Transcriptome profiling analysis reveals key genes of different coat color in sheep skin.

Background: To investigate the molecular mechanisms determining the coat color of native breed sheep in Xinjiang.

Methods: Bashibai sheep, Yemule white sheep and Tulufan black sheep were selected. Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing technology was used to detect the genes responsible for the white, light brown, black and cyan gray coat colors in sheep.

Treatment adherence among sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Xinjiang, China: a prospective study.

Background: Despite great effort to control tuberculosis (TB), low treatment adherence threatens the success of drug therapy, increases the risk of TB transmission, and leads to the development of drug resistance. The present study assessed anti-TB treatment adherence in sputum smear-positive TB patients and examined the risk factors for poor patient adherence to identify targets for intervention.

Methods: We monitored and followed up TB patients who were diagnosed between July 2014 and June 2015 in Xinjiang, China.

An independently reconfigurable dual-mode dual-band substrate integrated waveguide filter.

In this paper, a novel perturbation approach for implementing the independently reconfigurable dual-mode dual-band substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) filter is proposed. Dual-frequency manipulation is achieved by adding perturbation via-holes (the first variable) and changing the lengths of the interference slot (the second variable) in each cavity. The independent control of the upper passband only depends on the second variable while the lower passband is independently tuned by combining the two variables.

[Relationship between disintegrin and metalloproteinase gene polymorphism of bronchial asthma and its severity in Uygur population].

Objective: To explore the relationship between disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM33) gene polymorphism of bronchial asthma and its severity in Xinjiang Uygur population.

Methods: From January to December 2009, a total of 126 consecutive Uighur asthmatics with a definite diagnosis at First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University were assigned into intermittent mild (n = 62), moderate (n = 39) and severe (n = 25) groups according to the severity of illness. The control group was a 1: 1 paired population from healthy subjects matched similarly with regards to gender, race, residence and age (with a difference <5 years).