Li Ma

Blow-up and global solutions to L^p norm preserving non-local flows (2009)

Ma, Li, Cheng, Liang

In this paper, we study global existence and blow up properties to $L^p$ norm preserving non-local heat flows. We first study two kinds of $L^p$ norm preserving non-local flows and prove that these...

Symmetry Results for classical solutions of Monge-Ampere systems on a bounded planar domain (2009)

Ma, Li, Liu, Baiyu

In this paper, by the method of moving planes, we establish the monotonicity and symmetry properties of convex solutions for Monge-Ampere systems on bounded smooth planar domains.

Inhomogeneous Boundary Value Problem for Hartree Type Equation (2009)

Ma, Li, Cao, Pei

In this paper, we settle the problem for time-dependent Hartree equation with inhomogeneous boundary condition in a bounded Lipschitz domain in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$. A global existence result is derived.

A non-local population model of logistic type equation (2009)

Ma, Li, Liang, Cheng

In this paper, we propose a new non-local population model of logistic type equation on a bounded Lipschitz domain in the whole Euclidean space. This model preserves the L^2 norm, which is called...

Symmetry Results for classical solutions of Monge-Ampere system in the plane (2009)

Ma, Li, Liu, Baiyu

In this paper, by the method of moving planes, we prove the symmetry result which says that classical solutions of Monge-Ampere system in the whole plane are symmetric about some point. Our system...

Computing OWL Ontology Decompositions Using Resolution (2009)

Robert Schiaffino, Achille Fokoue, Aditya Kalyanpur, Aaron Kershenbaum, Li Ma, Chintan Patel, ...

Abstract. Reasoning over large ontologies can be done more effectively if they can be decomposed into smaller parts which can be reasoned on independently. This requires identifying parts of the...

Non-local heat flows and gradient estimates on closed manifolds (2009)

Ma, Li, Cheng, Liang

In this paper, we study two kind of L^2 norm preserved non-local heat flows on closed manifolds. We first study the global existence, stability and asymptotic behavior to such non-local heat flows....

A non-local area preserving curve flow (2009)

Ma, Li, Cheng, Liang

In this paper, we consider a kind of area preserving non-local flow for convex curves in the plane. We show that the flow exists globally, the length of evolving curve is non-increasing, and the...

Gradient estimate for the Poisson equation and the non-homogeneous heat equation on compact Riemannian manifolds (2009)

Ma, Li, Cheng, Liang

In this short note, we study the gradient estimate of positive solutions to Poisson equation and the non-homogeneous heat equation in a compact Riemannian manifold (M^n,g). Our results extend the...

Construction of siRNA/miRNA expression vectors based on a one-step PCR process (2009)

Xu, Jun, Zeng, Jie, Wan, Gang, Hu, Gui, Yan, Hong, Ma, Li

Abstract Background RNA interference (RNAi) has become a powerful means for silencing target gene expression in mammalian cells and is envisioned to be useful in therapeutic approaches to human...

Construction, Expression and Purification of Wild and Mutant Type of nm23-H1 in Prokaryotic Expression System (2009)

Xueqin YANG, Yu FAN, Jun CHEN, Hongyu LIU, Li MA, Daxing ZHU, ...

Background and objective Nm23-H1 is a metastasis-suppressor gene. However, its molecular mechanism of suppressing metastasis is unknown until now. The aim of this study is to construct prokaryotic...

Protective effects of salidroside on oxidative damage in fatigue mice (2009)

Li MA

Objective: To study the protective effects of salidroside on oxidative damage in fatigue mice.Methods: Thirty-two male Kunming mice were randomly divided into four groups based on body weight: normal...

The Study on the Phosphorylation Activity of Mutant nm23-H1 (2009)

Xueqin YANG, Li MA, Daxing ZHU, Dong WANG, Ge WANG, Qinghua ZHOU

Background and objective The Phosphorylation is the key activity of nm23-H1. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of different amino acid mutation on the phosphorylation status of nm23-H1....

Construction of an Artificial MicroRNA Expression Vector for Simultaneous Inhibition of Multiple Genes in Mammalian Cells (2009)

Tao Hu, Qiong Fu, Ping Chen, Li Ma, Onsam Sin, Deyin Guo

Recently, artificial microRNA (amiRNA) has become a promising RNA interference (RNAi) technology. Here, we describe a flexible and reliable method for constructing both single- and multi-amiRNA...

Electrochemical characteristics of an interdigitated microband electrode array of boron-doped diamond film (2009)

Zhang, Wei, Xie, Shaoai, Li, Mei, Chen, Hongjin, Ma, Li, Jia, Jinping

An microband electrode array (MBEA) of a boron-doped diamond (BDD) film was prepared by using the hot-filament chemical vapor deposition (HF-CVD) technique and microfabrication process with a...

Expression and Significance of Nrf2 and Its Target Genes in Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma A549 Cells Resistant to Cisplatin (2009)

Kairu ZHANG, Huiqin YAN, Yan WANG, Li MA, Qinghua ZHOU

Background and objective Nuclear factor erythroid-2 related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a key transcription factor in oxidation-reduction reaction. It has been proved that Nrf2 is relevant to...

Curvature tensor under the complete non-compact Ricci Flow (2008)

Ma, Li, Cheng, Liang

We prove that for a solution $(M^n,g(t))$, $t\in[0,T)$, where $T

Computing OWL Ontology Decompositions Using Resolution (2008)

Robert Schiaffino, Achille Fokoue, Aditya Kalyanpur, Aaron Kershenbaum, Li Ma, Chintan Patel, ...

Abstract. Reasoning over large ontologies can be done more effectively if they can be decomposed into smaller parts which can be reasoned on independently. This requires identifying parts of the...

AN APPEARANCE-BASED METHOD FOR IRIS DETECTION (2008)

Jiali Cui, Li Ma, Yunhong Wang, Tieniu Tan, Zhenan Sun

Biometrics has received much attention in the current society and iris recognition is very attractive for its high reliability and non-invasiveness. Iris detection plays an important role in the...

On a length preserving curve flow (2008)

Ma, Li, Zhu, Anqiang

In this paper, we consider a new length preserving curve flow for convex curves in the plane. We show that the global flow exists, the area of the region bounded by the evolving curve is increasing,...

Liouville type theorems for conformal Gaussian curvature equation (2008)

Ma, Li, Du, Yihong

In this note, we study Liouville type theorem for conformal Gaussian curvature equation (also called the mean field equation) $$ -\Delta u=K(x)e^u, in R^2 $$ where $K(x)$ is a smooth function on...

