Jing Ma

Fatty Acid Synthase: A Metabolic Enzyme and Candidate Oncogene in Prostate Cancer (2009)

Migita, Toshiro, Ruiz, Stacey, Fornari, Alessandro, Fiorentino, Michelangelo, Priolo, Carmen, Zadra, Giorgia, ...

Background Overexpression of the fatty acid synthase (FASN) gene has been implicated in prostate carcinogenesis. We sought to directly assess the oncogenic potential of FASN. Methods We used...

Flavonoids Intake and Risk of Lung Cancer: A Meta-analysis (2009)

Tang, Na-Ping, Zhou, Bo, Wang, Bin, Yu, Rong-Bin, Ma, Jing

Objective A number of studies have evaluated the association between flavonoids intake and lung cancer risk. However, results were inconsistent. To clarify the role of flavonoids in lung cancer, we...

Quantitative trait loci predicting circulating sex steroid hormones in men from the NCI-Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3) (2009)

Ahn, Jiyoung, Schumacher, Fredrick R., Berndt, Sonja I., Pfeiffer, Ruth, Albanes, Demetrius, Andriole, Gerald L., ...

Twin studies suggest a heritable component to circulating sex steroid hormones and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). In the NCI-Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium, 874 SNPs in 37...

Prospective Study of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection and Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Physicians' Health Study (2009)

Stark, Jennifer R., Judson, Gregory, Alderete, John F., Mundodi, Vasanthakrishna, Kucknoor, Ashwini S., Giovannucci, Edward L., ...

Background A recent nested case–control study found that the presence of antibodies against Trichomonas vaginalis, a common nonviral sexually transmitted infection, was positively associated with...

The Relationship between a Polymorphism in CYP17 with Plasma Hormone Levels and Prostate Cancer 1 (2008)

Christopher A. Haiman, Meir J. Stampfer, Edward Giovannucci, Jing Ma, Niv E. Decalo, Philip W. Kantoff, ...

The A2 allele of the CYP17 gene has been thought to be associated with increased functional activity of this steroidogenic enzyme. Consequently, the A2 allele has been examined as a biomarker of...

Selective p38α mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor attenuates lung inflammation and fibrosis in IL-13 transgenic mouse model of asthma (2008)

Ma, Jing

Jing Ying Ma1, Satyanarayana Medicherla1, Irene Kerr, Ruban Mangadu, Andrew A Protter, Linda S Higgins1Scios Inc, Fremont, CA, USA 1Jing Ying Ma and Satyanarayana Medicherla contributed equally to...

On capacity of wireless ad hoc networks with MIMO MMSE receivers (2008)

Ma, Jing, Zhang, Ying Jun

Widely adopted at home, business places, and hot spots, wireless ad-hoc networks are expected to provide broadband services parallel to their wired counterparts in near future. To address this need,...

Lipopolysaccharide-induced myocardial protection against ischaemia/reperfusion injury is mediated through a PI3K/Akt-dependent mechanism (2008)

Ha, Tuanzhu, Hua, Fang, Liu, Xiang, Ma, Jing, McMullen, Julie R., Shioi, Tetsuo, ...

Aims The ability of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) pre-treatment to induce cardioprotection following ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) has been well documented; however, the mechanisms have not been fully...

A Framework for Automated Construction and Transformation of Case-Based Reasoning Systems (2007)

Jing Ma Arijit, Jing Ma, Arijit Sengupta, David Wilson

Case Based Reasoning systems have gained immense popularity over the recent years as problem-solving tools. Most case based reasoning systems, however, are developed essentially from scratch using...

A Prospective Study of Plasma Vitamin D Metabolites, Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms, and Prostate Cancer (2007)

Haojie Li, Meir J. Stampfer, Lorelei A. Mucci, J. Michael Gaziano, David Hunter, ...

BackgroundVitamin D insufficiency is a common public health problem nationwide. Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25[OH]D), the most commonly used index of vitamin D status, is converted to the...

