Jian Wang

Publication List Details

Period

1987 - 2009

Number

524

Co-Authors

Controllable Andreev retroreflection and specular Andreev reflection in a four-terminal graphene-superconductor hybrid system (2009)

Cheng, Shu-guang, Xing, Yanxia, Wang, Jian, Sun, Qing-feng

We report the investigation of electron transport through a four-terminal graphene-superconductor hybrid system. Due to the quantum interference of the reflected holes from two...

New universal conductance fluctuation of mesoscopic systems in the crossover regime from metal to insulator (2009)

Qiao, Zhenhua, Xing, Yanxia, Wang, Jian

We report a theoretical investigation on conductance fluctuation of mesoscopic systems. Extensive numerical simulations on quasi-one dimensional, two dimensional, and quantum dot systems with...

Transient dynamics of molecular devices under step-like pulse bias (2009)

Wang, Bin, Xing, Yanxia, Zhang, Lei, Wang, Jian

We report first principles investigation of time-dependent current of molecular devices under a step-like pulse.Our results show that although the switch-on time of the molecular device is comparable...

Observations of marine stratocumulus microphysics and implications for processes controlling droplet spectra: Results from the Marine Stratus/Stratocumulus Experiment (2009)

Wang, Jian, Daum, Peter H., Yum, Seong Soo, Liu, Yangang, Senum, Gunnar I., Lu, Miao-Ling, ...

During the Marine Stratus/Stratocumulus Experiment, cloud and aerosol microphysics were measured in the eastern Pacific off the coast of northern California on board Department of Energy Gulfstream-1...

Empirical analysis of dependence between stations in Chinese railway network (2009)

Wang, Yong-Li, Zhou, Tao, Shi, Jian-Jun, Wang, Jian, He, Da-Ren

A railway transportation system can be represented by a bipartite network consisting of trains and stations, where a train is connected to all stations where it stops. In this paper, motivated by the...

Empirical analysis of dependence between stations in Chinese railway network (2009)

Wang, Yong-Li, Zhou, Tao, Shi, Jian-Jun, Wang, Jian, He, Da-Ren

A railway transportation system can be represented by a bipartite network consisting of trains and stations, where a train is connected to all stations where it stops. In this paper, motivated by the...

Dr Jian Wang is currently a Visiting Fellow at the School of (2009)

Gary Ouyang, Jian Wang, Jinling Wang, David Cole

monitoring and predicting near real-time ionospheric activities with multi-satellite data.

200km Decoy-state quantum key distribution with photon polarization (2009)

Chen, Teng-Yun, Wang, Jian, Liu, Yang, Cai, Wen-Qi, Wan, Xu, Chen, Luo-Kan, ...

We demonstrate the decoy-state quantum key distribution over 200 km with photon polarization through optical fiber, by using super-conducting single photon detector with a repetition rate of 320 Mega...

Hamilton circles in infinite planar graphs (2009)

Qing Cui, Jian Wang, Xingxing Yu

A circle in a graph G is a homeomorphic image of the unit circle in the Freudenthal compactification of G, a topological space formed from G and the ends of G. Bruhn conjectured that every locally...

Explorations in Tag Suggestion and Query Expansion (2009)

Jian Wang, Brian D. Davison

The query used in a search system is only an approximation to the user’s true information need, and as a result, many factors can reduce the quality of search results. One is query ambiguity,...

First Eigenvalue of One-dimensional Diffusion Processes (2009)

Wang, Jian; School Of Mathematics And Computer Science, Fujian Normal University; Jianwang@fjnu.edu.cn

We consider the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of diffusion operators on the half line. A criterion for the equivalence of the first Dirichlet eigenvalue with respect to the maximum domain and that to...

Discovery Potential of New Boson $W_1^{\pm}$ in the Minimal Higgsless Model at LHC (2009)

Bian, Jian-Guo, Chen, Guo-Ming, Chen, Ming-Shui, Li, Zu-Hao, Liang, Song, Meng, Xiang-Wei, ...

In this paper, we demonstrate the LHC discovery potential of new charged vector boson $W_1^{\pm}$ predicted by the Minimal Higgsless model in the process $pp\to W_1^{\pm}qq^{\prime}\to...

Superconductivity and quantum oscillations in crystalline Bi nanowires (2009)

Tian, Mingliang, Wang, Jian, Zhang, Qi, Kumar, Nitesh, Malouk, Thomas E., Chan, Moses H. W.

While bulk bismuth (Bi) is a semimetal, we have found clear evidence of superconductivity in a crystalline 72 nm diameter Bi nanowire below 1.3 K. In a parallel magnetic field (H), the residual...

Proximity-induced superconductivity in nanowires: Mini-gap state and differential magnetoresistance oscillations (2009)

Wang, Jian, Shi, Chuntai, Tian, Mingliang, Zhang, Qi, Kumar, Nitesh, Jain, J. K., ...

We study proximity-induced superconductivity in gold nanowires as a function of the length of the nanowire, magnetic field, and excitation current. Short nanowires exhibit a sharp superconducting...

Different mechanisms for efficient optical transmission through bilayered subwavelength patterned metal films (2009)

Wang, Jian, Zeng, Yong, Chen, Xiaoshuang, Lu, Wei, Moloney, Jerome V.

Light transmission through bilayered thin metal films perforated with subwavelength hole arrays are numerically studied based on a full-vector finite-difference time-domain approach. A variety of...

The uterine expression of SEC63gene is up-regulated at implantation sites in association with the decidualization during the early pregnancy in mice (2009)

Su, Ren-wei, Sun, Zhao-gui, Zhao, Yue-chao, Chen, Qiu-ju, Yang, Zeng-ming, Li, Run-sheng, ...

Abstract Background Sec63 is a key component of the protein translocation machinery in the mammalian endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and involved in the post-translation processing of secretory proteins....

Source Target Compiler Code Code (2009)

Group Members, Jian Wang, Yang Yang, Ruhai Liu, Yong Zhang

For this project, we decide to construct a translator. To begin our work we need to know what a compiler is. A compiler is a computer program or set of programs that translates a computer source...

Towards an IP-centric Optimization: On the Topology Design of WDM-mesh Networks (2009)

Jian Wang, Rao Vemuri, Biswanath Mukherjee

Abstract: We investigate the topology design in IP backbone networks while exploiting both the advantages of IP routing and optical networking. The emerging WDM and optical switching technologies...

REAL-TIME PATH COMPUTATION WITH RELIABILITY CONSTRAINTS (2009)

Jian Wang, Kia Makki, Dilip Sarkar, Renkang Luo, Arnold Monitzer

Abstract: In this study, we developed algorithms that compute reliability-guaranteed least-cost path(s) between any node pair in a network. These algorithms help carriers to reduce the risk of...

Poly[dichloridobis[μ-1-(4-pyridylmethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole]copper(II)] (2009)

Zhu-Lai Li, Jian Wang, Xiu-Zhi Xu, Xiao Ye

The title coordination polymer, [CuCl2(C8H8N4)2]n, arose from a layer-separated diffusion synthesis at room temperature. The Cu atom (site symmetry overline{1}) is coordinated by two chloride ions...

An online simulator for Duodopa treatment and prediction of optimal individual dose to patients. (2009)

Wang, Jian

The aim of this work was to develop an online simulator for levodoopa infusion in Parkinson’s disease based on a pharmacokinetic model. Using this simulator, optimal infusions setting were...

Existence and Uniqueness of Very Singular Solution of a Degenerate Parabolic Equation with Nonlinear Convection (2009)

Zhong Bo Fang, Daxiong Piao, Jian Wang

We here investigate the existence and uniqueness of the nontrivial, nonnegative solutions of a nonlinear ordinary differential equation:...

SNP detection for massively parallel whole-genome resequencing (2009)

Li, Ruiqiang, Li, Yingrui, Fang, Xiaodong, Yang, Huanming, Wang, Jian, Kristiansen, Karsten, ...

Next-generation massively parallel sequencing technologies provide ultrahigh throughput at two orders of magnitude lower unit cost than capillary Sanger sequencing technology. One of the key...

The YH database: the first Asian diploid genome database (2009)

Li, Guoqing, Ma, Lijia, Song, Chao, Yang, Zhentao, Wang, Xiulan, Huang, Hui, ...

The YH database is a server that allows the user to easily browse and download data from the first Asian diploid genome. The aim of this platform is to facilitate the study of this Asian genome and...

Existence and Uniqueness of Very Singular Solution of a Degenerate Parabolic Equation with Nonlinear Convection (2009)

Zhong Bo Fang, Daxiong Piao, Jian Wang

We here investigate the existence and uniqueness of the nontrivial, nonnegative solutions of a nonlinear ordinary differential equation: (|f′|p−2f′)′+βrf′+αf+(fq)′=0 satisfying a...

Expression and its Clinical Significance of NOK, EGFR in NSCLC (2009)

Zhipei ZHANG, Tao JIANG, Yingchun DENG, Peng WANG, Jian WANG, Zhongping GU, ...

Background and objective NOK (Novel Oncogene with Kinase-domain) is a newly identified receptor protein-tyrosine kinases (RPTKs) subfamily, which possesses strong oncogenic potential including...

A polygenic basis for four classical Fredrickson hyperlipoproteinemia phenotypes that are characterized by hypertriglyceridemia (2009)

Hegele, Robert A., Ban, Matthew R., Hsueh, Neil, Kennedy, Brooke A., Cao, Henian, Zou, Guang Yong, ...

Numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been found in recent genome wide association studies (GWAS) to be associated with subtle plasma triglyceride (TG) variation in normolipidemic...

Design and Synthesis of Novel 2-Phenylaminopyrimidine (PAP) Derivatives and Their Antiproliferative Effects in Human Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Cells (2009)

Sheng Chang, Shi-Liang Yin, Jian Wang, Yong-Kui Jing, Jin-Hua Dong

A series of novel 2-phenylaminopyrimidine (PAP) derivatives structurally related to STI-571 were designed and synthesized. The abilities of these compounds to inhibit proliferation were tested in...

Digital Audio Watermarking by Magnitude Modification of Frequency Components Using the CSPE Algorithm (2009)

Wang , Jian, Healy, Ron, Timoney, Joseph

In this paper we describe a process whereby the magnitude of either one or two frequency components of a signal is modified in order that it may be used to encode a hidden message within a signal in...

A Selective Pharmacophore Model for β2-Adrenoceptor Agonists (2009)

Rui-Juan Xing, Jian Wang, Li Pan, Mao-Sheng Cheng

β2-Adrenoceptor selectivity is an important consideration in drug design in order to minimize the possibility of side effects. A selective pharmacophore model was developed based on a series of...

TOPICS IN LIGHTWAVE Path vs. Subpath vs. Link Restoration for Fault Management in IP-over-WDM Networks: Performance Comparisons Using GMPLS Control Signaling (2008)

Jian Wang

We investigate three restoration techniques (path, subpath, and link restoration) for fault management in an IP-over-WDM network. We have implemented all of these techniques on the ns-2 simulation...

Spin Bias Measurement Based on a Quantum Point Contact (2008)

Xing, Yanxia, Sun, Qing-feng, Wang, Jian

Electron charge transport through a quantum point contact (QPC) driven by an asymmetric spin bias is studied. A large charge current is induced when the transmission coefficient of the QPC jumps from...

Conductance spectra of metallic carbon nanotube bundles from first principles (2008)

Ren, Wei, Chan, Che-Ting, Cho, T. H., Leung, T. C., Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong, ...

We report a first-principles analysis of electronic transport characteristics for (n,n) carbon nanotube bundles. When n is not a multiple of 3, intertube coupling causes universal conductance...

Field test of a practical secure communication network with decoy-state quantum cryptography (2008)

Chen, Teng-Yun, Liu, Yang, Cai, Wen-Qi, Ju, Lei, Liang, Hao, Liu, Wei-Yue, ...

We present a secure network communication system that operated for the first time with decoy-state quantum cryptography in a real-world application scenario. The full key exchange and application...

Keywords: Remote memory, Large Memory Application, (2008)

Michael R. Hines, Mark Lew, Jian Wang, Kartik Gopalan, Paging Virtualization

There is a constant battle to break even between continuing improvements in DRAM capacities and the growing memory demands of large-memory high-performance applications. Performance of such...

Reducing GPS Carrier Phase Errors with EMD- Wavelet for Precise Static Positioning (2008)

Jian Wang, Jinling Wang, Craig Roberts

In this paper, a new EMD-Wavelet based model is used to reduce carrier phase errors for precise static GPS positioning. The EMD is a new signal processing method for analysing non-linear time series,...

Keywords: Remote memory, Large Memory Application, (2008)

Michael R. Hines, Mark Lew, Jian Wang, Kartik Gopalan, Paging Virtualization

There is a constant battle to break even between continuing improvements in DRAM capacities and the growing memory demands of large-memory high-performance applications. Performance of such...

Analog Circuit Behavioral Modeling via Wavelet Collocation Method with Auto-Companding* (2008)

Jian Wang, Jun Tao, Xuan Zeng, Charles Chiang, Dian Zhou

Abstract- In this paper, we propose an auto-companding technique for the analog behavioral modeling via wavelet collocation method. The companding function is automatically constructed according to...

Software De-Pipelining Technique (2008)

Bogong Su, Jian Wang, Erh-wen Hu, Joseph Manzano

Software pipelining is a loop optimization technique used to speed up loop execution. It is widely implemented in optimizing compilers for VLIW and superscalar processors that supports instruction...

Single-mode phonon transmission in symmetry broken carbon nanotubes (2008)

Wang, Jian, Wang, Jian-Sheng

Normal mode phonon transmissions are studied in carbon nanotubes with the presence of Stone-Wales (SW) defect, using a mode-matching method and through the analysis of symmetry. The calculation shows...

Conductance spectra of metallic nanotube bundles (2008)

Ren, Wei, Chan, C. T., Cho, T. H., Leung, T. C., Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong, ...

We report a first principles analysis of electronic transport characteristics for (n,n) carbon nanotube bundles. When n is not a multiple of 3, inter-tube coupling causes universal conductance...

Disorder-induced enhancement of transport through graphene p-n junctions (2008)

Long, Wen, Sun, Qing-feng, Wang, Jian

We investigate the electron transport through a graphene p-n junction under a perpendicular magnetic field. By using Landauar-Buttiker formalism combining with the non-equilibrium Green function...

Unusual giant magnetoresistance effect in heterojunction structure of ultra-thin single-crystal Pb film on silicon substrate (2008)

Wang, Jian, Ma, Xu-Cun, Qi, Yun, Fu, Ying-Shuang, Ji, Shuai-hua, Lu, Li, ...

Superconductor films on semiconductor substrates draw much attention recently since the derived superconductor-based electronics have been shown promising for future data process and storage...

Influence of dephasing process on the quantum Hall effect and the spin Hall effect (2008)

Xing, Yanxia, Sun, Qing-feng, Wang, Jian

We study the influence of the phase relaxation process on Hall resistance and spin Hall current of a mesoscopic two-dimensional (2D) four-terminal Hall cross-bar with or without Rashba spin-orbit...

Persistent spin current in nano-devices and definition of the spin current (2008)

Sun, Qing-feng, Xie, X. C., Wang, Jian

We investigate two closely related subjects: (i) existence of a pure persistent spin current in semiconducting mesoscopic device with a spin-orbit interaction's (SOI), and (ii) the definition of the...

Emittance fluctuation of mesoscopic conductors in the presence of disorders (2008)

Ren, Wei, Xu, Fuming, Wang, Jian

We report the investigation of the dynamic conductance fluctuation of disordered mesoscopic conductors including 1D, 2D and quantum dot systems. Our numerical results show that in the quasi-ballistic...

EtabFDC: an $\eta_b$ event generator in hadroproduction at LHC (2008)

Qiao, Cong-Feng, Wang, Jian, Wang, Jian Xiong, Zheng, Yangheng

The EtabFDC is a matrix-element event generator package for $\eta_b$ hadroproduction at LHC. It generates $pp\to\eta_b X$ events for all possible parton-level $2\to2$ leading-order processes with...

Comparative Proteogenomics: Combining Mass Spectrometry and Comparative Genomics to Analyze Multiple Genomes (2008)

Nitin Gupta, Jamal Benhamida, Vipul Bhargava, Daniel Goodman, Elisabeth Kain, Ian Kerman, ...

Mass spectrometry recently emerged as a valuable technique for proteogenomic annotations that improve on the state-of-the art in predicting genes and other features. However, previous proteogenomic...

A Topology Adaptation Protocol for Structured Superpeer Overlay Construction (2008)

Changyong Niu, Jian Wang, Ruimin Shen

Abstract. Peer-to-peer networks can be divided into structured and unstructured based on their overlay topologies. In reality, unstructured p2p networks with superpeers have proved their capacities...

BIOINFORMATICS APPLICATIONS NOTE GFPE: gene-finding program evaluation (2008)

Jian Wang, Eileen Kraemer

Summary: Gene-finding program evaluation (GFPE) is a set of Java classes for evaluating gene-finding programs. A command-line interface is also provided. Inputs to the program include the sequence...

Fast Transparent Cluster-Wide Paging (2008)

Michael R. Hines, Jian Wang, Mark Lew, Kartik Gopalan

Abstract — In a cluster with a very low-latency interconnect, the remote memory of nodes can serve as a storage that is faster than local disk but slower than local memory. In this paper, we...