The existence results for solutions of indefinite scalar curvature problem (2008)

Ma, Li, Du, Yihong

In this paper, we consider the indefinite scalar curvature problem on $R^n$. We propose new conditions on the prescribing scalar curvature function such that the scalar curvature problem on $R^n$...

Uniqueness of Schrodinger flow via energy inequality (2008)

Ma, Li, Zhao, Lin, Wang, Jing

In this short note, we show a uniqueness result of the energy solutions for the Cauchy problem of Schrodinger flow in the whole space $R^n$ provided there is a smooth solution in the energy class.

Curvature flow to Nirenberg problem (2008)

Ma, Li, Hong, Minchun

In this note, we study the curvature flow to Nirenberg problem on $S^2$ with non-negative nonlinearity. This flow was introduced by Brendle and Struwe. Our result is that the Nirenberg problems has a...

Q-curvature flow with indefinite nonlinearity (2008)

Ma, Li

In this note, we study Q-curvature flow on $S^4$ with indefinite nonlinearity. Our result is that the prescribed Q-curvature problem on $S^4$ has a solution provided the prescribed Q-curvature $f$...

Adaptive Load Management over Real-time Data Streams (2008)

Xin Li, Li Ma, Kun Li, Kun Wang, Hong-an Wang

Streaming applications require long-running query services against data streams. Existing data stream management systems (DSMSs) are poor at processing long-running queries with timing constrains. To...

Parallel and serial computing tools for testing single-locus and epistatic SNP effects of quantitative traits in genome-wide association studies (2008)

Ma, Li, Runesha, H Birali, Dvorkin, Daniel, Garbe, John R, Da, Yang

Abstract Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers provide opportunities to detect epistatic SNPs associated with quantitative traits and to...

Nonsingular Ricci flow on a noncompact manifold in dimension three (2008)

Ma, Li, Zhu, Anqiang

We consider the Ricci flow $\frac{\partial}{\partial t}g=-2Ric$ on the 3-dimensional complete noncompact manifold $(M,g(0))$ with non-negative curvature operator, i.e., $Rm\geq 0, |Rm(p)|\to 0, ~as...

When is the Hawking mass monotone under Geometric Flows (2008)

Bland, J., Ma, Li

In this paper, we study the relation of the monotonicity of Hawking Mass and geometric flow problems. We show that along the Hamilton-DeTurck flow with bounded curvature coupled with the modified...

Development and Environmental Conflicts in China (2008)

François G. Schmitt, Li Ma

China has paid little attention to environmental issues over the decades, preferring to give priority to economic development. In this article, we start off with an examination of the acute and...

Scalable Cleanup of Information Extraction Data Using Ontologies (2008)

Julian Dolby, James Fan, Achille Fokoue, Aditya Kalyanpur, Li Ma, William Murdock, ...

malli @ cn.ibm.com Abstract. The approach of using ontology reasoning to cleanse the output of information extraction tools was first articulated in SemantiClean. A limiting factor in applying this...

SOR: A Practical System for Ontology Storage, Reasoning and Search (2008)

Jing Lu, Li Ma, Lei Zhang, Jean-sébastien Brunner, Chen Wang, Yue Pan, ...

Ontology, an explicit specification of shared conceptualization, has been increasingly used to define formal data semantics and improve data reusability and interoperability in enterprise information...

Matching Patient Records to Clinical Trials Using Ontologies (2008)

Chintan Patel, James Cimino, Julian Dolby, Achille Fokoue, Aaron Kershenbaum, Li Ma, ...

Abstract. This paper describes a large case study that explores the applicability of ontology reasoning to problems in the medical domain. We investigate whether it is possible to use such reasoning...

Semantic Web Technologies and Data Management (2008)

Li Ma, Jing Mei, Yue Pan, Krishna Kulkarni, Achille Fokoue

The Semantic Web aims to build a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across applications, enterprises, and community boundaries. It proposes to use RDF as a flexible data model...

Learning Based Resolution Enhancement of Iris Images (2008)

Junzhou Huang, Li Ma, Tieniu Tan, Yunhong Wang

Iris recognition is one of the most reliable personal identification methods. The potential requirement of obtaining high accuracy is that users supply iris images with good quality. It is thus...

Ontology Query Answering on Databases (2008)

Jing Mei, Li Ma, Yue Pan

{malli, panyue} @ cn.ibm.com Abstract. With the fast development of Semantic Web, more and more RDF and OWL ontologies are created and shared. The effective management, such as storage, inference and...

Développement et conflits environnementaux en Chine (2008)

François G. Schmitt, Li Ma

Les nombreux débats et conversations sur le Web chinois confirment le rôle de l’Internet comme une plate-forme légitime d’expression publique. Par leur participation, les internautes...

An Iris Recognition Algorithm Using Local Extreme Points (2008)

Jiali Cui, Yunhong Wang, Tieniu Tan, Li Ma, Zhenan Sun

Abstract. The performance of an iris recognition algorithm depends greatly on its classification ability as well as speed. In this paper, an iris recognition algorithm using local extreme points is...

WWW 2007 / Track: Semantic Web Session: Applications Explorations in the Use of Semantic Web Technologies for Product Information Management (2008)

Jean-sébastien Brunner, Li Ma, Chen Wang, Lei Zhang, Daniel C. Wolfson, Yue Pan, ...

Master data refers to core business entities a company uses repeatedly across many business processes and systems (such as lists or hierarchies of customers, suppliers, accounts, products, or...

Iris Model Based on Local Orientation Description (2008)

Junzhou Huang, Li Ma, Yunhong Wang, Tieniu Tan

In recent years, iris recognition has received increasing attention due to its distinct characteristics. This paper proposes a new approach to iris recognition based on local orientation description....

Does macrophage migration factor function as a switch in septic circulation crisis? (2008)

Dr. Bo Xie, Dr. FuZhou Wang, Prof. XiaoFeng Shen, Dr. HuiPing Wang, Dr. YuSheng Liu, Dr. ShiQin Xu, ...

Circulation dysfunction-associated mortality is defined as its reduced responsiveness to circulation active agents in the pathological context of sepsis/septic shock. Macrophage migration inhibitory...

¿Es el 99mTc Glucarato un trazador de necrosis tumoral? Comparación con 18F-FDG-PET en un modelo animal de cáncer de mama y experiencia clínica preliminar en pacientes con patología oncológica. (2008)

Gambini, Juan P., Quinn, Thomas P., Nuñez, Margarita, Cabral, Pablo, Zhang, Xiuli, Figueroa, Said, ...

IntroducciónLa potencial similitud estructural del 99mTc-Glucarato con la fructosa sugiere que este podría ingresar a las células empleando este mecanismo de transporte. Además, en las células...

