Physiological response and transcriptome analysis of Prunus mume to early salt stress - Xiujun Wang; Zhenqi Song; Yujing Ti; Yuxia Liu; Qingwei Li (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2022)
Soil salinisation is an important factor limiting the cultivation and distribution of Prunus mume . Therefore, identifying the regulation mechanism of salt tolerance of P. mume will promote its cultivation and molecular breeding. In this study, the garden tree species P. mume ‘Meiren’ was investigated, with a soil NaCl content (w/w) of 0.3%. Photosynthetic gas exchange parameters, relative electrical conductivity, malondialdehyde, osmoregulation substances, and antioxidant enzyme activity were measured in the early (3d), middle (10d), and late (30d) stages of stress. Salt treatment was applied for 0 h, 6 h, 24 h, and 72 h; following this, the gene library was constructed from the leaves. The results showed that the CBL-CIPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase, calcium-dependent protein kinase, and abscisic acid signalling pathways were involved in salt stress signal transduction of P. mume . Furthermore, bHLH, WRPK, ERF, and MYB were identified as potential key transcription factor families of salt tolerance in P. mume . Combined with determined physiological responses, the results showed that early salt stress inhibited the activities of RuBisCO, chlorophyll synthase, glutamyl tRNA reductase, divinyl reductase, and magnesium chelatase; resultantly, this led to a reduction in the photosynthetic rate. Also, it was found that P5CS, SS, LEA, and dehydrin regulated the synthesis of proline, soluble sugar, and macromolecular protein to alleviate osmotic stress. POD gene plays an important role in scavenging reactive oxygen species due to its regulation of POD activity. The findings of this research reveal the internal mechanism of the physiological response and provide a foundation for the construction of a genetic regulatory network in response to salt stress in P. mume .

Prediction of disability-free survival in healthy older people - Johannes Tobias Neumann; Le T. P. Thao; Anne M. Murray; Emily Callander; Prudence R. Carr; Mark R. Nelson; Rory Wolfe; Robyn L. Woods; Christopher M. Reid; Raj C. Shah; Anne B. Newman; Jeff D. Williamson; et al. (GeroScience, 2022)
Prolonging survival in good health is a fundamental societal goal. However, the leading determinants of disability-free survival in healthy older people have not been well established. Data from ASPREE, a bi-national placebo-controlled trial of aspirin with 4.7 years median follow-up, was analysed. At enrolment, participants were healthy and without prior cardiovascular events, dementia or persistent physical disability. Disability-free survival outcome was defined as absence of dementia, persistent disability or death. Selection of potential predictors from amongst 25 biomedical, psychosocial and lifestyle variables including recognized geriatric risk factors, utilizing a machine-learning approach. Separate models were developed for men and women. The selected predictors were evaluated in a multivariable Cox proportional hazards model and validated internally by bootstrapping. We included 19,114 Australian and US participants aged ≥65 years (median 74 years, IQR 71.6–77.7). Common predictors of a worse prognosis in both sexes included higher age, lower Modified Mini-Mental State Examination score, lower gait speed, lower grip strength and abnormal (low or elevated) body mass index. Additional risk factors for men included current smoking, and abnormal eGFR. In women, diabetes and depression were additional predictors. The biased-corrected areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves for the final prognostic models at 5 years were 0.72 for men and 0.75 for women. Final models showed good calibration between the observed and predicted risks. We developed a prediction model in which age, cognitive function and gait speed were the strongest predictors of disability-free survival in healthy older people. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT01038583)

Localization of salt-tolerant QTL in rice germination stage under different salinity concentrations - Yanning Wang; Liping Chen; Guiting Song; Tao Huang; Guangliang Wu; Jingai Tan; Peng Wang; Qin Cheng; Caijing Li; Qi Zhong; Shiying Huang; Mengmeng Yang; et al. (Euphytica, 2022)

Organophosphate esters in children and adolescents in Liuzhou city, China: concentrations, exposure assessment, and predictors - Meng Yu; Xiang Li; Bingqing Liu; Yaping Li; Ling Liu; Limei Wang; Lulu Song; Youjie Wang; Liqin Hu; Surong Mei (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Therapeutic Effects of Sodium Para-Aminosalicylic Acid on Cognitive Deficits and Activated ERK1/2-p90RSK/NF-κB Inflammatory Pathway in Pb-Exposed Rats - Li-li Lu; Yu-wen Zhang; Zhao-cong Li; Yuan-yuan Fang; Lei-lei Wang; Yue-song Zhao; Shao-jun Li; Shi-yan Ou; Michael Aschner; Yue-ming Jiang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Lycopene Alleviates Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle-Induced Testicular Toxicity by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Mice - Xiaojia Meng; Li Li; Hongmei An; Yaxin Deng; Chunmei Ling; Tianjiao Lu; Guanling Song; Yan Wang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Relationship Between IL1 Gene Polymorphism and Susceptibility to Ankylosing Spondylitis: An Updated and Supplemented Meta-Analysis - Meng Gao; Teng Li; ZeLong Song; XiangYu Wang; XueSong Zhang; WeiBo Liu (Biochemical Genetics, 2022)

Plankton Metabolism in Coastal Waters of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay: Regional Variance and Driving Factors - Liangkui Zhang; Gang Li; Chenhui Xiang; Yadong Huang; Xiaoming Fu; Chuanyang Zheng; Zheng Wang; Zhiyuan Ouyang; Xingyu Song (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Metabolisms of field plankton community, including gross primary production (GPP), community respiration (CR), and net community production (NCP), usually indicate the status of the health, resource production, and carbon budget of marine ecosystems. In this study, we explored the regional variance and driving forces of plankton metabolism in coastal waters of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GGBA), a fast-developed area with complex hydrological and environmental states. The results showed that the maximum GPP and CR occurred in the estuarine plume of the GGBA in summer, while in winter the more active metabolisms of plankton community occurred in the Daya Bay, with the GPP and CR being respectively mediated by the nutrient level and temperature. Moreover, four regional zones were divided on the base of the environments and biological factors in surface water of the GGBA i.e., the river-runoff zone, river-plume zone, nearshore and far-offshore zones. The metabolic states in these zones varied significantly due to the regional and seasonal variations of, for example, the nutrient level, temperature, and turbidity driven by multiple factors including land-derived runoffs, anthropogenic activities, the Yuedong Coastal Current, and offshore seawater-intrusions. On the whole, the GGBA areas exhibited the weak heterotrophic processes in both summer (NCP = -24.9 ± 26.7 mg C m -3 d -1 ) and winter (NCP = -51.2 ± 8.51 mg C m -3 d -1 ). In addition, we found that the higher CR occurred to the bottom layers of the river plume and nearshore zones wherein hypoxia happened, indicating a possible attribution of plankton community respiration to the hypoxia in the GGBA.

Identification and management of GCK-MODY complicating pregnancy in Chinese patients with gestational diabetes - Yanyan Jiang; Fusong Jiang; Ming Li; Qingkai Wu; Chenming Xu; Rong Zhang; Mingqiang Song; Yanzhong Wang; Ying Wang; Yating Chen; Juan Zhang; Xiaoxu Ge; et al. (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2022)

Progressive evolution and failure behavior of a Holocene river-damming landslide in the SE Tibetan Plateau, China - Yanyan Li; Xuyang Feng; Aijun Yao; Zhihong Zhang; Kun Li; Qiusheng Wang; Shengyuan Song (Landslides, 2022)

Distinct assembly mechanisms of microbial sub-communities with different rarity along the Nu River - Song Zhang; Kexin Li; Jinming Hu; Fang Wang; Danhong Chen; Zejin Zhang; Ting Li; Linfeng Li; Juan Tao; Dong Liu; Rongxiao Che (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2022)

Microbial community coexisting with harmful alga Karenia mikimotoi and microbial control of algal bloom in laboratory - Li Sun; Peike Gao; Yu Li; Chao Wang; Ning Ding; Junfeng Chen; Yuhao Song; Chunchen Liu; Lun Song; Renjun Wang (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022)

Identification of PDXDC1 as a novel pleiotropic susceptibility locus shared between lumbar spine bone mineral density and birth weight - Yu-Qian Song; Shi-Di Hu; Xu Lin; Xiang-He Meng; Xiao Wang; Yin-Hua Zhang; Cheng Peng; Rui Gong; Tao Xu; Tong Zhang; Chen-Zhong Li; Dao-Yan Pan; et al. (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2022)
An increasing number of epidemiological studies have suggested that birth weight (BW) may be a determinant of bone health later in life, although the underlying genetic mechanism remains unclear. Here, we applied a pleiotropic conditional false discovery rate (cFDR) approach to the genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics for lumbar spine bone mineral density (LS BMD) and BW, aiming to identify novel susceptibility variants shared between these two traits. We detected 5 novel potential pleiotropic loci which are located at or near 7 different genes ( NTAN1 , PDXDC1 , CACNA1G , JAG1 , FAT1P1 , CCDC170 , ESR1 ), among which PDXDC1 and FAT1P1 have not previously been linked to these phenotypes. To partially validate the findings, we demonstrated that the expression of PDXDC1 was dramatically reduced in ovariectomized (OVX) mice in comparison with sham-operated (SHAM) mice in both the growth plate and trabecula bone. Furthermore, immunohistochemistry assay with serial sections showed that both osteoclasts and osteoblasts express PDXDC1 , supporting its potential role in bone metabolism. In conclusion, our study provides insights into some shared genetic mechanisms for BMD and BW as well as a novel potential therapeutic target for the prevention of OP in the early stages of the disease development. Key messages We investigated pleiotropy-informed enrichment between LS BMD and BW. We identified genetic variants related to both LS BMD and BW by utilizing a cFDR approach. PDXDC1 is a novel pleiotropic gene which may be related to both LS BMD and BW. Elevated expression of PDXDC1 is related to higher BMD and lower ratio n-6/n-3 PUFA indicating a bone protective effect of PDXDC1.