Storage-Optimal Key Sharing with Authentication in Sensor Networks (2008)

Jian Wang, Z. Y. Xia, Lein Harn, Guihai Chen

Abstract. Wireless Sensor Networks are edging closer to widespread feasibility with recent research showing promising results in developing and adapting new mechanisms to suit their environment....

Fault Monitoring and Restoration in Optical WDM Networks (2008)

Jian Wang, Laxman Sahasrabuddhe, Biswanath Mukherjee

Generalized multiprotocol label switching (GMPLS) is a set of protocol extensions to multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) that are essential for enabling next-generation IP-over-WDM networks [1-5]....

New DSP Benchmark based on Selectable Mode Vocoder (SMV) (2008)

Erh-wen Hu, Cyril S. Ku, Andrew T. Russo, Bogong Su, Jian Wang

Digital signal processing (DSP) industry has been growing rapidly over the past few years; it remains the technology driver for the recovering semiconductor industry. Performance evaluation is...

Selected Highlights: (2008)

Jian Wang, Advisor Larry Pileggi

As the complexity of on-chip analog systems continues to increase, the system level architecture selection and implementation process becomes increasingly critical. Selecting an inferior system...

Quantum thermal transport in nanostructures (2008)

Wang, Jian-Sheng, Wang, Jian, Lu, J. T.

In this colloquia review we discuss methods for thermal transport calculations for nanojunctions connected to two semi-infinite leads served as heat-baths. Our emphases are on fundamental quantum...

Letter Origin and evolution of new exons in rodents (2008)

Wen Wang, Hongkun Zheng, Shuang Yang, Haijing Yu, Jun Li, Huifeng Jiang, ...

Gene number difference among organisms demonstrates that new gene origination is a fundamental biological process in evolution. Exon shuffling has been universally observed in the formation of new...

Hedging with a Correlated Asset: An Insurance Approach (2008)

Jian Wang

I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be...

In Silico Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanism Defining the Adverse Effect of Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (2008)

Lei Xie, Jian Wang, Philip E. Bourne

Early identification of adverse effect of preclinical and commercial drugs is crucial in developing highly efficient therapeutics, since unexpected adverse drug effects account for one-third of all...

Contents (2008)

Jian Wang

The Heston model is a stochastic volatility model. We show that the option price in the Heston model is convex in the underlying asset for convex contract functions. We verify this using the explicit...

On the decline of 1st and 2nd order sensitivity with eccentricity (2008)

Hess, Robert F., Baker, Daniel H., May, Keith A., Wang, Jian

We studied the relationship between the decline in sensitivity that occurs with eccentricity for stimuli of different spatial scale defined by either luminance (LM) or contrast (CM) modulation. We...

Iron-dependent degradation of IRP2 requires its C-terminal region and IRP structural integrity (2008)

Wang, Jian, Chen, Guohua, Lee, Julie, Pantopoulos, Kostas

Abstract Background Iron regulatory protein 2 (IRP2), a post-transcriptional regulator of cellular iron metabolism, undergoes iron-dependent degradation via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. A...

Ethyl 3-benzoyl-2-hydroxyprop-2-enoate (2008)

Jian Wang, Wen Zhou, Wen-Gui Xu

In the title compound, C12H12O4, the dihedral angle between the plane through the phenyl ring and the mean plane of the side chain is approximately 14°. The molecules, which contain an...

The Effect of dcEFs on migration behavior of A549 cells and Integrin beta1 expression (2008)

Xiaolong YAN, Jing HAN, Zhipei ZHANG, Jian WANG, Yunfeng NI, Kunxiang GAO, ...

Background and objective The effect of direct-current electric fields (dcEFs) on cells attracted extensive attention. Moreover the metastasis and its potential are considered to be related to dcEFs....

Revisiting the Influence of Numerical Language Characteristics on Mathematics Achievement: Comparison among China, Romania, and U.S. (2008)

Jian Wang, Emily Lin, Madalina Tanase, Midena Sas

Eastern Asian students repeatedly outperform U.S. students in mathematics. Some suggest that number-naming languages consistent with the base-10 number system found in many Eastern Asian countries...

CoMFA, CoMSIA and Eigenvalue Analysis on Dibenzodioxepinone and Dibenzodioxocinone Derivatives as Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibitors (2008)

Xu-qiong Xiong, Dong-mei Zhao, Peng-fei Bu, Yang Liu, Jin-hong Ren, Jian Wang, ...

Abstract: CoMFA, CoMSIA and eigenvalue analysis (EVA) were performed to study the structural features of 61 diverse dibenzodioxepinone and dibenzodioxocinone analogues to probe cholesteryl ester...

The expression of ABCG4, V-ATPase and clinic significance of their correlation with NSCLC (2008)

Zhipei ZHANTG, Xiaofei LI, Xiaoping WANG, Yongan ZHOU, Hong XU, Jian WANG, ...

Background and objective It has been proven that the multiple drug resistance is main reason for failure of chemotherapy in lung cancers and ABC transporter play a main role for chemoresistance in...

Replicated R-Resilient Process Allocation for Load Distribution in Fault Tolerant System (2008)

Jian Wang, Jianling Sun, Xinyu Wang, Hang Chen

Process allocation for load distribution can improve system performance by utilizing resources efficiently. For primary-backup based fault tolerant system, a classic load-balancing process allocation...

10,11,12,13-Tetrahydro-4,5,9,14-tetraazadibenz[a,c]anthracene–benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid (2/1) (2008)

Chun-Bo Liu, Jian Wang, Xiu-Ying Li, Guang-Bo Che, Yang Liu

In the title adduct, 2C18H14N4·C8H6O4, the centrosymmetric 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid molecule makes two O—H...·N hydrogen bonds to adjacent...

Pointer analysis in Java programs using execution path information (2008)

Wang, Jian

Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2008

Polygenic determinants of severe hypertriglyceridemia (2008)

Wang, Jian, Ban, Matthew R., Zou, Guang Yong, Cao, Henian, Lin, Tim, Kennedy, Brooke A., ...

Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified new genetic determinants of complex quantitative traits, including plasma triglyceride (TG). We hypothesized that common variants...

Features of the primary wall CESA complex in wild type and cellulose-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana (2008)

Wang, Jian, Elliott, Janet E., Williamson, Richard E.

Evidence from genetics, co-precipitation and bimolecular fluorescence complementation suggest that three CESAs implicated in making primary wall cellulose in Arabidopsis thaliana form a complex. This...

Transforming growth factor-{beta}-regulated miR-24 promotes skeletal muscle differentiation (2008)

Sun, Qiang, Zhang, Yan, Yang, Guang, Chen, Xiaoping, Zhang, Yingai, Cao, Guojun, ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have recently been proposed as a versatile class of molecules involved in regulation of a variety of biological processes. However, the role of miRNAs in TGF-β-regulated...

Proteomic screen defines the hepatocyte nuclear factor 1{alpha}-binding partners and identifies HMGB1 as a new cofactor of HNF1{alpha} (2008)

Yu, Miao, Wang, Jian, Li, Wei, Yuan, Yan Zhi, Li, Chang Yan, Qian, Xiao Hong, ...

Hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1α is one of the liver-enriched transcription factors involved in many tissue-specific expressions of hepatic genes. The molecular mechanisms for determining...

Comparative proteogenomics: Combining mass spectrometry and comparative genomics to analyze multiple genomes (2008)

Gupta, Nitin, Benhamida, Jamal, Bhargava, Vipul, Goodman, Daniel, Kain, Elisabeth, Kerman, Ian, ...

Recent proliferation of low-cost DNA sequencing techniques will soon lead to an explosive growth in the number of sequenced genomes and will turn manual annotations into a luxury. Mass spectrometry...

Performance Bounds on Product Codes with Hyper-Diagonal Parity (2007)

Jian Wang, Benjamin J. Belzer

Submitted as a transactions paper to IEEE Transactions on Communications

Software Pipelining with Reduced Register Requirement (2007)

Jian Wang, Andreas Krall, M. Anton Ertl

Although it is well-known that a strong interaction exists between software pipelining and register allocation, simultaneous software pipelining and register allocation is still less understood and...

TURBO PRODUCT CODES FOR HIGH SPEED WIRELESS CHANNELS Abstract (2007)

Jian Wang, Jian Wang, Chair Ben Belzer

The members of the Committee appointed to examine the thesis of Jian Wang find it satisfactory and recommend that it be accepted. Chair ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I first wish to express my gratitude to my...

In Silico Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanism Defining the Adverse Effect of Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (2007)

Lei Xie, Jian Wang, Philip E. Bourne

Early identification of adverse effect of preclinical and commercial drugs is crucial in developing highly efficient therapeutics, since unexpected adverse drug effects account for one-third of all...

A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs (2007)

Frazer, Kelly A., Ballinger, Dennis G., Cox, David R., Hinds, David A., Stuve, Laura L., Gibbs, Richard A., ...

We describe the Phase II HapMap, which characterizes over 3.1 million human single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) genotyped in 270 individuals from four geographically diverse populations and...

Dielectric properties of hydrogen-incorporated chemical vapor deposited diamond thin films (2007)

Liu, Chao, Xiao, Xingcheng, Wang, Jian, Shi, Bing, Adiga, Vivekananda P, Carpick, Robert W

Diamond thin films with a broad range of microstructures from a ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) form developed at Argonne National Laboratory to a microcrystalline diamond (MCD) form have been...

Homozygous missense mutation (G56R) in glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored high-density lipoprotein-binding protein 1 (GPI-HBP1) in two siblings with fasting chylomicronemia (MIM 144650) (2007)

Wang, Jian, Hegele, Robert A

Abstract Background Mice with a deleted Gpihbp1 gene encoding glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored high-density lipoprotein-binding protein 1 (GPI-HBP1) develop severe chylomicronemia. We screened...

In Silico Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanism Defining the Adverse Effect of Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (2007)

Lei Xie, Jian Wang, Philip E. Bourne

Early identification of adverse effect of preclinical and commercial drugs is crucial in developing highly efficient therapeutics as unexpected adverse drug effects accounts for one-third of all drug...

Heme oxygenase-1 exacerbates early brain injury after intracerebral haemorrhage (2007)

Wang, Jian, Doré, Sylvain

Because heme oxygenase (HO) is the rate limiting enzyme in the degradation of the pro-oxidant hemin/heme from blood, here we investigated the contribution of the inducible HO-1 to early brain injury...

Characteristics of phonon transmission across epitaxial interfaces: a lattice dynamic study (2007)

Wang, Jian, Wang, Jian-Sheng

Phonon transmission across epitaxial interfaces is studied within the lattice dynamic approach. The transmission shows weak dependence on frequency for the lattice wave with a fixed angle of...

Dimensional crossover of thermal conductance in nanowires (2007)

Wang, Jian, Wang, Jian-Sheng

Dimensional dependence of thermal conductance at low temperatures in nanowires is studied using the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method. Our calculation shows a smooth dimensional crossover...

Porcine transcriptome analysis based on 97 non-normalized cDNA libraries and assembly of 1,021,891 expressed sequence tags (2007)

Gorodkin, Jan, Cirera, Susanna, Hedegaard, Jakob, Gilchrist, Michael J, Panitz, Frank, Jørgensen, Claus, ...

Background Knowledge of the structure of gene expression is essential for mammalian transcriptomics research. We analyzed a collection of more than one million porcine expressed sequence tags (ESTs),...

Overexpression of iron regulatory protein 1 suppresses growth of tumor xenografts (2007)

Chen, Guohua, Fillebeen, Carine, Wang, Jian, Pantopoulos, Kostas

Iron is essential for proliferation of normal and neoplastic cells. Cellular iron uptake, utilization and storage are regulated by transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. We hypothesized...

Symmetry and transport property of spin current induced spin-Hall effect (2007)

Xing, Yanxia, Sun, Qing-feng, Wang, Jian

We study the spin current induced spin-Hall effect that a longitudinal spin dependent chemical potential $qV_{s=x,y,z}$ induces a transverse spin conductances $G^{ss'}$. A four terminal system with...

Response time of a normal-superconductor hybrid system under the step-like pulse bias (2007)

Xing, Yanxia, Sun, Qing-feng, Wang, Jian

The response of a quantum dot coupled with one normal lead and a superconductor lead driven by a step-like pulse bias $V_L$ is studied using the non-equilibrium Green function method. In the linear...

Hepatic angiosarcoma arising in an adult mesenchymal hamartoma (2007)

Li, Qiang, Wang, Jian, Sun, Yan, Cui, Yunlong, Hao, Xishan

Abstract The histogenesis of the hepatic sarcoma and its association with hamartoma is not well understood. We hereby present a Chinese patient with hepatic angiosarcoma arising from an adult...

Nonequilibrium Green's function method for thermal transport in junctions (2007)

Wang, Jian-Sheng, Zeng, Nan, Wang, Jian, Gan, Chee Kwan

We present a detailed treatment of the nonequilibrium Green's function method for thermal transport due to atomic vibrations in nanostructures. Some of the key equations, such as self-energy and...

Electromagnetic Modelling of Raman Enhancement from Nanoscale Structures as a Means to Predict the Efficacy of SERS Substrates (2007)

Jian Wang

The requirement to optimise the balance between signal enhancement and reproducibility in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is stimulating the development of novel substrates for enhancing...

2007 Gorodkin et Volume al. 8, Issue 4, Article R45 Open Access (2007)

Jan Gorodkin, Susanna Cirera, Jakob Hedegaard, Michael J Gilchrist, Frank Panitz, Claus Jørgensen, ...

Porcine transcriptome analysis based on 97 non-normalized cDNA libraries and assembly of 1,021,891 expressed sequence tags

Mitigating the Effect of Multiple Outliers on GNSS Navigation with M-Estimation Schemes (2007)

Jinling Wang, Jian Wang

As GNSS has been increasingly used in a wide range of applications, including safetyof-life and liability critical operations, it is essential to guarantee the reliability of the GNSS navigation...

Electromagnetic Modelling of Raman Enhancement from Nanoscale Structures as a Means to Predict the Efficacy of SERS Substrates (2007)

Jian Wang

The requirement to optimise the balance between signal enhancement and reproducibility in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is stimulating the development of novel substrates for enhancing...

Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome Following Use of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factors During Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy (2007)

Hershman, Dawn, Neugut, Alfred I., Jacobson, Judith S., Wang, Jian, Tsai, Wei-Yann, McBride, Russell, ...

Background Recently, increasing numbers of women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer have also received granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (G-CSFs) or granulocyte–macrophage...

Influenza Virus Database (IVDB): an integrated information resource and analysis platform for influenza virus research (2007)

Chang, Suhua, Zhang, Jiajie, Liao, Xiaoyun, Zhu, Xinxing, Wang, Dahai, Zhu, Jiang, ...

Frequent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and the increasing data available for comparative analysis require a central database specialized in influenza viruses (IVs). We have...

Japanese FDI in China and International Production Linkages : Changes in Interdependence between 1995 and 2000 (2006)

Wang, Jian, Uemura, Hiroyasu, ウエムラ, ヒロヤス

This paper analyses the changing patterns of Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) and the activities of Japanese multinational firms in different industries in China before and after the East...

Low field phase diagram of spin-Hall effect in the mesoscopic regime (2006)

Qiao, Zhenhua, Ren, Wei, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

When a mesoscopic two dimensional four-terminal Hall cross-bar with Rashba and/or Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction (SOI) is subjected to a perpendicular uniform magnetic field $B$, both integer...

Universal spin-Hall conductance fluctuations in two dimensions (2006)

Ren, Wei, Qiao, Zhenhua, Wang, Jian, Sun, Qingfeng, Guo, Hong

We report a theoretical investigation on spin-Hall conductance fluctuation of disordered four terminal devices in the presence of Rashba or/and Dresselhaus spin-orbital interactions in two...

Nature of Spin Hall Effect in a finite Ballistic Two-Dimensional System with Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction (2006)

Xing, Yanxia, Sun, Qing-feng, Wang, Jian

The spin Hall effect in a finite ballistic two-dimensional system with Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction is studied numerically. We find that the spin Hall conductance is very sensitive...

Persistent spin current in a spin-orbit coupling/normal hybrid ring (2006)

Sun, Qing-feng, Xie, X. C., Wang, Jian

We investigate the equilibrium property of a mesoscopic ring with spin orbit (SO) interaction. It is well known that for a normal mesoscopic ring threaded by a magnetic flux, the electron acquires a...

Nonequilibrium Green's function approach to mesoscopic thermal transport (2006)

Wang, Jian-Sheng, Wang, Jian, Zeng, Nan

We present a formulation of a nonequilibrium Green's function method for thermal current in nanojunction atomic systems with nonlinear interactions. This first-principle approach is applied to the...

Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 (2006)

Jiaqi Tang, Changjun Wang, Youjun Feng, Weizhong Yang, Huaidong Song, Zhihai Chen, ...

Clinical description of a 2005 S. suis outbreak in China that affected over 200 individuals and initial characterization of the pathogenic isolates from affected pigs and humans.

Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 (2006)

Jiaqi Tang, Changjun Wang, Youjun Feng, Weizhong Yang, Huaidong Song, Zhihai Chen, ...

BackgroundStreptococcus suis serotype 2 (S. suis 2, SS2) is a major zoonotic pathogen that causes only sporadic cases of meningitis and sepsis in humans. Most if not all cases of Streptococcal toxic...