Is 99mTc Glucarate a tracer of tumor necrosis? Comparison with 18F-FDG-PET in an animal model of breast cancer and preliminary clinical experience in oncology patients. (2008)

Gambini, Juan P., Quinn, Thomas P., Nuñez, Margarita, Cabral, Pablo, Zhang, Xiuli, Figueroa, Said, ...

Introduction99mTc-Glucarate has a structural similarity to fructose suggesting that it may enter cells using fructose transporters. Moreover, it has been suggested that 99mTc -Glucarate could...

Differential Induction of Long-Term Potentiation in the Horizontal versus Columnar Superficial Connections to Layer II Cells of the Entorhinal Cortex (2008)

Li Ma, Angel Alonso, Clayton T. Dickson

The entorhinal cortex (EC) is a nodal and independent mnemonic element of the medial temporal lobe memory circuit as it forms a bidirectional interface between the neocortex and hippocampus. Within...

Construction of the suppression subtractive cDNA libraries of human large cell lung cancer line L9981 before and after transfection with nm23-H1 gene (2008)

Sujuan YE, Zhihua FENG, Wen ZHU, Chunji CAI, Lu LI, Liya SUN, ...

Background and objective It has been proven that nm23-H1 gene is an important metastatic-suppressed gene of lung cancer. In order to screen the differential expression genes related to nm23-H1, we...

Quantization effects for a variant of the Ginzburg-Landau type system (2008)

Li Ma

The author uses Pohoaev's identity to research the quantization for a Ginzburg-Landau type functional. Under the logarithmic growth condition which is different assumption from that of in [2], the...

The mechanism of metastasis suppressor gene nm23-H1 involving in the Ras signaling of lung cancer (2008)

Xueqin YANG, Yibing YAO, Wen ZHU, Li MA, Daxing ZHU, Wen XIAO, ...

Background and objective It has been confirmed that nm23-H1 gene is one of the tumor metastasis suppressor genes. Up to now, the exact mechanism of nm23-H1 gebe is uncertain. The aim of this study...

Anodic Electrochemical Pretreatment Time and Potential Affect the Electrochemical Characteristics of Moderately Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode (2008)

Zhang, Wei, Xie, Shaoai, Chen, Hongjin, Li, Mei, Ma, Li, Jia, Jinping

Boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes, both as-prepared and electrochemically oxidized were studied. The relation between the anodic oxidation treatment time, anodic potential and electrochemical...

Differential Induction of Long-Term Potentiation in the Horizontal versus Columnar Superficial Connections to Layer II Cells of the Entorhinal Cortex (2008)

Li Ma, Angel Alonso, Clayton T. Dickson

The entorhinal cortex (EC) is a nodal and independent mnemonic element of the medial temporal lobe memory circuit as it forms a bidirectional interface between the neocortex and hippocampus. Within...

Genome-wide analysis of single-locus and epistasis single-nucleotide polymorphism effects on anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide as a measure of rheumatoid arthritis (2007)

Ma, Li, Dvorkin, Daniel, Garbe, John R, Da, Yang

Abstract The goal of this study was to identify single-locus and epistasis effects of SNP markers on anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) that is associated with rheumatoid arthritis, using...

Learning Based Enhancement Model of Iris (2007)

Junzhou Huang, Li Ma, Tieniu Tan, Yunhong Wang

Iris recognition is one of the most reliable personal identification methods. The potential requirement of obtaining high accuracy is that users supply iris images with good quality. It is thus...

Ontology Reasoning With Large Data Repositories (2007)

Heymans, Stijn, Ma, Li, Anicic, Darko, Ma, Zhilei, Steinmetz, Nathalie, Pan, Yue, ...

Reasoning with large amounts of data together with ontological knowledge is becoming a pertinent issue. In this chapter, we will give an overviewof well-known ontology repositories, including native...

Asymptotic behavior of positive solutions of some quasilinear elliptic problems (2007)

Guo, Zongming, Ma, Li

We discuss the asymptotic behavior of positive solutions of the quasilinear elliptic problem −Δpu = a up−1−b(x) uq, u|∂ Ω = 0, as q → p − 1 + 0 and as q → ∞, via a scale argument....

Temporal and Spatial Expression Patterns of Sox1 Gene in Xenopus laevis   Embryo (2007)

MA, Li, ZHAO, Shu-hua, KONG, Qing-hua, MAO, Bing-yu

We describe the temporal and spatial expression pattern of Sox1 gene during Xenopus laevis early development and compare the expression patterns of Sox1-3 in the developing eye and brain. Alignment...

Ricci Flow with hyperbolic warped product metrics (2007)

Ma, Li, Xu, Xingwang

In this short note, we show that the negative curvature is preserved in the deformation of hyperbolic warped product metrics under Ricci flow. It is also showed that the flow converges to a flat...

Uniqueness of ground states of some coupled nonlinear Schrodinger systems and their application (2007)

Ma, Li, Zhao, Lin

We establish the uniqueness of ground states of some coupled nonlinear Schrodinger systems in the whole space. We firstly use Schwartz symmetrization to obtain the existence of ground states for a...

Uniqueness of positive bound states to Schrodinger systems with critical exponents (2007)

Li, Congming, Ma, Li

We prove the uniqueness for the positive solutions of the following elliptic systems: \begin{eqnarray*} \left\{\begin{array}{ll} - \lap (u(x)) = u(x)^{\alpha}v(x)^{\beta} - \lap (v(x)) = u(x)^{\beta}...

Eigenvalues and lambda constants on Riemannian submersions (2007)

Ma, Li, Zhu, Anqiang

Given a Riemannian submersion, we study the relation between lambda constants introduced by G.Perelman on the base manifold and the total space of a Riemannian submersion. We also discuss the...

Properties of positive solutions of an Elliptic Equation with negative exponents (2007)

Ma, Li, Wei, Juncheng

In this paper, we study the existence and non-existence result of positive solutions to a singular elliptic equation with negative power on the bounded smooth domain or in the whole Euclidean space....

Sharp thresholds of blow-up and global existence for the coupled nonlinear Schrodinger system (2007)

Ma, Li, Zhao, Lin

In this paper, we establish two new types of invariant sets for the coupled nonlinear Schrodinger system on $\mathbb{R}^n$, and derive two sharp thresholds of blow-up and global existence for its...

The use of global transcriptional analysis to reveal the biological and cellular events involved in distinct development phases of Trichophyton rubrumconidial germination (2007)

Liu, Tao, Zhang, Qian, Wang, Lingling, Yu, Lu, Leng, Wenchuan, Yang, Jian, ...