Retraction Note: Euxanthone Ameliorates Sevoflurane-Induced Neurotoxicity in Neonatal Mice - Hui Zhou; Song Li; Gongming Wang (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2022)

Novel ratiometric fluorescent probe based on internal reference and its detection of hydrazine - Xiaohong Cheng; Shuang Li; Mengyun Gong; Song Wang; Wangnan Li (Journal of Fluorescence, 2022)

Poor evidence for host-dependent regular RNA editing in the transcriptome of SARS-CoV-2 - Jinbao Zong; Yanping Zhang; Fenfen Guo; Changyuan Wang; Hong Li; Gaoyang Lin; Wenqing Jiang; Xiaoping Song; Xiufang Zhang; Feng Huang; Min Qi; Xin Zheng (Journal of Applied Genetics, 2022)

Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies between short-term exposure to ambient carbon monoxide and non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality in China - Xianwei Guo; Qiuxia Song; Hao Wang; Ning Li; Wanying Su; Mingming Liang; Chenyu Sun; Xiuxiu Ding; Qiwei Liang; Yehuan Sun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

An investigation of the pullout behaviors of tire strips embedded in tire-derived aggregate reinforced sand - Hongbo Zhang; Hao Wang; Yingyong Li; Xuefeng Yuan; Jie Sun; Xiuguang Song; Zhizhong Zhao; Jianqing Wu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Variation of mercury fractionation and speciation in municipal sewage treatment plant: effects of mercury on the atmosphere - Yunpeng Li; Yan Wang; Ruhai Liu; Long Shao; Xiaoyu Liu; Kun Han; Peng Song (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Novel combination of bioleaching and persulfate for the removal of heavy metals from metallurgical industry sludge - Chen Chen; Huidong Li; Fengjiao Cui; Zhixia Wang; Xinxin Liu; Gang Jiang; Tianjia Cheng; Runying Bai; Lei Song (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Polysialic Acid Self-assembled Nanocomplexes for Neutrophil-Based Immunotherapy to Suppress Lung Metastasis of Breast Cancer - Chuizhong Fan; Cong Li; Shuang Lu; Xiaoxue Lai; Shuo Wang; Xinrong Liu; Yanzhi Song; Yihui Deng (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2022)

Synergistic use of spectral features of leaf nitrogen and physiological indices improves the estimation accuracy of nitrogen concentration in rapeseed - Tian Tian; Jingang Wang; Haijiang Wang; Jing Cui; Xiaoyan Shi; Jianghui Song; Tiansheng Li; Weidi Li; Mingtao Zhong (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022)

Two new dammarane-type triterpenoids from the green walnut husks of Juglans mandshurica Maxim - Yuan-Yuan Zhou; Hui-Rui Gao; Hong-Juan Song; Dan-Da Ma; Xiao-Juan Zhang; Yan-Ping Sun; Yan Liu; Xiao-Li Wang; Bing-You Yang; Hai-Xue Kuang (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Transpiration of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica trees at different positions of sand dunes in a semiarid sandy region of Northeast China - Lining Song; Jiaojun Zhu; Xinjunyan Li; Kai Wang; Guochen Wang; Haihong Sun (Trees, 2022)

The Oxidative Damage and Morphological Changes of Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) Leaves at Seedlings Stage Exposed to Boron Deficiency in Hydroponics - Xin Song; Xueming Hao; Baiquan Song; Xiaoyu Zhao; Zhenzhen Wu; Xiangling Wang; Jiyu Du; Wengong Huang; Muhammad Riaz; Xingfan Li; Jiaxin Li; Meiyu Li; et al. (Sugar Tech, 2022)

Development of a 48-Well Dynamic Suspension Culture System for Pancreatic Differentiation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells - Yizhe Song; Xiaoqian Chen; Decan Liang; Jing Liu; Jingqiu Li; Zhensheng Ou; Tingting Tang; Peiwen Xing; Leilei Guo; Shidu Zhang; Qunrui Ye; Wenjia Li; et al. (Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2022)

Fusion of the YOLOv4 network model and visual attention mechanism to detect low-quality young apples in a complex environment - Mei Jiang; Lei Song; Yunfei Wang; Zhenyu Li; Huaibo Song (Precision Agriculture, 2022)

Dopaminergic Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental–Prelimbic Pathway Promote the Emergence of Rats from Sevoflurane Anesthesia - Yanping Song; Ruitong Chu; Fuyang Cao; Yanfeng Wang; Yanhong Liu; Jiangbei Cao; Yongxin Guo; Weidong Mi; Li Tong (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2022)

Midkine promotes breast cancer cell proliferation and migration by upregulating NR3C1 expression and activating the NF-κB pathway - Lin Zhang; Li Song; Yanyan Xu; Yuting Xu; Maojin Zheng; Peng Zhang; Qingling Wang (Molecular Biology Reports, 2022)

Follicular Fluid-Derived Exosomal MicroRNA-18b-5p Regulates PTEN-Mediated PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway to Inhibit Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Development - Zhi Zhou; Zhihua Tu; Juan Zhang; Can tan; Xiaoyong Shen; Bangbei Wan; Yejuan Li; Anguo Wang; Liqiang Zhao; Jiajia Hu; Ning Ma; Jing Zhou; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Diversity assessment of endophytic fungi isolated from Euonymus japonicus - Xiaohe Song; Yankai Li; Zhe Cao; Dejin Wang (Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 2022)

Efficient production of GlcNAc in an aqueous-organic system with a Chitinolyticbacter meiyuanensis SYBC-H1 mutant - Zhi-kui Hao; Jian-song Li; Dan-hua Wang; Fei He; Jing-shi Xue; Liang-hong Yin; Hua-bao Zheng (Biotechnology Letters, 2022)

Effect of SpyTag/SpyCatcher cyclization on stability and refolding of green fluorescent protein - Haiyan Song; Yue Wang; Wenge Dong; Qiwei Chen; Hongxu Sun; Hui Peng; Ren Li; Yanhong Chang; Hui Luo (Biotechnology Letters, 2022)

Distribution Patterns of Synechococcus Indicated Their Environmental Constraints and Related Geochemical Processes in the Yellow Sea - Yuting Zhou; Ting Wang; Xi Chen; Song Qin; Zhenjun Zhao; Xinyi Guo; Jialin Li (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2022)

IgE Reactivity of Potential Allergens from the Swimming Crab Portunus trituberculatus and the Research of ELISA Reagent for Detecting Crab Food Anaphylaxis - Xueni Qiu; Qiongyan Zhou; Xiaoxia Zhu; Wei Lin; Changkao Mu; Ronghua Li; Yangfang Ye; Weiwei Song; Ce Shi; Lei Liu; Huan Wang; Chunlin Wang; et al. (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2022)

A New Indicator for Global Food Security Assessment: Harvested Area Rather Than Cropland Area - Fengjiao Song; Shijie Wang; Xiaoyong Bai; Luhua Wu; Jinfeng Wang; Chaojun Li; Huan Chen; Xuling Luo; Huipeng Xi; Sirui Zhang; Guofeng Luo; Mengqi Yan; et al. (Chinese Geographical Science, 2022)

The Predictability of Ocean Environments that Contributed to the 2020/21 Extreme Cold Events in China: 2020/21 La Niña and 2020 Arctic Sea Ice Loss - Fei Zheng; Ji-Ping Liu; Xiang-Hui Fang; Mi-Rong Song; Chao-Yuan Yang; Yuan Yuan; Ke-Xin Li; Ji Wang; Jiang Zhu (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022)
Several consecutive extreme cold events impacted China during the first half of winter 2020/21, breaking the low-temperature records in many cities. How to make accurate climate predictions of extreme cold events is still an urgent issue. The synergistic effect of the warm Arctic and cold tropical Pacific has been demonstrated to intensify the intrusions of cold air from polar regions into middle-high latitudes, further influencing the cold conditions in China. However, climate models failed to predict these two ocean environments at expected lead times. Most seasonal climate forecasts only predicted the 2020/21 La Niña after the signal had already become apparent and significantly underestimated the observed Arctic sea ice loss in autumn 2020 with a 1–2 month advancement. In this work, the corresponding physical factors that may help improve the accuracy of seasonal climate predictions are further explored. For the 2020/21 La Niña prediction, through sensitivity experiments involving different atmospheric–oceanic initial conditions, the predominant southeasterly wind anomalies over the equatorial Pacific in spring of 2020 are diagnosed to play an irreplaceable role in triggering this cold event. A reasonable inclusion of atmospheric surface winds into the initialization will help the model predict La Niña development from the early spring of 2020. For predicting the Arctic sea ice loss in autumn 2020, an anomalously cyclonic circulation from the central Arctic Ocean predicted by the model, which swept abnormally hot air over Siberia into the Arctic Ocean, is recognized as an important contributor to successfully predicting the minimum Arctic sea ice extent.

