Fangfang Wu, Bing Han, Shusheng Wu, Li Yang et al.
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are expressed at high levels in the brain and are involved in various CNS diseases. However, the potential role of circRNAs in ischemic stroke-associated neuronal injury remains largely unknown. Here, we investigated the important functions of circRNA TLK1 (circTLK1) in this...
Jie Liu, Jean Gratz, Caroline Amour, Rosemary Nshama et al.
Detection and quantification of enteropathogens in stool specimens is useful for diagnosing the cause of diarrhea but is technically challenging. Here we evaluate several important determinants of quantification: specimen collection, nucleic acid extraction, and extraction and amplification efficien...
Zhifa Wen, Hongxiang Liu, Rong Gao, Meng Zhou et al.
<h3>Background</h3> Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) facilitate tumor progression via establishment of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). However, it is poorly understood how tumor cells could functionally modulate TAMs. Our previous work indicated that tumor cell-released autopha...
Lei Han, Shi Gang Liu, Jiang Xue Dong, Jia Yu Liang et al.
Yellow, green, and blue photoluminescent polymer carbon dots were prepared by a hydrothermal method and the multicolor photoluminescence mechanism was discussed.
Zhenguo Wu, Li Liu, Weiwei Wang, Huiliang Cui et al.
BACKGROUND: Premature coronary artery disease (PCAD) has become more common in recent years and is often associated with poor outcomes. Triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is a simple and reliable surrogate for insulin resistance (IR) and is an independent predictor of cardiovascular prognosis. However...
Chengcheng Xu, Jie Bao, Chen Wang, Pan Liu
INTRODUCTION This study aimed to investigate the contributing factors to serious casualty traffic crashes and their interdependency in China. Serious casualty crashes are defined as crashes that lead to more than 10 deaths. METHOD The data of serious casualty crashes between 2009 and 2013 were obtai...
Chunyou Mao, Peng Xiao, Xiao-Na Tao, Jiao Qin et al.
Individual free fatty acids (FAs) play important roles in metabolic homeostasis, many through engagement with more than 40G protein–coupled receptors. Searching for receptors to sense beneficial omega-3 FAs of fish oil enabled the identification of GPR120, which is involved in a spectrum of metaboli...
Meijia Yang, Zhongke Yuan, Jie Liu, Zhengsong Fang et al.
Abstract Photoresponsive soft actuators with photomechanical energy conversion and flexibility have attracted significant interest in recent years owing to their unique merits of flexibility, contactless operation, and remote control, as well as their multiple technological applications ranging from...
Jie Xu, Yibing Yuan, Yunbi Xu, Gengyun Zhang et al.
BACKGROUND: Drought stress is one of the major limiting factors for maize production. With the availability of maize B73 reference genome and whole-genome resequencing of 15 maize inbreds, common variants (CV) and clustering analyses were applied to identify non-synonymous SNPs (nsSNPs) and correspo...
Chang‐Wei Bai, Lianlian Liu, Jie‐Jie Chen, Fei Chen et al.
Abstract Artificial photosynthesis using carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) holds a great promise for sustainable and cost-effective H 2 O 2 production, but the high carrier recombination rate impedes its efficiency. To tackle this challenge, we propose an innovative method involving multispecies iodine me...
James A Platts-Mills, Jie Liu, Jean Gratz, Esto Mduma et al.
Campylobacter is a common bacterial enteropathogen that can be detected in stool by culture, enzyme immunoassay (EIA), or PCR. We compared culture for C. jejuni/C. coli, EIA (ProSpecT), and duplex PCR to distinguish Campylobacter jejuni/C. coli and non-jejuni/coli Campylobacter on 432 diarrheal and ...
Jiechen Yin, Ran Liu, Zihai Jian, Dong Yang et al.
Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a widely used plasticizer with a high environmental exposure level. As a persistent organic pollutant, DEHP causes reproductive and developmental toxicity in mammals. In this paper, the reproductive toxicity of DEHP was discussed using the model organism Caenorh...
Bin Li, Xi Wen, Ying Bai, Xue Liu et al.
Abstract Vascular repair is considered a key restorative measure to improve long-term outcomes after ischemic stroke. N 6 -methyladenosine (m 6 A), the most prevalent internal modification in eukaryotic mRNAs, functionally mediates vascular repair. However, whether circular RNA SCMH1 (circSCMH1) pro...
Mami Taniuchi, James A Platts-Mills, Sharmin Begum, Md. Jashim Uddin et al.
BACKGROUND: Oral polio vaccine (OPV) and rotavirus vaccine (RV) exhibit poorer performance in low-income settings compared to high-income settings. Prior studies have suggested an inhibitory effect of concurrent non-polio enterovirus (NPEV) infection, but the impact of other enteric infections has n...
Haijun Liu, Shencun Fang, Wei Wang, Yusi Cheng et al.
Silicosis is characterized by accumulation of fibroblasts and excessive deposition of extracellular matrix. Monocyte chemotactic protein-1-induced protein 1 (MCPIP1) plays a critical role in fibrosis induced by SiO2. However, the details of the downstream events of MCPIP1 activity in pulmonary fibro...