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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...

    Hai-Hong Jiang, Margot S. Damaser in Urinary Tract (2011)

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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...

    Zhuo Du, Cai-Hong Dong, Ke Wang, Yi-Jian Yao in Ganoderma and Health (2019)

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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...

    Qing-Hong Duan, Xu-Guang Chen, Zhi-Zhong Guan in Coal-burning Type of Endemic Fluorosis (2021)

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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...

    Qi Zhang, Yilang Ke, Huashan Hong in HDL Metabolism and Diseases (2022)

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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...

    Hong Yu in HDL Metabolism and Diseases (2022)