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Detection of serum Aspergillus-specific IgM and IgG antibody levels for the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis developed in patients with tuberculosis
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is common among individuals with underlying lung diseases. The clinical manifestations of CPA include systemic symptoms (e.g., weight loss, fatigue, fever), chronic produc...
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Compete Asymmetrically for Amino Acids with Native and Invasive Solidago
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and soil amino acids both affect plant performance. However, little is known about how AMF compete for amino acids with native and invasive congeners. We conducted a factoria...
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Interleukin-17A up-regulates thymic stromal lymphopoietin production by nasal fibroblasts from patients with allergic rhinitis
Emerging evidence has shown that interleukin (IL)-17A is implicated in the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis (AR). Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) orchestrates the immune response toward a Th2 phenotype. A...
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Rational design of the carbonyl reductase EbSDR8 for efficient biosynthesis of enantiopure (R)-3-chloro-1-phenyl-1-propanol
(R)-3-Chloro-1-phenyl-1-propanol ((R)-CPPO) is an important chiral intermediate for antidepressants. For its efficient biosynthesis, the carbonyl reductase EbSDR8 was engineered to asymmetrically reduce the unnat...
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Open AccessEfficacy of path-oriented psychological self-help interventions to improve mental health of empty-nest older adults in the Community of China
China has the world’s largest aging population and the number of empty-nest older adults is on the rise. In comparison to the aging population in general, empty-nest older adults have a lower level of subjecti...
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Histamine H4 receptor regulates Th2-cytokine profile through thymic stromal lymphopoietin in allergic rhinitis
Epithelial thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) promotes Th2 inflammatory responses through induction of OX40 ligand (OX40L) on dendritic cells in allergic rhinitis (AR). Emerging evidence supports the importan...
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A new digital pulse processing method for 2πα and 2πβ emitter measurement
Digital pulse processing has developed rapidly during recent years. Moreover, it has been widely applied in many fields. In this study, we introduce a digital pulse processing method for 2πα and 2πβ emitter me...
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Genetic diversity of isolates of foodborne Listeria monocytogenes by RAPD-PCR
In this study, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA-PCR (RAPD-PCR) was employed to investigate the genetic diversity of 308 wild isolates of Listeria monocytogenes. These isolates were taken from 1288 samples isola...
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Determining H 0 using a model-independent method
By using type Ia supernovae (SNIa) to provide the luminosity distance (LD) directly, which depends on the value of the Hubble constant H 0 = 100h km ∙ s-1 ∙ Mpc-1, and the angular ...
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Open AccessWhat determines positive, neutral and negative impacts of Solidago canadensis invasion on native plant species richness?
Whether plant invasions pose a great threat to native plant diversity is still hotly debated due to conflicting findings. More importantly, we know little about the mechanisms of invasion impacts on native pla...
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Open AccessAcyclic retinoid induces differentiation and apoptosis of murine hepatic stem cells
The therapeutic potential of acyclic retinoid (ACR), a synthetic retinoid, has been confirmed in experimental and clinical studies. Therapeutic targets include precancerous and cancer stem cells. As ACR is als...
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An Empirical Study on Food Safety Early-warning Based on Internet Information
It is a new perspective to use consumer information on the Internet for food safety warning. The IQDS (Institute of Quality Development Strategy) builds a platform named Shendu Company based on Internet inform...
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An example of enzymatic promiscuity: the Baylis–Hillman reaction catalyzed by a biotin esterase (BioH) from Escherichia coli
Ten lipases and esterases have been examined to catalyse the reaction between p-nitrobenzaldehyde and methyl vinyl ketone, the Baylis–Hillman reaction, to form 3-[hydroxyl-(4-nitrophenyl)-methyl]-but-3-en-2-one. ...
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Enhanced activity of Rhizomucor miehei lipase by directed evolution with simultaneous evolution of the propeptide
Propeptides are short sequences that facilitate the folding of their associated proteins. The present study found that the propeptide of Rhizomucor miehei lipase (RML) was not proteolytically removed in Escherich...
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Improved survival ratios correlate with myeloid dendritic cell restoration in acute-on-chronic liver failure patients receiving methylprednisolone therapy
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a severe life-threatening complication. Liver transplantation is the only available therapeutic option; however, several limitations have restricted its use in patients...
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Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Enhances Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Homing to the Liver in a Mouse Model of Acute Hepatic Injury
Experiments have reported that granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) can mobilize stem cells. However, few studies have examined the effect of G-CSF on bone marrow mononuclear cell (BMMC) mobilization,...
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Egr-1 upregulates OPN through direct binding to its promoter and OPN upregulates Egr-1 via the ERK pathway
Early growth response factor-1 (Egr-1) and osteopontin (OPN) play important roles in the migration and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), but little is known about their relationship. Theref...
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Metastasis-induction and apoptosis-protection by TWIST in gastric cancer cells
TWIST, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, has been recently reported to play an important role in tumorigenesis of human cancer through converting the early stage tumors into invasive malignancies....
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Serum Level of Adiponectin Correlated with Gender and Genotype in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C
Adiponectin is well recognized as plasma physiologically active polypeptide hormone exclusively derived from human and animal mature adipocytes, with vigorous property in antidiabetic, antiobesity, antiatherog...
