Background/Aims: The optimal duration of nucleos(t)ide analogs (NAs) therapy in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients remains unsatisfactory.Previous studies have confirmed the important role of host genetic factors in determining the outcome of HBV infection.This study tries to determine the role of host genetic factors in predicting response status
Synergistic effects between movie actors have been regarded as an important indicator when they are casted in a new movie.People simply assume that synergistic effect is symmetric.The aim of this study is to understand the asymmetric synergy between actors.We propose an asymmetric synergy measurement method Military Spacecraft Model Kit for actorâ€
Numerous studies of human populations in Europe and Asia have revealed a concordance between their extant genetic structure and the prevailing regional pattern of geography and language.For native South Americans, however, such evidence has been lacking so far.Therefore, we examined the relationship between Y-chromosomal genotype on the one hand, a
The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effects of selenium yeast (Se-Y) against hepatotoxicity induced by ochratoxin A (OTA).The OTA-induced liver injury model was established in chickens by daily oral gavage of 50 µg/kg OTA for 21 days.Serum biochemistry analysis, antioxidant analysis, as well as the qRT-PCR and Western blot
The cellular transmembrane protein MARCH8 impedes the incorporation of various viral envelope glycoproteins, such as the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) and vesicular stomatitis virus G-glycoprotein (VSV-G), into virions by downregulating them from the surface of virus-producing cells.This downregulation significantly reduces the efficiency of vi