Ginsenoside Rb1 inhibits oxidative stress-induced ovarian granulosa cell injury through Akt-FoxO1 interaction - Ping Zhou; Feng Deng; Zi Yang; Canhui Cao; Hongcui Zhao; Fenting Liu; Ke Zhong; Lin Fu; Tianliu Peng; Di Sun; Hui Liu; Rong Li; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Germanium enrichment in sphalerite with acicular and euhedral textures: an example from the Zhulingou carbonate-hosted Zn(-Ge) deposit, South China - Kai Luo; Alexandre Cugerone; Mei-Fu Zhou; Jia-Xi Zhou; Guo-Tao Sun; Jing Xu; Kang-Jian He; Mao-Da Lu (Mineralium Deposita, 2022)

ATF3 in atherosclerosis: a controversial transcription factor - Bingyu Wang; Xi Yang; Xinyi Sun; Jianhui Liu; Yin Fu; Bingyang Liu; Jun Qiu; Jiangfang Lian; Jianqing Zhou (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2022)

Strong lateral heterogeneities of upper mantle shear-wave structures beneath the central and eastern Tien Shan - Qingya Tang; Weijia Sun; Songjian Ao; Li-Yun Fu; Wenjiao Xiao (International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2022)

Moderate exercise relieves fluoride-induced liver and kidney inflammatory responses through the IKKβ/NFκB pathway - Yanghuan Yu; Ruiyan Niu; Fangye Zhao; Yangfei Zhao; Jinglu Wang; Jixiang Wang; Qiqi Cao; Rong Fu; Mohammad Hassan Nateghahmadi; Zilong Sun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Genistein Alleviates Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus by Activating the Sirt1/Nrf2 Pathway in High Salt-Induced Hypertension - Li-Gang Niu; Na Sun; Kai-Li Liu; Qing Su; Jie Qi; Li-Yan Fu; Guo-Rui Xin; Yu-Ming Kang (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2022)

Carbon isotopic constraints on the degradation and sequestration of organic matter in river‐influenced marginal sea sediments - Wenjing Fu; Xiaomei Xu; Ellen M. Druffel; Xuchen Wang; Shuwen Sun; Chunle Luo; Hongmei Zhang; Di Fan (Limnology and Oceanography, 2022)
Organic matter degradation and sequestration in marine sediments are important processes involved in carbon cycling in the ocean. Here, we present the results of carbon isotope ( 14 C and 13 C) and concentration measurements of sedimentary organic carbon (SOC), pore‐water dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in sediments collected from the East China Sea, Yellow/Bohai Sea, and South China Sea. Our results indicated that selective degradation and preservation of organic matter occurred in these sediments, and marine‐derived young organic carbon degraded preferentially and rapidly, resulting in high concentrations of pore‐water DOC and DIC with distinct carbon isotopic signatures. The average 14 C age of pore‐water DOC was thousands of years younger than that of SOC in the sediment, suggesting that DOC was newly produced and cycled much faster than SOC. Aged SOC was refractory and preserved in sediments. Using a dual‐isotope three‐end‐member model, the contributions of potential sources to SOC, DOC, and DIC were estimated. Marine‐derived biomass organic carbon contributed the most to DOC, and dissolution of biogenic carbonate contributed the most to DIC. Riverine inputs of pre‐aged soil and fossil organic carbon dominated the SOC pool. Our study demonstrated that marginal sea sediments are important sites of young DOC and DIC fluxes into the water column, thus acting as a major pathway for carbon and nutrient cycling in the ocean.

Dissolved oxygen gradient on three dimensionally printed microfluidic platform for studying its effect on fish at three levels: cell, embryo, and larva - Ping Liu; Longwen Fu; Bowei Li; Mingsan Man; Yunxia Ji; Qi Kang; Xiyan Sun; Dazhong Shen; Lingxin Chen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Fine mapping of powdery mildew and stripe rust resistance genes Pm5V/Yr5V transferred from Dasypyrum villosum into wheat without yield penalty - Ruiqi Zhang; Chuntian Lu; Xiangru Meng; Yali Fan; Jie Du; Runran Liu; Yigao Feng; Liping Xing; Petr Cápal; Kateřina Holušová; Jaroslav Doležel; Yiwei Wang; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)

New loci for refractive errors and ocular biometric parameters in young Chinese Han adults - Yunyun Sun; Zi-Bing Jin; Shifei Wei; Hongyan Jia; Kai Cao; Jianping Hu; Caixia Lin; Wenzai An; Jiyuan Guo; He Li; Jing Fu; Shi-Ming Li; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Effect of particulate matters on inactivation of bacteriophage MS2 under irradiation above 320 nm - Xiaoxue Li; Xiaochao Bi; Xiaoyang Shi; La Rao; Ming-Lai Fu; Wenjie Sun; Baoling Yuan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Transport Patterns and Potential Sources of Atmospheric Pollution during the XXIV Olympic Winter Games Period - Yuting Zhang; Xiaole Pan; Yu Tian; Hang Liu; Xueshun Chen; Baozhu Ge; Zhe Wang; Xiao Tang; Shandong Lei; Weijie Yao; Yuanzhe Ren; Yongli Tian; et al. (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022)
The attainment of suitable ambient air quality standards is a matter of great concern for successfully hosting the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (OWG). Transport patterns and potential sources of pollutants in Zhangjiakou (ZJK) were investigated using pollutant monitoring datasets and a dispersion model. The PM 2.5 concentration during February in ZJK has increased slightly (28%) from 2018 to 2021, mostly owing to the shift of main potential source regions of west-central Inner Mongolia and Mongolian areas (2015–18) to the North China Plain and northern Shanxi Province (NCPS) after 2018. Using CO as an indicator, the relative contributions of the different regions to the receptor site (ZJK) were evaluated based on the source-receptor-relationship method (SRR) and an emission inventory. We found that the relative contribution of pollutants from NCPS increased from 33% to 68% during 2019–21. Central Inner Mongolia (CIM) also has an important impact on ZJK under unfavorable weather conditions. This study demonstrated that the effect of pollution control measures in the NCPS and CIM should be strengthened to ensure that the air quality meets the standard during the XXIV OWG.

Tea consumption and cerebral hemorrhage risk: a meta-analysis - Pengfei Cheng; Junxiang Zhang; Wenting Liu; Quan Sun; Zhaoxin Fu; Hao Lin; Sheng Bi; Jiaying Zhu (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2022)

Cavitation–Silt Erosion Behavior and Failure Mechanism of an HVOF-Sprayed WC-Cr3C2-Ni Coating for Offshore Hydraulic Machinery - Jinran Lin; Sheng Hong; Yuan Zheng; Wei Sun; Zhengwei Zhang; Min Kang; Xiuqing Fu (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
WC-Cr3C2-Ni coatings are a vital class of hard ceramic/cermet coatings with potential applications as wear-resistant materials. However, their erosion wear behavior in 3.5 wt.% sodium chloride medium (SCM) remains largely unexplored. The present study investigated the cavitation–silt erosion (CSE) behavior in 3.5 wt.% SCM of WC-Cr3C2-Ni coatings sprayed with high-velocity oxygen–fuel (HVOF) under different flow velocities (FVs) and sand concentrations (SCs). Comparing the WC-Cr3C2-Ni coating with the 1Cr18Ni9Ti stainless steel, the first possessed superior CSE resistance in 3.5 wt.% SCM in a full range of FV and SC. Meanwhile, the coating appeared more influenced by FV and less influenced by SC, which was indicated by the fact that the amplification of VLR value (377.1%) when the FV ranged from 23.4 to 41.9 m·s−1 was larger than that (129.8%) when the SC increased from 10 kg·m−3 to 35 kg·m−3. With increasing FV and SC, the CSE process of the WC-Cr3C2-Ni coating in 3.5 wt.% SCM mainly included the discontinuous corrosion product films, erosion pits, fracturing of hard-phase grains, and micro-cutting of soft binder matrix, as well as crater formation and coating spalling.

Study on the seasonal variations of dimethyl sulfide, its precursors and their impact factors in the Bohai Sea and North Yellow Sea - Yu Guo; Liying Peng; Zishi Liu; Xiaoting Fu; Guicheng Zhang; Ting Gu; Danyang Li; Jun Sun (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is one of the most important volatile biogenic sulfur compounds and plays a significant role in global climate change. Studying the seasonal variations and the environmental factors that affect the concentration of DMS would aid in understanding the biogeochemical cycle of sulfur compounds. Using benzene-assisted photoionization positive ion mobility spectrometry (BAPI-PIMS), the seasonal distribution and the key impact factors of DMS and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in the Bohai Sea and North Yellow Sea were investigated in the summer and autumn of 2019. The concentrations of DMS and its precursors, DMSPp and DMSPd, in the surface seawater were 0.11–23.90, 0.67–41.38, and 0.03–12.28 nmol/L, respectively, in summer, and 0.10–20.79, 0.39–13.51, and 0.18–20.58 nmol/L, respectively, in autumn. The air-to-sea exchange flux of DMS was 43.05 ± 44.52 and 34.06 ± 63.38 μmol/(m·d), respectively, in summer and autumn. The results demonstrated that the temperature was the most dominant environmental factor, and the abundance of dinoflagellates was the most dominant biological factor that affected the distribution of DMS and DMSP in summer. The abundance of diatoms was the most dominant biological factor, and the levels of PO 4 3- , NO 2 - , NO 3 - , and SiO 3 2- were the dominant environmental factors that affected the distribution of DMS and DMSP in autumn. These results of this study would be of great significance in understanding the biochemical cycle of DMS in BS and NYS.

