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2Increased airway smooth muscle contractility and the development of airway hyperresponsiveness are cardinal features of asthma, but the signaling pathways that promote these changes are poorly understood. Tyrosine phosphorylation is tightly regulated by the opposing actions of protein tyrosine kinases and phosphatases, but little is known about whether tyrosine phosphatases influence AHR. Here, we demonstrate that genetic inactivation of receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase J, which encode…Read more
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2Exaggerated contraction of airway smooth muscle is the major cause of symptoms in asthma, but the mechanisms that prevent exaggerated contraction are incompletely understood. Here, we showed that integrin α 9β 1on airway smooth muscle localizes the polyamine catabolizing enzyme spermidine/spermine N 1-acetyltransferase in close proximity to the lipid kinase PIP5K1γ. As PIP5K1γ is the major source of PIP2 in airway smooth muscle and its activity is regulated by higher-order polyamines, this inter…Read more
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2The intracellular scaffold protein IQGAP1 supports protein complexes in conjunction with numerous binding partners involved in multiple cellular processes. Here, we determined that IQGAP1 modulates airway smooth muscle contractility. Compared with WT controls, at baseline as well as after immune sensitization and challenge, Iqgap1-/- mice had higher airway responsiveness. Tracheal rings from Iqgap1-/- mice generated greater agonist-induced contractile force, even after removal of the epithelium.…Read more
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1© 2015.We describe a near infrared light-activated gene silencing method in undifferentiated human embryonic stem cell using a plasmonic hollow gold nanoshell as the siRNA carrier. Our modular biotin-streptavidin coupling strategy enables positively charged TAT-peptide to coat oligonucleotides-saturated nanoparticles as a stable colloid formation. TAT-peptide coated nanoparticles with dense siRNA loading show efficient penetration into a wide variety of hESC cell lines. The siRNA is freed from t…Read more
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1Dynamic modulation of cell adhesion is integral to a wide range of biological processes. The small guanosine triphosphatase Rap1 is an important regulator of cell - cell and cell - matrix adhesions. We show here that induced expression of activated Abl tyrosine kinase reduces Rap1-GTP levels through phosphorylation of Tyr221 of CrkII, which disrupts interaction of CrkII with C3G, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rap1. Abl-dependent down-regulation of Rap1-GTP causes cell rounding and det…Read more
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1Background: High throughput screens with RNA interference technology enable loss-of-function analyses of gene activities in mammalian cells. While the construction of genome-scale shRNA libraries has been successful, results of large-scale screening of those libraries can be difficult to analyze because of the relatively high noise levels and the fact that not all shRNAs in a library are equally effective in silencing gene expression. Results: We have screened a library consisting of 43,828 shRN…Read more
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© 2015 The Authors.Here, we examine the mechanism by which plasmacytoid dendritic cells and type I interferons promote humoral autoimmunity. In an amyloid-induced experimental autoimmune model, neutrophil depletion enhanced anti-nuclear antibody development, which correlated with heightened IFN-γ production by natural killer cells. IFN-α/β produced by pDCs activated NK cells via IL-15 induction. Neutrophils released reactive oxygen species, which negatively modulated the levels of IL-15, thereby…Read more
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18Correlation between the wear resistance of Cu-Ni alloy and its electron work functionPhilosophical Magazine 95 (34): 3896-3909. 2015.
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23Research shows that entrepreneurial activities significantly promote economic development, which enhances the importance of the innovative entrepreneurial potential of college students. This study analyzes the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention from the perspective of planned behavior theory. By examining the significant role of entrepreneurship education at colleges and universities on economic and social development, we established a conceptual model. To understa…Read more
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24Neural activity in relation to temporal distance: Differences in past and future temporal discountingConsciousness and Cognition 21 (4): 1662-1672. 2012.This study investigated the differences between past and future temporal discounting in terms of neural activity in relation to temporal distance. Results show that brain regions are engaged differently in past and future temporal discounting. This is likely because past temporal discounting requires memory reconstruction, whereas future temporal discounting requires the processing of uncertainty about the future. In past temporal discounting, neural activity differed only when preferences were …Read more
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16Historia, prácticas y estilos en la filosofía de la ciencia. Hacia una epistemología plural (edited book)Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. 2011.
