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Peizhi Li
Biomedicine
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Early infection and risk of childhood brain tumors (Canada)
Up to 15% of human cancers can be attributed to infections. Currently there are no known associations between infective agents and childhood brain tumors. We explored childhood brain tumor risk associated with...
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Maternal occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and the risk of brain cancer in the offspring
To examine the contribution of maternal occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) shortly before and during pregnancy on the incidence of childhood brain tumors.
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The Effects of Twist-2 on Liver Endotoxin Tolerance Induced by a Low Dose of Lipopolysaccharide
Endotoxin tolerance is an important mechanism for preventing uncontrolled inflammatory cytokine production in bacterial sepsis. However, its molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. It was reported that Tw...
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PI3K inhibition protects mice from NAFLD by down-regulating CMKLR1 and NLRP3 in Kupffer cells
Inflammation induced by high-fat diet (HFD) is of critical importance in the development of hepatic steatosis. The role of chemerin in the progress of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) remains controver...
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NLRP3 Deletion Inhibits the Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis Development and Inflammation in Kupffer Cells Induced by Palmitic Acid
The cleavage and secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18 is regulated by NLRP3 (NACHT, LRR, and PYD domain-containing protein 3) inflammasome activation. Kupffer cells (KCs) are implicated in t...
