The standard treatment for autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is steroid therapy, although some
patients improve spontaneously. Indications for steroid therapy in AIP patients are symptoms …

Male pattern baldness is the result of premature entry into catagen due to androgens. In
order to prevent hair loss, it is important to understand two critical steps, ie, the induction …

… and possibly other unidentified events during DNA replication (Nishiyama et al. 2010). …
We thank T. Hirano and K. Shintomi for inspiring the ideas regarding the coevolution of …

We report the draft genome sequence of the model moss Physcomitrella patens and compare
its features with those of flowering plants, from which it is separated by more than 400 …

Vascular plants appeared ~410 million years ago, then diverged into several lineages of
which only two survive: the euphyllophytes (ferns and seed plants) and the lycophytes. We …

Turmeric, the rhizome of Curcuma longa L., has a wide range of effects on human health. The
chemistry includes curcuminoids and sesquiterpenoids as components, which are known …

… Statistical analyses of the echocardiography and cell migration assay were performed with
a Student's unpaired t test. Cardiac rupture frequency was compared by the χ 2 test. Survival …

Background Differential expression analysis based on “next-generation” sequencing
technologies is a fundamental means of studying RNA expression. We recently developed a multi-…

… We termed these 300 putative transcripts MSTs (moss transcripts absent in vascular
plants). Thirteen of the 300 MSTs were found in liverworts, which are also bryophytes. …

Hornworts comprise a bryophyte lineage that diverged from other extant land plants >400
million years ago and bears unique biological features, including a distinct sporophyte …