Global divergent trends of algal blooms detected by satellite during 1982–2018 - Chong Fang; Kaishan Song; Hans W Paerl; Pierre‐Andre Jacinthe; Zhidan Wen; Ge Liu; Hui Tao; Xiaofeng Xu; Tiit Kutser; Zongming Wang; Hongtao Duan; Kun Shi; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Algal blooms (ABs) in inland lakes have caused adverse ecological effects, and health impairment of animals and humans. We used archived Landsat images to examine ABs in lakes (>1 km 2 ) around the globe over a 37‐year time span (1982–2018). Out of the 176032 lakes with area >1 km 2 detected globally, 863 were impacted by ABs, 708 had sufficiently long records to define a trend, and 66% exhibited increasing trends in frequency ratio (FRQR, ratio of the number of ABs events observed in a year in a given lake to the number of available Landsat images for that lake) or area ratio (AR, ratio of annual maximum area covered by ABs observed in a lake to the surface area of that lake), while 34% showed a decreasing trend. Across North America, an intensification of ABs severity was observed for FRQR ( p p p p

High potential of stable carbon sequestration in phytoliths of China's grasslands - Zhaoliang Song; Yuntao Wu; Yuanhe Yang; Xiaodong Zhang; Lukas Van Zwieten; Nanthi Bolan; Zimin Li; Hongyan Liu; Qian Hao; Changxun Yu; Xiaole Sun; Alin Song; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Phytolith carbon (C) sequestration plays a key role in mitigating global climate change at a centennial to millennial time scale. However, previous estimates of phytolith‐occluded carbon (PhytOC) storage and potential in China's grasslands have large uncertainties mainly due to multiple data sources. This contributes to the uncertainty in predicting long‐term C sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems using Earth System Models. In this study, we carried out an intensive field investigation (79 sites, 237 soil profiles [0–100 cm], and 61 vegetation assessments) to quantify PhytOC storage in China's grasslands and to better explore the biogeographical patterns and influencing factors. Generally, PhytOC production flux and soil PhytOC density in both the Tibetan Plateau and the Inner Mongolian Plateau had a decreasing trend from the Northeast to the Southwest. The aboveground PhytOC production rate in China's grassland was 0.48 × 10 6 t CO 2 a –1 , and the soil PhytOC storage was 383 × 10 6 t CO 2 . About 45% of soil PhytOC was stored in the deep soil layers (50–100 cm), highlighting the importance of deep soil layers for C stock assessments. Importantly, the Tibetan Plateau had the greatest contribution (more than 70%) to the PhytOC storage in China's grasslands. The results of multiple regression analysis indicated that altitude and soil texture significantly influenced the spatial distribution of soil PhytOC, explaining 78.1% of the total variation. Soil phytolith turnover time in China's grasslands was mainly controlled by climatic conditions, with the turnover time on the Tibetan Plateau being significantly longer than that on the Inner Mongolian Plateau. Our results offer more accurate estimates of the potential for phytolith C sequestration from ecological restoration projects in degraded grassland ecosystems. These estimates are essential to parameterizing and validating global C models.

Alkaloids constituents from the roots of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. with their cytotoxic activities - Ying Chen; Li Li; Li-Rui Jiang; Jia-Yin Tan; Li-Na Guo; Xiao-Li Wang; Wei Dong; Wen-Bao Wang; Ji-Kai Sun; Bo Song (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Glacier lanternfish (Benthosema glaciale) first found on the continental slope of the Pacific Arctic - Ran Zhang; Yuan Li; Qiaohong Liu; Puqing Song; Hai Li; Rui Wang; Shaoxiong Ding; Longshan Lin (Polar Biology, 2022)

Inhibition of red chlorophyll catabolite reductase improved chlorophyll and carotenoid synthesis in tobacco - Chen Dong; Mei Zhang; Fang Wei; Yushuang Guo; Lili Qin; Pan Wei; Yubo Wang; Lifeng Jin; Weina Song; Tao Sun; Feng Li; Ran Wang (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2022)

Climatic controls of Pinus pumila radial growth along an altitude gradient - Jingwen Yang; David J. Cooper; Xu Zhang; Wenqi Song; Zongshan Li; Yuandong Zhang; Huiying Zhao; Shijie Han; Xiaochun Wang (New Forests, 2022)

SSR analysis and fingerprint construction to evaluate the genetic diversity of medicinal plum varieties - Rui Wang; Xin Li; Wei Zhang; Jinmei Ou; Chengwu Fang; Qianqian Song; Huiyin Zhou (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2022)

Distribution and phenogenetic diversity of Synechococcus in the Bohai Sea, China - Ting Wang; Xi Chen; Jialin Li; Song Qin (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022)

An improved design of irrigation centrifugal filter for separating water and fine sediment: appropriately increase head loss for high efficiency - Peng Hou; Jaume Puig-Bargués; Yang Xiao; Tao Xue; Jinyan Wang; Peng Song; Yunkai Li (Irrigation Science, 2022)

Assessment of genetic diversity among Chinese high-oleic peanut genotypes using miniature inverted-repeat transposable element markers - Chuan Tang Wang; Guo Sheng Song; Zhi Wei Wang; Hong Ju Li; Hong Wei Han; Xiao Yuan Chi; Xiu Zhen Wang; Xiu Shan Sun (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2022)

Same total normal forms sperm counts of males from Lhasa and Shanghai, China - Benhong Gu; Shangren Wang; Feng Liu; Yuxuan Song; Jun Li; Yongtao Ni; Min Chen; Jianlin Hu; Luobu Ouzhu; Zheng Li; Li Liu; Xia Li; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Using Caenorhabditis elegans to assess the ecological health risks of heavy metals in soil and sediments around Dabaoshan Mine, China - Xin Li; Qingqing Yang; Ling Wang; Chuxin Song; Lufeng Chen; Jie Zhang; Yong Liang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

NO3− is an important driver of nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation bacteria and CH4 fluxes in the reservoir riparian zone - Shuang Song; Xiaoyan Wang; Yubing Wang; Tingting Li; Jingyu Huang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Study on the regional atomized dust suppression technological system based on the measured law of dust concentration distribution in longwall fully mechanized mining faces - Lei Zheng; Dewen Li; Shuzheng Song; Hongtu Wang; Jinjun Sui (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2022)

Multi-species approach strengthens the reliability of dendroclimatic reconstructions in monsoonal Northeast China - Liangjun Zhu; Shuguang Liu; Haifeng Zhu; David J. Cooper; Danyang Yuan; Yu Zhu; Zongshan Li; Yuandong Zhang; Hanxue Liang; Xu Zhang; Wenqi Song; Xiaochun Wang (Climatic Change, 2022)

Load transfer laws of tensile anchors in rock masses with weak interlayers based on a shear-slipping updating model - Yan Wang; Xin Xiang; Chang-dong Li; Guo-qiang Zhu; Cheng-bin Song; Jin-ye Xian; Jia-jun Zhang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Demersal fish diversity and molecular taxonomy in the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea - Hai Li; Fang Yang; Xuehua Wang; Yuan Li; Nan Zhang; Ran Zhang; Cheng Liu; Hushun Zhang; Longshan Lin; Puqing Song (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2022)

Biological characterization and evolution of a novel RNA silencing suppressor SWP16 from wheat blue dwarf (WBD) phytoplasma - L. C. Wang; Y. Li; X. D. Zhang; Z. Q. Song; X. A. Hao; Y. F. Wu (Australasian Plant Pathology, 2022)

Another Record: Ocean Warming Continues through 2021 despite La Niña Conditions - Lijing Cheng; John Abraham; Kevin E. Trenberth; John Fasullo; Tim Boyer; Michael E. Mann; Jiang Zhu; Fan Wang; Ricardo Locarnini; Yuanlong Li; Bin Zhang; Zhetao Tan; et al. (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022)
The increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human activities traps heat within the climate system and increases ocean heat content (OHC). Here, we provide the first analysis of recent OHC changes through 2021 from two international groups. The world ocean, in 2021, was the hottest ever recorded by humans, and the 2021 annual OHC value is even higher than last year’s record value by 14 ± 11 ZJ (1 zetta J = 10 21 J) using the IAP/CAS dataset and by 16 ± 10 ZJ using NCEI/NOAA dataset. The long-term ocean warming is larger in the Atlantic and Southern Oceans than in other regions and is mainly attributed, via climate model simulations, to an increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. The year-to-year variation of OHC is primarily tied to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). In the seven maritime domains of the Indian, Tropical Atlantic, North Atlantic, Northwest Pacific, North Pacific, Southern oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea, robust warming is observed but with distinct inter-annual to decadal variability. Four out of seven domains showed record-high heat content in 2021. The anomalous global and regional ocean warming established in this study should be incorporated into climate risk assessments, adaptation, and mitigation.