Abstract Background Conidia are considered to be the primary cause of infections by Trichophyton rubrum . Results We have developed a cDNA microarray containing 10250 ESTs to monitor the...

L2 p-Forms and Ricci flow with bounded curvature on manifolds (2007)

Ma, Li, Liu, Baiyu

In this paper, we study the evolution of L2 p-forms under Ricci flow with bounded curvature on a complete non-compact or a compact Riemannian manifold. We show that under curvature pinching...

Blow-up of solutions to the nonlinear Schr$\bf{\ddot{O}}$dinger equations on standard N-sphere and hyperbolic N-space (2007)

Ma, Li, Zhao, Lin

In this paper, we partially settle down the long standing open problem of the finite time blow-up property about the nonlinear Schr$\ddot{o}$dinger equations on some Riemannian manifolds like the...

A rheological model of post-seismic deformation for the 2001 Kunlun, China earthquake, Mw 7.8 (2007)

Chaojun Zhang, Yaolin Shi, Li Ma, Cinna Lomnitz

The Mw7.8 Kunlun earthquake of 14 November, 2001, in the northern Tibetan Plateau of China, was the largest event in the Chinese continental area in the latest 50 years. In this paper, layered...

Analysis of the dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrumexpressed sequence tags (2006)

Wang, Lingling, Ma, Li, Leng, Wenchuan, Liu, Tao, Yu, Lu, Yang, Jian, ...

Abstract Background Dermatophytes are the primary causative agent of dermatophytoses, a disease that affects billions of individuals worldwide. Trichophyton rubrum is the most common of the...

Investigation of Transmission, Propagation, and Detection of UWB Pulses Using Physical Modeling (2006)

Ma, Li

Recent experimental and physical modeling studies demonstrate that, as opposed to systems with smaller bandwidth, the Ultra-Wideband (UWB) channel exhibits frequency-dependent distortion of...

Partial convexity to the heat equation (2006)

Ma, Li

In this paper, we study the partial convexity of smooth solutions to the heat equation on a compact or complete non-compact Riemannian manifold M or Kahler-Ricci flow. We show that under a natural...

Investigation of transmission, propagation, and detection of UWB pulses using physical modeling [electronic resource] / (2006)

Ma, Li.

Keywords: Per-path Distortion, Correlation Template, Frequency-dependent, Dominant Propagation Mechanism, Ultra-wideband(UWB).

A view of OWL from the field: Use cases and experiences (2006)

Aaron Kershenbaum, Achille Fokoue, Chintan Patel, Christopher Welty, James Cimino, Li Ma, ...

Abstract. In this paper, we describe our experiences with Semantic Web applications from the domain of life sciences, text mining and software engineering. In these domains, the state-of-the-art is...

A Highly Efficient and Accurate Algorithm for Solving the Partial Differential Equation in Cardiac Tissue Models (2006)

Jichao Zhao, Yinbin Jin, Li Ma, Robert M. Corless

We give a highly efficient, accurate and unconditionally stable algorithm to solve the partial differential equation for simulating the action potential propagation through cardiac tissue. In the new...

SHIN ABox Reduction (2006)

Achille Fokoue, Aaron Kershenbaum, Li Ma, Edith Schonberg, Kavitha Srinivas, Rose Williams

We propose a technique to make consistency detection scalable for large Aboxes in secondary storage. We use static analysis of knowledge representation with summarization techniques to produce a...

K.: The Summary Abox: Cutting Ontologies Down to Size (2006)

Achille Fokoue, Aaron Kershenbaum, Li Ma, Edith Schonberg, Kavitha Srinivas

malli @ cn.ibm.com Abstract. Reasoning on OWL ontologies is known to be intractable in the worst-case, which is a serious problem because in practice, most OWL ontologies have large Aboxes, i.e.,...

Eigenvalue monotonicity for the Ricci-Hamilton flow, revised version (2005)

Ma, Li

This is a revised version of our short note [arxiv.math.DG/0403065] where we discuss the monotonicity of the eigen-values of the Laplacian operator to the Ricci-Hamilton flow on a compact or a...

Moduli space of special Lagrangians in almost Kahler spaces (2005)

Li Ma

Moduli space of special Lagrangians in almost Kahler spaces

New Monotonicity Formulae for Semi-linear Elliptic and Parabolic Systems (2005)

Ma, Li, Song, Xianfa, Zhao, Lin

In this paper, we establish a general monotonicity formula of the following elliptic system $$ \Delta u_i+f_i(u_1,...,u_m)=0 \quad {\rm in} \Omega, \label{0.1} $$ where $\Omega\subset\subset...

Mass under the Ricci flow (2005)

Dai, Xianzhe, Ma, Li

In this paper, we study the change of the ADM mass of an ALE space along the Ricci flow. Thus we first show that the ALE property is preserved under the Ricci flow. Then, we show that the mass is...

A remark on soliton equation of mean curvature flow (2005)

Li Ma, Yang Yang

A remark on soliton equation of mean curvature flow

$L^2$ Forms and Ricci flow with bounded curvature on Complete Non-compact manifolds (2005)

Ma, Li, Yang, Yang

In this paper, we study the evolution of $L^2$ one forms under Ricci flow with bounded curvature on a non-compact Rimennian manifold. We show on such a manifold that the $L^2$ norm of a smooth one...

Remarks on non-compact complete Ricci expanding solitons (2005)

Ma, Li, Chen, Dezhong

In this paper, we study gradient Ricci expanding solitons $(X,g)$ satisfying $$ Rc=cg+D^2f, $$ where $Rc$ is the Ricci curvature, $c0$ on $X$ unless $(X,g)$ is Ricci flat. We also show that there is...

A comparative study of the Russian and Chinese governments' FDI policies / (2005)

Ma, Li.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005.

Estimate the Change of Mode Share by a Transit Project: A Case Study on the Houston METRORail Line Paper Submitted to the Twenty-Fifth Annual ESRI International User Conference (2005)

Qisheng Pan, Li Ma

Public transit provides important services for urban commuters and transit dependent population. A key objective of most public transit projects is to increase regional transit ridership and mode...

An MDA-Based System for Ontology Engineering (2005)

Yue Pan, Guotong Xie, Li Ma, Yang Yang, Yang Yang, Zhaoming Qiu, ...

LIMITED DISTRIBUTION NOTICE: This report has been submitted for publication outside of IBM and will probably be copyrighted if accepted for publication. Ithas been issued as a Research Report for...

Genetic analysis of Pten and Tsc2 functional interactions in the mouse reveals asymmetrical haploinsufficiency in tumor suppression (2005)

Ma, Li, Teruya-Feldstein, Julie, Behrendt, Nille, Chen, Zhenbang, Noda, Tetsuo, Hino, Okio, ...

