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• Proteomic identification of altered apolipoprotein patterns in pulmonary hypertension and vasculopathy of sickle cell disease.

  Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is emerging as a major complication and independent risk factor for death among adults with sickle cell disease …

  Authors: Susan Yuditskaya, Ashaunta Tumblin, Gerard T Hoehn, Guanghui Wang, Steven K Drake, Xiuli Xu, Saixia Ying, Amy H Chi, Alan T Remaley, Rong-Fong Shen,…

  Source: Blood. 2009 Jan 29

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• Rabbit ATG but not horse ATG promotes expansion of functional CD4+CD25highFOXP3+ regulatory T cells in vitro.

  Regulatory T cells (Treg) play important roles in suppressing immune responses and maintaining tolerance. Rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) and hor…

  Authors: Xingmin Feng, Sachiko Kajigaya, Elena E Solomou, Keyvan Keyvanfar, Xiuli Xu, Nalini Raghavachari, Peter J Munson, Thomas M Herndon, Jichun Chen, Neal S Young

  Source: Blood. 2008 Apr 1

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• Nitrite reduction to nitric oxide by deoxyhemoglobin vasodilates the human circulation.

  Nitrite anions comprise the largest vascular storage pool of nitric oxide (NO), provided that physiological mechanisms exist to reduce nitrite to NO. …

  Authors: Kenyatta Cosby, Kristine S Partovi, Jack H Crawford, Rakesh P Patel, Christopher D Reiter, Sabrina Martyr, Benjamin K Yang, Myron A Waclawiw, Gloria Zalos, Xiuli Xu,…

  Source: Nature medicine. 2003 Dec

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• Amplified expression profiling of platelet transcriptome reveals changes in arginine metabolic pathways in patients with sickle cell disease.

  BACKGROUND: In sickle cell disease, ischemia-reperfusion injury and intravascular hemolysis produce endothelial dysfunction and vasculopathy character…

  Authors: Nalini Raghavachari, Xiuli Xu, Amy Harris, Jose Villagra, Carolea Logun, Jennifer Barb, Michael A Solomon, Anthony F Suffredini, Robert L Danner, Gregory Kato,…

  Source: Circulation. 2007 Mar 27

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• Deoxymyoglobin is a nitrite reductase that generates nitric oxide and regulates mitochondrial respiration.

  Previous studies have revealed a novel interaction between deoxyhemoglobin and nitrite to generate nitric oxide (NO) in blood. It has been proposed th…

  Authors: Sruti Shiva, Zhi Huang, Rozalina Grubina, Junhui Sun, Lorna A Ringwood, Peter H MacArthur, Xiuli Xu, Elizabeth Murphy, Victor M Darley-Usmar, Mark T Gladwin

  Source: Circulation research. 2007 Mar 16

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• Heme oxygenase-1 deficiency accelerates formation of arterial thrombosis through oxidative damage to the endothelium, which is rescued by inhaled carbon monoxide.

  Heme oxygenase (HO)-1 (encoded by Hmox1) catalyzes the oxidative degradation of heme to biliverdin and carbon monoxide. HO-1 is induced during inflamm…

  Authors: Andrea L True, Michelle Olive, Manfred Boehm, Hong San, Randal J Westrick, Nalini Raghavachari, Xiuli Xu, Edward G Lynn, Michael N Sack, Peter J Munson,…

  Source: Circulation research. 2007 Oct 26

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• A new Multi-PCR-SSCP assay for simultaneous detection of isoniazid and rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

  Prompt detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential for effective control of tuberculosis (TB). We developed a Multi-PCR-SS…

  Authors: Xiaodong Cheng, Jianfang Zhang, Liu Yang, Xiuli Xu, Jianyun Liu, Wenbin Yu, Mingquan Su, Xiaoke Hao

  Source: Journal of microbiological methods. 2007 Aug

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• Biofilm formation of the pathogens of fatal bacterial granuloma after trauma: potential mechanism underlying the failure of traditional antibiotic treatments.

  The pathogen of a new type of disease - fatal bacterial granuloma after trauma (FBGT) - was found to be Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes). Although i…

  Authors: Xianlong Qi, Jian Gao, Dongjie Sun, Wenbin Liang, Yi Wan, Chunying Li, Xiuli Xu, Tianwen Gao

  Source: Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases. 2008

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• Minor sesquiterpenes with new carbon skeletons from the brown alga Dictyopteris divaricata.

  Five minor sesquiterpenes (1-5) with two novel carbon skeletons, together with a minor new oplopane sesquiterpene (6), have been isolated from the bro…

  Authors: Fuhang Song, Xiuli Xu, Shuai Li, Sujuan Wang, Jielu Zhao, Yongchun Yang, Xiao Fan, Jiangong Shi, Lan He

  Source: Journal of natural products. 2006 Sep

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• Characterization of whole blood gene expression profiles as a sequel to globin mRNA reduction in patients with sickle cell disease.

  Global transcriptome analysis of whole blood RNA using microarrays has been proven to be challenging due to the high abundance of globin transcripts t…

  Authors: Nalini Raghavachari, Xiuli Xu, Peter J Munson, Mark T Gladwin

  Source: PloS one. 2009

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