Obesity as a risk factor for low back pain: a meta-analysis

TT Zhang, Z Liu, YL Liu, JJ Zhao, DW Liu… - Clinical spine …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: A meta-analysis. Objective: To update the current knowledge about the
association between overweight, obesity, and low back pain (LBP) risk, we conducted a meta-…

[HTML][HTML] Involvement of CXCR4 in normal and abnormal development

N Kawaguchi, TT Zhang, T Nakanishi - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
CXC motif chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) is associated with normal and abnormal
development, including oncogenesis. The ligand of CXCR4 is stromal cell-derived factor (SDF), …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNAs in Alzheimer's disease: function and potential applications as diagnostic biomarkers

W Wei, ZY Wang, LN Ma, TT Zhang, Y Cao… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Although the incidence of
AD is high, the rates of diagnosis and treatment are relatively low. Moreover, effective means …

“Perfect” designer chromosome V and behavior of a ring derivative

…, X Wang, BX Zeng, HM Liu, XL Wu, Q Feng, WZ Zhang… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2.0 project (Sc2.0) aims to modify the
yeast genome with a series of densely spaced designer changes. Both a synthetic yeast …

UCA1, a long non-coding RNA up-regulated in colorectal cancer influences cell proliferation, apoptosis and cell cycle distribution

…, T Zhang, H Sui, X Wei, L Liu, P Huang, W Zhang… - Pathology, 2014 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Long non-coding
RNAs (IncRNAs) have been shown to play important regulatory roles in cancer biology and …

A highly stable acetylcholinesterase biosensor based on chitosan-TiO2-graphene nanocomposites for detection of organophosphate pesticides

…, WW Wu, MM Li, X Song, Y Lv, TT Zhang - Biosensors and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A highly stable electrochemical acetylcholinesterase (AChE) biosensor for detection of
organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) was developed simply by adsorption of AChE on chitosan (…

Using hyperspectral vegetation indices as a proxy to monitor soil salinity

TT Zhang, SL Zeng, Y Gao, ZT Ouyang, B Li… - Ecological …, 2011 - Elsevier
The spectral bands most sensitive to salt-stress across diverse plants have not yet been
defined; therefore, the predictive ability of previous vegetation indices (VIs) may not be satisfied …

Inhibition of the prenylation of K-Ras, but not H-or N-Ras, is highly resistant to CAAX peptidomimetics and requires both a farnesyltransferase and a …

EC Lerner, TT Zhang, DB Knowles, Y Qian… - Oncogene, 1997 - nature.com
The farnesyltransferase (FTase) inhibitor FTI-277 is highly effective at blocking oncogenic H-Ras
but not K-Ras4B processing and signaling. While inhibition of processing and signaling …

[HTML][HTML] A novel role for glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper protein in epithelial sodium channel-mediated sodium transport

R Soundararajan, TT Zhang, J Wang… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
The steroid hormone aldosterone stimulates sodium (Na + ) transport in tight epithelia by
altering the expression of target genes that regulate the activity and trafficking of the epithelial …

miR-9 modulates the expression of interferon-regulated genes and MHC class I molecules in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

…, WT Zhao, QR Fan, SC Wang, J Li, YQ Zhang… - Biochemical and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The functions of miR-9 in some cancers are recently implicated in regulating proliferation,
epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), invasion and metastasis, apoptosis, and tumor …