The role of tumor suppressor haploinsufficiency in oncogenesis is still poorly understood. The PTEN and TSC2 tumor suppressors function to antagonize mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) activation...

Genetic analysis of Pten and Tsc2 functional interactions in the mouse reveals asymmetrical haploinsufficiency in tumor suppression (2005)

Ma, Li, Teruya-Feldstein, Julie, Behrendt, Nille, Chen, Zhenbang, Noda, Tetsuo, Hino, Okio, ...

The role of tumor suppressor haploinsufficiency in oncogenesis is still poorly understood. The PTEN and TSC2 tumor suppressors function to antagonize mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) activation...

Dirichlet Problems of a Quasi-Linear Elliptic System (2005)

Ma, Li, Li, Gongbao

We discuss the Dirichlet problem of the quasi-linear elliptic system Here Ω is a smooth bounded domain in Rn, f:RN→R is a smooth function, U:Ω→RN is the unknown vector-valued function,...

Dirichlet Problems of a Quasi-Linear Elliptic System (2005)

Ma, Li, Li, Gongbao

We discuss the Dirichlet problem of the quasi-linear elliptic system −e−f(U)div(e f(U)∇U)+½f′(U)|∇U|2=0inΩ,U|∂Ω=Φ. Here Ω is a smooth...

Genetic analysis of Pten and Tsc2 functional interactions in the mouse reveals asymmetrical haploinsufficiency in tumor suppression (2005)

Ma, Li, Teruya-Feldstein, Julie, Behrendt, Nille, Chen, Zhenbang, Noda, Tetsuo, Hino, Okio, ...

The role of tumor suppressor haploinsufficiency in oncogenesis is still poorly understood. The PTEN and TSC2 tumor suppressors function to antagonize mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) activation...

Dirichlet Problems of a Quasi-Linear Elliptic System (2005)

Ma, Li, Li, Gongbao

We discuss the Dirichlet problem of the quasi-linear elliptic system Here Ω is a smooth bounded domain in Rn, f:RN→R is a smooth function, U:Ω→RN is the unknown vector-valued function,...

Some properties of non-compact complete Riemannian manifolds (2004)

Ma, Li

In this paper, we study the volume growth property of a non-compact complete Riemannian manifold $X$. We improve the volume growth theorem of Calabi (1975) and Yau (1976), Cheeger, Gromov and Taylor...

Remarks on Gradient Ricci Solitons (2004)

Ma, Li

In this paper, we study the gradient Ricci soliton equation on a complete Riemannian manifold. We show that under a natural decay condition on the Ricci curvature, the Ricci soliton is Ricci-flat and...

Radial Symmetry and Monotonicity Results for an Integral Equation (2004)

Ma, Li, Chen, DeZhong

In this paper, we consider radial symmetry property of positive solutions of an integral equation arising from some higher order semi-linear elliptic equations on the whole space $\mathbf{R}^n$. We...

A remark on soliton equation of mean curvature flow (2004)

Ma,Li, Yang,Yang

In this note, we consider self-similar immersions of the mean curvature flow and show that a graph solution of the soliton equation, provided it has bounded derivative, converges smoothly to a...

Interior Gradient Bound For Minimal Graphs in a Product Manifold (2004)

Ma, Li, Chen, Dezhong

Let $(M, g)$ be an $n$-dimensional complete Riemannian manifold with $Ric(M)\geq-(n-1)Q$, where $Q\geq0$ is a constant. We obtain an interior gradient bound for minimal graphs in $M\times R$ under...

Examples for Cross Curvature Flow on 3-Manifolds (2004)

Ma, Li, Chen, Dezhong

Recently, B.Chow and R.S.Hamilton introduced the cross curvature flow on 3-manifolds. In this paper, we analyze two interesting examples for this new flow. One is on a square torus bundle over a...

Eigen-value monotonicity for the Ricci-Hamilton flow (2004)

Ma, Li

In this short note, we discuss the monotonicity of the first eigen-value of the Laplacian operator to the Ricci-Hamilton flow on a compact or a complete non-compact Riemannian manifold.

Development of an intelligent forging center / (2004)

Ma, Li.

Thesis (M.A.Sc.) -- McMaster University, 2004.

Efficient Iris Recognition by Characterizing Key Local Variations (2004)

Li Ma, Tieniu Tan, Yunhong Wang, Dexin Zhang

Abstract—Unlike other biometrics such as fingerprints and face, the distinct aspect of iris comes from randomly distributed features. This leads to its high reliability for personal identification,...

A fast and robust iris localization method based on texture segmentation (2004)

Jiali Cui, Yunhong Wang, Tieniu Tan, Li Ma, Zhenan Sun

With the development of the current networked society, personal identification based on biometrics has received more and more attention. Iris recognition has a satisfying performance due to its high...

Using DSP, a reversible cross-linker, to fix tissue sections for immunostaining, microdissection and expression profiling (2004)

Xiang, Charlie C., Mezey, Eva, Chen, Mei, Key, Sharon, Ma, Li, Brownstein, Michael J.

Mammalian organs are typically comprised of several cell populations. Some (e.g. brain) are very heterogeneous, and this cellular complexity makes it difficult, if not impossible, to interpret...

Curve Shortening Flow in a Riemannian Manifold (2003)

Ma, Li, Chen, Dezhong

In this paper, we systemally study the long time behavior of the curve shortening flow in a closed or non-compact complete locally Riemannian symmetric manifold. Assume that we have a global flow....

Asymptotic behavior of positive solutions of some quasilinear elliptic problems (2003)

Guo, Zhongmin, Ma, Li

We discuss the asymptotic behavior of positive solutions of the quasilinear elliptic problem $-\Delta_p u=a u^{p-1}-b(x) u^q$, $u|_{\partial \Omega}=0$ as $q \to p-1+0$ and as $q \to \infty$ via a...

Dirichlet problems of a quasi-linear elliptic system (2003)

Li, Gongbo, Ma, Li

We discuss the Dirichlet problem of the quasi-linear elliptic system \begin{eqnarray*} -e^{-f(U)}div(e^{f(U)}\bigtriangledown U)+&{1/2}f'(U)|\bigtriangledown U|^2&=0, {in $\Omega$}, &...

Some remarks on sub-elliptic equations (2003)

Ma, Li, Xu, Xingwang, Zhao, Zhenyi

In this paper, we consider the principal eigenvalue problem for Hormander's laplacian on $R^n$. We also study a related semi-linear sub-elliptic equation in the whole $R^n$ and prove that under a...

