Even under optimal conditions, many metabolic processes, including the chloroplastic,
mitochondrial, and plasma membrane‐linked electron transport systems of higher plants …

Advances in solid state white lighting technologies witness the explosive development of
phosphor materials (down-conversion luminescent materials). A large amount of evidence …

Zinc (Zn) is an essential trace mineral that regulates the expression and activation of
biological molecules such as transcription factors, enzymes, adapters, channels, and growth …

Patients with chronic active hepatitis C and cirrhosis often develop hepatocellular
carcinoma. Interferon (IFN) seems to be effective in some patients but whether it prevents …

Multiple angiogenesis inhibitors have been therapeutically validated in preclinical cancer
models, and several in clinical trials. Here we report that angiogenesis inhibitors targeting …

Heart failure is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries.
Although infection with microorganisms is not involved in the development of heart failure in …

Dentatorubral and pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is an autosomal dominant
neurodegenerative disorder characterized by combined systemic degeneration of the …

A series of reinforced concrete specimens has been subjected to static tests as well as
periodic and simulated earthquake motions to develop realistic analytical models for the …

Five senescence-prone series of mice (P-1, P-2, P-3, P-4 and P-5) and three senescence-
resistant series (R-1, R-2 and R-3) were obtained by continuous brother-sister breeding from …

Autophagy, an evolutionarily conserved process for the bulk degradation of cytoplasmic
components, serves as a cell survival mechanism in starving cells,. Although altered …