Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonographic (US)
criteria for the depiction of benign and malignant thyroid nodules by using tissue diagnosis …

There has been an explosion of articles on epithelial-mesenchymal transition and other
modes of cellular reprogramming that influence the tumor microenvironment. Many …

Loss of Hippo signaling in Drosophila leads to tissue overgrowth as a result of increased cell
proliferation and decreased cell death. YAP (a homolog of Drosophila Yorkie and target of …

The influence of Ti addition on the development of acicular ferrite microstructure during the
γ/α transformation in C–Mn steels has been studied. The optical microstructures of the heat …

In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the role of non-metallic inclusions in
controlling the microstructure of steels. The potency of various inclusions and precipitates …

Many types of innate (natural killer cells, natural killer T cells, and Kupffer
cells/macrophages) and adaptive (T cells and B cells) immune cells are enriched within the …

Pluripotent embryonic stem cells (ESCs) maintain self-renewal and the potential for rapid
response to differentiation cues. Both ESC features are subject to epigenetic regulation …

Background and Purpose—Effective rescue treatment has not yet been suggested in
patients with mechanical thrombectomy (MT) failure. This study aimed to test whether rescue …

Activation of innate immunity (natural killer [NK] cell/interferon‐γ [IFN‐γ]) has been shown to
play an important role in antiviral and antitumor defenses as well as antifibrogenesis …

This study was undertaken to evaluate various indicators for the prediction of the microbial
quality of pork and beef loins during cold storage at 0 and 4° C under aerobic conditions …