Publications by authors named "Liguang Liu"
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- Fusarium wilt is a bad disease for banana plants caused by a fungus called Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc).
- Scientists changed a gene called FoAce2 in the fungus to see how it affects the fungus's ability to make bananas sick.
- Without this gene, the fungus grew slower, had thicker cell walls, and was much less harmful to bananas, showing that FoAce2 is really important for the fungus to be strong and grow properly.
No mutant-prevention concentration (MPC) with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) has been reported. The study aimed to evaluate the propensity of vancomycin individually and in combination to prevent MRSE from mutation. A total of 10 MRSE clinical isolates were included in the study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe TGF-β, a tumor suppressive cytokine in normal cells, is abused in cancer to promote the malignancy. In this study, we reported that TGF-β downregulated the mutS homolog 2 (MSH2), a central component of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system, in HER2-transformed MCF10A mammary epithelial cells and in breast cancer (BC) cells. This was mediated by a TGF-β-induced micro RNA (miRNA), miR-21, which targeted the 3' untranslated region of MSH2 mRNA and downregulated its expression.
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