Next-generation sequencing technology as a powerful detection and semi-quantitative method for herpes simplex virus type 1 in pediatric encephalitis - Lin-lin Liu; Ling-yun Guo; Jie Dong; Wen-hua Huang; Li Zhao; Bing Liu; Xi-xi Zhang; Yong-qiang Jiang; Gang Liu (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2020)

Advances in Urban Meteorological Research in China - Shiguang Miao; Weimei Jiang; Ping Liang; Hongnian Liu; Xuemei Wang; Jianguo Tan; Ning Zhang; Ju Li; Wupeng Du; Lin Pei (Journal of Meteorological Research, 2020)

Improved in-situ Determination of Sr Isotope Ratio in Silicate Samples Using LA-MC-ICP-MS and Its Wider Application for Fused Rock Powder - Lüyun Zhu; Ganglan Zhang; Yongsheng Liu; Jie Lin; Xirun Tong; Shaoyong Jiang (Journal of Earth Science, 2020)

Differences in purifying and resistance tolerance ability of Scindapsus and Chlorophytum to formaldehyde pollution - Li Li; Shi-Lin Tian; Jun Jiang; Shi-Lun Xu; Yong Wang (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2020)

Mechanisms of soil bacterial and fungal community assembly differ among and within islands - Pandeng Wang; Shao‐Peng Li; Xian Yang; Jizhong Zhou; Wensheng Shu; Lin Jiang (Environmental Microbiology, 2020)
Summary The study of islands has made substantial contributions to the development of evolutionary and ecological theory. However, we know little about microbial community assembly on islands. Using soil microbial data collected from 29 lake islands and nearby mainland, we examined the assembly mechanisms of soil bacterial and fungal communities among and within islands. We found that deterministic processes, especially homogeneous selection, tended to be more important in shaping the assembly of soil bacterial communities among islands, while stochastic processes tended to be more important within islands. Moreover, increasing island area increased the importance of homogeneous selection, but reduced the importance of variable selection, for soil bacterial community assembly within islands. By contrast, stochastic processes tended to dominate soil fungal community assembly both among and within islands, with dispersal limitation playing a more important role within than among islands. Our results highlight the scale‐ and taxon‐dependence of insular soil microbial community assembly, suggesting that spatial scale should be explicitly considered when evaluating the influences of habitat fragmentation on soil microbial communities.

Contrasting the Pb (II) and Cd (II) tolerance of Enterobacter sp. via its cellular stress responses - Zhongquan Jiang; Liu Jiang; Lin Zhang; Mu Su; Da Tian; Tong Wang; Yalin Sun; Ying Nong; Shuijin Hu; Shimei Wang; Zhen Li (Environmental Microbiology, 2020)
Summary Successful application of microorganisms to heavy metal remediation depends on their resistance to toxic metals. This study contrasted the differences of tolerant mechanisms between Pb 2+ and Cd 2+ in Enterobacter sp. Microbial respiration and production of formic acid showed that Enterobacter sp. had a higher tolerant concentration of Pb (>1000 mg l −1 ) than Cd (about 200 mg l −1 ). Additionally, SEM confirmed that most of Pb and Cd nanoparticles (NPs) were adsorbed onto cell membrane. The Cd stress, even at low concentration (50 mg l −1 ), significantly enlarged the sizes of cells. The cellular size raised from 0.4 × 1.0 to 0.9 × 1.6 μm on average, inducing a platelet‐like shape. In contrast, Pb cations did not stimulate such enlargement even up to 1000 mg l −1 . Moreover, Cd NPs were adsorbed homogeneously by almost all the bacterial cells under TEM. However, only a few cells work as ‘hot spots’ on the sorption of Pb NPs. The heterogeneous sorption might result from a ‘self‐sacrifice’ mechanism, i.e., some cells at a special life stage contributed mostly to Pb sorption. This mechanism, together with the lower mobility of Pb cations, caused higher microbial tolerance and removal efficiency towards Pb 2+ . This study sheds evident contrasts of bacterial resistance to the two most common heavy metals.

Alpine grassland plants grow earlier and faster but biomass remains unchanged over 35 years of climate change - Hao Wang; Huiying Liu; Guangmin Cao; Zhiyuan Ma; Yikang Li; Fawei Zhang; Xia Zhao; Xinquan Zhao; Lin Jiang; Nathan J. Sanders; Aimée T. Classen; Jin‐Sheng He (Ecology Letters, 2020)
Satellite data indicate significant advancement in alpine spring phenology over decades of climate warming, but corresponding field evidence is scarce. It is also unknown whether this advancement results from an earlier shift of phenological events, or enhancement of plant growth under unchanged phenological pattern. By analyzing a 35‐year dataset of seasonal biomass dynamics of a Tibetan alpine grassland, we show that climate change promoted both earlier phenology and faster growth, without changing annual biomass production. Biomass production increased in spring due to a warming‐induced earlier onset of plant growth, but decreased in autumn due mainly to increased water stress. Plants grew faster but the fast‐growing period shortened during the mid‐growing season. These findings provide the first in situ evidence of long‐term changes in growth patterns in alpine grassland plant communities, and suggest that earlier phenology and faster growth will jointly contribute to plant growth in a warming climate.

Coordinated Variation of Contact Angles During Mobilization of Double Liquid–Gas Interfaces in a Microcapillary - Da Lei; Mian Lin; Yun Li; Wenbin Jiang (Transport in Porous Media, 2020)

Graphical Representation and Explanation of the Conductivity Tensor of Anisotropic Media - Chang-fu Yang; Lin-jiang Qin (Surveys in Geophysics, 2020)

ABA and sucrose co-regulate strawberry fruit ripening and show inhibition of glycolysis - Ya Luo; Cong Ge; Yajie Ling; Fan Mo; Min Yang; Leiyu Jiang; Qing Chen; Yuanxiu Lin; Bo Sun; Yong Zhang; Yan Wang; Mengyao Li; et al. (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2020)

Whole-genome mining and in silico analysis of FAD gene family in Brassica juncea - Yufei Xue; Chengyan Chai; Baojun Chen; Xiaofeng Shi; Bitao Wang; Fanrong Mei; Manlin Jiang; Xueli Liao; Xia Yang; Chenglong Yuan; Lin Zhang; Yourong Chai (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2020)

Comparative analysis of mitochondrial genome of a deep-sea crab Chaceon granulates reveals positive selection and novel genetic features - Bo Zhang; Yingying Wu; Xin Wang; Wei Jiang; Jianping Yin; Qiang Lin (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2020)

Cadmium immobilization in aqueous solution by Aspergillus niger and geological fluorapatite - Christopher Uche Okolie; Haoming Chen; Yexin Zhao; Da Tian; Lin Zhang; Mu Su; Zhonquan Jiang; Zhen Li; Huixin Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Climate-change information, health-risk perception and residents’ environmental complaint behavior: an empirical study in China - Shanyong Wang; Jingjing Jiang; Yu Zhou; Jun Li; Dingtao Zhao; Shoufu Lin (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2020)

Instantaneous phase inversion based on an unwrapping algorithm - Yu-Zhao Lin; Zhen-Chun Li; Kai Zhang; Ren-Wei Ding; Ping Jiang (Applied Geophysics, 2020)

LICOM Model Datasets for the CMIP6 Ocean Model Intercomparison Project - Pengfei Lin; Zhipeng Yu; Hailong Liu; Yongqiang Yu; Yiwen Li; Jirong Jiang; Wei Xue; Kangjun Chen; Qian Yang; Bowen Zhao; Jilin Wei; Mengrong Ding; et al. (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2020)
The datasets of two Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP) simulation experiments from the LASG/IAP Climate Ocean Model, version 3 (LICOM3), forced by two different sets of atmospheric surface data, are described in this paper. The experiment forced by CORE-II (Co-ordinated Ocean–Ice Reference Experiments, Phase II) data (1948–2009) is called OMIP1, and that forced by JRA55-do (surface dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models based on Japanese 55-year atmospheric reanalysis) data (1958–2018) is called OMIP2. First, the improvement of LICOM from CMIP5 to CMIP6 and the configurations of the two experiments are described. Second, the basic performances of the two experiments are validated using the climatological-mean and interannual time scales from observation. We find that the mean states, interannual variabilities, and long-term linear trends can be reproduced well by the two experiments. The differences between the two datasets are also discussed. Finally, the usage of these data is described. These datasets are helpful toward understanding the origin system bias of the fully coupled model.

A deep learning approach to conflating heterogeneous geospatial data for corn yield estimation: A case study of the US Corn Belt at the county level - Hao Jiang; Hao Hu; Renhai Zhong; Jinfan Xu; Jialu Xu; Jingfeng Huang; Shaowen Wang; Yibin Ying; Tao Lin (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Understanding large‐scale crop growth and its responses to climate change are critical for yield estimation and prediction, especially under the increased frequency of extreme climate and weather events. County‐level corn phenology varies spatially and interannually across the Corn Belt in the United States, where precipitation and heat stress presents a temporal pattern among growth phases (GPs) and vary interannually. In this study, we developed a long short‐term memory (LSTM) model that integrates heterogeneous crop phenology, meteorology, and remote sensing data to estimate county‐level corn yields. By conflating heterogeneous phenology‐based remote sensing and meteorological indices, the LSTM model accounted for 76% of yield variations across the Corn Belt, improved from 39% of yield variations explained by phenology‐based meteorological indices alone. The LSTM model outperformed least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression and random forest (RF) approaches for end‐of‐the‐season yield estimation, as a result of its recurrent neural network structure that can incorporate cumulative and nonlinear relationships between corn yield and environmental factors. The results showed that the period from silking to dough was most critical for crop yield estimation. The LSTM model presented a robust yield estimation under extreme weather events in 2012, which reduced the root‐mean‐square error to 1.47 Mg/ha from 1.93 Mg/ha for LASSO and 2.43 Mg/ha for RF. The LSTM model has the capability to learn general patterns from high‐dimensional (spectral, spatial, and temporal) input features to achieve a robust county‐level crop yield estimation. This deep learning approach holds great promise for better understanding the global condition of crop growth based on publicly available remote sensing and meteorological data.

