supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31830030);National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2017YFA0106100);Joint Fund project of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U21A20394).
Dear Editor,The conductive nanomaterials,such as carbon nanotubes(CNTs),have attracted much attention in biomedical applications.Particularly,it has been found that CNTs can promote the electrical activity of cardiomy...
The liver has many significant functions,such as detoxification,the urea cycle,gluconeogenesis,and protein synthesis.Systemic diseases,hypoxia,infections,drugs,and toxins can easily affect the liver,which is extremely...
BACKGROUND The effects of prostaglandin E(PGE)combined with continuous renal replacement therapy(CRRT)on renal function and inflammatory responses in patients with septic acute kidney injury(SAKI)remain unclear.AIM To...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.816660412 to Xie R and No.81160265 to Xu JY
The Na^+/Ca^(2+) exchanger(NCX) protein family is a part of the cation/Ca^(2+) exchanger superfamily and participates in the regulation of cellular Ca^(2+) homeostasis. NCX1, the most important subtype in the NCX fami...
Supported by Ministry of Science and Technology Grants of Taiwan,No.MOST 106-2320-B-016-003-MY2(to Loh SH)and No.MOST 106-2314-B-016-037-MY3(to Tsai YT);National Defense Medical Center Grants of Taiwan,No.MAB-106-033(to Loh SH),No.MAB-105-043 and No.MAB-106-034(to Dai NZ);Teh-Tzer Study Group for Human Medical Research Foundation of Taiwan,No.A1061037 and No.A1061054(to Loh SH)
AIM To establish a functional and molecular model of the intracellular pH(pH_i) regulatory mechanism in human induced pluripotent stem cells(hiPSCs).METHODS hiP SCs(HPS0077) were kindly provided by Dr. Dai from the Tr...
Plate heat exchanger can obtain higher thermal performance because of its advantages in high heat transfer coefficient, small scale, and can realize pure counter current flow. It has been widely applied in HVAC indust...
The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger plays an important role in regulation of airway smooth muscle contraction by regulating intracellular calcium, and is a potential target for treatment of asthma. To test modulation of exchanger ...
In the present study, the ice slurry refrigeration system with pre-cooling heat exchanger (ISSH) is studied experimentally to achieve the system performance, ice crystal formation time and the temperature of ice cryst...
Low-grade Thermal Energy Conversion (LTEC) is a potential source of renewable energy. One of its forms is the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) in which the temperature difference between the warm surface water a...