Publications by authors named "Yun-Feng Hou"
Soft scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccidae) are important pests of various agricultural and horticultural crops and ornamental plants. They have negative impacts on agriculture and forestry. The tribe Coccini represents one of the most ancient evolutionary lineages of soft scale insects.
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- Macrophages play a crucial role in both inflammation and repair of acute kidney injury (AKI), but their specific mechanisms are still not fully understood.
- The study revealed that junctional adhesion molecule-like protein (JAML) is significantly increased in two mouse models of AKI, indicating its importance in the disease's progression.
- JAML influences macrophage behavior through specific signaling pathways, suggesting it could serve as a therapeutic target to improve treatments for AKI.