A New Scheme for Capturing Global Conditional Nonlinear Optimal Perturbation - Siyuan Liu; Qi Shao; Wei Li; Guijun Han; Kangzhuang Liang; Yantian Gong; Ru Wang; Hanyu Liu; Song Hu (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
Conditional nonlinear optimal perturbation (CNOP) represents the initial perturbation that satisfies a certain physical constraint condition, and leads to a maximum prediction error at the moment of prediction. The CNOP method is a useful tool in studying atmosphere and ocean predictability problems. Generally, the optimization algorithm based on the gradient of the cost function to compute CNOP requires an initial guess. The traditional scheme randomly chooses the initial guess of CNOP within the constraint range and therefore this scheme is called RIG-CNOP. However, the RIG-CNOP scheme reduces the probability of capturing the global CNOP in many cases, such as the prediction model is strongly nonlinear or long-term prediction is performed, or multiple extreme values existed in the cost function. Considering the limitations of the RIG-CNOP scheme, we propose a new initial guess selection scheme. In this scheme, we first pre-analyze a series of random initial guesses, and then, an optimal initial guess is selected. The above process replaces the initial guess selection scheme in the traditional scheme, which is called PAIG-CNOP. Numerical experiments are conducted utilizing the Lorenz-63 model. Also, to compare the performance of the PAIG-CNOP method with the RIG-CNOP method in capturing global CNOP, the CNOP and the maximum cost function value (MCFV) obtained by the filtering method (FM) are used as benchmarks (this value is called FMMCFV in brief). The experimental results show that even the prediction model is strongly nonlinear or the prediction time is long, or the cost function has multiple extreme values, the PAIG-CNOP method can capture the global CNOP with a high probability. The results show that the PAIG-CNOP method has a higher probability of capturing the global CNOP than the RIG-CNOP method. In addition, we use an ensemble-based technique in the computation of gradients, thus avoiding the use of adjoint techniques in the maximization process. Due to the attractive features of the new method, the PAIG-CNOP method is an efficient and useful method for solving CNOP, it can be more easily applied to obtain the global CNOP of operational prediction models.

Variations and controlling factors of soil denitrification rate - Zhaolei Li; Ze Tang; Zhaopeng Song; Weinan Chen; Dashuan Tian; Shiming Tang; Xiaoyue Wang; Jinsong Wang; Wenjie Liu; Yi Wang; Jie Li; Lifen Jiang; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2022)
The denitrification process profoundly affects soil nitrogen (N) availability and generates its byproduct, nitrous oxide, as a potent greenhouse gas. There are large uncertainties in predicting global denitrification because its controlling factors remain elusive. In this study, we compiled 4301 observations of denitrification rates across a variety of terrestrial ecosystems from 214 papers published in the literature. The averaged denitrification rate was 3516.3 ± 91.1 µg N kg −1 soil day −1 . The highest denitrification rate was 4242.3 ± 152.3 µg N kg −1 soil day −1 under humid subtropical climates, and the lowest was 965.8 ± 150.4 µg N kg −1 under dry climates. The denitrification rate increased with temperature, precipitation, soil carbon and N contents, as well as microbial biomass carbon and N, but decreased with soil clay contents. The variables related to soil N contents (e.g., nitrate, ammonium, and total N) explained the variation of denitrification more than climatic and edaphic variables (e.g., mean annual temperature (MAT), soil moisture, soil pH, and clay content) according to structural equation models. Soil microbial biomass carbon, which was influenced by soil nitrate, ammonium, and total N, also strongly influenced denitrification at a global scale. Collectively, soil N contents, microbial biomass, pH, texture, moisture, and MAT accounted for 60% of the variation in global denitrification rates. The findings suggest that soil N contents and microbial biomass are strong predictors of denitrification at the global scale.

Ero1‐Pdi1 module‐catalysed dimerization of a nucleotide sugar transporter, FonNst2 , regulates virulence of Fusarium oxysporum on watermelon - Yizhou Gao; Xiaohui Xiong; Hui Wang; Jiajing Wang; Yan Bi; Yuqing Yan; Zhongye Cao; Dayong Li; Fengming Song (Environmental Microbiology, 2022)
Summary Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum ( Fon ) is a soil‐borne fungus causing vascular Fusarium wilt on watermelon; however, the molecular network regulating Fon virulence remains to be elucidated. Here, we report the function and mechanism of nucleotide sugar transporters (Nsts) in Fon . Fon genome harbours nine FonNst genes with distinct functions in vegetative growth, asexual production, cell wall stress response and virulence. FonNst2 and FonNst3 are required for full virulence of Fon on watermelon and FonNst2 is mainly involved in fungal colonization of the plant tissues. FonNst2 and FonNst3 form homo‐ or hetero‐dimers but function independently in Fon virulence. FonNst2, which has UDP‐galactose transporter activity in yeast, interacts with FonEro1 and FonPdi1, both of which are required for full virulence of Fon . FonNst2, FonPdi1 and FonEro1 target to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and are essential for ER homeostasis and function. FonEro1‐FonPdi1 module catalyses the dimerization of FonNst2, which is critical for Fon virulence. Undimerized FonNst2 is unstable and degraded via ER‐associated protein degradation in vivo . These data demonstrate that FonEro1‐FonPdi1 module‐catalysed dimerization of FonNst2 is critical for Fon virulence on watermelon and provide new insights into the regulation of virulence in plant fungal pathogens via disulfide bond formation of key pathogenicity factors.

Switch of Bacteria Community Under Oxygen Depletion in Sediment of Bohai Sea - Xiaoxiao Guo; Guisheng Song; Yanying Li; Liang Zhao; Jing Wang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Regular oxygen depletion is occurring every summer in the depression area of the Bohai Sea. The community structure and potential functions of microbes in expanding marine hypoxic area are of great importance due to their roles in biogeochemical cycling. In this study, the diversity and distribution of bacteria based on 16S rRNA gene in sediment along an inshore-offshore transect across the oxygen-depletion area in the Bohai Sea was investigated in June, July and August of 2018 by employing high-throughput sequencing. Results revealed that the bacteria community was dominated by Proteobacteria (42.67%), Actinobacteria (14.13%), Chloroflexi (13.02%), Acidobacteria (8.01%), and Bacteroidetes (6.30%). During oxygen depletion, the bacteria community from inshore site A3 subjected to dramatic variation from June to August, but the composition tended to be stable in sites from the depression area along the transect. Distinct switch of bacteria from aerobic to anaerobic group was observed when the DO concentration <4.2 mg/L, typically represented by dominance of Anaerolineaceae in August sample. Further, KEGG prediction by PICRUSt confirmed the variations by showing significant difference in functional pathways, especially the nitrogen metabolisms, before and after DO depletion ( p < 0.05). These variations could be influenced by depth, NO 2 – concentration and DO availability based on RDA analysis. The details in diversity and composition of bacteria under continually observation provide insights into both instant and long-term response of bacteria community to oxygen depletion, and the distinct functional switch under this process expands our knowledge on the metabolic character of bacteria in worldwide hypoxia areas.

Classifications and Characteristics of Marine Heatwaves in the Northern South China Sea - Yinxia Wang; Jisheng Zeng; Zheng Wei; Shan Li; Song Tian; Fan Yang; Qidong Chen; Yinghui He (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
The classifications and associated characteristics of marine heatwaves (MHWs) in the northern South China Sea (SCS) have been investigated. Based on the ratio of the area with MHWs to the total area of the northern SCS, the MHWs are divided into three categories, i.e., narrow coverage, moderate coverage, and wide coverage. Different kinds of MHWs (i.e., narrow coverage, moderate coverage, and wide coverage) contribute around 64, 28, and 8% to the total days with MHWs, respectively. Narrow coverage MHW scatters over the northern SCS continental shelf, and moderate (wide) coverage MHWs are concentrated east of Hainan Island (mid of northern SCS continental shelf). Wide coverage MHWs contribute more than 50% to the total MHW cumulative sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies. The cumulative days and temperature anomalies of all kinds of MHWs exhibit significant long-term trends and decadal variability.

