Alviss

Corazonin (Crz) is a neuropeptide hormone, but also a neuropeptide modulator that is internally released within the CNS, and it has a widespread distribution in insects with diverse physiological functions. Here, we identified and cloned the cDNAs of Bactrocera dorsalis that encode Crz and its receptor CrzR. Mature BdCrz has 11 residues with a unique Ser11 substitution (instead of the typical Asn)...

Pulmonary protozoal infections are rare. A 28-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with chief complains of cough, sputum, and dyspnea. The clinical laboratory tests for blood revealed an increased eosinophil percentage of 31.3% and significantly elevated total IgE. The chest computed tomography scan revealed that bilateral bronchial walls were thickening, accompanied with patchy spots scattered...

An association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and gut microbiota is well established, but the results of related studies are inconsistent. The purpose of this investigation is to elucidate the characteristics of the gut microbiota in T2DM and non-diabetic subjects. Forty-five subjects were recruited for this study, including 29 T2DM patients and 16 non-diabetic subjects. Biochemical param...

Introduction The rapidly increased isolation rate of CR HvKP worldwide has brought great difficulties in controlling clinical infection. Moreover, it has been demonstrated that the transmission of drug resistant genes among bacteria can be mediated by outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), which is a new way of horizontal gene transfer (HGT). The transmission of virulence genes among bacteria has also be...

Selected GO terms significantly enriched for downregulated genes in SD versus ND. (DOCX 20Â kb)

Cytotoxic assay guided multistep separation on the dichloromethane extract of the roots of Euphorbia kansui resulted in the isolation of 10 ingenol‐type diterpenoids (1–4 and 7–12), of which, 5‐O‐(2′E,4′E‐decadienoyl)‐20‐O‐acetylingenol (1) is a new compound, and two are jatrophane‐type diterpenoids (13–14). Interconversion of two pairs of positional ester isomers (1–4) in aqueous alcoholic soluti...

Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) comprise a diverse family of enzymes found ubiquitously in aerobic organisms and they play important roles in insecticide resistance. In this study, we tested the sensitivities of Liposcelis entomophila, collected from four different field populations, to three insecticides. The results showed that the insects from Tongliang population had a relatively higher tole...

Phytochemical investigation on the stem bark of Aphanamixis grandifolia afforded five novel tirucallane‐type triterpenoids, (13α,14β,17α,23Z)‐25‐methoxy‐21,23‐epoxylanosta‐7,20(22),23‐triene‐3,21‐dione (1), (13α,14β,17α,23Z)‐21,23‐epoxylanosta‐7,20(22),23,25‐tetraene‐3,21‐dione (2), (3R,5R, 9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)‐17‐{(2R,3S,5R)‐5‐[(2S)‐3,3‐dimethyloxiran‐2‐yl]‐2,3,4,5‐tetrahydro‐2,5‐dimethoxyfuran‐3‐...