Background. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is caused by SFTS
virus (SFTSV), a novel bunyavirus reported to be endemic in central and northeastern China. …

Objective: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has the advantage over conventional
endoscopic mucosa resection, permitting removal of early gastric cancer (EGC) en bloc, but …

Background and Aims: Fatty liver is not uncommon in many countries, including Japan, and
is mainly caused by alcohol usage and obesity. The aim of this study was to determine the …

Background Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) permits en bloc removal of superficial
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. However, postprocedure stricture is common after …

Breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), an ABC half-transporter, is overexpressed in
cancer cell lines selected with doxorubicin/verapamil, topotecan, or mitoxantrone. BCRP-…

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic human pathogen. Certain strains
can transmigrate across epithelial cells, and their invasive phenotype is correlated with …

The study was conducted to determine expression patterns of microRNA (miRNA), a non‐coding
RNA that controls gene expression mainly through translational repression, in gastric …

Objective. Interstitial lung disease (ILD), especially rapidly progressive ILD (RPILD), is a
major poor prognostic factor in patients with DM. We investigated the association of anti-…

(1-->3)-beta-D-Glucan is one of the major structural components of fungi, and it seems that it
can be detected by the fractionated (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan-sensitive component from a …

Cryptococcosis is a potentially lethal disease of humans/animals caused by Cryptococcus
neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii . Distinction between the two species is based on …