Genome-wide genetic diversity and IBD analysis reveals historic dissemination routes of pear in China - Xuening Chen; Mingyue Zhang; Manyi Sun; Yueyuan Liu; Shengnan Li; Bobo Song; Mengyan Li; Shaoling Zhang; Runze Wang; Jiaming Li; Kejiao Zhao; Jun Wu (Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2022)

Short-form OPA1 is a molecular chaperone in mitochondrial intermembrane space - Deyang Yao; Yukun Li; Sheng Zeng; Zhifan Li; Zahir Shah; Bigui Song; Jinglei Liu; Yi Wu; Liang Yang; Qi Long; Wenqian Wang; Zhijuan Hu; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Spatio-temporal characteristics of demersal fish community in the Chukchi and northern Bering Seas: significant distributional records and interannual variations in species composition and biodiversity - Ran Zhang; Puqing Song; Hai Li; Rui Wang; Yuan Li; Xing Miao; Longshan Lin; Shaoxiong Ding (Polar Biology, 2022)

Effects of Epichloë endophytes on litter decomposition--depending on different host species - Meiling Song; Yuqin Wang; Hongsheng Wang; Gensheng Bao; Xiuzhang Li (Plant and Soil, 2022)

Comparative transcriptome analysis revealed the molecular mechanism of the effect of light intensity on the accumulation of rhynchophylline and isorhynchophylline in Uncaria rhynchophylla - Xiao-Hong Wang; Xue Li; Wei Qiang; Xiao-Song Yu; Hao-Jie Zheng; Ming-Sheng Zhang (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2022)

Litter nitrogen concentration changes mediate effects of drought and plant species richness on litter decomposition - Jiang Wang; Yuan Ge; Johannes H. C. Cornelissen; Xiao-Yan Wang; Song Gao; Yi Bai; Tong Chen; Zhong-Wang Jing; Chong-Bang Zhang; Wen-Li Liu; Jun-Min Li; Fei-Hai Yu (Oecologia, 2022)

Autophagy Inhibition Reduces Irradiation-Induced Subcortical White Matter Injury Not by Reducing Inflammation, but by Increasing Mitochondrial Fusion and Inhibiting Mitochondrial Fission - Yafeng Wang; Yiran Xu; Kai Zhou; Shan Zhang; Yong Wang; Tao Li; Cuicui Xie; Xiaoli Zhang; Juan Song; Xiaoyang Wang; Changlian Zhu (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)
Radiotherapy is an effective tool in the treatment of malignant brain tumors, but irradiation-induced late-onset toxicity remains a major problem. The purpose of this study was to investigate if genetic inhibition of autophagy has an impact on subcortical white matter development in the juvenile mouse brain after irradiation. Ten-day-old selective neural Atg7 knockout (KO) mice and wild-type (WT) littermates were subjected to a single 6-Gy dose of whole-brain irradiation and evaluated at 5 days after irradiation. Neural Atg7 deficiency partially prevented myelin disruption compared to the WT mice after irradiation, as indicated by myelin basic protein staining. Irradiation induced oligodendrocyte progenitor cell loss in the subcortical white matter, and Atg7 deficiency partly prevented this. There was no significant change between the KO and WT mice in the number of microglia and astrocytes in the subcortical white matter after irradiation. Transcriptome analysis showed that the GO mitochondrial gene expression pathway was significantly enriched in the differentially expressed genes between the KO and WT group after irradiation. Compared with WT mice, expression of the mitochondrial fusion protein OPA1 and phosphorylation of the mitochondrial fission protein DRP1 (P-DRP1) were dramatically decreased in KO mice under physiological conditions. The protein levels of OPA1and P-DRP1 showed no differences in WT mice between the non-irradiated group and the irradiated group but had remarkably increased levels in the KO mice after irradiation. These results indicate that inhibition of autophagy reduces irradiation-induced subcortical white matter injury not by reducing inflammation, but by increasing mitochondrial fusion and inhibiting mitochondrial fission.

Functional characterization of melanocortin-3 receptor in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Hui-Xia Yu; Yang Li; Wei-Jia Song; Hui Wang; Hao-Lin Mo; Qiao Liu; Xin-Miao Zhang; Ze-Bin Jiang; Li-Xin Wang (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022)

Unveiling the recycling characteristics and trends of spent lithium-ion battery: a scientometric study - Siqi Zhao; Jiawei Quan; Tianya Wang; Duanmei Song; Juwen Huang; Wenzhi He; Guangming Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Respiratory exposure to PM2.5 soluble extract induced chronic lung injury by disturbing the phagocytosis function of macrophage - Chen Zhao; Wenyuan Pu; Mengyuan Niu; Junaid Wazir; Shiyu Song; Lulu Wei; Li Li; Zhonglan Su; Hongwei Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Differential expression of long non-coding RNAs in the hippocampus of mice exposed to PM2.5 in Dalian, China - Jie Li; Longying Zhang; Jiaqi Wang; Ruxue Jia; Xiao Zhang; Xiaojing Li; Ying Fu; Laiyu Song (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Quantifying the human disturbance intensity of ecosystems and its natural and socioeconomic driving factors in urban agglomeration in South China - Xiaojun Wang; Guangxu Liu; Aicun Xiang; Salman Qureshi; Tianhang Li; Dezhuo Song; Churan Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Assessing the fractionation and bioavailability of heavy metals in soil–rice system and the associated health risk - Yuanyuan Wang; Weiwei Xu; Jizhou Li; Yinxian Song; Ming Hua; Wenbo Li; Yubo Wen; Tianyuan Li; Xinxing He (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2022)

A survey of brain network analysis by electroencephalographic signals - Cuihua Luo; Fali Li; Peiyang Li; Chanlin Yi; Chunbo Li; Qin Tao; Xiabing Zhang; Yajing Si; Dezhong Yao; Gang Yin; Pengyun Song; Huazhang Wang; et al. (Cognitive Neurodynamics, 2022)

East Asian summer monsoon changes in subtropical China since late Pleistocene: Evidence from the Ailuropoda-Stegodon fauna - Zhi-wen Li; Li Sun; Bao-sheng Li; Feng-nian Wang; Ding-ding Du; You-gui Song; Hui-Juan Zhang; Liu-qin Chen; Dan Xu (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Effect of Long-Term Low-Salinity Culture on the Survival, Growth, and Nutrient Composition of Mud Crab Scylla paramamosain - Zilu Ji; Ronghua Li; Chunlin Wang; Zhouyi Zhang; Weijia Zhang; Changkao Mu; Weiwei Song (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2022)

Mechanism and effects of the increase in winter temperatures in the Arctic region on cold winters in Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China for the period 1961–2018 - Xiaodi Wang; Yongsheng Li; Lijuan Zhang; Shuaifeng Song; Tao Pan; Chong Ren; Yulong Tan (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2022)

Formation of the Huajiang Grand Canyon (southwestern China) driven by the evolution of a Late Pleistocene tiankeng - Yunlong Fan; Andrea Columbu; Kangning Xiong; Guangjie Luo; Song Li; Xuefeng Wang; Yangyang Wu (Acta Geochimica, 2022)

Sampling Designs for Monitoring Ichthyoplankton in the Estuary Area: A Case Study on Coilia mystus in the Yangtze Estuary - Xiangyu Long; Rong Wan; Zengguang Li; Dong Wang; Pengbo Song; Fan Zhang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
A fishery-independent survey can provide detailed information for fishery assessment and management. However, the sampling design for the survey on ichthyoplankton in the estuary area is still poorly understood. In this study, we developed six stratified schemes with various sample sizes, attempting to find cost-efficient sampling designs for monitoring Coilia mystus ichthyoplankton in the Yangtze Estuary. The generalized additive model (GAM) with the Tweedie distribution was used to quantify the “true” distribution of C. mystus eggs and larvae, based on the data from the fishery-independent survey in 2019–2020. The performances of different sampling designs were evaluated by relative estimation error (REE), relative bias (RB), and coefficient of variation (CV). The results indicated that appropriate stratifications with intra-stratum homogeneity and inter-stratum heterogeneity could improve precision. The stratified schemes should be divided not only between the North Branch and South Branch but between river and sea. No less than two stratifications in the South Branch could also get better performance. The sample sizes of 45–55 were considered as the cost-efficient range. Compared to other monitoring programs, monitoring ichthyoplankton in the estuary area required a more complex stratification and a higher resolution sampling. The design ideology and optimization methodology in our study would provide references to sampling designs for ichthyoplankton in the estuary area.

