Epstein-Barr virus: To be a trigger of autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy?

Background: Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy is a novel autoimmune disease of central nervous system (CNS). It is unclear whether Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is related to autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy.

Objective: To describe the clinical, laboratory, and imaging characteristics of patients with autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy.

A Comparative Study on the Incidence, Aggravation, and Remission of Lupus Nephritis Based on iTRAQ Technology.

Aim And Objective: Lupus nephritis (LN) is one of the major complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The specific mechanisms of pathogenesis, aggravation, and remission processes in LN have not been clarified but is of great need in the clinic. Using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) technology to screen the functional proteins of LN in mice.

Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the production of L-malate from xylose.

Malate is regarded as one of the key building block chemicals which can potentially be produced from biomass at a large scale. Although glucose has been extensively studied as the substrate for malate production, its high price and potential competition with food production are serious limiting factors. In this study, Escherichia coli was metabolically engineered to effectively produce malate from xylose, the second most abundant sugar component of lignocellulosic biomass.