The complement system is a key component of innate immunity which readily responds to invading microorganisms.Activation of the complement system typically occurs via three main pathways and can induce various antimicrobial effects, including: neutralization of pathogens, regulation of inflammatory responses, promotion of chemotaxis, and enhancemen
An assortment of human behaviors is thought to be driven by rewards including reinforcement learning, novelty processing, learning, decision making, economic choice, incentive motivation, and addiction.In each case the ventral tegmental area / ventral striatum (Nucleus accumbens) system here (VTA-VS) has been implicated as a key structure by functi
Leaf angle is one of the most important agronomic traits in rice, and changes in leaf angle can alter plant architecture to affect photosynthetic efficiency and thus determine grain yield.Therefore, it is important to identify key genes controlling leaf angle and elucidate the molecular mechanisms to improve rice yield.We obtained a mutant rela (re
Despite the current advances in the treatment for prostate cancer, the patients often develop resistance to the conventional therapeutic interventions.Therapy-induced drug resistance and tumor progression have been associated with cellular plasticity acquired due to reprogramming at the molecular and phenotypic levels.The plasticity of the here tum