We report the first study of sperm whale‐fall ecosystems, based on mass sinking of whale
carcasses at shelf depths in the northwest Pacific. We conducted three observations over a 2‐…

Glomerulosclerosis, a final common lesion of various glomerular diseases, is characterized
by mesangial cell proliferation and extracellular matrix (ECM) expansion. TGF-beta and …

Although dense animal communities at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps rely on symbioses
with chemoautotrophic bacteria [1, 2], knowledge of the mechanisms underlying these …

The “bottom line” of the FDA meeting was that there are insufficient data to infer that any
anesthetic drug poses a unique neurological risk to children. Although such risk may exist, it …

The bacterial endosymbionts of 3 hydrothermal vent mussels from Japanese waters were
characterized by transmission electron microscopic (TEM) observation and phylogenetic …

The bacterial endosymbionts of the thyasirid clam Maorithyas hadalis collected from the
hadal zone in the Japan Trench were characterized. Two distinct phylotypes of endosymbiotic …

To clarify the molecular mechanisms of Bombyx diapause, we focused on mitogen-activated
protein kinases (MAPK), which are the major components of signal transduction cascades …

Adaptive radiations present fascinating opportunities for studying the evolutionary process.
Most cases come from isolated lakes or islands, where unoccupied ecological space is filled …

We measured the serum concentration of lidocaine after transversus abdominis plane (TAP)
block with 40 ml of 1% lidocaine in 12 patients under general anesthesia, using a …

Rapid cold hardening (RCH) is an adaptation enabling insects to quickly respond to low
temperature, but little is known about the molecular events that trigger this response. In this …