Water quality monitoring at a virtual watershed monitoring station using a modified deep extreme learning machine - Jian Jin; Peng Jiang; Lei Li; Huan Xu; Guang Lin (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2020)

Anti- β -amyloid aggregation activity of enantiomeric furolactone-type lignans from Archidendron clypearia (Jack) I.C.N. - Yu-Xi Wang; Bin Lin; Le Zhou; Zhi-Yang Yan; Han Zhang; Xiao-Xiao Huang; Shao-Jiang Song (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Stilbenoids from aerial parts of Dendrobium plicatile - Dan-Na Chen; Yu-Ye Wang; Wen-Jian Liu; Yue-Juan Chen; Ya-Ping Wu; Jing-Xian Wang; Feng He; Lin Jiang (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Investigation of the Long-Term Strength Properties of a Discontinuity by Shear Relaxation Tests - Ang Liu; Wenli Lin; Jingcai Jiang (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2020)

Enzyme-treated soy protein supplementation in low protein diet improved flesh tenderness, juiciness, flavor, healthiness, and antioxidant capacity in on-growing grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) - Yan Song; LiangChao Yan; WeiDan Jiang; WeiWei Xiao; Lin Feng; Pei Wu; Yang Liu; ShengYao Kuang; Ling Tang; XiaoQiu Zhou (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2020)

Mercury exposure in sedentary and migratory Charadrius plovers distributed widely across China - Tongping Su; Xin Lin; Qin Huang; Demeng Jiang; Chi Zhang; Xuecong Zhang; Caroline Dingle; Eben Goodale; Pinjia Que; Rui Wang; Yang Liu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Aureimonas leprariae sp. nov., Isolated from a Lepraria sp. Lichen - Kun Zhang; Long-Qian Jiang; Li-Song Wang; De-Feng An; Lei Lang; Gui-Ding Li; Xin-Yu Wang; Song-Biao Shi; Qin-Yuan Li; Cheng-Lin Jiang; Yi Jiang (Current Microbiology, 2020)

Variation of functional brain connectivity in epileptic seizures: an EEG analysis with cross-frequency phase synchronization - Haitao Yu; Lin Zhu; Lihui Cai; Jiang Wang; Chen Liu; Nan Shi; Jing Liu (Cognitive Neurodynamics, 2020)

Simulation of Yesso scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis, growth with a dynamic energy budget (DEB) model in the mariculture area of Zhangzidao Island - Weiwei Jiang; Fan Lin; Meirong Du; Jianguang Fang; Jinghui Fang; Yaping Gao; Xiaoqin Wang; Fengxue Li; Shipeng Dong; Xing Hou; Zengjie Jiang (Aquaculture International, 2020)

Roles of Synoptic to Quasi-Monthly Disturbances in Generating Two Pre-Summer Heavy Rainfall Episodes over South China - Zhina Jiang; Da-Lin Zhang; Hongbo Liu (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2020)

One-step generation of zebrafish carrying a conditional knockout-knockin visible switch via CRISPR/Cas9-mediated intron targeting - Jia Li; Hong-Yu Li; Shan-Ye Gu; Hua-Xing Zi; Lai Jiang; Jiu-Lin Du (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Analyzing the action of evolutionarily conserved modules on HMW-GS 1Ax1 promoter activity - Luning Duan; Shichen Han; Ke Wang; Peihong Jiang; Yunsong Gu; Lin Chen; Junyi Mu; Xingguo Ye; Yaxuan Li; Yueming Yan; Xiaohui Li (Plant Molecular Biology, 2020)

Effects of irrigation method and rice straw incorporation on CH4 emissions of paddy fields in Northeast China - Tangzhe Nie; Peng Chen; Zhongxue Zhang; Zhijuan Qi; Jian Zhao; Lili Jiang; Yanyu Lin (Paddy and Water Environment, 2020)

Soil microbial activity and community composition as influenced by application of pig biogas slurry in paddy field in southeast China - Zhaoming Chen; Qiang Wang; Junwei Ma; Stephen Chapman; Ping Zou; Jing Ye; Qiaogang Yu; Wanchun Sun; Hui Lin; Lina Jiang (Paddy and Water Environment, 2020)

Pore-scale evaluation on the mechanism of water sensitivity for sandstones containing non-swelling clays - Lin Zhao; Hanqiao Jiang; Jie Li; Junjian Li (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020)

Validation of MODIS ocean-colour products in the coastal waters of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea - Lingling Jiang; Xiangyu Guo; Lin Wang; Shubha Sathyendranath; Hayley Evers-King; Yanlong Chen; Bingnan Li (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2020)

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access - Jens Kattge; Gerhard Bönisch; Sandra Díaz; Sandra Lavorel; Iain Colin Prentice; Paul Leadley; Susanne Tautenhahn; Gijsbert D. A. Werner; Tuomas Aakala; Mehdi Abedi; Alicia T. R. Acosta; George C. Adamidis; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait‐based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits—almost complete coverage for ‘plant growth form’. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait–environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives.

Two new monoterpene glucosides from Xanthium strumarium subsp. sibiricum with their anti-inflammatory activity - Hai Jiang; Xudong Xing; Meiling Yan; Xinyue Guo; Lin Yang; Liu Yang (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Dynamic Detection of Thrombolysis in Embolic Stroke Rats by Synchrotron Radiation Angiography - Liping Wang; Panting Zhou; Zhihao Mu; Xiaojie Lin; Lu Jiang; Zhuo Cheng; Longlong Luo; Zhiming Xu; Jieli Geng; Yongting Wang; Zhijun Zhang; Guo-Yuan Yang (Translational Stroke Research, 2019)

The T cell activating properties and antitumour activity of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin-like Q - Yanan He; Yuliang Sun; Yakun Ren; Liang Qiao; Rui Guo; Jiang Du; Xinxing Zhu; Yanli Liu; Juntang Lin (Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 2019)

Autotrophic Bacterial Community and Microbial CO2 Fixation Respond to Vegetation Restoration of Eroded Agricultural Land - Haibing Xiao; Zhongwu Li; Chuxiong Deng; Lin Liu; Jia Chen; Bin Huang; Xiaodong Nie; Chun Liu; Danyang Wang; Jieyu Jiang (Ecosystems, 2019)

Characteristics and Complete Genome Analysis of Bacillus asahii OM18, a Bacterium in Relation to Soil Fertility in Alkaline Soils Under Long-Term Organic Manure Amendment - Huayun Jiang; Youzhi Feng; Fei Zhao; Xiangui Lin (Current Microbiology, 2019)

Transcriptome analysis in different chieh-qua cultivars provides new insights into drought-stress response - Min Wang; Xiaoming He; Biao Jiang; Wenrui Liu; Yu’e Lin; Dasen Xie; Zhaojun Liang; Lihui Chen; Qingwu Peng (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2019)

Survived Seamount Reveals an in situ Origin for the Central Qiangtang Metamorphic Belt in the Tibetan Plateau - Deliang Liu; Rendeng Shi; Lin Ding; Shao-Yong Jiang (Journal of Earth Science, 2019)

Development and Evaluation of a Novel Armored RNA Technology Using Bacteriophage Qβ - Lin Yao; Fengling Li; Meng Qu; Yingying Guo; Yanhua Jiang; Lianzhu Wang; Yuxiu Zhai (Food and Environmental Virology, 2019)

Rubellimicrobium rubrum sp. nov., a novel bright reddish bacterium isolated from a lichen sample - Long-Qian Jiang; Kun Zhang; Gui-Ding Li; Xin-Yu Wang; Song-Biao Shi; Qin-Yuan Li; De-Feng An; Lei Lang; Li-Song Wang; Cheng-Lin Jiang; Yi Jiang (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2019)

Numerical Investigation on the Scale Effect of a Stepped Planing Hull - Lei Du; Zhuang Lin; Yi Jiang; Ping Li; Yue Dong (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2019)
This article discusses the scale effects on a planing boat, utilizing the computational fluid dynamics method. The simulation is compared with a tank test for verification and validation. The planing boat sails use both aerodynamics and hydrodynamics. Studying the performances and wave patterns of different dimensions of the models is the best way to investigate the scale effect without using experimental data. The resistance is discussed in two parts, namely residuary resistance and friction resistance, and is compared to the calculated data using the international towing tank conference (ITTC) formula. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) calculations of the model are increased by 4.77% on average, and the boat computations are also increased by 3.57%. The computation shows the scale effect in detail. The residuary resistance coefficients at different scales are approximately equal, and the friction resistance coefficients show the scale effect. The scale effect for longitudinal steadiness is also captured for the period of the porpoising behavior. The rational for the full-scaled boat oscillation period and the model is the root of the scales.

Microbial transformation of the anti-aging agent cycloastragenol by Mucor racemosus - Haijun Lin; Baocheng Jiang; Chen Chen; Yan Song; Min Yang; Huilian Huang; Guangtong Chen (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Expression of AHI1 Rescues Amyloidogenic Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease Model Cells - Lai-Lei Ting; Hsien-Tsung Lu; Shu-Fen Yen; Thi Huong Ngo; Fang-Yu Tu; I-Shih Tsai; Yi-Hua Tsai; Fu-Yen Chang; Xiao-Jiang Li; Shihua Li; Ching-Kuo Lee; Shu-Huei Kao; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

Association between social health status and depressive symptoms among community-dwelling elderly adults in Zhejiang Province, China - Hong-lei Dai; Zhe-bin Yu; Liu-qing You; Min-hua Fan; Hong-wei Zhu; Dan-jie Jiang; Meng-yin Wu; Shu-juan Lin; Xiao-cong Zhang; Kun Chen (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2019)

Correlation between shear strength and soil physicochemical properties of different weathering profiles of the non-eroded and collapsing gully soils in southern China - Bifei Huang; Ming Qiu; Jinshi Lin; Jialin Chen; Fangshi Jiang; Ming-kuang Wang; Hongli Ge; Yanhe Huang (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019)

Effects of mutual grafting on cadmium accumulation characteristics of first post-generations of Bidens pilosa L. and Galinsoga parviflora Cav. - Hongyan Li; Jin Wang; Lijin Lin; Ming’an Liao; Xiulan Lv; Yi Tang; Xun Wang; Hui Xia; Dong Liang; Wei Ren; Wei Jiang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Characterization and Genome Analysis of a Novel Alteromonas Phage JH01 Isolated from the Qingdao Coast of China - Dongxu Wang; Yong Jiang; Shicong Xiao; Min Wang; Qian Liu; Liyang Huang; Chenglong Xue; Qi Wang; Tongtong Lin; Hongbing Shao; Andrew McMinn (Current Microbiology, 2019)

Echolocation call divergence in bats: a comparative analysis - Bo Luo; Leith Leiser-Miller; Sharlene E. Santana; Lin Zhang; Tong Liu; Yanhong Xiao; Ying Liu; Jiang Feng (Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2019)

Investigating the Transport Mechanism of PM2.5 Pollution during January 2014 in Wuhan, Central China - Miaomiao Lu; Xiao Tang; Zifa Wang; Lin Wu; Xueshun Chen; Shengwen Liang; Hui Zhou; Huangjian Wu; Ke Hu; Longjiao Shen; Jia Yu; Jiang Zhu (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2019)
Severe haze pollution that occurred in January 2014 in Wuhan was investigated. The factors leading to Wuhan’s PM 2.5 pollution and the characteristics and formation mechanism were found to be significantly different from other megacities, like Beijing. Both the growth rates and decline rates of PM 2.5 concentrations in Wuhan were lower than those in Beijing, but the monthly PM 2.5 value was approximately twice that in Beijing. Furthermore, the sharp increases of PM 2.5 concentrations were often accompanied by strong winds. A high-precision modeling system with an online source-tagged method was established to explore the formation mechanism of five haze episodes. The long-range transport of the polluted air masses from the North China Plain (NCP) was the main factor leading to the sharp increases of PM 2.5 concentrations in Wuhan, which contributed 53.4% of the monthly PM 2.5 concentrations and 38.5% of polluted days. Furthermore, the change in meteorological conditions such as weakened winds and stable weather conditions led to the accumulation of air pollutants in Wuhan after the long-range transport. The contribution from Wuhan and surrounding cities to the PM 2.5 concentrations was determined to be 67.4% during this period. Under the complex regional transport of pollutants from surrounding cities, the NCP, East China, and South China, the five episodes resulted in 30 haze days in Wuhan. The findings reveal important roles played by transregional and intercity transport in haze formation in Wuhan.

