At the end of 2019, a novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2;
SARS-CoV-2) was detected in Wuhan, China, that spread rapidly around the world, with …

The recent emergence of B.1.1.529, the Omicron variant 1 , 2 , has raised concerns of
escape from protection by vaccines and therapeutic antibodies. A key test for potential …

The spike aspartic acid–614 to glycine (D614G) substitution is prevalent in global severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains, but its effects on viral …

Background. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is caused by SFTS
virus (SFTSV), a novel bunyavirus reported to be endemic in central and northeastern China. …

Avian influenza A viruses rarely infect humans; however, when human infection and subsequent
human-to-human transmission occurs, worldwide outbreaks (pandemics) can result. …

Although bacterial endotoxin, such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS), plays a key role in the
pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), detailed mechanisms of this pathogenesis …

In the present study, we demonstrate that NLT (novel liver-specific transport protein) is a
multispecific organic anion transporter of the liver. The amino acid sequence of NLT shows 42% …

Context.—An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), an infectious disease
attributed to a novel coronavirus, occurred in Singapore during the first quarter of 2003 and …

Despite the development and deployment of antibody and vaccine countermeasures, rapidly-spreading
SARS-CoV-2 variants with mutations at key antigenic sites in the spike protein …

Background & Aims: Peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor γ (PPARγ) is a nuclear
receptor whose activation has been linked to several physiologic pathways including those …