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**ang-hui Yu
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, general
Microbiology
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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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Sandaracinobacteroides hominis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human skin
Strain SZY PN-1 T, representing a novel Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped and yellow-pigmented bacterium, was isolated from a skin sample of a healthy Chinese male. Growth occurred at pH 6.0–8.0 (opt...
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Crosstalk between PKC and MAPK pathway activation in cardiac fibroblasts in a rat model of atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent form of cardiac arrhythmia and major cause of cardiac ischemia. Defective calcium homeostasis due to anomalous expression of ryanodine receptor type 2 (RyR2) or it...
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Vanadium compounds induced damage of human umbilical vein endothelial cells and the protective effect of berberine
This study was conducted to investigate the damage caused by vanadium compounds and to explore the protective effects of berberine (BBR) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). BBR is a biologicall...
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Potent in vitro synergism of fusidic acid (FA) and berberine chloride (BBR) against clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
It was found in the present study that combined use of fusidic acid (FA) and berberine chloride (BBR) offered an in vitro synergistic action against 7 of the 30 clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureu...
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Inhibition of lung metastasis in mice by intravascular injection of dendritic cells and natural killer cells
To investigate the efficacy of dendritic cells and natural killer cells in the inhibition of lung metastasis, we injected dendritic cells and natural killer cells intravascularly into mice bearing B16F10 tumou...
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PVA-alginate immobilized cells for anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process
The feasibility of an anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process combined with a cell-immobilization technique for autotrophic nitrogen removal was investigated. Anammox biomass was cultivated from local a...
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Cloning and Characterization of a Novel, Human Cellular Retinaldehyde-binding Protein CRALBP-like (CRALBPL) Gene
Cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein (CRALBP) plays a role in the vertebrate visual process as a substrate-routing protein. It belongs to a widespread lipid-binding SEC14-like protein family. All the members...
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Rapid production of human KIR2DL4 extracellular domain and verification of its interaction with HLA-G
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) 2DL4 is the only KIR member reported to be expressed by all human natural killer (NK) cells. It differs from other KIR members in both structure and function. Its...
