Acupuncture is widely applied all over the world. Although the neurobiological underpinnings of acupuncture still remain unclear, accumulating evidence indicates significant alteration of brain activities in response to acupuncture. In particular, activities of brain regions in the default mode network (DMN) are modulated by acupuncture. DMN is …
Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune diseases of the connective tissues, characteristic of the presentation of keratoconjunctivitis sicca and xerostomia. A cardinal pathogenetic feature of SS is B-cell hyperactivity, which has invited efforts on optimal B-cell targeted therapy, whereas conventional corticosteroids and …
3.4 Efficacy of Herbal Medicine for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. In two SRs (Spanier et al., 2003; Liu et al., 2006) that did not conduct a meta-analysis, the authors reported that HMs were effective in patients with IBS.The Cochrane review (Liu et al., 2006) included the largest number of HMs, but no meta-analysis was performed because there …
Wang et al. 45 summarized several efficient strategies for overcoming defects of HKUST-1. How to fully use the specific properties of MOF materials endowed by structural defects is critical for practical applications. ... Shi et al. 94 calculated the migration energy of a uranyl ion in both perfect and defective UiO-66 using classical molecular ...
A summary of studies demonstrating the effects of TCM on lipid metabolism in animal models and humans. While TCMs clearly play roles in anti-obesity, the side effects of TCMs should not be overlooked. Hepatotoxicity is the main side effect of TCMs ( Tarantino et al., 2009; Frenzel and Teschke, 2016 ).
Extracellular homology with malectin (Schallus et al., 2008; Fig. 1A) distinguishes the THESEUS1/FERONIA-related RLKs from other members of the Arabidopsis RLK family.Malectin, named after its in vitro ability to bind maltose (Glc α1-4 Glc), is a conserved animal protein located in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum …
Now, we present a brief introduction to the three stages of Zhu et al.'s assimilation process. Initiation is the awareness and evaluation stage. Innovation adoption-diffusion models explain that: at initial stage, the potential adopters explore their needs, the capabilities of the technology, and the accessibility of the resources that require for the …
The immune system plays a crucial role in cancer development either by fostering tumor growth or destroying tumor cells, which has open new avenues for cancer immunotherapy. It was only over the last decade that the role of B cells in controlling anti-tumor immune responses in the tumor milieu has begun to be appreciated. B and plasma …
BackgroundAdult degenerative scoliosis (ADS) is forecast to be a prevalent disabling condition in an aging society. Universally, its pathogenesis is perceived as intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD), however, a thought-provoking issue is why precisely a subset of patients with disc degeneration develop ADS. Exploring the diversities …
Some of the proteins identified are the D-7 protein from Typha latifolia (Wolkers et al. 2001), the AavLEA1 protein from the nematode Aphelenchus avenae (Goyal et al. 2003), the GmPM16 protein from soybean (Shih et al. 2004), and the PsLEAM protein from pea (Pisum sativum) (Tolleter et al. 2007); most of these are in a randomly coiled …
The anti-carcinogenic activities of anthocyanins in the initial stage of tumourigenesis Antioxidant. Anthocyanins can act on the antioxidant system (Bowen-Forbes et al., 2010; Li et al., 2015a), where they scavenge free radicals, thereby reducing damage to the genome of normal cells by oxidative stress and the subsequent malignant …
Participants. The participants were 13 high functioning individuals with ASD (mean age 29 years, S.E.M. 1.7 years, range 20–41 years, all males) and 13 healthy male controls (mean age 28 years, S.E.M. 2.1 years, range 19–47 years)—from now on labeled as "neurotypical" (NT)—matched for age and IQ (see [Salmi et al., 2013] for details).The …
Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) is a respiratory disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has grown to a worldwide pandemic with substantial mortality. The symptoms of COVID-19 range from mild flu-like symptoms, including cough and fever, to life threatening complications. There are still …