The Japanese Society of Hypertension (JSH) revised the Guidelines for the Management of
Hypertension 2014 (JSH 2014), and published the JSH 2019. In the development of the JSH …

HEPATOCYTE growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) functions as a mitogen, motogen and
morphogen for a variety of cultured cells 1–7 . The genes for HGF/SF and its receptor (the c-…

Commensal bacteria are known to inhibit pathogen colonization; however, complex host–microbe
and microbe–microbe interactions have made it difficult to gain a detailed …

Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing was established in the 2000s
and has been employed as a tool for the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant …

Caffeine is a most widely consumed physiological stimulant worldwide, which is consumed
via natural sources, such as coffee and tea, and now marketed sources such as energy …

Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 21, a structural relative of FGF23 that regulates phosphate
homeostasis, is a regulator of insulin-independent glucose transport in adipocytes and plays a …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed considerable psychological
strain on frontline health care workers (HCWs). 1 Although the problem of burnout, which …

To evaluate the role of normal flora in the nares in preventing Staphylococcus aureus
colonization, we conducted a replacement study in vivo. Staphylococcus epidermidis (rate of …

Steroid hormones are key regulators of numerous physiological and developmental processes,
including metastasis of breast and ovarian cancer. Here we report the identification of a …

… Data are displayed as dot plots with age on the x-axis and percentage of positive cells on
the y-axis. The percentages of IgD+CD27− naive B cells and CD27+ memory B cells, including …