Recent advances in alleviating food allergenicity through fermentation - Xiaowen Pi; Yili Yang; Yuxue Sun; Qiang Cui; Yin Wan; Guiming Fu; Hongbing Chen; Jianjun Cheng (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2022)

Wheat genomic study for genetic improvement of traits in China - Jun Xiao; Bao Liu; Yingyin Yao; Zifeng Guo; Haiyan Jia; Lingrang Kong; Aimin Zhang; Wujun Ma; Zhongfu Ni; Shengbao Xu; Fei Lu; Yuannian Jiao; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

The Sea Level Fingerprints of Global Terrestrial Water Storage Changes Detected by GRACE and GRACE-FO Data - Jianwei Sun; Linsong Wang; Zhenran Peng; Zhenyan Fu; Chao Chen (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2022)

Anthocyanins identification and transcriptional regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis in purple Brassica napus - Hong Fu; Hongbo Chao; Xuejie Zhao; Haoyi Wang; Huaixin Li; Weiguo Zhao; Tao Sun; Maoteng Li; Jinyong Huang (Plant Molecular Biology, 2022)

Effects of tuber size and burial depth on germination and plant growth of the submerged macrophyte Vallisneria spinulosa S.Z. Yan at different light intensities - Guixiang Yuan; Lijun Sun; Peiqin Guo; Zhenglong Chen; Zhenzhi Yang; Hui Fu; Erik Jeppesen (Hydrobiologia, 2022)

Influencing Factors of Stereotypes on Wastewater Treatment Plants- Case Study of 9 Wastewater Treatment Plants in Xi’an, China - Hanliang Fu; Jiachen Niu; Zhifang Wu; Pengdong Xue; Meng Sun; Hong Zhu; Baoquan Cheng (Environmental Management, 2022)

Spatiotemporal Variations of Microwave Land Surface Emissivity (MLSE) over China Derived from Four-Year Recalibrated Fengyun 3B MWRI Data - Rui Li; Jiheng Hu; Shengli Wu; Peng Zhang; Husi Letu; Yu Wang; Xuewen Wang; Yuyun Fu; Renjun Zhou; Ling Sun (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022)

Energy Paths That Sustain the Warm-Sector Torrential Rainfall over South China and Their Contrasts to the Frontal Rainfall: A Case Study - Shenming Fu; Jingping Zhang; Yali Luo; Wenying Yang; Jianhua Sun (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022)

Exploiting the gut microbiota to predict the origins and quality traits of cultured sea cucumbers - Zelong Zhao; Jingwei Jiang; Jie Zheng; Yongjia Pan; Ying Dong; Zhong Chen; Shan Gao; Yao Xiao; Pingzhe Jiang; Xuda Wang; Gaohua Zhang; Bai Wang; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2022)
Summary Nowadays, the true economic and nutritional value of food is underpinned by both origin and quality traits, more often expressed as increased quality benefits derived from the origin source. Gut microbiota contribute to food metabolism and host health, therefore, it may be suitable as a qualifying indicator of origin and quality of economic species. Here, we investigated relationships between the gut microbiota of the sea cucumber ( Apostichopus japonicus ), a valuable aquaculture species in Asia, with their origins and quality metrics. Based on data from 287 intestinal samples, we generated the first biogeographical patterns for A . japonicus gut microbiota from origins across China. Importantly, A . japonicus origins were predicted using the random forest model that was constructed using 20 key gut bacterial genera, with 97.6% accuracy. Furthermore, quality traits such as saponin, fat and taurine were also successfully predicted by random forest models based on gut microbiota, with approximately 80% consistency between predicted and true values. We showed that substantial variations existed in the gut microbiota and quality variables in A . japonicus across different origins, and we also demonstrated the great potential of gut microbiota to track A . japonicus origins and predict their quality traits.

Food irradiation: a promising technology to produce hypoallergenic food with high quality - Xiaowen Pi; Yili Yang; Yuxue Sun; Xibo Wang; Yin Wan; Guiming Fu; Xin Li; Jianjun Cheng (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2022)

Bibliometric and visualized analysis of deep learning in remote sensing - Yang Bai; Xiyan Sun; Yuanfa Ji; Jianhua Huang; Wentao Fu; Huien Shi (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022)

Awareness for Endoscopic Screening Among Accompanying Children of Hospitalized Esophageal Cancer Patients in Henan - Lian Qun Zhang; Xian Juan Du; Fu You Zhou; Pei Nan Chen; Hai Ling Wang; Li Sun; Xiu Ling Li (Journal of Cancer Education, 2022)

A Review on Hydraulic Fracture Height Growth for Layered Formation - Peng Tan; Jiawei Kao; Fushan Cheng; Yiliu Sun; Shihao Fu; Lejia Ren (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2022)

Fertility conversion between cytoplasmic maintainer lines and restorer lines through molecular marker-assisted selection in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) - Fu-Sen Ren; Hai-Feng Yang; Yu-Shun Jiao; Rui-Ping Zhang; Zhi-Wei Guo; He-Juan Liu; Qiang Sun; Xi-Jun Li; Xiu-Fang Tan; Bei Zhang; Jun-Qi Zhen; Yan-Qi Dong (Biologia, 2022)

Vertical patterns of chlorophyll a in the euphotic layer are related to mesoscale eddies in the South China Sea - Mei-Lin Wu; You-Shao Wang; Yu-Tu Wang; Fu-Lin Sun; Xiaomei Li; Fang-Fang Gu; Jing-Chang Xiang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Phytoplankton closely connects with the hydrodynamics and biogeochemical environment of the ocean. While research focusing on both the physiochemical factors and hydrodynamics regulating phytoplankton has already been conducted, the coupling mechanism between mesoscale eddies and the vertical distribution of phyto plankton in the South China Sea (SCS) is still not well understood. Here, phytoplankton was studied under one weak-cold and two warm eddies along the 18°N transect in the SCS. The results show that the vertical distribution of chlorophyll (chl- a ) presented a similar pattern at all four sampling stations. The mixed layer is less than 50 m. It is the same as the meridional salinity gradients that may be distinguished above a depth of 60 m. The subsurface chlorophyll maximum at the edge of a warm (WI) and cold eddy (CI) at E413 and E411 was shallower than that at the edge of a warm eddy (WII) at E407 and E409, indicating that temperature and salinity may be the important driving factors. On the whole, mesoscale eddies had a significant influence on the vertical pattern of chl- a in the SCS during the study period.

Evaluation of LAI Estimation of Mangrove Communities Using DLR and ELR Algorithms With UAV, Hyperspectral, and SAR Images - Bolin Fu; Jun Sun; Yeqiao Wang; Wenlan Yang; Hongchang He; Lilong Liu; Liangke Huang; Donglin Fan; Ertao Gao (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
The high-precision estimation of mangrove leaf area index (LAI) using a deep learning regression algorithm (DLR) always requires a large amount of training sample data. However, it is difficult for LAI field measurements to collect a sufficient amount of sample data in mangrove wetlands. To tackle this challenge, this paper proposed an approach for expanding training samples and quantitatively evaluated the performance of estimating LAI for mangrove communities using Deep Neural Networks (DNN) and Transformer algorithms. This study also explored the effects of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and Sentinel-2A multispectral, orbital hyper spectral (OHS), and GF-3 SAR images on LAI estimation of different mangrove communities. Finally, this paper evaluated the LAI estimation ability of mangrove communities using ensemble learning regression (ELR) and DLR algorithms. The results showed that: (1) the UAV images achieved the better LAI estimation of different mangrove communities (R 2 = 0.5974–0.6186), and GF-3 SAR images were better for LAI estimation of Avicennia marina with high coverage (R 2 = 0.567). The optimal spectral range for estimating LAI for mangroves in the optical images was between 650–680 nm. (2) The ELR model outperformed single base model, and produced the high-accuracy LAI estimation (R 2 = 0.5266–0.713) for different mangrove communities. (3) The average accuracy (R 2 ) of the ELR model was higher by 0.0019–0.149 than the DLR models, which demonstrated that the ELR model had a better capability (R 2 = 0.5865–0.6416) in LAI estimation. The Transformer-based LAI estimation of A. marina (R 2 = 0.6355) was better than the DNN model, while the DNN model produced higher accuracy for Kandelia candel (KC) (R 2 = 0.5577). (4) With the increase in the expansion ratio of the training sample (10–50%), the LAI estimation accuracy (R 2 ) of DNN and Transformer models for different mangrove communities increased by 0.1166–0.2037 and 0.1037–0.1644, respectively. Under the same estimation accuracy, the sample enhancement method in this paper could reduce the number of filed measurements by 20–40%.

Fine mapping and analysis of candidate genes for qFT7.1, a major quantitative trait locus controlling flowering time in Brassica rapa L - Gaoyang Qu; Yue Gao; Xian Wang; Wei Fu; Yunxia Sun; Xu Gao; Wei Wang; Chunming Hao; Hui Feng; Yugang Wang (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)

Improved and Flexible HDR Editing by Targeting Introns in iPSCs - Juan Fu; Ya-Wen Fu; Juan-Juan Zhao; Zhi-Xue Yang; Si-Ang Li; Guo-Hua Li; Zi-Jun Quan; Feng Zhang; Jian-Ping Zhang; Xiao-Bing Zhang; Chang-Kai Sun (Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2022)
Highly efficient gene knockout (KO) editing of CRISPR–Cas9 has been achieved in iPSCs, whereas homology-directed repair (HDR)-mediated precise gene knock-in (KI) and high-level expression are still bottlenecks for the clinical applications of iPSCs. Here, we developed a novel editing strategy that targets introns. By targeting the intron before the stop codon, this approach tolerates reading frameshift mutations caused by nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ)-mediated indels, thereby maintaining gene integrity without damaging the non-HDR-edited allele. Furthermore, to increase the flexibility and screen for the best intron-targeting sgRNA, we designed an HDR donor with an artificial intron in place of the endogenous intron. The presence of artificial introns, particularly an intron that carries an enhancer element, significantly increased the reporter expression levels in iPSCs compared to the intron-deleted control. In addition, a combination of the small molecules M3814 and trichostatin A (TSA) significantly improves HDR efficiency by inhibiting NHEJ. These results should find applications in gene therapy and basic research, such as creating reporter cell lines.

Sucrose Induced HMGR to Promote Ginsenoside Biosynthesis in the Growth of Wild Cultivated Ginseng (Panax ginseng) - Rui Ma; Baoyu Fu; Pengdi Yang; Xiaoyu Teng; Daqing Zhao; Rui Jiang; Liwei Sun (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2022)

Knowledge Difference of Tumor Nutrition Risk Among Thoracic Cancer Patients, Their Family Members, Physicians, and Nurses - Jiaojiao Suo; Yu Sun; Weigang Xiu; Yan Fu; Yijia Qin; Lili Zhong; Jialong Han; Huijie Zhou; Hao Wei; Yan Wang; Jiang Zhu (Journal of Cancer Education, 2022)

Characterization of TiO2 and an as-prepared TiO2/SiO2 composite and their photocatalytic performance for the reduction of low-concentration N-NO3− in water - Wanzhen Zhong; Weizhang Fu; Shujuan Sun; Lingsheng Wang; Huaihao Liu; Junzhi Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Matching of Residential and Commercial Space in Shrinking Cities from the Perspective of Supply and Demand: A Case Study of Yichun City, China - Yining Zhang; Guolei Zhou; Yanjun Liu; Hui Fu; Hongri Sun (Chinese Geographical Science, 2022)

Associations between species-level indoor microbiome, environmental characteristics, and asthma in junior high schools of Terengganu, Malaysia - Xi Fu; Yi Meng; Yanling Li; Xunhua Zhu; Qianqian Yuan; Aminnuddin Ma’pol; Jamal Hisham Hashim; Zailina Hashim; Gunilla Wieslander; Yi-Wu Zheng; Xu-Xin Lai; Michael Dho Spangfort; et al. (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2022)

Late Cambrian tonalite-trondhjemite association in the eastern segment of North Qilian suture zone: petrogenesis and geodynamic implications - Yuxiao Chen; Ying Cui; Shuguang Song; Shanming Fu; Lipeng Zhang; Weidong Sun; Tangfu Xiao (International Geology Review, 2022)

Predisposition to atrioventricular septal defects may be caused by SOX7 variants that impair interaction with GATA4 - Baolei Li; Zhuoyan Li; Jianping Yang; Nanchao Hong; Lihui Jin; Yuejuan Xu; Qihua Fu; Kun Sun; Yu Yu; Yanan Lu; Sun Chen (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2022)

