OBJECTIVES: Repeated Waon therapy, which uses a far infrared-ray dry sauna system,
improved the vascular endothelial function and the cardiac function in patients with chronic …

OBJECTIVE: We examined the anti-tumor effect of pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (PDTC) on
HTLV-1-infected T clones and the mechanism of HTLV-1 Tax protein inhibition of PDTC-…

We previously demonstrated that interleukin 2 (IL‐2) autocrine/paracrine growth in adult T‐cell
leukaemia (ATL) cells was closely correlated with clinical aggressiveness. In the present …

Background: Gefitinib (Iressa, ZD1839) is a selective epidermal growth factor receptor
tyrosine kinase inhibitor. E2F-1 is a critical determinant in cell cycle. Growth signals up-regulate …

OBJECTIVE: We examined the significance of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)
Tax protein-induced resistance to anticancer drugs and the relationship between Tax and …

Developmental signaling molecules are used for cell fate determination, and understanding
how their combinatorial effects produce the variety of cell types in multicellular organisms is …

… 12 Tokugawa Yoshimune allowed more importation of Chinese goods and books, which
resulted in promoting interest in and demand for Chinese materials and arts. 13 Aoki's name is …

The effects of removal of enzyme inhibitors on saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass
and fermentation of their hydrolysate were examined with the aim of improving bioethanol …

A novel marine bacterium, designated strain 4k5 T , was isolated from a sediment sample of
the Pacific Ocean. The strain was Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile, oxidase-…

… We emphasize this point because so much has been made of Yoshimune's reliance on
past … ; Yoshimune became daimyo in 1705, and Sakakibara died in 1706. By 1706, Sakakibara …