Multiparty simultaneous quantum identity authentication based on entanglement swapping (2006)

Wang, Jian, Zhang, Quan, Tang, Chao-jing

We present a multiparty simultaneous quantum identity authentication protocol based on entanglement swapping. In our protocol, the multi-user can be authenticated by a trusted third party...

Quantum broadcast communication (2006)

Wang, Jian, Zhang, Quan, Tang, Chao-jing

Broadcast encryption allows the sender to securely distribute his/her secret to a dynamically changing group of users over a broadcast channel. In this paper, we just consider a simple broadcast...

An FPGA Based Software/Hardware Codesign for Real Time Video Processing : A Video Interface Software and Contrast Enhancement Hardware Codesign Implementation using Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA (2006)

Wang, Jian

Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA with integrated PowerPC core offers an opportunity to implementing a software and hardware codesign. The software application executes on the PowerPC processor while the...

An FPGA Based Software/Hardware Codesign for Real Time Video Processing : A Video Interface Software and Contrast Enhancement Hardware Codesign Implementation using Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA (2006)

Wang, Jian

Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA with integrated PowerPC core offers an opportunity to implementing a software and hardware codesign. The software application executes on the PowerPC processor while the...

Quantum secure communication protocols based on entanglement swapping (2006)

Wang, Jian, Zhang, Quan, Tang, Chao-jing

We present a quantum secure direct communication protocol and a multiparty quantum secret sharing protocol based on Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen pairs and entanglement swapping. The present quantum secure...

Quantum secure communication scheme with W state (2006)

Wang, Jian, Zhang, Quan, Tang, Chao-jing

Recently, Cao et al. proposed a new quantum secure direct communication scheme using W state. In their scheme, the error rate introduced by an eavesdropper who takes intercept-resend attack, is only...

Quantum secure direct communication based on order rearrangement of single photons (2006)

Wang, Jian, Zhang, Quan, Tang, Chao-jing

Based on the ideal of order rearrangement and block transmission of photons, we present a quantum secure direct communication scheme using single photons. The security of the present scheme is...

Nonequilibrium current driven by a step voltage pulse: an exact solution (2006)

Maciejko, Joseph, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

One of the most important problems in nanoelectronic device theory is to estimate how fast or how slow a quantum device can turn on/off a current. For an arbitrary noninteracting phase-coherent...

Multiparty controlled quantum secret direct communication using Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state (2006)

Wang, Jian, Zhang, Quan, Tang, Chao-jing

Base on the idea of dense coding of three-photon entangled state and qubit transmission in blocks, we present a multiparty controlled quantum secret direct communication scheme using...

Peroxisomal proliferator activated receptor-γ deficiency in a Canadian kindred with familial partial lipodystrophy type 3 (FPLD3) (2006)

Francis, Gordon A, Li, Gang, Casey, Robin, Wang, Jian, Cao, Henian, Leff, Todd, ...

Abstract Background Familial partial lipodystrophy (Dunnigan) type 3 (FPLD3, Mendelian Inheritance in Man [MIM] 604367) results from heterozygous mutations in PPARG encoding peroxisomal...

Research on Man-Machine Productivity in Aviation at Human Engineering Institute of Hangzhou University (2006)

Jin, Wenxiong, Zhu, Zuxiang, Wang, Jian

The Human Engineering Research Institute of Hangzhou University is a scientific research organization engaged in research on the interdiscipline between psychology and technology. In recent years,...

A novel MGST2 non-synonymous mutation in a Chinese pedigree with psoriasis vulgaris (2006)

Yan, Kai-Lin, Zhang, Xue-Jun, Wang, Zhi-Min, Yang, Sen, Zhang, Guo-Long, Wang, Jian, ...

A balanced translocation was recently identified in a German psoriasis patient. One of the breakpoints was mapped immediately upstream of the microsomal glutathione S-transferase 2 (MGST2) gene,...

Production cotonnière chinoise : forces et faiblesses d'une intégration et d'une adaptation à l'économie de marché (2006)

Fok, Michel, Wang, Jian, Liang, Weili, Xu, Naiyin

La Chine est le premier pays producteur de coton dans le monde mais sa forte consommation la place en position d'importateur structurel. La production chinoise est issue d'une agriculture familiale,...

Production cotonnière chinoise : forces et faiblesses d'une intégration et d'une adaptation à l'économie de marché (2006)

Fok, Michel, Wang, Jian, Liang, Weili, Xu, Naiyin

La Chine est le premier pays producteur de coton dans le monde mais sa forte consommation la place en position d'importateur structurel. La production chinoise est issue d'une agriculture familiale,...

Distributed Anemone: Transparent Low-Latency Access to Remote Memory in Commodity Clusters (2006)

Michael R. Hines, Jian Wang, Kartik Gopalan

Abstract: Performance of large memory applications degrades rapidly once the system hits the physical memory limit and starts paging to local disk. We present the design, implementation and...

Distributed Anemone: Transparent Low-Latency Access to Remote Memory in Commodity Clusters (2006)

Michael R. Hines, Jian Wang, Kartik Gopalan

Abstract: Performance of large memory applications degrades rapidly once the system hits the physical memory limit and starts paging to local disk. We present the design, implementation and...

Distributed Anemone: Transparent Low-Latency Access to Remote Memory in Commodity Clusters (2006)

Michael R. Hines, Jian Wang, Kartik Gopalan

Abstract: Performance of large memory applications degrades rapidly once the system hits the physical memory limit and starts paging to local disk. We present the design, implementation and...

Implementation experiences in transparently harnessing cluster-wide memory (2006)

Michael R. Hines, Mark Lew, Jian Wang, Kartik Gopalan

There is a constant battle to break even between continuing improvements in DRAM capacities and the growing memory demands of large-memory high-performance applications. Performance of such...

An Unsupervised Approach for Video Text Localization (2006)

WANG, Jian, ZHOU, Yuan-Hua

A new video text localization approach is proposed. First, some pre-processing techniques, including color space conversion and histogram equalization, are applied to the input video frames to obtain...

Expression studies in gliomas and glial cells do not support a tumor suppressor role for LGI1 (2006)

Piepoli, Tiziana, Jakupoglu, Cemile, Gu, Wenli, Lualdi, Elena, Suarez-Merino, Blanca, Poliani, Pietro L., ...

Disruptions of LGI1 in glioblastoma (GBM) cell lines and LGI1 mutations in families with autosomal dominant epilepsy imply a role for LGI1 in glial cells as well as in neurons. Although we and others...

Expression studies in gliomas and glial cells do not support a tumor suppressor role for LGI1 (2006)

Piepoli, Tiziana, Jakupoglu, Cemile, Gu, Wenli, Lualdi, Elena, Suarez-Merino, Blanca, Poliani, Pietro L., ...

Disruptions of LGI1 in glioblastoma (GBM) cell lines and LGI1 mutations in families with autosomal dominant epilepsy imply a role for LGI1 in glial cells as well as in neurons. Although we and others...

Cross-regulation between Notch and p63 in keratinocyte commitment to differentiation (2006)

Nguyen, Bach-Cuc, Lefort, Karine, Mandinova, Anna, Antonini, Dario, Devgan, Vikram, Della Gatta, Giusy, ...

Notch signaling promotes commitment of keratinocytes to differentiation and suppresses tumorigenesis. p63, a p53 family member, has been implicated in establishment of the keratinocyte cell fate...

Human cytomegalovirus inhibits Akt-mediated eNOS activation through upregulating PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10) (2006)

Shen, Ying H., Zhang, Lin, Utama, Budi, Wang, Jian, Gan, Yehua, Wang, Xinwen, ...

Objectives: Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in the United States, and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection may play a role in the development of this disease. Diminished expression...

Influenza Virus Database (IVDB): an integrated information resource and analysis platform for influenza virus research (2006)

Chang, Suhua, Zhang, Jiajie, Liao, Xiaoyun, Zhu, Xinxing, Wang, Dahai, Zhu, Jiang, ...

Frequent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and the increasing data available for comparative analysis require a central database specialized in influenza viruses (IVs). We have...

Influenza Virus Database (IVDB): an integrated information resource and analysis platform for influenza virus research (2006)

Chang, Suhua, Zhang, Jiajie, Liao, Xiaoyun, Zhu, Xinxing, Wang, Dahai, Zhu, Jiang, ...

Frequent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and the increasing data available for comparative analysis require a central database specialized in influenza viruses (IVs). We have...

Expression studies in gliomas and glial cells do not support a tumor suppressor role for LGI1 (2006)

Piepoli, Tiziana, Jakupoglu, Cemile, Gu, Wenli, Lualdi, Elena, Suarez-Merino, Blanca, Poliani, Pietro L., ...

Disruptions of LGI1 in glioblastoma (GBM) cell lines and LGI1 mutations in families with autosomal dominant epilepsy imply a role for LGI1 in glial cells as well as in neurons. Although we and others...

Influenza Virus Database (IVDB): an integrated information resource and analysis platform for influenza virus research (2006)

Chang, Suhua, Zhang, Jiajie, Liao, Xiaoyun, Zhu, Xinxing, Wang, Dahai, Zhu, Jiang, ...

Frequent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and the increasing data available for comparative analysis require a central database specialized in influenza viruses (IVs). We have...

Influenza Virus Database (IVDB): an integrated information resource and analysis platform for influenza virus research (2006)

Chang, Suhua, Zhang, Jiajie, Liao, Xiaoyun, Zhu, Xinxing, Wang, Dahai, Zhu, Jiang, ...

Frequent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and the increasing data available for comparative analysis require a central database specialized in influenza viruses (IVs). We have...

Quantum secure direct communication without using perfect quantum channel (2005)

Wang, Jian, Zhang, Quan, Tang, Chao-jing

Most of the quantum secure direct communication protocol needs a pre-established secure quantum channel. Only after insuring the security of quantum channel, could the sender encode the secret...

Treatment of dyslipidemia with lovastatin and ezetimibe in an adolescent with cholesterol ester storage disease (2005)

Tadiboyina, Venu T, Liu, Dora M, Miskie, Brooke A, Wang, Jian, Hegele, Robert A

Abstract Background Cholesterol ester storage disease (CESD) is an autosomal recessive illness that results from mutations in the LIPA gene encoding lysosomal acid lipase. CESD patients present in...

Quantum key distribution protocols using entangled state (2005)

Wang, Jian, Zhang, Quan, Tang, Chao-jing

We present three quantum key distribution protocols using entangled state. In the first two protocols, all Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen pairs are used to distribute a secret key except those chosen for...

Efficient multiparty quantum secret sharing of secure direct communication (2005)

Wang, Jian, Zhang, Quan, Tang, Chao-jing

In this paper, we present an (n, n) threshold quantum secret sharing scheme of secure direct communication using Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state. The present scheme is efficient in that all the...

Carbon Nanotube Thermal Transport: Ballistic to Diffusive (2005)

Wang, Jian, Wang, Jian-Sheng

We propose to use l_0/(l_0+L) for the energy transmission covering both ballistic and diffusive regimes, where l_0 is mean free path and L is system length. This formula is applied to heat conduction...

Cactus pear: a natural product in cancer chemoprevention (2005)

Zou, Da-ming, Brewer, Molly, Garcia, Francisco, Feugang, Jean M, Wang, Jian, Zang, Roungyu, ...

Abstract Background Cancer chemoprevention is a new approach in cancer prevention, in which chemical agents are used to prevent cancer in normal and/or high-risk populations. Although chemoprevention...

Energy Transmission across Acoustically Mismatched Solid Junctions (2005)

Wang, Jian, Wang, Jian-Sheng

We derive expression for energy flux in terms of lattice normal mode coordinates. Energy transmission across solid junctions from lattice dynamic point of view is given and its relation with atomic...

ReAS: Recovery of Ancestral Sequences for Transposable Elements from the Unassembled Reads of a Whole Genome Shotgun (2005)

Ruiqiang Li, Jia Ye, Songgang Li, Jing Wang, Yujun Han, Chen Ye, ...

We describe an algorithm, ReAS, to recover ancestral sequences for transposable elements (TEs) from the unassembled reads of a whole genome shotgun. The main assumptions are that these TEs must exist...

NPC1L1haplotype is associated with inter-individual variation in plasma low-density lipoprotein response to ezetimibe (2005)

Hegele, Robert A, Guy, Justin, Ban, Matthew R, Wang, Jian

Abstract Background NPC1L1 encodes a putative intestinal sterol transporter which is the likely target for ezetimibe, a new type of lipid-lowering medication. We previously reported rare...

ReAS: Recovery of ancestral sequences for transposable elements from the unassembled reads of a whole genome shotgun (2005)

Ruiqiang Li, Jia Ye, Songgang Li, Jing Wang, Yujun Han, Chen Ye, ...

We describe an algorithm ReAS to recover ancestral sequences for transposable elements (TEs) from the unassembled reads of a whole genome shotgun. The main assumptions are that these TEs must exist...

Conservation of spin current (2005)

Wang, Jian, Wang, Baigeng, Ren, Wei, Guo, Hong

The conventional definition of spin-current, namely spin density multiplied by the group velocity, is not a conserved quantity due to possible spin rotations caused by spin-orbit (SO) interaction....

Instrument development and characterization of atmospheric aerosol physical properties through airborne measurement (2005)

Wang, Jian

Atmospheric aerosol has significant impact on climate. It influences radiative transfer by scattering and absorbing sunlight and by changing the microphysical structure, lifetime, and amount of the...

Are they too dynamic to describe? (2005)

Parks, Bonnie, Wang, Jian, John, Sarah

Parks and Wang discussed the issues and challenges of cataloging integrating resources. They emphasized cataloging electronic resources such as Websites and databases. Using specific examples and...

Too dynamic to describe? (2005)

Parks, Bonnie, Wang, Jian

PowerPoint slides of workshop presented at 2004 NASIG conference.

Ballistic Thermal Conduction across Acoustically Mismatched Solid Junctions (2005)

Wang, Jian, Wang, Jian-Sheng

We derive expressions for energy flow in terms of lattice normal mode coordinates and energy transmission involving reduced group velocities. With a version of Landauer formula appropriate for...

Pigs in sequence space: A 0.66X coverage pig genome survey based on shotgun sequencing (2005)

Wernersson, Rasmus, Schierup, Mikkel H, Jørgensen, Frank G, Gorodkin, Jan, Panitz, Frank, Stærfeldt, Hans-Henrik, ...

Abstract Background Comparative whole genome analysis of Mammalia can benefit from the addition of more species. The pig is an obvious choice due to its economic and medical importance as well as its...

Interview with Diane Hillmann and Frieda Rosenberg (2005)

Parks, Bonnie, Wang, Jian

OCLC recently announced a plan to implement MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data (MFHD) and invited holdings experts Frieda Rosenberg and Diane Hillmann to serve as advisors and to aid in the...

The Genomes of Oryza sativa: A History of Duplications (2005)

Jun Yu, Jun Wang, Wei Lin, Songgang Li, Heng Li, Jun Zhou, ...

Comparative genome sequencing of indica and japonica rice reveals that duplication of genes and genomic regions has played a major part in the evolution of grass genomes.

The Genomes of Oryza sativa: A History of Duplications (2005)

Jun Yu, Jun Wang, Wei Lin, Songgang Li, Heng Li, Jun Zhou, ...

We report improved whole-genome shotgun sequences for the genomes of indica and japonica rice, both with multimegabase contiguity, or almost 1,000-fold improvement over the drafts of 2002. Tested...

Hedging with a Correlated Asset: An Insurance Approach (2005)

Wang, Jian

Hedging a contingent claim with an asset which is not perfectly correlated with the underlying asset results in an imperfect hedge. The residual risk from hedging with a correlated asset is priced...

Hedging with a Correlated Asset: An Insurance Approach (2005)

Wang, Jian

Hedging a contingent claim with an asset which is not perfectly correlated with the underlying asset results in an imperfect hedge. The residual risk from hedging with a correlated asset is priced...

MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF PHOSPHOROUS REMOVAL PROCESS IN AN ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM (2005)

WANG, JIAN

USEPA is currently establishing requirements for minimizing discharges of nutrients in the nation’s receiving waters. The enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process is based on the...

Neural Network Pid Control of a Distributed Power Generation System Based on Renewable Energy (2005)

Jian Wang, Long-yun Kang, Bing-Gang Cao

This study proposed a new energy control strategy for a distributed power generation system based on renewable. A mathematical model of the system was built based on a vector-controlled induction...

Hedging with a Correlated Asset: An Insurance Approach (2005)

Wang, Jian

Hedging a contingent claim with an asset which is not perfectly correlated with the underlying asset results in an imperfect hedge. The residual risk from hedging with a correlated asset is priced...

Hedging with a Correlated Asset: An Insurance Approach (2005)

Wang, Jian

Hedging a contingent claim with an asset which is not perfectly correlated with the underlying asset results in an imperfect hedge. The residual risk from hedging with a correlated asset is priced...

Microscopic study of phosphorous removal process in an activated sludge system [electronic resource] : / (2005)

Wang, Jian., OhioLINK Electronic Theses And Dissertations Center.

USEPA is currently establishing requirements for minimizing discharges of nutrients in the nation's receiving waters. The enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process is based on the...

Microwave imaging diagnostics for plasma fluctuation studies / (2005)

Wang, Jian.