A 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl‐CoA synthase‐based probe for the discovery of the acyltransferase‐less type I polyketide synthases - Haoyu Liang; Lin Jiang; Qiyun Jiang; Jie Shi; Jingxi Xiang; Xiaohui Yan; Xiangcheng Zhu; Lixing Zhao; Ben Shen; Yanwen Duan; Yong Huang (Environmental Microbiology, 2019)
Summary Acyltransferase (AT)‐less type I polyketide synthases (PKSs) produce complex natural products due to the presence of many unique tailoring enzymes. The 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthases (HCSs) are responsible for β ‐alkylation of the growing polyketide intermediates in AT‐less type I PKSs. In this study, we discovered a large group of HCSs, closely associated with the characterized and orphan AT‐less type I PKSs through in silico genome mining, sequence and genome neighbourhood network analyses. Using HCS‐based probes, the survey of 1207 in‐house strains and 18 soil samples from different geographic locations revealed the vast diversity of HCS‐containing AT‐less type I PKSs. The presence of HCSs in many AT‐less type I PKSs suggests their co‐evolutionary relationship. This study provides a new probe to study the abundance and diversity of AT‐less type I PKSs in the environment and microbial strain collections. Our study should inspire future efforts to discover new polyketide natural products from AT‐less type I PKSs.

Plants alter their vertical root distribution rather than biomass allocation in response to changing precipitation - Bingwei Zhang; Marc W. Cadotte; Shiping Chen; Xingru Tan; Cuihai You; Tingting Ren; Minling Chen; Shanshan Wang; Weijing Li; Chengjin Chu; Lin Jiang; Yongfei Bai; et al. (Ecology, 2019)
Elucidating the variation of allocation pattern of ecosystem net primary productivity ( NPP ) and its underlying mechanisms is critically important for understanding the changes of aboveground and belowground ecosystem functions. Under optimal partitioning theory, plants should allocate more NPP to the organ that acquires the most limiting resource, and this expectation has been widely used to explain and predict NPP allocation under changing precipitation. However, confirmatory evidence for this theory has mostly come from observed spatial variation in the relationship between precipitation and NPP allocation across ecosystems, rather than directly from the influences of changing precipitation on NPP allocation within systems. We performed a 6‐yr five‐level precipitation manipulation experiment in a semiarid steppe to test whether changes in NPP allocation can be explained by the optimal partitioning theory, and how water requirement of plant community is maintained if NPP allocation is unaltered. The 30 precipitation levels (5 levels × 6 yr) were divided into dry, nominal, and wet precipitation ranges, relative to historical precipitation variation over the past six decades. We found that NPP in both aboveground ( ANPP ) and belowground ( BNPP ) increased nonlinearly as precipitation increased, while the allocation of NPP to BNPP ( f BNPP ) showed a concave quadratic relationship with precipitation. The declined f BNPP as precipitation increased in the dry range supported the optimal partitioning theory. However, in the nominal range, NPP allocation was not influenced by the changed precipitation; instead, BNPP was distributed more in the surface soil horizon (0–10 cm) as precipitation increased, and conversely more in the deeper soil layers (10–30 cm) as precipitation decreased. This response in root foraging appears to be a strategy to satisfy plant water requirements and partially explains the stable NPP allocation patterns. Overall, our results suggest that plants can adjust their vertical BNPP distribution in response to drought stress, and that only under extreme drought does the optimal partitioning theory strictly apply, highlighting the context dependency of the adaption and growth of plants under changing precipitation.

A new xanthone glycoside from Pyrrosia sheareri - Kang He; Lin-Lin Fan; Tian-Tai Wu; Jiang Du (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Isolation, purification and identification of two new alkaloids metabolites from marine-derived Verrucosispora sp. FIM06025 - Ming-Hong Chen; Wen-Long Zhang; Li Chen; Ru Lin; Yang Xie; Dong-Sheng Fang; Yun-Yang Lian; Hong Jiang (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Pros and Cons: Autophagy in Acute Spinal Cord Injury - Zheng Li; Tianshi Chen; Yuanwu Cao; Xiaoxing Jiang; Haodong Lin; Jian Zhang; Zixian Chen (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2019)

A New Neural Pathway from the Ventral Striatum to the Nucleus Basalis of Meynert with Functional Implication to Learning and Memory - Si Yun Shu; Gang Jiang; Zhaocong Zheng; Lin Ma; Bin Wang; Qiyi Zeng; Hong Li; Shen Tan; Bin Liu; Wood Yee Chan; Sheng Wu; Chunhua Zhu; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

Time-dependent impairments in learning and memory in Streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemic rats - Ayaz Ahmed; Guirong Zeng; Dejiang Jiang; Haiying Lin; Mudassar Azhar; Ahsana Dar Farooq; Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary; Xinmin Liu; Qiong Wang (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2019)

Soybean glycinin decreased growth performance, impaired intestinal health, and amino acid absorption capacity of juvenile grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) - Ya-Lin Zhang; Xu-Dong Duan; Wei-Dan Jiang; Lin Feng; Pei Wu; Yang Liu; Jun Jiang; Sheng-Yao Kuang; Ling Tang; Wu-Neng Tang; Xiao-Qiu Zhou (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2019)

Dietary tryptophan affects growth performance, digestive and absorptive enzyme activities, intestinal antioxidant capacity, and appetite and GH–IGF axis-related gene expression of hybrid catfish (Pelteobagrus vachelli♀ × Leiocassis longirostris♂) - Ye Zhao; Xiao-yun Wu; Shang-xiao Xu; Jia-yuan Xie; Kai-wen Xiang; Lin Feng; Yang Liu; Wei-dan Jiang; Pei Wu; Juan Zhao; Xiao-qiu Zhou; Jun Jiang (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2019)

Sex differences in resting-state cerebral activity alterations in internet gaming disorder - Yawen Sun; Yao Wang; Xu Han; Wenqing Jiang; Weina Ding; Mengqiu Cao; Yasong Du; Fuchun Lin; Jianrong Xu; Yan Zhou (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2019)

Effects of levodopa therapy on voxel-based degree centrality in Parkinson’s disease - Miao Zhong; Wanqun Yang; Biao Huang; Wenjie Jiang; Xiong Zhang; Xiaojin Liu; Lijuan Wang; Junjing Wang; Ling Zhao; Yuhu Zhang; Yingjun Liu; Jiabao Lin; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2019)

Ottowia flava sp. nov., isolated from fish intestines - Song-Biao Shi; Gui-Ding Li; Li-Fang Yang; Cong Liu; Ming-Guo Jiang; Qin-Yuan Li; Jia-Fa Wu; Kun Zhang; Long-Qian Jiang; Nai-Kun Shen; Cheng-Lin Jiang; Yi Jiang (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2019)

Multi‐omic analyses of exogenous nutrient bag decomposition by the black morel Morchella importuna reveal sustained carbon acquisition and transferring - Hao Tan; Annegret Kohler; Renyun Miao; Tianhai Liu; Qiang Zhang; Bo Zhang; Lin Jiang; Yong Wang; Liyuan Xie; Jie Tang; Xiaolin Li; Lixu Liu; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2019)
Summary The black morel ( Morchella importuna Kuo, O'Donnell and Volk) was once an uncultivable wild mushroom, until the development of exogenous nutrient bag (ENB), making its agricultural production quite feasible and stable. To date, how the nutritional acquisition of the morel mycelium is fulfilled to trigger its fruiting remains unknown. To investigate the mechanisms involved in ENB decomposition, the genome of a cultivable morel strain ( M . importuna SCYDJ1‐A1) was sequenced and the genes coding for the decay apparatus were identified. Expression of the encoded carbohydrate‐active enzymes (CAZymes) was then analyzed by metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics in combination with biochemical assays. The results show that a diverse set of hydrolytic and redox CAZymes secreted by the morel mycelium is the main force driving the substrate decomposition. Plant polysaccharides such as starch and cellulose present in ENB substrate (wheat grains plus rice husks) were rapidly degraded, whereas triglycerides were accumulated initially and consumed later. ENB decomposition led to a rapid increase in the organic carbon content in the surface soil of the mushroom bed, which was thereafter consumed during morel fruiting. In contrast to the high carbon consumption, no significant acquisition of nitrogen was observed. Our findings contribute to an increasingly detailed portrait of molecular features triggering morel fruiting.

Time-dependent variations in vertical fluxes of hydrothermal plumes at mid-ocean ridges - Xubo Zhang; Jian Lin; Houshuo Jiang (Marine Geophysical Research, 2019)

Leaf Senescence can be Induced by Inhibition of Root Respiration - Gang-liang Tang; Xiang-yi Li; Li-sha Lin; Zhu-yu Gu; Fan-jiang Zeng (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2019)

Selective feeding of bay scallop Argopecten irradians on phytoplankton community revealed by HPLC analysis of phytopigments in Bohai Sea, China - Tao Jiang; Longhua Wang; Fuchong Zhang; Xiao Fang; Lin Lu; Jihong Zhang; Wei Wang; Keming Qu; Chao Chai (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2019)

Exosomes from patients with Parkinson’s disease are pathological in mice - Chao Han; Nian Xiong; Xingfang Guo; Jinsha Huang; Kai Ma; Ling Liu; Yun Xia; Yan Shen; Jie Li; Haiyang Jiang; Luxi Wang; Shiyi Guo; et al. (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019)

Scenario analysis of ETS revenue allocation mechanism of China: based on a dynamic CGE model - Hao Li; Yuhuan Zhao; Song Wang; Jiang Lin; Ye Cao; Qiaoling Shi; Ya Liu; Yanli Xiao; Junjie Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Protein glycosylation: a promising way to modify the functional properties and extend the application in food system - Qing Zhang; Lin Li; Qiuyu Lan; Meili Li; Dingtao Wu; Hong Chen; Yaowen Liu; Derong Lin; Wen Qin; Zhiqing Zhang; Jiang Liu; Wenyu Yang (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2019)

Potential hypoglycemic effect of acetophenones from the root bark of Cynanchum wilfordii - Hao-Wen Jiang; Shan-Shan Gu; Lei Cao; Sheng-Shi Jiang; Jing Lin; Yan Chen; Ling Wang; He Jiao; Jing-Ya Li; Wei-Min Zhao; Jin-Long Li (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Quantitative climatic reconstruction of the Last Glacial Maximum in China - Haibin Wu; Qin Li; Yanyan Yu; Aizhi Sun; Yating Lin; Wenqi Jiang; Yunli Luo (Science China Earth Sciences, 2019)