Transcriptome Analysis of Sophora davidii Leaves in Response to Low-Phosphorus Stress - Xin Zhao; Li-Juan Huang; Li-Li Zhao; Pu-Chang Wang; Xiao-Fu Sun (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2022)

Dexmedetomidine post-conditioning alleviates myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury in rats by ferroptosis inhibition via SLC7A11/GPX4 axis activation - Peng Yu; Jing Zhang; Yi Ding; Dandan Chen; Haijian Sun; Fenglai Yuan; Siyuan Li; Xiaozhong Li; Pingping Yang; Linghua Fu; Shuchun Yu; Jiru Zhang (Human Cell, 2022)

Demographic composition, not demographic diversity, predicts biomass and turnover across temperate and tropical forests - Jessica F. Needham; Daniel J. Johnson; Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira; Norman Bourg; Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin; Nathalie Butt; Min Cao; Dairon Cárdenas; Chia‐Hao Chang‐Yang; Yu‐Yun Chen; George Chuyong; Handanakere S. Dattaraja; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2022)
The growth and survival of individual trees determine the physical structure of a forest with important consequences for forest function. However, given the diversity of tree species and forest biomes, quantifying the multitude of demographic strategies within and across forests and the way that they translate into forest structure and function remains a significant challenge. Here, we quantify the demographic rates of 1961 tree species from temperate and tropical forests and evaluate how demographic diversity (DD) and demographic composition (DC) differ across forests, and how these differences in demography relate to species richness, aboveground biomass (AGB), and carbon residence time. We find wide variation in DD and DC across forest plots, patterns that are not explained by species richness or climate variables alone. There is no evidence that DD has an effect on either AGB or carbon residence time. Rather, the DC of forests, specifically the relative abundance of large statured species, predicted both biomass and carbon residence time. Our results demonstrate the distinct DCs of globally distributed forests, reflecting biogeography, recent history, and current plot conditions. Linking the DC of forests to resilience or vulnerability to climate change, will improve the precision and accuracy of predictions of future forest composition, structure, and function.

Black-Box Modelling and Prediction of Deep-Sea Landing Vehicles Based on Optimised Support Vector Regression - Hongming Sun; Wei Guo; Yanjun Lan; Zhenzhuo Wei; Sen Gao; Yu Sun; Yifan Fu (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
Due to the nonlinearity of the deep-seafloor and complexity of the hydrodynamic force of novel structure platforms, realising an accurate motion mechanism modelling of a deep-sea landing vehicle (DSLV) is difficult. The support vector regression (SVR) model optimised through particle swarm optimisation (PSO) was used to complete the black-box motion modelling and vehicle prediction. In this study, first, the prototype and system composition of the DSLV were proposed, and subsequently, the high-dimensional nonlinear mapping relationship between the motion state and the driving forces was constructed using the SVR of radial basis function. The high-precision model parameter combination was obtained using PSO, and, subsequently, the black-box modelling and prediction of the vehicle were realised. Finally, the effectiveness of the method was verified through multi-body dynamics simulation and scaled test prototype data. The experimental results confirmed that the proposed PSO–SVR model could establish an accurate motion model of the vehicle, and provided a high-precision motion state prediction. Furthermore, with less calculation, the proposed method can reliably apply the model prediction results to the intelligent behaviour control and planning of the vehicle, accelerate the development progress of the prototype, and minimise the economic cost of the research and development process.

Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of PM2.5 and its driving difference comparison associated with urbanization in China’s multiple urban agglomerations - Wentian Xu; Yixu Wang; Shuo Sun; Lei Yao; Tong Li; Xuecheng Fu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Reduction research on performance index system of satellite navigation system spoofing - Yue Wang; Fu-Ping Sun; Jin-Ming Hao; Lun-Dong Zhang; Xian Wang (GPS Solutions, 2022)

Water Resources Liability Measurement and the Driving Factors of Water Resources Liability Intensity - Dan-dan Zhang; Ju-qin Shen; Fu-hua Sun (Water Resources Management, 2022)

NTA-assisted mineral element and lead transportation in Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack - Siyi Pu; Xinyi Cai; Wenjuan Wang; Xingke Liu; Shangguan Li; Jingyi Fu; Lingxia Sun; Jun Ma; Mingyan Jiang; Xi Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Variation patterns and driving factors of regional atmospheric CO2 anomalies in China - Ying Fu; Wenbin Sun; Fuli Luo; Yuan Zhang; Xinru Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Endosomal sorting complexes required for transport‐0 ( ESCRT ‐0) are essential for fungal development, pathogenicity, autophagy and ER ‐phagy in Magnaporthe oryzae - Li‐Xiao Sun; Hui Qian; Meng‐Yu Liu; Ming‐Hua Wu; Yun‐Yun Wei; Xue‐Ming Zhu; Jian‐Ping Lu; Fu‐Cheng Lin; Xiao‐Hong Liu (Environmental Microbiology, 2022)
Summary Magnaporthe oryzae is an important plant pathogen that causes rice blast. Hse1 and Vps27 are components of ESCRT‐0 involved in the multivesicular body (MVB) sorting pathway and biogenesis. To date, the biological functions of ESCRT‐0 in M. oryzae have not been determined. In this study, we identified and characterized Hse1 and Vps27 in M. oryzae . Disruption of MoHse1 and MoVps27 caused pleiotropic defects in growth, conidiation, sexual development and pathogenicity, thereby resulting in loss of virulence in rice and barley leaves. Disruption of MoHse1 and MoVps27 triggered increased lipidation of MoAtg8 and degradation of GFP‐MoAtg8, indicating that ESCRT‐0 is involved in the regulation of autophagy. ESCRT‐0 was determined to interact with coat protein complex II (COPII), a regulator functioning in homeostasis of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER homeostasis), and disruption of MoHse1 and MoVps27 also blocked activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) and autophagy of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER‐phagy). Overall, our results indicate that ESCRT‐0 plays critical roles in regulating fungal development, virulence, autophagy and ER‐phagy in M. oryzae .

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps may be a Potential Target for Treating Early Brain Injury in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Hanhai Zeng; Xiongjie Fu; Jing Cai; Chenjun Sun; Mengyan Yu; Yucong Peng; Jianfeng Zhuang; Jingyin Chen; Huaijun Chen; Qian Yu; Chaoran Xu; Hang Zhou; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2022)

PL57 garnet as a new natural reference material for in situ U–Pb isotope analysis and its perspective for geological applications - Dengfeng Li; Yu Fu; Pete Hollings; Roger H. Mitchell; Shannon Zurevinski; Sandra Kamo; Rongqing Zhang; Yu Zhang; Qiaofen Liu; Jianlin Liao; Yongjia Liang; Xiaoming Sun (Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2022)

Exercise Ameliorates Fluoride-induced Anxiety- and Depression-like Behavior in Mice: Role of GABA - Qiqi Cao; Jixiang Wang; Yanru Hao; Fangye Zhao; Rong Fu; Yanghuan Yu; Jundong Wang; Ruiyan Niu; Shengtai Bian; Zilong Sun (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Optimal array layout of cylindrical baffles to reduce energy of rock avalanche - Yu-zhang Bi; Dong-po Wang; Xian-lei Fu; Yi-xiong Lin; Xin-po Sun; Zhe-yuan Jiang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Two MicroRNAs, miR-34a and miR-125a, Are Implicated in Bicuspid Aortopathy by Modulating Metalloproteinase 2 - Yuntao Lu; Lingfei Zhang; Hongyue Tao; Xiaotian Sun; Yun Zhao; Limin Xia; Xiaoning Sun; Jinqiang Shen; Jiahui Fu; Mohammad Rafi Hamidi; Huan Liu; Wenshuo Wang; et al. (Biochemical Genetics, 2022)

Surface wind and vertical extent features of the explosive cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere based on the ERA‐I reanalysis data - Li‐Zhi Jiang; Shen‐Ming Fu; Jian‐Hua Sun; Rui Fu; Wan‐Li Li; Si‐Xiong Zhao; Hui Wang (International Journal of Climatology, 2022)
Although explosive cyclones (ECs) have long been a focus of research, there remains a lack of knowledge of the statistical characteristics of their associated maximum surface winds and vertical extents. This study fills this gap by conducting a targeted statistical analysis of ECs in the Northern Hemisphere using the ERA‐I reanalysis data during a 40‐year period. Some new findings are obtained: (a) The average location of formation of ECs undergoes a notable westward and equatorward shift from September to April in the next year which is consistent with the location variations of sea surface temperature's strong gradients in subtropical regions. (b) Extreme ECs with a deepening rate more than 2.0 Bergeron or with a longer lifespan more than 10 days tend to have a larger occurrence number over the Northern Atlantic Ocean than over the Northern Pacific. (c) The maximum surface wind associated with an EC tends to appear between the EC reaching its maximum deepening rate and reaching its minimum central pressure. (d) The northeastern quadrant of ECs accounts for the highest proportion of maximum surface wind and strongest wind speed, as the baroclinic energy conversion is generally strongest in this quadrant. (e) Over 60% of ECs belong to a type of vertically deep cyclone (ECs' top levels show close relationship to ascending motions within their central regions), and they tend to reach their maximum vertical extent around the time when they reach their minimum central pressures. (f) The highest top levels of ECs exhibit an overall upward extending trend as their minimum central pressure decreases or their maximum deepening rate increases.

Petrogenesis of the Late Triassic Mengsong strongly peraluminous granites in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau: highly fractionated from crystal mush - Feng Cong; Fu-Yuan Wu; Wen-Chang Li; De-Feng He; Zai-Bo Sun; Xiao-Ming Huang; Zhi-Zhong Hu; Han Zhao (International Geology Review, 2022)

Distribution of Coomassie Blue Stainable Particles in the Pearl River Estuary, China, Insight Into the Nitrogen Cycling in Estuarine System - Cui-Ci Sun; Wei-Zhong Yue; You-Shao Wang; Wei-Hong He; Yi-Guo Hong; Fu-Lin Sun; Hao Cheng; Mei-Lin Wu; Zhao-Yu Jiang; Fei Jiao; Yu-Tu Wang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Distributions of Coomassie Blue stainable particles (CSP), the sources and transports, as well as their implications for nitrogen biogeochemical cycles in the Pearl River estuary (PRE) were investigated during two cruises in August 2016 and January 2017. CSP color concentrations (CSP concentration determined spectrophotometrically) were 73.7–685.3 μg BSA eq L –1 [μg Bovine serum albumin (BSA) equivalent liter –1 ] in August 2016 and 100.6–396.4 μg BSA eq L –1 in January 2017, respectively. CSP concentrations were high in low-salinity waters (<5), and declined from the river to the middle estuary by 80% in the wet season and 55.6% in the dry season, respectively, then increased again in the lower estuary due to high primary production. CSP concentrations were mainly associated with chlorophyll a (Chl a ) concentration except for the turbid mixing zone, suggesting that autochthonous phytoplankton production served as the primary source of CSP in the PRE. The concentrations of nitrogen (N) as CSP in the PRE were comparable to the nitrogen content of particulate hydrolysable amino acids (PHAA). Pictures of CSP taken by microscopy and the correlation between composition of PHAA and the ratio of Chl a /CSP color showed that CSP were relatively degraded due to delivery of old terrestrial protein to river section and extensive microbial degradation during mixing at the upper and middle parts of the estuary, whereas CSP in lower estuary appeared to be more labile due to higher fresh algal production. The contribution of CSP nitrogen (CSP-N) to the particulate nitrogen (PN) pool was 34.98% in summer and 30.8% in winter. The conservative estimate of CSP-N input flux in the Pearl River Delta was about 6 × 10 6 mol N d –1 . These results suggested that CSP was a significant pool of organic nitrogen in the PRE. The study of CSP composition in terms of nitrogen provides new insight into the roles of CSP on nitrogen biogeochemical processes in the turbid and productive estuarine system.