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8La Epistemología Mínima Social de Philip Kitcher y Sus Problemas En Torno a la Metodología IndividualistaPraxis Filosófica 24 45-67. 2011.Las críticas de la epistemología social y la teoría de prácticas científicas dePhilip Kitcher se han concentrado en los problemas entorno a su adopciónde la metodología individualista. Señalo en este artículo que, por un lado, elmotivo de Kitcher de adoptar la metodología individualista es para encontraruna epistemología social adecuada, y que, por otro lado, el problema de suadopción de la metodología individualista reside en dos presupuestos: a)existe una distinción tajante entre lo interno, i…Read more
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26An Exploration of the Protective Effects of Investigators’ Ethical Awareness upon Subjects of Drug Clinical Trials in ChinaJournal of Bioethical Inquiry 15 (1): 89-100. 2018.Up till now, China has not enacted any legal mechanisms governing certification or supervision for ethics committees. This article analyses deficiencies in the protection of subjects in clinical drug trials under China’s current laws and regulations; it emphasizes that investigators, as practitioners who have direct contact with subjects, play significant roles in protecting and safeguarding subjects’ rights and interests. The paper compares the status quo in China in this area to that of other …Read more
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23Low-Energy Dislocation Structure character of dislocation boundaries aligned with slip planes in rolled aluminiumPhilosophical Magazine 95 (13): 1471-1489. 2015.
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11Dislocation structures. Part II. Slip system dependencePhilosophical Magazine 87 (33): 5215-5235. 2007.
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11Extended planar boundary inclinations in fcc single crystals and polycrystals subjected to plane strain deformationPhilosophical Magazine 83 (8): 969-983. 2003.When fcc single crystals with high-symmetry crystal orientations are deformed to moderate strains by rolling, tension or channel die compression, long dislocation boundaries inclined to the extension axis form. Similarly, long dislocation boundaries are often found in grains embedded in polycrystals deformed in the same manner. These extended planar boundaries are characteristically - 30-40° from the extension direction and contain the transverse specimen axis. The objective of the present artic…Read more
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6Deformation band evolution in [110] Al single crystals strained in tensionPhilosophical Magazine 85 (18): 1989-2021. 2005.
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70Epistemic Groundings of Abstraction and Their Cognitive DimensionPhilosophy of Science 78 (3): 490-511. 2011.In the philosophy of science, abstraction has usually been analyzed in terms of the interface between our experience and the design of our concepts. The often implicit assumption here is that such interface has a definite identifiable and universalizable structure, determining the epistemic correctness of any abstraction. Our claim is that, on the contrary, the epistemic grounding of abstraction should not be reduced to the structural norms of such interface but is also related to the constraint…Read more
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9Determinants of Social Commerce Usage and Online Impulse Purchase: Implications for Business and Digital RevolutionFrontiers in Psychology 13. 2022.Since their introduction in the early 2000s, the use of social networking websites has exploded. Many businesses are seeing increased revenue due to their social commerce strategy. Despite the popularity of social commerce websites, some consumers are still hesitate to use them. This study aims to evaluate the factors that influence the adoption of social commerce. A sample of 721 Chinese We Chat users took part in the research. The findings reveal that social capital mediates the positive effec…Read more
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5The notion of “agent bookkeeping” was proposed when the “Accounting Law of the People’s Republic of China” was updated in 1993. Since their business is specialized in serving small and micro-enterprises, this has created the industry characteristic of generally small in the size of company and low in the salary of employees in Chinese agent bookkeeping companies. Such characteristic results in a series of problems including negative work attitude of employees in the development process, which se…Read more
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15The Employability and Career Development of Finance and Trade College GraduatesFrontiers in Psychology 12. 2022.Employability is a vital aspect for human development in career fields. In order to explore the factors affecting the employability of finance and trade graduates in higher vocational colleges, the researchers focused on human development in educational settings and conducted a piece of quantitative research within nine higher vocational colleges. The study uses descriptive statistical analysis to demonstrate the sample structure, using t-test, rank sum test, and chi-square test to assess the va…Read more
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25Dislocation structures. Part I. Grain orientation dependencePhilosophical Magazine 87 (33): 5189-5214. 2007.
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La reconstrucción indirecta de la Teoría del Razonamiento de Dignaga por medio de la lógica formalAnalogía Filosófica 17 (2): 83-114. 2003.
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26Does Conditional Affordance Imply Representational Non-Conceptual Content?Frontiers of Philosophy in China 8 (3): 485-497. 2013.
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20The Trading Zone Communication of Scientific Knowledge: An Examination of Jesuit Science in ChinaScience in Context 18 (3): 393-427. 2005.The linguistic relativist thesis maintains that there is no neutral ground for different scientific traditions with different theoretic frameworks to communicate rationally, due to the fact that linguistic structure crucially decides the way people think about reality. For quite a long time, historical studies of scientific exchange between East and West have been guided by this thesis. The challenge to this thesis comes from recent studies by Peter Galison, who argues that scientists from diffe…Read more
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
General Philosophy of Science |