Solid phase extraction and spectrophotometric determination of mercury in tobacco and tobacco additives with 5-(p-aminobenzylidene)-thiothiorhodanine (2006)

Yang,Weizhu, Hu,Qun, Ma,Jing, Wang,Liming, Yang,Guangyu, Xie,Gang

A highly sensitive, selective and rapid method for the determination of mercury based on the rapid reaction of mercury(II) with 5-(p-aminobenzylidene)-thiorhodanine (ABTR) and the solid phase...

Boolean Game on Scale-free Networks (2006)

Ma, Jing, Zhou, Pei-Ling, Zhou, Tao, Bai, Wen-Jie, Cai, Shi-Min

Inspired by the local minority game, we propose a network Boolean game and investigate its dynamical properties on scale-free networks. The system can self-organize to a stable state with better...

Virtual versus real water transfers within China (2006)

Ma, Jing, Hoekstra, Arjen Y., Wang, Hao, Chapagain, Ashok K., Wang, Dangxian

North China faces severe water scarcity—more than 40% of the annual renewable water resources are abstracted for human use. Nevertheless, nearly 10% of the water used in agriculture is employed in...

Hands-on, simulated, and remote laboratories: A comparative literature review (2006)

Jing Ma, V. Nickerson

Laboratory-based courses play a critical role in scientific education. Automation is changing the nature of these laboratories, and there is a long-running debate about the value of hands-on versus...

Polymorphic microsatellite markers in an Australian freshwater fish, southern pygmy perch Nannoperca australis (2006)

Cook, Benjamin Douglas, Ma, Jing, Hillyer, Mia, Song, Simon Deping, Hughes, Jane

Five microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized for the southern pygmy perch, Nannoperca australis, a regionally vulnerable Australian freshwater fish. Screening of 22 individuals from...

Polymorphic microsatellite markers in an Australian freshwater fish, southern pygmy perch Nannoperca australis (2006)

Cook, Benjamin Douglas, Ma, Jing, Hillyer, Mia, Song, Simon Deping, Hughes, Jane

Five microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized for the southern pygmy perch, Nannoperca australis, a regionally vulnerable Australian freshwater fish. Screening of 22 individuals from...

Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in Bactrocera cacuminata (Hering) (Diptera: Tephritidae) (2006)

Song, Simon Deping, Ma, Jing, Hughes, Jane

Bactrocera cacuminata (Hering) is a nonpest member of the Bactrocera dorsalis complex offering a platform to check hypotheses extrapolated from the more studied pest species. Six polymorphic...

Polymorphic microsatellite markers in an Australian freshwater fish, southern pygmy perch Nannoperca australis (2006)

Cook, Benjamin Douglas, Ma, Jing, Hillyer, Mia, Song, Simon Deping, Hughes, Jane

Five microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized for the southern pygmy perch, Nannoperca australis, a regionally vulnerable Australian freshwater fish. Screening of 22 individuals from...

Genetic Variation in the HSD17B1 Gene and Risk of Prostate Cancer (2005)

Peter Kraft, Paul Pharoah, Stephen J. Chanock, Demetrius Albanes, Laurence N. Kolonel, Richard B. Hayes, ...

Steroid hormones are believed to play an important role in prostate carcinogenesis, but epidemiological evidence linking prostate cancer and steroid hormone genes has been inconclusive, in part due...

Design of Wide-Spectrum Inhibitors Targeting Coronavirus Main Proteases (2005)

Haitao Yang, Weiqing Xie, Xiaoyu Xue, Kailin Yang, Jing Ma, Wenxue Liang, ...

Structure-assisted optimization of compounds capable of inactivating CoV Mpros may rapidly lead to an antiviral agent against Coronavirus-associated diseases.

Genetic variation in the HSD17B1 gene and risk of prostate cancer (2005)

Peter Kraft, Richard B. Hayes, Paul D. Pharoah, Stephen Chanock, Demetrius Albanes, Laurence N. Kolonel, ...