Physical Responses of Pinctada fucata to Salinity Stress - Jingru Yang; Jinling Yang; Mingqiang Chen; Zhengyi Fu; Jing Sun; Gang Yu; Aimin Wang; Zhenhua Ma; Zhifeng Gu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
This study was conducted to understand the changes of physiological and biochemical indexes of black and red shell Pinctada fucata under acute high and low salt stress. In this study, the salinity of 35‰ was used as the control, while the salinities of 20 and 50% salinity were used as the low and high salt treatment groups, respectively. The osmotic pressure (OSM) and ion concentration in the hemolymph, Na + -K + -ATPase (NKA) activity and respiratory metabolism in gills, and antioxidant and immune (non) enzymes in the hepatopancreas of P. fucata with two shell colors were compared and analyzed at the time periods of 1.5 and 3 h post-salinity stress. The results showed that the OSM and inorganic ion (Na + , Ca 2+ , and Cl – ) concentration in the hemolymph of the black and red P. fucata increased significantly with the increase of salinity after the time periods of 1.5 and 3 h. At 3 h, the black P. fucata NKA activity decreased significantly with the increase of salinity, while red P. fucata reached the highest value at high salinity. The succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities of red P. fucata showed U-shaped and inverted U-shaped distributions with the increase of salinity after 1.5 h, respectively. With the increase of salinity, the phenoloxidase (POX) activity of red and black P. fucata showed inverted U-shaped and U-shaped distributions, respectively. The contents of glutathione (GSH) and vitamin C (VC) in black P. fucata decreased significantly with the increase of salinity at 1.5 and 3 h. Red P. fucata GSH and VC reached their maximum value in the 1.5-h low salinity group and 3-h high salinity group. The vitamin E (VE) content in black P. fucata increased significantly with the increase of salinity at 1.5 h, and reached the maximum at 3 h in the control group. Red P. fucata VE reached the maximum at 1.5 and 3 h in the control group. The results obtained from the present study revealed that the sensitivity of P. fucata to salinity varied in shell color. Compared to black P. fucata , red P. fucata responds more quickly to sharp salinity changes, thereby reducing more likely damage. Compared with a high salt environment, P. fucata was more adaptable to the changes of acute low salt environment. The results obtained from the present study provide the physical references for subsequent selective breeding of this species.

Review of Mercury’s dynamic magnetosphere: Post-MESSENGER era and comparative magnetospheres - Weijie Sun; Ryan M. Dewey; Sae Aizawa; Jia Huang; James A. Slavin; Suiyan Fu; Yong Wei; Charles F. Bowers (Science China Earth Sciences, 2022)
This review paper summarizes the research of Mercury’s magnetosphere in the Post-MESSENGER era and compares its dynamics to those in other planetary magnetospheres, especially to those in Earth’s magnetosphere. This review starts by introducing the planet Mercury, including its interplanetary environment, magnetosphere, exosphere, and conducting core. The frequent and intense magnetic reconnection on the dayside magnetopause, which is represented by the flux transfer event “shower”, is reviewed on how they depend on magnetosheath plasma β and magnetic shear angle across the magnetopause, following by how it contributes to the flux circulation and magnetosphere-surface-exosphere coupling. In the next, Mercury’s magnetosphere under extreme solar events, including the core induction and the reconnection erosion on the dayside magnetosphere, the responses of the nightside magnetosphere, are reviewed. Then, the dawn-dusk properties of the plasma sheet, including the features of the ions, the structure of the current sheet, and the dynamics of magnetic reconnection, are summarized. The last topic is devoted to the particle energization in Mercury’s magnetosphere, which includes the energization of the Kelvin-Helmholtz waves on the magnetopause boundaries, reconnection-generated magnetic structures, and the cross-tail electric field. In each chapter, the last section discusses the open questions related to each topic, which can be considered by the simulations and the future spacecraft mission. We end this paper by summarizing the future BepiColombo opportunities, which is a joint mission of ESA and JAXA and is en route to Mercury.

Comparative study on the “optic-electric” monitoring method for the deformation and failure of surrounding rock in stopes - Binyang Sun; Pingsong Zhang; Maoru Fu (Natural Hazards, 2022)

Genetic diversity and structure of Oncomelania hupensis hupensis in two eco-epidemiological settings as revealed by the mitochondrial COX1 gene sequences - Jie-Ying Zhang; Man-Man Gu; Qiu-Fu Yu; Meng-Tao Sun; Hui-Ying Zou; Zhi-Jun Zhou; Da-Bing Lu (Molecular Biology Reports, 2022)

The current study and development of organic matter pores in organic-rich shale - Lina Sun; Deliang Fu; Yuandong Wu; Zixiang Wang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Asexual reproduction for overwintering of the submersed macrophyte Vallisneria spinulosa at different light intensities - Guixiang Yuan; Zhenzhi Yang; Lijun Sun; Hui Fu; Hui Peng; Erik Jeppesen (Aquatic Sciences, 2022)

Biogeography of culturable marine bacteria from both poles reveals that ‘everything is not everywhere’ at the genomic level - Qi‐Long Qin; Zhi‐Bin Wang; Qian‐Qian Cha; Sha‐Sha Liu; Xue‐Bing Ren; Hui‐Hui Fu; Mei‐Ling Sun; Dian‐Li Zhao; Andrew McMinn; Yin Chen; Xiu‐Lan Chen; Yu‐Zhong Zhang; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2022)
Summary Based on 16S rRNA gene analyses, the same bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs) are common to both the Arctic and Antarctic oceans, supporting the concept ‘everything is everywhere’. However, whether the same OTUs from both poles have identical genomes, i.e. whether ‘everything is still everywhere’ at the genomic level has not yet been examined systematically. Here, we isolated, sequenced and compared the genomes of 45 culturable marine bacteria belonging to three genera of Salinibacterium , Psychrobacter and Pseudoalteromonas from both polar oceans. The bacterial strains with identical 16S rRNA genes were common to both poles in every genus, and four identical genomes were detected in the genus Salinibacterium from the Arctic region. However, no identical genomes were observed from opposite poles in this study. Our data, therefore, suggest that ‘everything is not everywhere’ at the genomic level. The divergence time between bacteria is hypothesized to exert a strong impact on the bacterial biogeography at the genomic level. The geographical isolation between poles was observed for recently diverged, highly similar genomes, but not for moderately similar genomes. This study thus improves our understanding of the factors affecting the genomic‐level biogeography of marine microorganisms isolated from distant locations.

SAR vehicle recognition via scale-coupled Incep_Dense Network (IDNet) - Bo Wang; Qingji Jiang; Dawei Song; Qiqi Zhang; Meng Sun; Xiaoxuan Fu; Junzhi Wang (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021)

The spatial network and its driving factors for sustainable total-factor ecology efficiency: the case of China - Yongchang Shen; Xiaoling Sun; Yunyun Fu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Genome sequence analysis of Cronobacter phage PF-CE2 and proposal of a new species in the genus Pseudotevenvirus - Mengshi Xiao; Xinmiao Ren; Ying Yu; Han Sun; Haijin Mou; Xiaodan Fu (Archives of Virology, 2021)

Retraction Note: Remote sensing image changes of air pollution based on Internet of things and nutritional intervention of sports athletes - Xubo Fu; Guanrong Sun (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Typical Circulation Patterns and Associated Mechanisms for Persistent Heavy Rainfall Events over Yangtze-Huaihe River Valley during 1981–2020 - Huijie Wang; Jianhua Sun; Shenming Fu; Yuanchun Zhang (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021)
Persistent heavy rainfall events (PHREs) over the Yangtze–Huaihe River Valley (YHRV) during 1981–2020 are classified into three types (type-A, type-B and type-C) according to pattern correlation. The characteristics of the synoptic systems for the PHREs and their possible development mechanisms are investigated. The anomalous cyclonic disturbance over the southern part of the YHRV during type-A events is primarily maintained and intensified by the propagation of Rossby wave energy originating from the northeast Atlantic in the mid–upper troposphere and the northward propagation of Rossby wave packets from the western Pacific in the mid–lower troposphere. The zonal propagation of Rossby wave packets and the northward propagation of Rossby wave packets during type-B events are more coherent than those for type-A events, which induces eastward propagation of stronger anomaly centers of geopotential height from the northeast Atlantic Ocean to the YHRV and a meridional anomaly in geopotential height over the Asian continent. Type-C events have “two ridges and one trough” in the high latitudes of the Eurasian continent, but the anomalous intensity of the western Pacific subtropical high (WPSH) and the trough of the YHRV region are weaker than those for type-A and type-B events. The composite synoptic circulation of four PHREs in 2020 is basically consistent with that of the corresponding PHRE type. The location of the South Asian high (SAH) in three of the PHREs in 2020 moves eastward as in the composite of the three types, but the position of the WPSH of the four PHREs is clearly westward and northward. Two water vapor conveyor belts and two cold air conveyor belts are tracked during the four PHREs in 2020, but the water vapor path from the western Pacific is not seen, which may be caused by the westward extension of the WPSH.

Effects of Food Deprivation Duration on the Behavior and Metabolism of Black Rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii) - Fengyuan Shen; Zonghang Zhang; Yiqiu Fu; Zhen Zhang; Xin Sun; Jianyu Dong; Xiayang Ding; Muyan Chen; Xiumei Zhang (Fishes, 2021)
Fish often undergo food shortages in nature, especially for juveniles that are relatively vulnerable in most aspects. Therefore, the effects of food deprivation on fish behavior and physiology are worth exploring. Here, we investigated the behavioral and metabolic adaptations of the juvenile black rockfish Sebastes schlegelii to different durations of food deprivation. In this study, three treatments were set: control group, short-term food deprivation (STFD) group, and long-term food deprivation (LTFD) group. The rearing lasted for six weeks. During this period, videos were recorded three times per week to assess the locomotor activity and aggression. After this, the fishes’ boldness, neophobia, and aggressiveness were assessed using different behavioral assessment devices, while the standard metabolic rate (SMR) was measured by flow-type respirometry. In general, the values of the four indicators (swimming time, the number of turns, movement number, and attack number) for the STFD group were significantly higher than those for the control and LTFD group during the same period of rearing. In a subsequent personality assessment, the STFD group was observed to be significantly bolder in an assessment measuring boldness than the control and LTFD group (indicated by time in the circle, swimming time, number of times through the circle, and frequency in the circle). The LTFD group was observed to be more exploratory in the assessment of neophobia (indicated by duration in the exploratory area, distance from novelty item, and frequency of stay in the exploratory area). Indeed, the LTFD group was observed to be significantly less aggressive in the assessment of aggressiveness than the control and STFD group (indicated by attack number, attack range frequency, first attack, and winner). SMR was noted to be significantly higher in the STFD group than in the control and LTFD group. In conclusion, this study firstly reported the effects of food deprivation duration on the personalities of black rockfish, as well as the behavioral and physiological mechanisms. Thus, we hope to provide insights into the work of stock enhancement.

