Background A growing body of evidences suggests that transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)
is produced in the synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and that …

IW And stars are a recently recognized subgroup of dwarf novae which are characterized by
(often repetitive) slowly rising standstills terminated by brightening, but the exact mechanism …

Objective. To characterize Fas antigen expression on the cell surface, and to determine the
effect of this expression in rheumatic diseases using a newly established gld‐congenic MRL …

MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) lupus mice develop glomerulonephritis in which the histopathological
manifestations of the disease are characterized by diffuse cell-proliferative, crescentic, …

Production of IgG3 in MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) lupus mice is one of the major factors to
develop glomerulonephritis (GN) in these mice. To examine molecular characteristics of IgG3 …

… MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) mice have been used as an animal model for autoimmune diseases
(Theofilopoulos and Dixon 1985; Itoh et al. 1991). They spontaneously develop a lethal …

Superoutbursts in WZ Sge-type dwarf novae (DNe) are characterized by both early superhumps
and ordinary superhumps originating from the 2 : 1 and 3 : 1 resonances, respectively. …

The D value of commercial biological indicator spore strips using Bacillus stearothermophilus
ATCC 7953 was increased by higher calcium concentrations in assay media. The calcium …

We present our optical photometric observations of the 2022 eruption of the recurrent nova U
Scorpii (U Sco) using 49152 data points over 70 d following the optical peak. We have also …

Variation in decimal reduction (D) time/value for attaining sterility assurance was reported in
terms of difference between lot to lot and/or manufacturer to manufacturer of soybean casein …