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Open AccessTranscriptional alterations during proliferation and lignification in Phyllostachys nigra cells
Highly-lignified culms of bamboo show distinctive anatomical and mechanical properties compared with the culms of other grass species. A cell culture system for Phyllostachys nigra has enabled investigating the a...
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Bortezomib–dexamethasone versus high-dose melphalan for Japanese patients with systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis: a retrospective single-center study
Bortezomib–dexamethasone (BD) and high-dose melphalan (HDM) are effective for systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis, but have not been compared in detail. We retrospectively investigated patients treated with ...
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Open AccessAnalysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms based on RNA sequencing data of diverse bio-geographical accessions in barley
Barley is one of the founder crops of Old world agriculture and has become the fourth most important cereal worldwide. Information on genome-scale DNA polymorphisms allows elucidating the evolutionary history ...
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Cassava (Manihot esculenta) transcriptome analysis in response to infection by the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides using an oligonucleotide-DNA microarray
Cassava anthracnose disease (CAD), caused by the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. Manihotis, is a serious disease of cassava (Manihot esculenta) worldwide. In this study, we established a cassava olig...
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Open AccessTranscriptome analysis of hormone-induced gene expression in Brachypodium distachyon
Brachypodium distachyon is a new model plant closely related to wheat and other cereals. In this study, we performed a comprehensive analysis of hormone-regulated genes in Brachypodium distachyon using RNA sequen...
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Open AccessTranscriptome analysis of thermogenic Arum concinnatum reveals the molecular components of floral scent production
Several plant species can generate enough heat to increase their internal floral temperature above ambient temperature. Among thermogenic plants, Arum concinnatum shows the highest respiration activity during the...
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An attack of acute neuro-Behçet’s disease during the course of chronic progressive neuro-Behçet’s disease: report of two cases
A 29-year-old man and a 36-year-old man developed attacks of acute neuro-Behçet’s disease (NB) (right Horner’s syndrome and right hemiplegia and dysarthria, respectively) during the course of chronic progressi...
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Open AccessTriMEDB: A database to integrate transcribed markers and facilitate genetic studies of the tribe Triticeae
The recent rapid accumulation of sequence resources of various crop species ensures an improvement in the genetics approach, including quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis as well as the holistic population ...
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Seronegative Sjögren syndrome with asymptomatic autoimmune sclerosing pancreatitis
We report two elderly patients with seronegative Sjögren syndrome who showed benign swelling of the pancreas on computed tomography. Immunostaining of the biopsied lip tissue or serum examination confirmed an ...