A semi-idealized modeling study on the long-lived eastward propagating mesoscale convective system over the Tibetan Plateau - Shenming Fu; Zi Mai; Jianhua Sun; Wanli Li; Qi Zhong; Jiaren Sun; Yuanchun Zhang (Science China Earth Sciences, 2021)

Transcriptome analysis reveals differing response and tolerance mechanism of EPSPS and GAT genes among transgenic soybeans - Bing-Fu Guo; Hui-Long Hong; Li-Ping Sun; Yong Guo; Li-Juan Qiu (Molecular Biology Reports, 2021)

Progranulin associates with Rab2 and is involved in autophagosome-lysosome fusion in Gaucher disease - Xiangli Zhao; Rossella Liberti; Jinlong Jian; Wenyu Fu; Aubryanna Hettinghouse; Ying Sun; Chuan-ju Liu (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2021)

miR-106b-5p upregulation is associated with microglial activation and inflammation in the mouse hippocampus following status epilepticus - Tao Yu; Hui Fu; Jing-Jing Sun; Dan-Rui Ding; Hua Wang (Experimental Brain Research, 2021)

Comparative physiological and proteomic analyses of mangrove plant Kandelia obovata under cold stress - Jiao Fei; You-Shao Wang; Hao Cheng; Fu-Lin Sun; Cui-Ci Sun (Ecotoxicology, 2021)

Bacterial community variations in the South China Sea driven by different chemical conditions - Fu-lin Sun; You-Shao Wang; Mei-Lin Wu; Cui-Ci Sun; Zhao-Yu Jiang; Hao Cheng; Jiao Fei (Ecotoxicology, 2021)

Pharmacological Activation of RXR-α Promotes Hematoma Absorption via a PPAR-γ-dependent Pathway After Intracerebral Hemorrhage - Chaoran Xu; Huaijun Chen; Shengjun Zhou; Chenjun Sun; Xiaolong Xia; Yucong Peng; Jianfeng Zhuang; Xiongjie Fu; Hanhai Zeng; Hang Zhou; Yang Cao; Qian Yu; et al. (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

Qingbo, a common cyprinid fish, responds diversely in behavior and locomotion to predators with different hunting modes - Cheng Fu; Lian-Chun Yi; Wen-Pei Wu; Chun-Xiao Sun; Rui-Na Liu; Shi-Jian Fu (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021)

An Agrobacterium-mediated non-antibiotic selection-based transformation system for rice (Oryza sativa ssp. indica) cultivar “93-11” successfully produces TAC1-silenced transgenic plants - Jingjing Hou; Hao Chen; Yuzhen Fang; Ying Zhu; Bing Han; Chuanqing Sun; Yongcai Fu (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2021)

Molecular characterization of a novel wheat-infecting virus of the family Betaflexiviridae - Shuai Fu; Tianze Zhang; Mengzhu He; Bingjian Sun; Xueping Zhou; Jianxiang Wu (Archives of Virology, 2021)

Critical transitions and ecological resilience of large marine ecosystems in the Northwestern Pacific in response to global warming - Shuyang Ma; Dan Liu; Yongjun Tian; Caihong Fu; Jianchao Li; Peilong Ju; Peng Sun; Zhenjiang Ye; Yang Liu; Yoshiro Watanabe (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Natural systems can undergo critical transitions, leading to substantial socioeconomic and ecological outcomes. “Ecological resilience” has been proposed to describe the capacity of natural systems to absorb external perturbation and reorganize while undergoing change so as to still retain essentially the same function, structure, identity, and feedbacks. However, the mere application of ecological resilience in theoretical research and the lack of quantitative approaches present considerable obstacles for predicting critical transitions and understanding their mechanisms. Large marine ecosystems (LMEs) in the Northwestern Pacific are characterized by great biodiversity and productivity, as well as remarkable warming in recent decades. However, no information is available on the critical transitions and ecological resilience of LMEs in response to warming. Therefore, we applied an integrated resilience assessment framework to fisheries catch data from seven LMEs covering a wide range of regions, from tropical to subarctic, in the Northwestern Pacific to identify critical transitions, assess ecological resilience, and reconstruct folded stability landscapes, with a specific focus on the effects of warming. The results provide evidence of the occurrence of critical transitions, with fold bifurcation and hysteresis in response to increasing sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the seven LMEs. In addition, these LMEs show similarities and synchronies in structure variations and critical transitions forced by warming. Both dramatic increases in SST and small fluctuations at the corresponding thresholds may trigger critical transitions. Ecological resilience decreases when approaching the tipping points and is repainted as the LMEs shift to alternative stable states with different resilient dynamics. Folded stability landscapes indicate that the responses of LMEs to warming are discontinuous, which may be caused by the reorganization of LMEs as their sensitivity to warming changes. Our study clarifies the nonlinear responses of LMEs to anthropogenic warming and provides examples of quantifying ecological resilience in empirical systems at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales.

Isolation and evaluation of the biocontrol potential of Talaromyces spp. against rice sheath blight guided by soil microbiome - Aqleem Abbas; Yanping Fu; Zheng Qu; Huizhang Zhao; Yongjian Sun; Yang Lin; Jiatao Xie; Jiasen Cheng; Daohong Jiang (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Rice sheath blight caused by Rhizoctonia solani is the major disease of rice that seriously threatens food security worldwide. Efficient and eco‐friendly biological approaches are urgently needed since no resistant cultivars are available. In this study, fallow and paddy soils were initially subjected to microbiome analyses, and the results showed that Talaromyces spp. were significantly more abundant in the paddy soil, while Trichoderma spp. were more abundant in the fallow soil, suggesting that Talaromyces spp. could live and survive better in the paddy soil. Five Talaromyces isolates, namely, TF‐04, TF‐03, TF‐02, TF‐01 and TA‐02, were isolated from the paddy soil using sclerotia of R . solani as baits and were further evaluated for their activity against rice sheath blight. These isolates efficiently parasitized the hyphae and rotted the sclerotia even at higher water contents in the sterilized sand and the soil. Isolate TF‐04 significantly promoted rice growth, reduced the severity of rice sheath blight and increased the rice yield under outdoor conditions. Defence‐related genes were upregulated and enzyme activities were enhanced in rice treated with isolate TF‐04. Our research supplies a microbiome‐guided approach to screen biological control agents and provides Talaromyces isolates to biologically control rice sheath blight.

Training redefinition with entropy-based structure set density for supervised hyperspectral imagery classification - Wentao Fu; Xiyan Sun; Yuanfa Ji; Yang Bai (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021)

Two metabolites isolated from endophytic fungus Coniochaeta sp. F-8 in Ageratina adenophora exhibit antioxidative activity and cytotoxicity - Jie Fu; Liwen Hu; Zhen Shi; Wei Sun; Dong Yue; Ya Wang; Xiaoping Ma; Zhihua Ren; Zhicai Zuo; Guangneng Peng; Zhijun Zhong; Junliang Deng; et al. (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Transcriptomics and targeted metabolomics reveal the regulatory network of Lilium davidii var. unicolor during bulb dormancy release - Xinyue Fan; Yue Yang; Min Li; Linlan Fu; Yuqing Zang; Chunxia Wang; Tianyou Hao; Hongmei Sun (Planta, 2021)

Ginsenoside Biosynthesis in Panax Ginseng with Red-Skin Disease Is Inhibited by Soil Characteristics - Rui Ma; Baoyu Fu; Shikuan Song; Chunyang Zhang; Xiajun Yuan; Tingshi Zhang; Daqing Zhao; Liwei Sun (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021)

Enhanced degradation of reactive brilliant red X-3B by photocatalysis integrated with micro-electrolysis - Gong Cheng; Yibo Zhang; Lei Sun; Jing Wan; Zhang Li; Chenyuan Dang; Jie Fu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Phytolith evidence for early agriculture in the East Liao River Basin, Northeast China - Jiangyong Wang; Linan Sun; Qi Fang; Jiaxin Fu; Baojian Liu; Ying Liu; Xiangmei Kong; Honghao Niu; Guizai Gao; Meng Meng; Dongmei Jie (Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2021)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Remote sensing image changes of air pollution based on Internet of things and nutritional intervention of sports athletes - Xubo Fu; Guanrong Sun (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 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)

Exploring spatiotemporal variation characteristics of China’s industrial carbon emissions on the basis of multi-source data - Ying Fu; Wenbin Sun; Yi Zhao; Yahui Han; Di Yang; Yunbing Gao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

High resolution mapping of nighttime light and air pollutants during the COVID-19 lockdown in Wuhan - Sheng Zheng; Yuyuan Fu; Yu Sun; Chengjie Zhang; Yueshe Wang; Eric Lichtfouse (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021)

An overview of chitosan and its application in infectious diseases - Qingye Meng; Ying Sun; Hailin Cong; Hao Hu; Fu-Jian Xu (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2021)

Diagnosis and Numerical Modeling of an Explosive Cyclone over the Northwestern Pacific - Baitang Sun; Pengyuan Li; Shuqin Zhang; Jingtian Guo; Gang Fu (Journal of Ocean University of China, 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)

Aestuariibaculum sediminum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a tidal flat in Zhoushan - Zhi-Cheng Wu; Xin-Yin Zhang; Cong Sun; Lin Xu; Ge-Yi Fu; Xue-Wei Xu (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Response of growth characteristics and endogenous hormones of Sophora davidii to low-phosphorus stress - Xin Zhao; Li-Li Zhao; Li-Juan Huang; Xiao-Fu Sun; Pu-Chang Wang (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2021)

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.

