BACKGROUND & AIMS: Cancer progression/metastases and embryonic development share
many properties including cellular plasticity, dynamic cell motility, and integral interaction …

Improvement in secure transmission of information is an urgent need for governments,
corporations and individuals. Quantum key distribution (QKD) promises security based on the …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression
with functional links to tumorigenesis. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most …

Liver cancer is an aggressive disease with a poor outcome. Several hepatic stem/progenitor
markers are useful for isolating a subset of liver cells with stem cell features, known as …

Monocytes play a pivotal role in various human infectious and inflammatory diseases. To
reveal a whole picture of pathophysiologic function of activated human monocytes, this study …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Metabolic dysregulation is one of the risk factors for the development
of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We investigated the activated metabolic pathway in …

The heterogeneous nature of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the lack of appropriate
biomarkers have hampered patient prognosis and treatment stratification. Recently, we have …

Importance Familial amyloid polyneuropathy, a lethal genetic disease caused by aggregation
of variant transthyretin, induces progressive peripheral nerve deficits and disability. …

The liver may regulate glucose homeostasis by modulating the sensitivity/resistance of
peripheral tissues to insulin, by way of the production of secretory proteins, termed hepatokines. …

The heterogeneous nature of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the lack of appropriate
biomarkers have hampered patient prognosis and treatment stratification. Using a gene …