Steroid hormones are believed to play an important role in prostate carcinogenesis, but epidemiological evidence linking prostate cancer and related genes has been inconclusive, in part due to small...

Design of Wide-Spectrum Inhibitors Targeting Coronavirus Main Proteases (2005)

Haitao Yang, Weiqing Xie, Xiaoyu Xue, Kailin Yang, Jing Ma, Wenxue Liang, ...

The genus Coronavirus contains about 25 species of coronaviruses (CoVs), which are important pathogens causing highly prevalent diseases and often severe or fatal in humans and animals. No licensed...

Theoretical study of polarization tracking in satellite quantum key distribution (2005)

Ma, Jing, Zhang, Guangyu, Rong, Yiwen, Tan, Liying

The BB84 and B92 protocols based on polarization coding are usually used in free-space quantum key distribution. Polarization tracking technique is one of the key techniques in the satellite quantum...

Characterization of microsatellite loci in the endemic mound spring snail Fonscochlea accepta and cross species amplication in four other hydrobiid snails (2005)

Wilmer, Jessica Worthington, Hughes, Jane, Ma, Jing, Wilcox, Chris

We identified and characterized nine microsatellite primer pairs from Fonscochlea accepta, a species of hydrobiid snail endemic to artesian mound springs associated with the Great Artesian Basin in...

Characterization of microsatellite loci in the endemic mound spring snail Fonscochlea accepta and cross species amplication in four other hydrobiid snails (2005)

Wilmer, Jessica Worthington, Hughes, Jane, Ma, Jing, Wilcox, Chris

We identified and characterized nine microsatellite primer pairs from Fonscochlea accepta, a species of hydrobiid snail endemic to artesian mound springs associated with the Great Artesian Basin in...

Characterization of microsatellite loci in the endemic mound spring snail Fonscochlea accepta and cross species amplication in four other hydrobiid snails (2005)

Wilmer, Jessica Worthington, Hughes, Jane, Ma, Jing, Wilcox, Chris

We identified and characterized nine microsatellite primer pairs from Fonscochlea accepta, a species of hydrobiid snail endemic to artesian mound springs associated with the Great Artesian Basin in...

Rapid detection of trace chloroethylenes using laser mass spectrometry (2005)

Jing MA, Lei DING, Li FANG, Haiyang ZHENG, Xuejun GU, Weijun ZHANG

Laser mass spectrometry is a new chemical trace analysis method with high selectivity, sensitivity and speed. The mass-resolved resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) spectra of...

Characterization of microsatellite loci in the endemic mound spring snail Fonscochlea accepta and cross species amplification in four other hydrobiid snails (2005)

Wilmer, Jessica Worthington, Hughes, Jane, Ma, Jing, Wilcox, Chris

We identified and characterized nine microsatellite primer pairs from Fonscochlea accepta, a species of hydrobiid snail endemic to artesian mound springs associated with the Great Artesian Basin in...

Lipoprotein (a) and coronary heart disease among women: beyond a cholesterol carrier? (2005)

Shai, Iris, Rimm, Eric B., Hankinson, Susan E., Cannuscio, Carolyn, Curhan, Gary, Manson, JoAnn E., ...

Aims With its homology with plasminogen, lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] may be related to thrombosis and inflammation. We assessed the role of Lp(a) in coronary heart diseases (CHD) by a recently developed...

Lipoprotein (a) and coronary heart disease among women: beyond a cholesterol carrier? (2005)

Shai, Iris, Rimm, Eric B., Hankinson, Susan E., Cannuscio, Carolyn, Curhan, Gary, Manson, JoAnn E., ...

Aims With its homology with plasminogen, lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] may be related to thrombosis and inflammation. We assessed the role of Lp(a) in coronary heart diseases (CHD) by a recently developed...

Plasma Vitamin B6 and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Adenoma in Women (2005)

Wei, Esther K., Giovannucci, Edward, Selhub, Jacob, Fuchs, Charles S., Hankinson, Susan E., Ma, Jing

Background: Vitamin B6, whose main circulating form is pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP), is important in one-carbon metabolism, which is critical for DNA synthesis and DNA methylation, both of which...

