Objective IgG4‐related disease (IgG4‐ RD ) can cause fibroinflammatory lesions in nearly
any organ. Correlation among clinical, serologic, radiologic, and pathologic data is required …

… According to Wenzel’s equation, the hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties are enhanced
when the roughness of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic surface is increased, respectively. …

Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism (AR–JP), one of the most common familial forms
of Parkinson disease, is characterized by selective dopaminergic neural cell death and the …

Genetic alterations in the kinase domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients are associated with sensitivity to treatment with …

Neuroendocrine activation is known to occur in patients with congestive heart failure, but there
is uncertainty as to whether this occurs before or after the presence of overt symptoms. In …

Background We conducted a multicenter, placebo-controlled trial designed to establish the
efficacy and safety of carvedilol, a “third-generation” β-blocking agent with vasodilator …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by synovial
inflammation and joint destruction. Considerable advance in the treatment of RA has been made …

Carbon fibers have been produced for the first time from a commercially available kraft lignin,
without any chemical modification, by thermal spinning followed by carbonization. A fusible …

BACKGROUND Endothelial cells produce a number of substances, collectively termed
endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF), that promote local relaxation of vascular smooth …

Dectin-2 (gene symbol Clec4n) is a C-type lectin expressed by dendritic cells (DCs) and
macrophages. However, its functional roles and signaling mechanisms remain to be elucidated. …