Efficient removal of nitrogen and phosphorus in aqueous solutions using modified water treatment residuals–sodium alginate beads - Guangyi Fu; Yuanyuan Zhao; Shuang Zhou; Chongyu Chen; Yu Zhong; Youze Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Impacts of land use change on ecosystem service value in Lijiang River Basin, China - Ning Li; Jinye Wang; Haoyu Wang; Bolin Fu; Jianjun Chen; Wen He (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Protective effect of Bombyx mori gloverin on intestinal epithelial cells exposure to enterotoxigenic E. coli - Qian Lin; Qingqing Fu; Guoqi Su; Daiwen Chen; Bing Yu; Yuheng Luo; Ping Zheng; Xiangbing Mao; Zhiqing Huang; Jie Yu; Junqiu Luo; Hui Yan; et al. (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2021)

3D Step-by-step inversion strategy for audio magnetotellurics data based on unstructured mesh - San Cheng; Zhi-Yong Zhang; Feng Zhou; Man Li; Hui Chen; Fu-Sheng Shi; Lin-Pin Huang; Yong Li (Applied Geophysics, 2021)

A Survey on How Ocular Surface Demodex Infestation Interactively Associates with Diabetes Mellitus and Dry Eye Disease - Chang Huang; Shuze Chen; Sheng Fu; Yingli Li; Zhenhao Li; Siqi Li; Xiaoqian Liang; Zihong Wang; Zhoucheng Wang; Yifan Chen; Qixin Deng; Guoguo Yi; et al. (Acta Parasitologica, 2021)
Purpose Prevention of ocular surface (OS) Demodex infestation plays an important role in OS hygiene and variety of factors may be associated with it, in which diabetes mellitus (DM) or dry eye disease (DED) has caught the attention of most scholars. However, there has been no research on whether there was a potential interaction between DM and DED in the process of OS Demodex infestation. This cross-sectional study was implemented in Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University. Methods Ophthalmologic interviews, questionnaires, and examinations were conducted. Factors including general information, DM status, dry eye condition, etc. were collected to study the correlation of DM and DED on OS Demodex infestation. Results After statistical analysis, we found that both DM ( P P = 0.013 R = 0.197, P R = 0.299, P P Conclusion This study provides a new evidence-based basis for clinical prevention and management of OS Demodex infestation.

A novel antisense long non‐coding RNA participates in asexual and sexual reproduction by regulating the expression of GzmetE in Fusarium graminearum - Jie Wang; Wenping Zeng; Jiatao Xie; Yanping Fu; Daohong Jiang; Yang Lin; Weidong Chen; Jiasen Cheng (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Fusarium graminearum is an important worldwide pathogen that causes Fusarium head blight in wheat, barley, maize and other grains. LncRNAs play important roles in many biological processes, but little is known about their functions and mechanisms in filamentous fungi. Here, we report that a natural antisense RNA, GzmetE‐AS , is transcribed from the opposite strand of GzmetE . GzmetE encodes a homoserine O ‐acetyltransferase, which is important for sexual development and plant infection. The expression of GzmetE‐AS was increased significantly during the conidiation stage, while GzmetE was upregulated in the late stage of sexual reproduction. Overexpression of GzmetE‐AS inhibited the transcription of GzmetE . In contrast, the expression of GzmetE was significantly increased in GzmetE‐AS transcription termination strain GzmetE‐AS ‐T. Furthermore, GzmetE‐AS ‐T produced more perithecia and facilitated the ascospore discharge, resembling the phenotype of GzmetE overexpressing strains. However, overexpression of GzmetE‐AS in ∆dcl1/2 strain cannot inhibit the expression of GzmetE , and the GzmetE nat‐siRNA is also significantly reduced in ∆dcl1/2 mutant. Taken together, we have identified a novel antisense lncRNA GzmetE‐AS , which is involved in asexual and sexual reproduction by regulating its antisense gene GzmetE through RNAi pathway. Our findings reveal that the lncRNA plays critical roles in the development of F . graminearum .

Biomechanical Evaluation of a Fin-type Implant Compared to Traditional Buttress Plate for the Stabilization of the Posteromedial Fragment in Tibial Plateau Split Fractures - Jian-Chih Chen; Kang-Ping Lin; Tien-Ching Lee; Yin-Chih Fu; Kun-Jhih Lin (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2021)

Wogonin Accelerates Hematoma Clearance and Improves Neurological Outcome via the PPAR-γ Pathway After Intracerebral Hemorrhage - Jianfeng Zhuang; Yucong Peng; Chi Gu; Huihui Chen; Zheng Lin; Hang Zhou; Xiao Wu; Jianru Li; Xiaobo Yu; Yang Cao; Hanhai Zeng; Xiongjie Fu; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2021)

Measurement of ice flow velocities from GPS positions logged by short-period seismographs in East Antarctica - Lei Fu; Jingxue Guo; Xiaofei Chen (Science China Earth Sciences, 2021)

Role of nucleus accumbens microRNA-181a and MeCP2 in incubation of heroin craving in male rats - Wenjin Xu; Qingxiao Hong; Zi Lin; Hong Ma; Weisheng Chen; Dingding Zhuang; Huaqiang Zhu; Miaojun Lai; Dan Fu; Wenhua Zhou; Huifen Liu (Psychopharmacology, 2021)

Pinocembrin-7-Methylether Protects SH-SY5Y Cells Against 6-Hydroxydopamine-Induced Neurotoxicity via Modulating Nrf2 Induction Through AKT and ERK Pathways - Zhi-Cong Zou; Ji-Jun Fu; Yuan-Ye Dang; Qian Zhang; Xiu-Fen Wang; Han-Bin Chen; Xue-Jing Jia; Simon Ming-Yuen Lee; Chu-Wen Li (Neurotoxicity Research, 2021)

Protective effect of myricetin on LPS-induced mastitis in mice through ERK1/2 and p38 protein author - Xingchi Kan; Juxiong Liu; Yingsheng Chen; Wenjin Guo; Dianwen Xu; Ji Cheng; Yu Cao; Zhanqing Yang; Shoupeng Fu (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2021)

Nitrogen and α-Ketoglutaric Acid Application Modulate Grain Yield, Aroma, Nutrient Uptake and Physiological Attributes in Fragrant Rice - Xiaomeng Fu; Runfei Gui; Wu Li; Zifeng Gao; Umair Ashraf; Jiangtao Tan; Qiuyi Ye; Jiale Chen; Huijia Xie; Zhaowen Mo (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2021)

Effects of Mn2+ on neutral lipid content, C4 pathway, and related gene expression in Phaeodactylum tricornutum - Rong-Shi Chen; Li Zhang; Feng-Juan Wei; Lan-Ying Yuan; Pu Zhao; He-Yu Wang; Yi-Fu Gong (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2021)

Correction to: Transfer of metal element in soil plant chicken food chain: health risk assessment - Fu Chen; Zille Huma; Zafar Iqbal Khan; Ijaz Rasool Noorka; Kafeel Ahmad; Sonaina Nazar; Humayun Bashir; Mudassra Munir; Jing Ma; Asma Ashfaq; Razia Sultana; Yongjun Yang; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Melatonin-assisted phytoremediation of Pb-contaminated soil using bermudagrass - Chengcheng Xie; Siyi Pu; Xi Xiong; Shuyu Chen; Lingli Peng; Jingyi Fu; Lingxia Sun; Baimeng Guo; Mingyan Jiang; Xi Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Microbial characteristics response to the soil quality of newly created farmland on the Loess Plateau - Chen Xu; Yi-ping Chen; Cui-cui Su; Ji-fu Ma; Jun-hua Wu; Kai-bo Wang; Yi Wang; Yao Jiang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Evaluation of transfer of lead in soil plant animal system: assessment of consequences of its toxicity - Fu Chen; Jing Ma; Zafar Iqbal Khan; Kafeel Ahmad; Tasneem Ahmad; Ifra Saleem Malik; Asma Ashfaq; Mudasra Munir; Sonaina Nazar; Zunaira Munir; Abid Ejaz; Muhammad Nadeem; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Use of High-Throughput Sequencing to Identify Fungal Communities on the Surface of Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium During the 3-Year Aging Process - Fangqing Yang; Dan Yang; Sujuan Liu; Shuangmei Xu; Fu Wang; Hongping Chen; Youping Liu (Current Microbiology, 2021)

The performance of CORDEX-EA-II simulations in simulating seasonal temperature and elevation-dependent warming over the Tibetan Plateau - Xiaorui Niu; Jianping Tang; Deliang Chen; Shuyu Wang; Tinghai Ou; Congbin Fu (Climate Dynamics, 2021)
To explore the driving mechanisms of elevation-dependent warming (EDW) over the Tibetan Plateau (TP), the output from a suite of numerical experiments with different cumulus parameterization schemes (CPs) under the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiments-East Asia (CORDEX-EA-II) project is examined. Results show that all experiments can broadly capture the observed temperature distributions over the TP with consistent cold biases, and the spread in temperature simulations commonly increases with elevation with the maximum located around 4000–5000 m. Such disagreements among the temperature simulations could to a large extent be explained by their spreads in the surface albedo feedback (SAF). All the experiments reproduce the observed EDW below 5000 m in winter but fail to capture the observed EDW above 4500 m in spring. Further analysis suggests that the simulated EDW during winter is mainly caused by the SAF, and the clear-sky downward longwave radiation (LW clr ) plays a secondary role in shaping EDW. The models’ inability in simulating EDW during spring is closely related to the SAF and the surface cloud radiative forcing (CRFs). Furthermore, the magnitude and structure of the simulated EDW are sensitive to the choice of CPs. Different CPs generate diverse snow cover fractions, which can modulate the simulated SAF and its effect on EDW. Also, the CPs show great influence on the LW clr via altering the low-level air temperature. Additionally, the mechanism for different temperature changes among the experiments varies with altitudes during summer and autumn, as the diverse temperature changes appear to be caused by the LW clr for the low altitudes while by the SAF for the middle-high altitudes.

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection in Hebei Province from 2016 to 2019: a retrospective study - Lei Han; Guang-fu Yuan; Shao-jie Chen; Fei Dai; Lin-shan Hou; Jing-hui Fan; Yu-zhu Zuo (Archives of Virology, 2021)

The rescue and selection of thermally stable type O vaccine candidate strains of foot-and-mouth disease virus - Ya Gao; Pinghua Li; Xueqing Ma; Xingwen Bai; Pu Sun; Ping Du; Hong Yuan; Yimei Cao; Kun Li; Yuanfang Fu; Jing Zhang; Huifang Bao; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2021)

RSF1 requires CEBP/β and hSNF2H to promote IL-1β-mediated angiogenesis: the clinical and therapeutic relevance of RSF1 overexpression and amplification in myxofibrosarcomas - Chien-Feng Li; Ti-Chen Chan; Cheng-I. Wang; Fu-Min Fang; Po-Chun Lin; Shih-Chen Yu; Hsuan-Ying Huang (Angiogenesis, 2021)

Metagenomic insights into soil microbial communities involved in carbon cycling along an elevation climosequences - Zhongmin Dai; Huadong Zang; Jie Chen; Yingyi Fu; Xuehua Wang; Huaiting Liu; Congcong Shen; Jianjun Wang; Yakov Kuzyakov; Joscha N. Becker; Andreas Hemp; Albert Barberán; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Diversity and community composition of soil microorganisms along the elevation climosequences have been widely studied, while the microbial metabolic potential, particularly in regard to carbon (C) cycling, remains unclear. Here, a metagenomic analysis of C related genes along five elevations ranging from 767 to 4190 m at Mount Kilimanjaro was analysed to evaluate the microbial organic C transformation capacities in various ecosystems. The highest gene abundances for decomposition of moderate mineralizable compounds, i.e. carbohydrate esters, chitin and pectin were found at the mid‐elevations with hump‐shaped pattern, where the genes for decompositions of recalcitrant C (i.e. lignin) and easily mineralizable C (i.e. starch) showed the opposite trend (i.e. U‐shaped pattern), due to high soil pH and seasonality in both low and high elevations. Notably, the gene abundances for the decompositions of starch, carbohydrate esters, chitin and lignin had positive relationships with corresponding C compounds, indicating the consistent responses of microbial functional profiles and metabolites to elevation climosequences. Understanding of adaptation of microbial communities, potential function and metabolites to elevation climosequences and their influencing factors provided a new insight for the regulation of terrestrial C storage.

A Comparative Study on Low and High Salinity Tolerance of Two Strains of Pinctada fucata - Jing Sun; Mingqiang Chen; Zhengyi Fu; Jingru Yang; Shengjie Zhou; Gang Yu; Wenli Zhou; Zhenhua Ma (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
This study compares salinity tolerance between red and black shell Pinctada fucata salinity stress of 20 and 50‰, while 35‰ was used as a control. The hemolymph osmotic pressure, inorganic ion concentration, the activities of Na + -K + -ATPase, respiratory metabolism related enzymes and liver tissue antioxidant related enzymes were measured at 12 and 24 h after salinity stress. The osmotic pressure and inorganic ion concentration of hemolymph of two strains P. fucata increased significantly with the increase of salinity. The activity of Na + -K + -ATPase of red P. fucata only decreased under low salinity at 24 h, and was significantly higher than that the control under low salinity at 12 h and high salinity at 12 and 24 h. The succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activities of the P. fucata treatment groups were significantly higher than those the control at 12 h. The lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity increased significantly with salinity at 12 h. and the black P. fucata LDH activity was significantly higher than the control at 24 h, while the LDH activity of red P. fucata was significantly lower than that the control in 50‰ salinity. The superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity of black P. fucata was significantly lower than that the control, while that of red P. fucata was significantly higher than that the control within 24. At 12 h, the catalase (CAT) activity of red P. fucata increased significantly with salinity, but decreased significantly with salinity at 24 h. The CAT activity of black P. fucata was highest at 24 h under low salinity. Glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and alkaline phosphatase (AKP) activities of red P. fucata were significantly higher than those the control under low or high salinity. At high salinity for 24 h, the GSH-Px activity was lowest in black P. fucata , AKP activity was highest. The present study indicates that the physical responses of P. fucata to the salinity stress vary with shell colors. The red P. fucata can quickly respond positively to the change of environmental salinity and reduce the damage caused by the change of environmental salinity.

Three new 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-(2-phenylethyl)chromones and one new dimeric 2-(2-phenylethyl)chromone from agarwood of Aquilaria crassna Pierre ex Lecomte in Laos - Yang-Mei Zhao; Li Yang; Fan-Dong Kong; Wen-Hua Dong; Wei Li; Hui-Qin Chen; Hao Wang; Cai-Hong Cai; Cui-Juan Gai; Wen-Li Mei; Hao-Fu Dai (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Analysis on water use efficiency of Populus euphratica forest ecosystem in arid area - Lianqing Xue; Fangbing Fu; Xinfang Chen; Yuanhong Liu; Qiang Han; Shumin Liao; Qing Wei (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2021)

Deformation response and triggering factors of the reservoir landslide–pile system based upon geographic detector technology and uncertainty of monitoring data - Haikuan Zhang; Changdong Li; Xinli Hu; Zhiyong Fu; Wenqiang Chen; Wenmin Yao; Yunpeng Zhang; Xihui Jiang (Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2021)

A new method for weakening slaking of collecting eroded aggregates by water erosion - Yu Fu; Yikai Zhao; Han Wang; Xiangwei Chen; Yuxi Wang (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021)

The contrasting relationships of relative humidity with influenza A and B in a humid subtropical region - Qian Wu; Jun He; Wen-Yan Zhang; Ke-Fu Zhao; Jing Jin; Jun-Ling Yu; Qing-Qing Chen; Sai Hou; Meng Zhu; Zhiwei Xu; Hai-Feng Pan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Nano-oxides washcoat for enhanced catalytic oxidation activity toward the perovskite-based monolithic catalyst - Chunwang Lv; Hongwei Chen; Mingjiang Hu; Tianchao Ai; Haoka Fu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Bisphenol A induces ovarian cancer cell proliferation and metastasis through estrogen receptor-α pathways - Chen Sang; Yu Song; Tong-wang Jin; Shuo Zhang; Linyan Fu; Yi Zhao; Xinxin Zou; Zhe Wang; Hui Gao; Sijin Liu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

The geochemical behavior of trace metals and nutrients in submerged sediments of the Three Gorges Reservoir and a critical review on risk assessment methods - Bin Wang; Shu Chen; Yuwei Chen; Nelson Belzile; Rui Zheng; Yuankun Yang; Kaibin Fu; Yongcan Chen; Binliang Lin; Zhaowei Liu; Jian Sun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Deformation of the Zhangjiazhuang high-speed railway tunnel: an analysis of causal mechanisms using geomorphological surveys and D-InSAR monitoring - Xing-min Meng; Tian-jun Qi; Yan Zhao; Tom Dijkstra; Wei Shi; Yin-fei Luo; Yuan-zhao Wu; Xiao-jun Su; Fu-meng Zhao; Jin-hui Ma; Yi Zhang; Guan Chen; et al. (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Carbon neutrality and mitigating contribution of terrestrial carbon sink on anthropogenic climate warming in China, the United States, Russia and Canada - Yaoping Cui; Nan Li; Yiming Fu; Liangyu Chen (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2021)

Metabolic cold adaptation in the Asiatic toad: intraspecific comparison along an altitudinal gradient - Song Tan; Ping Li; Zhongyi Yao; Gaohui Liu; Bisong Yue; Jinzhong Fu; Jingfeng Chen (Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2021)

Cysteiniphilum marinum sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater - Hai-Min Luo; Jun-Hui Feng; Liang-Hui Li; Meng-Meng Li; Ru-Qin Liu; Fu Chen; Ying Lin; Wen-Jun Li; Ping-Hua Qu; Min Xiao (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2021)

Marinifaba aquimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin‐degrading gammaproteobacterium in the family Alteromonadaceae isolated from seawater of the Mariana Trench - Xin Sui; Xiao-yan He; Ning-hua Liu; Yan-ru Dang; Qian-qian Cha; Mei-ling Sun; Chun-yang Li; Hui-hui Fu; Xiao-yan Song; Qi-long Qin; Xiu-lan Chen; Yu-zhong Zhang; et al. (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2021)

Holocene sea level trend on the west coast of Bohai Bay, China: reanalysis and standardization - Jianfen Li; Zhiwen Shang; Fu Wang; Yongsheng Chen; Lizhu Tian; Xingyu Jiang; Qian Yu; Hong Wang (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021)

Does consciousness overflow cognitive access? Novel insights from the new phenomenon of attribute amnesia - Yingtao Fu; Wenchen Yan; Mowei Shen; Hui Chen (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Rhizosphere microbiome modulated effects of biochar on ryegrass 15N uptake and rhizodeposited 13C allocation in soil - Yingyi Fu; Amit Kumar; Lijun Chen; Yuji Jiang; Ning Ling; Runze Wang; Qiong Pan; Bhupinder Pal Singh; Marc Redmile-Gordon; Lu Luan; Qin Li; Quan Shi; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2021)

Systemic pharmacological investigation of the Feng Shi Gu Tong capsule in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis - Xin Wei; Wanjin Fu; Renpeng Zhou; Yong Chen; Chao Lu; Wei Hu (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2021)

Taurine improves the differentiation of neural stem cells in fetal rats with intrauterine growth restriction via activation of the PKA-CREB-BDNF signaling pathway - Qiong Fang; Jing Liu; Lang Chen; Qiaobin Chen; Jun Ke; Jiuyun Zhang; Ying Liu; Wei Fu (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2021)

Blocking the JAK2/STAT3 and ERK pathways suppresses the proliferation of gastrointestinal cancers by inducing apoptosis - Xi Wang; Chunyan Dai; Yifei Yin; Lin Wu; Weiyang Jin; Yufei Fu; Zhe Chen; Ke Hao; Bin Lu (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2021)

Soil fertility, enzyme activity, and microbial community structure diversity among different soil textures under different land use types in coastal saline soil - Yun Zhu; Bin Guo; Chen Liu; Yicheng Lin; Qinglin Fu; Ningyu Li; Hua Li (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021)

Assessing resource consumption at the subnational level: A novel accounting method based on provincial selected material consumption - Minghao Xu; Dingjiang Chen; Yadong Yu; Zengbo Chen; Yupeng Zhang; Bomin Liu; Yike Fu; Bing Zhu (Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2021)
With considerable progress in material flow analysis (MFA), conducting MFA at the subnational level has become increasingly necessary but is restricted by problems such as domestic trade data deficiency. In this study, a novel material flow indicator—provincial selected material consumption (PSMC)—and its calculation method were proposed to estimate resource consumption mainly by the manufacturing and construction sectors at the subnational level. In order to overcome the restrictions mentioned above, PSMC accounting simplifies the value chain by selecting certain resources (i.e., considering raw materials and intermediate materials while omitting products), placing emphasis on downstream industries that drive material use from a bottom‐up perspective instead of transboundary flows. The reliability and feasibility of PSMC and the corresponding method were verified by using China as a case study and calculating PSMC of 31 provinces across the country. Furthermore, the sum of these values was compared with the result obtained on the national scale by using an economy‐wide MFA database. PSMC could depict the characteristics of subnational level material use. Moreover, the methodology appropriately balanced reliability against feasibility, which is a concerning issue when analyzing material flows at the subnational level. Overall, PSMC can function as a useful tool for sustainable resource management tailored to subnational areas as well as an important reference for policy making.

Agarose-based spheroid culture enhanced stemness and promoted odontogenic differentiation potential of human dental follicle cells in vitro - Min Li; Tiwei Fu; Sen Yang; Lanlan Pan; Jing Tang; Meng Chen; Panpan Liang; Zhi Gao; Lijuan Guo (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2021)

Changes in physicochemical properties and microfauna community during vermicomposting of municipal sludge under different moisture conditions - Jie Qin; Xiaoyong Fu; Xuemin Chen; Guangyu Cui (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Seasonal variation of nitrogen biogeochemical processes constrained by nitrate dual isotopes in cascade reservoirs, Southwestern China - Sai-Nan Chen; Fu-Jun Yue; Xiao-Long Liu; Jun Zhong; Yuan-Bi Yi; Wan-Fa Wang; Yulin Qi; Hua-Yun Xiao; Si-Liang Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Engineering a heterologous synthetic pathway in Escherichia coli for efficient production of biotin - Pei-Pei Wei; Fu-Cheng Zhu; Cun-Wu Chen; Guo-Si Li (Biotechnology Letters, 2021)

Correction to: Ortho-silicic Acid Inhibits RANKL-Induced Osteoclastogenesis and Reverses Ovariectomy-Induced Bone Loss In Vivo - Wenzheng Ma; Fu’an Wang; Yunhao You; Wenliang Wu; Hai Chi; Guangjun Jiao; Lu Zhang; Hongming Zhou; Hongliang Wang; Yunzhen Chen (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Tritonibacter aquimaris sp. nov. and Tritonibacter litoralis sp. nov., two novel members of the Roseobacter group isolated from coastal seawater - Na Li; Xiao-yan He; Ning-hua Liu; Tie-ji Gu; Jian Li; Yu-hui Geng; Shan Zhang; Peng Wang; Hui-hui Fu; Mei Shi; Xiu-lan Chen; Yu-zhong Zhang; et al. (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2021)

Serological evidence of bovine viral diarrhea virus and peste des petits ruminants virus infection in alpacas (Vicugna pacos) in Shanxi Province, northern China - Qing Liu; Lu Liu; Yu-Kai Meng; Chen Wang; Yu Gao; Fu-Guo Zheng; Hai-Li Ma (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2021)

A mitochondria-localized pentatricopeptide repeat protein is required to restore hau cytoplasmic male sterility in Brassica napus - Huadong Wang; Qing Xiao; Chao Wei; Hui Chen; Xiaohan Chen; Cheng Dai; Jing Wen; Chaozhi Ma; Jinxing Tu; Tingdong Fu; Jinxiong Shen; Bin Yi (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

Gut microbiome alterations and its link to corticosteroid resistance in immune thrombocytopenia - Yanan Wang; Fengqi Liu; Gaochao Zhang; Yan Su; Xueyan Sun; Qi Chen; Chencong Wang; Haixia Fu; Yun He; Xiaolu Zhu; Xiao Liu; Meng Lv; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

A reciprocal egg-swap experiment reveals sources of variation in developmental success among populations of a desert lizard - Xin Hao; Chen-Xu Wang; Xing-Zhi Han; Yang Wang; Qiong Zhang; Fu-Shun Zhang; Bao-Jun Sun; Wei-Guo Du (Oecologia, 2021)

Spatial prediction of soil calcium carbonate content based on Bayesian maximum entropy using environmental variables - Mei Shan; Shuang Liang; Hongchen Fu; Xiaoli Li; Yu Teng; Jingwen Zhao; Yaxin Liu; Chen Cui; Li Chen; Hai Yu; Shunbang Yu; Yanling Sun; et al. (Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2021)

A female carrier of a novel DMD mutation with slightly skewed X-chromosome inactivation shows a suspected case of Becker muscular dystrophy in a Chinese family - Jianfan Chen; Hui Zheng; Zhongju Wang; Jian Wang; Fei He; Cheng Zhang; Fu Xiong (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2021)

Back-analysis of Donghekou landslide using improved DDA considering joint roughness degradation - Jinmei Wang; Yingbin Zhang; Yanlong Chen; Qingdong Wang; Chenlin Xiang; Haiying Fu; Pan Wang; John X. Zhao; Lian-heng Zhao (Landslides, 2021)

High-resolution estimation of ambient sulfate concentration over Taiwan Island using a novel ensemble machine-learning model - Lulu Cui; Qingwei Ma; Rui Li; Hongbo Fu; Ziyu Zhang; Liwu Zhang; Ying Chen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Evaluation of toxicity potential of cobalt in wheat irrigated with wastewater: health risk implications for public - Fu Chen; Zafar Iqbal Khan; Asma Zafar; Jing Ma; Muhammad Nadeem; Kafeel Ahmad; Shehzadi Mahpara; Kinza Wajid; Humayun Bashir; Mudasra Munir; Ifra Saleem Malik; Asma Ashfaq; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Ortho-silicic Acid Inhibits RANKL-Induced Osteoclastogenesis and Reverses Ovariectomy-Induced Bone Loss In Vivo - Wenzheng Ma; Fu’an Wang; Yunhao You; Wenliang Wu; Hai Chi; Guangjun Jiao; Lu Zhang; Hongming Zhou; Hongliang Wang; Yunzhen Chen (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Biochar decreased rhizodeposits stabilization via opposite effects on bacteria and fungi: diminished fungi-promoted aggregation and enhanced bacterial mineralization - Zhiyi Chen; Amit Kumar; Yingyi Fu; Bhupinder Pal Singh; Tida Ge; Hua Tu; Yu Luo; Jianming Xu (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2021)

Emergent chikungunya fever and vertical transmission in Yunnan Province, China, 2019 - XiaoXiong Yin; Ting-Song Hu; HaiLin Zhang; YongHua Liu; ZhiJian Zhou; LeBin Liu; Ping Li; YiYin Wang; ZhaoLan Yang; Jing Yu; SiYu Chen; Fu-Qiang Zhang (Archives of Virology, 2021)

Analysis of exploitation control in typical groundwater over-exploited area in North China Plain - Kairan Wang; Huawei Chen; Shidong Fu; Fulin Li; Zhen Wu; Dandan Xu (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2021)

Human β-Defensin 118 Attenuates Escherichia coli K88–Induced Inflammation and Intestinal Injury in Mice - Qian Lin; Qingqing Fu; Xiang Li; Yuheng Luo; Junqiu Luo; Daiwen Chen; Xiangbing Mao; Bing Yu; Ping Zheng; Zhiqing Huang; Jie Yu; Hui Yan; et al. (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2021)

Combined Use of Bacillus subtilis yb-114,246 and Bacillus licheniformis yb-214,245 Improves Body Growth Performance of Chinese Huainan Partridge Shank Chickens by Enhancing Intestinal Digestive Profiles - Jiajun Yang; Kehe Huang; Jing Wang; Dong Wu; Zongliang Liu; Pengcheng Yu; Zhanyong Wei; Fu Chen (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2021)

Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for the Quality Assessment of Wearable ECG Signals Via Lenovo H3 Devices - Fan Fu; Wentao Xiang; Yukun An; Bin Liu; Xianqing Chen; Songsheng Zhu; Jianqing Li (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2021)
Purpose Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals collected from wearable devices are easily corrupted with surrounding noise and artefacts, where the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of wearable ECG signals is significantly lower than that from hospital ECG machines. To meet the requirements for monitoring heart disease via wearable devices, eliminating useless or poor-quality ECG signals (e.g., lead-falls and low SNRs) can be solved by signal quality assessment algorithms. Methods To compensate for the deficiency of the existing ECG quality assessment system, a wearable ECG signal dataset from heart disease patients collected by Lenovo H3 devices was constructed. Then, this paper compares the performance of three machine learning algorithms, i.e., the traditional support vector machine (SVM), least-squares SVM (LS-SVM) and long short-term memory (LSTM) algorithms. Different non-morphological signal quality indices (i.e., the approximate entropy (ApEn), sample entropy (SaEn), fuzzy measure entropy (FMEn), Hurst exponent (HE), kurtosis (K) and power spectral density (PSD) features) extracted from the original ECG signals are fed into the three algorithms as input. Results The true positive rate, true negative rate, sensitivity and accuracy are used to evaluate the performance of each method, and the LSTM algorithm achieves the best results on these metrics (97.14%, 86.8%, 97.46% and 95.47%, respectively). Conclusions Among the three algorithms, the LSTM-based quality assessment method is the most suitable for the signals collected by the Lenovo H3 devices. The results also show that the combination of statistical features can effectively evaluate the quality of ECG signals.

Transgenic eukaryotic microalgae as green factories: providing new ideas for the production of biologically active substances - Qianwen Shi; Cheng Chen; Wei Zhang; Ping Wu; Meng Sun; Hui Wu; Haizhen Wu; Pengcheng Fu; Jianhua Fan (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2021)

Characteristics of Atmospheric Rivers over the East Asia in Middle Summers from 2001 to 2016 - Gang Fu; Shan Liu; Xiaodong Li; Pengyuan Li; Lijia Chen (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2021)

Multi-GNSS real-time precise clock estimation considering the correction of inter-satellite code biases - Liang Chen; Min Li; Ying Zhao; Zhigang Hu; Fu Zheng; Chuang Shi (GPS Solutions, 2021)

Detrital zircon ages, sources, and implications of the Tangwangling Group, southern margin of the Ordos Block, western North China Craton - Yu Kang; Gang Chen; Qiang Chen; Fu Yang; Junping Huang; Xiaoyu Xia (Geosciences Journal, 2021)

miR-23b Attenuates LPS-Induced Inflammatory Responses in Acute Lung Injury via Inhibition of HDAC2 - Zhi-Feng Luo; Xiang-Hui Jiang; Huan Liu; Li-Yuan He; Xiong Luo; Fu-Chun Chen; Yu-Lin Tan (Biochemical Genetics, 2021)

Satellite Observations of Reflectivity Maxima above the Freezing Level Induced by Terrain - Aoqi Zhang; Weibiao Li; Shumin Chen; Yilun Chen; Yunfei Fu (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021)

Morphological Characteristics of Precipitation Areas over the Tibetan Plateau Measured by TRMM PR - Yilun Chen; Aoqi Zhang; Yunfei Fu; Shumin Chen; Weibiao Li (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021)

Grape seed proanthocyanidins attenuate apoptosis in ischemic stroke - Kun Fu; Liqiang Chen; Shuai Hu; Yan Guo; Wei Zhang; Yunan Bai (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2021)

Litter addition and understory removal influenced soil organic carbon quality and mineral nitrogen supply in a subtropical plantation forest - Xiang-Min Fang; G. Geoff Wang; Zhi-Jun Xu; Ying-Ying Zong; Xiu-Lan Zhang; Jian-Jun Li; Huimin Wang; Fu-Sheng Chen (Plant and Soil, 2021)

Refining the empirical global pressure and temperature model with the ERA5 reanalysis and radiosonde data - Tao Li; Lei Wang; Ruizhi Chen; Wenju Fu; Beizhen Xu; Peng Jiang; Jian Liu; Haitao Zhou; Yi Han (Journal of Geodesy, 2021)

Syndecan-3 contributes to the regulation of the microenvironment at the node of Ranvier following end-to‑side neurorrhaphy: sodium image analysis - Chiung-Hui Liu; Yu-Chen Kuo; Che-Yu Wang; Chao-Chun Hsu; Ying-Jui Ho; Yun-Chi Chiang; Fu-Der Mai; Wei-Jhih Lin; Wen-Chieh Liao (Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 2021)

Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses of non-structural carbohydrates in red maple leaves - Xiaoyu Lu; Zhu Chen; Xinyi Deng; Mingyuan Gu; Zhiyong Zhu; Jie Ren; Songling Fu (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2021)

A thorough screening based on QTLs controlling zinc and copper accumulation in the grain of different wheat genotypes - Ying Liu; Yaru Chen; Yang Yang; Qiaofeng Zhang; Bisheng Fu; Jin Cai; Wei Guo; Liang Shi; Jizhong Wu; Yahua Chen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Nrf2 deficiency aggravates the kidney injury induced by subacute cadmium exposure in mice - Chengjie Chen; Xue Han; Gang Wang; Dan Liu; Lina Bao; Congcong Jiao; Junjun Luan; Yongyong Hou; Yuanyuan Xu; Huihui Wang; Qiang Zhang; Hua Zhou; et al. (Archives of Toxicology, 2021)

A dissipative particle dynamics study:influence of fluid-solid interaction force on micro-flow in shale slits - Jiuzhu Wu; Wei Fu; Qun Yan; Yuanyuan Chen; Yanjiao Hu; Zixuan Wang; Guangtao Chang; Huixian Zhang; Deqiang Wang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Evolution Trend Research of Global Ocean Power Generation Based on a 45-Year Scientometric Analysis - Lisu Chen; Wei Li; Jie Li; Qiang Fu; Tianzhen Wang (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Since 1973, studies have explored ocean power generation from different perspectives. However, in the past 45 years, few studies have attempted to comprehensively review the existing studies on ocean power generation using wave energy, tidal current energy, ocean thermal energy, salinity gradient energy, bio-mass energy, and gas hydrates. In this study, we collected 5262 studies published from 1973 to 2018 for scientometric visualization analysis and drew a knowledge map of the ocean power generation field. The results show that the most important contributions to the research of ocean power generation mainly came from the United States, China, Britain, Italy, Spain, Japan, Norway, Germany, France, and Denmark. Ocean power generation research is mainly divided into two stages. From 1973 to 2007, there were relatively few studies and no obvious hot topics. From 2008 to 2018, the knowledge fields mainly focused on ocean biomass power generation, the exploitation of natural gas hydrates, the utilization of wave energy and tidal energy, the research and optimization of energy generators, the storage and management of ocean energy, and numerical simulations of marine climates. In addition, the joint utilization of wind energy and wave energy is also a current research topic of interest, including joint assessment of the two energy potentials, the research and development of equipment, and numerical simulations of joint power generation projects.

The MYB transcription factor Baymax1 plays a critical role in rice male fertility - Xiao-Jiao Xiang; Lian-Ping Sun; Ping Yu; Zheng-Fu Yang; Pei-Pei Zhang; Ying-Xin Zhang; Wei-Xun Wu; Dai-Bo Chen; Xiao-Deng Zhan; Riaz-Muhammad Khan; Adil Abbas; Shi-Hua Cheng; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

Baseline sensitivity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum to metconazole and the analysis of cross-resistance with carbendazim, dimethachlone, boscalid, fluazinam, and fludioxonil - Shengming Liu; Liuyuan Fu; Jinpeng Chen; Shuan Wang; Jinliang Liu; Jia Jiang; Zhiping Che; Yuee Tian; Genqiang Chen (Phytoparasitica, 2021)

Differential response of microbial diversity and abundance to hydrological residual time and age in cascade reservoirs - Yihong Yue; Fushun Wang; Zhiwei Fu; Yi Tang; Jing Ma; Yong Qin; Meng Li; Ming Yang; Xue-Ping Chen (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021)

Reliability and Validity of a Mobile Device for Assessing Head Control Ability - Mohammad Nikkhoo; Chi-Chien Niu; Chen-Ju Fu; Meng-Ling Lu; Wen-Chien Chen; Yang-Hua Lin; Chih-Hsiu Cheng (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2021)

IL-21 enhances STAT3/Blimp-1 signaling pathway in B cells and contributes to plasma cell differentiation in newly diagnosed patients with myasthenia gravis - Yanan Xu; Xiaoyu Huang; Fengzhan Li; Tan Liu; Tingting Yang; Fei Chen; Jie Zhu; Meng Pan; Yong Zhang; Yuzhong Wang; Linlin Fu; Chenghua Xiao; et al. (Immunologic Research, 2021)

Re-recognizing bromhexine hydrochloride: pharmaceutical properties and its possible role in treating pediatric COVID-19 - Qibo Fu; Xiao Zheng; Yunlian Zhou; Lanfang Tang; Zhimin Chen; Shaoqing Ni (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2021)

Porous Cd0.5Zn0.5S nanocages derived from ZIF-8: boosted photocatalytic performances under LED-visible light - Lin Wu; Huifen Fu; Qi Wei; Qian Zhao; Peng Wang; Chong-Chen Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Brainstem atrophy in the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease: a voxel-based morphometry study - Xiaoxi Ji; Hui Wang; Minwei Zhu; Yingjie He; Hong Zhang; Xiaoguang Chen; Wenpeng Gao; Yili Fu (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

Determination of the Non-metallic Elements in Herbal Tea by Inductively Coupled Plasma Tandem Mass Spectrometry - Liang Fu; Hualin Xie; Jianhua Huang; Lin Chen (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Quantitatively determine the dominant driving factors of the spatial—temporal changes of vegetation NPP in the Hengduan Mountain area during 2000–2015 - Shu-ting Chen; Bing Guo; Rui Zhang; Wen-qian Zang; Cui-xia Wei; Hong-wei Wu; Xiao Yang; Xiao-yan Zhen; Xing Li; Da-fu Zhang; Bao-min Han; Hai-ling Zhang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

The substrate‐dependent regulatory effects of the AfeI /R system in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans reveals the novel regulation strategy of quorum sensing in acidophiles - Xue‐Yan Gao; Chang‐Ai Fu; Likai Hao; Xiu‐Feng Gu; Rui Wang; Jian‐Qiang Lin; Xiang‐Mei Liu; Xin Pang; Cheng‐Jia Zhang; Jian‐Qun Lin; Lin‐Xu Chen (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary A LuxI/R‐like quorum sensing (QS) system (AfeI/R) has been reported in the acidophilic and chemoautotrophic Acidithiobacillus spp. However, the function of AfeI/R remains unclear because of the difficulties in the genetic manipulation of these bacteria. Here, we constructed different afeI mutants of the sulfur‐ and iron‐oxidizer A . ferrooxidans , identified the N‐acyl homoserine lactones (acyl‐HSLs) synthesized by AfeI, and determined the regulatory effects of AfeI/R on genes expression, extracellular polymeric substance synthesis, energy metabolism, cell growth and population density of A . ferrooxidans in different energy substrates. Acyl‐HSLs‐mediated distinct regulation strategies were employed to influence bacterial metabolism and cell growth of A . ferrooxidans cultivated in either sulfur or ferrous iron. Based on these findings, an energy‐substrate‐dependent regulation mode of AfeI/R in A . ferrooxidans was illuminated that AfeI/R could produce different types of acyl‐HSLs and employ specific acyl‐HSLs to regulate specific genes in response to different energy substrates. The discovery of the AfeI/R‐mediated substrate‐dependent regulatory mode expands our knowledge on the function of QS system in the chemoautotrophic sulfur‐ and ferrous iron‐oxidizing bacteria, and provides new insights in understanding energy metabolism modulation, population control, bacteria‐driven bioleaching process, and the coevolution between the acidophiles and their acidic habitats.

Experimental evidence for long‐term coexistence of copiotrophic and oligotrophic bacteria in pelagic surface seawater - Yi Li; Zhi‐Bin Wang; Xi‐Ying Zhang; Yan‐Ru Dang; Lin‐Lin Sun; Wei‐Peng Zhang; Hui‐Hui Fu; Gui‐Peng Yang; Min Wang; Andrew McMinn; Xiu‐Lan Chen; Yin Chen; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Most marine copiotrophic bacteria can produce extracellular enzymes to degrade biopolymers into bio‐available smaller solutes, while oligotrophic bacteria usually cannot. Bacterial extracellular enzymes and enzymatic products can be a common resource that could be utilized by both copiotrophs and oligotrophs; when present, oligotrophs may outcompete the enzyme‐producing copiotrophs. However, copiotrophs and oligotrophs consistently coexist in the ocean. How they maintain coexistence has still not been experimentally studied. In this study, the interaction and coexistence of a copiotroph and an oligotroph, isolated from the same surface seawater sample and utilizing the same proteinaceous substrate, were experimentally investigated. The copiotroph could secrete extracellular proteases to degrade and then utilize the proteinaceous substrate. The oligotroph was unable to utilize the proteinaceous substrate by itself, but could grow by using the hydrolysate amino acids. The copiotroph outcompeted the oligotroph by adsorbing the amino acids quickly and having a higher growth rate in the rich medium. The oligotroph survived by adapting to low concentration of nutrients. The copiotroph and oligotroph were able to maintain long‐term (up to 142 days) coexistence in the laboratory. This study indicates that differences in the utilization of different concentrations of nutrients can drive the coexistence of marine copiotrophs and oligotrophs.

The key iron assimilation genes ClFTR1 , ClNPS6 were crucial for virulence of Curvularia lunata via initiating its appressorium formation and virulence factors - Yuanyuan Lu; Jiaying Sun; Yibo Gao; Kexin Liu; Mingyue Yuan; Weida Gao; Fen Wang; Dandan Fu; Nan Chen; Shuqin Xiao; Chunsheng Xue (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Iron is virtually an essential nutrient for all organisms, to understand how iron contributes to virulence of plant pathogenic fungi, we identified ClFTR1 and ClNPS6 in maize pathogen Curvularia lunata ( Cochliobolus lunatus ) in this study. Disruption of ClNPS6 significantly impaired siderophore biosynthesis. ClFTR1 and ClNPS6 did mediate oxidative stress but had no significant impact on vegetative growth, conidiation, cell wall integrity and sexual reproduction. Conidial germination delayed and appressoria formation reduced in Δ Clftr1 comparing with wild type (WT) CX‐3. Genes responsible for conidial germination, appressoria formation, non‐host selective toxin biosynthesis and cell wall degrading enzymes were also downregulated in the transcriptome of Δ Clftr1 and Δ Clnps6 compared with WT. The conidial development, toxin biosynthesis and polygalacturonase activity were impaired in the mutant strains with ClFTR1 and ClNPS6 deletion during their infection to maize. ClFTR1 and ClNPS6 were upregulated expression at 12–24 and 48–120 hpi in WT respectively. ClFTR1 positively regulated conidial germination, appressoria formation in the biotrophy‐specific phase. ClNPS6 positively regulates non‐host selective toxin biosynthesis and cell wall degrading enzyme activity in the necrotrophy‐specific phase. Our results indicated that ClFTR1 and ClNPS6 were key genes of pathogen known to conidia development and virulence factors.

Study on an Oscillating Water Column Wave Power Converter Installed in an Offshore Jacket Foundation for Wind-Turbine System Part I: Open Sea Wave Energy Converting Efficiency - Hsien Hua Lee; Guan-Fu Chen; Hsiang-Yu Hsieh (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
This study is focused on the wave energy converter of an oscillating water column (OWC) system that is integrated with a jacket type infrastructure applied for an offshore wind turbine system. In this way, electricity generation by both wind power and wave power can be conducted simultaneously to maximize the utilization of sustainable energy. A numerical analysis was performed in this research to model and simulate the airflow response and evaluate the converting efficiency of wave energy from an OWC system integrated with an offshore template structural system. The performance of the system including the generating airflow velocity, air-pressure in the chamber, generating power and then the converting efficiency of power from waves are all analyzed and discussed in terms of the variations of the OWC system’s geometrical parameters. The parameters under consideration include the exhale orifice-area of airflow, gate-openings of inflow water and the submerged chamber depth. It is found that from the analytical results the performance of the OWC wave energy converter is influenced by the dimensional parameters along with the design conditions of the local environment. After a careful design based on the in-situ conditions including water depth and wave parameters, an open OWC system can be successfully applied to the template structure of offshore wind power infrastructure as a secondary generating system for the multi-purpose utilization of the structure.

Determination of fracture energy and fracture toughness of two types of concrete and their interface - Wei Chen; Wangyang Xie; Xiang Li; Wenjie Zou; Helin Fu (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2021)

Modes of genetic adaptations underlying functional innovations in the rumen - Xiangyu Pan; Yudong Cai; Zongjun Li; Xianqing Chen; Rasmus Heller; Nini Wang; Yu Wang; Chen Zhao; Yong Wang; Han Xu; Songhai Li; Ming Li; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Geographical and interspecific variation in susceptibility of three common thrips species to the insecticide, spinetoram - Yong-Fu Gao; Ya-Jun Gong; Li-Jun Cao; Jin-Cui Chen; Yu-Lin Gao; Majid Mirab-balou; Min Chen; Ary A. Hoffmann; Shu-Jun Wei (Journal of Pest Science, 2021)

Correction to: A20 prevents obesity-induced development of cardiac dysfunction - Wenjing Xu; Cheng Wang; Minglu Liang; Long Chen; Qin Fu; Fengxiao Zhang; Yan Wang; Dan Huang; Kai Huang (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2021)

Genetic and clinical determinants of mizoribine pharmacokinetics in renal transplant recipients - Rui Dai; Jingjie Li; Jingjing Wu; Qian Fu; Jiajia Yan; Guoping Zhong; Changxi Wang; Xiao Chen; Pan Chen (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2021)

Field tests of micro screw anchor piles under different loading conditions at three soil sites - Shi-Jin Feng; Wen-Ding Fu; Hong-Xin Chen; Hong-Xing Li; Yan-Li Xie; Shao-Feng Lv; Jin Li (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Distribution, sources, and decomposition of soil organic matter along a salinity gradient in estuarine wetlands characterized by C:N ratio, δ 13 C‐δ 15 N, and lignin biomarker - Shaopan Xia; Zhaoliang Song; Qiang Li; Laodong Guo; Changxun Yu; Bhupinder Pal Singh; Xiaoli Fu; Chunmei Chen; Yidong Wang; Hailong Wang (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Despite increasing recognition of the critical role of coastal wetlands in mitigating climate change, sea‐level rise, and salinity increase, soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration mechanisms in estuarine wetlands remain poorly understood. Here, we present new results on the source, decomposition, and storage of SOC in estuarine wetlands with four vegetation types, including single Phragmites australis (P, habitat I), a mixture of P. australis and Suaeda salsa (P + S, habitat II), single S. salsa (S, habitat III), and tidal flat (TF, habitat IV) across a salinity gradient. Values of δ 13 C increased with depth in aerobic soil layers (0–40 cm) but slightly decreased in anaerobic soil layers (40–100 cm). The δ 15 N was significantly enriched in soil organic matter at all depths than in the living plant tissues, indicating a preferential decomposition of 14 N‐enriched organic components. Thus, the kinetic isotope fractionation during microbial degradation and the preferential substrate utilization are the dominant mechanisms in regulating isotopic compositions in aerobic and anaerobic conditions, respectively. Stable isotopic (δ 13 C and δ 15 N), elemental (C and N), and lignin composition (inherited (Ad/Al)s and C/V) were not completely consistent in reflecting the differences in SOC decomposition or accumulation among four vegetation types, possibly due to differences in litter inputs, root distributions, substrate quality, water‐table level, salinity, and microbial community composition/activity. Organic C contents and storage decreased from upstream to downstream, likely due to primarily changes in autochthonous sources (e.g., decreased onsite plant biomass input) and allochthonous materials (e.g., decreased fluvially transported upland river inputs, and increased tidally induced marine algae and phytoplankton). Our results revealed that multiple indicators are essential to unravel the degree of SOC decomposition and accumulation, and a combination of C:N ratios, δ 13 C, δ 15 N, and lignin biomarker provides a robust approach to decipher the decomposition and source of sedimentary organic matter along the river‐estuary‐ocean continuum.

Stocks and losses of soil organic carbon from Chinese vegetated coastal habitats - Chuancheng Fu; Yuan Li; Lin Zeng; Haibo Zhang; Chen Tu; Qian Zhou; Kuanxu Xiong; Jiaping Wu; Carlos M. Duarte; Peter Christie; Yongming Luo (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Global vegetated coastal habitats (VCHs) represent a large sink for organic carbon (OC) stored within their soils. The regional patterns and causes of spatial variation, however, remain uncertain. The sparsity and regional bias of studies on soil OC stocks from Chinese VCHs have limited the reliable estimation of their capacity as regional and global OC sinks. Here, we use field and published data from 262 sampled soil cores and 181 surface soils to report estimates of soil OC stocks, burial rates and losses of VCHs in China. We find that Chinese mangrove, salt marsh and seagrass habitats have relatively low OC stocks, storing 6.3 ± 0.6, 7.5 ± 0.6, and 1.6 ± 0.6 Tg C (±95% confidence interval) in the top meter of the soil profile with burial rates of 44 ± 17, 159 ± 57, and 6 ± 45 Gg C/year, respectively. The variability in the soil OC stocks is linked to biogeographic factors but is mostly impacted by sedimentary processes and anthropic activities. All habitats have experienced significant losses, resulting in estimated emissions of 94.2–395.4 Tg CO 2 e (carbon dioxide equivalent) over the past 70 years. Reversing this trend through conservation and restoration measures has, therefore, great potential in contributing to the mitigation of climate change while providing additional benefits. This assessment, on a national scale from highly sedimentary environments under intensive anthropogenic pressures, provides important insights into blue carbon sink mechanism and sequestration capacities, thus contributing to the synchronous progression of global blue carbon management.

Allotransplantation of adult spinal cord tissues after complete transected spinal cord injury: Long-term survival and functional recovery in canines - He Shen; Shuyu Wu; Xi Chen; Bai Xu; Dezun Ma; Yannan Zhao; Yan Zhuang; Bing Chen; Xianglin Hou; Jiayin Li; Yudong Cao; Xianyong Fu; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Residual nitrogen from preceding garlic crops is important for double-cropped rice - Wei Zhou; Tao Wang; Yong Fu; Zhiping Yang; Qi Liu; Fengjun Yan; Yong Chen; Youfeng Tao; Nkrumah Malik; Wanjun Ren (Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2020)

CARD9 Deficiency in a Chinese Man with Cutaneous Mucormycosis, Recurrent Deep Dermatophytosis and a Review of the Literature - Xiaopo Wang; Hui Ding; Zhiming Chen; Xuesi Zeng; Jianfang Sun; Hao Chen; Meihua Fu (Mycopathologia, 2020)

The Effect of Atractylodes macrocephala Polysaccharides on Rabbit’s Host Defense Peptide (RSRAH) mRNA Expression - Guihua Fu; Yang Zhang; Yinglun Li; Xing He; Xiaofen Li; Peng Cheng; Hongwei Chen (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2020)

Does underweight amplify the relationship between short-term particulate matter exposure and blood pressure in children and adolescents: a large cross-sectional study in a metropolis of China - Jia Hu; Han Fu; Hui Shen; Chen-gang Teng; Wei Yang; Hai-bing Yang; Fang Liu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Spatial variation and source apportionment of surface water pollution in the Tuo River, China, using multivariate statistical techniques - Dong Fu; Xuefei Wu; Yongcan Chen; Zhenyan Yi (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Cathepsin V Mediates the Tazarotene-induced Gene 1-induced Reduction in Invasion in Colorectal Cancer Cells - Chun-Hua Wang; Lu-Kai Wang; Chang-Chieh Wu; Mao-Liang Chen; Chan-Yen Kuo; Rong-Yaun Shyu; Fu-Ming Tsai (Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2020)

Comparative transcriptome analysis of gynoecious and monoecious inflorescences reveals regulators involved in male flower development in the woody perennial plant Jatropha curcas - Mei-Li Zhao; Mao-Sheng Chen; Jun Ni; Chuan-Jia Xu; Qing Yang; Zeng-Fu Xu (Plant Reproduction, 2020)

Fundamental Characteristics of Tropical Rain Cell Structures as Measured by TRMM PR - Yunfei Fu; Yilun Chen; Xiangdong Zhang; Yu Wang; Rui Li; Qi Liu; Lei Zhong; Qiong Zhang; Aoqi Zhang (Journal of Meteorological Research, 2020)

3D inversion of audio-magnetotelluric data for mineral exploration: A case study of Layikeleke buried porphyry copper deposit, Xinjiang, China - Fu Guang-Ming; Yan Jia-Yong; Chen Hui; Meng Gui-Xiang; Yu Hui; Luo Fan; Luo Lei; Tao Xin (Applied Geophysics, 2020)

Long-term follow-up of optic neuropathy in chronic low cerebrospinal fluid pressure monkeys: the Beijing Intracranial and Intraocular Pressure (iCOP) Study - Jing Li; Diya Yang; Jacky M. K. Kwong; Jidi Fu; Ruowu Hou; Jost B. Jonas; Huaizhou Wang; Zheng Zhang; Weiwei Chen; Zhen Li; Jinghong Sang; Xiaobin Xie; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Arsenic trioxide alleviates acute graft-versus-host disease by modulating macrophage polarization - Xiao Liu; Yan Su; Xueyan Sun; Haixia Fu; Qiusha Huang; Qi Chen; Xiaodong Mo; Meng Lv; Yuan Kong; Lanping Xu; Xiaojun Huang; Xiaohui Zhang (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Low Static Shear Modulus Along Foliation and Its Influence on the Elastic and Strength Anisotropy of Poorman Schist Rocks, Homestake Mine, South Dakota - Katherine J. Condon; Hiroki Sone; Herbert F. Wang; J. Ajo-Franklin; T. Baumgartner; K. Beckers; D. Blankenship; A. Bonneville; L. Boyd; S. Brown; J. A. Burghardt; C. Chai; et al. (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2020)

Os4BGlu14, a monolignol β-Glucosidase, negatively affects seed longevity by influencing primary metabolism in rice - Rui-Juan Ren; Pei Wang; Li-Na Wang; Jing-Ping Su; Lin-Jing Sun; Yue Sun; De-Fu Chen; Xi-Wen Chen (Plant Molecular Biology, 2020)

The process of embryo abortion of stenospermocarpic grape and it develops into plantlet in vitro using embryo rescue - Shasha Li; Keke Liu; Saisai Yu; Shanshan Jia; Shuo Chen; Yuheng Fu; Feng Sun; Qiangwei Luo; Yuejin Wang (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2020)

Effects of Cedrus atlantica extract on acute myeloid leukemia cell cycle distribution and apoptosis - Pei-Hsiu Hung; Ming-Chang Hsieh; Shan-Chih Lee; Xiao-Fan Huang; Kai-Fu Chang; Szu-Yin Chen; Ming-Shih Lee; Nu-Man Tsai (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Effect of various doses of 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate on mineral nitrogen losses in two paddy soils - Hua Li; Xiaodong Chen; Chen Liu; Shaoxian Wang; Bin Guo; Ningyu Li; Yuequn Jin; Qinglin Fu; Xinqiang Liang (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020)

3′UTRs Regulate Mouse Ntrk2 mRNA Distribution in Cortical Neurons - Shangqin Chen; Jinjin Zhu; Peijun Li; Zhaonan Xia; Mengjing Tu; Zhenlang Lin; Baoji Xu; Xiaoqin Fu (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2020)
There are two major isoforms of NTRK2 (neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase 2, or TrkB), full-length isoform with tyrosine kinase (TK) domain intact (+) and spliced isoform without tyrosine kinase domain (TK(−)). Within each isoform, there exist subtypes with minor modifications of the protein sequences. In human, the NTRK2 mRNA transcripts encoding TK(+) have same 3′UTRs, while the transcripts encoding subtypes of NTRK2 TK(−) have two completely different 3′UTRs. In mouse, the mRNA transcripts encoding same NTRK2 protein sequence for either TK(+) or TK(−) have long or short 3′UTRs, respectively. The physiological functions of these different 3′UTRs are still unknown. Pilocarpine stimulation increased Ntrk2 mRNA levels in soma, while the increase in synaptosome was smaller. FISH results further showed that mouse Ntrk2 transcripts with different 3′UTRs were distributed differently in cultured cortical neurons. The transcripts with long 3′UTR were distributed more in apical dendrites compared with transcripts with short 3′UTR. Our results provide evidence of non-coding 3′UTR function in regulating mRNA distribution in neurons.

Correction to: A study on the transfer of chromium from meadows to grazing livestock: an assessment of health risk - Zafar Iqbal Khan; Kafeel Ahmad; Samra Siddique; Tasneem Ahmad; Humayun Bashir; Mudasra Munir; Shahzadi Mahpara; Ifra Saleem Malik; Kinza Wajid; Ilker Ugulu; Muhammad Nadeem; Ijaz Rasool Noorka; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Whether the carbon emission from green roofs can be effectively mitigated by recycling waste building material as green roof substrate during five-year operation? - Liangqian Fan; Jingting Wang; Xiaoling Liu; Hongbing Luo; Ke Zhang; Xiaoying Fu; Mei Li; Xiaoting Li; Bing Jiang; Jia Chen; Shuzhi Fu; You Mo; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Characteristics of methane emissions in the Living Water Garden in Chengdu City from 2012 to 2017 - Ru Xue; Xiaoling Liu; Xiaoying Fu; Hongbing Luo; Ke Zhang; Bruce C. Anderson; Mei Li; Bo Huang; Lijuan Yu; Xiaoting Li; Shuzhi Fu; Aiping Pu; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Latitudinal differences in early growth of largehead hairtail ( Trichiurus japonicus ) in relation to environmental variables - Peng Sun; Qi Chen; Caihong Fu; Yi Xu; Runlong Sun; Jianchao Li; Haiqing Yu; Chi Zhang; Yang Liu; Zhenjiang Ye; Yongjun Tian; Mikko Heino (Fisheries Oceanography, 2020)
Largehead hairtail ( Trichiurus japonicus ) in the China Seas shows an increasing catch trend, despite continued overexploitation, which could be attributed to improved recruitment as a result of strengthened early growth. To understand the early growth variability of largehead hairtail, we examined the linkages between early growth, as revealed by otolith microstructure, and the associated environmental variables over both spatial and temporal scales. Young‐of‐the‐Year largehead hairtail were collected from three regions in the Bohai, Yellow and East China Seas between 29° and 39° N. Daily increment widths of sagittal otoliths were measured and used as a proxy for somatic growth. We found two spawning cohorts, Spring‐ and Summer‐spawned cohorts, that showed latitudinal differences in both mean growth and growth pattern. The transition time from larval to juvenile stage was identified at around 40 days. Daily increment widths of two cohorts showed similar growth pattern in the first 40 days, while location had a marked effect on daily growth over 41–110 days. This suggests physiologically constrained growth pattern in larval stage, but more plastic growth subject to habitat‐specific influences in juvenile stage. The gradient forest analysis identified sea bottom temperature, vertical temperature gradient, and sea surface salinity, as the most important variables in determining early growth. Latitudinal differences in early growth pattern and their response to environmental variables suggest adaptive plasticity of early growth, which has notable implication for the management and sustainable utilization of this important but heavily exploited resource in the China Seas.

Proteomics-Guided Study on Buyang Huanwu Decoction for Its Neuroprotective and Neurogenic Mechanisms for Transient Ischemic Stroke: Involvements of EGFR/PI3K/Akt/Bad/14-3-3 and Jak2/Stat3/Cyclin D1 Signaling Cascades - Xi Chen; Hansen Chen; Yachong He; Shuping Fu; Haosheng Liu; Qi Wang; Jiangang Shen (Molecular Neurobiology, 2020)

Soil accumulation and chemical fractions of Cu in a large and long-term coastal apple orchard, North China - Chuancheng Fu; Chen Tu; Haibo Zhang; Yuan Li; Lianzhen Li; Qian Zhou; Kirk G. Scheckel; Yongming Luo (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020)

Multi-branch Residual Network Applied to Predict the Three-Year Survival of Patients with Glioblastoma - Xue Fu; Chunxiao Chen; Dongsheng Li (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2020)

Development of a rapid screening test for Karenia mikimotoi by using loop-mediated isothermal amplification and lateral flow dipstick - Liang Wang; Chunyun Zhang; Guofu Chen; Yuanyuan Wang; Mengqi Fu (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2020)

Dinitrogen (N2) pulse emissions during freeze-thaw cycles from montane grassland soil - Xing Wu; Zhe Chen; Ralf Kiese; Jin Fu; Silvia Gschwendter; Michael Schloter; Chunyan Liu; Klaus Butterbach-Bahl; Benjamin Wolf; Michael Dannenmann (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2020)
Short-lived pulses of soil nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions during freeze-thaw periods can dominate annual cumulative N 2 O fluxes from temperate managed and natural soils. However, the effects of freeze thaw cycles (FTCs) on dinitrogen (N 2 ) emissions, i.e., the dominant terminal product of the denitrification process, and ratios of N 2 /N 2 O emissions have remained largely unknown because methodological difficulties were so far hampering detailed studies. Here, we quantified both N 2 and N 2 O emissions of montane grassland soils exposed to three subsequent FTCs under two different soil moisture levels (40 and 80% WFPS) and under manure addition at 80% WFPS. In addition, we also quantified abundance and expression of functional genes involved in nitrification and denitrification to better understand microbial drivers of gaseous N losses. Our study shows that each freeze thaw cycle was associated with pulse emissions of both N 2 O and N 2 , with soil N 2 emissions exceeding N 2 O emissions by a factor of 5–30. Increasing soil moisture from 40 to 80% WFPS and addition of cow slurry increased the cumulative FTC N 2 emissions by 102% and 77%, respectively. For N 2 O, increasing soil moisture from 40 to 80% WFPS and addition of slurry increased the cumulative emissions by 147% and 42%, respectively. Denitrification gene cnorB and nosZ clade I transcript levels showed high explanatory power for N 2 O and N 2 emissions, thereby reflecting both N gas flux dynamics due to FTC and effects of different water availability and fertilizer addition. In agreement with several other studies for various ecosystems, we show here for mountainous grassland soils that pulse emissions of N 2 O were observed during freeze-thaw. More importantly, this study shows that the freeze-thaw N 2 pulse emissions strongly exceeded those of N 2 O in magnitude, which indicates that N 2 emissions during FTCs could represent an important N loss pathway within the grassland N mass balances. However, their actual significance needs to be assessed under field conditions using intact plant-soil systems.

PBPK modeling of CYP3A and P-gp substrates to predict drug–drug interactions in patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery - Kuan-Fu Chen; Lingtak-Neander Chan; Yvonne S. Lin (Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, 2020)

Chemical O-sulfation of N-sulfoheparosan: a route to rare N-sulfo-3-O-sulfoglucosamine and 2-O-sulfoglucuronic acid - Lufeng Yan; Paul Brodfueher; Li Fu; Fuming Zhang; Shiguo Chen; Jonathan S. Dordick; Robert J. Linhardt (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2020)

Experimentally Induced Sepsis Causes Extensive Hypomyelination in the Prefrontal Cortex and Hippocampus in Neonatal Rats - Peixian Huang; Xuan Chen; Xiaoli Hu; Qiuping Zhou; Lanfen Lin; Shuqi Jiang; Hui Fu; Yajie Xiong; Hongke Zeng; Ming Fang; Chunbo Chen; Yiyu Deng (NeuroMolecular Medicine, 2020)

Silencing of long non-coding RNA CRNDE promotes autophagy and alleviates neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in rats - Chun-Hua Fu; Fang-Fang Lai; Sai Chen; Cai-Xia Yan; Bing-Hong Zhang; Cheng-Zhi Fang; Gao-Hua Wang (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2020)

New gravimetric-only and hybrid geoid models of Taiwan for height modernisation, cross-island datum connection and airborne LiDAR mapping - Cheinway Hwang; Hung-Jui Hsu; W. E. Featherstone; Ching-Chung Cheng; Ming Yang; Wenhsuan Huang; Chong-You Wang; Jiu-Fu Huang; Kwo-Hwa Chen; Chi-Hsun Huang; Hechin Chen; Wen-Yi Su (Journal of Geodesy, 2020)

Effects of different treatments on genes related to polysaccharide content in Dendrobium huoshanense - Jun Dai; Xing-bang Han; Nai-fu Chen; Cun-wu Chen; Nai-dong Chen; Xiang-wen Song; Xue-ping Jiang; Yu-juan Wang (Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2020)

Potential probiotic of Lactobacillus strains isolated from the intestinal tracts of pigs and feces of dogs with antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria - Chuen-Fu Lin; Meng-Yi Lin; Chao-Nan Lin; Ming-Tang Chiou; Jia-Wen Chen; Kai-Chieh Yang; Ming-Cheng Wu (Archives of Microbiology, 2020)

The impact of north tropical Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies in the ensuing spring of El Niño on the tropical Indian Ocean and Northwest Pacific - Jing Ma; Weibang He; Zhehan Chen; Yihang Fu; Jiayue Yin (International Journal of Climatology, 2020)
Based on the fifth generation reanalysis of European Centre for Medium–Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Hadley Centre sea ice and sea surface temperature data, and ENSEMLES hindcasts, the impact of north tropical Atlantic (NTA) sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the ensuing spring of El Niño on the tropical Indian Ocean (TIO) and Northwest Pacific (NWP) is investigated using composites, singular value decomposition, and correlations. The anomalous SST warming in the NTA region in the decay spring of El Niño leads to a Gill‐type response of the overlying atmosphere in spring–summer. The Kelvin wave over the TIO stimulated by the NTA warming causes the anomalous easterlies in the regions of TIO and NWP, thereby the strengthening of the NWP subtropical anticyclone (NWPSA). The NTA SST warming also forces a local ascending motion, leading to a downward branch over the NWP region. This descent gives rise to the TIO‐NWP low‐level easterly anomalies and an intensification of the NWPSA. The anomalous easterly weakens the background southwesterly monsoon, accompanied by the increased atmospheric boundary layer specific humidity caused by the troposphere warming, suppressing upward latent heat fluxes, finally contributing to the North Indian Ocean (NIO) warming in summer. This indicates that the second warming of the NIO region in the following summer of El Niño may be partially attributed to the NTA warming in the ensuing spring of El Niño. This study improves our understanding of the impact of the NTA SST anomalies in the El Niño decay spring on the TIO and NWP regions, and emphasizes the importance of the NTA region in the pantropical inter‐basin interactions.

Direct regeneration of haploid or doubled haploid plantlets in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) through ovary culture - Ying Deng; Bing Tang; Xia Zhou; Wenyuan Fu; Lian Tao; Lu Zhang; Jinfeng Chen (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2020)

Identification and evaluation of tobacco cytoplasmic male sterile line Nta(gla)S K326 generated from asymmetric protoplast fusion of Nicotiana glauca and N. tabacum followed by backcrossing with N. tabacum K326 - Xue-Jun Chen; Zhi-Jun Tong; Bing-Guang Xiao; Yong-Ping Li; Fang-Chan Jiao; Yong Li; Tao Pang; Dun-Huang Fang; Xing-Fu Wu; Yi-Han Zhang; He Xie; Ge Bai; et al. (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2020)

Nitrogen and water addition regulate soil fungal diversity and co-occurrence networks - Yongliang Chen; Zhuwen Xu; Kai Feng; Gaowen Yang; Wei Fu; Baodong Chen (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020)

miR-346-3p promotes osteoclastogenesis via inhibiting TRAF3 gene - Yingji Mao; Yu Chen; Yingxiao Fu; Jingjing Guan; Mengxiang Liang; Yansong Zhu; Fugen Yang; Feixiang Li; Zhe Zhang; Chuanfeng Wan; Pinghui Zhou (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2020)

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes attenuate cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in pressure overload induced remodeling - Fu Chen; Xueling Li; Jinxuan Zhao; Jin Geng; Jun Xie; Biao Xu (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2020)

Baseline sensitivity and control efficacy of epoxiconazole against Fusarium graminearum in Henan Province, China - Shengming Liu; Liuyuan Fu; Jinpeng Chen; Shuan Wang; Jinliang Liu; Jia Jiang; Zhiping Che; Yuee Tian; Genqiang Chen (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020)

Impact of VOCs emission from iron and steel industry on regional O3 and PM2.5 pollutions - Xufeng Zhang; Song Gao; Qingyan Fu; Deming Han; Xiaojia Chen; Shuang Fu; Xiqian Huang; Jinping Cheng (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Evaluation of dynamic stability and analysis of reinforcement measures of a landslide under seismic action: a case study on the Yanyangcun landslide - Xiaodong Fu; Qian Sheng; Wenjie Du; Hongru Mei; He Chen; Yuxiang Du (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2020)

A new metagenome binning method based on gene uniqueness - Yulin Kang; Cheng Wan; Sifen Lu; Zhehan Fu; Antony K. Chen; Zuhong Lu (Genes & Genomics, 2020)

Functional genetic variants in centrosome-related genes CEP72 and YWHAG confer susceptibility to gastric cancer - Jing Ni; Jinchen Wang; Yao Fu; Caiwang Yan; Meng Zhu; Yue Jiang; Jiaping Chen; Yanbing Ding; Xiangshan Fan; Gang Li; Guangfu Jin (Archives of Toxicology, 2020)

Three-dimensional ISAR image reconstruction technique based on radar network - Xiao-Wen Liu; Qun Zhang; Yu-Fu Yin; Yi-Chang Chen; Feng Zhu (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020)

Transferability of a Conceptual Hydrological Model across Different Temporal Scales and Basin Sizes - Sheng Sheng; Hua Chen; Fu-Qiang Guo; Jie Chen; Chong-Yu Xu; Sheng-lian Guo (Water Resources Management, 2020)

Decreased sustained attention, processing speed and verbal learning memory in patients with insomnia in Chinese young and middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study - Xie Chen; Cai-Lan Hou; Shi-Bin Wang; Zhuo-Hui Huang; Ying-Hua Huang; Xue-Li Li; Fu-Jun Jia (Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 2020)

The trichome-specific acetolactate synthase NtALS1 gene, is involved in acylsugar biosynthesis in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) - Ai-Xia Chang; Biao Chen; Ai-Guo Yang; Ri-Sheng Hu; Quan-Fu Feng; Ming Chen; Xiao-Ning Yang; Cheng-Gang Luo; Yang-Yang Li; Yuan-Ying Wang (Planta, 2020)

MiR-615 Regulates NSC Differentiation In Vitro and Contributes to Spinal Cord Injury Repair by Targeting LINGO-1 - Hongfu Wu; Lu Ding; Yuhui Wang; Tang-Bin Zou; Tao Wang; Wenjin Fu; Yong Lin; Xiaomin Zhang; Kangzhen Chen; Yutian Lei; Caitang Zhong; Chuanming Luo (Molecular Neurobiology, 2020)

Trehalose attenuates TGF-β1-induced fibrosis of hSCFs by activating autophagy - Nianxuan Wu; Liangbo Chen; Dan Yan; Meng Zhou; Chunyi Shao; Yang Lu; Qinke Yao; Hao Sun; Yao Fu (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2020)

MESP2 variants contribute to conotruncal heart defects by inhibiting cardiac neural crest cell proliferation - Erge Zhang; Jianping Yang; Yang Liu; Nanchao Hong; Huilin Xie; Qihua Fu; Fen Li; Sun Chen; Yu Yu; Kun Sun (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2020)

A study on the transfer of chromium from meadows to grazing livestock: an assessment of health risk - Zafar Iqbal Khan; Kafeel Ahmad; Samra Siddique; Tasneem Ahmad; Humayun Bashir; Mudasra Munir; Shahzadi Mahpara; Ifra Saleem Malik; Kinza Wajid; Ilker Ugulu; Muhammad Nadeem; Ijaz Rasool Noorka; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Presence of organophosphate esters in plasma of patients with hypertension in Hubei Province, China - Yang Li; Dong Li; Jianqiu Chen; Shenghu Zhang; Yourong Fu; Ning Wang; Yanhua Liu; Bin Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Dynamic behaviour and damage characteristics of loess in Xianyang, China - Huie Chen; Hui Li; Rui Fu; Xiaoqing Yuan (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2020)

Evoked-potential audiogram variability in a group of wild Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) - Zhi-Tao Wang; Jiao Li; Peng-Xiang Duan; Zhi-Gang Mei; Fu-Qiang Niu; Tomonari Akamatsu; Pei-Yu Lei; Lu Zhou; Jing Yuan; Yu-Wei Chen; Alexander Ya Supin; Ding Wang; et al. (Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2020)

Global patterns and controlling factors of soil nitrification rate - Zhaolei Li; Zhaoqi Zeng; Dashuan Tian; Jinsong Wang; Zheng Fu; Fangyue Zhang; Ruiyang Zhang; Weinan Chen; Yiqi Luo; Shuli Niu (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Soil nitrification, an important pathway of nitrogen transformation in ecosystems, produces soil nitrate that influences net primary productivity, while the by‐product of nitrification, nitrous oxide, is a significant greenhouse gas. Although there have been many studies addressing the microbiology, physiology, and impacting environment factors of soil nitrification at local scales, there are very few studies on soil nitrification rate over large scales. We conducted a global synthesis on the patterns and controlling factors of soil nitrification rate normalized at 25°C by compiling 3,140 observations from 186 published articles across terrestrial ecosystems. Soil nitrification rate tended to decrease with increasing latitude, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, and varied largely with ecosystem types. The soil nitrification rate significantly increased with mean annual temperature (MAT), soil nitrogen content, microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen, soil ammonium, and soil pH, but decreased with soil carbon:nitrogen and carbon:nitrogen of microbial biomass. The total soil nitrogen content contributed the most to the variations of global soil nitrification rate (total coefficient = 0.29) in structural equation models. The microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN; total coefficient = 0.19) was nearly of equivalent importance relative to MAT (total coefficient = 0.25) and soil pH (total coefficient = 0.24) in determining soil nitrification rate, while soil nitrogen and pH influenced soil nitrification via changing soil MBN. Moreover, the emission of soil nitrous oxide was positively related to soil nitrification rate at a global scale. This synthesis will advance our current understanding on the mechanisms underlying large‐scale variations of soil nitrification and benefit the biogeochemical models in simulating global nitrogen cycling.

Bioactive Eudesmane sesquiterpenes from Artabotrys hongkongensis Hance - Qing Wen; Yan-Ping Liu; Gui Yan; Shuo Yang; Shi Hu; Jing Hua; Wen-Qing Yin; Guang-Ying Chen; Yan-Hui Fu (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Retrieval of cotton plant water content by UAV-based vegetation supply water index (VSWI) - Shuobo Chen; Yinwen Chen; Junying Chen; Zhitao Zhang; Qiuping Fu; Jiang Bian; Ting Cui; Yizhe Ma (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020)

Haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation for severe acquired aplastic anemia: a case-control study of post-transplant cyclophosphamide included regimen vs. anti-thymocyte globulin & colony-stimulating factor-based regimen - Lanping Xu; Bin Fu; Wenjing Wang; Yajing Xu; Depei Wu; Shunqing Wang; Qifa Liu; Linghui Xia; Sujun Gao; Ming Jiang; Jianmin Wang; Xi Zhang; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Expressions and significances of the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 gene, the receptor of SARS-CoV-2 for COVID-19 - Jiewen Fu; Baixu Zhou; Lianmei Zhang; Kyathegowdanadoddi Srinivasa Balaji; Chunli Wei; Xiaoyan Liu; Hanchun Chen; Jiangzhou Peng; Junjiang Fu (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

3D-QSAR, HQSAR, molecular docking, and new compound design study of 1,3,6-trisubstituted 1,4-diazepan-7-ones as human KLK7 inhibitors - Le Fu; Yi Chen; Chun-mei Xu; Tao Wu; Hong-mei Guo; Zhi-hua Lin; Rui Wang; Mao Shu (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2020)

Seed Priming with Spermidine and Trehalose Enhances Chilling Tolerance of Rice via Different Mechanisms - Yuying Fu; Zhihao Zhang; Jun Liu; Min Chen; Ronghui Pan; Weimin Hu; Yajing Guan; Jin Hu (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2020)

Genome-Wide Analysis of LAZ1 Gene Family from Maize - Bing Liang Liu; Hao Qiang Yu; Qian Wen; Feng Ling Fu; Wan Chen Li (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2020)

Automatic Striatal ROI Delineation for Semi-quantitative Analysis of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 Brain SPECT Imaging - Bang-Hung Yang; Kang-Ping Lin; Mei-Fen Chen; Jui-Hung Weng; Pan-Fu Kao; Wen-Chen Lin; Ren-Shyan Liu (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2020)

Recombinase polymerase amplification combined with lateral-flow dipstick for rapid detection of Prorocentrum minimum - Mengqi Fu; Yuchen Yang; Chunyun Zhang; Guofu Chen; Yuanyuan Wang (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2020)

Effects of biochar content on gas diffusion coefficient of soil with different compactness and air contents - Fu Quan Chen; Neng Kai Zhao; Song Feng; Hong Wei Liu; Yu Chuan Liu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Isolation and Neuroprotective Activity of Phenolic Derivatives from the Marine-Derived Fungus Penicillium janthinellum - Yaoyao Zheng; Xu Chen; Lumin Chen; Li Shen; Xiumei Fu; Qiuxia Chen; Min Chen; Changyun Wang (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2020)

Science and Prediction of Heavy Rainfall over China: Research Progress since the Reform and Opening-Up of New China - Yali Luo; Jisong Sun; Ying Li; Rudi Xia; Yu Du; Shuai Yang; Yuanchun Zhang; Jing Chen; Kan Dai; Xueshun Shen; Haoming Chen; Feifan Zhou; et al. (Journal of Meteorological Research, 2020)

Response of Soil Moisture to Rainfall Event in Black Locust Plantations at Different Stages of Restoration in Hilly-gully Area of the Loess Plateau, China - Weiliang Chen; Zongshan Li; Lei Jiao; Cong Wang; Guangyao Gao; Bojie Fu (Chinese Geographical Science, 2020)

Influence of Aphis gossypii feeding on defense strategy of native and introduced populations of Ageratina adenophora - Ying Lin; Shu-Qi He; Zhi-Hui Lu; Yu-Lin Gao; Yan-Ru Duan; Zheng-Yue Li; Bin Chen; Fu-Rong Gui (Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2020)

Plastic pollution in croplands threatens long‐term food security - Dan Zhang; Ee Ling Ng; Wanli Hu; Hongyuan Wang; Pablo Galaviz; Hude Yang; Wentao Sun; Chongxiao Li; Xingwang Ma; Bin Fu; Peiyi Zhao; Fulin Zhang; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Plastic pollution is a global concern given its prevalence in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Studies have been conducted on the distribution and impact of plastic pollution in marine ecosystems, but little is known on terrestrial ecosystems. Plastic mulch has been widely used to increase crop yields worldwide, yet the impact of plastic residues in cropland soils to soil health and crop production in the long term remained unclear. In this paper, using a global meta‐analysis, we found that the use of plastic mulch can indeed increase crop yields on average by 25%–42% in the immediate season due to the increase of soil temperature (+8%) and moisture (+17%). However, the unabated accumulation of film residues in the field negatively impacts its physicochemical properties linked to healthy soil and threatens food production in the long term. It has multiple negative impacts on plant growth including crop yield (at the mean rate of −3% for every additional 100 kg/ha of film residue), plant height (−2%) and root weight (−5%), and soil properties including soil water evaporation capacity (−2%), soil water infiltration rate (−8%), soil organic matter (−0.8%) and soil available phosphorus (−5%) based on meta‐regression. Using a nationwide field survey of China, the largest user of plastic mulch worldwide, we found that plastic residue accumulation in cropland soils has reached 550,800 tonnes, with an estimated 6%–10% reduction in cotton yield in some polluted sites based on current level of plastic residue content. Immediate actions should be taken to ensure the recovery of plastic film mulch and limit further increase in film residue loading to maintain the sustainability of these croplands.

Identification and characterization of two morphologically distinct stem cell subpopulations from human urine samples - An-Jing Chen; Jin-Kui Pi; Jun-Gen Hu; Yi-Zhou Huang; Hong-Wei Gao; Sheng-Fu Li; Jesse Li-Ling; Hui-Qi Xie (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Correction to: Nucleoporin Nup98 participates in flowering regulation in a CONSTANS-independent mode - Shanshan Jiang; Long Xiao; Penghui Huang; Zhiyuan Cheng; Fulu Chen; Yuchen Miao; Yong-Fu Fu; Qingshan Chen; Xiao-Mei Zhang (Plant Cell Reports, 2020)

Synthesis and biological effects of naphthalene-chalcone derivatives - Qing-Hao Jin; Hong-Hai Chen; Wen-Bo Chen; Zhi-Yang Fu; Li-Ping Guan; Hai-Ying Jiang (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2020)

Effect of Organic Manure and Mineral Fertilizers on Bioaccumulation and Translocation of Trace Metals in Maize - Kinza Wajid; Kafeel Ahmad; Zafar Iqbal Khan; Muhammad Nadeem; Humayun Bashir; Fu Chen; Ilker Ugulu (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2020)

Transcriptome-wide identification, classification, and characterization of NAC family genes in Bamboo Bambusa emeiensis - Yuanqiu Li; Chaobing Luo; Ying Chen; Chun Fu; Yaojun Yang (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2020)

Local environmental selection and lineage admixture act as significant mechanisms in the adaptation of the widespread East Asian pond skater Gerris latiabdominis to heterogeneous landscapes - Zhen Ye; Juanjuan Yuan; Yahui Zhen; Jakob Damgaard; Kazutaka Yamada; Xiuxiu Zhu; Kun Jiang; Xin Yang; Wenwu Wang; Shujing Wang; Jingyu Liang; Siying Fu; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2020)
Aim Local environmental selection and lineage admixture have long been accepted as important adaptive mechanisms in adjusting widespread taxa to new environments. We studied a pond skater, Gerris latiabdominis , to explore the relative roles played by these two mechanisms in its process of adaptation to heterogeneous landscapes. Location East Asia. Taxon Gerris latiabdominis Miyamoto, 1958. Methods Mitochondrial (COI, COII) and nuclear (ddRAD‐seq) markers were sequenced from 202 individuals. Phylogenetic and phylogeographical analyses were conducted to reveal the population genetic structure. The demographical history was simulated by approximate Bayesian computation (ABC). The single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that may have been subjected to natural divergent selection among the populations were assessed, and the recent migration rates were estimated. Finally, shifts in suitable habitat from the last interglacial (LIG) to the present were predicted through ecological niche modelling (ENM). Results We found population structures inferred from both mitochondrial and nuclear genomes to be almost coincident and to correspond to temporal or spatial heterogeneity. The early Pliocene splitting event between the northern (NO) and southeastern (SE) groups is consistent with the ‘arid belt hypothesis’, followed by local environmental selection. Approximate Bayesian computation and gene flow estimation strongly suggested that the southwestern (SW) groups originated from a lineage admixture event between the SE and western (WE) groups and subsequently underwent ongoing gene flow from the SE group during the Pleistocene. The mito‐nuclear discordance pattern in the SW group was probably due to the ancient mitochondrial differentiation. Main conclusion Our results suggest that both local environmental selection and lineage admixture acted as significant mechanisms of G. latiabdominis adaptation to heterogeneous landscapes in East Asia. Furthermore, this study showed that conclusions based exclusively on mitochondrial data might mislead taxonomic, phylogenetic and phylogeographical studies.

The Potential Role of Marine Protein Hydrolyzates in Elevating Nutritive Values of Diets for Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides - Min Dai; Songlin Li; Cefeng Fu; Hongjie Qiu; Naisong Chen (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020)

Effective Therapeutic Drug Delivery by GALA3, an Endosomal Escape Peptide with Reduced Hydrophobicity - Chen Li; Xue-Wei Cao; Jian Zhao; Fu-Jun Wang (The Journal of Membrane Biology, 2020)

Chitosan/LiCl composite scaffolds promote skin regeneration in full-thickness loss - Jifang Yuan; Qian Hou; Deyun Chen; Lingzhi Zhong; Xin Dai; Ziying Zhu; Meirong Li; Xiaobing Fu (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Serum Uric Acid Levels and Risk of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis: A Cross-Sectional Study - Lin Li; Jun-Xia Zhu; Xiao-He Hou; Ya-Hui Ma; Wei Xu; Chen-Chen Tan; Fu-Rong Sun; Hong-Qi Li; Qiang Dong; Lan Tan; Jin-Tai Yu (Neurotoxicity Research, 2020)

Brain-Wide Shape Reconstruction of a Traced Neuron Using the Convex Image Segmentation Method - Shiwei Li; Tingwei Quan; Hang Zhou; Qing Huang; Tao Guan; Yijun Chen; Cheng Xu; Hongtao Kang; Anan Li; Ling Fu; Qingming Luo; Hui Gong; et al. (Neuroinformatics, 2020)

The influence of DEM spatial resolution on landslide susceptibility mapping in the Baxie River basin, NW China - Zhuo Chen; Fei Ye; Wenxi Fu; Yutian Ke; Haoyuan Hong (Natural Hazards, 2020)

Environmental policy, tax, and the target of sustainable development - Jie Yang; Mei-Lan Chen; Chung-Yuan Fu; Xi-Ding Chen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Late Ordovician provenance and depositional setting in the southwestern Ordos Block, China: constraints from zircon U-Pb geochronology - Fu Yang; Gang Chen; Yu Kang; Dongmin Ma; Qilin Chen; Tian Tao; Fu Deliang (Geosciences Journal, 2020)

Tectonic affinity of the Khanka Massif in the easternmost Central Asian Orogenic Belt: evidence from detrital zircon geochronology of Permian sedimentary rocks - Kai-Chen Xing; Feng Wang; Wen-Liang Xu; Fu-Hong Gao (International Geology Review, 2020)

Identification and fine mapping of a major locus controlling branching in Brassica napus - Bao Li; Jinxiang Gao; Jiao Chen; Zhixin Wang; Wenhao Shen; Bin Yi; Jing Wen; Chaozhi Ma; Jinxiong Shen; Tingdong Fu; Jinxing Tu (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2020)

Association of SSR Markers with Cold Tolerance Traits in Diverse Bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] Accessions - Jibiao Fan; Yan Xie; Zhengrong Hu; Ao Liu; Erick Amombo; Liang Chen; Jinmin Fu (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2020)

Comparative effects on arsenic uptake between iron (hydro)oxides on root surface and rhizosphere of rice in an alkaline paddy soil - Yongqiang Yang; Hongqing Hu; Qingling Fu; Zhiqiang Xing; Xingyu Chen; Jun Zhu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Soil fungal community is more sensitive to nitrogen deposition than increased rainfall in a mixed deciduous forest of China - Aihua Zhao; Lei Liu; Baodong Chen; Wei Fu; Wei Xie; Tianle Xu; Wei Zhang; Qing Ye; Haiyan Feng; Shenglei Fu (Soil Ecology Letters, 2020)

Developmental basis for flower sex determination and effects of cytokinin on sex determination in Plukenetia volubilis (Euphorbiaceae) - Yan Luo; Bang-Zhen Pan; Lu Li; Chen-Xuan Yang; Zeng-Fu Xu (Plant Reproduction, 2020)
Key message Cytokinin might be an important factor to regulate floral sex at the very early stage of flower development in sacha inchi. Abstract Sacha inchi ( Plukenetia volubilis , Euphorbiaceae) is characterized by having female and male flowers in a thyrse with particular differences. The mechanisms involved in the development of unisexual flowers are very poorly understood. In this study, the inflorescence and flower development of P. volubilis were investigated using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. We also investigated the effects of cytokinin on flower sex determination by exogenous application of 6-benzyladenine (BA) in P. volubilis . The floral development of P. volubilis was divided into eight stages, and the first morphological divergence between the male and female flowers was found to occur at stage 3. Both female and male flowers can be structurally distinguished by differences in the shape and size of the flower apex after sepal primordia initiation. There are no traces of gynoecia in male flowers or of androecia in female flowers. Exogenous application of BA effectively induced gynoecium primordia initiation and female flower development, especially at the early flower developmental stages. We propose that flower sex is determined earlier and probably occurs before flower initiation, either prior to or at inflorescence development due to the difference in the position of the female and male primordia in the inflorescence and in the time of the female and male primordia being initiated. The influence of cytokinin on female primordia during flower development in P. volubilis strongly suggests a feminization role for cytokinin in sex determination. These results indicate that cytokinin could modify the fate of the apical meristem of male flower and promote the formation of carpel primordia in P. volubilis.

Multi-hole joint acquisition of a 3D-RVSP in a karst area: Case study in the Wulunshan Coal Field, China - Ming-Shun Hu; Dong-Ming Pan; Fu-Bao Zhou; Juan-Juan Li; Yang-Zhou Wang; Shen-En Chen; Yong-Zhong Xu (Applied Geophysics, 2020)

Bidirectional Regulatory Mechanisms of Jaceosidin on Mitochondria Function: Protective Effects of the Permeability Transition and Damage of Membrane Functions - Wen-Rong Fu; Ji-Lei Chen; Xue-Yi Li; Jia-Xin Dong; Yi Liu (The Journal of Membrane Biology, 2020)