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Akt Signals through the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Pathway to Regulate CNS Myelination
- S. P. Narayanan, A. Flores, F. Wang, W. Macklin
- Biology, Medicine
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- 27 May 2009
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a well known Akt substrate, regulates multiple cellular functions including cell growth and protein synthesis. The current study identifies a novel role of the… Expand
Structure and mechanism of the hexameric MecA–ClpC molecular machine
- F. Wang, Ziqing Mei, +4 authors Y. Shi
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature
- 17 March 2011
Regulated proteolysis by ATP-dependent proteases is universal in all living cells. Bacterial ClpC, a member of the Clp/Hsp100 family of AAA+ proteins (ATPases associated with diverse cellular… Expand
Knock-in of large reporter genes in human cells via CRISPR/Cas9-induced homology-dependent and independent DNA repair
- Xiangjun He, Chunlai Tan, +7 authors B. Feng
- Biology, Medicine
- Nucleic acids research
- 4 February 2016
CRISPR/Cas9-induced site-specific DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) can be repaired by homology-directed repair (HDR) or non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) pathways. Extensive efforts have been made to… Expand
Evaluation of the impact of hepatitis B vaccination among children born during 1992-2005 in China.
BACKGROUND
Endemic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a serious health problem in China. Hepatitis B vaccination of infants was introduced in 1992 and was progressively expanded during the… Expand
Mechanism of thioamide drug action against tuberculosis and leprosy
- F. Wang, R. Langley, +4 authors J. Sacchettini
- Biology, Medicine
- The Journal of experimental medicine
- 22 January 2007
Thioamide drugs, ethionamide (ETH) and prothionamide (PTH), are clinically effective in the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. leprae, and M. avium complex infections. Although generally… Expand
Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants
- B. Zhou, Y. Lu, +494 authors J. Cisneros
- Medicine
- The Lancet
- 6 April 2016
Summary Background One of the global targets for non-communicable diseases is to halt, by 2025, the rise in the age-standardised adult prevalence of diabetes at its 2010 levels. We aimed to estimate… Expand
Altered NADH/NAD+ Ratio Mediates Coresistance to Isoniazid and Ethionamide in Mycobacteria
- C. Vilchéze, T. Weisbrod, +6 authors W. Jacobs
- Biology, Medicine
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- 1 February 2005
ABSTRACT The front-line antituberculosis drug isoniazid (INH) and the related drug ethionamide (ETH) are prodrugs that upon activation inhibit the synthesis of mycolic acids, leading to bactericidal… Expand
Reprint of: Epidemiological serosurvey of Hepatitis B in China--declining HBV prevalence due to Hepatitis B vaccination.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs), and hepatitis B core anti-body (anti-HBc) in a representative population in… Expand
Association between vitamin D and risk of colorectal cancer: a systematic review of prospective studies.
- Yanlei Ma, P. Zhang, F. Wang, J. Yang, Z. Liu, H. Qin
- Medicine
- Journal of clinical oncology : official journal…
- 1 October 2011
PURPOSE
To conduct a systematic review of prospective studies assessing the association of vitamin D intake or blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] with the risk of colorectal cancer using… Expand
A CRISPR-based approach for targeted DNA demethylation
- Xingxing Xu, Y. Tao, +7 authors Ronggui Hu
- Biology, Medicine
- Cell Discovery
- 3 May 2016
In mammalian cells, DNA methylation critically regulates gene expression and thus has pivotal roles in myriad of physiological and pathological processes. Here we report a novel method for targeted… Expand