Changes in soil ammonia oxidizers and potential nitrification after clear-cutting of boreal forests in China - Dandan Qi; Fujuan Feng; Yanmei Fu; Xue Sun (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021)

Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals metabolic regulation of prodigiosin in Serratia marcescens - Yang Sun; Lijun Wang; Tolbert Osire; Weilai Fu; Ganfeng Yi; Shang-Tian Yang; Taowei Yang; Zhiming Rao (Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing, 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)

Effects of continuous cucumber cropping on crop quality and soil fungal community - Kaining Sun; Longyun Fu; Yang Song; Liang Yuan; Haoran Zhang; Dan Wen; Ning Yang; Xiao Wang; Yaoquan Yue; Xuhua Li; Kean Wang (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2021)

Development mechanism of organic-inorganic composite pores in the shale of the Niutitang Formation at the Huijunba syncline - Fu Deliang; Sun Lina; Li Jing; Wang Zixiang; Tian Tao; Yao Jianming; Duan Zhonghui; Yang Fu (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 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)

Long-Term Variability of Piscivorous Fish in China Seas Under Climate Change With Implication for Fisheries Management - Dan Liu; Yongjun Tian; Shuyang Ma; Jianchao Li; Peng Sun; Zhenjiang Ye; Caihong Fu; Kuowei Lan; Shijie Zhou (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Due to persistent fishing expansion in the China Seas over the past six decades, fisheries resources have been over-exploited; as a result, exploited fish have become smaller in size and younger in age. Marine piscivorous fish constituted a large portion of Chinese fisheries catch, long-term variability of which has rarely been investigated despite intense fishing pressure and climate change. In this study, we attempt to identify their responses to climate change and fishing activities and to provide scientific basis for sustainable exploitation of these resources. Seven taxa from pelagic to demersal species inhabiting either cold-water or warm-water were selected to represent the piscivorous fish assemblage in the China Seas. Total catch of these piscivorous fish in the China Seas increased during the early 1990s, stabilizing around 1.2 million tons after 1997. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed evident interannual-decadal variabilities in the catch of these fish with step changes around 1985/86 and 1997/98. Individual taxa, however, showed different trends in catches with sharks, rays, and lizardfishes manifesting downward trends while Pacific cod, eels, and hairtail increasing. Common dolphinfish and Japanese-Spanish mackerel increased largely in the 1990s but declined slightly during the 2000s. Although there were temporal overlaps between climate change and fishing variabilities, results of gradient forest analyses indicated that fishing effort imposed the most important influence on piscivorous fish. And among all climate variables explored in this study, sea surface temperature (SST) especially that of the East China Sea, had greatest impacts on variations in piscivorous fish catch, which may have been gradually exacerbated by the continued high fishing intensity. In addition, significant changes were identified in the life history traits in the species we evaluated, such as reduced average body sizes and truncated age compositions, strongly indicating the effect of fishing. We therefore advocate precautionary fishery practices under climate change.

Lignin Synthesis Related Genes with Potential Significance in the Response of Upland Cotton to Fusarium Wilt Identified by Transcriptome Profiling - Jianan Hou; Fu’an Zhao; Xiaojie Yang; Wu Li; Deyi Xie; Zhongjie Tang; Shuping Lv; Lihong Nie; Yao Sun; Mengmeng Wang; Yajing Zhu; Xiaopei Bo; et al. (Tropical Plant Biology, 2021)
Fusarium wilt, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. f. sp. vasinfectum (Fov) is a destructive soil-borne cotton disease. To profile the genes and pathways responding to Fov infection, we compared transcriptomic responses before and after F. oxysporum inoculation in a highly resistant cotton cultivar, Yumian21, and a highly susceptible cultivar, Jimian11. Although the overall gene expression pattern was downregulated in both cultivars, the global gene expression in the resistant cultivar was stronger than that in the susceptible cultivar. In addition, the expressed genes of two cultivars mostly differed in “cellular process,” “single-organism process,” “metabolic process,” and “response to stimulus” functional groups in the biological process Gene Ontology category: the upregulated differentially expressed genes (DEG) were largely enriched in the resistant cultivar, while the downregulated DEGs were largely enriched in the susceptible cultivar. Phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and phenylalanine metabolism are the key metabolic pathways in cotton in response to Fov. We found that lignin plays a potential role in cotton resistance to Fov. Two coding genes, caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase and peroxidase2 , as well as the two transcription factors MYB46 and MYB86 , are possibly involved in the accumulation and synthesis of lignin. Furthermore, the result showed that the quantification of lignin could be potentially used as a selection tool to identify Fusarium wilt resistant cotton.

Houcaris gen. nov. from the early Cambrian (Stage 3) Chengjiang Lagerstätte expanded the palaeogeographical distribution of tamisiocaridids (Panarthropoda: Radiodonta) - Yu Wu; Dongjing Fu; Jiaxin Ma; Weiliang Lin; Ao Sun; Xingliang Zhang (PalZ, 2021)

Sleep Characteristics and Cerebrospinal Fluid Progranulin in Older Adults: The CABLE Study - Meng Wang; Fu-Rong Sun; Yan-Lin Bi; Ya-Hui Ma; Jian-Jun Yin; Xue-Ning Shen; Xiao-Tong Wang; Lan Tan; Jin-Tai Yu (Neurotoxicity Research, 2021)

Enhanced rice yields are related to pronounced shifts in soil resident bacterial community structures in response to Rhodopseudomonas palustris and Bacillus subtilis inoculation - Yuan Zhao; Yue Sun; Meng Pei; Jing Fu; Hai Ji; Lihua Zhao; Xian Xiao (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021)

Effects of Plant Growth Regulators, Soil Moisture Contents, and Carbon/Nitrogen Ratios on Sex Differentiation in Persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) Flowers - Liyuan Wang; Huawei Li; Peng Sun; Yujing Suo; Weijuan Han; Songfeng Diao; Yini Mai; Fangdong Li; Jianmin Fu (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2021)

The distribution of phytoplankton size and major influencing factors in the surface waters near the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula - Lu Liu; Mingzhu Fu; Kaiming Sun; Qinzeng Xu; Zongjun Xu; Xuelei Zhang; Zongling Wang (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 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)

Delineating the organization of projection neuron subsets in primary visual cortex with multiple fluorescent rabies virus tracing - Liang Li; Yajie Tang; Leqiang Sun; Jinsong Yu; Siheng Zhang; Hui Gong; Hannah C. Webber; Xiaoyu Zhang; Zhe Hu; Xiangning Li; Khaista Rahman; Xiangwei Shi; et al. (Brain Structure and Function, 2021)

Appraising the Status of Fish Community Structure in the Yellow Sea Based on an Indicator-Testing Framework - Yuru Li; Shuyang Ma; Caihong Fu; Yongjun Tian; Jianchao Li; Peng Sun; Zhenjiang Ye; Yang Liu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Fish community structure (FCS) of the Yellow Sea (YS) is affected by multiple pressures. Quantifying the responses of indicators of FCS (IFCSs) to pressures is a key aspect of ecosystem-based fisheries management. Quantitative methodology has hitherto been rarely applied to evaluate the performance of ecological indicators in response to physical and anthropogenic pressures and management actions. In this study, we adopted a quantitative and flexible framework to quantify the performance of IFCSs in the YS as well as to identify a suite of operational IFCSs to evaluate the status of the FCS via two state-space approaches. A total of 22 IFCSs were tested for their responses to three types of pressures including anthropogenic activities (fishing), large-scale climate change, and regional environmental variables. Our results indicate that the majority of IFCSs have good performance in terms of sensitivity in their responses to pressures, but weak performance in terms of robustness. The IFCSs tend to respond stronger to fishing than to large-scale climatic indices and regional environmental indices both in terms of sensitivity and robustness. A final indicator suite of five best-performing IFCSs was identified. The five IFCSs include total catch (ToC), mean trophic level (MTL), the ratio of catch of large predatory groups to total catch (LPC/ToC), mean temperature of catch (MTC) [or alternatively catch of small pelagic groups (SPC)], and functional evenness based on thermal groups (T-J′FD), all of which show regime shift patterns consistent with climate change. Compared to a reference period (1960–1964), the status of the current FCS has been obviously changed, and the long-term trajectories of the final indicator suite is consistent with that of fishing pressure. This study demonstrates the applicability of the indicator-testing framework in appraising the status of FCS, and facilitates moving towards ecosystem-based fisheries management in the YS.

Three new acenaphthene derivatives from rhizomes of Musa basjoo and their cytotoxic activity - Li Jiang; Bao Zhang; Yang Wang; Jia Sun; Xue Ma; Guangcheng Wang; Sihong Fu; Changhu Lin; YongJun Li (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Effects of Spray Parameters on the Effective Spray Width of Single-Rotor Drone in Sugarcane Plant Protection - Ping Zhang; Wei Zhang; Hai-Tian Sun; Feng-Guang He; Hai-Ba Fu; Li-Qiang Qi; Li-Juan Yu; Li-Yu Jin; Bo Zhang; Jian-Sheng Liu (Sugar Tech, 2021)

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)

Land Use/Cover Change and Its Policy Implications in Typical Agriculture-forest Ecotone of Central Jilin Province, China - Yulin Dong; Zhibin Ren; Yao Fu; Ran Yang; Hongchao Sun; Xingyuan He (Chinese Geographical Science, 2021)

Online collaboration-based visual tracking for unmanned aerial vehicle with spatial-to-semantic information and multi-recommender voting. - Changhong Fu; Yiming Li; Ziyuan Huang; Yiyong Sun; Jianyu Yang (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021)

Field application of directional hydraulic fracturing technology for controlling thick hard roof: a case study - Yongxin Sun; Yukai Fu; Tao Wang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Spatiotemporal characteristics of sea ice transport in the Baffin Bay and its association with atmospheric variability - Weifu Sun; Haibo Bi; Min Fu; Xi Liang; Yunhe Wang; Yu Liang; Jue Huang; Haijun Huang; Liwen Yan; Qinglong Yu; Shuang Liang (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021)

Distribution and Assessment of Cr, Pb, Ni and Cd in Topsoil of the Modern Yellow River Delta, China - Hongjun Yang; Jingkuan Sun; Jiangbao Xia; Zhanyong Fu; Shuai Cheng; Tian Li; Pengshuai Shao; Kaikai Dong; Jinzhao Ma; Lu Feng (Wetlands, 2021)

Development of EST-SSR markers and their application in the genetic diversity of persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) - Liyuan Wang; Huawei Li; Yujing Suo; Weijuan Han; Songfeng Diao; Yini Mai; Peng Sun; Jianmin Fu (Trees, 2021)

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)

Engrafted primary type-2 astrocytes improve the recovery of the nigrostriatal pathway in a rat model of Parkinson's disease - Yanyun Sun; Xiao-jun Lu; Xinghui Fu; Ye Zhang; Yan Zhan; Jiabing Liu; Lingxia Zhao; Chun-lin Xia (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2021)

The role of MYB proto-oncogene like 2 in tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer - Xia Li; Xi Zhang; Cong-Cong Wu; Ping-Ping Li; Yi-Mou Fu; Li-Hua Xie; Shuang-Shuang Sun; Ying-Ying Zhou; Bao-Ling Zhu (Journal of Molecular Histology, 2021)

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.

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)

Isolation and complete genome sequencing of the virulent phage vB_EcoS_XY3 infecting multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli - Pan Fu; Qiang Zhao; Li Shi; Qin Xiong; Hongxia Xu; Senmao Cai; Qianqian Xu; Xiaodong Sun; Ming Sang (Archives of Virology, 2021)

Key statistical characteristics of the mesoscale convective systems generated over the Tibetan Plateau and their relationship to precipitation and southwest vortices - Zi Mai; Shen‐Ming Fu; Jian‐Hua Sun; Liang Hu; Xiu‐ming Wang (International Journal of Climatology, 2021)
Based on hourly geostationary satellite temperature‐of‐black‐body data, 9,754 mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) are found to form over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) during 16 warm seasons. In the whole study period, neither the occurrence numbers of these MCSs nor their other key characteristics are found to have a significant trend of increasing/decreasing. The MCSs can form anywhere over the TP, and ~6.6% of them can move eastward and vacate the TP (defined as the eastward‐moving type [EMT]). The EMTs' mean occurrence frequency and lifespan are ~0.3 per day and ~12.0 hr, respectively. Compared to the MCSs that do not vacate the TP, the EMTs usually have stronger intensity, longer lifespan, and develop more rapidly but generate in a drier environment. The vacating stage of an EMT usually begins in the latter half of its lifespan, and an EMT tends to reach its maximum cloud area when it is about to vacate the TP. After vacating the TP, an EMT usually weakens at first and then enhances again. Vorticity budget indicates that the convergence‐related horizontal shrinking and the convection‐related vertical vorticity transport govern the cyclonic‐vorticity increase/maintenance associated with the longer‐lived EMTs. Of all the EMTs, only ~8% are associated with southwest vortices (SWVs), and the precipitation related to these EMTs contributes ~20% to the local hourly heavy precipitation. Compared to the EMTs that are not related to SWVs, those that are generally vacate the TP sooner, last longer having vacated the TP, and have longer whole lifespans.

Downregulation of Adhesion Molecule CHL1 in B Cells but Not T Cells of Patients with Major Depression and in the Brain of Mice with Chronic Stress - C. R. Yang; L. Ning; F. H. Zhou; Q. Sun; H. P. Meng; Z. Han; Y. Liu; W. Huang; S. Liu; X. H. Li; B. Zheng; Dong Ming; et al. (Neurotoxicity Research, 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)

Melatonin ameliorates spatial memory and motor deficits via preserving the integrity of cortical and hippocampal dendritic spine morphology in mice with neurotrauma - Xiao-Jing Lin; Ruoxu Liu; Chenyi Li; Xueqing Yi; Bo Fu; M. J. Walker; Xiao-Ming Xu; Gang Sun; Cheng-Hsien Lin (Inflammopharmacology, 2020)

Application and Progress of Reinforcement Technology for Chinese Ancient Buildings with Wood Structure - Ru-yuan Yang; You-fu Sun; Xiao-feng Zhang (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2020)

Microscopic and Fractal Characterization of Organic Matter within Lacustrine Shale Reservoirs in the First Member of Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation, Songliao Basin, Northeast China - Bo Liu; Meng Yan; Xianda Sun; Yunfeng Bai; Longhui Bai; Xiaofei Fu (Journal of Earth Science, 2020)

Sulfide ore prospecting in carbon-containing stratum using comprehensive time-domain induced polarization and controlled-source audio-frequency magnetotellurics - Ren-Bin Sun; Li-Xia Chu; Gui-Bin Zhang; Qiu-Ming Cheng; Yun-Chuan Xiang; Bin Hu; Chang-Rong Zhang; Jian-Fu Li; Yi-Jun Zhao (Applied Geophysics, 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)

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)

Artemisinin suppresses myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury via NLRP3 inflammasome mechanism - Fengyue Wang; Qianping Gao; Jing Yang; Can Wang; Junxian Cao; Junfeng Sun; Zhixin Fan; Lu Fu (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 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.

Spatiotemporal variability of physical-biogeochemical processes and intrinsic correlations in the semi-enclosed South Yellow Sea - Qinsheng Wei; Baodong Wang; Mingzhu Fu; Junchuan Sun; Qingzhen Yao; Ming Xin; Zhigang Yu (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2020)

Climate Variability Patterns and Their Ecological Effects on Ecosystems in the Northwestern North Pacific - Shuyang Ma; Yongjun Tian; Jianchao Li; Haiqing Yu; Jiahua Cheng; Peng Sun; Caihong Fu; Yang Liu; Yoshiro Watanabe (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020)

Elastic wave propagation and scattering in prestressed porous rocks - Li-Yun Fu; Bo-Ye Fu; Weijia Sun; Tongcheng Han; Jianlin Liu (Science China Earth Sciences, 2020)

Prenylated isoflavones with potential antiproliferative activities from Mappianthus iodoides - Yan-Ping Liu; Li-Li Sun; Xiang-Lin Zhang; Hai-Yuan Niu; Zheng-Hong Pan; Yan-Hui Fu (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Dynamics of radial oxygen loss in mangroves subjected to waterlogging - Hao Cheng; Mei-Lin Wu; Chang-Da Li; Fu-Lin Sun; Cui-Ci Sun; You-Shao Wang (Ecotoxicology, 2020)

Distribution patterns and source identification for heavy metals in Mirs Bay of Hong Kong in China - Mei-Lin Wu; Hao Cheng; Hui Zhao; Fu-Lin Sun; Yu-Tu Wang; Jian-Ping Yin; Jiao Fei; Cui-Ci Sun; You-Shao Wang (Ecotoxicology, 2020)

Phytoplankton community, structure and succession delineated by partial least square regression in Daya Bay, South China Sea - Mei-Lin Wu; Yu-Tu Wang; Hao Cheng; Fu-lin Sun; Jiao Fei; Cui-Ci Sun; Jian-Ping Yin; Hui Zhao; You-Shao Wang (Ecotoxicology, 2020)

Fluoride-Induced Alteration in the Diversity and Composition of Bacterial Microbiota in Mice Colon - Rong Fu; Ruiyan Niu; Rui Li; Baijuan Yue; Xuhua Zhang; Qiqi Cao; Jundong Wang; Zilong Sun (Biological Trace Element Research, 2020)

Fishmeal level affects growth performance of Macrobrachium nipponense via regulating protein and lipid metabolism - Qun-Lan Zhou; Su-Fei Jiang; Yi-Wei Xiong; Bo Liu; Cunxin Sun; Zhenting Jiang; Hongtuo Fu (Aquaculture International, 2020)

Free fatty acid receptor 4 activation protects against choroidal neovascularization in mice - Yohei Tomita; Bertan Cakir; Chi-Hsiu Liu; Zhongjie Fu; Shuo Huang; Steve S. Cho; William R. Britton; Ye Sun; Mark Puder; Ann Hellström; Saswata Talukdar; Lois E. H. Smith (Angiogenesis, 2020)

Characterization of viromes within mosquito species in China - Jiang Du; Fan Li; Yelin Han; Shihong Fu; Bo Liu; Nan Shao; Haoxiang Su; Weijia Zhang; Dandan Zheng; Wenwen Lei; Jie Dong; Lilian Sun; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 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)

Endosulfan induces endothelial inflammation and dysfunction via IRE1α/NF-κB signaling pathway - ShiTian Sun; ZhengGuo Ji; JiaRong Fu; Xi-Feng Wang; Lian-Shuang Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Estimation of PM2.5 Mass Concentration from Visibility - Denghui Ji; Zhaoze Deng; Xiaoyu Sun; Liang Ran; Xiangao Xia; Disong Fu; Zijue Song; Pucai Wang; Yunfei Wu; Ping Tian; Mengyu Huang (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2020)
Aerosols in the atmosphere not only degrade visibility, but are also detrimental to human health and transportation. In order to develop a method to estimate PM 2.5 mass concentration from the widely measured visibility, a field campaign was conducted in Southwest China in January 2019. Visibility, ambient relative humidity (RH), PM 2.5 mass concentrations and scattering coefficients of dry particles were measured. During the campaign, two pollution episodes, i.e., from 4–9 January and from 10–16 January, were encountered. Each of the two episodes could be divided into two periods. High aerosol hygroscopicity was found during the first period, when RH was higher than 80% at most of the time, and sometimes even approached 100%. The second period experienced a relatively dry but more polluted condition and aerosol hygroscopicity was lower than that during the first period. An empirical relationship between PM 2.5 mass concentration and visibility (ambient aerosol extinction) under different RH conditions could thus be established. Based on the empirical relationship, PM 2.5 mass concentration could be well estimated from visibility and RH. This method will be useful for remote sensing of PM 2.5 mass concentration.

Antifungal, anti-inflamatory and neuritogenic activity of newly-isolated compounds from Disporopsis aspersa - Fang-Li Gang; Feng Zhu; Chao-Fu Yang; Xiao-Ting Li; Hua Yang; Ming-Xia Sun; Wen-Jun Wu; Ji-Wen Zhang (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Genetic dynamics of earlier maturity group emergence in south-to-north extension of Northeast China soybeans - Mengmeng Fu; Yanping Wang; Haixiang Ren; Weiguang Du; Deliang Wang; Rongjun Bao; Xingyong Yang; Zhongyan Tian; Lianshun Fu; Yanxi Cheng; Jiangshun Su; Bincheng Sun; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2020)

Spatial Relationships of Water Resources with Energy Consumption at Coal Mining Operations in China - Gang Lin; Dong Jiang; Jingying Fu; Donglin Dong; Wenjie Sun; Xiang Li (Mine Water and the Environment, 2020)

Evaluation of satellite-derived tidal constituents in the South China Sea by adopting the most suitable geophysical correction models - Yanguang Fu; Dongxu Zhou; Xinghua Zhou; Yanfei Sun; Feng Li; Weikang Sun (Journal of Oceanography, 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)

Stress sensitivity in naturally fractured reservoirs: a case study of the Lower Cretaceous Xiagou Formation, Qingxi Oilfield, Jiuxi Basin, northwestern China - Wei Ju; Xiaolong Fu; Weifeng Sun; Haoran Xu; Shengyu Wang (Geosciences Journal, 2020)

Epidemiology and HBGA-susceptibility investigation of a G9P[8] rotavirus outbreak in a school in Lechang, China - Lun-Ai Guo; Meng Zhang; Yu-zhen Hou; Haitao Hu; Ling Fang; Ming Tan; Qiong Huang; Hui Li; Li-Mei Sun; Xi Jiang; Wen-Fang Tan; Shixing Tang; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2020)

Correction to: Effect of stomatal control on Populus simonii Carr stand transpiration in farmland shelterbelt, China’s semi-arid region - Shuai Fu; Yuan Xiao; Yi Luo; Lin Sun; Daishe Wu (Agroforestry Systems, 2020)

Effect of stomatal control on Populus simonii Carr stand transpiration in farmland shelterbelt, China’s semi-arid region - Shuai Fu; Yuan Xiao; Yi Luo; Lin Sun; Daishe Wu (Agroforestry Systems, 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.

