Serum Golgi protein 73 is a prognostic biomarker of liver transplantation patients.

Background: The death after liver transplantation (LT) was most commonly caused by HCC recurrence. Golgi protein 73 (GP73), a type II Golgi membrane protein, has been proved to be a better serum marker for HCC.

Objective: This study aims to clarify the relationship between serum GP73 levels and tumor recurrence as well as survival of HCC patients after LT.

Pilot feasibility research of Chinese version of kidney transplant questionnaire in recipients of living donor kidney transplantation.

Objective: To explore the feasibility of the Chinese version of Kidney Transplant Questionnaire (KTQ) by evaluating the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese recipients of living donor kidney transplantation.

Methods: The English version of KTQ was translated into Chinese and underwent cultural adaptation to obtain the Chinese version of KTQ. HRQoL of 136 Chinese recipients of living donor kidney transplantation that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated to assess the validity and reliability of the questionnaire.

Deletion of the Small RNA Chaperone Protein Hfq down Regulates Genes Related to Virulence and Confers Protection against Wild-Type Brucella Challenge in Mice.

Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic epidemics worldwide. Brucella, the etiological pathogen of brucellosis, has unique virulence characteristics, including the ability to survive within the host cell. Hfq is a bacterial chaperone protein that is involved in the survival of the pathogen under stress conditions.

Type IV secretion system of Brucella spp. and its effectors.

Brucella spp. are intracellular bacterial pathogens that cause infection in domestic and wild animals. They are often used as model organisms to study intracellular bacterial infections.

Survey and rapid detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae in clinical samples targeting the rcsA gene in Beijing, China.

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a wide-spread nosocomial pathogen. A rapid and sensitive molecular method for the detection of K. pneumoniae in clinical samples is needed to guide therapeutic treatment.

Concerns of and coping strategies by parents of pediatric liver transplant recipients: a qualitative study from China.

Parents of liver transplant recipient children have to face complicated health issues of their children. Coping strategies of parents as major care providers not only impacts on their handling of stresses on themselves but also on the recipients' quality of life. In this study, we sought to investigate the coping strategies of parents of Chinese pediatric liver transplant recipients at a single tertiary care institution in China.

[Progress in the study of the protection of α-crystallin to retinal ganglial cells].

α-crystallin is the predominant structural protein in the lens. It is a member of small heat shock proteins (sHsps) and has the common functions of sHsps. α-crystallin also plays important roles in the protection of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs).