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Genetic variants of IL-13 signalling and human asthma and atopy by HEINZMANN, A, MAO, X.-Q, ROBERTS, M. H, SUGIMOTO, R, ARIMA, K, ARINOBU, Y, YU, B, KRUSE, S, ENOMOTO, T, DAKE, Y, KAWAI, M, SHIMAZU, S, AKAIWA, M, SASAKI, S, ADRA, C. N, KITAICHI, M, INOUE, H, YAMAUCHI, K, TOMICHI, N, KURIMOTO, F, HAMASAKI, N, HOPKIN, J. M, IZUHARA, K, KREOMER, R. T, SHIRAKAWA, T, DEICHMANN, K. A, GAO, P.-S, OHSHIMA, K, UMESHITA, R, ABE, Y, BRAUN, S, YAMASHITA, T

“…Asthma and atopy show epidemiological association and are biologically linked by T-helper type 2 (T(h)2) cytokine-driven inflammatory mechanisms. IL-4 operates…”
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Pathogenicity of POFUT1 mutations in two Chinese families with Dowling-Degos disease by Li, C.-R., Brooks, Y.S., Jia, W.-X., Wang, D.-G., Xiao, X.-M., Li, Q., Li, M., Mao, Q.-X., Wang, B.

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Effect of Schisandra chinensis extract and Ginkgo biloba extract on the pharmacokinetics of talinolol in healthy volunteers by Fan, L., Mao, X.-Q., Tao, G.-Y., Wang, G., Jiang, F., Chen, Y., Li, Q., Zhang, W., Lei, H.-P., Hu, D.-L., Huang, Y.-F., Wang, D., Zhou, H.-H.

“…The authors investigated the effect of herbal medicine Schisandra chinensis extract (SchE) and Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) on the oral pharmacokinetics of…”
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Identification and characterization of rhizosphere fungal strain MF‐91 antagonistic to rice blast and sheath blight pathogens by Wang, Y.L., Liu, S.Y., Mao, X.Q., Zhang, Z., Jiang, H., Chai, R.Y., Qiu, H.P., Wang, J.Y., Du, X.F., Li, B., Sun, G.C.

“…Aim To examine the inhibition effects of rhizosphere fungal strain MF‐91 on the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea and sheath blight pathogen Rhizoctonia…”
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Polymorphisms in ADAM33 are associated with allergic rhinitis due to Japanese cedar pollen by Cheng, L., Enomoto, T., Hirota, T., Shimizu, M., Takahashi, N., Akahoshi, M., Matsuda, A., Dake, Y., Doi, S., Enomoto, K., Yamasaki, A., Fukuda, S., Mao, X.-Q., Hopkin, J. M., Tamari, M., Shirakawa, T.

“…Summary Background A recent report provided evidence that a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain 33 (ADAM33), a member of the ADAM family, is a novel…”
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An asthma-associated genetic variant of STAT6 predicts low burden of ascaris worm infestation by Peisong, G, Yamasaki, A, Mao, X-Q, Enomoto, T, Feng, Z, Gloria-Bottini, F, Bottini, E, Shirakawa, T, Sun, D, Hopkin, J M

“…Th-2 immune mechanisms are involved in the pathology of asthma and in the protective immune response to parasitic worms. Common upregulating genetic variants…”
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Systematic review with meta‐analysis: thiopurines decrease the risk of colorectal neoplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease by Lu, M. J., Qiu, X. Y., Mao, X. Q., Li, X. T., Zhang, H. J.

“…Summary Background Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have a high risk of developing colorectal neoplasia. Aim To investigate whether thiopurines…”
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Ile50Val variant of IL4Rα upregulates IgE synthesis and associates with atopic asthma by Shirakawa, Taro, Mitsuyasu, Hiromichi, Izuhara, Kenji, Mao, Xiao-Quan, Gao, Pei-Song, Arinobu, Yojiro, Enomoto, Tadao, Kawai, Mitsuru, Sasaki, Sei, Dake, Yasuhiro, Hamasaki, Naotaka, Hopkin, Julian M

“…Atopy is an immune disorder characterized by heightened immunoglobulin E (IgE) production and leads to the clinical disorders of asthma, eczema and rhinitis…”
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Association of Padua prediction score with in-hospital prognosis in COVID-19 patients by Zeng, D X, Xu, J L, Mao, Q X, Liu, R, Zhang, W Y, Qian, H Y, Xu, L

“…Nearly 20% novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients have abnormal coagulation function. Padua prediction score (PPS) is a validated tools for venous…”
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Association between genetic variants of mast-cell chymase and eczema by Mao, X Q, Shirakawa, T, Yoshikawa, T, Yoshikawa, K, Kawai, M, Sasaki, S, Enomoto, T, Hashimoto, T, Furuyama, J, Hopkin, J M, Morimoto, K