Two new threonine-containing metabolites from fungus Curvularia inaequalis strain HS-FG-257 - Shao-Yong Zhang; Jian-Song Li; Hui Zhang; Huan Qi; Rui-Jun Wang; Chou-Fei Wu; Li-Qin Zhang; An-Liang Chen; Ji-Dong Wang; Zhi-Kui Hao (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Biochanin A as an α-hemolysin inhibitor for combating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection - Jiaxuan Feng; Dazhong Sun; Li Wang; Xueting Li; Jiyu Guan; Lin Wei; Donghui Yue; Xingye Wang; Yicheng Zhao; Haimiao Yang; Wu Song; Bingmei Wang (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2022)

Fine mapping and candidate gene analysis of qGSN5, a novel quantitative trait locus coordinating grain size and grain number in rice - Hua Yuan; Peng Gao; Xiaoling Hu; Min Yuan; Zhengyan Xu; Mengya Jin; Wencheng Song; Shijie Zhan; Xiaobo Zhu; Bin Tu; Ting Li; Yuping Wang; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)

SbbHLH85, a bHLH member, modulates resilience to salt stress by regulating root hair growth in sorghum - Yushuang Song; Simin Li; Yi Sui; Hongxiang Zheng; Guoliang Han; Xi Sun; Wenjing Yang; Hailian Wang; Kunyang Zhuang; Fanying Kong; Qingwei Meng; Na Sui (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)

Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving factors of global planetary albedo: an analysis using the Geodetector method - Mingzhu Lv; Yan Song; Xijia Li; Mengsi Wang; Ying Qu (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2022)

Integrins in the Regulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation by Mechanical Signals - Lei Wang; Fuwen Zheng; Ruixue Song; Lequan Zhuang; Ming Yang; Jian Suo; Lisha Li (Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2022)

Distinct durability of IgM/IgG antibody responses in COVID-19 patients with differing severity - Junyan Han; Ning Zhang; Danying Chen; Yuhuan Gong; Guoli Li; Yaxian Kong; Lin Pu; Chen Chen; Jingyuan Liu; Qi Wang; Ju Zhang; Xuesen Zhao; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Fractures and Acoustic Emission Features of Non-persistent Jointed Rocks Subjected to Freeze–Thaw-Compression Load: Experimental Insights - Chen Qiao; Zhengyang Song; Yu Wang; Dwayne Tannant; Changhong Li (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2022)

Palynological constraints on the age of the Mississippi Valley-type Changdong Pb-Zn deposit, Sanjiang belt, West China - Yingchao Liu; Yucai Song; Zengqian Hou; Dangpeng Xi; Suping Li; Longlong Yue; Wang Ma; Bolang Tang (Science China Earth Sciences, 2022)

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of GL2-interacting-repressor (GIR) genes during cotton fiber and fuzz development - Xiaoxu Feng; Hailiang Cheng; Dongyun Zuo; Youping Zhang; Qiaolian Wang; Limin Lv; Shuyan Li; John Z. Yu; Guoli Song (Planta, 2022)

Roots and microbiome jointly drive the distributions of 17 phytohormones in the plant soil continuum in a phytohormone‐specific manner - Yuqiu Lu; Enzhao Wang; Zhiyu Tang; Junpeng Rui; Yanling Li; Zhixi Tang; Weiling Dong; Xiongduo Liu; Timothy S. George; Alin Song; Fenliang Fan (Plant and Soil, 2022)

Mdivi-1 Modulates Macrophage/Microglial Polarization in Mice with EAE via the Inhibition of the TLR2/4-GSK3β-NF-κB Inflammatory Signaling Axis - Xiaoqin Liu; Xiaojuan Zhang; Xiaojie Niu; Peijun Zhang; Qing Wang; Xiuhua Xue; Guobin Song; Jiezhong Yu; Guoping Xi; Lijuan Song; Yanhua Li; Cungen Ma (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

A Facile Probe for Fluorescence Turn-on and Simultaneous Naked-Eyes Discrimination of H2S and biothiols (Cys and GSH) and Its Application - Ting-Ting Liu; Shi-Jie Li; Xiao-Song Zhang; Jing Wang; Yun-Xiu Deng; Xue-Jiao Sun; Zhi-Yong Xing; Ruo-Fei Wu (Journal of Fluorescence, 2022)

Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 12 (PTPN12), negatively regulated by miR-106a-5p, suppresses the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma - Zhanqiang Liang; Xingxing Li; Fei Duan; Liming Song; Zhongzhen Wang; Xuemin Li; Pengsheng Yang; Liantao Li (Human Cell, 2022)

Paracoccus shandongensis sp. nov., Isolated from Activated Sludge - Xiao-Fan Gong; Fang Wang; Dong Meng; Yu-Ling Liu; Peng-Fei Gu; Xiang-Yu Fan; Zhao-Song Huang; Zong-Jun Du; Qiang Li (Current Microbiology, 2022)

Morphologic analysis of hysteretic behavior of China Laizhou Bay submarine mucky clay and its cyclic failure criteria - Song Dai; Bo Han; Ningbo Li; Baogang Wang; Ben He; Jian Liu (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

Experimental investigation and discrete element method simulation on mechanical properties and failure mechanism of polymer-stabilized sand - Wenyue Che; Jin Liu; Hongyang Li; Chengzong He; Yuxia Bai; Zezhuo Song; Ying Wang; Wei Qian; Zhihao Chen (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

The Protective Effect of Selenium on T-2-Induced Nephrotoxicity Is Related to the Inhibition of ROS-Mediated Apoptosis in Mice Kidney - Xuliang Zhang; Qi Wang; Jian Zhang; Miao Song; Bing Shao; Yanfei Han; Xu Yang; Yanfei Li (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Temperature trends in some major countries from the 1980s to 2019 - Beibei Shen; Shuaifeng Song; Lijuan Zhang; Ziqing Wang; Chong Ren; Yongsheng Li (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2022)

Nakamurella leprariae sp. nov., isolated from a lichen sample - De-Feng An; Shao-Juan Yang; Long-Qian Jiang; Xin-Yu Wang; Xiao-Yu Huang; Lei Lang; Xue-Mei Chen; Ming-Qun Fan; Gui-Ding Li; Ming-Guo Jiang; Li-Song Wang; Cheng-Lin Jiang; et al. (Archives of Microbiology, 2022)

Exogenous application of 5-aminolevulinic acid alleviated damage to wheat chloroplast ultrastructure under drought stress by transcriptionally regulating genes correlated with photosynthesis and chlorophyll biosynthesis - Yuexia Wang; Xinyi Chen; Xiaoyan Li; Yuhang Song; Jianan Wang; Jing Huang; Ruili Xue (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2022)

Exploring the Occurrence Characteristics of Microplastics in Typical Maize Farmland Soils With Long-Term Plastic Film Mulching in Northern China - Jiajia Zhang; Guoyuan Zou; Xuexia Wang; Wencheng Ding; Li Xu; Baoyin Liu; Yunsen Mu; Xuran Zhu; Lianjie Song; Yanhua Chen (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Microplastics pollution has been threatening the global environmental security, in which agricultural activities are considered as a main source of microplastics occurrence in soils. However, little is known about the occurrence characteristics of microplastics in agricultural soils with long-term plastic film mulching. Therefore, the abundance, distribution, and composition of microplastics were investigated by analyzing 225 soil samples collected from typical maize ( Zea mays L.) planting zones with and without long-term (>20 years) plastic film mulching in northern China. Microplastics abundance in mulched soils (754 ± 477 items kg –1 ) was significantly higher than that in non-mulched soils (376 ± 149 items kg –1 ), which indicated that plastic film mulching contributed half of microplastics in soils. Moreover, microplastics abundance was significantly positively related to the length of time with film mulching applied. The percentage of microplastics <0.5 mm in mulched soils (50.9%) was significantly lower than that in non-mulched soils (62.2%). Microplastics abundance and size in mulched and non-mulched soils decreased with increased soil depth. Most microplastics were fragments of polypropylene, films of polyethylene, and fibers of polyester. The proportion of films in mulched soils was significantly higher than in non-mulched soils, whereas that of fibers was significantly higher in non-mulched soils. This study confirmed that long-term plastic film mulching increases microplastics pollution in agricultural soils, warranting further evaluation of the associated ecological risks of microplastics in soil ecosystems.

Unsupervised Machine Learning for Improved Delaunay Triangulation - Tao Song; Jiarong Wang; Danya Xu; Wei Wei; Runsheng Han; Fan Meng; Ying Li; Pengfei Xie (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Physical oceanography models rely heavily on grid discretization. It is known that unstructured grids perform well in dealing with boundary fitting problems in complex nearshore regions. However, it is time-consuming to find a set of unstructured grids in specific ocean areas, particularly in the case of land areas that are frequently changed by human construction. In this work, an attempt was made to use machine learning for the optimization of the unstructured triangular meshes formed with Delaunay triangulation in the global ocean field, so that the triangles in the triangular mesh were closer to equilateral triangles, the long, narrow triangles in the triangular mesh were reduced, and the mesh quality was improved. Specifically, we used Delaunay triangulation to generate the unstructured grid, and then developed a K-means clustering-based algorithm to optimize the unstructured grid. With the proposed method, unstructured meshes were generated and optimized for global oceans, small sea areas, and the South China Sea estuary to carry out data experiments. The results suggested that the proportion of triangles with a triangle shape factor greater than 0.7 amounted to 77.80%, 79.78%, and 79.78%, respectively, in the unstructured mesh. Meanwhile, the proportion of long, narrow triangles in the unstructured mesh was decreased to 8.99%, 3.46%, and 4.12%, respectively.

