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Lan X, Luo N, Li Z, Peng J, Cheng HM. Status and Prospect of Two-Dimensional Materials in Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries. ACS Nano 2024; 18:9285-9310. [PMID: 38522089 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c00128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Replacing liquid electrolytes and separators in conventional lithium-ion batteries with solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) is an important strategy to ensure both high energy density and high safety. Searching for fast ionic conductors with high electrochemical and chemical stability has been the core of SSE research and applications over the past decades. Based on the atomic-level thickness and infinitely expandable planar structure, numerous two-dimensional materials (2DMs) have been exploited and applied to address the most critical issues of low ionic conductivity of SSEs and lithium dendrite growth in all-solid-state lithium batteries. This review introduces the research process of 2DMs in SSEs, then summarizes the mechanisms and strategies of inert and active 2DMs toward Li+ transport to improve the ionic conductivity and enhance the electrode/SSE interfacial compatibility. More importantly, the main challenges and future directions for the application of 2DMs in SSEs are considered, including the importance of exploring the relationship between the anisotropic structure of 2DMs and Li+ diffusion behavior, the exploitation of more 2DMs, and the significance of in situ characterizations in elucidating the mechanisms of Li+ transport and interfacial reactions. This review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding to facilitate the application of 2DMs in SSEs.
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- Xuexia Lan
- Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Faculty of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Faculty of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 1110016, China
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Zhao M, Qin W, Zhang S, Qi F, Li X, Lan X. Assessing the construction of a Healthy City in China: a conceptual framework and evaluation index system. Public Health 2023; 220:88-95. [PMID: 37285608 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES COVID-19 has brought challenges to the health of all mankind. It is particularly important to promote the construction of a 'Healthy China' and build a 'healthy community'. The aims of this study were to construct a reasonable conceptual framework for the Healthy City concept and to assess Healthy City construction in China. STUDY DESIGN This study combined qualitative and quantitative research. METHODS This study proposes the concept model of 'nature-human body-Healthy City' and accordingly constructs an evaluation index system for the construction of a Healthy City that integrates five dimensions, namely, the medical level, economic basis, cultural development, social services, and ecological environment to explore the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of Healthy City construction in China. Finally, the influencing factors of Healthy City construction patterns are explored using GeoDetector. RESULTS (1) The pace of Healthy City construction is generally on the rise; (2) the construction of Healthy Cities exhibits significant global spatial autocorrelation and gradually increasing agglomeration. The spatial distribution of cold hotspot areas was relatively stable; (3) medical and health progress is an important factor; the level of economic development is the leading support; the endowment of resources and environment is the basic condition; public service support provides important support; and scientific and technological innovation capabilities provide technical support for the construction of a Healthy City. CONCLUSIONS The spatial heterogeneity of Healthy City construction in China is evident, and the state of spatial distribution is relatively stable. The spatial pattern of Healthy City construction is shaped by a combination of factors. Our research will provide a scientific basis for promoting the construction of Healthy Cities and helping to implement the Health China Strategy.
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- M Zhao
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, PR China.
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, PR China
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Wu JF, Zhou W, Wang Z, Wang WW, Lan X, Yan H, Shi T, Hu R, Cui X, Xu C, He X, Mao BW, Zhang T, Liu J. Building K-C Anode with Ultrahigh Self-Diffusion Coefficient for Solid State Potassium Metal Batteries Operating at -20 to 120 °C. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2209833. [PMID: 36780277 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Solid state potassium (K) metal batteries are intriguing in grid-scale energy storage, benefiting from the low cost, safety, and high energy density. However, their practical applications are impeded by poor K/solid electrolyte (SE) interfacial contact and limited capacity caused by the low K self-diffusion coefficient, dendrite growth, and intrinsically low melting point/soft features of metallic K. Herein, a fused-modeling strategy using potassiophilic carbon allotropes molted with K is demonstrated that can enhance the electrochemical performance/stability of the system via promoting K diffusion kinetics (2.37 × 10-8 cm2 s-1 ), creating a low interfacial resistance (≈1.3 Ω cm2 ), suppressing dendrite growth, and maintaining mechanical/thermal stability at 200 °C. A homogeneous/stable K stripping/plating is consequently implemented with a high current density of 2.8 mA cm-2 (at 25 °C) and a record-high areal capacity of 11.86 mAh cm-2 (at 0.2 mA cm-2 ). The enhanced K diffusion kinetics contribute to sustaining intimate interfacial contact, stabilizing the stripping/plating at high current densities. Full cells coupling ultrathin K-C composite anodes (≈50 µm) with Prussian blue cathodes and β/β″-Al2 O3 SEs deliver a high energy density of 389 Wh kg-1 with a retention of 94.4% after 150 cycles and fantastic performances at -20 to 120 °C.
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- Jian-Fang Wu
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced, Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced, Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced, Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Microelectronics Devices and Integrated Technology, Institute of Microelectronics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Aerospace Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, P. R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced, Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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Chen H, Wang X, Lan X, Yu T, Li L, Tang S, Liu S, Jiang F, Wang L, Zhang J. A radiomics model development via the associations with genomics features in predicting axillary lymph node metastasis of breast cancer: a study based on a public database and single-centre verification. Clin Radiol 2023; 78:e279-e287. [PMID: 36623978 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2022.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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AIM To evaluate the predictive performance of the radiomics model in predicting axillary lymph node (ALN) metastasis through the associations between radiomics features and genomic features in patients with breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with breast cancer were enrolled retrospectively from a public database (111 patients as training group) and one hospital (15 patients as external validation group). The genomics features from transcriptome data and radiomics features from dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were collected. Firstly, overlapping genes were identified using the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes and differentially expressed gene analysis, while radiomics features were reduced using a data-driven method. Then, the associations between overlapping genes and retained radiomics features were assessed to obtain key pairs of radiomics-genomics features. Furthermore, the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) algorithm was used to detect the key-pairs features. Finally, radiomics and genomics models were constructed to predict ALN metastasis. RESULTS After using the hybrid data- and gene-driven selection method, key pairs of features were detected, which consisted of six radiomic features associated with four genomic features. The radiomics model exhibited comparable performance to the genomics model in predicting ALN metastasis (radiomic model: area under the curve [AUC] = 0.71, sensitivity = 77%, specificity = 56%; genomic model: AUC = 0.72, sensitivity = 85%, specificity = 74%). The four genomic features were enriched in six pathways and related to metabolism and human diseases. CONCLUSION The radiomics model established using the gene-driven hybrid selection method could predict ALN metastasis in breast cancer, which showed comparable performance to the genomics model.
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- H Chen
- Department of Radiology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, PR China.
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Ding J, Wen Y, Lan X, Hu R. Roles of Trimethyl Borate in Constructing an Interphase on Li Anode: Angel or Demon? ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:6768-6776. [PMID: 36696547 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c19417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Although coupling a lithium metal anode with a Ni-rich layer cathode is a promising approach for high-energy lithium metal batteries, both electrodes are plagued by their intrinsic unstable interfaces which trigger electrolyte decomposition, lithium dendritic growth, and transition metal dissolution during cycling. Making use of electrolyte additives is one of the most effective solutions to address this issue. In this paper, we explore the roles of trimethyl borate (TMB)─a common film-forming additive to protect high-nickel-ratio ternary cathodes─in suppressing lithium dendrite growth. It is found that, on the one hand, the borate-containing solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) derived from the decomposition of TMB facilitates Li+ transport, homogenizing the deposition of Li ions. On the other hand, TMB as an anion receptor provokes LiPF6 decomposition, prompting the formation of SEI with superfluous LiF. As a result, it is imperative to raise awareness of this double-edge additive when using it to be immune to lithium dendrite and cathodic degradation.
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- Jieying Ding
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou510640, China
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Lan X, Xiong X, Liu J, Yuan B, Hu R, Zhu M. Insight into Reversible Conversion Reactions in SnO 2 -Based Anodes for Lithium Storage: A Review. Small 2022; 18:e2201110. [PMID: 35587769 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202201110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Various anode materials have been widely studied to pursue higher performance for next generation lithium ion batteries (LIBs). Metal oxides hold the promise for high energy density of LIBs through conversion reactions. Among these, tin dioxide (SnO2 ) has been typically investigated after the reversible lithium storage of tin-based oxides is reported by Idota and co-workers in 1997. Numerous in/ex situ studies suggest that SnO2 stores Li+ through a conversion reaction and an alloying reaction. The difficulty of reversible conversion between Li2 O and SnO2 is a great obstacle limiting the utilization of SnO2 with high theoretical capacity of 1494 mA h g-1 . Thus, enhancing the reversibility of the conversion reaction has become the research emphasis in recent years. Here, taking SnO2 as a typical representative, the recent progress is summarized and insight into the reverse conversion reaction is elaborated. Promoting Li2 O decomposition and maintaining high Sn/Li2 O interface density are two effective approaches, which also provide implications for designing other metal oxide anodes. In addition, some in/ex situ characterizations focusing on the conversion reaction are emphatically introduced. This review, from the viewpoint of material design and advanced characterizations, aims to provide a comprehensive understanding and shed light on the development of reversible metal oxide electrodes.
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- Xuexia Lan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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Lan X, Cui J, Zhang X, Hu R, Tan L, He J, Zhang H, Xiong X, Yang X, Wu S, Zhu M. Boosting Reversibility and Stability of Li Storage in SnO 2 -Mo Multilayers: Introduction of Interfacial Oxygen Redistribution. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2106366. [PMID: 34919764 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Among the promising high-capacity anode materials, SnO2 represents a classic and important candidate that involves both conversion and alloying reactions toward Li storage. However, the inferior reversibility of conversion reactions usually results in low initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE, ≈60%), small reversible capacity, and poor cycling stability. Here, it is demonstrated that by carefully designing the interface structure of SnO2 -Mo, a breakthrough comprehensive performance with ultrahigh average ICE of 92.6%, large capacity of 1067 mA h g-1 , and 100% capacity retention after 700 cycles can be realized in a multilayer Mo/SnO2 /Mo electrode. Furthermore, high capacity retentions are also achieved in pouch-type Mo/SnO2 /Mo||Li half cells and Mo/SnO2 /Mo||LiFePO4 full cells. The amorphous SnO2 /Mo interfaces, which are induced by redistribution of oxygen between SnO2 and Mo, can precisely adjust the reversible capacity and cycling stability of the multilayers, while the stable capacities are parabolic with the interfacial density. Theoretical calculations and in/ex situ investigation reveal that oxygen redistribution in SnO2 /Mo heterointerfaces boosts Li-ion transport kinetics by inducing a built-in electric field and improves the reaction reversibility of SnO2 . This work provides a new understanding of interface-performance relationship of metal-oxide hybrid electrodes and pivotal guidance for creating high-performance Li-ion batteries.
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- Xuexia Lan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Analytical and Testing Center, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Department of Physics, OSED, Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Condensed Matter Physics (Department of Education of Fujian Province), Jiujiang Research Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Analytical and Testing Center, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Department of Physics, OSED, Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Condensed Matter Physics (Department of Education of Fujian Province), Jiujiang Research Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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Wu X, Lan X, Hu R, Yao Y, Yu Y, Zhu M. Tin-Based Anode Materials for Stable Sodium Storage: Progress and Perspective. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2106895. [PMID: 34658089 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Because of concerns regarding shortages of lithium resources and the urgent need to develop low-cost and high-efficiency energy-storage systems, research and applications of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have re-emerged in recent years. Herein, recent advances in high-capacity Sn-based anode materials for stable SIBs are highlighted, including tin (Sn) alloys, Sn oxides, Sn sulfides, Sn selenides, Sn phosphides, and their composites. The reaction mechanisms between Sn-based materials and sodium are clarified. Multiphase and multiscale structural optimizations of Sn-based materials to achieve good sodium-storage performance are emphasized. Full-cell designs using Sn-based materials as anodes and further development of Sn-based materials are discussed from a commercialization perspective. Insights into the preparation of future high-performance Sn-based anode materials and the construction of sodium-ion full batteries with a high energy density and long service life are provided.
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- Xin Wu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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Cao C, Shou J, Sun Z, Zhou A, Lan X, Shang B, Jiang W, Guo L, Zheng S, Bi X. Phenotypical screening on metastatic PRCC-TFE3 fusion translocation renal cell carcinoma organoids reveals potential therapeutic agents. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)01205-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Lan X, Cui J, Xiong X, He J, Yu H, Hu R. Multiscale Observations of Inhomogeneous Bilayer SEI Film on a Conversion-Alloying SnO 2 Anode. Small Methods 2021; 5:e2101111. [PMID: 34928011 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202101111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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SnO2 , storing Li through conversion and alloying reactions, has been regarded as one of the most typical anode materials and has been widely studied for both mechanism exploring and performance tuning. However, the structure of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) formed on the SnO2 electrode and its evolution process are rarely focused and still poorly understood. Herein, time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry is used to observe the bilayer hybrid structure of SEI formed on a SnO2 film. Multiscale observations reveal the SEI accumulation after alloying reactions and distinct dissolving of the organic layer at potentials above de-conversion reactions, which results in the inorganic layer being directly exposed to the electrolyte and thus becoming thick and inhomogeneous. The broken and thick SEI causes rapid capacity decay and low Coulombic efficiencies (CEs) of 97.5%. Accordingly, it is demonstrated that, as the SnO2 is precoated with LiF or Li2 CO3 , a robust and thin SEI layer is induced to form and is stabilized in the continuous cycles, resulting in enhanced cycling stability and promoted CEs to 99.5%. This work adds new insights to the SEI evolution mechanisms on SnO2 -based anodes and suggests an effective strategy to create high performance metal oxide anode for Li-ion batteries.
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- Xuexia Lan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Analytical and Testing Center, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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Wang PP, Dong HL, Sun H, Pang XX, Cai CJ, Bai D, Li F, Yang MY, Lan X, Zeng G. [Association between dietary vitamin A intake and gestational diabetes mellitus in the first trimester]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 55:1293-1298. [PMID: 34749471 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20201023-01305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the relationship between dietary vitamin A intake and its sources in the first trimester and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods: A prospective study was conducted to select women at 6-14 weeks of gestation in an obstetric clinic of a maternal and child health care medical institution in Chengdu in 2017. The types and quantities of food during the first trimester were collected by 3-day 24-hour dietary recalls. Dietary vitamin A intake was calculated based on the Chinese Food Composition Table (2018), and it was divided into animal and plant vitamin A intakes according to its food sources. An oral glucose tolerance test was performed at 24-28 weeks of gestation to diagnose GDM according to the Chinese guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus (2014). According to the estimated average requirement (EAR) and recommended nutrient intake (RNI), dietary vitamin A intake was divided into low-level group (<EAR), medium-level group (EAR-RNI) and high-level group (>RNI). Animal and plant vitamin A intakes were divided into four groups (Q1-Q4) according to the quartile method, respectively. The association between dietary vitamin A intake, its different sources of vitamin A intake and GDM in the first trimester was analyzed by log-binomial regression models. Results: A total of 1 298 valid samples were finally included. The average dietary vitamin A intake, animal and plant vitamin A intakes in the first trimester were 341.1 (227.8-501.0) μgRAE/d, 139.3 (69.6-195.3) μgRAE/d and 184.2 (99.4-301.1) μgRAE/d, respectively. After adjusting for confounding factors, log-binomial regression analysis showed that the risk of GDM in high-level group of dietary vitamin A intake was lower than that in low-level group [RR (95%CI):0.53 (0.36-0.80)]. Pregnant women in the highest quartile of animal vitamin A intake had a lower risk of GDM than those in the lowest quartile [RR (95%CI):0.66 (0.47-0.95)]. No relationship between plant vitamin A intake and GDM was found. Conclusion: Dietary vitamin A intake in the first trimester is associated with the occurrence of GDM, and higher intake than RNI may reduce the risk of GDM. Higher vitamin A intake from animal-derived food is associated with decreased risk of GDM.
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- P P Wang
- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Lan X, Basu S, Schwietzke S, Bruhwiler LMP, Dlugokencky EJ, Michel SE, Sherwood OA, Tans PP, Thoning K, Etiope G, Zhuang Q, Liu L, Oh Y, Miller JB, Pétron G, Vaughn BH, Crippa M. Improved Constraints on Global Methane Emissions and Sinks Using δ 13C-CH 4. Global Biogeochem Cycles 2021; 35:e2021GB007000. [PMID: 34219915 PMCID: PMC8244052 DOI: 10.1029/2021gb007000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We study the drivers behind the global atmospheric methane (CH4) increase observed after 2006. Candidate emission and sink scenarios are constructed based on proposed hypotheses in the literature. These scenarios are simulated in the TM5 tracer transport model for 1984-2016 to produce three-dimensional fields of CH4 and δ 13C-CH4, which are compared with observations to test the competing hypotheses in the literature in one common model framework. We find that the fossil fuel (FF) CH4 emission trend from the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research 4.3.2 inventory does not agree with observed δ 13C-CH4. Increased FF CH4 emissions are unlikely to be the dominant driver for the post-2006 global CH4 increase despite the possibility for a small FF emission increase. We also find that a significant decrease in the abundance of hydroxyl radicals (OH) cannot explain the post-2006 global CH4 increase since it does not track the observed decrease in global mean δ 13C-CH4. Different CH4 sinks have different fractionation factors for δ 13C-CH4, thus we can investigate the uncertainty introduced by the reaction of CH4 with tropospheric chlorine (Cl), a CH4 sink whose abundance, spatial distribution, and temporal changes remain uncertain. Our results show that including or excluding tropospheric Cl as a 13 Tg/year CH4 sink in our model changes the magnitude of estimated fossil emissions by ∼20%. We also found that by using different wetland emissions based on a static versus a dynamic wetland area map, the partitioning between FF and microbial sources differs by 20 Tg/year, ∼12% of estimated fossil emissions.
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- X. Lan
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
- Global Monitoring LaboratoryNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderCOUSA
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- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary CenterUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMDUSA
- Global Modeling and Assimilation OfficeNational Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
- Environmental Defense FundBerlinGermany
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- Global Monitoring LaboratoryNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderCOUSA
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- Global Monitoring LaboratoryNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderCOUSA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine ResearchUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine ResearchUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
- Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesDalhousie UniversityHalifaxNova ScotiaCanada
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- Global Monitoring LaboratoryNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderCOUSA
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- Global Monitoring LaboratoryNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderCOUSA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e VulcanologiaRomeItaly
- Faculty of Environmental Science and EngineeringBabes Bolyai UniversityCluj-NapocaRomania
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary SciencesPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteINUSA
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary SciencesPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteINUSA
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- Global Monitoring LaboratoryNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderCOUSA
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary SciencesPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteINUSA
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- Global Monitoring LaboratoryNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderCOUSA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
- Global Monitoring LaboratoryNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationBoulderCOUSA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine ResearchUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
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- Joint Research CentreEuropean CommissionIspraItaly
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Chen H, Liu N, Xu R, Chen X, Zhang Y, Hu R, Lan X, Tang Z, Lin G. Quantitative proteomics analysis reveals the response mechanism of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) to imbibitional chilling stress. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2021; 23:517-527. [PMID: 33502082 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Imbibitional chilling stress inhibits normal seed germination and seedling establishment and leads to large losses in peanut production. This is a major limiting factor when sowing peanut earlier and further north. To reveal the response mechanism of peanut to imbibitional chilling stress, a Tandem Mass Tag (TMT)-based quantitative proteomics analysis was conducted to identify differentially accumulated proteins (DAPs) under imbibitional chilling stress. Hormone profiling and transcriptional analysis were performed to confirm the proteomics data. Further seed priming analysis with exogenous cytokinins was conducted to validate the role of cytokinins in alleviating imbibitional chilling injury. A total of 5029 proteins were identified and quantified in all of the experimental groups. Among these, 104 proteins were DAPs as compared with the control. Enrichment analysis revealed that these DAPs were significant in various molecular functional and biological processes, especially for biosynthesis and metabolism of plant hormones. Hormone profiling and transcription analysis suggested that the reduced abundance of cytokinin oxidase may be caused by down-regulation of gene expression of the corresponding genes and leads to an elevated content of cytokinins under chilling stress. Seed priming analysis suggested that exogenous application of cytokinins may alleviate injury caused by imbibitional chilling. Our study provides a comprehensive proteomics analysis of peanut under imbibitional chilling stress, suggesting the role of plant hormones in the response mechanism. The results provide a better understanding of the imbibitional chilling stress response mechanism in peanut that will aid in peanut production.
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- H Chen
- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fujian Research Station of Crop Gene Resource & Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People's Republic of China, Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Upland Crops Breeding, Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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Ma J, Gong S, He Y, Gao W, Hao W, Lan X. Effects of oral sialic acid on gut development, liver function and gut microbiota in mice. Lett Appl Microbiol 2021; 73:20-25. [PMID: 33386625 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Sialic acid (N-acetylneuraminic acid), a 9-carbon monosaccharide, has been widely studied in immunology, oncology and neurology. However, the effects of sialic acid on organ and intestinal development, liver function and gut microbiota were rarely studied. In this study, we found that oral sialic acid tended to increase the relative weight of liver and decreased the serum aspartate aminotransferase (GPT) activity. In addition, sialic acid treatment markedly reduced gut villus length, depth, the ratio of villus length/depth (L/D), areas, width and the number of goblet cells. Furthermore, gut microbes were changed in response to oral sialic acid, such as Staphylococcus lentus, Corynebacterium stationis, Corynebacterium urealyticum, Jeotgalibaca sp_PTS2502, Ignatzschineria indica, Sporosarcina pasteurii, Sporosarcina sp_HW10C2, Facklamia tabacinasalis, Oblitimonas alkaliphila, Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum, Blautia sp_YL58, Bacteroids thetaiotaomicron, Morganella morganii, Clostridioides difficile, Helicobacter tryphlonius, Clostridium sp_Clone47, Alistipes finegoldii, [pseudomonas]_geniculata and Pseudomonas parafulva at the species level. In conclusion, oral sialic acid altered the intestinal pathological state and microbial compositions, and the effect of sialic acid on host health should be further studied.
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- J Ma
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Animal Husbandry and Aquatic Affairs Center of Shimen County, Changde, Hunan, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Tang Q, Zhang Y, Yang Y, Hu H, Lan X, Pan C. The KMT2A gene: mRNA differential expression in the ovary and a novel 13-nt nucleotide sequence variant associated with litter size in cashmere goats. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2021; 74:106538. [PMID: 32896800 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2020.106538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A genome-wide association study had shown that lysine methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A), which encodes the histone 3 lysine 4 methyltransferase and reportedly can regulate gametogenesis, steroidogenesis, and development as well as other biological processes, is a potential candidate gene influencing litter size in the dairy goat, suggesting its key function in animal reproduction. Here, we aimed to explore the genetic effects of the KMT2A gene on litter size in females of the Chinese indigenous cashmere goat, using a large sample size (n > 1,000), based on their levels of RNA transcription and DNA variation. First, mRNA expression levels of this gene in ovarian tissues between the low-prolific group (first-born litter size = 1) and high-prolific group (first-born litter size ≥2) were significantly different, revealing the potential functioning of KMT2A in goat prolific. Moreover, a novel 13-nt nucleotide sequence variant was identified in Shaanbei white cashmere goats (n = 1,616). In accordance with the independent chi-square (χ2) analysis, the distribution of genotypes (P = 2.57 × 10-9) and allelotypes (P = 3.00 × 10-7) between the low- and high-prolific groups differed significantly, indicating the 13-nt mutation was associated with litter size. Further analysis showed that the insertion/insertion (II) genotype was significantly different with insertion/deletion (ID) (P = 1.76 × 10-9) and deletion/deletion (DD) (P = 7.00 × 10-6), with goats having the DD genotype producing an average litter size larger than the other genotypes. Taken together, these findings suggest KMT2A can serve as a candidate gene for breeding goats, which may have implications for improving the future development of the goat industry.
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- Q Tang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 22 Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 22 Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 22 Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 22 Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 22 Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 22 Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China.
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Tian C, Liu L, Zheng M, Ye Z, Chen R, Lan X. MiR-503 Contributes to Glucocorticoid Sensitivity in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia via Targeting WNT3A. Folia Biol (Praha) 2021; 67:199-207. [PMID: 35439853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Abnormal accumulation of lymphoblasts in the blood and bone marrow is the main characteristic of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Glucocorticoids are effective drugs for ALL, while glucocorticoid resistance is an obstacle to ALL therapy. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are implicated in the drug resistance and modulate the response of ALL to glucocorticoids. The role of miR-503 in glucocorticoid sensitivity of ALL was investigated in this study. Firstly, T-leukaemic cells were isolated from patients with ALL. The human ALL cell line (CCRF/CEM) was incubated with dexamethasone to establish a glucocorticoid- resistant ALL cell line (CCRF/CEM-R). Data from MTT showed that IC50 (50% inhibitory concentration) of dexamethasone in T-leukaemic cells isolated from glucocorticoid-resistant ALL patients or CCRF/CEM-R was increased compared with IC50 in T-leukaemic cells isolated from glucocorticoid- sensitive ALL patients or CCRF/CEM. MiR- 503 was down-regulated in glucocorticoid-resistant leukaemic cells and CCRF/CEM-R. Secondly, overexpression of miR-503 sensitized CCRF/CEM-R to dexamethasone. Moreover, over-expression of miR- 503 also promoted the sensitivity of ALL cells to dexamethasone. Thirdly, miR-503 bound to WNT3A mRNA and negatively regulated the expression of WNT3A. Over-expression of miR-503 reduced protein expression of nuclear β-catenin, and over-expression of WNT3A attenuated the miR-503 overexpression- induced decrease in nuclear β-catenin. Lastly, the over-expression of miR-503-induced increased sensitivity of ALL-resistant cells and CCRF/ CEM-R to dexamethasone was attenuated by overexpression of WNT3A. In conclusion, miR-503 targeted WNT3A mRNA to sensitize ALL cells to glucocorticoids through inactivation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.
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- C Tian
- Department of Paediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, Shunde Women's and Children's Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China
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Lan X, Liu F, Ma J, Chang Y, Lan X, Xiang L, Shen X, Zhou F, Zhao Q. Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor A3 is increased in IBD patients and functions as an anti-inflammatory modulator. Clin Exp Immunol 2020; 203:286-303. [PMID: 33006756 PMCID: PMC7806419 DOI: 10.1111/cei.13529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Growing evidence shows that a homozygous 6·7-kb deletion of the novel anti-inflammatory molecule leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor A3 (LILRA3) is associated with many autoimmune disorders. However, its effects on pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have yet not been clarified. LILRA3 is mainly expressed in monocytes, whereas its effects on biological behaviors of monocytes have not been systematically reported. In our study, to investigate the association between LILRA3 polymorphism and IBD susceptibility, LILRA3 polymorphism was assessed in 378 IBD patients and 509 healthy controls. Quantitative real time PCR (qRT-PCR), Western blot and immunohistochemistry (IHC) were employed to detect the LILRA3 expression in IBD patient blood and intestinal samples. The human U937 monocyte cell line was employed to establish LILRA3 over-expressing cells and the effects of LILRA3 on the biological behaviors of U937 cells were systematically explored. Although no association of the polymorphism with IBD development was found, LILRA3 expression was markedly increased in IBD patients compared with healthy controls. Over-expression of LILRA3 in monocytes led to significant decreases in secretion of interferon (IFN)-γ, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-6. Additionally, LILRA3 abated monocyte migration by reducing the expression of several chemokines and enhanced monocyte phagocytosis by increasing CD36 expression. Furthermore, LILRA3 promoted monocyte proliferation through a combination of Akt and extracellular receptor kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinase (Erk/MEK) signaling pathways. We report for the first time, to our knowledge, that LILRA3 is related to IBD and functions as an anti-inflammatory modulator in U937 cells.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xuhui District Central Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Related Product Evaluation, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Pathology department, National Shanghai Center for New Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture People's Hospital, Xiangxi, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Yang Z, Lan X, Huang Z, Yang Y, Tang Y, Jing H, Wang J, Zhang J, Wang X, Gao J, Wang J, Xuan L, Fang Y, Ying J, LI Y, Huang X, Wang S. Development and External Validation of a Nomogram to Predict N2 or N3 Disease in Breast Cancer Patients with One to Three Positive Sentinel Lymph Nodes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dong HL, Cai CJ, Bai D, Pang XX, Lan X, Zhang YQ, Zhang J, Zhou FM, Sun H, Zeng G. [Association between dietary glycemic load during first trimester and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective study]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2020; 41:1352-1358. [PMID: 32867449 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20190909-00659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the effects of dietary glycemic load (GL) during first trimester on the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods: A prospective study was conducted among healthy women with singleton pregnancy at 8-14 weeks of gestation in a maternity out-patient clinic of maternal-and-child health care institution in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Information on dietary intake during the first trimester was collected through a 3-day 24-hour dietary recall. Glycemic index (GI) values were obtained from China Food Composition Tables (Standard Edition) and International Tables of Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Values (2008). Dietary GL and GLs of staple foods were calculated based on GI values and the amount of carbohydrate consumed per day. Diagnostic criteria of GDM was followed the Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Pregnancy Diabetes in China (2014), and used on participants who underwent an oral glucose tolerant test during 24-28 weeks of gestation. Log-binomial regression models were used to explore the associations between both quartiles of dietary GL, GLs of staple foods and the risks of GDM,respectively. Results: The medians of dietary GL and GL of staple foods were 145.70 (113.23-180.85) and 121.05 (89.08-155.70), respectively. The median GL of both rice and tubers were 73.14 (43.89-107.50) and 3.43 (0.00-9.84), respectively. After adjusting for the age at pregnancy, pre-pregnancy body mass index and other confounding factors, results of log-binomial regressions analysis showed that when compared with the lowest quartile of dietary GL group, the third and highest quartiles of dietary GL groups increased the risk of GDM (RR=1.47, 95%CI: 1.20-1.80; RR=1.31, 95%CI: 1.04-1.64), respectively. Compared with the lowest quartile of GL of staple foods, the third and highest quartiles of GL of staple foods groups also increased the risk of GDM (RR=1.28, 95%CI: 1.04-1.58; RR=1.27, 95%CI: 1.02-1.60), respectively. The third and highest quartiles of GL of rice groups increased the risk of GDM (RR=1.30, 95%CI: 1.06-1.59; RR=1.28, 95%CI: 1.03-1.59), respectively, than the lowest quartile of GL of rice group. When compared with the lowest quartile of GL of tubers group, the highest quartile of GL of tubers group increased the risk of GDM (RR=1.30, 95%CI: 1.09-1.54). However, we did not notice the effects of wheat GL and coarse grain GL on the risk of GDM. Conclusions: A positive association was found between dietary glycemic load and the risk of GDM. Higher dietary glycemic load, especially in rice and tubers during first trimester, seemed to have increased the risk of GDM.
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- H L Dong
- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Sichuan Provincial Hospital for Women and Children, Chengdu 610045, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Huang HL, Gnanasegaran G, Paez D, Fanti S, Hacker M, Sathekge M, Bom HS, Cerci JJ, Chiti A, Lan X, Herrmann K, Scott AM, Vinjamuri S, Dorbala S, Estrada E, Pellet O, Orellana P, El-Haj N, Giammarile F, Abdel-Wahab M, Bomanji J. Nuclear medicine services after COVID-19: gearing up back to normality. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2020; 47:2048-2053. [PMID: 32367256 PMCID: PMC7197920 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-020-04848-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- H L Huang
- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospital, 5th Floor, 235 Euston Road, London, UK.,Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Division of Radiological Sciences, Singapore General Hospita, Bukit Merah, Singapore
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Oncology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- PET/CT Department at Quanta Diagnostics and Therapy, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Humanitas University and Humanitas Research Centre, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, L7 8XP, UK
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospital, 5th Floor, 235 Euston Road, London, UK.
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Helgeson S, Kukhon F, Lan X, Patel N. UTILITY OF ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED LYMPH NODE BIOPSY IN RADIOGRAPHIC STAGE 1 LUNG CANCER. Chest 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Huang HL, Gnanasegaran G, Paez D, Fanti S, Hacker M, Sathekge M, Bom HS, Cerci JJ, Chiti A, Lan X, Herrmann K, Scott AM, Vinjamuri S, Dorbala S, Estrada E, Pellet O, Orellana P, El-Haj N, Giammarile F, Abdel-Wahab M, Bomanji J. Correction to: Nuclear medicine services after COVID-19: gearing up back to normality. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2020; 47:2220. [PMID: 32462399 PMCID: PMC7252414 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-020-04884-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The authors P. Orellana and N. El-Haj were inadvertently deleted in the original paper.
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- H L Huang
- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospital, 5th Floor, 235 Euston Road, London, UK
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Division of Radiological Sciences, Singapore General Hospital, Bukit Merah, Singapore
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Oncology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- NuclearMedicine Department, University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- PET/CT Department at Quanta Diagnostics and Therapy, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Humanitas University and Humanitas Research Centre, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, L7 8XP, UK
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospital, 5th Floor, 235 Euston Road, London, UK.
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Liu Y, Sun W, Lan X, Hu R, Cui J, Liu J, Liu J, Zhang Y, Zhu M. Adding Metal Carbides to Suppress the Crystalline Li 15Si 4 Formation: A Route toward Cycling Durable Si-Based Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:38727-38736. [PMID: 31566352 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b13024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In addition to large volume change and sluggish kinetics, the capacity decay of silicon anodes is also related to the formation of a crystalline Li15Si4 phase during cycling. Herein, we have demonstrated that refining cheap coarse-grained Si by ball milling with metal carbides (Mo2C, Cr2C3, etc.) can reduce the Si crystallite size significantly and can thus suppress the formation of the crystalline Li15Si4 during cycling, which increases the life of Si-based anode materials significantly. Si-Cr3C2@few-layer graphene (SC@G) composite anode materials were designed and prepared by plasma milling (P-milling) to achieve a considerable capacity of 881.8 mA h g-1 after 300 cycles at 1 A g-1. A study of the microstructure of the SC@G indicated that the refined amorphous-nanocrystal Si grains were distributed uniformly around multiscale Cr3C2 particles, which were covered by few-layer graphenes. The rigid Cr3C2 skeleton, which acts as a good conductive material, can increase the conductivity of the SC@G composite, avoid the agglomeration of refined Si, and regenerate Si nanosized grains during lithiation and delithiation. These results showed that the SC@G anode material exhibited an excellent overall performance based on its high capacity and long cycle stability, as well as excellent lithium-ion diffusion kinetics for lithium storage.
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- MEET Battery Research Center , University of Muenster , Muenster 48149 , Germany
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- SUNWODA-SCUT Joint Laboratory for Advanced Energy Storage Technology , Sunwoda Electronic Co., Ltd , Shenzhen 518107 , China
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Wang Z, Zhang X, Jiang E, Yan H, Zhu H, Chen H, Liu J, Qu L, Pan C, Lan X. InDels within caprine IGF2BP1 intron 2 and the 3'-untranslated regions are associated with goat growth traits. Anim Genet 2019; 51:117-121. [PMID: 31625179 DOI: 10.1111/age.12871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein 1 (IGF2BP1) is involved in the Hedgehog pathway and has been shown to regulate the RNA stability of several growth-related target genes. It is located in a quantitative trait locus showing a strong association with traits related to body size in ducks. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) also participates in Hedgehog signaling pathways and has been reported to be associated with organic growth and development. FGFR1-knockout mice have been shown to have severe postnatal growth defects, including an approximately 50% reduction in body weight and bone mass. Meanwhile, nonsense-mediated mRNA decay factor (SMG6) can maintain genomic stability, which is associated with organic growth and development. Therefore, we hypothesized that IGF2BP1, FGFR1 and SMG6 genes may play important roles in the growth traits of goats. In this study, the existence of two insertion/deletion (InDel) variants within IGF2BP1, one InDel within FGFR1 and two InDels within SMG6 was verified and their correlation with growth traits was analyzed in 2429 female Shaanbei white cashmere goats. Results showed both the 15 bp InDel in intron 2 and the 5 bp InDel in the 3' regulatory region within IGF2BP1 were significantly associated with growth traits (P < 0.05) and goats with the combinatorial homozygous insertion genotypes of these two loci had the highest body weight (P = 0.046). The other InDels within FGFR1 and SMG6 were not obviously associated with growth traits (P > 0.05). Therefore, the two InDels in IGF2BP1 were vital mutations affecting goat growth traits.
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- Z Wang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.,College of Life Sciences, Yulin College, Yulin, Shaanxi, 719000, China.,Shaanxi Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center of Cashmere Goats, Yulin College, Yulin, Shaanxi, 719000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Yulin College, Yulin, Shaanxi, 719000, China.,Shaanxi Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center of Cashmere Goats, Yulin College, Yulin, Shaanxi, 719000, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Yulin College, Yulin, Shaanxi, 719000, China.,Shaanxi Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center of Cashmere Goats, Yulin College, Yulin, Shaanxi, 719000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Yulin College, Yulin, Shaanxi, 719000, China.,Shaanxi Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center of Cashmere Goats, Yulin College, Yulin, Shaanxi, 719000, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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Sun M, Hussain S, Hu Y, Yan J, Min Z, Lan X, Guo Y, Zhao Y, Huang H, Feng M, Han Y, Zhang F, Zhu W, Meng L, Li D, Sun J, Lu S. Maintenance of SOX9 stability and ECM homeostasis by selenium-sensitive PRMT5 in cartilage. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2019; 27:932-944. [PMID: 30858101 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2019.02.797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Revised: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Selenium (Se) plays pivotal roles in maintaining optimal health. Nevertheless, how Se influences the metabolism of extracellular matrix (ECM) in cartilage remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to observe protein dimethylation by certain Se-sensitive PRMT and to elucidate its effects on the key transcriptional factor in cartilage. METHODS We observed the expression of selenoproteins and markers of ECM metabolism in chondrocytes and articular cartilage of the rats under Se-deficiency by RT-qPCR, immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry. Then, we analyzed the expression of total dimethylated protein by using specific antibody under different Se statuses. After Se sensitive PRMT was identified, we used siRNA or PRMT inhibitor or stably overexpressing vector to intervene in the PRMT expression and identified the key transcriptional factor. Co-immunoprecipitation was applied to verify the interaction between PRMT and the key transcriptional factor. Finally, we measured the half-life time of the key transcriptional factor by immunoblotting after cycloheximide treatment. RESULTS In chondrocytes and cartilage of the rats with Se deficiency, we found an aberrant metabolism manifesting decreased expression of Col2a1 and increased expression of Mmp-3. Then, we identified that PRMT5 was the unique type II PRMT, sensitive to Se status. PRMT5 upregulation led to the increased COL2A1 expression but decreased MMP-3 expression in chondrocytes. Furthermore, we revealed that PRMT5 improved SOX9 stability by dimethylating the protein, which contributed to maintain the matrix metabolic homeostasis of the chondrocytes. CONCLUSIONS Se-sensitive PRMT5 increases the half-life of SOX9 protein via PTM and helps to maintain ECM homeostasis of the articular cartilage.
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- M Sun
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China.
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Zhang YQ, Lan X, Zhang J, Zhou R, Dai ZY, Wu C, Bao YH, Yang LQ, Zhou FM, Zhao RP, Zeng G. [Association between gestational weight gain and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a prospective study]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2018; 39:1626-1629. [PMID: 30572390 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2018.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the association between gestational weight gain (GWG) and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Methods: A prospective study was conducted among 1 220 healthy singleton pregnant women in the first trimester of pregnancy, from Chengdu city, Sichuan province. Pre-gestational body mass and other basic information were collected through a set of questionnaires. Weight at the last week before delivery was measured and GWG was classified by IOM criteria (2009). Related information on pregnancy outcomes was collected after delivery, through the hospital information system. Multiple non-conditional logistic regression models were used to test the association between GWG and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Results: In total, data on 1 045 pregnant women were analyzed. Compared with adequate GWG, excessive GWG was associated with the increased risks of cord entanglement and large for gestational age (OR=1.641, 95%CI: 1.197-2.252; OR=1.678, 95%CI: 0.132-2.488), respectively. Additionally, when compared with the adequate GWG, insufficient GWG was associated with the increased risk of preterm delivery (OR=3.189, 95%CI: 1.604-6.341). Conclusions: Both excessive and insufficient GWG appeared associated with the pregnancy outcomes. Weight monitoring should be strengthened for pregnant women to reduce related risks on adverse pregnancy outcomes.
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Maternity and Child Health Care Central Hospital of Sichuan, Chengdu 610045, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Food Hygiene and Toxicology, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Ma L, Li Z, Cai Y, Xu H, Yang R, Lan X. Genetic variants in fat- and short-tailed sheep from high-throughput RNA-sequencing data. Anim Genet 2018; 49:483-487. [DOI: 10.1111/age.12699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- L. Ma
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture; College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- College of Life Sciences; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- Science Experimental Center; Northwest University for Nationalities; Lanzhou Gansu 730030 China
- College of Life Science and Engineering; Northwest University for Nationalities; Lanzhou 730030 China
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- Science Experimental Center; Northwest University for Nationalities; Lanzhou Gansu 730030 China
- College of Life Science and Engineering; Northwest University for Nationalities; Lanzhou 730030 China
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- College of Life Sciences; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture; College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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He J, Lan X, Duan HL, Luo H, Zhou XD. CA916798 affects growth and metastasis of androgen-dependent prostate cancer cells. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2018; 22:4477-4487. [PMID: 30058677 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201807_15499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Abnormal activation of androgen receptor (AR) signaling pathway is a critical pathogenic mechanism and therapeutic target for prostate cancer (PCa). The CA916798 is a tumor-associated gene and may be regulated by the androgen-AR pathway. This study aims to investigate the function of CA916798 in the growth and metastasis of androgen-dependent PCa cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS CA916798 expression in PCa cell lines was investigated. LNCap cells were divided into 4 groups: LNCap, LNCap+ Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), LNCap+DHT+siCA916798, and LNCap+DHT+siRA group. CA916798 expressions in LNCap cells treated with siCA917698 or siAR were examined. The viability, apoptosis, migration, and invasion of PCa cells were examined. Dual luciferase and ChIP assays were used to examine the interaction between the AR and CA916798. RESULTS Endogenous CA916798 mRNA levels in PC3 cells were significantly higher than those in LNCap cells (p < 0.05). However, CA916798 was androgen-sensitive in LNCap cells, but not in PC-3 cells. Dual luciferase and ChIP assays showed that AR could specifically bind to the promoter regions of the CA916798. Knockdown of CA916798 (LNCap+DHT+siCA916798) and AR (LNCap+DHT+siAR) resulted in decreased cell viability, migration, and invasion, while it induced apoptosis and G1 cell cycle arrest in LNCap cells. CONCLUSIONS DHT could initiate the transcription of CA916798, which further mediates the androgen-AR signaling pathway-dependent cell growth and metastasis of the prostate cancer cell line LNCap.
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Southwest Hospital of the Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, P.R. China.
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Chen M, Tang TC, Wang Y, Shui J, Xiao XH, Lan X, Yu P, Zhang C, Wang SH, Yao J, Zheng H, Huang DQ. Randomised clinical trial: Tong-Xie-Yao-Fang granules versus placebo for patients with diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2018; 48:160-168. [PMID: 29856472 DOI: 10.1111/apt.14817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tong-Xie-Yao-Fang (TXYF) is a Chinese herbal formula for treating chronic diarrhoea accompanied by abdominal pain. The results were inconsistent in previous trials examining its effect. AIM To study the efficacy of TXYF granules for treating diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D). METHODS We performed a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised trial and enrolled 160 participants with IBS-D. The participants had VAS scores ≥3 cm in IBS-D global symptoms and ≥2 days in a week with abdominal pain and loose stools (Bristol score 5, 6 or 7). They were randomly assigned to received TXYF or placebo during a treatment period of 4 weeks, and they were followed up for 8 weeks after treatment. The primary outcome was adequate relief of IBS-D global symptoms for at least 2 of 4 weeks during weeks 1-4. Secondary outcomes included mean weekly VAS scores of IBS-D major symptoms, mean weekly stool frequency, mean weekly Bristol score, and adverse events. RESULTS 155 of 160 patients completed the trial. We found a significantly higher rate of adequate relief of global symptoms in TXFY group during weeks 1 to 4 (57.5% vs 37.5%, χ2 = 5.6391, P = 0.017); logistic regression analysis showed a similar result (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.2-4.4, P = 0.016). Most of the secondary outcomes showed superiority of TXYF over placebo in weekly assessment from week 3 to week 7. The adverse event rate was low in both groups (3.8% vs 3.8%, P = 1.000). CONCLUSION During a 4 week trial, TXFY granules were superior to placebo in controlling symptoms of IBS-D.
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- Clinical Medicine College/Teaching hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Clinical Medicine College/Teaching hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Colorectal Department, Luzhou People's Hospital, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Clinical Medicine College/Teaching hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Clinical Medicine College/Teaching hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Clinical Medicine College/Teaching hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Clinical Medicine College/Teaching hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Clinical Medicine College/Teaching hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Colorectal Department, Luzhou People's Hospital, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Colorectal Department, Luzhou People's Hospital, Luzhou, Sichuan, China
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- Acupuncture and Tuina School/3rd Teaching Hosptial, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Clinical Medicine College/Teaching hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Li X, Abhinandan K, Zhang T, Wei D, Li Y, Lan X, Samuel MA. Temporal regulation of two cytosolic phosphoglucomutases during stigma development in ornamental kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala). Plant Signal Behav 2018; 13:e1467698. [PMID: 29944433 PMCID: PMC6103284 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1467698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Phosphoglucomutases (PGM) (5.4.2.2.) belong to the Phosphohexomutases superfamily and are highly specific in catalyzing the interconversion of Glc-1-P to Glc-6-P. In this study, we characterize the expression and activity of two cytosolic PGMs (cPGM2 and cPGM3) stigmas of ornamental kale during flower development. In stigmas, cPGM expression and activity showed a gradual increase during stigma development with the highest activity around the time of anthesis. Blocking of cPGM activity in the stigmas using a known inhibitor, resulted in breakdown of self-incompatibility in immature S3 and S4 stigmas, but had no effect on the fully mature S5 stigmas. It is likely that cPGMs are required for accumulation of factors necessary for SI response in mature stigmas.
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada
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El Gewely M, Melanie W, Lan X, Sophie Y, Rouleau G, Montplaisir J, Desautels A, Warby S. 0690 The Association Of Meis1 Gene In Restless Leg Syndrome And Rls Related Phenotypes But Not With Chronic Insomnia Disorder. Sleep 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CANADA
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- Centre d’études avancées en médecine du sommeil, Hopital du Sacre Coeur de Montreal, QC, CANADA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CANADA
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- Centre d’études avancées en médecine du sommeil, Montréal, QC, CANADA
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, QC, CANADA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CANADA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CANADA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CANADA
- Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CANADA
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Chen N, Huang J, Zulfiqar A, Li R, Xi Y, Zhang M, Dang R, Lan X, Chen H, Ma Y, Lei C. Population structure and ancestry of Qinchuan cattle. Anim Genet 2018; 49:246-248. [DOI: 10.1111/age.12658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
- College of Life Science; Xinyang Normal University; Xinyang Henan 464000 China
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- University of Poonch; Rawalakot Azad Jammu Kashmir 12350 Pakistan
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
- College of Life Science; Xinyang Normal University; Xinyang Henan 464000 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- College of Life Science; Xinyang Normal University; Xinyang Henan 464000 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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Shen Y, Kevrekidis PG, Veldes GP, Frantzeskakis DJ, DiMarzio D, Lan X, Radisic V. From solitons to rogue waves in nonlinear left-handed metamaterials. Phys Rev E 2017; 95:032223. [PMID: 28415369 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.95.032223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In the present work, we explore soliton and roguelike wave solutions in the transmission line analog of a nonlinear left-handed metamaterial. The nonlinearity is expressed through a voltage-dependent, symmetric capacitance motivated by recently developed ferroelectric barium strontium titanate thin-film capacitor designs. We develop both the corresponding nonlinear dynamical lattice and its reduction via a multiple scales expansion to a nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) model for the envelope of a given carrier wave. The reduced model can feature either a focusing or a defocusing nonlinearity depending on the frequency (wave number) of the carrier. We then consider the robustness of different types of solitary waves of the reduced model within the original nonlinear left-handed medium. We find that both bright and dark solitons persist in a suitable parametric regime, where the reduction to the NLS model is valid. Additionally, for suitable initial conditions, we observe a rogue wave type of behavior that differs significantly from the classic Peregrine rogue wave evolution, including most notably the breakup of a single Peregrine-like pattern into solutions with multiple wave peaks. Finally, we touch upon the behavior of generalized members of the family of the Peregrine solitons, namely, Akhmediev breathers and Kuznetsov-Ma solitons, and explore how these evolve in the left-handed transmission line.
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, California State University, Northridge, California 91330, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-4515, USA
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- Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografos, Athens 15784, Greece
- Department of Electronics Engineering, Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece, Lamia 35100, Greece
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- Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografos, Athens 15784, Greece
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- NG Next, Northrop Grumman Corporation, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, California 90278, USA
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- NG Next, Northrop Grumman Corporation, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, California 90278, USA
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- NG Next, Northrop Grumman Corporation, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, California 90278, USA
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Zhang X, Han H, Zhang T, Sun T, Xi Y, Chen N, Huang Y, Dang R, Lan X, Chen H, Lei C. HSFY and ZNF280BY show copy number variations within 17 water buffalo populations. Anim Genet 2016; 48:221-224. [PMID: 27739082 DOI: 10.1111/age.12514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Recent transcriptomic analysis of the bovine Y chromosome revealed abundant presence of multi-copy protein coding gene families on the male-specific region of the Y chromosome (MSY). Copy number variations (CNVs) of several MSY genes are closely related to semen quality and male reproduction in cattle. However, the CNVs of MSY genes in water buffalo are largely unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the CNVs of HSFY and ZNF280BY of 298 buffaloes from 17 populations distributed in China, Vietnam and Laos using quantitative PCR. Our results revealed that the median copy numbers of the HSFY and ZNF280BY genes were 47 (ranging from 20 to 145) and 269 (ranging from 73 to 974) respectively. In conclusion, this study indicated that HSFY and ZNF280BY showed abundant CNVs within swamp buffalo populations.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, 723001, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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Sun X, Li M, Sun Y, Cai H, Li R, Wei X, Lan X, Huang Y, Lei C, Chen H. The developmental transcriptome landscape of bovine skeletal muscle defined by Ribo-Zero ribonucleic acid sequencing. J Anim Sci 2016; 93:5648-58. [PMID: 26641174 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2015-9562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ribonucleic acid sequencing (RNA-Seq) libraries are normally prepared with oligo(dT) selection of poly(A)+ mRNA, but it depends on intact total RNA samples. Recent studies have described Ribo-Zero technology, a novel method that can capture both poly(A)+ and poly(A)- transcripts from intact or fragmented RNA samples. We report here the first application of Ribo-Zero RNA-Seq for the analysis of the bovine embryonic, neonatal, and adult skeletal muscle whole transcriptome at an unprecedented depth. Overall, 19,893 genes were found to be expressed, with a high correlation of expression levels between the calf and the adult. Hundreds of genes were found to be highly expressed in the embryo and decreased at least 10-fold after birth, indicating their potential roles in embryonic muscle development. In addition, we present for the first time the analysis of global transcript isoform discovery in bovine skeletal muscle and identified 36,694 transcript isoforms. Transcriptomic data were also analyzed to unravel sequence variations; 185,036 putative SNP and 12,428 putative short insertions-deletions (InDel) were detected. Specifically, many stop-gain, stop-loss, and frameshift mutations were identified that probably change the relative protein production and sequentially affect the gene function. Notably, the numbers of stage-specific transcripts, alternative splicing events, SNP, and InDel were greater in the embryo than in the calf and the adult, suggesting that gene expression is most active in the embryo. The resulting view of the transcriptome at a single-base resolution greatly enhances the comprehensive transcript catalog and uncovers the global trends in gene expression during bovine skeletal muscle development.
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Li C, Li Q, Cai Y, He Y, Lan X, Wang W, Liu J, Wang S, Zhu G, Fan J, Zhou Y, Sun R. Overexpression of angiopoietin 2 promotes the formation of oral squamous cell carcinoma by increasing epithelial-mesenchymal transition-induced angiogenesis. Cancer Gene Ther 2016; 23:295-302. [PMID: 27492854 PMCID: PMC5033983 DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2016.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common cancer of the head and neck and is associated with a high rate of lymph node metastasis. The initial step in the metastasis and transition of tumors is epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-induced angiogenesis, which can be mediated by angiopoietin 2 (ANG2), a key regulatory factor in angiogenesis. In the present study, immunohistochemistry and real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase (qRT-PCR) were used to measure the expression of ANG2 in OSCC tissues. Plasmids encoding ANG2 mRNA were used for increased ANG2 expression in the OSCC cell line TCA8113. The short interfering RNA (siRNA)-targeting ANG2 mRNA sequences were used to inhibit ANG2 expression in TCA8113 cells. Subsequently, transwell assays were performed to examine the effects of ANG2 on TCA8113 cell migration and invasion. Furthermore, in vivo assays were performed to assess the effect of ANG2 on tumor growth. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assays and immunohistochemistry were used to examine cell apoptosis and angiogenesis in tumor tissues, respectively. Finally, western blot analysis was performed to evaluate tumor formation-related proteins in OSCC tissues. We found that protein expression of ANG2 was remarkably upregulated in OSCC tissues. Overexpression of ANG2 increased the migration and invasion of TCA8113 cells by regulating EMT. Further investigations showed that overexpression of ANG2 increased tumor growth in nude mice, and angiogenesis of OSCC tissues increased in the presence of ANG2 overexpression. Overexpression of ANG2 also reduced cell apoptosis in tumor tissue cells. Finally, we found that overexpression of ANG2 resulted in changes in the expression of tumor formation-related proteins including vimentin, E-cadherin, Bim, PUMA, Bcl-2, Bax, Cyclin D1, PCNA and CD31. Our findings show that ANG2 has an important role in the migration and invasion of OSCC. More importantly, further investigations suggested that overexpression of ANG2 might increase OSCC metastasis by promoting angiogenesis in nude mice. This stimulatory effect could be achieved by inducing abnormal EMT and by reducing apoptosis and increasing proliferation of cells.
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Southwest Medical College, Luzhou, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Southwest Medical College, Luzhou, China
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- The Fifth People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China.,Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China.,Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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Lan X, Dang SN, Zhao YL, Yan H, Yan H. [Meta-analysis on effect of combined supplementation of folic acid, vitamin B12 and B6 on risk of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases in randomized control trials]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2016; 37:1028-1034. [PMID: 27453118 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2016.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of the combined supplementation of folic acid, vitamin B12 and B6 on the risk of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. METHODS The literatures of randomized control trials about the relationship between the combined supplementation of folic acid, vitamin B12 and B6 and risk of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases from 1980 to 2014 were retrieved, and the eligible studies were screened for a Meta-analysis. The study indicators were the incidences of cardiovascular disease events, myocardial infarction and stroke. The cffect indicators were relative risk(RR)and 95% confidence interval(CI). Jadad score was used for the quality evaluation of the trials used in the study. RESULTS The literatures of 11 randomized control trials, involving 26 395 patients, were used in the Meta-analysis. The combined supplementation of B vitamins had no effect on the incidence of cardiovascular disease events(RR=1.00, 95% CI: 0.94-1.07)based on 8 studies. The combined supplementation of B vitamins had no effect on the incidence of myocardial infarction(RR= 1.03, 95% CI: 0.94-1.13)based on 9 studies. The combined supplementation of B vitamins could reduce the incidence of stroke by 14%(RR=0.86, 95%CI: 0.78-0.95)based on 9 studies. Compared with the control group, Taking folic acid combined with vitamin B12 and B6 could reduce the level of homocysteine by 2.53 μmol/L(95%CI:-3.93--1.12). Subgroup analysis indicated that the follow-up time, the dosage of folic acid and vitamin B12 and B6, the history of diseases had no confounding effect on the incidence of cardio-cerebrovascular disease events. But the subgroup analysis for stroke showed that with the extension of follow-up time, the supplementation of B vitamins could reduce the risk of stroke. The effect of folic acid and B12 in small dosage seemed more significant in the prevention of stroke, while the preventive effect of B6 increased with increasing dosage. The preventive effect of combined supplementation of B vitamins was more significant for the patients with a history of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. CONCLUSION Taking folic acid combined with vitamin B6 and B12 might have no significant effect on the incidences of cardio-cerebrovascular disease events and myocardial infarction, but could lower the risk of stroke and the level of homocysteine.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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Cai H, Wang Z, Lan X, Xu Y, Chen H, Lei C. Indels within the bovine visfatin gene affect its mRNA expression in longissimus muscle and subcutaneous fat. Arch Anim Breed 2016. [DOI: 10.5194/aab-59-91-2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Abstract. Visfatin, an adipokine hormone produced primarily by visceral adipose tissue in mammals, has been identified as having a crucial role in growth and development of skeletal muscle and lipids. In this research, the effects of two indel loci (35 bp indel: AC_000161.1: g. 20540–20541 Ins ACTGGAATTCTAGTTTAAAAATTGCTACTAATGAA located in intron 4; 6 bp indel: AC_000161.1: g. 25873–25878 Del: TAAAAA located in intron 5) of the visfatin gene on mRNA expression levels were studied by means of real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) in longissimus muscle and subcutaneous fat from 95 Qinchuan cattle. Firstly, visfatin expression level in longissimus muscle of fetal cattle was prominently greater than that in calves and adult cattle (P < 0.05). The expression level of visfatin in subcutaneous fat was notably higher than that in longissimus muscle of calves and adult cattle (P < 0.05). Secondly, there were three genotypes (ins/ins, del/del and ins/del) and two genotypes (ins/del and ins/ins) detected in the 35 bp locus and 6 bp locus, respectively. Visfatin showed a minimum expression level in longissimus muscle in the homozygous deletion genotype at the 35 bp indel locus. Especially in calves, expression of visfatin was significantly greater in the heterozygous genotype than that in the homozygous insertion genotpye (P < 0.05). No statistical differences were found among visfatin expression level based on genotypes in the 6 bp indel locus (P > 0.05). Compared to heterozygous genotype, the expression level of homozygous insertion genotype was lower in longissimus muscle but greater in subcutaneous fat. These results imply that the expression levels of bovine visfatin vary with age and its indels might be putative variants mediating the expression of the bovine visfatin gene. This study provides useful information for further functional studies of bovine visfatin.
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Ye F, Qiu M, Xu H, Lan X, Zhu Q, Zhao X, Yin H, Liu Y, Wang Y. Identification and characterization of SREBF2 expression and its association with chicken carcass traits. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr8514. [DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15038514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Peng YD, Xu HY, Ye F, Lan X, Peng X, Rustempašić A, Yin HD, Zhao XL, Liu YP, Zhu Q, Wang Y. Effects of sex and age on chicken TBC1D1 gene mRNA expression. Genet Mol Res 2015. [PMID: 26214451 DOI: 10.4238/2015.july.13.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of sex and slaughter age of chickens on fatty acid composition and TBC1D1 gene expression in 4 different tissues: breast muscle, thigh muscle, abdominal fat, and subcutaneous fat. Sixty Erlang mountainous chickens (hybrid SD02 x SD03) were raised under the same conditions and slaughtered at 8, 10, and 13 weeks of age. The results showed that the sex of the animal significantly affected the content of arachidic acid (C20:0), sinapic (C22:1), linoleic (C18:2n-6), eicosapentaenoic (C20:5n-3), and docosahexaenoic acids (C22:6n-3), whereas other fatty acid contents were not affected. Age had a significant effect on most monounsaturated fatty acids, except for octadecenoic acid (C18:1). TBC1D1 mRNA was abundant in all tissues at all 3 ages of slaughter. Cocks exhibited higher TBC1D1 mRNA levels than hens in the thigh muscle and abdominal fat at 10 and 13 weeks, respectively.
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agriculture University, Ya'an, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agriculture University, Ya'an, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu Campus, Chengdu, China
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Liu D, Wang Z, Ma W, Gao Y, Li A, Lan X, Lei C, Chen H. Tetra-primer ARMS-PCR identified a missense mutation of the bovine <i>NRIP1</i> gene associated with growth traits. Arch Anim Breed 2015. [DOI: 10.5194/aab-58-165-2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Abstract. Nuclear receptor-interacting protein 1 (NRIP1) specifically interacts with the hormone-dependent activation domain AF2 of nuclear receptors to inhibit transcription. Previous work has demonstrated this protein to be a key regulator in modulating transcriptional activity of many transcription factors, some of which are closely related to development and growth. In this study, we have successfully genotyped two newly identified bovine NRIP1 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (c.605A > G and c.1301G > A) using the T-ARMS-PCR method and validated the accuracy by means of PCR-RFLP assay using 1809 individuals of 9 different cattle breeds. The association analyses results indicated that c.605A > G locus was significantly associated with body weight and average daily gain in Nanyang cattle at 18 months (P < 0.05). Thus it can be inferred that T-ARMS-PCR is a rapid, reliable, and cheap method for SNP genotyping and that c.605A > G polymorphism in bovine NRIP1 is associated with growth traits. These findings will be of benefit for the application of DNA markers related to growth traits in marker-assisted selection (MAS), and will improve the promotion of beef cattle.
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Sun J, Sonstegard TS, Li C, Huang Y, Li Z, Lan X, Zhang C, Lei C, Zhao X, Chen H. Altered microRNA expression in bovine skeletal muscle with age. Anim Genet 2015; 46:227-38. [PMID: 25703017 DOI: 10.1111/age.12272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Age-dependent decline in skeletal muscle function leads to several inherited and acquired muscular disorders in elderly individuals. The levels of microRNAs (miRNAs) could be altered during muscle maintenance and repair. We therefore performed a comprehensive investigation for miRNAs from five different periods of bovine skeletal muscle development using next-generation small RNA sequencing. In total, 511 miRNAs, including one putatively novel miRNA, were identified. Thirty-six miRNAs were differentially expressed between prenatal and postnatal stages of muscle development including several myomiRs (miR-1, miR-206 and let-7 families). Compared with miRNA expression between different muscle tissues, 14 miRNAs were up-regulated and 22 miRNAs were down-regulated in the muscle of postnatal stage. In addition, a novel miRNA was predicted and submitted to the miRBase database as bta-mir-10020. A dual luciferase reporter assay was used to demonstrate that bta-mir-10020 directly targeted the 3'-UTR of the bovine ANGPT1 gene. The overexpression of bta-mir-10020 significantly decreased the DsRed fluorescence in the wild-type expression cassette compared to the mutant type. Using three computational approaches - miranda, pita and rnahybrid - these differentially expressed miRNAs were also predicted to target 3609 bovine genes. Disease and biological function analyses and the KEGG pathway analysis revealed that these targets were statistically enriched in functionality for muscle growth and disease. Our miRNA expression analysis findings from different states of muscle development and aging significantly expand the repertoire of bovine miRNAs now shown to be expressed in muscle and could contribute to further studies on growth and developmental disorders in this tissue type.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Animal Genomics & Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA
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Hu Y, Huang Q, Zhu Q, Lan D, Feng Z, Zhang L, Lan X, Ye L, Liu Y, He M, Pu H. Identification and association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) gene with egg production traits in Erlang mountainous chickens. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:294-303. [DOI: 10.4238/2015.january.23.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Wang X, Lan X, Radunz AE, Khatib H. Maternal nutrition during pregnancy is associated with differential expression of imprinted genes and DNA methyltranfereases in muscle of beef cattle offspring1. J Anim Sci 2015; 93:35-40. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2014-8148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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- X. Wang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi province, 712100, China
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi province, 712100, China
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- University of Wisconsin – River Falls, River Falls 54022
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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Dirks PB, Meyer M, Reimand J, Lan X, Head R, Zhu X, Kushida M, Bayani J, Pressey JC, Lionel A, Clarke ID, Cusimano M, Squire J, Scherer S, Bernstein M, Woodin MA, Bader GD. SINGLE CELL DERIVED CLONAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN GLIOBLASTOMA LINKS FUNCTIONAL AND GENOMIC HETEROGENEITY. Neuro Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou206.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zhou Y, Cai H, Xu Y, Sun J, Lan X, Lei C, Chen H. Novel isoforms of the bovine Nuclear factor I/X (CCAAT-binding transcription factor) transcript products and their diverse expression profiles. Anim Genet 2014; 45:581-4. [PMID: 24889128 DOI: 10.1111/age.12177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The aim of this study was to detect splicing variants of the bovine NFIX gene and determine their expression regulations. Through bioinformatics analysis, we predicted five isoforms of the bovine NFIX transcript product and validated their existence using cDNA pool and sequencing methods. The five isoforms had a common 5'-terminal sequence and various 3'-terminal sequences. Nuclear factor I family genes can activate or repress transcription by a highly variable C-terminal region. Thus, the five isoform products from a single gene may function differently. Quantitative PCR results showed that NFIX had highest expression in brain; medial expression in lung and muscle; and lower expression in spleen, kidney, liver and heart of both embryo and adult cattle. However, the expression levels NFIX in adult tissues were significantly decreased, and the diversity of its alternative splicing events was lower. Each isoform was expressed differently in different tissues at the embryo and adult stages. One of the isoforms (Nfix2) was not detected in tissues of adult cattle. In brain, another of the isoforms (Nfix3) was not detected, whereas the other four isoforms were highly expressed. In the embryo, of the five isoforms, the profile of the one labeled Nfix4 was the most similar to that of total Nfix, and we proved that it was the major isoform. This study is the first that has detected five novel isoforms of the bovine NFIX transcript products and that has examined their profiles at spatial and temporal levels, which will provide essential information for better understanding the bovine NFIX gene.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural Molecular Biology, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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Talhelm T, Zhang X, Oishi S, Shimin C, Duan D, Lan X, Kitayama S. Large-Scale Psychological Differences Within China Explained by Rice Versus Wheat Agriculture. Science 2014; 344:603-8. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1246850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 554] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Zhang L, Yang M, Li C, Xu Y, Sun J, Lei C, Lan X, Zhang C, Chen H. Identification and genetic effect of a variable duplication in the promoter region of the cattleADIPOQgene. Anim Genet 2013; 45:171-9. [DOI: 10.1111/age.12112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A & F University; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A & F University; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service; Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory; Beltsville MD 20705 USA
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A & F University; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A & F University; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A & F University; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A & F University; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology; Jiangsu Normal University; Xuzhou Jiangsu 221116 China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A & F University; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture; Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China
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Chen E, Xu D, Lan X, Jia B, Sun L, Zheng J, Peng H. A Novel Role of the STAT3 Pathway in Brain Inflammation-induced Human Neural Progenitor Cell Differentiation. Curr Mol Med 2013; 13:1474-84. [DOI: 10.2174/15665240113139990076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2012] [Revised: 06/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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