Age-Related Reduction in Cortical Thickness in First-Episode Treatment-Naïve Patients with Schizophrenia - Yin Lin; Mingli Li; Yi Zhou; Wei Deng; Xiaohong Ma; Qiang Wang; Wanjun Guo; Yinfei Li; Lijun Jiang; Xun Hu; Nanyin Zhang; Tao Li (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2019)

Thymosin Alpha-1 Inhibits Complete Freund’s Adjuvant-Induced Pain and Production of Microglia-Mediated Pro-inflammatory Cytokines in Spinal Cord - Yunlong Xu; Yanjun Jiang; Lin Wang; Jiahua Huang; Junmao Wen; Hang Lv; Xiaoli Wu; Chaofan Wan; Chuanxin Yu; Wenjie Zhang; Jiaying Zhao; Yinqi Zhou; et al. (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2019)

Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for tree peony Paeonia delavayi (Paeoniaceae) using ddRAD-seq data - Shao-Lin Tan; Peter M. Hollingsworth; Han-Tao Qin; Lin-Jiang Ye; Jia-Yun Zou; Lian-Ming Gao (Molecular Biology Reports, 2019)

QTL analysis of nodule traits and the identification of loci interacting with the type III secretion system in soybean - Jingyi Zhu; Jinhui Wang; Qingying Li; Jieqi Wang; Yang Liu; Jianyi Li; Lin Chen; Yan Shi; Shuping Li; Yongqian Zhang; Xueying Liu; Chao Ma; et al. (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2019)

Differential Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Responses in the Liver of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Exposed to Acute Ammonia - Zong Xian Zhu; Dan Li Jiang; Bi Jun Li; Hui Qin; Zi Ning Meng; Hao Ran Lin; Jun Hong Xia (Marine Biotechnology, 2019)

Adult sacrococcygeal teratoma: a retrospective study over eight years at a single institution - Xiang-ming Xu; Feng Zhao; Xiao-fei Cheng; Wei-xiang Zhong; Jing-peng Liu; Wei-qin Jiang; Xiao-kai Yu; Jian-jiang Lin (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2019)

Groove structure of porous hydroxyapatite scaffolds (HAS) modulates immune environment via regulating macrophages and subsequently enhances osteogenesis - Chenglong Li; Lu Yang; Xiaohua Ren; Mu Lin; Xiliang Jiang; Daonan Shen; Taotao Xu; Jing Ren; Lijuan Huang; Wei Qing; Jiajun Zheng; Yandong Mu (JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2019)

Different intensity of autophagy regulate interleukin-33 to control the uncontrolled inflammation of acute lung injury - Ming Lei; Chuan-jiang Wang; Feng Yu; Ke Xie; Shi-hui Lin; Fang Xu (Inflammation Research, 2019)

Intestinal and hepatic biotransformation of pyrrolizidine alkaloid N-oxides to toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids - Mengbi Yang; Jiang Ma; Jianqing Ruan; Yang Ye; Peter Pi-Cheng Fu; Ge Lin (Archives of Toxicology, 2019)

Spatial Distribution of Organophosphorus and Brominated Flame Retardants in Surface Water, Sediment, Groundwater, and Wild Fish in Chengdu, China - Lin Hou; Jingyan Jiang; Zhiwei Gan; YuanYuan Dai; Ping Yang; Yan Yan; Sanglan Ding; Shijun Su; Xiaoming Bao (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2019)

CNOT3 contributes to cisplatin resistance in lung cancer through inhibiting RIPK3 expression - Lin Jing; Meng-En Zhai; Jian Cui; Xin-Yu Fan; Yuan-Yuan Cheng; Jian-Li Jiang; Zhi-Nan Chen (Apoptosis, 2019)

Big‐sized trees overrule remaining trees' attributes and species richness as determinants of aboveground biomass in tropical forests - Arshad Ali; Si‐Liang Lin; Jie‐Kun He; Fan‐Mao Kong; Jie‐Hua Yu; Hai‐Sheng Jiang (Global Change Biology, 2019)
Large‐diameter, tall‐stature, and big‐crown trees are the main stand structures of forests, generally contributing a large fraction of aboveground biomass, and hence play an important role in climate change mitigation strategies. Here, we hypothesized that the effects of large‐diameter, tall‐stature, and big‐crown trees overrule the effects of species richness and remaining trees attributes on aboveground biomass in tropical forests (i.e., we term the “big‐sized trees hypothesis”). Specifically, we assessed the importance of: (a) the “top 1% big‐sized trees effect” relative to species richness; (b) the “99% remaining trees effect” relative to species richness; and (c) the “top 1% big‐sized trees effect” relative to the “99% remaining trees effect” and species richness on aboveground biomass. Using environmental factor and forest inventory datasets from 712 tropical forest plots in Hainan Island of southern China, we tested several structural equation models for disentangling the relative effects of big‐sized trees, remaining trees attributes, and species richness on aboveground biomass, while considering for the full (indirect effects only) and partial (direct and indirect effects) mediation effects of climatic and soil conditions, as well as interactions between species richness and trees attributes. We found that top 1% big‐sized trees attributes strongly increased aboveground biomass (i.e., explained 55%–70% of the accounted variation) compared to species richness (2%–18%) and 99% remaining trees attributes (6%–10%). In addition, species richness increased aboveground biomass indirectly via increasing big‐sized trees but via decreasing remaining trees. Hence, we show that the “big‐sized trees effect” overrides the effects of remaining trees attributes and species richness on aboveground biomass in tropical forests. This study also indicates that big‐sized trees may be more susceptible to atmospheric drought. We argue that the effects of big‐sized trees on species richness and aboveground biomass should be tested for better understanding of the ecological mechanisms underlying forest functioning.

Recent advances in carbohydrate-based cancer vaccines - Ke-Tao Jin; Huan-Rong Lan; Xiao-Yi Chen; Shi-Bing Wang; Xiao-Jiang Ying; Yan Lin; Xiao-Zhou Mou (Biotechnology Letters, 2019)

Pharmacological stimulation of sigma-1 receptor promotes activation of astrocyte via ERK1/2 and GSK3β signaling pathway - Yun Wang; Hua-feng Jiang; Jing Ni; Lin Guo (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2019)

Control of biofouling on pearl oysters Pinctada imbricata using wax and Chinese herbs - Lingtong Ye; Lin Wu; Zhaorui Wang; Jingzhe Jiang; Jiangyong Wang (Biofouling, 2019)

Early secreted antigenic target of 6-kDa of Mycobacterium tuberculosis promotes caspase-9/caspase-3-mediated apoptosis in macrophages - Jiahui Lin; Qun Chang; Xueting Dai; Dan Liu; Yuyin Jiang; Yalei Dai (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2019)

Simulating and assessing the evolution of collapsing gullies based on cellular automata-Markov and landscape pattern metrics: a case study in Southern China - Xiang Ji; Anita Thompson; Jinshi Lin; Fangshi Jiang; Shaoxin Li; Mingming Yu; Yanhe Huang (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019)

Role of a VGF/BDNF/TrkB Autoregulatory Feedback Loop in Rapid-Acting Antidepressant Efficacy - Cheng Jiang; Wei-Jye Lin; Stephen R. Salton (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2019)

Antioxidant vitamin E protects embryos of Xenopus tropicalis against lambda-cyhalothrin induced embryotoxicity - Lin Jiang; Anyu Chen; Fang Niu; Ying Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Water quality prediction based on recurrent neural network and improved evidence theory: a case study of Qiantang River, China - Lei Li; Peng Jiang; Huan Xu; Guang Lin; Dong Guo; Hui Wu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Involvement of cytokinin response regulator RhRR1 in the control of flowering - Lin Wu; Ming Feng; Yangchao Jia; Honglei Li; Yiqing Liu; Yusong Jiang (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2019)

Long non-coding RNA and mRNA analysis of Ang II-induced neuronal dysfunction - Lin-Lin Shao; Yue-Hua Jiang; Ling-Yu Jiang; Chuan-Hua Yang; Ying-Zi Qi (Molecular Biology Reports, 2019)

Comparison of surface sensible and latent heat fluxes over the Tibetan Plateau from reanalysis and observations - Jin Xie; Ye Yu; Jiang-lin Li; Jun Ge; Chuan Liu (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2019)

Nodulation and Genomic Capacity of a Novel High-Latitude Bradyrhizobium japonicum HLNEAU001 - Yan Shi; Jianyi Li; Jinhui Wang; Rongsheng Zhu; Shuping Li; Qingying Li; Lin Chen; Jingyi Zhu; Jianan Zou; Jieqi Wang; Huilin Chang; Chao Ma; et al. (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2019)

Quantitative trait locus mapping for panicle exsertion length in common wheat using two related recombinant inbred line populations - Yang Tao; Xin Yi; Yu Lin; Zhiqiang Wang; Fangkun Wu; Xiaojun Jiang; Shihang Liu; Mei Deng; Jian Ma; Guangdeng Chen; Yuming Wei; Youliang Zheng; et al. (Euphytica, 2019)

Seasonal climatic effects and feedbacks of anthropogenic heat release due to global energy consumption with CAM5 - Bing Chen; C. Wu; X. Liu; L. Chen; Jian Wu; H. Yang; Tao Luo; Xue Wu; Yiquan Jiang; Lei Jiang; H. Y. Brown; Z. Lu; et al. (Climate Dynamics, 2019)

Effect of bisphosphonates on overall survival in subgroups of patients with prostate cancer - Congcong Wu; Wenjun Chen; Jian Wu; Xi Zhang; Xuanzhang Huang; Ruifang Lin; Baoling Zhu; Hua Jiang (Clinical & Experimental Metastasis, 2019)

Analysis of Heparan sulfate/heparin from Colla corii asini by liquid chromatography-electrospray ion trap mass spectrometry - Jiayan Du; Su Liu; Quntao Liang; Jianghui Lin; Lilong Jiang; Fener Chen; Zheng Wei (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2019)

Geomagnetic jerk extraction based on the covariance matrix - Yan Feng; Yun-Shan Jiang; Jia-Lin Gu; Fan Xu; Yi Jiang; Shuang Liu (Applied Geophysics, 2019)

The roles of morphological traits, resource variation and resource partitioning associated with the dietary niche expansion in the fish‐eating bat Myotis pilosus - Yang Chang; Shengjing Song; Aoqiang Li; Yu Zhang; Zhongle Li; Yanhong Xiao; Tinglei Jiang; Jiang Feng; Aiqing Lin (Molecular Ecology, 2019)
Niche expansion and shifts are involved in the response and adaptation to environmental changes. However, it is unclear how niche breadth evolves and changes toward higher‐quality resources. Myotis pilosus is both an insectivore and a piscivore. We examined the dietary composition and seasonality in M . pilosus and the closely related Myotis fimbriatus using next‐generation DNA sequencing. We tested whether resource variation or resource partitioning help explain the dietary expansion from insects to fish in M . pilosus . While diet composition and diversity varied significantly between summer and autumn, the proportion of fish‐eating individuals did not significantly change between seasons in M . pilosus . Dietary overlap between M . pilosus and M . fimbriatus during the same seasons was much higher than within individual species across seasons. We recorded a larger body size, hind foot length, and body mass in M . pilosus than in M . fimbriatus and other insectivorous trawling bats from China. Similar morphological differences were found between worldwide fishing bats and nonfishing trawling bats. Our results suggest that variation in insect availability or interspecific competition may not play important roles in the dietary expansion from insects to fish in M . pilosus . Myotis pilosus has morphological advantages that may help it use fish as a diet component. The morphological advantage promoting dietary niche evolution toward higher quality resources may be more important than variation in the original resource and the effects of interspecific competition.