Degree granted in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

A GPS based "Virtual tag" Technology Used in Railway (2005)

Wang, Jian, Cai, Baigen, Wu, Jianping

RFID based equipment inspection system has been widely used in industrial field in recent years. But in some rug fields, for example, the railway, the equipments are distributed along the railway...

Neural Network Pid Control of a Distributed Power Generation System Based on Renewable Energy (2005)

Jian Wang, Long-yun Kang, Bing-Gang Cao

This study proposed a new energy control strategy for a distributed power generation system based on renewable. A mathematical model of the system was built based on a vector-controlled induction...

Performance-centering optimization for system-level analog design exploration (2005)

Xin Li, Jian Wang, Lawrence T. Pileggi, Tun-shih Chen, Wanju Chiang

In this paper we propose a novel analog design optimization methodology to address two key aspects of top-down system-level design: (1) how to optimally compare and select analog system architectures...

Performance-centering optimization for system-level analog design exploration (2005)

Xin Li, Jian Wang, Lawrence T. Pileggi, Tun-shih Chen, Wanju Chiang

In this paper we propose a novel analog design optimization methodology to address two key aspects of top-down system-level design: (1) how to optimally compare and select analog system architectures...

J: SilkDB: a knowledgebase for silkworm biology and genomics (2005)

Jing Wang, Qingyou Xia, Ximiao He, Mingtao Dai, Jue Ruan, Jie Chen, ...

The Silkworm Knowledgebase (SilkDB) is a webbased repository for the curation, integration and study of silkworm genetic and genomic data. With the recent accomplishment of a 6X draft genome sequence...

SilkDB: a knowledgebase for silkworm biology and genomics (2005)

Wang, Jing, Xia, Qingyou, He, Ximiao, Dai, Mingtao, Ruan, Jue, Chen, Jie, ...

The Silkworm Knowledgebase (SilkDB) is a web-based repository for the curation, integration and study of silkworm genetic and genomic data. With the recent accomplishment of a ∼6X draft genome...

ChickVD: a sequence variation database for the chicken genome (2005)

Wang, Jing, He, Ximiao, Ruan, Jue, Dai, Mingtao, Chen, Jie, Zhang, Yong, ...

Working in parallel with the efforts to sequence the chicken (Gallus gallus) genome, the Beijing Genomics Institute led an international team of scientists from China, USA, UK, Sweden, The...

Casparian Strips in Needles Are More Solute-Permeable than Endodermal Transport Barriers in Roots of Pinus bungeana (2005)

Wu, Xiaoqin, Lin, Jinxing, Lin, Qingqing, Wang, Jian, Schreiber, Lukas

Structure and development of endodermal Casparian strips in Pinus bungeana needles and roots were studied by scanning electron microscopy and fluorescence microscopy. Primary pit fields (PF)...

Neuroprotection by inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases in a mouse model of intracerebral haemorrhage (2005)

Wang, Jian, Tsirka, Stella E.

Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is an acute neurological disorder without effective treatment. Mechanisms of acute brain injury after ICH remain to be clarified. Although a few studies suggested a...

Casparian Strips in Needles are More Solute Permeable than Endodermal Transport Barriers in Roots of Pinus bungeana (2005)

Wu, Xiaoqin, Lin, Jinxing, Lin, Qingqing, Wang, Jian, Schreiber, Lukas

The structure and development of endodermal Casparian strips in Pinus bungeana needles and roots were studied by scanning electron microscopy and fluorescence microscopy. Primary pit fields (PFs)...

Expression and function of inducible costimulator on peripheral blood T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (2005)

Yang, Jia-Hui, Zhang, Jun, Cai, Qing, Zhao, Dang-Bao, Wang, Jian, Guo, Ping-E., ...

Objective. To investigate the role of inducible costimulator (ICOS) in the pathogenesis of SLE, we assessed its expression on peripheral blood CD4 and CD8 T cells and functional roles in patients...

Origin and evolution of new exons in rodents (2005)

Wang, Wen, Zheng, Hongkun, Yang, Shuang, Yu, Haijing, Li, Jun, Jiang, Huifeng, ...

Gene number difference among organisms demonstrates that new gene origination is a fundamental biological process in evolution. Exon shuffling has been universally observed in the formation of new...

A New Approach for Evaluating Clipping Distortion in DS-CDMA Systems (2005)

WANG, Jian, SHAN, Xiuming, REN, Yong

A new theoretical approach for the evaluation of the inband nonlinear distortion effects on the performance of DS-CDMA systems is presented. Rather than widely used models of treating the effects of...

Detecting novel low-abundant transcripts in Drosophila (2005)

LEE, SANGGYU, BAO, JINGYUE, ZHOU, GUOLIN, SHAPIRO, JOSHUA, XU, JINHUA, SHI, RUN ZHANG, ...

Increasing evidence suggests that low-abundant transcripts may play fundamental roles in biological processes. In an attempt to estimate the prevalence of low-abundant transcripts in eukaryotic...

Hedging with a Correlated Asset: An Insurance Approach (2005)

Wang, Jian

Hedging a contingent claim with an asset which is not perfectly correlated with the underlying asset results in an imperfect hedge. The residual risk from hedging with a correlated asset is priced...

Casparian Strips in Needles Are More Solute-Permeable than Endodermal Transport Barriers in Roots of Pinus bungeana (2005)

Wu, Xiaoqin, Lin, Jinxing, Lin, Qingqing, Wang, Jian, Schreiber, Lukas

Structure and development of endodermal Casparian strips in Pinus bungeana needles and roots were studied by scanning electron microscopy and fluorescence microscopy. Primary pit fields (PF)...

[EGG and acoustic test for the diagnosis of laryngeal diseases] (2004)

Gao, Xia, Wang, Jian, Yang, Ye, Hu, Yuhong

OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between electroglottography/acoustic test parameter and disease diagnosis. METHOD: 3.0 software by Dr. Speech was used to test synchronically the...

Quantum transport theory for nanostructures with Rashba spin-orbital interaction (2004)

Sun, Qing-feng, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We report on a general theory for analyzing quantum transport through devices in the Metal-QD-Metal configuration where QD is a quantum dot or the device scattering region which contains Rashba...

Complete genome sequence of Yersinia pestis strain 91001, an isolate avirulent to humans (2004)

Tong, Zongzhong, Wang, Jin, Wang, Li, Guo, Zhaobiao, Han, Yanpin, ...

Genomics provides an unprecedented opportunity to probe in minute detail into the genomes of the world's most deadly pathogenic bacteria- Yersinia pestis. Here we report the complete genome sequence...

[Peri-uvulopalatopharyng oplasty otoacoustic emissions in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome] (2004)

Zhang, Qian, Jiang, Ping, Wang, Jian

OBJECTIVE: To study the cochlear function of patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). METHODS: Transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) and Distortion-product...

Hybrid genetic algorithms for reliability assessment of structural system / (2004)

Wang, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--City University of New York, 2004. (Graduate Faculty in Engineering).

Business Process Modeling in Abstract Logic Tree (2004)

Ying Liu, Jian Wang, Jun Zhu, Haiqi Liang, Zhong Tian, Wei Sun, ...

been issued as a Research Report for early dissemination of its contents. In view of the transfer of copyright to the outside publisher, its distribution outside of IBM prior to publication should be...

SAPOR: Second-order Arnoldi method for passive order reduction of RCS circuits (2004)

Yangfeng Su, Jian Wang, Xuan Zeng, Zhaojun Bai, Charles Chiang, Dian Zhou

The recently-introduced susceptance element exhibits many prominent features in modeling the on-chip magnetic couplings. For an RCS circuit, it is better to be formulated as a second-order system....

Design and synthesis of new stannanes, total synthesis of hamigeran B and synthetic studies on halichlorine and pinnaic acid / (2004)

Wang, Jian.

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Alberta.

UCHL1 Is a Parkinson's Disease Susceptibility Gene (2004)

Maraganore, Demetrius M., Lesnick, Timothy G., Elbaz, Alexis, Chartier-Harlin, Marie-Christine, Gasser, Thomas, Kruger, Rejko, ...

The reported inverse association between the S18Y variant of the ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) gene and Parkinson's disease (PD) has strong biological plausibility. If confirmed,...

UCHL1 Is a Parkinson's Disease Susceptibility Gene (2004)

Maraganore, Demetrius M., Lesnick, Timothy G., Elbaz, Alexis, Chartier-Harlin, Marie-Christine, Gasser, Thomas, Kruger, Rejko, ...

The reported inverse association between the S18Y variant of the ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) gene and Parkinson's disease (PD) has strong biological plausibility. If confirmed,...

Arabidopsis COP10 forms a complex with DDB1 and DET1 in vivo and enhances the activity of ubiquitin conjugating enzymes (2004)

Yanagawa, Yuki, Sullivan, James A., Komatsu, Setsuko, Gusmaroli, Giuliana, Suzuki, Genki, Yin, Jianning, ...

COP10 is a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme variant (UEV), which is thought to act together with COP1, DET1, and the COP9 signalosome (CSN) in Arabidopsis to repress photomorphogenesis. Here, we...

Complete Genome Sequence of Yersinia pestis Strain 91001, an Isolate Avirulent to Humans (2004)

Song, Yajun, Tong, Zongzhong, Wang, Jin, Wang, Li, Guo, Zhaobiao, Han, Yanpin, ...

Genomics provides an unprecedented opportunity to probe in minute detail into the genomes of the world's most deadly pathogenic bacteria-Yersinia pestis. Here we report the complete genome sequence...

BGI-RIS: an integrated information resource and comparative analysis workbench for rice genomics (2004)

Zhao, Wenming, Wang, Jing, He, Ximiao, Huang, Xiaobing, Jiao, Yongzhi, Dai, Mingtao, ...

Rice is a major food staple for the world’s population and serves as a model species in cereal genome research. The Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has long been devoting itself to sequencing,...

Gate-controllable spin-battery (2003)

Long, Wen, Sun, Qing-feng, Guo, Hong, Wang, Jian

We propose a gate-controllable spin-battery for spin current. The spin-battery consists of a lateral double quantum dot under a uniform magnetic field. A finite DC spin-current is driven out of the...

Shot noise of spin current (2003)

Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We report an exact solution for the noise spectrum of spin-current without charge-current in a spin field effect transistor (SFET). For the SFET with two leads, it is found that both auto- and...

Analysis of Humidity Halos around Trade Wind Cumulus Clouds (2003)

Lu, Miao-Ling, Wang, Jian, Freedman, Andrew, Jonsson, Haflidi H., Flagan, Richard C., McClatchey, Robert A., ...

Regions of enhanced humidity in the vicinity of cumulus clouds, so-called cloud halos, reflect features of cloud evolution, exert radiative effects, and may serve as a locus for new particle...

Spin-current induced electric field (2003)

Sun, Qing-feng, Guo, Hong, Wang, Jian

We theoretically predict that a pure steady state spin-current without charge-current can induce an electric field. A formula for the induced electric field is derived and we investigate its...

Structure and function of Aquifex aeolicus 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate-8-phosphate synthase and protein and ligand dynamics in 4-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase (2003)

Wang, Jian

This PHD thesis is composed of two separate parts representing two different projects. The first project is concerned with the catalytic mechanism of A. aeolicus KDO8PS. A. aeolicus wild-type and...

The additive approximation on a four-variate Jensen-type operator equation (2003)

Jian Wang

We study the Hyers-Ulam stability theory of a four-variate Jensen-type functional equation by considering the approximate remainder ϕ and obtain the corresponding error formulas. We bring to...

Robust perfect tracking control with discrete sliding mode controller (2003)

Jian Wang Mail, Jian Wang, Hendrik Van Brussel

This paper studies this feedforward robustness issue in detail and verifies the results on an experimental test setup: a stage driven by a linear motor. An integrated procedure is proposed in...

Positioning And Tracking Control (2003)

Of An Table, Jian Wang, Hendrik Van Brussel, Jan Swevers

In this paper, de-coupled discrete-time sliding-mode tracking controllers are designed for an x-y sliding table driven directly by linear motors. The controllers are designed using an integrated...

The additive approximation on a four-variate Jensen-type operator equation (2003)

Jian Wang

We study the Hyers-Ulam stability theory of a four-variate Jensen-type functional equation by considering the approximate remainder ϕ and obtain the corresponding error formulas. We bring to light...

Protein kinase C {beta}II activation induces angiotensin converting enzyme expression in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (2003)

Zhang, Yuke, Bloem, Laura J., Yu, Lan, Estridge, Thomas B., Iversen, Philip W., McDonald, Christine E., ...

Objective: Members of the protein kinase C (PKC) family are important mediators of cell signaling underlying multiple aspects of myocardial function. Activation of the βII isoform of PKC is thought...

GFPE: gene-finding program evaluation (2003)

Wang, Jian, Kraemer, Eileen

Summary: Gene-finding program evaluation (GFPE) is a set of Java classes for evaluating gene-finding programs. A command-line interface is also provided. Inputs to the program include the sequence...

A spin-cell for spin current (2002)

Sun, Qing-feng, Guo, Hong, Wang, Jian

We propose and investigate a spin-cell device which provides the necessary spin-motive force to drive a spin current for future spintronic circuits. Our spin-cell have four basic characteristics: (i)...

Correlated two-electron transport: a principle for a novel charge pump (2002)

Sun, Qing-feng, Guo, Hong, Wang, Jian

By considering a correlated two-electron transport process (TET) and using a diagrammatic analysis within the Keldysh nonequilibrium Green's function formalism, we discuss a novel charge pump by...

Non-adiabatic charge pump: an exact solution (2002)

Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We derived a general and exact expression of current for quantum parametric charge pumps in the non-adiabatic regime at finite pumping frequency and finite driving amplitude. The non-perturbative...

Parametric quantum spin pump (2002)

Zheng, Wei, Wu, Junling, Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian, Sun, Qingfeng, Guo, Hong

We investigate a non-adiabatic parametric quantum pump consists of a nonmagnetic scattering region connected by two ferromagnetic leads. The presence of ferromagnetic leads allows electrons with...

Thermal Conductance for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (2002)

Zheng, Qing-Rong, Su, Gang, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We report a theoretical analysis of the phonon thermal conductance, \kappa (T), for single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCN). In a range of low temperatues up to 100K, \kappa (T) of perfect SWCN is found...

Quantum spin field effect transistor (2002)

Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We propose, theoretically, a new type of quantum field effect transistor that operates purely on the flow of spin current in the absence of charge current. This spin field effect transistor (SFET) is...

Optimal quantum pump in the presence of a superconducting lead (2002)

Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian

We investigate the parametric pumping of a hybrid structure consisting of a normal quantum dot, a normal lead and a superconducting lead. Using the time dependent scattering matrix theory, we have...

Carbon nanotube-based quantum pump in the presence of superconducting lead (2002)

Wei, Yadong, Wang, Jian

Parametric electron pump through superconductor-carbon-nanotube based molecular devices was investigated. It is found that a dc current, which is assisted by resonant Andreev reflection, can be...

Instrument development and characterization of atmospheric aerosol physical properties through airborne measurement (2002)

Wang, Jian

Atmospheric aerosol has significant impact on climate. It influences radiative transfer by scattering and absorbing sunlight and by changing the microphysical structure, lifetime, and amount of the...

Statistical correlation for the composite Boson (2002)

Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian

It is well known that the particles in a beam of Boson obeying Bose-Einstein statistics tend to cluster (bunching effect), while the particles in a degenerate beam of Fermion obeying Fermi-Dirac...

Spin polarized parametric pumping (2002)

Junling, Wu, Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian

We have developed a general theory for a parametric pump consisting of a nonmagnetic system with two ferromagnetic leads whose magnetic moments orient at an angle $\theta$ with respect to each other....

Heat current in parametric quantum pump (2002)

Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian

We investigate the heat flow in the parametric quantum pump. Using the time dependent scattering matrix theory, we have developed a general theory for the pumped heat current at finite pumping...

Parametric electron pumping through a quantum dot in the Kondo regime (2002)

Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian

We report a theoretical analysis of parametric electron pump through a quantum dot in the Kondo regime. In the adiabatic regime, we have derived the expression for pumped current in the Kondo regime...

Quantization of adiabatic pumped charge in the presence of superconducting lead (2002)

Wang, Jian, Wang, Baigeng

We investigate the parametric electron pumping of a double barrier structure in the presence of a superconducting lead. The parametric pumping is facilitated by cyclic variation of the barrier...

Hamiltonian approach to the ac Josephson effect in superconducting-normal hybrid systems (2001)

Sun, Qing-feng, Guo, Hong, Wang, Jian

The ac Josephson effect in hybrid systems of a normal mesoscopic conductor coupled to two superconducting (S) leads is investigated theoretically. A general formula of the ac components of...

Enhancement of parametric pumping due to Andreev reflection (2001)

Wang, Jian, Wei, Yadong, Wang, Baigeng, Guo, Hong

We report properties of parametric electron pumping in the presence of a superconducting lead. Due to a constructive interference between the direct reflection and the multiple Andreev reflection,...

Parametric pumping at finite frequency (2001)

Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We report on a first principles theory for analyzing the parametric electron pump at a finite frequency. The pump is controlled by two pumping parameters with phase difference $\phi$. In the zero...

Asymmetric double quantum dots as a subminiature mesoscopic cell (2001)

Sun, Qing-feng, Wang, Jian, Lin, Tsung-han

A subminiature mesoscopic cell, consisting of an asymmetric double quantum dot capacitively coupled to a nearby mesoscopic circuit, is proposed, which can transform disordered noise energy to ordered...

Resonant Andreev reflections in superconductor-carbon-nanotube devices (2001)

Wei, Yadong, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong, Mehrez, Hatem, Roland, R.

Resonant Andreev reflection through superconductor-carbon-nanotube devices was investigated theoretically with a focus on the superconducting proximity effect. Consistent with a recent experiment, we...

New strategies of diode laser absorption sensors / (2001)

Wang, Jian.

Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Relative efficiency of public hospitals in New South Wales (2001)

Wang, Jian.

Department of Economics. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215 - 234).

Improved approaches for cost-effective traffic grooming in WDM ring networks: ILP formulations and single-hop and multihop connections (2001)

Jian Wang, Wonhong Cho, V. Rao Vemuri, Biswanath Mukherjee

Abstract—Traffic grooming is the term used to describe how different traffic streams are packed into higher speed streams. In a synchronous optical network–wavelength division multiplexing...

Improved approaches for cost-effective traffic grooming in WDM ring networks: ILP formulations and single-hop and multihop connections (2001)

Jian Wang, Wonhong Cho, V. Rao Vemuri, Biswanath Mukherjee

Traffic grooming is the term used to describe how different traffic streams are packed into higher-speed streams. In a WDM SONET/ring network, each wavelength can carry several lower-rate traffic...

An analysis of gene-finding programs for Neurospora crassa (2001)

Kraemer, Eileen, Wang, Jian, Guo, Jinhua, Hopkins, Samuel, Arnold, Jonathan

Motivation: Computational gene identification plays an important role in genome projects. The approaches used in gene identification programs are often tuned to one particular organism, and accuracy...

D1 Dopamine Receptors Potentiate NMDA-mediated Excitability Increase in Layer V Prefrontal Cortical Pyramidal Neurons (2001)

Wang, Jian, O'Donnell, Patricio

The interactions between N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and D1 dopamine receptors in the rat prefrontal cortex were examined using whole-cell recordings from pyramidal neurons. The effects of NMDA, the...

Two intermediate-avidity cytotoxic T lymphocyte clones with a disparity between functional avidity and MHC tetramer staining (2001)

Derby, Michael A., Wang, Jian, Margulies, David H., Berzofsky, Jay A.

The efficacy of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) has been shown to be highly dependent upon their functional avidity (the sensitivity of their cellular response to MHC–peptide complexes). To examine...

Nonlinear transport theory for hybrid normal-superconducting devices (2000)

Wang, Jian, Wei, Yadong, Guo, Hong, Sun, Qing-feng, Lin, Tsung-han

We report a theory for analyzing nonlinear DC transport properties of mesoscopic or nanoscopic normal-superconducting (N-S) systems. Special attention was paid such that our theory satisfies gauge...

ab initio modeling of open systems: charge transfer, electron conduction, and molecular switching of a C_{60} device (2000)

Taylor, Jeremy, Guo, Hong, Wang, Jian

We present an {\it ab initio} analysis of electron conduction through a $C_{60}$ molecular device. Charge transfer from the device electrodes to the molecular region is found to play a crucial role...

Carbon Nanotube Based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (2000)

Mehrez, H., Taylor, Jeremy, Guo, Hong, Wang, Jian, Roland, Christopher

Spin-coherent quantum transport in carbon nanotube magnetic tunnel junctions was investigated theoretically. A spin-valve effect is found for metallic, armchair tubes, with a magneto-conductance...

Analyses of food and feed compounds using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry /--by Jian Wang. (2000)

Wang, Jian.

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Food Science and Technology, Dept. of...

Assessing information value: A normative approach (2000)

Wang, Jian

Assessing information value: A normative approach.

Assessing information value: A normative approach (2000)

Wang, Jian

Assessing information value: A normative approach.

Comparison of face detection and tracking techniques / (2000)

Wang, Jian.

"Graduate Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering."

Kernel-based Multiple Cue Algorithm for Object Segmentation (2000)

Jian Wang And, Jian Wang, Ze-nian Li

This paper proposes a novel algorithm to solve the problem of segmenting foreground-moving objects from the background scene. The major cue used for object segmentation is the motion information,...

Uterine expression of alternatively spliced mRNAs of mouse splicing factor SC35 during early pregnancy (2000)

Nie, Gui-Ying, Li, Ying, Batten, Leigh, Griffiths, Belinda, Wang, Jian, Findlay, Jock K., ...

RNA differential display was applied to identify genes critical for the establishment of pregnancy in the mouse. One of the gene fragments identified was homologous to human SC35 splicing factor; the...

Electrochemical capacitance of a leaky nano-capacitor (1999)

Zhao, Xuean, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We report a detailed theoretical investigation on electrochemical capacitance of a nanoscale capacitor where there is a DC coupling between the two conductors. For this ``leaky'' quantum capacitor,...

Nonlinear Spin Polarized Transport Through a Quantum Dot (1999)

Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We present a theoretical analysis of the nonlinear bias and temperature dependence of current-voltage characteristics of a spin-valve device which is formed by connecting a quantum dot to two...

Efficient Real Space Solution of the Kohn-Sham Equations with Multiscale Techniques (1999)

Wang, Jian, Beck, Thomas L.

We present a multigrid algorithm for self consistent solution of the Kohn-Sham equations in real space. The entire problem is discretized on a real space mesh with a high order finite difference...

Nonlinear voltage dependence of shot noise (1999)

Wei, Yadong, Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

The current noise in a multi-probe mesoscopic conductor can have a nonlinear dependence on the strength of driving bias voltage. This paper presents a theoretical formulation for the nonlinear noise...

Nonlinear I-V Characteristics of a Mesoscopic Conductor (1999)

Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We present a general theoretical formulation, based on nonequilibrium Green's functions, for nonlinear DC transport in multi-probe mesoscopic conductors. The theory is gauge invariant and is useful...

Nonlinear Quantum Capacitance (1999)

Wang, Baigeng, Zhao, Xuean, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We analyze the nonlinear voltage dependence of elelctrochemical capacitance for nano-scale conductors. This voltage dependence is due to finite density of states of the conductors. We derive an exact...

ℓ©C Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance study of the miscibility of polymer blends (1999)

Wang, Jian

Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1999

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Compound-Gaussian Clutter and Target Parameters (1998)

Dogandzic, Aleksandar, Wang, Jian, Nehorai, Arye

The compound-Gaussian model is often used in radar signal processing to describe the heavy-tailed clutter distribution. The important problems in compound-Gaussian clutter modeling are choosing the...

Interface Reaction in SiC Reinforced Al3Ti-Based Intermetallic Matrix Composites. (1998)

Wang, Jian, Wang, Qian, Chen, Shipu, Sun, Jian, Hu, Gengxiang

The al3ti-based l2(sub 2) intermetallic alloy al66fe9ti25 has shown low density, high oxidation resistance, good strength and appreciable compression ductility at room temperature. to explore the...

Statistical Analysis of Magnetic Field Spectra (1998)

Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We have calculated and statistically analyzed the magnetic-field spectrum (the ``B-spectrum'') at fixed electron Fermi energy for two quantum dot systems with classically chaotic shape. This is a new...

Current partition: Nonequilibrium Green's function Approach (1998)

Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We present a solution to the problem of AC current partition in a multi-probe mesoscopic conductor within the nonequilibrium Green's function formalism. This allows the derivation of dynamic...

Building and integrating a goalkeeper robot for the small-size RoboCup competition (1998)

Steve Hodges, Dave Crosby, Antony Rowstron, Ben Bradshaw, Tim Edmonds, Andy Hopper, ...

This paper details the design and development of a highly specialised goalkeeping robot for use in the RoboCup small-size league, and its integration into the Cambridge University Robot Football Team...

Weakly Nonlinear AC Response: Theory and Application (1997)

Ma, Zhong-shui, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We report a microscopic and general theoretical formalism for electrical response which is appropriate for both DC and AC weakly nonlinear quantum transport. The formalism emphasizes the...

Scattering Matrix Theory For Nonlinear Transport (1997)

Ma, Zhong-shui, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We report a scattering matrix theory for dynamic and nonlinear transport in coherent mesoscopic conductors. In general this theory allows predictions of low frequency linear dynamic conductance, as...

Resonance transmission through a single atom (1997)

Mozos, José-Luis, Wan, C. C., Taraschi, Gianni, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

When a single atom is sandwiched in between two electrodes, an atomic tunneling device may be realized depending on the distance between the atom and the electrodes. We have performed...

Astrophysical Effects of nu+gamma-->nu+gamma+gamma and Its Crossed Processes (1997)

Harris, Michael, Wang, Jian, Teplitz, Vigdor L.

Recently, Dicus and Repko computed nu gamma --> nu gamma gamma for energies below the threshold for e^{+}e^{-} pair production. They found across section on the order of 10^{-52} omega ^{gamma} with...

The second order nonlinear conductance of a two-dimensional mesoscopic conductor (1997)

Sheng, Wei-Dong, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

We have investigated the weakly non-linear quantum transport properties of a two-dimensional quantum conductor. We have developed a numerical scheme which is very general for this purpose. The...

A local approach for global partial density of states (1997)

Wang, Jian, Zheng, Qingrong, Guo, Hong

To apply the scattering approach for the problem of AC transport through coherent quantum conductors, various partial density of states must be evaluated. If the global partial density of states...

Low Frequency Quantum Transport in a Three-probe Mesoscopic Conductor (1997)

Zheng, Qingrong, Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

The low frequency quantum transport properties of a three-probe mesoscopic conductor are studied using B\"uttiker's AC transport formalism. The static transmission coefficients and emittance matrix...

Thread Partitioning and Scheduling Based On Cost Model (1997)

Xinan Tang, Jian Wang, Kevin B. Theobald, Guang R. Gao

There has been considerable interest in implementing a multithreaded program execution and architecture model on a multiprocessor whose primary processors consist of today's off-the-shelf...

Thread Partitioning and Scheduling Based On Cost Model (1997)

Xinan Tang, Jian Wang

There has been considerable interest in implementing a multithreaded program execution and architecture model on a multiprocessor whose primary processors consist of today's off-the-shelf...

PSM, an Insulin-Dependent, Pro-Rich, PH, SH2 Domain Containing Partner of the Insulin Receptor (1997)

Riedel, Heimo, Wang, Jian, Hansen, Hans, Yousaf, Nasim

Insulin stimulation results in a considerable spectrum of cellular responses, only part of which have been firmly correlated with the activation of established insulin receptor (ER) targets such as...

Weakly nonlinear quantum transport: an exactly solvable model (1996)

Wang, Jian, Zheng, Qingrong, Guo, Hong

We have studied the weakly non-linear quantum transport properties of a two-dimensional quantum wire which can be solved exactly. The non-linear transport coefficients have been calculated and...

Frequency dependent admittance of a two-dimensional quantum wire (1996)

Wang, Jian, Guo, Hong

The frequency dependent conductance of a two-dimensional quantum wire is computed using a current conserving formalism. The correction to the dc-conductance due to a time-dependent potential is...

Studies of synaptic plasticity and memory in calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II mutant mice (1996)

Wang, Jian

Synaptic plasticity, which is thought to be involved in learning and memory, changes during development. The activity of Ca$/sp[2+]$/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), which is involved...

Learning k-term DNF /--by Jian Wang. (1996)

Wang, Jian.

Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science)--University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, 1996.

Non-linear techniques for image processing. (1996)

Wang, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1996.

Software Pipelining with Register Allocation and Spilling (1994)

Jian Wang, Andreas Krall, M. Anton Ertl, Christine Eisenbeis

This paper studies the problem of simultaneous register allocation and software pipelining. We present the Register Requirement Graph to dynamically reflect the register requirement during software...

Software Pipelining with Register Allocation and Spilling (1994)

Jian Wang, Andreas Krall, M. Anton Ertl, M. Anton, Christine Eisenbeis

Simultaneous register allocation and software pipelining is still less understood and remains an open problem. In this paper, we first present the Register Requirement Graph (RRG) which can...

Decomposed software pipelining: A new approach to exploit instruction level parallelism for loop programs (1993)

Jian Wang, Christine Eisenbeis, Inria Rocquencourt

This paper presents a new view on software pipelining, in which we consider software pipelining as an instruction level transformation from a vector of one-dimension to a matrix of two-dimensions....

Workspace evaluation and kinematic calibration of Stewart platform (1992)

Wang, Jian

Parallel manipulators have their special characteristics in contrast to the traditional serial type of robots. Stewart platform is a typical six degree of freedom fully parallel robot manipulator....

A New timed Petri net model for loop scheduling with resource constraints (1992)

Wang, Jian, Eisenbeis, Christine

This report uses timed Petri net to model and analyze the problem of instruction-level loop scheduling with resource constraints, which has been proven to be an NP complete problem. First, we present...

A New timed Petri net model for loop scheduling with resource constraints (1992)

Wang, Jian, Eisenbeis, Christine

This report uses timed Petri net to model and analyze the problem of instruction-level loop scheduling with resource constraints, which has been proven to be an NP complete problem. First, we present...

A New Timed Petri Net Model For Loop Scheduling With Resource Constraints (1992)

E De Recherche, Et En Automatique, Domaine De Voluceau, Christine Eisenbeis, Contraintes De, Ressources Une, ...

This report uses timed Petri net to model and analyze the problem of instructionlevel loop scheduling with resource constraints, which has been proven to be an NP complete problem. First, we present...

MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF PHOSPHOROUS REMOVAL PROCESS IN AN ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM

WANG, JIAN

USEPA is currently establishing requirements for minimizing discharges of nutrients in the nation’s receiving waters. The enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process is based on the...

Rescuing impairment of long-term potentiation in fyn-deficient mice by introducing Fyn transgene

Kojima, Nobuhiko, Wang, Jian, Mansuy, Isabelle M., Grant, Seth G. N., Mayford, Mark, Kandel, Eric R.

To examine the physiological role of the Fyn tyrosine kinase in neurons, we generated transgenic mice that expressed a fyn cDNA under the control of the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase...

Epithelial sodium channel regulated by aldosterone-induced protein sgk

Chen, Sei-yu, Bhargava, Aditi, Mastroberardino, Luca, Meijer, Onno C., Wang, Jian, Buse, Patricia, ...

Sodium homeostasis in terrestrial and freshwater vertebrates is controlled by the corticosteroid hormones, principally aldosterone, which stimulate electrogenic Na+ absorption in tight epithelia....

Characterization of Maize Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases Induced in Response to Safeners and Bacterial Pathogens1

Persans, Michael W., Wang, Jian, Schuler, Mary A.

Plants use a diverse array of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in their biosynthetic and detoxification pathways. To determine the extent to which various maize P450s are induced in response to...

Grb10, a Positive, Stimulatory Signaling Adapter in Platelet-Derived Growth Factor BB-, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I-, and Insulin-Mediated Mitogenesis

Wang, Jian, Dai, Heping, Yousaf, Nasim, Moussaif, Mustapha, Deng, Youping, Boufelliga, Amale, ...

Grb10 has been described as a cellular partner of several receptor tyrosine kinases, including the insulin receptor (IR) and the insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) receptor (IGF-IR). Its cellular...

Protein and ligand dynamics in 4-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase

Wang, Jian, Ortiz-Maldonado, Mariliz, Entsch, Barrie, Massey, Vincent, Ballou, David, Gatti, Domenico L.

para-Hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase catalyzes a two-step reaction that demands precise control of solvent access to the catalytic site. The first step of the reaction, reduction of flavin by NADPH,...

Androgen Receptor Acetylation Governs trans Activation and MEKK1-Induced Apoptosis without Affecting In Vitro Sumoylation and trans-Repression Function

Fu, Maofu, Wang, Chenguang, Wang, Jian, Zhang, Xueping, Sakamaki, Toshiyuki, Yeung, Y. G., ...

The androgen receptor (AR) is a nuclear hormone receptor superfamily member that conveys both trans repression and ligand-dependent trans-activation function. Activation of the AR by...

Conditional Derepression of Ferritin Synthesis in Cells Expressing a Constitutive IRP1 Mutant

Wang, Jian, Pantopoulos, Kostas

Iron regulatory protein 1 (IRP1), a major posttranscriptional regulator of cellular iron and energy metabolism, is controlled by an iron-sulfur cluster switch. Cysteine-437 is critical for...

RePS: A Sequence Assembler That Masks Exact Repeats Identified from the Shotgun Data

Wang, Jun, Wong, Gane Ka-Shu, Ni, Peixiang, Han, Yujun, Huang, Xiangang, Zhang, Jianguo, ...

We describe a sequence assembler, RePS (repeat-masked Phrap with scaffolding), that explicitly identifies exact 20mer repeats from the shotgun data and removes them prior to the assembly. The...

A Complete Sequence of the T. tengcongensis Genome

Bao, Qiyu, Tian, Yuqing, Li, Wei, Xu, Zuyuan, Xuan, Zhenyu, Hu, Songnian, ...

Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis is a rod-shaped, gram-negative, anaerobic eubacterium that was isolated from a freshwater hot spring in Tengchong, China. Using a whole-genome-shotgun method, we...

Acetylation of Androgen Receptor Enhances Coactivator Binding and Promotes Prostate Cancer Cell Growth

Fu, Maofu, Rao, Mahadev, Wang, Chenguang, Sakamaki, Toshiyuki, Wang, Jian, Di Vizio, Dolores, ...

