Metal ions are ubiquitous in nature and play significant roles in assembling functional
materials in fields spanning chemistry, biology, and materials science. Metal–phenolic …

The Cretaceous tectonic evolution of South China is characterized by widespread
extensional basin and dome generation, voluminous magma intrusion/eruption and …

Abstract The Kunlun Orogen is generally divided into the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt (E-KOB)
and the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt (W-KOB) by the Altyn Tagh fault. The E-KOB forms part …

Despite significant advances in intensive care therapy and antibiotics, severe sepsis
accounts for 9% of all deaths in the United States annually. The pathological sequelae of …

High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a nuclear factor that is released extracellularly as a
late mediator of lethality in sepsis as well as after necrotic, but not apoptotic, death. Here we …

During infection, vertebrates develop “sickness syndrome,” characterized by fever, anorexia,
behavioral withdrawal, acute-phase protein responses, and inflammation. These …

In this paper, a unified model for describing the fractal characters of porous media is
deduced. The theoretical predictions from the proposed unified model are compared with …

The inflammasome regulates the release of caspase activation-dependent cytokines,
including interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-18 and high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1),,,,. By studying …

High mobility group box protein 1 (HMGB1), a DNA binding nuclear and cytosolic protein, is
a proinflammatory cytokine released by monocytes and macrophages. This study addressed …

The cell-to-cell transmission of viral resistance is a potential mechanism for amplifying the
interferon-induced antiviral response. In this study, we report that interferon-α (IFN-α) …