Biotransformation of 20( R )-panaxatriol by the fungus Aspergillus flavus Link AS 3.3950 - Jian Lin Li; Peiyu Ding; Baocheng Jiang; Min Yang; Jie Ren; Yan Song; Guangtong Chen (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Response of drip water temperature to climate variability: a case study in Xiaoyan Cave, southwest China - Xiaojiao Guo; Xiaoping Gong; Daoxian Yuan; Guanghui Jiang; Jianhua Cao; Yushi Lin; Kwong Fai Andrew Lo; Changjie Chen (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2019)

Identification and validation of a novel major QTL for all-stage stripe rust resistance on 1BL in the winter wheat line 20828 - Jian Ma; Nana Qin; Ben Cai; Guoyue Chen; Puyang Ding; Han Zhang; Congcong Yang; Lin Huang; Yang Mu; Huaping Tang; Yaxi Liu; Jirui Wang; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2019)

Functional characterization of GI and CO homologs from Eriobotrya deflexa Nakai forma koshunensis - Ling Zhang; Yuanyuan Jiang; Yunmei Zhu; Wenbing Su; Ting Long; Tianqi Huang; Jiangrong Peng; Hao Yu; Shunquan Lin; Yongshun Gao (Plant Cell Reports, 2019)

Short-day treatment affects growth, physiological parameters and needle proteome of Chinese pine (Pinus tabuliformis Carr.) seedlings - Le Jiang; R. Kasten Dumroese; Yong Liu; Guolei Li; Ping Lin (New Forests, 2019)

Synthesis and antiphytoviral activity of α-aminophosphonates containing 3, 5-diphenyl-2-isoxazoline as potential papaya ringspot virus inhibitors - Zhi-Gang Zeng; Niu Liu; Fei Lin; Xun-Yuan Jiang; Han-Hong Xu (Molecular Diversity, 2019)

Mercury–Organic Matter Interactions in Soils and Sediments: Angel or Devil? - Mei He; Lei Tian; Hans Fredrik Veiteberg Braaten; Qingru Wu; Jie Luo; Li-Mei Cai; Jiang-Hui Meng; Yan Lin (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2019)

High-resolution sequence architecture and depositional evolution of the Quaternary in the northeastern shelf margin of the South China Sea - Hanyao Liu; Changsong Lin; Zhongtao Zhang; Bo Zhang; Jing Jiang; Hongxun Tian; Huan Liu (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019)

Multiple abiotic and biotic pathways shape biomass demographic processes in temperate forests - Zuoqiang Yuan; Arshad Ali; Tommaso Jucker; Paloma Ruiz‐Benito; Shaopeng Wang; Lin Jiang; Xugao Wang; Fei Lin; Ji Ye; Zhanqing Hao; Michel Loreau (Ecology, 2019)
Forests play a key role in regulating the global carbon cycle, and yet the abiotic and biotic conditions that drive the demographic processes that underpin forest carbon dynamics remain poorly understood in natural ecosystems. To address this knowledge gap, we used repeat forest inventory data from 92,285 trees across four large permanent plots (4–25 ha in size) in temperate mixed forests in northeast China to ask the following questions: (1) How do soil conditions and stand age drive biomass demographic processes? (2) How do vegetation quality (i.e., functional trait diversity and composition) and quantity (i.e., initial biomass stocks) influence biomass demographic processes independently from soil conditions and stand age? (3) What is the relative contribution of growth, recruitment, and mortality to net biomass change? Using structural equation modeling, we showed that all three demographic processes were jointly constrained by multiple abiotic and biotic factors and that mortality was the strongest determinant on net biomass change over time. Growth and mortality, as well as functional trait diversity and the community‐weighted mean of specific leaf area (CWM SLA ), declined with stand age. By contrast, high soil phosphorous concentrations were associated with greater functional diversity and faster dynamics (i.e., high growth and mortality rates), but associated with lower CWM SLA and initial biomass stock. More functionally diverse communities also had higher recruitment rates, but did not exhibit faster growth and mortality. Instead, initial biomass stocks and CWM SLA were stronger predictors of biomass growth and mortality, respectively. By integrating the full spectrum of abiotic and biotic drivers of forest biomass dynamics, our study provides critical system‐level insights needed to predict the possible consequences of regional changes in forest diversity, composition, structure and function in the context of global change.

Family-1 UDP glycosyltransferases in pear (Pyrus bretschneideri): Molecular identification, phylogenomic characterization and expression profiling during stone cell formation - Xi Cheng; Abdullah Muhammad; Guohui Li; Jingyun Zhang; Jun Cheng; Jingxiang Qiu; Taoshan Jiang; Qing Jin; Yongping Cai; Yi Lin (Molecular Biology Reports, 2019)

Recombinant FGF21 Protects Against Blood-Brain Barrier Leakage Through Nrf2 Upregulation in Type 2 Diabetes Mice - Zhanyang Yu; Li Lin; Yinghua Jiang; Ian Chin; Xiaojie Wang; Xiaokun Li; Eng H. Lo; Xiaoying Wang (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

Fucoxanthin prevents lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavior in mice via AMPK- NF-κB pathway - Xi Jiang; Guokang Wang; Qian Lin; Zhihua Tang; Qizhi Yan; Xuefeng Yu (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2019)

Identifying a Long QTL Cluster Across chrLG18 Associated with Salt Tolerance in Tilapia Using GWAS and QTL-seq - Dan Li Jiang; Xiao Hui Gu; Bi Jun Li; Zong Xian Zhu; Hui Qin; Zi ning Meng; Hao Ran Lin; Jun Hong Xia (Marine Biotechnology, 2019)

The complete genome of the antifungal bacterium Pseudomonas sp. strain MS82 - Lin Ma; Shaoxuan Qu; Jinsheng Lin; Jiayuan Jia; Sonya M. Baird; Ning Jiang; Huiping Li; Lijuan Hou; Shi-En Lu (Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 2019)

Metal distribution in sediments of a drinking water reservoir: influence of reservoir morphometry and hydrodynamics - Lin Zhu; Tianxiang Wang; Jianwei Liu; Shiguo Xu; Xiaoqiang Chen; Xin Jiang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Identification and molecular characterization of Serratia marcescens phages vB_SmaA_2050H1 and vB_SmaM_2050HW - Changyu Tian; Jiangtao Zhao; Zheng Zhang; Xiao Chen; Xiao Wei; Huan Li; Weishi Lin; Yuehua Ke; Lingfei Hu; Aimin Jiang; Ruo Feng; Wenhui Yang; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2019)

Nitrogen addition does not reduce the role of spatial asynchrony in stabilising grassland communities - Yunhai Zhang; Jinchao Feng; Michel Loreau; Nianpeng He; Xingguo Han; Lin Jiang (Ecology Letters, 2019)
While nitrogen (N) amendment is known to affect the stability of ecological communities, whether this effect is scale‐dependent remains an open question. By conducting a field experiment in a temperate grassland, we found that both plant richness and temporal stability of community biomass increased with spatial scale, but N enrichment reduced richness and stability at the two scales considered. Reduced local‐scale stability under N enrichment arose from N‐induced reduction in population stability, which was partly attributable to the decline in local species richness, as well as reduction in asynchronous local population dynamics across species. Importantly, N enrichment did not alter spatial asynchrony among local communities, which provided similar spatial insurance effects at the larger scale, regardless of N enrichment levels. These results suggest that spatial variability among local communities, in addition to local diversity, may help stabilise ecosystems at larger spatial scales even in the face of anthropogenic environmental changes.

Large-scale analysis of small RNAs derived from traditional Chinese herbs in human tissues - Fengming Huang; Jianchao Du; Zhu Liang; Zhichao Xu; Jiantao Xu; Yan Zhao; Yexuan Lin; Song Mei; Quan He; Jindong Zhu; Qiang Liu; Yanxu Zhang; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2019)

Expression of the intrarenal angiotensin receptor and the role of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors in IgA nephropathy - Zheng Zhang; Shi-min Jiang; Ye-ping Ma; Pei-lin Dai; Yi-ning Wang; Gu-ming Zou; Hong-mei Gao; Yue Yang; Wen-ge Li (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2019)

Pond-bottom decomposition of leaf litters canopied by free-floating vegetation - Ya-Lin Zhang; Hong-Bin Li; Li Xu; Xu Pan; Wen-Bing Li; Jian Liu; Yue-Ping Jiang; Yao-Bin Song; Ming Dong (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Five macrocyclic glycosides from Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - Dian Peng; Xiaolin Lin; Lin Jiang; Juan Huang; Guangyao Zeng; Xu Deng; Yingjun Zhou (Natural Product Research, 2019)

New lignan from the rattan stems of Schisandra chinensis - Bing-You Yang; Zhang-Lin Chen; Yan Liu; Jiang-Tao Guo; Hai-Xue Kuang (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Genome-wide analysis identified 17 new loci influencing intraocular pressure in Chinese population - Lulin Huang; Yuhong Chen; Ying Lin; Pancy O. S. Tam; Yilian Cheng; Yi Shi; Bo Gong; Fang Lu; Jialiang Yang; Haixin Wang; Yi Yin; Yong Cao; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2019)

Chinese society of cardiology expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of adult fulminant myocarditis - Daowen Wang; Sheng Li; Jiangang Jiang; Jiangtao Yan; Chunxia Zhao; Yan Wang; Yexin Ma; Hesong Zeng; Xiaomei Guo; Hong Wang; Jiarong Tang; Houjuan Zuo; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2019)

The synthesized transporter K16APoE enabled the therapeutic HAYED peptide to cross the blood-brain barrier and remove excess iron and radicals in the brain, thus easing Alzheimer’s disease - Zhenyou Zou; Qiqiong Shen; Yanxia Pang; Xin Li; Yongfeng Chen; Xinjuan Wang; Xinhua Luo; Zhongmin Wu; Zhaosheng Bao; Juanli Zhang; Jiawei Liang; Lingjia Kong; et al. (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2019)

A refined model for lithosphere evolution beneath the decratonized northeastern North China Craton - A-Bing Lin; Jian-Ping Zheng; Qing Xiong; Sonja Aulbach; Jiang-Gu Lu; Shao-Kui Pan; Hong-Kun Dai; Hui Zhang (Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2019)

Sea-Salt Aerosol Effects on the Simulated Microphysics and Precipitation in a Tropical Cyclone - Baolin Jiang; Wenshi Lin; Fangzhou Li; Junwen Chen (Journal of Meteorological Research, 2019)

Programmed cell death induced by cadmium stress and/or boron deprivation in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) cultivar Bright Yellow 2 cells - Li Ping Jiang; Lin Zi; Xiao Fang Liu; Zi-Xi Liu; Lai Fu Zhong; Xiang Xin Xue (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2019)

A thiopyran derivative with low murine toxicity with therapeutic potential on lung cancer acting through a NF-κB mediated apoptosis-to-pyroptosis switch - Liping Chen; Bixia Weng; Huimin Li; Haonan Wang; Qian Li; Xiaoyan Wei; Hui Deng; Sicen Wang; Chengxi Jiang; Renyu Lin; Jianzhang Wu (Apoptosis, 2019)

Novel Inhalable Ciprofloxacin Dry Powders for Bronchiectasis Therapy: Mannitol–Silk Fibroin Binary Microparticles with High-Payload and Improved Aerosolized Properties - Chunxia Liu; Ling Lin; Zhengwei Huang; Qiaoli Wu; Junhuang Jiang; Li Lv; Xiaoxia Yu; Guilan Quan; Guocheng Li; Chuanbin Wu (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2019)

Evolution of the relative abundance of C 4 plants on the Chinese Loess Plateau since the Last Glacial Maximum and its implications - Wenqi Jiang; Jianyu Wu; Haibin Wu; Qin Li; Yating Lin; Yanyan Yu (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2019)
Understanding the distribution of C 3 and C 4 plants and its forcing mechanisms since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) is important for anticipating their possible response to future climate change. The spatiotemporal pattern of C 4 plant abundance on the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) is complex and the dominant causal factors are contentious. Here, we use δ 13 C records of organic matter in paleosols from the CLP to reconstruct changes in the representation of C 4 plants since the LGM. The results indicate that the relative abundance of C 4 plants increased after the LGM, reaching a maximum during 10–6 ka bp, and then decreased. Spatially, the representation of C 4 plants was characterized by increasing values from north‐west to south‐east. In addition, the smallest spatial difference (∼10%) in the representation of C 4 plants between the north‐west and south‐east parts of the CLP was during the LGM, and the largest difference (∼30%) was during the early Holocene. We combined our findings with output from the BIOME4 model to study the sensitivity of C 4 plants to changes in climate and atmospheric CO 2 concentration. The results suggest that increasing temperature was the dominant factor driving C 4 plant expansion on the CLP since the LGM.

Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees - Chengjin Chu; James A. Lutz; Kamil Král; Tomáš Vrška; Xue Yin; Jonathan A. Myers; Iveren Abiem; Alfonso Alonso; Norm Bourg; David F.R.P. Burslem; Min Cao; Hazel Chapman; et al. (Ecology Letters, 2019)
Climate is widely recognised as an important determinant of the latitudinal diversity gradient. However, most existing studies make no distinction between direct and indirect effects of climate, which substantially hinders our understanding of how climate constrains biodiversity globally. Using data from 35 large forest plots, we test hypothesised relationships amongst climate, topography, forest structural attributes (stem abundance, tree size variation and stand basal area) and tree species richness to better understand drivers of latitudinal tree diversity patterns. Climate influences tree richness both directly, with more species in warm, moist, aseasonal climates and indirectly, with more species at higher stem abundance. These results imply direct limitation of species diversity by climatic stress and more rapid (co‐)evolution and narrower niche partitioning in warm climates. They also support the idea that increased numbers of individuals associated with high primary productivity are partitioned to support a greater number of species.

A new cyclohexenone from the tin mine tailings-derived fungus Aspergillus flavus YIM DT 10012 - Wei-Xun Chunyu; Jiang-Yuan Zhao; Zhang-Gui Ding; Xiu-Lin Han; Yong-Xia Wang; Jian-Hai Ding; Fei Wang; Ming-Gang Li; Meng-Liang Wen (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Polymorphism of duck MHC class molecules - Lin Zhang; Dongmei Lin; Sen Yu; Junping Bai; Wanchun Jiang; Wenzheng Su; Yanyan Huang; Shaohua Yang; Jiaqiang Wu (Immunogenetics, 2019)

Assessment of frozen ground organic carbon pool on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau - Lin Jiang; Huai Chen; Qiuan Zhu; Yanzheng Yang; Mingxu Li; Changhui Peng; Dan Zhu; Yixin He (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019)

Response of Yesso scallop Patinopecten yessoensis to acute temperature challenge: physiological and biochemical parameters - Weiwei Jiang; Meirong Du; Jianguang Fang; Yaping Gao; Yuze Mao; Qionglin Chen; Fan Lin; Zengjie Jiang (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2019)

TGF-β1 Restores Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity and Memory in Alzheimer Model via the PI3K/Akt/Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway - Yueqiang Hu; Wei Chen; Lin Wu; Lingfei Jiang; Ni Liang; Lulu Tan; Minghui Liang; Nong Tang (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2019)

Detection and quantification of Aeromonas schubertii in Channa maculata by TaqMan MGB probe fluorescence real‐time quantitative PCR - Chun Liu; Yanming M. Guo; Jizhen Z. Cao; De‐Feng Zhang; Ou‐Qin Chang; Kaibin Li; Fang Wang; Cun‐Bin Shi; Lan Jiang; Qing Wang; Li Lin (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2019)
Aeromonas schubertii is a major epidemiological agent that threatens cultured snakeheads ( Channidae ) and has caused great economic losses in fish‐farming industries in China in recent years. In present study, a specific TaqMan minor groove binder ( MGB ) probe fluorescence real‐time quantitative PCR ( qPCR ) assay was developed to rapidly detect and quantify A. schubertii . A pair of qPCR primers and a TaqMan MGB probe were selected from the rpoD gene, which were shown to be specific for A. schubertii . A high correlation coefficient ( R 2 = 0.9998) in a standard curve with a 103% efficiency was obtained. Moreover, the qPCR method's detection limit was as low as 18 copies/μl, which was 100 times more sensitive than that of conventional PCR . The detection results for the A. schubertii in pond water and fish tissue were consistent with those of the viable counts. Bacterial load changes detected by qPCR in different tissues of snakeheads infected with A. schubertii showed that the gills and intestines may be the entry for A. schubertii , and the spleen and kidney are major sites for A. schubertii replication. The established method in present study should be a useful tool for the early surveillance and quantitation of A. schubertii .

A new insight into lead (II) tolerance of environmental fungi based on a study of Aspergillus niger and Penicillium oxalicum - Da Tian; Zhongquan Jiang; Liu Jiang; Mu Su; Zheye Feng; Lin Zhang; Shimei Wang; Zhen Li; Shuijin Hu (Environmental Microbiology, 2019)
Summary Environmental microorganisms have been widely applied in heavy metal remediation. This study explored the mechanisms of lead tolerance of two typical filamentous fungi, Aspergillus niger and Penicillium oxalicum . It is shown that the mechanisms of reducing Pb toxicity by these two fungi have three major pathways. The secreted oxalic acid can react with Pb (II) to form insoluble Pb minerals, primarily lead oxalate. Then, the enhanced biosorption via forming new border of cell wall prevents the transportation of Pb (II) into hypha. In addition, the fungal activity could be maintained even at high Pb concentration due to the intracellular accumulation. It was confirmed that A. niger has the higher Pb tolerance (up to 1500 mg l −1 Pb level) compared with P. oxalicum (up to 1000 mg l −1 ). Meanwhile, Pb levels below 1000 mg l −1 partially stimulate the bioactivity of A. niger , which was confirmed by its elevated respiration (from 53 to 63 mg C l −1 medium h −1 ). This subsequently enhanced microbial functions of A. niger to resist Pb toxicity. A better understanding of Pb tolerance of these two fungi sheds a bright future of applying them to remediate lead‐contaminated environments.

Transcriptome Reveals Differentially Expressed Genes in Saccharum spontaneum GX83-10 Leaf Under Drought Stress - Kai-Chao Wu; Li-Ping Wei; Cheng-Mei Huang; Yuan-Wen Wei; Hui-Qing Cao; Lin Xu; Hai-Bin Luo; Sheng-Li Jiang; Zhi-Nian Deng; Yang-Rui Li (Sugar Tech, 2018)

Cloning and Characterization of β-Fructosidase from Thermotoga neapolitana DSM4359 and Through the Degraded Glucoside - Yun-feng Bi; Lin-lin Xu; Ping Chen; Shan Jiang; Ming-hao Shen (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2018)

Study on Distribution Characteristics of Mining Stress and Elastic Energy Under Hard and Thick Igneous Rocks - Jin-quan Jiang; Quan-sen Wu; Quan-lin Wu; Pu Wang; Chen Zhang; Bin Gong (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2018)

Probabilistic Automatic Outlier Detection for Surface Air Quality Measurements from the China National Environmental Monitoring Network - Huangjian Wu; Xiao Tang; Zifa Wang; Lin Wu; Miaomiao Lu; Lianfang Wei; Jiang Zhu (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2018)

On estimating time offsets in the ambient noise correlation function caused by instrument response errors - Fang Ye; Jun Lin; Xiaopu Zhang; Xiaoxue Jiang (Acta Geophysica, 2018)

Neuroinflammation, Gut Microbiome, and Alzheimer’s Disease - Li Lin; Li Juan Zheng; Long Jiang Zhang (Molecular Neurobiology, 2018)

Evaluating tacrolimus pharmacokinetic models in adult renal transplant recipients with different CYP3A5 genotypes - Can Hu; Wen-jun Yin; Dai-yang Li; Jun-jie Ding; Ling-yun Zhou; Jiang-lin Wang; Rong-rong Ma; Kun Liu; Ge Zhou; Xiao-cong Zuo (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2018)

The role of formation of pyrrole–ATP synthase subunit beta adduct in pyrrolizidine alkaloid-induced hepatotoxicity - Yao Lu; Jiang Ma; Zijing Song; Yang Ye; Peter P. Fu; Ge Lin (Archives of Toxicology, 2018)

Multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation within the philippinensis group (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) - Lin Zhang; Keping Sun; Tong Liu; Hanbo Zhao; Gábor Csorba; Longru Jin; Vu Dinh Thong; Jiang Feng (Zoologica Scripta, 2018)
Rhinolophids (horseshoe bats) are a widespread and diverse family. Their high level of morphological convergence has made taxonomic identification and estimation of species diversity problematic. The Rhinolophus philippinensis group, which is characterized with huge ears and low echolocation frequency relative to body size, is a specific group among all the rhinolophid groups, but the phylogeny of this group is poorly understood. In this study, we performed integrated analyses of the morphology, acoustic and genetic data and constructed the first multilocus phylogeny for the philippinensis group using four mitochondrial genes, four autosomal introns and one Y‐linked intron in 95 specimens representing nine taxa. Phylogenies were constructed based on concatenated phylogenetic methods and a multilocus coalescence approach. The estimated phylogenies revealed the polyphyly of the philippinensis group. Except for R. philippinensis , all the other species in this group formed a monophyletic cluster, named herewith as “ R. macrotis ” species group. Phylogenies, genetic and phenotypic divergence, and species delimitation analyses supported the revised status of R. paradoxolophus as a subspecies of R. rex , R . cf . macrotis as a subspecies of R. macrotis , and R. huananus and R . cf . siamensis as junior synonyms of R. siamensis . Significant discordances were found between the mitochondrial and nuclear gene trees, suggesting incomplete lineage sorting or ancient introgression events within the philippinensis group. The macrotis group appeared to have undergone a rapid radiation approximately 2.57 million years ago during the early Pleistocene period due to palaeoclimatic oscillations. Reconstruction of the ancestral ranges suggested a wide distribution of the common ancestor for the philippinensis and macrotis groups.