Modification by acetylation occurs at ɛ-amino lysine residues of histones and transcription factors. Unlike phosphorylation, a direct link between transcription factor acetylation and cellular...

BGI-RIS: an integrated information resource and comparative analysis workbench for rice genomics

Zhao, Wenming, Wang, Jing, He, Ximiao, Huang, Xiaobing, Jiao, Yongzhi, Dai, Mingtao, ...

Rice is a major food staple for the world’s population and serves as a model species in cereal genome research. The Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has long been devoting itself to sequencing,...

Association Between Nuclear Lamin A/C R482Q Mutation and Partial Lipodystrophy with Hyperinsulinemia, Dyslipidemia, Hypertension, and Diabetes

Hegele, Robert A., Anderson, Carol M., Wang, Jian, Jones, Doreen C., Cao, Henian

Nuclear lamins A and C are encoded by LMNA and are present in terminally differentiated cells. Lamins participate in DNA replication, chromatin organization, arrangement of nuclear pores, nuclear...

Iron-Mediated Degradation of IRP2, an Unexpected Pathway Involving a 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Oxygenase Activity

Wang, Jian, Chen, Guohua, Muckenthaler, Martina, Galy, Bruno, Hentze, Matthias W., Pantopoulos, Kostas

Iron regulatory protein 2 (IRP2), a central posttranscriptional regulator of cellular and systemic iron metabolism, undergoes proteasomal degradation in iron-replete cells. The prevailing model...

The LTR enhancer of ERV-9 human endogenous retrovirus is active in oocytes and progenitor cells in transgenic zebrafish and humans

Pi, Wenhu, Yang, Zhongan, Wang, Jian, Ruan, Ling, Yu, Xiuping, Ling, Jianhua, ...

The solitary LTRs of ERV-9 human endogenous retrovirus are middle repetitive DNAs associated with 3,000–4,000 human gene loci including the β-globin gene locus where the ERV-9 LTR is juxtaposed to...

A Comparison of Rice Chloroplast Genomes1[w]

Tang, Jiabin, Xia, Hong'ai, Cao, Mengliang, Zhang, Xiuqing, Zeng, Wanyong, Hu, Songnian, ...

Using high quality sequence reads extracted from our whole genome shotgun repository, we assembled two chloroplast genome sequences from two rice (Oryza sativa) varieties, one from 93-11 (a typical...

DNA Microarray Analysis of Genome Dynamics in Yersinia pestis: Insights into Bacterial Genome Microevolution and Niche Adaptation

Zhou, Dongsheng, Han, Yanping, Song, Yajun, Tong, Zongzhong, Wang, Jin, Guo, Zhaobiao, ...

Genomics research provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to probe into the pathogenicity and evolution of the world's most deadly pathogenic bacterium, Yersinia pestis, in minute detail. In our...

Genetics of Metabolic Variations between Yersinia pestis Biovars and the Proposal of a New Biovar, microtus

Zhou, Dongsheng, Tong, Zongzhong, Song, Yajun, Han, Yanping, Pei, Decui, Pang, Xin, ...

Yersinia pestis has been historically divided into three biovars: antiqua, mediaevalis, and orientalis. On the basis of this study, strains from Microtus-related plague foci are proposed to...

Arabidopsis COP10 forms a complex with DDB1 and DET1 in vivo and enhances the activity of ubiquitin conjugating enzymes

Yanagawa, Yuki, Sullivan, James A., Komatsu, Setsuko, Gusmaroli, Giuliana, Suzuki, Genki, Yin, Jianning, ...

COP10 is a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme variant (UEV), which is thought to act together with COP1, DET1, and the COP9 signalosome (CSN) in Arabidopsis to repress photomorphogenesis. Here, we...

Targeted Disruption of the Protein Kinase SGK3/CISK Impairs Postnatal Hair Follicle Development

McCormick, James A., Feng, Yuxi, Dawson, Kevin, Behne, Martin J., Yu, Benjamin, Wang, Jian, ...

Members of the serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase (SGK) family are important mediators of growth factor and hormone signaling that, like their close relatives in the Akt family, are regulated...

ChickVD: a sequence variation database for the chicken genome

Wang, Jing, He, Ximiao, Ruan, Jue, Dai, Mingtao, Chen, Jie, Zhang, Yong, ...

Working in parallel with the efforts to sequence the chicken (Gallus gallus) genome, the Beijing Genomics Institute led an international team of scientists from China, USA, UK, Sweden, The...

SilkDB: a knowledgebase for silkworm biology and genomics

Wang, Jing, Xia, Qingyou, He, Ximiao, Dai, Mingtao, Ruan, Jue, Chen, Jie, ...

The Silkworm Knowledgebase (SilkDB) is a web-based repository for the curation, integration and study of silkworm genetic and genomic data. With the recent accomplishment of a ∼6X draft genome...

The Genomes of Oryza sativa: A History of Duplications

Yu, Jun, Wang, Jun, Lin, Wei, Li, Songgang, Li, Heng, Zhou, Jun, ...

We report improved whole-genome shotgun sequences for the genomes of indica and japonica rice, both with multimegabase contiguity, or almost 1,000-fold improvement over the drafts of 2002. Tested...

Nitric Oxide Inhibits the Degradation of IRP2

Wang, Jian, Chen, Guohua, Pantopoulos, Kostas

Iron-regulatory protein 2 (IRP2), a posttranscriptional regulator of iron metabolism, undergoes proteasomal degradation in iron-replete cells, while it is stabilized in iron deficiency or hypoxia....

Cerebral cholesterol granuloma in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

Francis, Gordon A., Johnson, Royce L., Findlay, J. Max, Wang, Jian, Hegele, Robert A.

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is characterized by the accumulation of excess cholesterol in tissues including the artery wall and tendons. We describe a patient with homozygous FH who presented...

Use of the COOH Portion of the Nucleocapsid Protein in an Antigen-Capturing Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Specific and Sensitive Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Qiu, Maofeng, Wang, Jin, Wang, Hongxia, Chen, Zeliang, Dai, Erhei, Guo, Zhaobiao, ...

Antibody detection with a recombinant COOH portion of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus nucleocapsid (N) protein, N13 (amino acids 221 to 422), was demonstrated to be more...

Retrospective Serological Investigation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Antibodies in Recruits from Mainland China

Yu, Sumeng, Qiu, Maofeng, Chen, Zeliang, Ye, Xiaobo, Gao, Yaling, Wei, Aimin, ...

Different assays were used to analyze 1,621 serum specimens collected from military recruits from the People's Republic of China in 2002 for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus...

Surface Chemical Properties of Purified Root Cell Walls from Two Tobacco Genotypes Exhibiting Different Tolerance to Manganese Toxicity 1

Wang, Jian, Evangelou, Bill P., Nielsen, Mark T.

Surface chemical characteristics of root cell walls extracted from two tobacco genotypes exhibiting differential tolerance to Mn toxicity were studied using potentiometric pH titration and Fourier...

Computer, Simulated Evaluation of Possible Mechanisms for Sequestering Metal Ion Activity in Plant Vacuoles: II. Zinc

Wang, Jian, Evangelou, Bill P., Nielsen, Mark T., Wagner, George J.

Various mechanisms have been suggested for sequestering Zn ion activity in vacuoles of Zn-tolerant plants. One of these mechanisms, complexation in the vacuole with organic acids, has received some...

Computer-Simulated Evaluation of Possible Mechanisms for Quenching Heavy Metal Ion Activity in Plant Vacuoles: I. Cadmium

Wang, Jian, Evangelou, Bill P., Nielsen, Mark T., Wagner, George J.

Various mechanisms have been suggested for the quenching of Cd ion activity in plant vacuoles. These include solution complexation with organic acids and sulfhydryl-containing peptides and...

Protein Microarray for Profiling Antibody Responses to Yersinia pestis Live Vaccine

Li, Bei, Jiang, Lingxiao, Song, Qifeng, Yang, Junxin, Chen, Zeliang, Guo, Zhaobiao, ...

A protein microarray representing 149 Yersinia pestis proteins was developed to profile antibody responses in EV76-immunized rabbits. Antibodies to 50 proteins were detected. There are 11 proteins...

Establishment of NOD-Pdcd1-/- mice as an efficient animal model of type I diabetes

Wang, Jian, Yoshida, Taku, Nakaki, Fumio, Hiai, Hiroshi, Okazaki, Taku, Honjo, Tasuku

Mice deficient in programmed cell death 1 (PD-1, Pdcd1), an immunoinhibitory receptor belonging to the CD28/cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 family, spontaneously develop lupus-like...

Origin and evolution of new exons in rodents

Wang, Wen, Zheng, Hongkun, Yang, Shuang, Yu, Haijing, Li, Jun, Jiang, Huifeng, ...

Gene number difference among organisms demonstrates that new gene origination is a fundamental biological process in evolution. Exon shuffling has been universally observed in the formation of new...

A microarray analysis of the rice transcriptome and its comparison to Arabidopsis

Ma, Ligeng, Chen, Chen, Liu, Xigang, Jiao, Yuling, Su, Ning, Li, Lin, ...

Arabidopsis and rice are the only two model plants whose finished phase genome sequence has been completed. Here we report the construction of an oligomer microarray based on the presently known and...

The haemochromatosis protein HFE induces an apparent iron-deficient phenotype in H1299 cells that is not corrected by co-expression of beta 2-microglobulin.

Wang, Jian, Chen, Guohua, Pantopoulos, Kostas

HFE, an atypical MHC class I type molecule, has a critical, yet still elusive function in the regulation of systemic iron metabolism. HFE mutations are linked to hereditary haemochromatosis type 1, a...

ReAS: Recovery of Ancestral Sequences for Transposable Elements from the Unassembled Reads of a Whole Genome Shotgun

Li, Ruiqiang, Ye, Jia, Li, Songgang, Wang, Jing, Han, Yujun, Ye, Chen, ...

We describe an algorithm, ReAS, to recover ancestral sequences for transposable elements (TEs) from the unassembled reads of a whole genome shotgun. The main assumptions are that these TEs must exist...

Role of Histone Deacetylation in Cell-specific Expression of Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase*

Gan, Yehua, Shen, Ying H., Wang, Jian, Wang, Xinwen, Utama, Budi, Wang, Jing, ...

Histone acetylation plays an important role in chromatin remodeling and gene expression. The molecular mechanisms involved in cell-specific expression of endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) are...

periostin Null Mice Exhibit Dwarfism, Incisor Enamel Defects, and an Early-Onset Periodontal Disease-Like Phenotype

Rios, Hector, Koushik, Shrinagesh V., Wang, Haiyan, Wang, Jian, Zhou, Hong-Ming, Lindsley, Andrew, ...

Periostin was originally identified as an osteoblast-specific factor and is highly expressed in the embryonic periosteum, cardiac valves, placenta, and periodontal ligament as well as in many adult...

Haplotype-Specific Effects on Endothelial NO Synthase Promoter Efficiency Modifiable by Cigarette Smoking

Wang, Jian, Dudley, Donald, Wang, Xing Li

The T–786C promoter and 27-bp repeat intron 4 polymorphisms in the endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) gene have been inconsistently associated with various eNOS-related phenotypic changes. We explored...

Endogenous nitric oxide activation protects against cigarette smoking induced apoptosis in endothelial cells

Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Wang, Jing, Senthil, Duraisamy, Wang, Jian, Utama, Budi, Shen, Ying, ...

Cigarette-induced endothelial dysfunction could be an early mediator of atherosclerosis. In this study, we explored the mechanisms of cigarette smoke extract (CSE)-induced human aortic endothelial...

Genotype-Dependent Expression of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) and Its Regulatory Proteins in Cultured Endothelial Cells

SENTHIL, DURAISAMY, RAVEENDRAN, MUTHUSWAMY, SHEN, YING H., UTAMA, BUDI, DUDLEY, DONALD, WANG, JIAN, ...

DNA polymorphisms in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene have been shown to be associated with constitutive eNOS expression and coronary artery disease (CAD). In the present study we...

Detecting novel low-abundant transcripts in Drosophila

LEE, SANGGYU, BAO, JINGYUE, ZHOU, GUOLIN, SHAPIRO, JOSHUA, XU, JINHUA, SHI, RUN ZHANG, ...

Increasing evidence suggests that low-abundant transcripts may play fundamental roles in biological processes. In an attempt to estimate the prevalence of low-abundant transcripts in eukaryotic...

Sodium Nitroprusside Promotes IRP2 Degradation via an Increase in Intracellular Iron and in the Absence of S Nitrosylation at C178

Wang, Jian, Fillebeen, Carine, Chen, Guohua, Andriopoulos, Bill, Pantopoulos, Kostas

In iron-replete cells the posttranscriptional regulator IRP2 undergoes ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. A similar response occurs in cells exposed to sodium nitroprusside (SNP), an...

Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: an underrecognized cause of early cardiovascular disease

Yuan, George, Wang, Jian, Hegele, Robert A.

Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) is a monogenic disorder that affects about 1 in 500 people, with a higher prevalence in certain subpopulations such as people of Quebecois, Christian...

Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by small RNA

Zhang, Ming-Xiang, Ou, Hesheng, Shen, Ying H., Wang, Jing, Wang, Jian, Coselli, Joseph, ...

Repeats (27-nt) in intron 4 have been shown to play a cis-acting role in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) promoter activity. We hypothesize that the 27-nt repeats could be the source of small...

Inhibition of transferrin receptor 1 transcription by a cell density response element

Wang, Jian, Chen, Guohua, Pantopoulos, Kostas

TfR1 (transferrin receptor 1) mediates the uptake of transferrin-bound iron and thereby plays a critical role in cellular iron metabolism. Its expression is coupled to cell...

Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2

Tang, Jiaqi, Wang, Changjun, Feng, Youjun, Yang, Weizhong, Song, Huaidong, Chen, Zhihai, ...

Clinical description of a 2005 S. suis outbreak in China that affected over 200 individuals and initial characterization of the pathogenic isolates from affected pigs and humans.

Serial Analysis of Gene Expression Study of a Hybrid Rice Strain (LYP9) and Its Parental Cultivars1[w]

Bao, JingYue, Lee, Sanggyu, Chen, Chen, Zhang, XiuQing, Zhang, Yu, Liu, SiQi, ...

Using the serial analysis of gene expression technique, we surveyed transcriptomes of three major tissues (panicles, leaves, and roots) of a super-hybrid rice (Oryza sativa) strain, LYP9, in...

Regulation of GluR1 abundance in murine hippocampal neurones by serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 3

Strutz-Seebohm, Nathalie, Seebohm, Guiscard, Mack, Andreas F, Wagner, Hans-Joachim, Just, Lothar, Skutella, Thomas, ...

Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3-kinase) is activated during and is required for hippocampal glutamate receptor-dependent long-term potentiation. It mediates the delivery of AMPA receptors to the...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome diagnostics using a coronavirus protein microarray

Zhu, Heng, Hu, Shaohui, Jona, Ghil, Zhu, Xiaowei, Kreiswirth, Nate, Willey, Barbara M., ...

To monitor severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) infection, a coronavirus protein microarray that harbors proteins from SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and five additional coronaviruses was...

Cross-regulation between Notch and p63 in keratinocyte commitment to differentiation

Nguyen, Bach-Cuc, Lefort, Karine, Mandinova, Anna, Antonini, Dario, Devgan, Vikram, Della Gatta, Giusy, ...

Notch signaling promotes commitment of keratinocytes to differentiation and suppresses tumorigenesis. p63, a p53 family member, has been implicated in establishment of the keratinocyte cell fate...

The Chinese Visible Human (CVH) datasets incorporate technical and imaging advances on earlier digital humans

Zhang, Shao-Xiang, Heng, Pheng-Ann, Liu, Zheng-Jin, Tan, Li-Wen, Qiu, Ming-Guo, Li, Qi-Yu, ...

We report the availability of a digitized Chinese male and a digitzed Chinese female typical of the population and with no obvious abnormalities. The embalming and milling procedures incorporate...

The Short-Term Impact of SARS on the Chinese Economy

Wen Hai, Zhong Zhao, Jian Wang, Zhen-Gang Hou

During the peak of the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), we conducted a survey in Beijing on 18 April 2003 to determine the economic impact of SARS, in particular its effects on...

Rescuing impairment of long-term potentiation in fyn-deficient mice by introducing Fyn transgene

Kojima, Nobuhiko, Wang, Jian, Mansuy, Isabelle M., Grant, Seth G. N., Mayford, Mark, Kandel, Eric R.

To examine the physiological role of the Fyn tyrosine kinase in neurons, we generated transgenic mice that expressed a fyn cDNA under the control of the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase...

Epithelial sodium channel regulated by aldosterone-induced protein sgk

Chen, Sei-yu, Bhargava, Aditi, Mastroberardino, Luca, Meijer, Onno C., Wang, Jian, Buse, Patricia, ...

Sodium homeostasis in terrestrial and freshwater vertebrates is controlled by the corticosteroid hormones, principally aldosterone, which stimulate electrogenic Na+ absorption in tight epithelia....

Characterization of Maize Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases Induced in Response to Safeners and Bacterial Pathogens1

Persans, Michael W., Wang, Jian, Schuler, Mary A.

Plants use a diverse array of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in their biosynthetic and detoxification pathways. To determine the extent to which various maize P450s are induced in response to...

