BACKGROUND
Classical morphological taxonomy places the approximately 1400 recognized species of Scleractinia (hard corals) into 27 families, but many aspects of coral evolution remain unclear despite… (More)
Scleractinian corals are currently a focus of major interest because of their ecological importance and the uncertain fate of coral reefs in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressure. Despite… (More)
Cells exposed to heat or other types of stressors transiently synthesize a group of proteins known as heat shock proteins (HSPs). A nonlethal heat treatment can elicit in the cells an ability to… (More)
Lysophosphatidic acids (LPA) with a C18 fatty acyl group accelerated thymidine incorporation into cultured rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells and stimulated their cell division. LPA acted… (More)
rIL-6/B cell stimulatory factor 2 was found to augment CTL generation from mature as well as immature human T cells stimulated with UV-treated allogeneic cells. rIL-6 also acted on peanut… (More)
The relationship between Scleractinia and Corallimorpharia, Orders within Anthozoa distinguished by the presence of an aragonite skeleton in the former, is controversial. Although classically… (More)
NK-104 ((+)-monocalcium bis(3R,5S,6E)-7-[2-cyclopropyl-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-quinolyl]-3,5-dihydroxy- 6-heptenoate), CAS 147526-32-7) an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-metylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase,… (More)
We describe a cardiac arrest during use of an argon beam coagulation (ABC) system in an 82-yr-old woman having laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general and epidural anaesthesia. Intra-abdominal… (More)
The curative treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), including surgical resection and radiofrequency ablation (RFA), do not prevent tumour recurrence effectively. Dendritic cell (DC)-based… (More)