• In an attempt to devise a screening test for aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) among
hypertensive patients, the serum sodium and potassium levels, plasma renin activity (PRA), …

We examined intratype human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) sequence variation in tumor
samples that were collected and analyzed in an international study of invasive cervical …

Chlorella variabilis NC64A, a unicellular photosynthetic green alga (Trebouxiophyceae), is
an intracellular photobiont of Paramecium bursaria and a model system for studying virus/…

As locally converted estrogen from testicular testosterone contributes to apparent androgen
activity, the physiological significance of androgen receptor (AR) function in the beneficial …

Testicular testosterone produced during a critical perinatal period is thought to masculinize
and defeminize the male brain from the inherent feminization program and induce male-…

Streptozocin (STZ) and alloxan (ALX) exhibit the most potent diabetogenicity and are used for
induction of experimental diabetes mellitus. An understanding of the mechanisms of action …

Background Little is known about the mechanisms of adaptation of life to the extreme
environmental conditions encountered in polar regions. Here we present the genome sequence of …

To examine the association between colonization by two newly classified species of genital
ureaplasmas (Ureaplasma parvum and U. urealyticum) in early pregnancy and subsequent …

Although autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a serious lifelong condition, its underlying
neural mechanism remains unclear. Recently, neuroimaging-based classifiers for ASD and …

Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) nucleotide sequence variations in the E6 (nucleotide
positions [nt] 104 to 559), L2 (nt 4272 to 5657), and L1 (nt 5665 to 7148) open reading …