Grb10, a Positive, Stimulatory Signaling Adapter in Platelet-Derived Growth Factor BB-, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I-, and Insulin-Mediated Mitogenesis

Wang, Jian, Dai, Heping, Yousaf, Nasim, Moussaif, Mustapha, Deng, Youping, Boufelliga, Amale, ...

Grb10 has been described as a cellular partner of several receptor tyrosine kinases, including the insulin receptor (IR) and the insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) receptor (IGF-IR). Its cellular...

Protein and ligand dynamics in 4-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase

Wang, Jian, Ortiz-Maldonado, Mariliz, Entsch, Barrie, Massey, Vincent, Ballou, David, Gatti, Domenico L.

para-Hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase catalyzes a two-step reaction that demands precise control of solvent access to the catalytic site. The first step of the reaction, reduction of flavin by NADPH,...

Androgen Receptor Acetylation Governs trans Activation and MEKK1-Induced Apoptosis without Affecting In Vitro Sumoylation and trans-Repression Function

Fu, Maofu, Wang, Chenguang, Wang, Jian, Zhang, Xueping, Sakamaki, Toshiyuki, Yeung, Y. G., ...

The androgen receptor (AR) is a nuclear hormone receptor superfamily member that conveys both trans repression and ligand-dependent trans-activation function. Activation of the AR by...

Conditional Derepression of Ferritin Synthesis in Cells Expressing a Constitutive IRP1 Mutant

Wang, Jian, Pantopoulos, Kostas

Iron regulatory protein 1 (IRP1), a major posttranscriptional regulator of cellular iron and energy metabolism, is controlled by an iron-sulfur cluster switch. Cysteine-437 is critical for...

RePS: A Sequence Assembler That Masks Exact Repeats Identified from the Shotgun Data

Wang, Jun, Wong, Gane Ka-Shu, Ni, Peixiang, Han, Yujun, Huang, Xiangang, Zhang, Jianguo, ...

We describe a sequence assembler, RePS (repeat-masked Phrap with scaffolding), that explicitly identifies exact 20mer repeats from the shotgun data and removes them prior to the assembly. The...

A Complete Sequence of the T. tengcongensis Genome

Bao, Qiyu, Tian, Yuqing, Li, Wei, Xu, Zuyuan, Xuan, Zhenyu, Hu, Songnian, ...

Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis is a rod-shaped, gram-negative, anaerobic eubacterium that was isolated from a freshwater hot spring in Tengchong, China. Using a whole-genome-shotgun method, we...

Acetylation of Androgen Receptor Enhances Coactivator Binding and Promotes Prostate Cancer Cell Growth

Fu, Maofu, Rao, Mahadev, Wang, Chenguang, Sakamaki, Toshiyuki, Wang, Jian, Di Vizio, Dolores, ...

Modification by acetylation occurs at ɛ-amino lysine residues of histones and transcription factors. Unlike phosphorylation, a direct link between transcription factor acetylation and cellular...

BGI-RIS: an integrated information resource and comparative analysis workbench for rice genomics

Zhao, Wenming, Wang, Jing, He, Ximiao, Huang, Xiaobing, Jiao, Yongzhi, Dai, Mingtao, ...

Rice is a major food staple for the world’s population and serves as a model species in cereal genome research. The Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has long been devoting itself to sequencing,...

Association Between Nuclear Lamin A/C R482Q Mutation and Partial Lipodystrophy with Hyperinsulinemia, Dyslipidemia, Hypertension, and Diabetes

Hegele, Robert A., Anderson, Carol M., Wang, Jian, Jones, Doreen C., Cao, Henian

Nuclear lamins A and C are encoded by LMNA and are present in terminally differentiated cells. Lamins participate in DNA replication, chromatin organization, arrangement of nuclear pores, nuclear...

Iron-Mediated Degradation of IRP2, an Unexpected Pathway Involving a 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Oxygenase Activity

Wang, Jian, Chen, Guohua, Muckenthaler, Martina, Galy, Bruno, Hentze, Matthias W., Pantopoulos, Kostas

Iron regulatory protein 2 (IRP2), a central posttranscriptional regulator of cellular and systemic iron metabolism, undergoes proteasomal degradation in iron-replete cells. The prevailing model...

The LTR enhancer of ERV-9 human endogenous retrovirus is active in oocytes and progenitor cells in transgenic zebrafish and humans

Pi, Wenhu, Yang, Zhongan, Wang, Jian, Ruan, Ling, Yu, Xiuping, Ling, Jianhua, ...

The solitary LTRs of ERV-9 human endogenous retrovirus are middle repetitive DNAs associated with 3,000–4,000 human gene loci including the β-globin gene locus where the ERV-9 LTR is juxtaposed to...

A Comparison of Rice Chloroplast Genomes1[w]

Tang, Jiabin, Xia, Hong'ai, Cao, Mengliang, Zhang, Xiuqing, Zeng, Wanyong, Hu, Songnian, ...

Using high quality sequence reads extracted from our whole genome shotgun repository, we assembled two chloroplast genome sequences from two rice (Oryza sativa) varieties, one from 93-11 (a typical...

DNA Microarray Analysis of Genome Dynamics in Yersinia pestis: Insights into Bacterial Genome Microevolution and Niche Adaptation

Zhou, Dongsheng, Han, Yanping, Song, Yajun, Tong, Zongzhong, Wang, Jin, Guo, Zhaobiao, ...

Genomics research provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to probe into the pathogenicity and evolution of the world's most deadly pathogenic bacterium, Yersinia pestis, in minute detail. In our...

Genetics of Metabolic Variations between Yersinia pestis Biovars and the Proposal of a New Biovar, microtus

Zhou, Dongsheng, Tong, Zongzhong, Song, Yajun, Han, Yanping, Pei, Decui, Pang, Xin, ...

Yersinia pestis has been historically divided into three biovars: antiqua, mediaevalis, and orientalis. On the basis of this study, strains from Microtus-related plague foci are proposed to...

Arabidopsis COP10 forms a complex with DDB1 and DET1 in vivo and enhances the activity of ubiquitin conjugating enzymes

Yanagawa, Yuki, Sullivan, James A., Komatsu, Setsuko, Gusmaroli, Giuliana, Suzuki, Genki, Yin, Jianning, ...

COP10 is a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme variant (UEV), which is thought to act together with COP1, DET1, and the COP9 signalosome (CSN) in Arabidopsis to repress photomorphogenesis. Here, we...

Targeted Disruption of the Protein Kinase SGK3/CISK Impairs Postnatal Hair Follicle Development

McCormick, James A., Feng, Yuxi, Dawson, Kevin, Behne, Martin J., Yu, Benjamin, Wang, Jian, ...

Members of the serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase (SGK) family are important mediators of growth factor and hormone signaling that, like their close relatives in the Akt family, are regulated...

ChickVD: a sequence variation database for the chicken genome

Wang, Jing, He, Ximiao, Ruan, Jue, Dai, Mingtao, Chen, Jie, Zhang, Yong, ...

Working in parallel with the efforts to sequence the chicken (Gallus gallus) genome, the Beijing Genomics Institute led an international team of scientists from China, USA, UK, Sweden, The...

SilkDB: a knowledgebase for silkworm biology and genomics

Wang, Jing, Xia, Qingyou, He, Ximiao, Dai, Mingtao, Ruan, Jue, Chen, Jie, ...

The Silkworm Knowledgebase (SilkDB) is a web-based repository for the curation, integration and study of silkworm genetic and genomic data. With the recent accomplishment of a ∼6X draft genome...

The Genomes of Oryza sativa: A History of Duplications

Yu, Jun, Wang, Jun, Lin, Wei, Li, Songgang, Li, Heng, Zhou, Jun, ...

We report improved whole-genome shotgun sequences for the genomes of indica and japonica rice, both with multimegabase contiguity, or almost 1,000-fold improvement over the drafts of 2002. Tested...

Nitric Oxide Inhibits the Degradation of IRP2

Wang, Jian, Chen, Guohua, Pantopoulos, Kostas

Iron-regulatory protein 2 (IRP2), a posttranscriptional regulator of iron metabolism, undergoes proteasomal degradation in iron-replete cells, while it is stabilized in iron deficiency or hypoxia....

Cerebral cholesterol granuloma in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

Francis, Gordon A., Johnson, Royce L., Findlay, J. Max, Wang, Jian, Hegele, Robert A.

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is characterized by the accumulation of excess cholesterol in tissues including the artery wall and tendons. We describe a patient with homozygous FH who presented...

Use of the COOH Portion of the Nucleocapsid Protein in an Antigen-Capturing Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Specific and Sensitive Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Qiu, Maofeng, Wang, Jin, Wang, Hongxia, Chen, Zeliang, Dai, Erhei, Guo, Zhaobiao, ...

Antibody detection with a recombinant COOH portion of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus nucleocapsid (N) protein, N13 (amino acids 221 to 422), was demonstrated to be more...

Retrospective Serological Investigation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Antibodies in Recruits from Mainland China

Yu, Sumeng, Qiu, Maofeng, Chen, Zeliang, Ye, Xiaobo, Gao, Yaling, Wei, Aimin, ...

Different assays were used to analyze 1,621 serum specimens collected from military recruits from the People's Republic of China in 2002 for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus...

Surface Chemical Properties of Purified Root Cell Walls from Two Tobacco Genotypes Exhibiting Different Tolerance to Manganese Toxicity 1

Wang, Jian, Evangelou, Bill P., Nielsen, Mark T.

Surface chemical characteristics of root cell walls extracted from two tobacco genotypes exhibiting differential tolerance to Mn toxicity were studied using potentiometric pH titration and Fourier...

Computer, Simulated Evaluation of Possible Mechanisms for Sequestering Metal Ion Activity in Plant Vacuoles: II. Zinc

Wang, Jian, Evangelou, Bill P., Nielsen, Mark T., Wagner, George J.

Various mechanisms have been suggested for sequestering Zn ion activity in vacuoles of Zn-tolerant plants. One of these mechanisms, complexation in the vacuole with organic acids, has received some...

Computer-Simulated Evaluation of Possible Mechanisms for Quenching Heavy Metal Ion Activity in Plant Vacuoles: I. Cadmium

Wang, Jian, Evangelou, Bill P., Nielsen, Mark T., Wagner, George J.

Various mechanisms have been suggested for the quenching of Cd ion activity in plant vacuoles. These include solution complexation with organic acids and sulfhydryl-containing peptides and...

Protein Microarray for Profiling Antibody Responses to Yersinia pestis Live Vaccine

Li, Bei, Jiang, Lingxiao, Song, Qifeng, Yang, Junxin, Chen, Zeliang, Guo, Zhaobiao, ...

A protein microarray representing 149 Yersinia pestis proteins was developed to profile antibody responses in EV76-immunized rabbits. Antibodies to 50 proteins were detected. There are 11 proteins...

Serial Analysis of Gene Expression Study of a Hybrid Rice Strain (LYP9) and Its Parental Cultivars1[w]

Bao, JingYue, Lee, Sanggyu, Chen, Chen, Zhang, XiuQing, Zhang, Yu, Liu, SiQi, ...

Using the serial analysis of gene expression technique, we surveyed transcriptomes of three major tissues (panicles, leaves, and roots) of a super-hybrid rice (Oryza sativa) strain, LYP9, in...

Establishment of NOD-Pdcd1-/- mice as an efficient animal model of type I diabetes

Wang, Jian, Yoshida, Taku, Nakaki, Fumio, Hiai, Hiroshi, Okazaki, Taku, Honjo, Tasuku

Mice deficient in programmed cell death 1 (PD-1, Pdcd1), an immunoinhibitory receptor belonging to the CD28/cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 family, spontaneously develop lupus-like...

Origin and evolution of new exons in rodents

Wang, Wen, Zheng, Hongkun, Yang, Shuang, Yu, Haijing, Li, Jun, Jiang, Huifeng, ...

Gene number difference among organisms demonstrates that new gene origination is a fundamental biological process in evolution. Exon shuffling has been universally observed in the formation of new...

A microarray analysis of the rice transcriptome and its comparison to Arabidopsis

Ma, Ligeng, Chen, Chen, Liu, Xigang, Jiao, Yuling, Su, Ning, Li, Lin, ...

Arabidopsis and rice are the only two model plants whose finished phase genome sequence has been completed. Here we report the construction of an oligomer microarray based on the presently known and...

The haemochromatosis protein HFE induces an apparent iron-deficient phenotype in H1299 cells that is not corrected by co-expression of beta 2-microglobulin.

Wang, Jian, Chen, Guohua, Pantopoulos, Kostas

HFE, an atypical MHC class I type molecule, has a critical, yet still elusive function in the regulation of systemic iron metabolism. HFE mutations are linked to hereditary haemochromatosis type 1, a...

ReAS: Recovery of Ancestral Sequences for Transposable Elements from the Unassembled Reads of a Whole Genome Shotgun

Li, Ruiqiang, Ye, Jia, Li, Songgang, Wang, Jing, Han, Yujun, Ye, Chen, ...

We describe an algorithm, ReAS, to recover ancestral sequences for transposable elements (TEs) from the unassembled reads of a whole genome shotgun. The main assumptions are that these TEs must exist...

Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by small RNA

Zhang, Ming-Xiang, Ou, Hesheng, Shen, Ying H., Wang, Jing, Wang, Jian, Coselli, Joseph, ...

Repeats (27-nt) in intron 4 have been shown to play a cis-acting role in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) promoter activity. We hypothesize that the 27-nt repeats could be the source of small...

Inhibition of transferrin receptor 1 transcription by a cell density response element

Wang, Jian, Chen, Guohua, Pantopoulos, Kostas

TfR1 (transferrin receptor 1) mediates the uptake of transferrin-bound iron and thereby plays a critical role in cellular iron metabolism. Its expression is coupled to cell...

periostin Null Mice Exhibit Dwarfism, Incisor Enamel Defects, and an Early-Onset Periodontal Disease-Like Phenotype

Rios, Hector, Koushik, Shrinagesh V., Wang, Haiyan, Wang, Jian, Zhou, Hong-Ming, Lindsley, Andrew, ...

Periostin was originally identified as an osteoblast-specific factor and is highly expressed in the embryonic periosteum, cardiac valves, placenta, and periodontal ligament as well as in many adult...

Detecting novel low-abundant transcripts in Drosophila

LEE, SANGGYU, BAO, JINGYUE, ZHOU, GUOLIN, SHAPIRO, JOSHUA, XU, JINHUA, SHI, RUN ZHANG, ...

Increasing evidence suggests that low-abundant transcripts may play fundamental roles in biological processes. In an attempt to estimate the prevalence of low-abundant transcripts in eukaryotic...

Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: an underrecognized cause of early cardiovascular disease

Yuan, George, Wang, Jian, Hegele, Robert A.

Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) is a monogenic disorder that affects about 1 in 500 people, with a higher prevalence in certain subpopulations such as people of Quebecois, Christian...

Sodium Nitroprusside Promotes IRP2 Degradation via an Increase in Intracellular Iron and in the Absence of S Nitrosylation at C178

Wang, Jian, Fillebeen, Carine, Chen, Guohua, Andriopoulos, Bill, Pantopoulos, Kostas

In iron-replete cells the posttranscriptional regulator IRP2 undergoes ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. A similar response occurs in cells exposed to sodium nitroprusside (SNP), an...

Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2

Tang, Jiaqi, Wang, Changjun, Feng, Youjun, Yang, Weizhong, Song, Huaidong, Chen, Zhihai, ...

Clinical description of a 2005 S. suis outbreak in China that affected over 200 individuals and initial characterization of the pathogenic isolates from affected pigs and humans.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome diagnostics using a coronavirus protein microarray

Zhu, Heng, Hu, Shaohui, Jona, Ghil, Zhu, Xiaowei, Kreiswirth, Nate, Willey, Barbara M., ...

To monitor severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) infection, a coronavirus protein microarray that harbors proteins from SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and five additional coronaviruses was...

Regulation of GluR1 abundance in murine hippocampal neurones by serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 3

Strutz-Seebohm, Nathalie, Seebohm, Guiscard, Mack, Andreas F, Wagner, Hans-Joachim, Just, Lothar, Skutella, Thomas, ...

Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3-kinase) is activated during and is required for hippocampal glutamate receptor-dependent long-term potentiation. It mediates the delivery of AMPA receptors to the...

Cross-regulation between Notch and p63 in keratinocyte commitment to differentiation

Nguyen, Bach-Cuc, Lefort, Karine, Mandinova, Anna, Antonini, Dario, Devgan, Vikram, Della Gatta, Giusy, ...

Notch signaling promotes commitment of keratinocytes to differentiation and suppresses tumorigenesis. p63, a p53 family member, has been implicated in establishment of the keratinocyte cell fate...

The Chinese Visible Human (CVH) datasets incorporate technical and imaging advances on earlier digital humans

Zhang, Shao-Xiang, Heng, Pheng-Ann, Liu, Zheng-Jin, Tan, Li-Wen, Qiu, Ming-Guo, Li, Qi-Yu, ...

We report the availability of a digitized Chinese male and a digitzed Chinese female typical of the population and with no obvious abnormalities. The embalming and milling procedures incorporate...

Hepatic angiosarcoma arising in an adult mesenchymal hamartoma

Li, Qiang, Wang, Jian, Sun, Yan, Cui, Yunlong, Hao, Xishan

The histogenesis of the hepatic sarcoma and its association with hamartoma is not well understood. We hereby present a Chinese patient with hepatic angiosarcoma arising from an adult mesenchymal...

