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Japanese Women's Attitudes Toward Learning Languages Other Than English in the Era of Global English

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study on female Japanese learners of the Korean language is situated in the centuries‐long anti‐Korean sentiments in Japan, the global popularity of the Korean Wave, particularly among women, and the essentialized image of socially marginalized young Japanese women who study English with romantic desires for Western men.
Yoko Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

C3a receptor antagonist ameliorates inflammatory and fibrotic signals in type 2 diabetic nephropathy by suppressing the activation of TGF-β/smad3 and IKBα pathway.

PLoS ONE, 2014
ObjectiveDiabetic nephropathy (DN) is a serious complication for patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Emerging evidence suggests that complement C3a is involved in the progression of DN.
Ling Li, Qinghua Yin, Xi Tang, Lin Bai, Jie Zhang, Shenju Gou, Hongping Zhu, Jingqiu Cheng, Ping Fu, Fang Liu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complement factors C3a and C5a mimick a proinflammatory microenvironment and increase HBV IGRA sensitivity

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2019
Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections represent a global health problem and chronic hepatitis B (CHB) leads to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Thus, timely diagnosis of hepatitis B is crucial to ensure adequate treatment.
Katharina Bröker, Robin Terzenbach, Frank Bentzien, Stefan Lüth, Werner Dammermann   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Teacher Well‐Being Across Career Stages: An Ecological Study of Early‐ and Mid‐Career English Teachers in Japanese Secondary Schools

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teacher well‐being has garnered increasing attention in language education, as it plays a vital role in shaping both their professional lives and student learning. Although its importance is recognised, further research is still needed to gain a more comprehensive understanding of language teachers' well‐being.
Takeshi Onodera
wiley   +1 more source

Complement proteins and complement regulatory proteins are associated with age-related macular degeneration stage and treatment response

Journal of Neuroinflammation
Background Dysregulation of the complement system is involved in development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The complement cascade is regulated by membrane bound complement regulatory proteins (Cregs) on mononuclear leukocytes among others ...
Alexander Kai Thomsen, Maria Abildgaard Steffensen, Jenni Martinez Villarruel Hinnerskov, Amalie Thomsen Nielsen, Henrik Vorum, Bent Honoré, Mogens Holst Nissen, Torben Lykke Sørensen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Denaturation and unfolding of human anaphylatoxin C3a: an unusually low covalent stability of its native disulfide bonds. [PDF]

, 2008
The complement C3a anaphylatoxin is a major molecular mediator of innate immunity. It is a potent activator of mast cells, basophils and eosinophils and causes smooth muscle contraction.
Chang, Jui-Yoa, Lin, Curtis C-J, Pangburn, Michael K, Salamanca, Silvia, Wetsel, Rick A   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Divergent roles of ent‐kaurene oxidase paralogs in rice momilactone biosynthesis

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
Rice contains a five‐gene tandem array of genes encoding members of the ent‐kaurene oxidase (KO) family, with OsKOL4 and OsKOL5 playing divergent roles in momilactone metabolism, but both acting in the production of antifungal and antibacterial phytoalexins, which are important for disease resistance.
Zhibiao Wang, Yiling Feng, Leiming You, Meimei Xu, Kristin Helwig, Riqing Li, Si Nian Char, Bing Yang, Reuben J. Peters   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acidosis activates complement system in vitro

Mediators of Inflammation, 1998
We investigated the in vitro effect of different form s of acidosis (pH 7.0) on the formation of anaphylatoxins C3a and C5a. Metabolic acidosis due to addition of hydrochloric acid (10 μ mol/ml blood) or lactic acid (5.5 μ mol/ml) to heparin blood (N=12)
Michael Emeis, Josef Sonntag, Carsten Willam, Evelyn Strauss, Matthias M. Walka, Michael Obladen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complement, C1q, and C1q-related molecules regulate macrophage polarization

Frontiers in Immunology, 2014
Complement is a critical system of enzymes, regulatory proteins and receptors that regulates both innate and adaptive immune responses. Natural mutations in complement molecules highlight their requirement in regulation of a variety of human conditions ...
Suzanne Slater Bohlson, Sean David O'Conner, Holly J Hulsebus, Minh-Minh eHo, Deborah Ann Fraser   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role of Complement Anaphylatoxins (C3a and C5a) in Lymphoma: A Systematic Review

Cureus
Tumor cell survival, growth, and proliferation are related to the interactions between tumor cells and immune cells. Anaphylatoxins C3a and C5a seem to be involved in these cell-to-cell interactions. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the increase of C3a and/or C5a levels induces the proliferation of lymphoma cells.
Skarentzos, Konstantinos, Vryttia, Pinelopi, Papageorgiou, Sotiris, Foukas, Periklis   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources