Ying Bai, Yuan Zhang, Bing Han, Li Yang et al.
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are highly expressed in the CNS and regulate physiological and pathophysiological processes. However, the potential role of circRNAs in stroke remains largely unknown. Here, we show that the circRNA DLGAP4 (circDLGAP4) functions as an endogenous microRNA-143 (miR-143) sponge...
David M. Geiser, Abdullah M. S. Al‐Hatmi, Takayuki Aoki, Tsutomu Arie et al.
Scientific communication is facilitated by a data-driven, scientifically sound taxonomy that considers the end-user’s needs and established successful practice. In 2013, the Fusarium community voiced near unanimous support for a concept of Fusarium that represented a clade comprising all agricultura...
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...
Kexin Zhang, Chengxia Kan, Fang Han, Jingwen Zhang et al.
Importance: Diabetes in children is a global epidemic that causes various medical conditions associated with an increased incidence of premature death. Objective: To investigate the trends in diabetes incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) in children, with risk factors for...
Mengmeng Kang, Olayinka Oderinde, Shunli Liu, Qianqian Huang et al.
Since redox-responsive hydrogels have a wide range of applications especially in biochemistry, such as drug release and biosensors, a kind of redox-responsive hydrogel was fabricated based on iron which has two stable oxidation states, while xanthan gum (XG) was selected as a matrix. In this work, c...
Shanlei Sun, Haishan Chen, Guojie Wang, Jinjian Li et al.
Abstract During 1961–2012, the regional average annual potential evapotranspiration (PET) of Southwest China (SWC) and the four subregions (named as SR1, SR2, SR3, and SR4) showed different decreases (excluding SR3); while the breakpoint analysis suggested that PET changes (i.e., sign and magnitude)...
Ajoy Kanti Mondal, Dezhong Xu, Shuai Wu, Qiuxia Zou et al.
Preparation of natural polymer-based highly conductive hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties for applications in flexible electronics is still challenging. Herein, we report a facile method to prepare lignin-based Fe3+-rich, high-conductivity hydrogels via the following two-step process: (1) ...
Amol C. Shetty, Christopher G. Jacob, Fang Huang, Yao Li et al.
Estimates of Plasmodium falciparum migration may inform strategies for malaria elimination. Here we elucidate fine-scale parasite population structure and infer recent migration across Southeast Asia using identity-by-descent (IBD) approaches based on genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms call...
Ajoy Kanti Mondal, Shuai Wu, Dezhong Xu, Qiuxia Zou et al.
Lignin, an abundant natural polymer but presently under-utilized, has received much attention for its green/sustainable advantages. Herein, we report a facile method to fabricate lignosulfonate (LS) ionic hydrogels by simple crosslinking with poly (ethylene glycol) diglycidyl ether (PEGDGE). The as-...
Ajoy Kanti Mondal, Dezhong Xu, Shuai Wu, Qiuxia Zou et al.
Herein, we design a dynamic redox system of using high contents of lignosulfonate (LS) and Al3+ to prepare poly acrylic acid (PAA) (LS-g-PAA-Al) hydrogels. The presence of high LS and Al3+ contents, in combination with the effective Al3+ complexes formed, renders the resultant hydrogel with some uni...
Ajoy Kanti Mondal, Md. Tushar Uddin, SMA Sujan, Zuwu Tang et al.
Polymers obtained from biomass are a concerning alternative to petro-based polymers because of their low cost of manufacturing, biocompatibility, ecofriendly and biodegradability. Lignin as the second richest and the only polyaromatics bio-polymer in plant which has been most studied for the numerou...
Qiuxia Zou, Hongshen He, Jie Xie, Shibo Han et al.
Ajoy Kanti Mondal, Dezhong Xu, Shuai Wu, Qiuxia Zou et al.
We developed a highly conductive and flexible, anti-freezing sulfonated lignin (SL)-containing polyacrylic acid (PAA) (SL-g-PAA-Ni) hydrogel, with a high concentration of NiCl2. Ni2+ contributes multi-functions to the preparation of the hydrogel and its final properties, such as fast polymerization ...
Yongqiang Chen, Pengcheng Li, Ning Pan, Rong Gao et al.
<h3>Background</h3> CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells are critical effectors of anti-tumor immunity, but how tumor cells influence CD4<sup>+</sup> T cell effector function is not fully understood. Tumor cell-released autophagosomes (TRAPs) are being recognized as critical modulators of host anti-tumor immunit...
Qiuxia Zou, Weijie Lin, De-zhong Xu, Shuai Wu et al.