Hemochromatosis Gene Mutations, Body Iron Stores, Dietary Iron, and Risk of Colorectal Adenoma in Women (2005)

Chan, Andrew T., Ma, Jing, Tranah, Gregory J., Giovannucci, Edward L., Rifai, Nader, Hunter, David J., ...

Background: Some experimental evidence suggests that iron may play a role in colorectal carcinogenesis, but human data for this role have been conflicting, possibly because of problems related to...

Epoxide hydrolase polymorphisms, cigarette smoking, and risk of colorectal adenoma in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (2004)

Tranah, Gregory J., Giovannucci, Edward, Ma, Jing, Fuchs, Charles, Hankinson, Susan E., Hunter, David J.

Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) is involved the bioactivation and detoxification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons derived from tobacco smoke and charred meat intake. Two coding-region mEH...

Epoxide hydrolase polymorphisms, cigarette smoking and risk of colorectal adenoma in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (2004)

Tranah, Gregory J., Giovannucci, Edward, Ma, Jing, Fuchs, Charles, Hankinson, Susan E., Hunter, David J.

Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) is involved in the bioactivation and detoxification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons derived from tobacco smoke and charred meat intake. Two coding region mEH...

A Prospective Study of Plasma Selenium Levels and Prostate Cancer Risk (2004)

Li, Haojie, Stampfer, Meir J., Giovannucci, Edward L., Morris, J. Steven, Willett, Walter C., Gaziano, J. Michael, ...

Background: Epidemiologic studies suggest that low selenium levels are associated with an increased incidence of prostate cancer, although results are conflicting. We examined the association between...

A Prospective Study of Plasma C-Peptide and Colorectal Cancer Risk in Men (2004)

Ma, Jing, Giovannucci, Edward, Pollak, Michael, Leavitt, Azita, Tao, Yuzhen, Gaziano, J. Michael, ...

Background: Colorectal cancer and type 2 diabetes share many risk factors, and hyperinsulinemia appears to be associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer. We used the concentration of...

High levels of extra-group paternity in a population of Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: evidence from microsatellite analysis (2003)

Hughes, Jane M., Mather, Peter B., Toon, Alicia, Ma, Jing, Rowley, Ian, Russell, Eleanor

Breeding systems vary widely in birds, from monogamous pairs through to complex group systems where subordinates assist breeding individuals to rear young each season. The Australian magpie varies...

High levels of extra-group paternity in a population of Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: evidence from microsatellite analysis (2003)

Hughes, Jane M., Mather, Peter B., Toon, Alicia, Ma, Jing, Rowley, Ian, Russell, Eleanor

Breeding systems vary widely in birds, from monogamous pairs through to complex group systems where subordinates assist breeding individuals to rear young each season. The Australian magpie varies...

Quantum transport through double-dot Aharonov-Bohm interferometry in Coulomb blockade regime (2003)

Ma, Jing, Dong, Bing, Lei, X. L.

Transport through two quantum dots laterally embedded in Aharonov-Bohm interferometry with infinite intradot and arbitrary interdot Coulomb repulsion is analyzed in the weak coupling and Coulomb...

Kondo correlation and spin-flip scattering in spin-dependent transport through a quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads (2003)

Ma, Jing, Lei, X. L.

We investigate the linear and nonlinear dc transport through an interacting quantum dot connected to two ferromagnetic electrodes around Kondo regime with spin-flip scattering in the dot. Using a...

Gene Expression Profiles in Different Stages of Mouse Spermatogenic Cells During Spermatogenesis1 (2003)

Zuoren Yu, Rui Guo, Yehua Ge, Jing Ma, Jikui Guan, Sai Li, ...

During spermatogenesis, diploid stem cells differentiate, undergo meiosis and spermiogenesis, and transform into haploid spermatozoa. Various factors have been demonstrated to regulate this marvelous...