Influenza Virus Database (IVDB): an integrated information resource and analysis platform for influenza virus research

Chang, Suhua, Zhang, Jiajie, Liao, Xiaoyun, Zhu, Xinxing, Wang, Dahai, Zhu, Jiang, ...

Frequent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and the increasing data available for comparative analysis require a central database specialized in influenza viruses (IVs). We have...

Global genome expression analysis of rice in response to drought and high-salinity stresses in shoot, flag leaf, and panicle

Zhou, Junli, Wang, Xiangfeng, Jiao, Yuling, Qin, Yonghua, Liu, Xigang, He, Kun, ...

To elucidate genome-level responses to drought and high-salinity stress in rice, a 70mer oligomer microarray covering 36,926 unique genes or gene models was used to profile genome expression changes...

Home bias, exchange rate disconnect, and optimal exchange rate policy

Jian Wang

This paper examines how much the central bank should adjust the interest rate in response to real exchange rate fluctuations. The paper first demonstrates in a two-country Dynamic Stochastic General...

Angiogenesis-independent tumor growth mediated by stem-like cancer cells

Sakariassen, Per Ø., Prestegarden, Lars, Wang, Jian, Skaftnesmo, Kai-Ove, Mahesparan, Rupavathana, Molthoff, Carla, ...

In this work, highly infiltrative brain tumors with a stem-like phenotype were established by xenotransplantation of human brain tumors in immunodeficient nude rats. These tumors coopted the host...

Expression studies in gliomas and glial cells do not support a tumor suppressor role for LGI11

Piepoli, Tiziana, Jakupoglu, Cemile, Gu, Wenli, Lualdi, Elena, Suarez-Merino, Blanca, Poliani, Pietro L., ...

Disruptions of LGI1 in glioblastoma (GBM) cell lines and LGI1 mutations in families with autosomal dominant epilepsy imply a role for LGI1 in glial cells as well as in neurons. Although we and others...

Porcine transcriptome analysis based on 97 non-normalized cDNA libraries and assembly of 1,021,891 expressed sequence tags

Gorodkin, Jan, Cirera, Susanna, Hedegaard, Jakob, Gilchrist, Michael J, Panitz, Frank, Jørgensen, Claus, ...

A resource consisting of one million porcine ESTs is described, providing an essential resource for annotation, comparative genomics, assembly of the pig genome sequence, and further porcine...

COL1A1-PDGFB Fusion Transcripts in Fibrosarcomatous Areas of Six Dermatofibrosarcomas Protuberans

Wang, Jian, Morimitsu, Yosuke, Okamoto, Sumika, Hisaoka, Masanori, Ishida, Tsuyoshi, Sheng, Weiqi, ...

The fibrosarcomatous transformation of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) has been considered for some time to be associated with an adverse clinical outcome. However, the molecular and cellular...

Exchange rate pass-through into UK import prices

Haroon Mumtaz, Özlem Oomen, Jian Wang

In this paper we estimate the rate of exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) into UK import prices using disaggregate data at the SITC-2 and SITC-3 digit level. Consistent with earlier studies, we find...

Genome-Wide Analysis of Basic/Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor Family in Rice and Arabidopsis1[W]

Li, Xiaoxing, Duan, Xuepeng, Jiang, Haixiong, Sun, Yujin, Tang, Yuanping, Yuan, Zheng, ...

The basic/helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors and their homologs form a large family in plant and animal genomes. They are known to play important roles in the specification of tissue types...

Iron-Dependent Degradation of Apo-IRP1 by the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway▿

Wang, Jian, Fillebeen, Carine, Chen, Guohua, Biederbick, Annette, Lill, Roland, Pantopoulos, Kostas

Iron regulatory protein 1 (IRP1) controls the translation or stability of several mRNAs by binding to “iron-responsive elements” within their untranslated regions. In iron-replete cells, IRP1...

High-throughput synergy screening identifies microbial metabolites as combination agents for the treatment of fungal infections

Zhang, Lixin, Yan, Kezhi, Zhang, Yu, Huang, Ren, Bian, Jiang, Zheng, Chuansen, ...

The high mortality rate of immunocompromised patients with fungal infections and the limited availability of highly efficacious and safe agents demand the development of new antifungal therapeutics....

Chimeric Proteins Suggest That the Catalytic and/or C-Terminal Domains Give CesA1 and CesA3 Access to Their Specific Sites in the Cellulose Synthase of Primary Walls1

Wang, Jian, Howles, Paul A., Cork, Ann H., Birch, Rosemary J., Williamson, Richard E.

CesA1 and CesA3 are thought to occupy noninterchangeable sites in the cellulose synthase making primary wall cellulose in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana L. Heynh). With domain swaps and deletions,...

In Silico Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanism Defining the Adverse Effect of Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators

Xie, Lei, Wang, Jian, Bourne, Philip E

Early identification of adverse effect of preclinical and commercial drugs is crucial in developing highly efficient therapeutics, since unexpected adverse drug effects account for one-third of all...

Emodin-Induced Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species Inhibits RhoA Activation to Sensitize Gastric Carcinoma Cells to Anoikis12

Cai, Jun, Niu, Xin, Chen, Yuying, Hu, Qingshen, Shi, Guiying, Wu, Huacheng, ...

RhoA is a critical signaling molecule regulating a variety of cellular processes, such as cytoskeletal organization, adhesion, and apoptosis. It is recently considered responsive to reactive oxygen...

Non-adenine based purines accelerate wound healing

Jiang, Shucui, Zavitz, Caleb C.J., Wang, Jian, Saraf, Amit, Zielinski, Robert, Ramsbottom, James D., ...

Wound healing is a complex sequence of cellular and molecular processes that involves multiple cell types and biochemical mediators. Several growth factors have been identified that regulate tissue...

Hydronephrosis associated with antiurothelial and antinuclear autoantibodies in BALB/c-Fcgr2b−/−Pdcd1−/− mice

Okazaki, Taku, Otaka, Yumi, Wang, Jian, Hiai, Hiroshi, Takai, Toshiyuki, Ravetch, Jeffrey V., ...

Because most autoimmune diseases are polygenic, analysis of the synergistic involvement of various immune regulators is essential for a complete understanding of the molecular pathology of these...

Proteomic screen defines the hepatocyte nuclear factor 1α-binding partners and identifies HMGB1 as a new cofactor of HNF1α

Yu, Miao, Wang, Jian, Li, Wei, Yuan, Yan Zhi, Li, Chang Yan, Qian, Xiao Hong, ...

Hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1α is one of the liver-enriched transcription factors involved in many tissue-specific expressions of hepatic genes. The molecular mechanisms for determining...

Ndel1 Promotes Axon Regeneration via Intermediate Filaments

Toth, Cory, Shim, Su Yeon, Wang, Jian, Jiang, Yulan, Neumayer, Gernot, Belzil, Camille, ...

Failure of axons to regenerate following acute or chronic neuronal injury is attributed to both the inhibitory glial environment and deficient intrinsic ability to re-grow. However, the underlying...

International trade in durable goods: understanding volatility, cyclicality, and elastics

Charles Engel, Jian Wang

Data for OECD countries document: 1. imports and exports are about three times as volatile as GDP; 2. imports and exports are pro-cyclical, and positively correlated with each other; 3. net exports...

Relative Efficiency, Scale Effect, and Scope Effect of Public Hospitals: Evidence from Australia

Jian Wang, Zhong Zhao, Amir Mahmood

Using the 1997-1998 New South Wales public-hospitals comparison data, we investigate the hospital-level inefficiency by applying a stochastic-frontier multiproduct cost function. We use a flexible...

Which currency to set price? A model of multiple countries and risk averse firm

Jian Wang

A crucial question centering many recent debates in the international macroeconomics is under which currency the price is sticky. This paper provides a microfoundation to study the firm¡¦s choice...

CAN LONG HORIZON DATA BEAT RANDOM WALK UNDER ENGEL-WEST EXPLANATION?

Jian Wang

Engel and West (2004a) provide an explanation to reconcile the random walk behavior of exchange rate and linear present value asset pricing models. In this paper, we study the long horizon property...

Transforming growth factor-β-regulated miR-24 promotes skeletal muscle differentiation

Sun, Qiang, Zhang, Yan, Yang, Guang, Chen, Xiaoping, Zhang, Yingai, Cao, Guojun, ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have recently been proposed as a versatile class of molecules involved in regulation of a variety of biological processes. However, the role of miRNAs in TGF-β-regulated...

A comprehensive crop genome research project: the Superhybrid Rice Genome Project in China

Yu, Jun, Liu, Siqi, Wang, Jian, Yang, Huanming

In May 2000, the Beijing Institute of Genomics formally announced the launch of a comprehensive crop genome research project on rice genomics, the Chinese Superhybrid Rice Genome Project. SRGP is not...

Features of the primary wall CESA complex in wild type and cellulose-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

Wang, Jian, Elliott, Janet E., Williamson, Richard E.

Evidence from genetics, co-precipitation and bimolecular fluorescence complementation suggest that three CESAs implicated in making primary wall cellulose in Arabidopsis thaliana form a complex. This...

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Why are exchange rates so difficult to predict?

Jian Wang

A quarter-century quest hasn't found the elusive links between economic fundamentals and currency values. ; The U.S. dollar has been losing value against several major currencies this decade. Since...

Why are exchange rates so difficult to predict?

Jian Wang

A quarter-century quest hasn't found the elusive links between economic fundamentals and currency values. ; The U.S. dollar has been losing value against several major currencies this decade. Since...

IFP35 Is Involved in the Antiviral Function of Interferon by Association with the Viral Tas Transactivator of Bovine Foamy Virus▿

Tan, Juan, Qiao, Wentao, Wang, Jian, Xu, Fengwen, Li, Yue, Zhou, Jun, ...

Interferon-induced proteins (IFPs) exert multiple functions corresponding to diverse interferon signals. However, the intracellular functions of many IFPs are not fully characterized. Here, we report...

Production cotonnière chinoise : forces et faiblesses d'une intégration et d'une adaptation à l'économie de marché

Michel Fok, Jian Wang, Weili Liang, Naiyin Xu

La Chine est le premier pays producteur de coton dans le monde mais sa forte consommation la place en position d'importateur structurel. La production chinoise est issue d'une agriculture familiale,...

International Trade in Durable Goods: Understanding Volatility, Cyclicality, and Elasticities

Charles Engel, Jian Wang

Data for OECD countries document: 1. imports and exports are about three times as volatile as GDP; 2. imports and exports are pro-cyclical, and positively correlated with each other; 3. net exports...

Effect of 27nt Small RNA on Endothelial Nitric-Oxide Synthase Expression

Zhang, Ming-Xiang, Zhang, Cheng, Shen, Ying H., Wang, Jian, Li, Xiao-Nan, Chen, Liang, ...

We have reported previously that the 27nt repeat polymorphism in endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) intron 4—a source of 27nt small RNA—inhibits eNOS expression. In the current study, we...

The Taylor rule and forecast intervals for exchange rates

Jian Wang, Jason J. Wu

This paper attacks the Meese-Rogoff (exchange rate disconnect) puzzle from a different perspective: out-of-sample interval forecasting. Most studies in the literature focus on point forecasts. In...

Relationships between two approaches for planning manufacturing strategy: A strategic approach and a paradigmatic approach

Wang, Jian, Cao, De-bi

Two approaches for planning manufacturing strategy, a strategic approach and a paradigmatic approach, are introduced. The key decisions of these two approaches are, respectively, located in the...

Comparative proteogenomics: Combining mass spectrometry and comparative genomics to analyze multiple genomes

Gupta, Nitin, Benhamida, Jamal, Bhargava, Vipul, Goodman, Daniel, Kain, Elisabeth, Kerman, Ian, ...

Recent proliferation of low-cost DNA sequencing techniques will soon lead to an explosive growth in the number of sequenced genomes and will turn manual annotations into a luxury. Mass spectrometry...

From plan to market in the health sector?: China's experience

Eggleston, Karen, Wang, Jian, Rao, Keqin

Countries worldwide confront the challenge of defining and achieving appropriate roles for government and market forces in the health sector. China--as both a developing and a transitional...

The Taylor rule and forecast intervals for exchange rates

Jian Wang, Jason J. Wu

This paper attacks the Meese-Rogoff (exchange rate disconnect) puzzle from a different perspective: out-of-sample interval forecasting. Most studies in the literature focus on point forecasts. In...

Register Requirement for Exploiting Loops' Maximum Instruction-Level Parallelism

Jian Wang, Andreas Krall, M. Anton Ertl

This paper studies the interaction between register requirement and loops' maximum Instruction-Level Parallelism (ILP). First, we present the minimum data dependence graph (MinDDG) of a loop to...

Loss-of-function variants in endothelial lipase are a cause of elevated HDL cholesterol in humans

Edmondson, Andrew C., Brown, Robert J., Kathiresan, Sekar, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Demissie, Serkalem, Manning, Alisa Knodle, ...

Elevated plasma concentrations of HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) are associated with protection from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Animal models indicate that decreased expression of endothelial...

A Test for Genetic Association that Incorporates Information about Deviation from Hardy-Weinberg Proportions in Cases

Wang, Jian, Shete, Sanjay

For assessment of genetic association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and disease status, the logistic-regression model or generalized linear model is typically employed. However,...

Biogenesis of Short Intronic Repeat 27-Nucleotide Small RNA from Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase Gene*

Zhang, Ming-Xiang, Zhang, Cheng, Shen, Ying H., Wang, Jian, Li, Xiao Nan, Zhang, Yun, ...

Endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) is a constitutively expressed gene in endothelium that produces NO and is critical for vascular integrity. Previously, we reported that the 27-nucleotide (nt)...

The YH database: the first Asian diploid genome database

Li, Guoqing, Ma, Lijia, Song, Chao, Yang, Zhentao, Wang, Xiulan, Huang, Hui, ...

The YH database is a server that allows the user to easily browse and download data from the first Asian diploid genome. The aim of this platform is to facilitate the study of this Asian genome and...

Herbal compound 861 regulates mRNA expression of collagen synthesis- and degradation-related genes in human hepatic stellate cells

Wang, Lin, Wang, Bao-En, Wang, Jian, Xiao, Pei-Gen, Tan, Xue-Hai

AIM: To identify the role of herbal compound 861 (Cpd 861) in the regulation of mRNA expression of collagen synthesis- and degradation-related genes in human hepatic stellate cells (HSCs).

Differences in STIM1 and TRPC expression in proximal and distal pulmonary arterial smooth muscle are associated with differences in Ca2+ responses to hypoxia

Lu, Wenju, Wang, Jian, Shimoda, Larissa A., Sylvester, J. T.

Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) requires Ca2+ influx through store-operated Ca2+ channels (SOCC) in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMC) and is greater in distal than proximal...

A Multiplex Human Syndrome Implicates a Key Role for Intestinal Cell Kinase in Development of Central Nervous, Skeletal, and Endocrine Systems

Lahiry, Piya, Wang, Jian, Robinson, John F., Turowec, Jacob P., Litchfield, David W., Lanktree, Matthew B., ...

Six infants in an Old Order Amish pedigree were observed to be affected with endocrine-cerebro-osteodysplasia (ECO). ECO is a previously unidentified neonatal lethal recessive disorder with multiple...

Activity of the p110-α subunit of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase is required for activation of epithelial sodium transport

Wang, Jian, Knight, Zachary A., Fiedler, Dorothea, Williams, Olusegun, Shokat, Kevan M., Pearce, David

The pathways implicated in the control of epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC)-dependent Na+ transport in renal collecting duct cells share substantial parallels with those implicated in insulin-regulated...

Can long-horizon forecasts beat the random walk under the Engel-West explanation?

Charles Engel, Jian Wang, Jason Wu

Engel and West (EW, 2005) argue that as the discount factor gets closer to one, present-value asset pricing models place greater weight on future fundamentals. Consequently, current fundamentals have...

A polygenic basis for four classical Fredrickson hyperlipoproteinemia phenotypes that are characterized by hypertriglyceridemia

Hegele, Robert A., Ban, Matthew R., Hsueh, Neil, Kennedy, Brooke A., Cao, Henian, Zou, Guang Yong, ...

Numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been found in recent genome wide association studies (GWAS) to be associated with subtle plasma triglyceride (TG) variation in normolipidemic...

iTRAQ-based Proteomics Profiling Reveals Increased Metabolic Activity and Cellular Cross-talk in Angiogenic Compared with Invasive Glioblastoma Phenotype*

Rajcevic, Uros, Petersen, Kjell, Knol, Jaco C., Loos, Maarten, Bougnaud, Sébastien, Klychnikov, Oleg, ...

Malignant gliomas (glioblastoma multiforme) have a poor prognosis with an average patient survival under current treatment regimens ranging between 12 and 14 months. The tumors are characterized by...

Epithelial sodium channel regulated by differential composition of a signaling complex

Soundararajan, Rama, Melters, Daniël, Shih, I-Chia, Wang, Jian, Pearce, David

Hormonal control of transepithelial sodium (Na+) transport utilizes phosphatidylinositide 3′-kinase (PI3K) and Raf–MAPK/ERK kinase (MEK)–ERK-dependent signaling pathways, which impact numerous...