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Xin Ting Zheng

Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR
Verified email at imre.a-star.edu.sg
Cited by 5313

Glowing graphene quantum dots and carbon dots: properties, syntheses, and biological applications

XT Zheng, A Ananthanarayanan, KQ Luo, P Chen - small, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The emerging graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and carbon dots (C‐dots) have gained
tremendous attention for their enormous potentials for biomedical applications, owing to …

Liver injury during highly pathogenic human coronavirus infections

L Xu, J Liu, M Lu, D Yang, X Zheng - Liver international, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐Cov‐2), the pathogen of 2019
novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19), has posed a serious threat to global public health …

Overlapping and discrete aspects of the pathology and pathogenesis of the emerging human pathogenic coronaviruses SARS‐CoV, MERS‐CoV, and 2019‐nCoV

J Liu, X Zheng, Q Tong, W Li, B Wang… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract First reported from Wuhan, The People's Republic of China, on 31 December 2019,
the ongoing outbreak of a novel coronavirus (2019‐nCoV) causes great global concerns …

The Tim-3 ligand galectin-9 negatively regulates T helper type 1 immunity

C Zhu, AC Anderson, A Schubart, H Xiong… - Nature …, 2005 - nature.com
Tim-3 is a T helper type 1 (TH1)–specific cell surface molecule that seems to regulate TH1
responses and the induction of peripheral tolerance. However, the identity of the Tim-3 …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal characteristics of lymphocyte responses and cytokine profiles in the peripheral blood of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients

J Liu, S Li, J Liu, B Liang, X Wang, H Wang, W Li… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The dynamic changes of lymphocyte subsets and cytokines profiles of patients
with novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and their correlation with the disease severity …

[HTML][HTML] Uncoupling protein-2 negatively regulates insulin secretion and is a major link between obesity, β cell dysfunction, and type 2 diabetes

CY Zhang, G Baffy, P Perret, S Krauss, O Peroni… - Cell, 2001 - cell.com
Abstract β cells sense glucose through its metabolism and the resulting increase in ATP,
which subsequently stimulates insulin secretion. Uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) mediates …

Control of viremia and prevention of clinical AIDS in rhesus monkeys by cytokine-augmented DNA vaccination

DH Barouch, S Santra, JE Schmitz, MJ Kuroda, TM Fu… - Science, 2000 - science.org
With accumulating evidence indicating the importance of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in
containing human immunodeficiency virus–1 (HIV-1) replication in infected individuals …

Mast cells are essential intermediaries in regulatory T-cell tolerance

LF Lu, EF Lind, DC Gondek, KA Bennett, MW Gleeson… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Contrary to the proinflammatory role of mast cells in allergic disorders, the results obtained
in this study establish that mast cells are essential in CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+ regulatory T …

[PDF][PDF] Induction of peripheral T cell tolerance in vivo requires CTLA-4 engagement

VL Perez, L Van Parijs, A Biuckians, XX Zheng… - Immunity, 1997 - cell.com
Studies of T cell anergy in vitro have led to the widely accepted view that anergy is induced
by T cell antigen recognition without costimulation. We show that the induction of T cell …

Cutting edge: CD28 controls peripheral homeostasis of CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells

Q Tang, KJ Henriksen, EK Boden… - The Journal of …, 2003 - journals.aai.org
CD28/B7 blockade leads to exacerbated autoimmune disease in the nonobese diabetic
mouse strain as a result of a marked reduction in the number of CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T …