Interleukin‐17 ( IL ‐17)‐producing cells play a critical role in mucosal immunity including the
respiratory tract. This review will highlight recent advances in our understanding of these …

… To examine SARS-CoV-2 infection in tissues of K18 mice, we used qRT-PCR to quantify
the nucleocapsid (N) sub-genomic viral RNA, a correlate of active virus replication 33 , 34 , in …

Objectives: To characterise serum concentrations of various cytokines and detection by
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of synovial hypervascularity in patients with remitting …

Many efforts to design and screen therapeutics for the current severe acute respiratory
syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic have focused on inhibiting viral host cell entry …

OBJECTIVE: We investigated expression of toll-like receptor (TLR) in labial salivary glands
of patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and functional TLR expression in the cultured …

Background: The effects of β-adrenergic blockers on the fetus are not well understood. We
analyzed the maternal and neonatal outcomes of β-adrenergic blocker treatment during …

… A28527; Thermo Fisher) and a premix of forward and reverse primers and a FAM-labeled
probe targeting the N1 amplicon of N gene (2019-nCoV RUO Kit, Cat. No. 10006713; IDT-DNA…

We investigated the triazole, amphotericin B, and micafungin susceptibilities of 196 A.
fumigatus clinical isolates in Nagasaki, Japan. The percentages of non-wild-type (non-WT) …

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical manifestations and prevalence
of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in Japanese patients with unexplained fever and …

… (B) C57BL/6 mice immunized and challenged as in (A) were sacrificed, and bacterial burden
(CFU) in lungs and spleen was determined at 24 hours after infection (n = 7 to 10, ****P < …