BackgroundSince the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019, its far-reaching impacts have been witnessed globally across all aspects of human life, such as health, economy, politics, and education. Such widely penetrating impacts cast…
Abstract Background The major structural protein of coronaviruses, the membrane (M) protein, can elicit the formation of protective antibodies, but little information is available about the M protein of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV).…
Yue Zhang,1 Lin Wu,2 Jibin Yang,3 Congyang Zhou,3 Ying Liu3 1Health Management Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, Peoples’ Republic of China; 2Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated…
Abstract Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of endogenous regulatory small RNAs which play an important role in posttranscriptional regulations by targeting mRNAs for cleavage or translational repression. The base-pairing between the 5'-end of…
Abstract Background Most emerging health threats are of zoonotic origin. For the overwhelming majority, their causative agents are RNA viruses which include but are not limited to HIV, Influenza, SARS, Ebola, Dengue, and Hantavirus. Of increasing…
Shenqi Zhang,1– 3 Chengbin Wang,3 Lei Shi,1 Qingyun Xue1,2 1Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical…
Pengfei Zhang School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Pengfei ZhangSchool of Labor and Human Resources, No. 59, Zhongguancun Street, Beijing 100872, People’s…
Abstract Background The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused a severe global epidemic in 2003 which led to hundreds of deaths and many thousands of hospitalizations. The virus causing SARS was identified as a novel coronavirus…