Chromosome-Scale Genome Assembly for Chinese Sour Jujube and Insights Into Its Genome Evolution and Domestication Signature.

Sour or wild jujube fruits and dried seeds are popular food all over the world. In this study, we reported a high-quality genome assembly of sour jujube ( Mill. var.

Serum cyclophilin A concentrations in renal transplant recipients receiving cyclosporine A: clinical implications for gingival overgrowth.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical factors in relation to the cyclosporine A (CsA) induced gingival overgrowth (GO).

Study Design: Seventy-three participants were assigned as GO+ and GO-. Factors including demographic, pharmacological, gingival variables and the serum cyclophilin A (CyPA) concentration were analyzed.

Association of interleukin-13 SNP rs20541 with allergic rhinitis risk: a meta-analysis.

Studies investigating the association between interleukin-13 (IL-13) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs20541 and allergic rhinitis (AR) risk have reported conflicting results. The aim of the present study was to conduct a meta-analysis assessing the possible association of IL-13 SNP rs20541 with AR risk. Eight studies were included in the present meta-analysis (2153 cases and 3931 controls).

Glutathione S-transferase M1 gene polymorphism and laryngeal cancer risk: a meta-analysis.

Background And Objectives: Studies investigating the association between glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) gene polymorphism and laryngeal cancer risk have reported conflicting results. The aim of the present study was to conduct a meta-analysis assessing the possible associations of GSTM1 gene polymorphism with laryngeal cancer risk.

Methods: The relevant studies were identified through a search of PubMed, Embase, ISI Web of Knowledge and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure until May 2011 and selected on the basis of the established inclusion criteria for publications, then a meta-analysis was performed to quantitatively summarize association of GSTM1 polymorphism with laryngeal cancer susceptibility.

Serum biomarker of diabetic peripheral neuropathy indentified by differential proteomics.

At least one in four diabetic patients is affected by peripheral neuropathy. In this study, the MALDI-TOF-MS mass spectra of peptides and proteins were generated following WCX CLINPROT bead fractionation of 39 diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), 39 diabetes mellitus (DM), and 35 control (CON) serum samples. The spectra were analyzed statistically using flexAnalysisTM and Clin-ProtTM bioinformatics software.

Botox transient treatment of tinnitus due to stapedius myoclonus: case report.

Object: To explore the feasibility of using botulinum toxin type A (BTXA) to treat tinnitus due to stapedius myoclonus.

Method: A piece of gelfoam containing BTXA (25 U/ml) was placed, through a perforation in tympanic membrane, into the middle ear cavity of a patient suffering from tinnitus due to stapedius myoclonus.

Results: The tinnitus disappeared on the second day after the BTXA treatment.