Vapochromic materials that show reversible color change driven by vapor
adsorption/desorption have drawn significant attention because of their potential�…

Abstract The Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya (SELENE) was successfully launched by an
H2A rocket on September 14, 2007. On October 4, 2007, after passing through a phasing�…

Although the wide acceptance of interventional radiology (IVR) procedures has led to
increasing numbers of interventions being performed, the radiation doses from IVR are�…

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a major renal complication of diabetes that leads to renal
dysfunction and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Major features of DKD include�…

Regulatory CCAAT boxes are found frequently in eukaryotic promoter regions. They are
bound by different CCAAT-binding factors. Until now, a single CCAAT-binding complex has�…

This review covers high pressure effects on lipids, lipid bilayers, and biochemical
observations recently found in the field of high-pressure bioscience and biotechnology�…

Duodenal cancer is considered to be a small intestinal carcinoma in terms of
clinicopathology. In Japan, there are no established treatment guidelines based on sufficient�…

The origin of the barrier for proton transport through the aquaporin channel is a problem of
general interest. It is becoming increasingly clear that this barrier is not attributable to the�…

Nanostructured organic-inorganic composites have been the source of much attention in
both academicand industrial research in recent years. Composite materials, by definition�…

MicroRNAs (miRNA) are endogenously produced short noncoding regulatory RNAs that can
repress gene expression by posttranscriptional mechanisms. They can therefore influence�…