B-sub-manifolds and their stability (2003)

Ma, Li

In this paper, we introduce a concept of B-minimal sub-manifolds and discuss the stability of such a sub-manifold in a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$. Assume $B(x)$ is a smooth function on $M$. By...

Personal identification based on iris texture analysis (2003)

Li Ma, Tieniu Tan, Senior Member, Yunhong Wang, Dexin Zhang

Abstract—With an increasing emphasis on security, automated personal identification based on biometrics has been receiving extensive attention over the past decade. Iris recognition, as an emerging...

A new strategy to amplify degraded RNA from small tissue samples for microarray studies (2003)

Xiang, Charlie C., Chen, Mei, Ma, Li, Phan, Quang N., Inman, Jason M., Kozhich, Olga A., ...

RNA amplification methods have been used to facilitate making probes from small tissue samples for microarray studies. Our original amplification technique relied on driving the first reverse...

L.: Invariant texture segmentation via circular Gabor filters (2002)

Jainguo Zhang, Tieniu Tan, Li Ma

In this paper, we focus on invariant texture segmentation, and propose a new method using circular Gabor filters (CGF) for rotation invariant texture segmentation. The traditional Gabor function is...

Iris Recognition Using Circular Symmetric Filters (2002)

Li Ma, Yunhong Wang, Tieniu Tan

This paper proposes a new method for personal identification based on iris recognition. The method consists of three major components: image preprocessing, feature extraction and classifier design. A...

Iris Recognition Based on Multichannel Gabor Filtering (2002)

Li Ma, Yunhong Wang, Tieniu Tan

A new approach for personal identification based on iris recognition is presented in this paper. The body of this paper details the steps of iris recognition, including image preprocessing, feature...

Relative quiescence within the Jiashi swarm in Xinjiang, China: an application of the ETAS point process model (2001)

Ma, Li, Zhuang, Jiancang

This paper uses the epidemic-type aftershock sequence (ETAS) point process model to study certain seismicity features of the Jiashi swarm of certain earthquakes, investigating in particular whether...

Positive solutions of a logistic equation on unbounded intervals (2001)

Ma, Li, Xu, Xingwang

In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions of a one-parameter family of logistic equations on R+ or on R. These equations are stationary versions of the Fisher equations and the KPP...

Positive solutions of a logistic equation on unbounded intervals (2001)

Ma, Li, Xu, Xingwang

In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions of a one-parameter family of logistic equations on R+ or on R. These equations are stationary versions of the Fisher equations and the KPP...

Molecular genetic analysis of curvaticin FS47, an antilisterial bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus curvatus FS47 (1999)

Ma, Li

Curvaticin FS47 is a novel antilisterial bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus curvatus FS47. Based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of curvaticin FS47, a biotinylated 28-mer-oligonucleotide...

Monitoring presynaptic activity inrab3 A deletion mice and in long-term plasticity in hippocampal neuronal cultures (1999)

Ma, Li

Long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission in the hippocampus is currently the best model for declarative learning and memory. Changes in presynaptic activity have been suggested to be a...

Impact of artificial groundwater recharge at two Nebraska sites (1996)

Ma, Li

The dissertation research focuses on two ground water recharge projects. Herbicide behavior is interpreted in a watershed system with data collected from runoff, Recharge Lake and ground water at the...

Impact of artificial ground water recharge at two Nebraska sites / (1996)

Ma, Li.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 1996.

Pitting effects on the corrosion fatique life of 7075-T6 aluminum alloy / (1994)

Ma, Li.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1994.

Development of the gastrointestinal tract in the young pig (1994)

Ma, Li.

Submitted to the School of Agriculture. Bibliography : leaves 207-249.

Failure analysis of front wheel hubs used in heavy duty trucks / (1990)

Ma, Li.

Thesis (M.S.)--Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1990.

The role of immunophilins in mutant superoxide dismutase-1linked familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Lee, Jean-pyo, Palfrey, H. Clive, Bindokas, Vytautas P., Ghadge, Ghanashyam D., Ma, Li, Miller, Richard J., ...

It has been reported that expression of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS)-associated mutant Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD) induces apoptosis of neuronal cells in culture associated...

Platelets modulate gastric ulcer healing: Role of endostatin and vascular endothelial growth factor release

Ma, Li, Elliott, Susan N., Cirino, Giuseppe, Buret, Andre, Ignarro, Louis J., Wallace, John L.

Bleeding and delayed healing of ulcers are well recognized clinical problems associated with the use of aspirin and other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, which have been attributed to their...

Pharmacokinetics of the Antiviral Agent β-d-2′,3′-Didehydro-2′,3′-Dideoxy-5-Fluorocytidine in Rhesus Monkeys

Ma, Li, Hurwitz, Selwyn J., Shi, Junxing, McAtee, Jeffrey J., Liotta, Dennis C., McClure, Harold M., ...

The values of the pharmacokinetic parameters of the nucleoside antiretroviral agent β-d-2′,3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine (D-D4FC) in rhesus monkeys were determined with a...

A Protein Critical for a Theiler’s Virus-Induced Immune System-Mediated Demyelinating Disease Has a Cell Type-Specific Antiapoptotic Effect and a Key Role in Virus Persistence

Ghadge, Ghanashyam D., Ma, Li, Sato, Shigeru, Kim, Jong, Roos, Raymond P.

TO subgroup strains of Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) induce a persistent central nervous system infection and demyelinating disease in mice. This disease serves as an experimental...

Divergent effects of new cyclooxygenase inhibitors on gastric ulcer healing: Shifting the angiogenic balance

Ma, Li, Del Soldato, Piero, Wallace, John L.

Delayed gastric ulcer healing is a well recognized problem associated with the use of cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors. In contrast, NO-releasing COX inhibitors do not interfere with ulcer healing....

Diversity of Rotavirus Strains among Children with Acute Diarrhea in China: 1998-2000 Surveillance Study

Fang, Zhao-Yin, Yang, Hui, Qi, Jin, Zhang, Jing, Sun, Li-Wei, Tang, Jing-Yu, ...

As part of a national rotavirus surveillance activity, we collected fecal specimens from 3,177 children with acute diarrhea in 10 regions of China between April 1998 and April 2000 and screened them...

A new strategy to amplify degraded RNA from small tissue samples for microarray studies

Xiang, Charlie C., Chen, Mei, Ma, Li, Phan, Quang N., Inman, Jason M., Kozhich, Olga A., ...

RNA amplification methods have been used to facilitate making probes from small tissue samples for microarray studies. Our original amplification technique relied on driving the first reverse...

