Wenju Cai, Lixin Wu, Matthieu Lengaigne, Tim Li et al.
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which originates in the Pacific, is the strongest and most well-known mode of tropical climate variability. Its reach is global, and it can force climate variations of the tropical Atlantic and Indian Oceans by perturbing the global atmospheric circulation. L...
Georg Ehret, Teresa Ferreira, Daniel I. Chasman, Anne Jackson et al.
To dissect the genetic architecture of blood pressure and assess effects on target organ damage, we analyzed 128,272 SNPs from targeted and genome-wide arrays in 201,529 individuals of European ancestry, and genotypes from an additional 140,886 individuals were used for validation. We identified 66 ...
Sujon Sarowar, Young Jin Kim, Eui Nam Kim, Ki Deok Kim et al.
A pepper gene, CABPR1, which encodes basic pathogenesis-related protein 1, has been reported to be strongly induced after ethephon treatment, wounding, and tobacco mosaic virus infection. The potential role of CABPR1 in tolerance of biotic or abiotic stresses was examined in transgenic Nicotiana tab...
Sujit Bhattacharya, Dipika Sur, Mohammad Ali, Suman Kanungo et al.
Background Efficacy and safety of a two-dose regimen of bivalent killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccine (Shantha Biotechnics, Hyderabad, India) to 3 years is established, but long-term efficacy is not. We aimed to assess protective efficacy up to 5 years in a slum area of Kolkata, India. Methods In ...
Wei Zheng, Dale McLerran, Betsy Rolland, Zhenming Fu et al.
BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for many diseases. We sought to quantify the burden of tobacco-smoking-related deaths in Asia, in parts of which men's smoking prevalence is among the world's highest. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We performed pooled analyses of data from 1,049,929 partici...
Huaping Wang, Jianmin Ma, Jun Zhang, Yuezhan Feng et al.
Gas sensor technology is widely utilized in various areas ranging from home security, environment and air pollution, to industrial production. It also hold great promise in non-invasive exhaled breath detection and an essential device in future internet of things. The past decade has witnessed giant...
Soyeon Park, Eun‐jin Kim, Won‐Young Kim, Chulhun Kang et al.
A novel biotin-guided anticancer drug delivery system, prodrug , consisting of biotin, nitrobenzene, and doxorubicin, with acid-triggered drug releasing capability was synthesized. Its cellular uptake and anticancer activity are selective to the HepG2 cell line over the WI-38 cell line, as revealed ...
Mi-Young Chung, Ujjal Kumar Nath, Julia Vrebalov, Nigel E. Gapper et al.
BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that can influence gene expression via diverse mechanisms. Tomato is a fruit widely consumed for its flavor, culinary attributes, and high nutritional quality. Tomato fruit are climacteric and fleshy, and their ripening is regulated by endogen...
MH Rashid, Hyun‐Jin Kim, Seon‐In Yeom, Hyeon-Ah Yu et al.
Brown planthopper (BPH; Nilaparvata lugens Stål) is one of the most serious insect pests, which reduce rice yield remarkably in many rice-growing areas. A few plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria induce systemic resistance against herbivorous insects. Here we show that root drenching of rice seedlin...
Swee Chong Quek, Boon Kiong Lim, Efrén Javier Domingo, Ruey Soon et al.
Objective Independent, prospective, multicenter, hospital-based cross-sectional studies were conducted across 5 countries in Asia, namely, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, South Korea, and the Philippines. The objectives of these studies were to evaluate the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) typ...
S.M. Rafiquzzaman, Eun Young Kim, Jong Min Lee, Md. Mohibbullah et al.
Undaria pinnatifida Harvey is an edible brown macroalga that has several pharmacologically important traits. We previously described the purification and chemical composition of a glycoprotein from U. pinnatifida (UPGP) and characterized its antioxidant and DNA protection activities. In the present ...
Vikash Chandra Roy, Weerathunga Arachchige Shiran Chamika, Jin‐Seok Park, Truc Cong Ho et al.
Hun-Kook Choi, Md. Shamim Ahsan, Dongyoon Yoo, Ik‐Bu Sohn et al.
Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Young–Jin Son, Mohammad Faisal Haidere, Bhuiyan Mohammad Mahtab Uddin et al.
Bacteria and archaea possess adaptive immunity against foreign genetic materials through clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) systems. The discovery of this intriguing bacterial system heralded a revolutionary change in the field of medical science. The CRISPR and CRISPR...
Dong‐Sik Kim, Young‐In Yoon, Beom Kyung Kim, Ashok Choudhury et al.
Liver transplantation is a highly complex and challenging field of clinical practice. Although it was originally developed in western countries, it has been further advanced in Asian countries through the use of living donor liver transplantation. This method of transplantation is the only available...