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**an-zhong Zhou
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Open AccessOral pathogens exacerbate Parkinson’s disease by promoting Th1 cell infiltration in mice
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common chronic neurological disorder with a high risk of disability and no cure. Periodontitis is an infectious bacterial disease occurring in periodontal supporting tissues. Stud...
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The signal-to-cutoff ratios to predict HCV infection among people who inject drugs
People who inject drugs (PWIDs) are primarily the high-risk population for HCV infection. This study aims to determine the optimal cut-off values for predicting HCV infection status based on the Signal-to-Cuto...
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Open AccessAdaptive laboratory evolution and shuffling of Escherichia coli to enhance its tolerance and production of astaxanthin
Astaxanthin is one of the strongest antioxidants in nature and has been widely used in aquaculture, food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Numerous stresses caused in the process of a large scale-cultur...
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Open AccessFungal diversity notes 929–1035: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungi
This article is the ninth in the series of Fungal Diversity Notes, where 107 taxa distributed in three phyla, nine classes, 31 orders and 57 families are described and illustrated. Taxa described in the presen...
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Author Correction: Ephrin receptor A2 is an epithelial cell receptor for Epstein–Barr virus entry
In the version of this Letter originally published, the authors reported on the use of 2,5-dimethylpyrrolyl benzoic acid to block Ephrin receptors. In 2011, it was reported that newly synthesized 2,5-dimethylp...
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Open AccessEvolutional selection of a combinatorial phage library displaying randomly-rearranged various single domains of immunoglobulin (Ig)-binding proteins (IBPs) with four kinds of Ig molecules
Protein A, protein G and protein L are three well-defined immunoglobulin (Ig)-binding proteins (IBPs), which show affinity for specific sites on Ig of mammalian hosts. Although the precise functions of these m...