Incremental Design Techniques with Non-Preemptive Refinement for Million-Gate FPGAs (2003)

Ma, Jing

This dissertation presents a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design methodology that can be used to shorten the FPGA design-and-debug cycle, especially as gate counts increase to many millions....

Incremental Design Techniques with Non-Preemptive Refinement for Million-Gate FPGAs (2003)

Ma, Jing

This dissertation presents a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design methodology that can be used to shorten the FPGA design-and-debug cycle, especially as gate counts increase to many millions....

Edge Structure Index for Evaluating the Ground State Properties of One-Dimensional Macro- to Suprabenzenoid Hydrocarbons as Examined by DMRG VB Calculations (2003)

Haibo Ma, Yi Gao, Xin Li, Jing Ma, Chungen Liu, Yuansheng Jiang

A new topological index, the edge structure index (ESI), was proposed in this paper for evaluating the ground-state properties of one-dimensional macro- to suprabenzenoid hydrocarbons. The ESI was...

Incremental design techniques with non-preemptive refinement for million-gate FPGAs / (2003)

Ma, Jing.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2003.

High Levels of extra-group paternity in a population of Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: evidence from microsatellite analysis (2003)

Hughes, Jane, Mather, P. B., Toon, Alicia, Ma, Jing, Rowley, I., Russell, E.

Breeding systems vary widely in birds, from monogamous pairs through to complex group systems where subordinates assist breeding individuals to rear young each season. The Australian magpie varies...

High Levels of extra-group paternity in a population of Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: evidence from microsatellite analysis (2003)

Hughes, Jane, Mather, P. B., Toon, Alicia, Ma, Jing, Rowley, I., Russell, E.

Breeding systems vary widely in birds, from monogamous pairs through to complex group systems where subordinates assist breeding individuals to rear young each season. The Australian magpie varies...

High Levels of extra-group paternity in a population of Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: evidence from microsatellite analysis (2003)

Hughes, Jane, Mather, P. B., Toon, Alicia, Ma, Jing, Rowley, I., Russell, E.

Breeding systems vary widely in birds, from monogamous pairs through to complex group systems where subordinates assist breeding individuals to rear young each season. The Australian magpie varies...

Incremental design techniques with non-preemptive refinement for million-gate FPGAs / (2003)

Ma, Jing.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2003.

High levels of extra-group paternity in a population of Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: evidence from microsatellite analysis (2003)

Hughes, Jane M., Mather, Peter B., Toon, Alicia, Ma, Jing, Rowley, Ian, Russell, Eleanor

Breeding systems vary widely in birds, from monogamous pairs through to complex group systems where subordinates assist breeding individuals to rear young each season. The Australian magpie varies...

High levels of extra-group paternity in a population of Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: evidence from microsatellite analysis (2003)

Hughes, Jane M., Mather, Peter B., Toon, Alicia, Ma, Jing, Rowley, Ian, Russell, Eleanor

Breeding systems vary widely in birds, from monogamous pairs through to complex group systems where subordinates assist breeding individuals to rear young each season. The Australian magpie varies...

High levels of extra-group paternity in a population of Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: evidence from microsatellite analysis (2003)

Hughes, Jane M., Mather, Peter B., Toon, Alicia, Ma, Jing, Rowley, Ian, Russell, Eleanor

Breeding systems vary widely in birds, from monogamous pairs through to complex group systems where subordinates assist breeding individuals to rear young each season. The Australian magpie varies...

High Levels of extra-group paternity in a population of Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: evidence from microsatellite analysis (2003)

Hughes, Jane, Mather, P. B., Toon, Alicia, Ma, Jing, Rowley, I., Russell, E.

Breeding systems vary widely in birds, from monogamous pairs through to complex group systems where subordinates assist breeding individuals to rear young each season. The Australian magpie varies...

High levels of extra-group paternity in a population of Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: evidence from microsatellite analysis (2003)

Hughes, Jane M., Mather, Peter B., Toon, Alicia, Ma, Jing, Rowley, Ian, Russell, Eleanor

Breeding systems vary widely in birds, from monogamous pairs through to complex group systems where subordinates assist breeding individuals to rear young each season. The Australian magpie varies...

