Publications by authors named "Mingju Yan"

Background: The pathogenicity of is attributed to various virulence factors including adhesion to the surface of epithelial cells or mucosa, germ tube formation, hyphal morphogenesis, development of drug resistant biofilms, and so on. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of Kalopanaxsaponin A (KPA) on the virulence of .

Methods: The effect of KPA on the virulence of was characterized by an XTT reduction assay and fluorescent microscopic observation.

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Background: Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has been rapidly developed and widely used as an analytical technique in clinical laboratories with high accuracy in microorganism identification.

Objective: To validate the efficacy of MALDI-TOF MS in identification of clinical pathogenic anaerobes.

Methods: Twenty-eight studies covering 6685 strains of anaerobic bacteria were included in this meta-analysis.

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The emergence of drug resistance and limitation of antifungal agents complicate the management of fungal infection. Candida albicans, as the most common fungal infection pathogen, causes candidiasis via developing its virulence factors. In this study, we found trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC), known as a "Generally Regarded As Safe" (GRAS) molecule, had moderate antifungal activities against various Candida species and could retard the virulence of C.

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