Detection of COVID-19 from chest X-ray images: Boosting the performance with convolutional neural network and transfer learning.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a pandemic that has caused thousands of casualties and impacts all over the world. Most countries are facing a shortage of COVID-19 test kits in hospitals due to the daily increase in the number of cases. Early detection of COVID-19 can protect people from severe infection.

Association between HLA alleles and lamotrigine-induced cutaneous adverse drug reactions in Asian populations: A meta-analysis.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) variants and lamotrigine (LTG)-induced cutaneous adverse drug reactions (cARDs).

Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted on the relationship of HLA alleles with LTG-induced cADRs in Asian populations, through PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library. The last search was in February 2018.

Gentiopicroside abrogates lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavior in mice through tryptophan-degrading pathway.

Targeting neuroinflammatory disturbances has been acknowledged as a potential strategy for treatment of depressive disorder in humans. Over-activation of tryptophan-degrading pathway by pro-inflammatory cytokines resulted in N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA)-mediated excitotoxicity, which is implicated in pathophysiology of depression. Gentiopicroside (Gent) has powerful anti-inflammatory property and exhibits promising antidepressant effect in an animal model of pain/depression dyad by down-regulating GluN2B-containing NMDA receptors.

[Effects of cytosolic bacteria on cyclic GMP-AMP synthase expression in human gingival tissues and periodontal ligament cells].

Objective: This work aims to determine the effect of cytosolic bacteria on the expression of cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) in human periodontal ligament cells (hPDLCs) and gingival tissues.

Methods: The ability of Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) to invade hPDLCs was detected using laser scanning confocal microscope assay at a multiplicity of infection of 10.

[Qualitative analysis of bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric adenosine monophosphate of Porphyromonas gingivalis by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry].

Objective: To test whether Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) could produce bacterial signal molecule, bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) and lay the foundation for explorations of its roles in life metabolism and periodontitis immunity of P. gingivalis.

[Effect of ptxA and ptxB genes of phosphotransferase system on growth of Streptococcus mutans].

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the effect of ptxA and ptxB genes, which are important genes in the L-ascorbate phosphotransferase system (PTS) of Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans).

Methods: The ptxA-, ptxB-, and ptxAB-double deficient mutant as well as ptxAB-complemented strain were constructed.