High levels of extra-group paternity in a population of Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: evidence from microsatellite analysis (2003)

Hughes, Jane M., Mather, Peter B., Toon, Alicia, Ma, Jing, Rowley, Ian, Russell, Eleanor

Breeding systems vary widely in birds, from monogamous pairs through to complex group systems where subordinates assist breeding individuals to rear young each season. The Australian magpie varies...

Spin-polarized transport through a quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads: Kondo correlation effect (2002)

Ma, Jing, Dong, Bing, Lei, X. L.

We investigate the linear and nonlinear transport through a single level quantum dot connected to two ferromagnetic leads in Kondo regime, using the slave-boson mean field approach for finite on-site...

Identification of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the mud crab Scylla serrata (Brachyura: Portunidae) (2002)

Gopurenko, David, Hughes, Jane, Ma, Jing

Five microsatellite loci are identified and characterized from the genome of Scylla serrata, a widespread and commercially important species of coastal marine crab. The loci were detected by randomly...

Identification of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the mud crab Scylla serrata (Brachyura: Portunidae) (2002)

Gopurenko, David, Hughes, Jane, Ma, Jing

Five microsatellite loci are identified and characterized from the genome of Scylla serrata, a widespread and commercially important species of coastal marine crab. The loci were detected by randomly...

Identification of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the mud crab Scylla serrata (Brachyura: Portunidae) (2002)

Gopurenko, David, Hughes, Jane, Ma, Jing

Five microsatellite loci are identified and characterized from the genome of Scylla serrata, a widespread and commercially important species of coastal marine crab. The loci were detected by randomly...

Identification of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the mud crab Scylla serrata (Brachyura: Portunidae) (2002)

Gopurenko, David, Hughes, Jane, Ma, Jing

Five microsatellite loci are identified and characterized from the genome of Scylla serrata, a widespread and commercially important species of coastal marine crab. The loci were detected by randomly...

Associations between carcinogen-DNA damage, glutathione S-transferase genotypes, and risk of lung cancer in the prospective Physicians' Health Cohort Study (2002)

Perera, Frederica P., Mooney, LaVerne A., Stampfer, Meir, Phillips, David H., Bell, Douglas A., Rundle, Andrew, ...

DNA damage from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and other aromatic/hydrophobic compounds has been implicated in case–control studies as a risk factor for lung cancer, as have common...

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF Binding Protein-3 as Predictors of Advanced-Stage Prostate Cancer (2002)

Chan, June M., Stampfer, Meir J., Ma, Jing, Gann, Peter, Gaziano, J. Michael, Pollak, Michael, ...

Background: Plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) have been associated with the risk of prostate cancer. However, the association of IGF-I with specific tumor stage and grade at...

Milk Intake, Circulating Levels of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I, and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Men (2001)

Ma, Jing, Giovannucci, Edward, Pollak, Michael, Chan, June M., Gaziano, J. Michael, Willett, Walter, ...

Background: Milk and dietary calcium may have antiproliferative effects against colorectal cancer, but milk intake also raises serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). A high ratio of...

A Framework for Automated Construction and Transformation of Case-Based Reasoning Systems (1999)

Jing Ma, Arijit Sengupta, David Wilson

Case Based Reasoning systems have gained immense popularity over the recent years as problem-solving tools. Most case based reasoning systems, however, are developed essentially from scratch using...

A Framework for Automated Construction and Transformation of Case-Based Reasoning Systems (1999)

Jing Ma, Arijit Sengupta, David Wilson

Case Based Reasoning systems have gained immense popularity over the recent years as problem-solving tools. Most case based reasoning systems, however, are developed essentially from scratch using...

Prospective Study of Colorectal Cancer Risk in Men and Plasma Levels of Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I and IGF-Binding Protein-3 (1999)

Ma, Jing, Pollak, Michael N., Giovannucci, Edward, Chan, June M., Tao, Yuzhen, Hennekens, Charles H., ...

