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**-Liang Liu
Biomedicine
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Dermatophytes and Dermatophytic Infections Worldwide
Dermatophytoses are a common public health problem with high prevalence. The etiological agents of dermatophytoses, termed dermatophytes, change with geography and socioeconomic status. Trichophyton rubrum is the...
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The Microenvironment of Tongue Cancer
Cancer cells interact with and remodel the surrounding microenvironment. An increasing number of studies focus on tongue tumor microenvironment (TME) to find novel approaches to investigate tongue cancer, indi...
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Autophagy in Normal Stem Cells and Specialized Cells
Autophagy, the intracellular degradation and dynamic recycling system, plays critical roles in pluripotent and differentiated cells. It protects the homeostasis of the intracellular environment and maintains t...
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Impact of Genomics on Personalization of Breast Cancer Care
Over the past 50 years, progress on multiple fronts has dramatically altered the nature of the disease known as breast cancer. The initiation of randomized prospective clinical trials in 1959, a novel concept ...
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“Gating-Spring” Model for Mechanotransduction
In Chap. 1, we provided a general introduction for mechanotransduction. We feel that before going to the biological details (molecule, structures, etc.), it may he...
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Mechanoreceptors in Drosophila melanogaster
In Chaps. 1 and 2, we introduced the physiological roles of mechanotransduction and the conceptual design of a mec...
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Overview of Mechanosensory Transduction
As the start of this booklet, we begin this chapter by providing a definition on “what is mechanosensory transduction” at the cell biological level and listing the fundamental questions in this emerging field....
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Mechanotransduction in Drosophila Mechanoreceptors
In Chap. 3, we discussed the general physiology of fly mechanoreceptors. You may ask “well, these cells are sensitive to forces, but…how?” Great question! In Chap....
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Related Topic: Safety Evaluation of Nanomaterials
Since nanotechnology has become increasingly popular and widely used in medicine and cosmetic products, it is crucial to evaluate the safety of nanomaterials. Nanomaterials can diffuse, aggregate, and precipit...
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Drosophila Mechanotransduction Channels
In Chap. 4, we discussed the working mechanisms of several fly mechanoreceptors. These mechanoreceptors have developed striking structural-mechanical features that...
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Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
The incidence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), particularly multidrug-resistant TB and extensively drug-resistant TB, is increasing and is a major complication in global attempts to control TB. New anti-TB...
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Regulation of Cell and Gene Therapy Medicinal Products in Taiwan
Owing to the rapid and mature development of emerging biotechnology in the fields of cell culture, cell preservation, and recombinant DNA technology, more and more cell or gene medicinal therapy products have ...
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Biological Characters of Danshen
Danshen include cotyledon, true , and compound . The cotyledons are that first come out of the ground during the germination of Danshen .
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Targeted Gene Delivery
Receptor-mediated endocytosis can be exploited to achieve efficient cell-specific gene delivery. Our laboratory has used two approaches for targeted gene delivery. One uses polycation as a carrier for plasmid ...