Structures and biological evaluation of phenylpropanoid derivatives from Dendrobium Sonia - Bai-xiang Cai; Lei-xin Song; Hai-jun Hu; Zhu-zhen Han; Yue Zhou; Zheng-tao Wang; Li Yang (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Recovery of immune activity by administration of polysaccharides of Toona sinensis and its characterization of major component - Rongshen Wang; Min Zuo; Shihong Ding; Bing Liu; Chao Meng; Bo Song; Wanzhong Li (Natural Product Research, 2021)

The decreased expression of GW2 homologous genes contributed to the increased grain width and thousand‑grain weight in wheat-Dasypyrum villosum 6VS·6DL translocation lines - Zhiyu Feng; Long Song; Wanjun Song; Zhongqi Qi; Jun Yuan; Run Li; Haiming Han; Huifang Wang; Zhaoyan Chen; Weilong Guo; Mingming Xin; Jie Liu; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

Changes of the Macrobenthos Community with Non-native Mangrove Rehabilitation (Kandelia obovata) and Salt Marsh Invasion (Spartina alterniflora) in Ximen Island, Zhejiang, China - Qiuxuan Wang; Li Song; Susana Agusti; Carlos Duarte; George Christakos; Jiaping Wu (Ocean Science Journal, 2021)

GPR40 Agonist Ameliorate Pathological Neuroinflammation of Alzheimer’s Disease via the Modulation of Gut Microbiota and Immune System, a Mini-Review - Jianheng Chen; Qian Li; Jiang Zhu; Zijing Yuan; Tao Wang; Jie Song (Neurotoxicity Research, 2021)

Unravelling the Mechanisms of Improving Wheat Growth, Yield, and Grain Quality Under Long-Term Corn Straw Return plus N Fertilizer Mode - Kaili Zhu; Chaoyu Song; Jintao Liu; Mingbo Gong; Shengjian Wang; Xiyun Song; Jun Li (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021)

Enhanced nitrogen and phosphorus removal by natural pyrite–based constructed wetland with intermittent aeration - Liya Li; Jingwei Feng; Liu Zhang; Hao Yin; Chunli Fan; Zechun Wang; Menglei Zhao; Chengchang Ge; Hao Song (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Citric acid and AMF inoculation combination–assisted phytoextraction of vanadium (V) by Medicago sativa in V mining contaminated soil - Lang Qiu; Wenlong Gao; Zhigang Wang; Baoqin Li; Weimin Sun; Pin Gao; Xiaoxu Sun; Benru Song; Yanxu Zhang; Tianle Kong; Hanzhi Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Prediction of water–mud inrush hazard from weathered granite tunnel by an improved seepage erosion model - Jin-Quan Liu; Chen Liu; Xiao-Yi Liu; Song Wang; Hai-Liang Yuan; Chang-Jun Li; Jing-Liang Dong (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Soil bacterial communities interact with silicon fraction transformation and promote rice yield after long-term straw return - Alin Song; Zimin Li; Yulin Liao; Yongchao Liang; Enzhao Wang; Sai Wang; Xu Li; Jingjing Bi; Zhiyuan Si; Yanhong Lu; Jun Nie; Fenliang Fan (Soil Ecology Letters, 2021)

The Silurian-Devonian granitoids in the East Kunlun orogenic belt, northern Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, China: origin and tectonic implications - Namkha Norbu; Yuegao Liu; Jinchao Li; Qunzi Jia; Wei Wang; Xiaobing Song; Yazhi Li; Huilei Kong; Yijie Gao; Xianzheng Guo; Xuegang Yao (Geosciences Journal, 2021)

Correction to: 2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales - Jens H. Kuhn; Scott Adkins; Bernard R. Agwanda; Rim Al Kubrusli; Sergey V. Alkhovsky; Gaya K. Amarasinghe; Tatjana Avšič-Županc; María A. Ayllón; Justin Bahl; Anne Balkema-Buschmann; Matthew J. Ballinger; Christopher F. Basler; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2021)

2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales - Jens H. Kuhn; Scott Adkins; Bernard R. Agwanda; Rim Al Kubrusli; Sergey V. Alkhovsky; Gaya K. Amarasinghe; Tatjana Avšič-Županc; María A. Ayllón; Justin Bahl; Anne Balkema-Buschmann; Matthew J. Ballinger; Christopher F. Basler; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2021)

Spatio‐temporal variation of macroinvertebrate metacommunity organization in a monsoon‐climate region - Zhengfei Li; Jani Heino; Zhuoyan Song; Xiaoming Jiang; Jun Wang; Zhenyuan Liu; Xiao Chen; Xingliang Meng; Junqian Zhang; Zhicai Xie (Journal of Biogeography, 2021)
Aim Disentangling the drivers of community assembly and species diversity in space and time is critical to elucidating metacommunity theory. However, our understanding of how metacommunity structuring will change over time remains insufficient, especially in rivers in the monsoon climate zone. We examined whether (1) the idealized metacommunity structure is different among seasons and (2) the relative importance of underlying mechanisms on community assembly varies within and across tributaries as well as among seasons. Location Five tributaries in the Hanjiang River Basin. Taxon Macroinvertebrates. Methods Benthic macroinvertebrates and environmental data were collected seasonally (i.e. spring, summer, autumn and winter) from the same 70 sampling sites. The elements of metacommunity structure (EMS) framework was employed to identify which idealized topology best characterizes the actual metacommunity. Redundancy analysis and variance partitioning procedures were applied to determine key environmental and spatial factors and to examine their relative contributions to variation in community structure in different seasons. Results The best‐fit metacommunity typologies were consistent over time, with metacommunity structure in each season displaying Clementsian gradients, characterized by high degrees of coherence and turnover, and positive boundary clumping. Environmental control prevailed over spatial processes in structuring macroinvertebrate communities, but their relative influence on community variation was context‐dependent. Particularly, environmental filtering was the predominant mechanism at the intermediate spatial scale. However, spatial processes had gradually stronger effects at smaller and larger extents. Main conclusions Both EMS analysis and the variance partitioning approach suggested environmental filtering was the principal structuring processes for macroinvertebrate assemblages throughout the year, although mass effects and dispersal limitation also played significant roles at smaller and larger spatial extents respectively. Considering that the most influential environmental factors shaping macroinvertebrate communities were variable across seasons, we argue that spatio‐temporal investigations would provide more information on community assembly than single snapshot studies.

Warming reshaped the microbial hierarchical interactions - Yuqi Zhou; Baoyu Sun; Baohua Xie; Kai Feng; Zhaojing Zhang; Zheng Zhang; Shuzhen Li; Xiongfeng Du; Qi Zhang; Songsong Gu; Wen Song; Linlin Wang; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Global warming may alter microbially mediated ecosystem functions through reshaping of microbial diversity and modified microbial interactions. Here, we examined the effects of 5‐year experimental warming on different microbial hierarchical groups in a coastal nontidal soil ecosystem, including prokaryotes (i.e., bacteria and archaea), fungi, and Cercozoa, which is a widespread phylum of protists. Warming significantly altered the diversity and structure of prokaryotic and fungal communities in soil and additionally decreased the complexity of the prokaryotic network and fragmented the cercozoan network. By using the Inter‐Domain Ecological Network approach, the cross‐trophic interactions among prokaryotes, fungi, and Cercozoa were further investigated. Under warming, cercozoan–prokaryotic and fungal–prokaryotic bipartite networks were simplified, whereas the cercozoan–fungal network became slightly more complex. Despite simplification of the fungal–prokaryotic network, the strengthened synergistic interactions between saprotrophic fungi and certain prokaryotic groups, such as the Bacteroidetes, retained these phyla within the network under warming. In addition, the interactions within the fungal community were quite stable under warming conditions, which stabilized the interactions between fungi and prokaryotes or protists. Additionally, we found the microbial hierarchical interactions were affected by environmental stress (i.e., salinity and pH) and soil nutrients. Interestingly, the relevant microbial groups could respond to different soil properties under ambient conditions, whereas under warming these two groups tended to respond to similar soil properties, suggesting network hub species responded to certain environmental changes related to warming, and then transferred this response to their partners through trophic interactions. Finally, warming strengthened the network modules’ negative association with soil organic matters through some fungal hub species, which might trigger soil carbon loss in this ecosystem. Our study provides new insights into the response and feedback of microbial hierarchical interactions under warming scenario.

An Integrated, Size-Structured Stock Assessment of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba - Rui Wang; Puqing Song; Yuan Li; Longshan Lin (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
The Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba ) fishery is the largest fishery in the Southern Ocean, and it has been operating for over 45 years. In the past decade, the spatial distribution of the krill fishery has focused on the Bransfield Strait off the Antarctic Peninsula (subarea 48.1). However, the high fishing effort and climate change have placed great pressure on krill resources in this region, and conservation concerns have been raised. Because aging krill is difficult and uncertain, we developed an integrated size-structured model to estimate the fishing mortality, recruitment and spawning biomass of krill. The results indicated that in 1992–2011, the average spawning biomass of krill ranged from 1.14 × 10 6 to 1.45 × 10 6 tons, the estimated biomass of the maximum sustainable yield (BMSY) ranged from 3.96 × 10 5 to 4.90 × 10 5 tons and the estimated average recruitment ranged from 2.3 × 10 12 to 5.03 × 10 12 individuals in the research area. We explored the effect of different data weighting schemes for the length data on the assessment output. However, our estimates also have uncertainties. In addition, an attempt was made to analyze the correlation between model-estimated recruitment and mature biomass with climate change. Future stock assessments of krill resources should be comprehensive and multimethod, and the management of krill resources should be based on science that considers the demand of fishing communities and ecosystem protection.

