Bronchial asthma is a common inflammatory disease caused by the interaction of genetic
and environmental factors 1 , 2 . Through a genome-wide association study and a replication …

Atopic dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin disease caused by interaction of genetic
and environmental factors. On the basis of data from a genome-wide association study (GWAS…

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) triggers dendritic cell–mediated T helper (Th) 2
inflammatory responses. A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs3806933, in the promoter …

Objective: Sympathetic nervous system activity in the myocardium is increased in patients
with heart failure. However, the in vivo mechanisms responsible for β-adrenoceptor-mediated …

The algal pyrenoid is a large plastid body, where the majority of the CO 2 -fixing enzyme,
ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) resides, and it is proposed to be …

Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) is a 30‐kDa protein involved in the transport
of cholesterol to the inner mitochondrial membrane and thus plays a key role in steroid …

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is an IL-7–like cytokine that triggers dendritic cell–mediated
T helper (Th)2 inflammatory responses, and is implicated in the pathogenesis of …

BACKGROUND: NLR family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3), controls the activity of
inflammatory caspase-1 by forming inflammasomes, which leads to cleavage of the procytokines …

Recently, we demonstrated that in rats treated chronically with aldosterone and salt, severe
tubulointerstitial fibrosis is associated with the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases …

Whether temporary angiotensin II (AngII) blockade at the prediabetic stage attenuates renal
injury in type 2 diabetic OLETF rats later in life was investigated. OLETF rats were treated …