Hemoglobin-based blood substitutes are being developed as oxygen-carrying agents for the prevention of ischemic tissue damage and hypovolemic (low blood volume) shock.

Vimentin is a cytoskeletal protein expressed by mesenchymal cells, including endothelial and renal tubular cells. Antibodies to vimentin were described in 10%–53% of patients with Systemic Lupus ...

The carboxysome is a versatile paradigm of prokaryotic organelles and is a proteinaceous self-assembling microcompartment that plays essential roles in carbon fixation in all cyanobacteria and some ...

Background There is significant interest in determining risk factors in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A core set of risk factors for clinical arthritis development has not been ...

The deformation mechanism of “slide-ring” (SR) gels was investigated with small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). The SR gels were prepared by coupling α-cyclodextrin (CD) molecules on polyrotaxane ...