Geographical and temporal origins of terrestrial vertebrates endemic to Taiwan - Jiekun He; Zefang Gao; Yuanyuan Su; Siliang Lin; Haisheng Jiang (Journal of Biogeography, 2018)
Aim Phylogeographical studies of Taiwan have advanced our knowledge of the origins of its fauna, but the discrepancies raise issues related to the interpretation of single‐taxon studies. Here, we provide a synthesis of the biogeographical histories of multiple terrestrial vertebrates endemic to Taiwan and infer the colonization processes within the context of geological and climatic events. Location Taiwan and neighbouring land masses. Taxon Terrestrial vertebrates. Methods We conducted a meta‐analysis of 28 phylogenetic studies of 33 endemic Taiwanese terrestrial vertebrates to summarize the insights into their source regions and divergence times. We used dispersal–extinction–cladogenesis models to reconstruct the ancestral ranges of 54 endemic species based on a recently published time‐calibrated phylogenetic tree. By constructing a frequency histogram that quantified the number and timing of divergence events within 1 Myr bins, we inferred the spatiotemporal colonization patterns of endemic Taiwanese species. Results The results from 28 phylogenetic studies revealed that South China is the main source region of endemic Taiwanese species. However, based on a more comprehensive time tree, the ancestral area reconstruction analyses indicated that endemic species are predominately of Eastern Himalayan origin. Both datasets highlighted a temporal pattern that the majority of colonization events of terrestrial vertebrates endemic to Taiwan occurred from the early Pliocene ( c . 5 Ma) onwards, and these events were temporally congruent with the geological estimates of the emergence of Taiwan Island. Main conclusions Terrestrial vertebrates endemic to Taiwan reached the island over the last 5 Myr from a variety of zoogeographical regions. In contrast to the traditional notion, the Eastern Himalayas is the most important source region of endemic Taiwanese species, followed by South China and Indochina. In addition to the land bridge, transoceanic dispersal provided another potential mode for species to colonize Taiwan.

Cenozoic evolution of beta diversity and a Pleistocene emergence for modern mammal faunas in China - Jiekun He; Holger Kreft; Siliang Lin; Yang Xu; Haisheng Jiang (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018)
Aim Historical changes in community structure underlie modern spatial diversity patterns, but few empirical studies have focused on the variation in the community composition of fossil assemblages at large spatio‐temporal scales. We investigated how the spatial differentiation of mammal communities changed in China throughout the Cenozoic in response to tectonic uplift and palaeoclimatic changes and explore the timing of the emergence of the modern spatially structured faunas. Location China. Time period Cenozoic (from 65 Ma to the present). Major taxa studied Terrestrial mammals. Methods We used a compiled database of the distributions of fossils and extant mammals to compare the multiple‐site beta diversity among families and genera within six time intervals of the Cenozoic using Sørensen dissimilarity (β sor ) and Simpson dissimilarity (β sim ). To investigate the timing of the emergence of the modern spatially structured faunas, we applied hierarchical clustering and non‐metric multidimensional scaling ordination based on pairwise β sim among seven zoogeographical regions for each time slice. Results The multiple‐site beta diversity at the family level displayed hump‐shaped changes during the Cenozoic, and it peaked in the Eocene and gradually decreased towards the present. However, the genus‐level multiple‐site beta diversity remained rather constant throughout the Cenozoic. Pronounced variations in the relationships among the zoogeographical regions were revealed in both the cluster analyses and the ordinations. The modern spatial structure of mammal faunas at the family level was broadly similar to those observed in the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Main conclusions The spatial differentiation of mammal faunas in China dates back to the Eocene and pre‐dates the formation of modern topography and climate. Throughout the Cenozoic, the spatial structure of mammal faunas was reorganized by an interplay of the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, the emergence of the monsoon system and global macroevolutionary processes. The modern relationships among zoogeographical regions at the family level were established in the Pleistocene.

Isolation and purification of diterpenoids from the aerial parts of Isodon excisoides target-guided by UPLC-LTQ-Orbitrap-MS - Li-Ping Dai; Ling-Xia Zhang; Ya-Lin Liu; Hong Wu; Rui-Xin Liu; Meng Zhao; Shuang-Shuang Tian; Xue Jiang; Sui-Qing Chen (Natural Product Research, 2018)

Dendrocoumarin: a new benzocoumarin derivative from the stem of Dendrobium nobile - Xue-Ming Zhou; Bin Zhang; Guang-Ying Chen; Chang-Ri Han; Kun-Chi Jiang; Ming-Yue Luo; Bo-Zheng Meng; Wen-Xin Li; Shi-Dai Lin (Natural Product Research, 2018)

A new C -glycosyl flavone and a new neolignan glycoside from Passiflora edulis Sims peel - Yue Hu; Lin Jiao; Min-Hong Jiang; Sheng Yin; Pan Dong; Zhi-Min Zhao; De-Po Yang; Pei-Tsai Ho; Dong-Mei Wang (Natural Product Research, 2018)

Genetically modified immune cells for cancer immunotherapy - Lin Jiang; Wei Wang (Science China Life Sciences, 2018)

Toward a higher yield: a wireless sensor network-based temperature monitoring and fan-circulating system for precision cultivation in plant factories - Joe-Air Jiang; Min-Sheng Liao; Tzu-Shiang Lin; Chen-Kang Huang; Cheng-Ying Chou; Shih-Hao Yeh; Ta-Te Lin; Wei Fang (Precision Agriculture, 2018)

The tomato IQD gene SUN24 regulates seed germination through ABA signaling pathway - Lulu Bi; Lin Weng; Zhuyan Jiang; Han Xiao (Planta, 2018)

Mining for genes encoding proteins associated with NopL of Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 using quantitative trait loci in soybean (Glycine max Merr.) recombinant inbred lines - Yanjiao Zhang; Xueying Liu; Lin Chen; Ying Fu; Changyu Li; Zhaoming Qi; Jianan Zou; Rongsheng Zhu; Shuping Li; Wei Wei; Jinhui Wang; Huilin Chang; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2018)

The ethylene response factor MdERF1B regulates anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in apple - Jing Zhang; Haifeng Xu; Nan Wang; Shenghui Jiang; Hongcheng Fang; Zongying Zhang; Guanxian Yang; Yicheng Wang; Mengyu Su; Lin Xu; Xuesen Chen (Plant Molecular Biology, 2018)

Overexpression of a chrysanthemum transcription factor gene DgNAC1 improves drought tolerance in chrysanthemum - Qian Zhao; Ming Zhong; Ling He; Bei Wang; Qing-lin Liu; Yuan-zhi Pan; Bei-bei Jiang; Lei Zhang (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2018)

Aeromonas shuberti as a cause of multi‐organ necrosis in internal organs of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus - C Liu; O Q Chang; D F Zhang; K B Li; F Wang; M H Lin; C B Shi; L Jiang; Q Wang; S M Bergmann (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2018)
A disease with white spots in internal organs of Nile tilapia occurred in Zhanjiang, southern China. Multiple, white nodules, 0.8–2.2 mm in diameter, were scattered throughout the liver, spleen and kidney of diseased fish. Signs of nodules reproduced after artificial infection with the isolated strain. Isolated bacteria were Gram‐negative, facultative anaerobic, motile, short rod‐shaped, with a length of 1.2–2.2 μm. Morphological and biochemical tests, as well as phylogenetic analysis, all strongly indicated that the isolate from tilapia is identical to Aeromonas schubertii ( A. schubertii) which temporary named LF 1708 strain. Antibiotic sensitivity assays showed the LF 1708 is sensitive to 24 of 27 tested antibiotics. Pathogenicity test revealed that the isolate at the dose of 3.75 × 10 6 CFU /g killed 100% of experimental tilapia within 2 days and the dose of 1 × 10 7 CFU /g killed 100% of experimental zebrafish within 1 day. Histopathology of diseased tilapia infected with A. schubertii showed numerous necrotic lesions widely distributed in spleen, liver and kidney, and infiltration with a large number of bacteria. To our knowledge, this was the first report that associated A. schubertii with mortality in tilapia.

Cover Image - X Luo; G Liao; C Liu; X Jiang; M Lin; C Zhao; J Tao; Z Huang (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2018)

Characterization of bacteriophage HN 48 and its protective effects in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus against Streptococcus agalactiae infections - X Luo; G Liao; C Liu; X Jiang; M Lin; C Zhao; J Tao; Z Huang (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2018)
Streptococcus agalactiae is a causative agent responsible for massive mortalities of tilapia that has led to catastrophic losses to tilapia culture globally. Bacteriophages represent a new class of antimicrobials against bacteria. In this study, we characterized the bacteriophage HN 48, which formed small and round‐transparent plaques on a double‐layer plate. With a hexagonal head and a long tail, this phage may belong to the Caudovirales according to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. HN 48 was found to have a relatively wide and highly specific host range, to be sensitive to high temperature (60–80°C) and low pH (3–5), and to be relatively stable at alkaline pH (8–10). Intraperitoneal injection with HN 48 had no adverse effects on tilapia and effectively inactivated the bacteria in the kidney. Fish that received phage therapy had 60% ± 3.3% survival rates and a delayed mean death time of about 3 days when compared to the control group. To the best of knowledge, this is the first study of tilapia streptococcal phage. Overall, the results indicated that phage HN 48 could prevent tilapia from experimental S. agalactiae infection, suggesting it has the potential to control this disease.

Successional change in species composition alters climate sensitivity of grassland productivity - Zheng Shi; Yang Lin; Kevin R. Wilcox; Lara Souza; Lifen Jiang; Jiang Jiang; Chang Gyo Jung; Xia Xu; Mengting Yuan; Xue Guo; Liyou Wu; Jizhong Zhou; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2018)
Succession theory predicts altered sensitivity of ecosystem functions to disturbance (i.e., climate change) due to the temporal shift in plant community composition. However, empirical evidence in global change experiments is lacking to support this prediction. Here, we present findings from an 8‐year long‐term global change experiment with warming and altered precipitation manipulation (double and halved amount). First, we observed a temporal shift in species composition over 8 years, resulting in a transition from an annual C 3 ‐dominant plant community to a perennial C 4 ‐dominant plant community. This successional transition was independent of any experimental treatments. During the successional transition, the response of aboveground net primary productivity ( ANPP ) to precipitation addition magnified from neutral to +45.3%, while the response to halved precipitation attenuated substantially from −17.6% to neutral. However, warming did not affect ANPP in either state. The findings further reveal that the time‐dependent climate sensitivity may be regulated by successional change in species composition, highlighting the importance of vegetation dynamics in regulating the response of ecosystem productivity to precipitation change.