Direct imaging shows that insulin granule exocytosis occurs by complete vesicle fusion

Ma, Li, Bindokas, Vytautas P., Kuznetsov, Andrey, Rhodes, Christopher, Hays, Lori, Edwardson, J. Michael, ...

Confocal imaging of GFP-tagged secretory granules combined with the use of impermeant extracellular dyes permits direct observation of insulin packaged in secretory granules, trafficking of these...

Genome-Wide ORFeome Cloning and Analysis of Arabidopsis Transcription Factor Genes1[w]

Gong, Wei, Shen, Yun-Ping, Ma, Li-Geng, Pan, Yi, Du, Yun-Long, Wang, Dong-Hui, ...

Here, we report our effort in generating an ORFeome collection for the Arabidopsis transcription factor (TF) genes. In total, ORFeome clones representing 1,282 Arabidopsis TF genes have been obtained...

Characterization of a Novel Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase from Tobacco1[w]

Ma, Li, Liang, Shuping, Jones, Russell L., Lu, Ying-Tang

A cDNA encoding a calcium (Ca2+)/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase (CaMK) from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), NtCaMK1, was isolated by protein-protein interaction-based screening of a cDNA...

Proteinase-activated receptors 1 and 4 counter-regulate endostatin and VEGF release from human platelets

Ma, Li, Perini, Rafael, McKnight, Webb, Dicay, Michael, Klein, Andre, Hollenberg, Morley D., ...

The roles of proteinase-activated receptors (PARs) in platelet functions other than aggregation are not well understood. Among these is the release of factors that regulate the process of...

Using DSP, a reversible cross-linker, to fix tissue sections for immunostaining, microdissection and expression profiling

Xiang, Charlie C., Mezey, Eva, Chen, Mei, Key, Sharon, Ma, Li, Brownstein, Michael J.

Mammalian organs are typically comprised of several cell populations. Some (e.g. brain) are very heterogeneous, and this cellular complexity makes it difficult, if not impossible, to interpret...

Genetic analysis of Pten and Tsc2 functional interactions in the mouse reveals asymmetrical haploinsufficiency in tumor suppression

Ma, Li, Teruya-Feldstein, Julie, Behrendt, Nille, Chen, Zhenbang, Noda, Tetsuo, Hino, Okio, ...

The role of tumor suppressor haploinsufficiency in oncogenesis is still poorly understood. The PTEN and TSC2 tumor suppressors function to antagonize mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) activation...

The role of immunophilins in mutant superoxide dismutase-1linked familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Lee, Jean-pyo, Palfrey, H. Clive, Bindokas, Vytautas P., Ghadge, Ghanashyam D., Ma, Li, Miller, Richard J., ...

It has been reported that expression of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS)-associated mutant Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD) induces apoptosis of neuronal cells in culture associated...

Platelets modulate gastric ulcer healing: Role of endostatin and vascular endothelial growth factor release

Ma, Li, Elliott, Susan N., Cirino, Giuseppe, Buret, Andre, Ignarro, Louis J., Wallace, John L.

Bleeding and delayed healing of ulcers are well recognized clinical problems associated with the use of aspirin and other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, which have been attributed to their...

Pharmacokinetics of the Antiviral Agent β-d-2′,3′-Didehydro-2′,3′-Dideoxy-5-Fluorocytidine in Rhesus Monkeys

Ma, Li, Hurwitz, Selwyn J., Shi, Junxing, McAtee, Jeffrey J., Liotta, Dennis C., McClure, Harold M., ...

The values of the pharmacokinetic parameters of the nucleoside antiretroviral agent β-d-2′,3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine (D-D4FC) in rhesus monkeys were determined with a...

A Protein Critical for a Theiler’s Virus-Induced Immune System-Mediated Demyelinating Disease Has a Cell Type-Specific Antiapoptotic Effect and a Key Role in Virus Persistence

Ghadge, Ghanashyam D., Ma, Li, Sato, Shigeru, Kim, Jong, Roos, Raymond P.

TO subgroup strains of Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) induce a persistent central nervous system infection and demyelinating disease in mice. This disease serves as an experimental...

Divergent effects of new cyclooxygenase inhibitors on gastric ulcer healing: Shifting the angiogenic balance

Ma, Li, Del Soldato, Piero, Wallace, John L.

Delayed gastric ulcer healing is a well recognized problem associated with the use of cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors. In contrast, NO-releasing COX inhibitors do not interfere with ulcer healing....

Diversity of Rotavirus Strains among Children with Acute Diarrhea in China: 1998-2000 Surveillance Study

Fang, Zhao-Yin, Yang, Hui, Qi, Jin, Zhang, Jing, Sun, Li-Wei, Tang, Jing-Yu, ...

As part of a national rotavirus surveillance activity, we collected fecal specimens from 3,177 children with acute diarrhea in 10 regions of China between April 1998 and April 2000 and screened them...

A new strategy to amplify degraded RNA from small tissue samples for microarray studies

Xiang, Charlie C., Chen, Mei, Ma, Li, Phan, Quang N., Inman, Jason M., Kozhich, Olga A., ...

RNA amplification methods have been used to facilitate making probes from small tissue samples for microarray studies. Our original amplification technique relied on driving the first reverse...

Direct imaging shows that insulin granule exocytosis occurs by complete vesicle fusion

Ma, Li, Bindokas, Vytautas P., Kuznetsov, Andrey, Rhodes, Christopher, Hays, Lori, Edwardson, J. Michael, ...

Confocal imaging of GFP-tagged secretory granules combined with the use of impermeant extracellular dyes permits direct observation of insulin packaged in secretory granules, trafficking of these...

Genome-Wide ORFeome Cloning and Analysis of Arabidopsis Transcription Factor Genes1[w]

Gong, Wei, Shen, Yun-Ping, Ma, Li-Geng, Pan, Yi, Du, Yun-Long, Wang, Dong-Hui, ...

Here, we report our effort in generating an ORFeome collection for the Arabidopsis transcription factor (TF) genes. In total, ORFeome clones representing 1,282 Arabidopsis TF genes have been obtained...

Characterization of a Novel Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase from Tobacco1[w]

Ma, Li, Liang, Shuping, Jones, Russell L., Lu, Ying-Tang

A cDNA encoding a calcium (Ca2+)/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase (CaMK) from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), NtCaMK1, was isolated by protein-protein interaction-based screening of a cDNA...

Proteinase-activated receptors 1 and 4 counter-regulate endostatin and VEGF release from human platelets

Ma, Li, Perini, Rafael, McKnight, Webb, Dicay, Michael, Klein, Andre, Hollenberg, Morley D., ...

The roles of proteinase-activated receptors (PARs) in platelet functions other than aggregation are not well understood. Among these is the release of factors that regulate the process of...