Variation in radial growth and wood density of Cyclocarya paliurus across its natural distribution - Shengzuo Fang; Daiyan Sun; Xulan Shang; Xiangxiang Fu; Wanxia Yang (New Forests, 2020)

The Complete Genome of Emcibacter congregatus ZYLT, a Marine Bacterium Encoding a CRISPR-Cas 9 Immune System - Zhe Zhao; Rui-an Zhang; Ge-yi Fu; Ran Zhang; Yan-fang Nie; Cong Sun; Min Wu (Current Microbiology, 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)

Numerical simulation study of strip filling for water-preserved coal mining - Wei Bo Sun; Yan Wang; Hua Fu Qiu; Zi Wei Ding (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Species richness and biodiversity significance of alpine micro-waterbody systems in Gaoligong Mountain, Northwest Yunnan, China - Shuo-Ran Liu; Davide Fornacca; Dao-De Yang; Lu Tan; Xian-Fu Li; Guo-Peng Ren; Jun Sun; Xiao-Yang He; Wen-Shu Yang; Qing-Hua Cai; Wen Xiao (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

Spatiotemporal Variation of Plant Diversity Under a Unique Estuarine Wetland Gradient System in the Yellow River Delta, China - Jingkuan Sun; Yuan Chi; Zhanyong Fu; Tian Li; Kaikai Dong (Chinese Geographical Science, 2020)

Prolonged Neo-Tethyan magmatic arc in Myanmar: evidence from geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of Cretaceous mafic–felsic intrusions in the Banmauk–Kawlin area - Jin-Xiang Li; Wei-Ming Fan; Li-Yun Zhang; Tou-Ping Peng; Ya-Li Sun; Lin Ding; Fu-Long Cai; Kyaing Sein (International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2020)

Identification and validation of the superior alleles for wheat kernel traits detected by genome-wide association study under different nitrogen environments - Na Zhang; Xilan Zhang; Liqiang Song; Qiannan Su; Shuai Zhang; Jiajia Liu; Wei Zhang; Xiaoyi Fu; Minghui Zhao; Lijing Sun; Jun Ji; Wenchen Qiao; et al. (Euphytica, 2020)

Antibacterial activity and action mode of chlorogenic acid against Salmonella Enteritidis, a foodborne pathogen in chilled fresh chicken - Zhilan Sun; Xinxiao Zhang; Haihong Wu; Hongyi Wang; Huan Bian; Yongzhi Zhu; Weimin Xu; Fang Liu; Daoying Wang; Longyun Fu (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020)

Elevated Hs-CRP Levels Are Associated with Higher Risk of Intracranial Arterial Stenosis - Bing-Jie Su; Yi Dong; Chen-Chen Tan; Xiao-He Hou; Wei Xu; Fu-Rong Sun; Mei Cui; Qiang Dong; Lan Tan; Jin-Tai Yu (Neurotoxicity Research, 2020)

Conversion of organic carbon from decayed native and invasive plant litter in Jiuduansha wetland and its implications for SOC formation and sequestration - Jianfang Yan; Lei Wang; Yiu Fai Tsang; Liwei Qian; Xiaohua Fu; Ying Sun; Pengfei Wu (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020)

Impact of Arctic amplification on declining spring dust events in East Asia - Jun Liu; Dongyou Wu; Guangjing Liu; Rui Mao; Siyu Chen; Mingxia Ji; Pingqing Fu; Yele Sun; Xiaole Pan; Hongchun Jin; Yubin Zhou; Xin Wang (Climate Dynamics, 2020)
Dust aerosols play key roles in affecting regional and global climate through their direct, indirect, and semi-direct effects. Dust events have decreased rapidly since the 1980s in East Asia, particularly over northern China, primarily because of changes in meteorological parameters (e.g. surface wind speed and precipitation). In this study, we found that winter (December–January–February) Arctic amplification associated with weakened temperature gradients along with decreased zonal winds is primarily responsible for the large decline in following spring (March–April–May) dust event occurrences over northern China since the mid-1980s. A dust index was developed for northern China by combining the daily frequency of three types of dust event (dust storm, blowing dust, and floating dust). Using the empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis, the first pattern of dust events was obtained for spring dust index anomalies, which accounts for 56.2% of the variability during 1961–2014. Moreover, the enhanced Arctic amplification and stronger Northern Hemisphere annular mode (NAM) in winter can result in the anticyclonic anomalies over Siberia and Mongolia, while cyclonic anomalies over East Europe in spring. These results are significantly correlated with the weakened temperature gradients, increased precipitation and soil moisture, and decreased snow cover extent in the mid-latitude over Northern Hemisphere. Based on the future predictions obtained from the Fifth Climate Models Intercomparison Project (CMIP5), we found that the dust event occurrences may continually decrease over northern China due to the enhanced Arctic amplification in future climate.

A 38-Year Climatology of Explosive Cyclones over the Northern Hemisphere - Gang Fu; Yawen Sun; Jilin Sun; Pengyuan Li (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2020)

Selection and validation of reference genes for quantitative gene expression analyses in persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) using real-time quantitative PCR - Gaigai Du; Liyuan Wang; Huawei Li; Peng Sun; Jianmin Fu; Yujing Suo; Weijuan Han; Songfeng Diao; Yini Mai; Fangdong Li (Biologia Futura, 2020)
Background and aims Persimmon ( Diospyros kaki ) is an economically important fruit tree species with complex flowering characteristics. To obtain accurate expression pattern analysis results, it is vital to select a reliable gene for the normalization of real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction data. The aim of this study was to identify the optimal internal control gene among six candidate genes for gene expression analysis in different persimmon organs and developmental stages. Materials and methods This analysis was conducted using geNorm and NormFinder software to show differences in the stability of the six reference genes among tissues and floral developmental stages of the same plant. Results Although genes that exhibited moderate expression in NormFinder revealed slightly different expression stabilities than those obtained by geNorm, both sets of results showed that GAPDH was the best reference gene in different organs and floral buds at different developmental stages, whereas 18SrRNA was the least stable gene. Conclusions Based on the overall ranking, GAPDH is the most suitable reference gene and is highly recommended for gene expression studies in different organs and different developmental stages of persimmon. This study provides useful reference data for future gene expression studies and will contribute to improving the accuracy of gene expression results in persimmon.

De novo assembly, transcriptome characterization, and simple sequence repeat marker development in duckweed Lemna gibba - Lili Fu; Zehong Ding; Anuwat Kumpeangkeaw; Deguan Tan; Bingying Han; Xuepiao Sun; Jiaming Zhang (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2020)

Identification of rs11615992 as a novel regulatory SNP for human P2RX7 by allele-specific expression - Tao Peng; Li Zhong; Jing Gao; Zhu Wan; Wei-Ping Fu; Chang Sun (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2020)

Impacts of ontogenetic and altitudinal changes on morphological traits and biomass allocation patterns of Fritillaria unibracteata - Bo Xu; Jin-niu Wang; Fu-sun Shi (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

Temporal population variability in local forest communities has mixed effects on tree species richness across a latitudinal gradient - Tak Fung; Ryan A. Chisholm; Kristina Anderson‐Teixeira; Norm Bourg; Warren Y. Brockelman; Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin; Chia‐Hao Chang‐Yang; Rutuja Chitra‐Tarak; George Chuyong; Richard Condit; Handanakere S. Dattaraja; Stuart J. Davies; et al. (Ecology Letters, 2020)
Among the local processes that determine species diversity in ecological communities, fluctuation‐dependent mechanisms that are mediated by temporal variability in the abundances of species populations have received significant attention. Higher temporal variability in the abundances of species populations can increase the strength of temporal niche partitioning but can also increase the risk of species extinctions, such that the net effect on species coexistence is not clear. We quantified this temporal population variability for tree species in 21 large forest plots and found much greater variability for higher latitude plots with fewer tree species. A fitted mechanistic model showed that among the forest plots, the net effect of temporal population variability on tree species coexistence was usually negative, but sometimes positive or negligible. Therefore, our results suggest that temporal variability in the abundances of species populations has no clear negative or positive contribution to the latitudinal gradient in tree species richness.

Spatial distribution, pollution levels, and source identification of heavy metals in wetlands of Suzhou Industrial Park, China - Jiawei Xu; Qifan Zhuang; Yao Fu; Yanan Huang; Zhuyou Sun; Zhiyong Liu (Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2019)

Impact of urbanization on hydrological processes under different precipitation scenarios - Wenbin Zang; Shu Liu; Shifeng Huang; Jiren Li; Yicheng Fu; Yayong Sun; Jingwei Zheng (Natural Hazards, 2019)

Angiotensin II induces apoptosis of cardiac microvascular endothelial cells via regulating PTP1B/PI3K/Akt pathway - Yanyan Wang; Yuyuan Fan; Yu Song; Xueting Han; Mingqiang Fu; Jingfeng Wang; Xiaotong Cui; Juan Cao; Li Chen; Kai Hu; Aijun Sun; Jingmin Zhou; et al. (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2019)

Impact of calcium peroxide dosage on the control of nutrients release from sediment in the anoxic landscape water - Yi Wang; Wen-Huai Wang; Xin-Xin Lu; Lin-Lin Feng; Fu-Rong Xue; Lu-Qin Sun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

A Review of Research on Warm-Sector Heavy Rainfall in China - Jianhua Sun; Yuanchun Zhang; Ruixin Liu; Shenming Fu; Fuyou Tian (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2019)

Major advances in studies of the physical geography and living environment of China during the past 70 years and future prospects - Fahu Chen; Bojie Fu; Jun Xia; Duo Wu; Shaohong Wu; Yili Zhang; Hang Sun; Yu Liu; Xiaomin Fang; Boqiang Qin; Xin Li; Tingjun Zhang; et al. (Science China Earth Sciences, 2019)

Autopolyploid induction via somatic embryogenesis in Lilium distichum Nakai and Lilium cernuum Komar - Linlan Fu; Yingying Zhu; Min Li; Chunxia Wang; Hongmei Sun (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2019)

Stress associated protein 1 regulates the development of glandular trichomes in Artemisia annua - Yuting Wang; Xueqing Fu; Lihui Xie; Wei Qin; Ling Li; Xiaofen Sun; Shihai Xing; Kexuan Tang (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2019)

The synergetic effect of pelvic rotation and X-ray offset on radiographic angles of the acetabular cup - Jing-Xin Zhao; Xiu-Yun Su; Zhe Zhao; Ruo-Xiu Xiao; Guo-Fei Sun; Li-Cheng Zhang; Pei-Fu Tang (Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2019)

Progranulin alleviates podocyte injury via regulating CAMKK/AMPK-mediated autophagy under diabetic conditions - Di Zhou; Meng Zhou; Ziying Wang; Yi Fu; Meng Jia; Xiaojie Wang; Min Liu; Yan Zhang; Yu Sun; Yabin Zhou; Yi Lu; Wei Tang; et al. (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019)

A Lipid Micellar System Loaded with Dexamethasone Palmitate Alleviates Rheumatoid Arthritis - Xinxin Wang; Yan Feng; Jijun Fu; Cuishuan Wu; Bing He; Hua Zhang; Xueqing Wang; Wenbing Dai; Yong Sun; Qiang Zhang (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2019)

Hybrid model combining empirical mode decomposition, singular spectrum analysis, and least squares for satellite-derived sea-level anomaly prediction - Yanguang Fu; Xinghua Zhou; Weikang Sun; Qiuhua Tang (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2019)