Structure elucidation and antitumour activity of a new macrolactam produced by marine-derived actinomycete Micromonospora sp. FIM05328 - Yi-Lei Nie; Yun-Dan Wu; Chuan-Xi Wang; Ru Lin; Yang Xie; Dong-Sheng Fang; Hong Jiang; Yun-Yang Lian (Natural Product Research, 2018)

Nitrogen Affects Anthocyanin Biosynthesis by Regulating MdLOB52 Downstream of MdARF19 in Callus Cultures of Red-Fleshed Apple (Malus sieversii f. niedzwetzkyana) - Yicheng Wang; Nan Wang; Haifeng Xu; Shenghui Jiang; Hongcheng Fang; Tianliang Zhang; Mengyu Su; Lin Xu; Zongying Zhang; Xuesen Chen (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2018)

Association between prenatal nickel exposure and preterm low birth weight: possible effect of selenium - Xiaojie Sun; Yangqian Jiang; Wei Xia; Shuna Jin; Wenyu Liu; Xin Lin; Hongxiu Liu; Xiaomei Chen; Yang Peng; Han Li; Bin Lu; Shunqing Xu; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

The roles of the COX2/PGE2/EP axis in therapeutic resistance - Dali Tong; Qiuli Liu; Lin-ang Wang; Qiubo Xie; Jian Pang; Yiqiang Huang; Luofu Wang; Gaolei Liu; Dianzheng Zhang; Weihua Lan; Jun Jiang (Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2018)

Diversity and evolution of Lactobacillus casei group isolated from fermented dairy products in Tibet - Jing Feng; Yujun Jiang; Mingyu Li; Siyu Zhao; Yanming Zhang; Xuesong Li; Hui Wang; Guangen Lin; Hao Wang; Tiejing Li; Chaoxin Man (Archives of Microbiology, 2018)

Influence of anthropogenic activities on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments from mangrove wetland at Dongzhai Harbor, China: distribution, sources, probability risk, and temporal trend - Daolai Zhang; Dongyun Yan; Xuejun Jiang; Xuehui Lin; Na Liu; Ke Liu; Ping Yin (Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2018)

Association Between Body Mass Index and Disease Severity in Chinese Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 Patients - Jin-Shan Yang; Ping-Ping Chen; Min-Ting Lin; Mei-Zhen Qian; Hui-Xia Lin; Xiao-Ping Chen; Xian-Jin Shang; Dan-Ni Wang; Yu-Chao Chen; Bin Jiang; Yi-Jun Chen; Ning Wang; et al. (The Cerebellum, 2018)

A genome-wide association study on growth traits in orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) with RAD-seq genotyping - Hui Yu; Xinxin You; Jia Li; Xinhui Zhang; Shuai Zhang; Shoujia Jiang; Xueqiang Lin; Hao-Ran Lin; Zining Meng; Qiong Shi (Science China Life Sciences, 2018)

Competition alters plant–soil feedbacks of two species in the Inner Mongolia Steppe, China - Nianxi Zhao; Shaobo Gao; Huiqin Ren; Xue Yang; Zhengyuan Sun; Jinlong Wang; Lin Jiang; Yubao Gao (Plant and Soil, 2018)

Genetic analysis and QTL mapping of fruit-related traits in wax gourd (Benincasa hispida) - Wenrui Liu; Biao Jiang; Qingwu Peng; Xiaoming He; Yu’e Lin; Min Wang; Zhaojun Liang; Dasen Xie; Kailin Hu (Euphytica, 2018)

The response of zooplankton communities to the 2016 extreme hydrological cycle in floodplain lakes connected to the Yangtze River in China - Kun Zhang; Mei Xu; Qili Wu; Zhi Lin; Fangyuan Jiang; Huan Chen; Zhongze Zhou (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Enhanced catalytic activities and modified substrate preferences for taxoid 10β-O-acetyl transferase mutants by engineering catalytic histidine residues - Lin-Feng You; Jia-Jun Huang; Tao Wei; Shu-Ling Lin; Bing-Hua Jiang; Li-Qiong Guo; Jun-Fang Lin (Biotechnology Letters, 2018)

Succession of phytoplankton functional groups from spring to early summer in the central Bohai Sea using HPLC–CHEMTAX approaches - Lin Lu; Tao Jiang; Yong Xu; Yaoyang Zheng; Bijuan Chen; Zhengguo Cui; Keming Qu (Journal of Oceanography, 2018)

Overexpression of the transcription factor MdbHLH33 increases cold tolerance of transgenic apple callus - Haifeng Xu; Nan Wang; Yicheng Wang; Shenghui Jiang; Hongcheng Fang; Jing Zhang; Mengyu Su; Weifang Zuo; Lin Xu; Zongying Zhang; Xuesen Chen (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2018)

Expression and characterization of a bifunctional alginate lyase named Al163 from the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. NJ-21 - Maisheng Xie; Jiang Li; Peiqing He; Xuezheng Lin (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2018)

The regulation of skeletal muscle fiber-type composition by betaine is associated with NFATc1/MyoD - Jingjing Du; Linyuan Shen; Peiwen Zhang; Zhendong Tan; Xiao Cheng; Jia Luo; Xue Zhao; Qiong Yang; Hao Gu; An’an Jiang; Jideng Ma; Qianzi Tang; et al. (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2018)

Occurrence, distribution, and seasonal variation of antibiotics in an artificial water source reservoir in the Yangtze River delta, East China - Changzheng Cui; Qi Han; Lei Jiang; Lei Ma; Lei Jin; Dong Zhang; Kuangfei Lin; Tianyang Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Microbial CO2 assimilation is not limited by the decrease in autotrophic bacterial abundance and diversity in eroded watershed - Haibing Xiao; Zhongwu Li; Xiaofeng Chang; Lei Deng; Xiaodong Nie; Chun Liu; Lin Liu; Jieyu Jiang; Jia Chen; Danyang Wang (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2018)

Recombinant rabies virus expressing interleukin-6 enhances the immune response in mouse brain - Jun Luo; Boyue Zhang; Yuting Wu; Qin Tian; Meijun Mo; Teng Long; Mingzhu Mei; Ruqi Fan; Ziyu Lyu; He Jiang; Fan Wu; Yingyi Lin; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2018)

Research progress in tofu processing: From raw materials to processing conditions - Qing Zhang; Chenzhi Wang; Bokang Li; Lin Li; Derong Lin; Hong Chen; Yaowen Liu; Suqing Li; Wen Qin; Jiang Liu; Weiguo Liu; Wenyu Yang (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2018)

FGF21 Attenuates High-Fat Diet-Induced Cognitive Impairment via Metabolic Regulation and Anti-inflammation of Obese Mice - Qingzhi Wang; Jing Yuan; Zhanyang Yu; Li Lin; Yinghua Jiang; Zeyuan Cao; Pengwei Zhuang; Michael J. Whalen; Bo Song; Xiao-Jie Wang; Xiaokun Li; Eng H. Lo; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2018)

Identification of a mutation in CNNM4 by whole exome sequencing in an Amish family and functional link between CNNM4 and IQCB1 - Sisi Li; Quansheng Xi; Xiaoyu Zhang; Dong Yu; Lin Li; Zhenyang Jiang; Qiuyun Chen; Qing K. Wang; Elias I. Traboulsi (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2018)

Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Conditioned Medium Promotes Aβ25-35 phagocytosis by Modulating Autophagy and Aβ-Degrading Enzymes in BV2 Cells - Zhihao Xu; Wenbin Nan; Xiaoyue Zhang; Yuliang Sun; Jichao Yang; Kecheng Lu; Yalin Liu; Yaoxin Gao; Fen Yang; Wenchao Mao; Xuekun Xing; Jiang Du; et al. (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2018)

Research on In Situ Stress Measurement and Inversion, and its Influence on Roadway Layout in Coal Mine with Thick Coal Seam and Large Mining Height - Song Zhifei; Sun Yun-jiang; Lin Xuan (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2018)

Screening of seaweeds in the East China Sea as potential bio-monitors of heavy metals - Yaoru Pan; Thomas Wernberg; Thibaut de Bettignies; Marianne Holmer; Ke Li; Jiaping Wu; Fang Lin; Yan Yu; Jiang Xu; Chaosheng Zhou; Zhixing Huang; Xi Xiao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Stimulation of mouse vibrissal follicle growth by recombinant human fibroblast growth factor 20 - Xue-Gang Xu; Lin Gong; Tian-Ling Jiang; Yuan-Hong Li; Xing-Hua Gao; Haishan Tian; Hong-Duo Chen (Biotechnology Letters, 2018)

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Asiatic toad Bufo gargarizans (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) with phylogenetic analysis - Lichun Jiang; Min Zhang; Jie Liu; Lin Ma; Peng Yu; Qiping Ruan (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2018)

Impact of mixed anthropogenic and natural emissions on air quality and eco-environment—the major water-soluble components in aerosols from northwest to offshore isle - Yilun Jiang; Guoshun Zhuang; Qiongzhen Wang; Kan Huang; Congrui Deng; Guangyuan Yu; Chang Xu; Qingyan Fu; Yanfen Lin; Joshua S. Fu; Mei Li; Zhen Zhou (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2018)

Sucrose is involved in the regulation of iron deficiency responses in rice (Oryza sativa L.) - Peng-Fei Chen; Lin Chen; Zheng-Rong Jiang; Gao-Peng Wang; Shao-Hua Wang; Yan-Feng Ding (Plant Cell Reports, 2018)

Necroptosis may be a novel mechanism for cardiomyocyte death in acute myocarditis - Fei Zhou; Xuejun Jiang; Lin Teng; Jun Yang; Jiawang Ding; Chao He (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2018)

Cross-shelf transport induced by coastal trapped waves along the coast of East China Sea - Lin Jiang; Changming Dong; Liping Yin (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2018)

Study of Specific Interaction between bis(p-phenylene)-34-crown-10-based Substituted Macrocycle and Ni2+ - Xin Lin; Yuhui Zheng; Lasheng Jiang; Haoliang Chen; Qianming Wang (Journal of Fluorescence, 2018)

A Quninolylthiazole Derivatives as an ICT-Based Fluorescent Probe of Hg(II) and its Application in Ratiometric Imaging in Live HeLa Cells - Jian-Ying Bai; Yu-Zhong Xie; Chang-Jiang Wang; Shu-Qing Fang; Lin-Nan Cao; Ling-Li Wang; Jing-Yi Jin (Journal of Fluorescence, 2018)

Occurrence and health risk assessment of organotins in waterworks and the source water of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China - Ting Deng; Lei Wu; Jun-Min Gao; Bin Zhou; Ya-Li Zhang; Wen-Nan Wu; Zhuo-Heng Tang; Wen-Chao Jiang; Wei-Lin Huang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)