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Animal Models of Stress Urinary Incontinence
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a common health problem significantly affecting the quality of life of women worldwide. Animal models that simulate SUI enable the assessment of the mechanism of risk facto...
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Classification, Biological Characteristics and Cultivations of Ganoderma
Species of Ganoderma (Ling-zhi) have been widely researched and cultivated due to their highly prized medicinal value, which is famous as a traditional Chinese medicine. The aims of this chapter are to (1) review...
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Medical Imaging Manifestation of Skeletal Fluorosis
There are three types of endemic fluorosis, namely drinking water type, coal-burning type, and brick-tea type of endemic fluorosis. With skeletal fluorosis and dental fluorosis as the major manifestations, ske...
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HDL and Lipid Metabolism
Mediating reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is the most classic function of HDL. HDL and HDL-C participate in the entire process of RCT, including cholesterol removal from cells, cholesterol transport in cir...
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HDL and Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I (SRBI)
The scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) is a versatile HDL receptor protein. It is highly expressed in liver and steroidogenic tissues. SR-BI regulates selective uptake of cholesterol ester (CE) from HDL...