BACKGROUND: Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is a potent mitogen for normal and neoplastic cells, whereas IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) inhibits cell growth in many experimental systems....

Plasma Fatty Acid Composition and 6-Year Incidence of Hypertension in Middle-aged Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study (1999)

Zheng, Zhi-Jie, Folsom, Aaron R., Ma, Jing, Arnett, Donna K., McGovern, Paul G., Eckfeldt, John H., ...

The association of baseline fatty acid composition in plasma cholesterol esters with 6-year incidence of hypertension was examined in middle-aged Minneapolis participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk...

Prospective Study of Sex Hormone Levels and Risk of Prostate Cancer (1996)

Gann, Peter H., Hennekens, Charles H., Ma, Jing, Longcope, Christopher, Stampfer, Meir J.

Background: Sex steroids, particularly androgens, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer. Data from previous studies comparing circulating hormone levels in men with and without...

OUTBREAKS OF SMALLPOX DUE TO VARIOLATION IN CHINA, 1962-1965 (1988)

JIANG, YUTU, MA, JING, XIAHOU, GUANG, Henderson, Donald A.

In 1985, previously unknown outbreaks of smallpox were uncovered which had occurred in Shanxi Province and Nei Monggol Autonomous Region in northern China during 1962–1965, several years after...

GRIM-19, a death-regulatory gene product, suppresses Stat3 activity via functional interaction

Lufei, Chengchen, Ma, Jing, Huang, Guochang, Zhang, Tong, Novotny-Diermayr, Veronica, Ong, Chin Thing, ...

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) is a latent cytoplasmic transcription factor that can be activated by cytokines and growth factors. Stat3 plays important roles in cell...

Design of Wide-Spectrum Inhibitors Targeting Coronavirus Main Proteases

Yang, Haitao, Xie, Weiqing, Xue, Xiaoyu, Yang, Kailin, Ma, Jing, Liang, Wenxue, ...

The genus Coronavirus contains about 25 species of coronaviruses (CoVs), which are important pathogens causing highly prevalent diseases and often severe or fatal in humans and animals. No licensed...

Grb2 regulates Stat3 activation negatively in epidermal growth factor signalling.

Zhang, Tong, Ma, Jing, Cao, Xinmin

EGF (epidermal growth factor) binding to its receptor (EGFR) induces dimerization and autophosphorylation of the receptor at multiple tyrosine residues, which serve as docking sites for recruitment...

Genetic Variation in the HSD17B1 Gene and Risk of Prostate Cancer

Kraft, Peter, Pharoah, Paul, Chanock, Stephen J, Albanes, Demetrius, Kolonel, Laurence N, Hayes, Richard B, ...

Steroid hormones are believed to play an important role in prostate carcinogenesis, but epidemiological evidence linking prostate cancer and steroid hormone genes has been inconclusive, in part due...

Acute Myeloid Leukemia-Associated Mkl1 (Mrtf-a) Is a Key Regulator of Mammary Gland Function†

Sun, Yi, Boyd, Kelli, Xu, Wu, Ma, Jing, Jackson, Carl W., Fu, Amina, ...

Transcription of immediate-early genes—as well as multiple genes affecting muscle function, cytoskeletal integrity, apoptosis control, and wound healing/angiogenesis—is regulated by serum...

GRIM-19, a death-regulatory gene product, suppresses Stat3 activity via functional interaction

Lufei, Chengchen, Ma, Jing, Huang, Guochang, Zhang, Tong, Novotny-Diermayr, Veronica, Ong, Chin Thing, ...

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) is a latent cytoplasmic transcription factor that can be activated by cytokines and growth factors. Stat3 plays important roles in cell...

Design of Wide-Spectrum Inhibitors Targeting Coronavirus Main Proteases

Yang, Haitao, Xie, Weiqing, Xue, Xiaoyu, Yang, Kailin, Ma, Jing, Liang, Wenxue, ...

