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Ni Cheng

Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Cognition research and constitutional classification in Chinese medicine

J Wang, Y Li, C Ni, H Zhang, L Li… - The American journal of …, 2011 - World Scientific
In the Western medicine system, scholars have explained individual differences in terms of
behaviour and thinking, leading to the emergence of various classification theories on …

Melatonin treatment delays postharvest senescence and regulates reactive oxygen species metabolism in peach fruit

H Gao, ZK Zhang, HK Chai, N Cheng, Y Yang… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Peach fruit deteriorates and senesces quickly during storage at ambient temperature. Research
confirms that melatonin (MT) is involved in plant senescence. However, little information …

Genome-wide association study for vitiligo identifies susceptibility loci at 6q27 and the MHC

…, XD Wei, WS Hong, Y Ye, Y Zhang, WS Wu, H Cheng… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
We conducted a genome-wide association study of generalized vitiligo in the Chinese Han
population by genotyping 1,117 cases and 1,429 controls. The 34 most promising SNPs …

Cutting edge: TLR2 is a functional receptor for acute-phase serum amyloid A

N Cheng, R He, J Tian, PP Ye, RD Ye - The Journal of Immunology, 2008 - journals.aai.org
Induced secretion of acute-phase serum amyloid A (SAA) is a host response to danger signals
and a clinical indication of inflammation. The biological functions of SAA in inflammation …

Enhanced cardioprotection by human endometrium mesenchymal stem cells driven by exosomal microRNA-21

…, J Zhao, L Wang, Y Wang, Z Zhong, C Ni… - Stem cells …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Our group recently reported positive therapeutic benefit of human endometrium-derived
mesenchymal stem cells (EnMSCs) delivered to infarcted rat myocardium, an effect that …

Antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of Schisandra chinensis pollen extract on CCl4-induced acute liver damage in mice

N Cheng, N Ren, H Gao, X Lei, J Zheng… - Food and Chemical …, 2013 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to investigate the antioxidant and hepatotective effects of
Schisandra chinensis pollen extract (SCPE) on CCl 4 -induced acute liver damage in mice. …

A Supramolecular Artificial Light‐Harvesting System with an Ultrahigh Antenna Effect

JJ Li, Y Chen, J Yu, N Cheng, Y Liu - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient artificial light‐harvesting system is fabricated from a cyclic polysaccharide,
sulfato‐β‐cyclodextrin (SCD); an aggregation‐induced emission molecule, an oligo(…

Small extracellular vesicles containing miR-486-5p promote angiogenesis after myocardial infarction in mice and nonhuman primates

…, K Lv, Y Wang, Z Zhong, C Xiao, K Zhu, C Ni… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Stem cell–derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) promote angiogenesis after myocardial
infarction (MI). However, the components of sEVs that contribute to these effects and the …

Minimising preoperative anxiety with music for day surgery patients–a randomised clinical trial

CH Ni, WH Tsai, LM Lee, CC Kao… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of musical
intervention on preoperative anxiety and vital signs in patients undergoing day surgery. …

Serum amyloid A induces G-CSF expression and neutrophilia via Toll-like receptor 2

…, J Zhou, CZ Hanson, J Chen, N Cheng… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
The acute-phase protein serum amyloid A (SAA) is commonly considered a marker for
inflammatory diseases; however, its precise role in inflammation and infection, which often result …