Background & Aims Chronic hepatitis D (CHD) is the most severe form of chronic viral
hepatitis but its role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains …

Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a defective virus that requires the hepatitis B virus (HBV) to
complete its life cycle in human hepatocytes. HDV virions contain an envelope incorporating …

Human evolutionary scholars have long supposed that the earliest stone tools were made
by the genus Homo and that this technological development was directly linked to climate …

The mechanism of protein kinase C (PKC) regulation by α-tocopherol has been investigated
in smooth-muscle cells. Treatment of rat aortic A7r5 smooth-muscle cells with α-tocopherol …

The association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and type 2 diabetes (T2D) has
been known for over 20 years. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have shown a …

Using newly generated monoclonal antibodies, we have compared the distribution of β-and
γ-cytoplasmic actin in fibroblastic and epithelial cells, in which they play crucial roles during …

Both molecular and clinical evidence support a link between HCV infection and insulin
resistance. We examined the in vitro interaction between the HCV core protein of genotypes …

Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) are currently investigated clinically as cellular
therapy for a variety of diseases. Differentiation of MSC toward endodermal lineages …

We investigated the distribution of α‐skeletal, α‐cardiac, and α‐smooth muscle actin
isoforms in human heart during development, hypertrophy, and failure. At 20 weeks of fetal …

Three α-muscle actin isoforms are sequentially expressed during in vivo cardiac
development. α-Smooth muscle actin is first and transiently expressed, followed by α …