The genus Coronavirus contains about 25 species of coronaviruses (CoVs), which are important pathogens causing highly prevalent diseases and often severe or fatal in humans and animals. No licensed...

Grb2 regulates Stat3 activation negatively in epidermal growth factor signalling.

Zhang, Tong, Ma, Jing, Cao, Xinmin

EGF (epidermal growth factor) binding to its receptor (EGFR) induces dimerization and autophosphorylation of the receptor at multiple tyrosine residues, which serve as docking sites for recruitment...

Genetic Variation in the HSD17B1 Gene and Risk of Prostate Cancer

Kraft, Peter, Pharoah, Paul, Chanock, Stephen J, Albanes, Demetrius, Kolonel, Laurence N, Hayes, Richard B, ...

Steroid hormones are believed to play an important role in prostate carcinogenesis, but epidemiological evidence linking prostate cancer and steroid hormone genes has been inconclusive, in part due...

Acute Myeloid Leukemia-Associated Mkl1 (Mrtf-a) Is a Key Regulator of Mammary Gland Function†

Sun, Yi, Boyd, Kelli, Xu, Wu, Ma, Jing, Jackson, Carl W., Fu, Amina, ...

Transcription of immediate-early genes—as well as multiple genes affecting muscle function, cytoskeletal integrity, apoptosis control, and wound healing/angiogenesis—is regulated by serum...

A Prospective Study of Plasma Vitamin D Metabolites, Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms, and Prostate Cancer

Li, Haojie, Stampfer, Meir J, Hollis, J. Bruce W, Mucci, Lorelei A, Gaziano, J. Michael, Hunter, David, ...

Results of this study by Haojie Li and colleagues suggest that vitamin D deficiency is common among men in the US, and that vitamin D status and genetic variation in theVDR gene affect prostate...

The zinc-finger antiviral protein recruits the RNA processing exosome to degrade the target mRNA

Guo, Xuemin, Ma, Jing, Sun, Jing, Gao, Guangxia

Zinc-finger antiviral protein (ZAP) is a host antiviral factor that specifically inhibits the replication of Moloney murine leukemia virus (MLV) and Sindbis virus (SIN) by preventing accumulation of...

Virtual versus real water transfers within China

Ma, Jing, Hoekstra, Arjen Y, Wang, Hao, Chapagain, Ashok K, Wang, Dangxian

North China faces severe water scarcity—more than 40% of the annual renewable water resources are abstracted for human use. Nevertheless, nearly 10% of the water used in agriculture is employed in...

Cationic liposome-mediated transfection of CD40 ligand gene inhibits hepatic tumor growth of hepatocellular carcinoma in mice*

Jiang, Yong-fang, Ma, Jing, He, Yan, Zhang, Yong-hong, Xu, Yun, Gong, Guo-zhong

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of cationic liposome-mediated CD40 ligand (CD40L) gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods: 1×106 of parental H22 cells or H22 cells transfected with...

Fine mapping and functional analysis of a common variant in MSMB on chromosome 10q11.2 associated with prostate cancer susceptibility

Lou, Hong, Yeager, Meredith, Li, Hongchuan, Bosquet, Jesus Gonzalez, Hayes, Richard B., Orr, Nick, ...

Two recent genome-wide association studies have independently identified a prostate cancer susceptibility locus on chromosome 10q11.2. The most significant single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker...

Genomic analysis reveals few genetic alterations in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

Radtke, Ina, Mullighan, Charles G., Ishii, Masami, Su, Xiaoping, Cheng, Jinjun, Ma, Jing, ...

Pediatric de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive malignancy with current therapy resulting in cure rates of only 60%. To better understand the cause of the marked heterogeneity in...

Application of endoscopic hemoclips for nonvariceal bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract

Guo, Shi-Bin, Gong, Ai-Xia, Leng, Jing, Ma, Jing, Ge, Lin-Mei

AIM: To investigate acute nonvariceal bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract and evaluate the effects of endoscopic hemoclipping.