Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a globally successful pathogen due to its ability to persist for
long periods of time unrecognized by the human immune system. The panoply of genes that …

Cryptococcal immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) may present as a clinical
worsening or new presentation of cryptococcal disease after initiation of antiretroviral …

Studies using the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus contributed to elucidating numerous
fundamental aspects of antibody structure and diversification mechanisms and continue to …

The ability of high-dose intravenous gammaglobulin (IVGG) to prevent the coronary artery
lesion of Kawasaki disease has been studied in a multicentre controlled trial of IVGG plus …

Interaction between cancer and stromal cells is critical for tumour cell growth and invasion. It
has recently been suggested that mature adipocytes, a specific type of stromal cell that is …

Background The Xpert MTB/RIF assay is an automated molecular test that has improved the
detection of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance, but its sensitivity is inadequate in …

SIRT3 is a member of the sirtuin family of NAD+-dependent deacetylases, which is localized
to the mitochondria and is enriched in kidney, brown adipose tissue, heart, and other …

Nearly all polysaccharides in plant cell walls are O-acetylated, including the various pectic
polysaccharides and the hemicelluloses xylan, mannan, and xyloglucan. However, the …

The rabbit model of tuberculosis has been used historically to differentiate between
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis based on their relative virulence in this …

… by dividing the region (0 ≤ tanθ y < 1) into four regions with a segment of 0.25 in tanθ y ,
because the new structure seems to align along the tanθ y axis direction (Extended Data Fig. 2)…