Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) links terrestrial and marine systems, but has often
been overlooked in coastal nutrient budgets because it is difficult to quantify. In this Review�…

The number of studies concerning Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) grew quickly
as we entered the twenty-first century. Many hydrological and oceanographic processes that�…

Abstract β-Glucans are a class of polysaccharides consisting of D-glucose units that are
polymerized primarily via the β-1, 3 glycosidic bonds, in addition to the β-1, 4 and/or β-1, 6�…

Asthma and atopy show epidemiological association and are biologically linked by T-helper
type 2 (Th2) cytokine-driven inflammatory mechanisms. IL-4 operates through the IL-4�…

Patients with chronic hepatitis C frequently have serum and hepatic iron overload, but the
mechanism is unknown. Recently identified hepcidin, exclusively synthesized in the liver, is�…

The Hakata antigen is a novel, thermolabile β 2-macroglycoprotein that reacts with sera from
patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus. In this study we present the structure�…

Background Gemcitabine plus cisplatin (GC) is the standard treatment of advanced biliary
tract cancer (BTC); however, it causes nausea, vomiting, and anorexia, and requires�…

Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury during small intestinal transplantation (SITx) frequently
causes complications including dysmotility, inflammation and organ failure. Recent evidence�…

Abstract Background and Aims: Liver iron accumulation in patients with chronic hepatitis C
(CHC) has received increasing attention in recent years. The aim of this study was to�…

Homeostasis of tissues relies on the regulated differentiation of stem cells. In the epithelium
of mouse seminiferous tubules, the differentiation process from undifferentiated�…