Chitosan kills bacteria through cell membrane damage

H Liu, Y Du, X Wang, L Sun - International journal of food microbiology, 2004 - Elsevier
The bactericidal activity of chitosan (CS) acetate solution against Escherichia coli and
Staphylococcus aureus was evaluated by the enumeration of viable organisms at different …

A mini review on bio-electrochemical systems for the treatment of azo dye wastewater: State-of-the-art and future prospects

L Sun, Y Mo, L Zhang - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Azo dyes are typical toxic and refractory organic pollutants widely used in the textile industry.
Bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) have great potential for the treatment of azo dyes with …

Accumulation of miR-155 and BIC RNA in human B cell lymphomas

PS Eis, W Tam, L Sun, A Chadburn… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
We show that the microRNA miR-155 can be processed from sequences present in BIC RNA,
a spliced and polyadenylated but non-protein-coding RNA that accumulates in lymphoma …

A global burden of gastric cancer: the major impact of China

…, X Cai, Y Shang, J Zhou, K Pan, L Sun… - Expert review of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Gastric cancer (GC) is a highly aggressive cancer and a major cause of cancer-related
deaths worldwide. Approximately half of the world’s GC cases and deaths occur in …

A comprehensive review of nonlinear oscillators in hydrokinetic energy harnessing using flow-induced vibrations

Y Lv, L Sun, MM Bernitsas, H Sun - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive review of hydrokinetic energy converters based on alternating lift technology
(ALT) is provided. Emphasis is on nonlinear oscillators based on Flow Induced Vibration (…

Chromatin states define tumour-specific T cell dysfunction and reprogramming

M Philip, L Fairchild, L Sun, EL Horste, S Camara… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Tumour-specific CD8 T cells in solid tumours are dysfunctional, allowing tumours to
progress. The epigenetic regulation of T cell dysfunction and therapeutic reprogrammability (for …

Respiratory morbidity in late preterm births

JU Hibbard, I Wilkins, L Sun, K Gregory, S Haberman… - Jama, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Late preterm births, which occur between 34 weeks and 36 weeks 6 days, represent an
increasing proportion of prematurity-associated short-term morbidities, especially respiratory, …

[HTML][HTML] Combination of four clinical indicators predicts the severe/critical symptom of patients infected COVID-19

L Sun, F Song, N Shi, F Liu, S Li, P Li, W Zhang… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Despite the death rate of COVID-19 is less than 3%, the fatality rate of severe/critical
cases is high, according to World Health Organization (WHO). Thus, screening the …

[HTML][HTML] Cholesterol addition to ER membranes alters conformation of SCAP, the SREBP escort protein that regulates cholesterol metabolism

AJ Brown, L Sun, JD Feramisco, MS Brown… - Molecular cell, 2002 - cell.com
Sterol accumulation in membranes blocks the exit of SCAP from the ER, preventing SREBP
cleavage and reducing cholesterol synthesis. Sterols act through SCAP's sterol-sensing …

[HTML][HTML] Checkpoint blockade and nanosonosensitizer-augmented noninvasive sonodynamic therapy combination reduces tumour growth and metastases in mice

…, H Yin, W Ren, C Liu, L Guo, Y Zhang, L Sun… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Combined checkpoint blockade (eg, PD1/PD-L1) with traditional clinical therapies can be
hampered by side effects and low tumour-therapeutic outcome, hindering broad clinical …