Objective Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by a novel severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is still spreading worldwide, which may progress …

Objective To investigate the clinical usefulness of procalcitonin (PCT) for guiding duration of
antibiotic therapy in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods A total of 71 …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a newly emerging infectious disease. Our
understanding of the clinical characteristics of liver damage and the relationship with disease …

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) may be a biomarker candidate for brain
injury and a novel therapeutic target in ischemic stroke. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) has …

Ferroptosis, a recently identified and iron-dependent cell death, differs from other cell death
such as apoptosis, necroptosis, pyroptosis, and autophagy-dependent cell death. This form …

Semiconductor nanowires have received considerable attention in the past decade driven
by both unprecedented physics derived from the quantum size effect and strong isotropy and …

In vitro generation of functional gametes is a promising approach for treating infertility, although
faithful replication of meiosis has proven to be a substantial obstacle to deriving haploid …

Calcium (Ca 2+ ) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) constitute the most important intracellular
signaling molecules participating in the regulation and integration of diverse cellular …

Purpose: Among tumor antigens identified to date, cancer-testis (CT) antigens, which are
coded by CT genes, are identified as a group of highly attractive targets for cancer vaccines. …

The complex cubic-quintic Ginzburg–Landau equation (CQGLE) is a universal model for
describing a dissipative system, especially fiber laser. The analytic one-soliton solution of the …