“…Atopy is a common syndrome underlying asthma, rhinitis, and eczema, and is characterised by high immunoglobulin E (IgE) responses to common antigens. IgE and…”
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A SA-Based Wireless Seismic Stress Monitoring System for Concrete Structures by Hou, S., Yu, Yan, Zhang, H. B., Mao, X. Q., Ou, Jinping

“…A PZT-based smart aggregate (SA) is capable of full process stress monitoring during earthquakes. A wired seismic monitoring system is prone to failure during…”
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Association of the hCLCA1 gene with childhood and adult asthma by Kamada, F, Suzuki, Y, Shao, C, Tamari, M, Hasegawa, K, Hirota, T, Shimizu, M, Takahashi, N, Mao, X-Q, Doi, S, Fujiwara, H, Miyatake, A, Fujita, K, Chiba, Y, Aoki, Y, Kure, S, Tamura, G, Shirakawa, T, Matsubara, Y

“…Asthma is caused by bronchial inflammation. This inflammation involves mucus overproduction and hypersecretion. Recently, a mouse model of asthma showed that…”
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Association between Atopic Asthma and a Coding Variant of FcεRIβ in a Japanese Population by Shirakawa, T., Mao, X.-Q., Sasaki, S., Enomoto, T., Kawai, M., Morimoto, K., Hopkin, J.

“…A genetic association study was performed with coding variants of FcεRIβ in relation to atopic and non-atopic asthma in a Japanese population (n=400). A coding…”
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Variants of STAT6 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 6) in atopic asthma by GAO, P-S, MAO, X-Q, ROBERTS, M H, ARINOBU, Y, AKAIWA, M, ENOMOTO, T, DAKE, Y, KAWAI, M, SASAKI, S, HAMASAKI, N, IZUHARA, K, SHIRAKAWA, T, HOPKIN, J M

“…Ile50 specifically and strongly upregulates cellular IgE synthesis through stat6 when tested by cDNA transfection into human and murine B cell lines. 4 5…”
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Variants of NOS1, NOS2, and NOS3 Genes in Asthmatics by Gao, P-S., Kawada, H., Kasamatsu, T., Mao, X-Q., Roberts, M.H., Miyamoto, Y., Yoshimura, M., Saitoh, Y., Yasue, H., Nakao, K., Adra, C.N., Kun, J.F., Moro-oka, S., Inoko, H., Ho, L.P., Shirakawa, T., Hopkin, J.M.

“…Nitric oxide (NO) gas concentrations are higher in expired air in asthmatics. NO is synthesized by three isoforms of NO synthase (NOS) encoded by three…”
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Fine Resolution Carbon Dioxide Emission Gridded Data and their Application for China by Cai, B. F., Mao, X. Q., Wang, J. N., Wang, M. D.

“…Based on the China National Pollution Source Census database that has been updated to 2012, and the China High Resolution Emission Gridded Data Version 1.0, a…”
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The Ile198Thr and Ala379Val Variants of Plasmatic Paf-Acetylhydrolase Impair Catalytical Activities and Are Associated with Atopy and Asthma by Kruse, Susanne, Mao, Xiao-Quan, Heinzmann, Andrea, Blattmann, Sabine, Roberts, Mark H., Braun, Sandra, Gao, Pei-Song, Forster, Johannes, Kuehr, Joachim, Hopkin, Julian M., Shirakawa, Taro, Deichmann, Klaus A.

“…The platelet-activating factor (PAF) represents a phospholipid with complex biological functions, including involvement in inflammatory processes. The…”
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Genetic polymorphisms of CC chemokine receptor 3 in Japanese and British asthmatics by Fukunaga, K, Asano, K, Mao, X-Q, Gao, P-S, Roberts, M.H, Oguma, T, Shiomi, T, Kanazawa, M, Adra, C.N, Shirakawa, T, Hopkin, J.M, Yamaguchi, K

“…Whole genome scan analyses have revealed that chromosomal region 3p21-24, which contains a gene cluster of CC chemokine receptors such as CCR3, is possibly…”
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IL-4 receptor alpha chain genetic polymorphism and total IgE levels in the English population: two-locus haplotypes are more informative than individual SNPs by Bottini, N, Borgiani, P, Otsu, A, Saccucci, P, Stefanini, L, Greco, E, Fontana, L, Hopkin, JM, Mao, X-Q, Shirakawa, T

“…The IL‐4RA locus encodes for the alpha chain of the IL‐4 receptor, and is both a functional and positional candidate gene for atopy and allergic disease…”
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Functional significance of polymorphisms of the interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 receptors in allergic disease by Gao, P.-S., Mao, X.-Q., Hopkin, J. M., Adra, C. N., Yang, X., Shirakawa, T.

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