Using DSP, a reversible cross-linker, to fix tissue sections for immunostaining, microdissection and expression profiling

Xiang, Charlie C., Mezey, Eva, Chen, Mei, Key, Sharon, Ma, Li, Brownstein, Michael J.

Mammalian organs are typically comprised of several cell populations. Some (e.g. brain) are very heterogeneous, and this cellular complexity makes it difficult, if not impossible, to interpret...

Genetic analysis of Pten and Tsc2 functional interactions in the mouse reveals asymmetrical haploinsufficiency in tumor suppression

Ma, Li, Teruya-Feldstein, Julie, Behrendt, Nille, Chen, Zhenbang, Noda, Tetsuo, Hino, Okio, ...

The role of tumor suppressor haploinsufficiency in oncogenesis is still poorly understood. The PTEN and TSC2 tumor suppressors function to antagonize mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) activation...

FepA- and TonB-Dependent Bacteriophage H8: Receptor Binding and Genomic Sequence▿

Rabsch, Wolfgang, Ma, Li, Wiley, Graham, Najar, Fares Z., Kaserer, Wallace, Schuerch, Daniel W., ...

H8 is derived from a collection of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis bacteriophage. Its morphology and genomic structure closely resemble those of bacteriophage T5 in the family Siphoviridae....

Thrombin-induced platelet endostatin release is blocked by a proteinase activated receptor-4 (PAR4) antagonist

Ma, Li, Hollenberg, Morley D, Wallace, John L

Endostatin is a potent endogenous inhibitor of angiogenesis that was recently shown to be stored in platelets and released in response to thrombin, but not ADP. In the present study, we have tested...

Spatial distribution of Cd and Cu in soils in Shenyang Zhangshi Irrigation Area (SZIA), China*

Sun, Li-na, Yang, Xiao-bo, Wang, Wen-qing, Ma, Li, Chen, Su

Heavy metal contamination of soils, derived from sewage irrigation, mining and inappropriate utilization of various agrochemicals and pesticides, and so on, has been of wide concern in the last...

Expression of a P-selectin Ligand in Zona Pellucida of Porcine Oocytes and P-selectin on Acrosomal Membrane of Porcine Sperm Cells. Potential Implications for Their Involvement in Sperm–Egg Interactions

Geng, Jian-Guo, Raub, Thomas J., Baker, Carolyn A., Sawada, Geri A., Ma, Li, Elhammer, Åke P.

The selectin family of cell adhesion molecules mediates initial leukocyte adhesion to vascular endothelial cells at sites of inflammation. O-glycan structural similarities between oligosaccharides...

Genome-wide analysis of single-locus and epistasis single-nucleotide polymorphism effects on anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide as a measure of rheumatoid arthritis

Ma, Li, Dvorkin, Daniel, Garbe, John R, Da, Yang

The goal of this study was to identify single-locus and epistasis effects of SNP markers on anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) that is associated with rheumatoid arthritis, using the North...

Differential Induction of Long-Term Potentiation in the Horizontal versus Columnar Superficial Connections to Layer II Cells of the Entorhinal Cortex

Ma, Li, Alonso, Angel, Dickson, Clayton T.

The entorhinal cortex (EC) is a nodal and independent mnemonic element of the medial temporal lobe memory circuit as it forms a bidirectional interface between the neocortex and hippocampus. Within...

EFFECTS OF SPUTTERED Ar PRESSURE AND SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE ON THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Cr/SmCo5/Cr FILMS

CONGMIAN ZHEN, JINJUAN ZHANG, LI MA, DENGLU HOU, YING LIU, SHIQIANG LI

Cr/SmCo5/Cr films were fabricated by a DC facing targets magnetron sputtering. The influences of sputtered Ar pressure and substrate temperature on their microstructure and magnetic properties were...

Inhibition of mTORC1 leads to MAPK pathway activation through a PI3K-dependent feedback loop in human cancer

Carracedo, Arkaitz, Ma, Li, Teruya-Feldstein, Julie, Rojo, Federico, Salmena, Leonardo, Alimonti, Andrea, ...

Numerous studies have established a causal link between aberrant mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activation and tumorigenesis, indicating that mTOR inhibition may have therapeutic potential. In...

TL1A–DR3 interaction regulates Th17 cell function and Th17-mediated autoimmune disease

Pappu, Bhanu P., Borodovsky, Anna, Zheng, Timothy S., Yang, Xuexian, Wu, Ping, Dong, Xingwen, ...

T helper type 17 (Th17) cells play an important pathogenic function in autoimmune diseases; their regulation, however, is not well understood. We show that the expression of a tumor necrosis factor...

Construction of an Artificial MicroRNA Expression Vector for Simultaneous Inhibition of Multiple Genes in Mammalian Cells

Hu, Tao, Fu, Qiong, Chen, Ping, Ma, Li, Sin, Onsam, Guo, Deyin

Recently, artificial microRNA (amiRNA) has become a promising RNA interference (RNAi) technology. Here, we describe a flexible and reliable method for constructing both single- and multi-amiRNA...

Revaccination with Marek's Disease Vaccines Induces Productive Infection and Superior Immunity▿

Wu, Changxin, Gan, Junji, Jin, Qiao, Chen, Chuangfu, Liang, Ping, Wu, Yantao, ...

The most common lymphoproliferative disease in chickens is Marek's disease (MD), which is caused by the oncogenic herpesvirus Marek's disease virus (MDV). The emergence of hypervirulent pathotypes of...

Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1, D-lactate and diamine oxidase in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Song, Wei-Bing, Lv, Yong-Hui, Zhang, Zhen-Shu, Li, Ya-Nan, Xiao, Li-Ping, Yu, Xin-Pei, ...

AIM: To study the levels of serum soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1), plasma D-lactate and diamine oxidase (DAO) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and the potential...

Polycystin-1 Regulates Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase-Dependent Phosphorylation of Tuberin To Control Cell Size through mTOR and Its Downstream Effectors S6K and 4EBP1 ▿

Distefano, Gianfranco, Boca, Manila, Rowe, Isaline, Wodarczyk, Claas, Ma, Li, Piontek, Klaus B., ...

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a common genetic disease characterized by bilateral renal cyst formation. Both hyperproliferation and hypertrophy have been previously observed...

Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of liver in an old female: Case report and review of the literature

Ma, Li, Liu, Yue-Ping, Geng, Cui-Zhi, Tian, Zhi-Hui, Wu, Guo-Xiang, Wang, Xiao-Ling

The clinical characteristics of undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma of the liver (UESL) were investigated and the best treatment modalities were recommended. Both histology and immuno-histochemistry...