indirect estimate is 10-30 x 10 -3 m 2 s -2, while the direct …

Background Pembrolizumab is active in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC),
with programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression associated with improved …

Here we investigated the biological functions of adiponectin/ACRP30, a fat-derived hormone,
by disrupting the gene that encodes it in mice. Adiponectin/ACRP30-knockout (KO) mice …

Background—Among the many adipocyte-derived endocrine factors, we recently found an
adipocyte-specific secretory protein, adiponectin, which was decreased in obesity. Although …