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    Hypothalamic supramammillary neurons that project to the medial septum modulate wakefulness in mice

    The hypothalamic supramammillary nucleus (SuM) plays a crucial role in controlling wakefulness, but the downstream target regions participating in this control process remain unknown. Here, using circuit-speci...

    Mengru Liang, Tingliang Jian, Jie Tao, **a Wang, Rui Wang in Communications Biology (2023)

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    Neural circuit control of innate behaviors

    All animals possess a plethora of innate behaviors that do not require extensive learning and are fundamental for their survival and propagation. With the advent of newly-developed techniques such as viral tra...

    Wei **ao, Zhuo-Lei Jiao, Esra Senol, Jiwei Yao, Miao Zhao in Science China Life Sciences (2022)

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    A corticopontine circuit for initiation of urination

    Urination (also called micturition) is thought to be regulated by a neural network that is distributed in both subcortical and cortical regions. Previously, urination-related neurons have been identified in su...

    Jiwei Yao, Quanchao Zhang, **ang Liao, Qianwei Li, Shanshan Liang in Nature Neuroscience (2018)

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    Procalcitonin as an early diagnostic and monitoring tool in urosepsis following percutaneous nephrolithotomy

    To evaluate the value of procalcitonin (PCT) as an early marker for diagnosis and differentiation of without urosepsis, urosepsis, severe urosepsis, and uroseptic shock following PCNL and the ability of PCT t...

    Ji Zheng, Qianwei Li, Weihua Fu, **g Ren, Siji Song, Guoxian Deng in Urolithiasis (2015)

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    Protein Expression of Urate Transporters in Renal Tissue of Patients with Uric Acid Nephrolithiasis

    URAT1 and GLUT9 are two primary urate transporters involved in the renal urate handling. Renal urate underexcretion was reported in uric acid stone formers (UASF) in previous clinical studies. The aim of this ...

    Weihua Fu, Qianwei Li, Jiwei Yao, Ji Zheng, Lang Lang in Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics (2014)

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    Heme Induces IL-1β Secretion Through Activating NLRP3 in Kidney Inflammation

    To produce proinflammatory master cytokine IL-1β in macrophages, two stimulation pathways are needed including TLRs-NF-κB axis and NLRPs/ASC-caspase-1 axis. Different signals including exogenous and endogenous...

    Qianwei Li, Weihua Fu, Jiwei Yao, Zheng Ji in Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics (2014)

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    Efficacy and Safety of Parecoxib/Phloroglucinol Combination Therapy Versus Parecoxib Monotherapy for Acute Renal Colic: A Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial

    To investigate whether the addition of phloroglucinol to parecoxib could improve the efficacy in patients with acute renal colic. Patients of acute renal colic were randomly allocated to receive intravenous Pa...

    Weihua Fu, Jiwei Yao, Qianwei Li, Yongquan Wang in Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics (2014)