The Non-stationary Environmental Effects on Spawning Habitat of Fish in Estuaries: A Case Study of Coilia mystus in the Yangtze Estuary - Dong Wang; Rong Wan; Zengguang Li; Junbo Zhang; Xiangyu Long; Pengbo Song; Lu Zhai; Shuo Zhang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
The estuarine areas provide necessary spawning habitat, nursing habitat, and migratory for a variety of fishes and the environmental conditions are of significant heterogeneity. Coilia mystus is the key commercial fish that spawns in the Yangtze Estuary and the yield has declined sharply in the past 30 years. In order to understand the spawning habitat selection mechanism of C. mystus , the geographically weighted regression (GWR) model was applied to explore the non-stationary effect of environmental variables [e.g., the sea surface temperature (SST) and the sea surface salinity (SSS)] and geographical variables [e.g., the distance to the coast (DTC) and the depth (DEP) of water] on the egg density distribution of C. mystus . The data were derived from the spring and summer ichthyoplankton surveys carried out from 2019 to 2020 in the Yangtze Estuary, China. The GWR model results showed that the key variables in different seasons had spatial non-stationary effects on the distribution of spawning habitat of C. mystus , which were mainly caused by regional rise in temperature and saltwater intrusion of the South Branch. In the spring, the SSS, the DTC, and the DEP were the main impact factors and saltwater intrusion in the South Branch might lead to the trend that the spawning habitat moved further upstream to the Changxing Island. The SST was most important in the summer and the relatively lower SST was more crucial in the spawning habitat selection than the DTC and the DEP. The GWR model performed well in the study of C. mystus potential spawning habitat in the Yangtze Estuary. We recommend that more attention should be paid in regional variation of environmental factors to explore fish potential spawning habitat in the estuarine areas.

Design, synthesis, brine shrimp lethality and cytotoxicity of some novel 17a-aza-D-homo-androster-17-one derivatives - Dongfeng Hong; Yiming Ma; Siyao Song; Na Li; Junru Wang (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Two new pregnane alkaloids from Pachysandra terminalis Sieb. et Zucc - Yangyang Zhang; Yuze Li; Shiqi Huang; Yuwen Cui; Huawei Zhang; Wenli Huang; Chong Deng; Wei Wang; Xiaomei Song (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Characteristics of patients with ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) at the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Yuhang Zhu; Wanying Xing; Hui Wang; Jun Song; Zhixia Sun; Xingzhao Li (Infectious Diseases, 2021)

Erratum to: Analysis of differences in nutrients chemistry in seamount seawaters in the Kocebu and M5 seamounts in Western Pacific Ocean - Jun Ma; Jinming Song; Xuegang Li; Qidong Wang; Huamao Yuan; Ning Li; Liqin Duan (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021)

Impact of short-term exposure to extreme temperatures on diabetes mellitus morbidity and mortality? A systematic review and meta-analysis - Xuping Song; Liangzhen Jiang; Dongdong Zhang; Xinyi Wang; Yan Ma; Yue Hu; Jing Tang; Xiayang Li; Wenqiang Huang; Yuan Meng; Anchen Shi; Yan Feng; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Simulation of indoor cigarette smoke particles in a ventilated room - Yunfei Song; Quan Yang; Hui Li; Shengnan Shen; Hongbin Chen; Yicang Huang; Guoqing Zhang; Jiayue Wang; Wei Wei (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2021)

Implantation of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Small Intestinal Submucosa Improves Bile Duct Injury in Rabbits - Ying Li; Piao Wang; Xiao-dong Hu; Jing-da Zeng; Cheng Fang; Yu Gan; Fang-yi Peng; Xiao-li Yang; De Luo; Bo Li; Song Su (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2021)

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) MsCML46 gene encoding calmodulin-like protein confers tolerance to abiotic stress in tobacco - Binghao Du; Naiyu Chen; Lili Song; Dan Wang; Hongsheng Cai; Lin Yao; Xiuting Li; Changhong Guo (Plant Cell Reports, 2021)

Identification of RNA helicases in Medicago truncatula and their expression patterns under abiotic stress - Jie Cheng; Songsong Zhou; Kun Yang; Hongyang Yu; Rongrong Chen; Liming Zeng; Hua Li; Yihua Wang; Jianbo Song (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2021)

Study on the Relationship between the miRNA-centered ceRNA Regulatory Network and Fatigue - Xingzhe Yang; Feng Li; Jie Ma; Yan Liu; Xuejiao Wang; Ruochong Wang; Yifei Zhang; Wei Zhang; Qingyun He; Dandan Song; Jiaojiao Yu (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2021)
In recent years, the incidence of fatigue has been increasing, and the effective prevention and treatment of fatigue has become an urgent problem. As a result, the genetic research of fatigue has become a hot spot. Transcriptome-level regulation is the key link in the gene regulatory network. The transcriptome includes messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs). MRNAs are common research targets in gene expression profiling. Noncoding RNAs, including miRNAs, lncRNAs, circRNAs and so on, have been developed rapidly. Studies have shown that miRNAs are closely related to the occurrence and development of fatigue. MiRNAs can regulate the immune inflammatory reaction in the central nervous system (CNS), regulate the transmission of nerve impulses and gene expression, regulate brain development and brain function, and participate in the occurrence and development of fatigue by regulating mitochondrial function and energy metabolism. LncRNAs can regulate dopaminergic neurons to participate in the occurrence and development of fatigue. This has certain value in the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). CircRNAs can participate in the occurrence and development of fatigue by regulating the NF-κB pathway, TNF-α and IL-1β. The ceRNA hypothesis posits that in addition to the function of miRNAs in unidirectional regulation, mRNAs, lncRNAs and circRNAs can regulate gene expression by competitive binding with miRNAs, forming a ceRNA regulatory network with miRNAs. Therefore, we suggest that the miRNA-centered ceRNA regulatory network is closely related to fatigue. At present, there are few studies on fatigue-related ncRNA genes, and most of these limited studies are on miRNAs in ncRNAs. However, there are a few studies on the relationship between lncRNAs, cirRNAs and fatigue. Less research is available on the pathogenesis of fatigue based on the ceRNA regulatory network. Therefore, exploring the complex mechanism of fatigue based on the ceRNA regulatory network is of great significance. In this review, we summarize the relationship between miRNAs, lncRNAs and circRNAs in ncRNAs and fatigue, and focus on exploring the regulatory role of the miRNA-centered ceRNA regulatory network in the occurrence and development of fatigue, in order to gain a comprehensive, in-depth and new understanding of the essence of the fatigue gene regulatory network.

Seasonal variations in water flux compositions controlled by leaf development: isotopic insights at the canopy–atmosphere interface - Pei Wang; Haitao Sun; Xiao-Yan Li; Xin Song; Xiaofan Yang; Xiuchen Wu; Xia Hu; Hongyun Yao; Jingjing Ma; Juanjuan Ma (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2021)

Dynamic characteristics and drivers of the regional household energy-carbon-water nexus in China - Hao Li; Yuhuan Zhao; Lu Zheng; Song Wang; Jianing Kang; Ya Liu; Hongxian Li; Long Shi; Yuli Shan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Experimental investigation of pressure stimulated currents and acoustic emissions from sandstone and gabbro samples subjected to multi-stage uniaxial loading - Xin Zhang; Zhonghui Li; Enyuan Wang; Baolin Li; Jingjing Song; Yue Niu (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Regional brain network and behavioral alterations in EGR3 gene transfected rat model of schizophrenia - Wenwen Gao; Guangfei Li; Xiaowei Han; Zeyu Song; Shuai Zhao; Feiyi Sun; Hong Ma; Ailing Cui; Yige Wang; Xiuxiu Liu; Yue Chen; Lu Zhang; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

Algicidal activity of a novel indigenous bacterial strain of Paracoccus homiensis against the harmful algal bloom species, Karenia mikimotoi - Ning Ding; Wenjun Du; Yanlou Feng; Yuhao Song; Chao Wang; Chen Li; Ningning Zheng; Peike Gao; Renjun Wang (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Imaging and clinical features of cervical artery web: report of 41 cases and literature review - Minghui Wang; Ruizhi Zhou; Han Zhao; Lei Niu; Song Liu; Ying Li; Xuejun Liu (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2021)

Responses of soil organic carbon stock to animal manure application: A new global synthesis integrating the impacts of agricultural managements and environmental conditions - Binzhe Li; He Song; Wenchao Cao; Yajing Wang; Jingsheng Chen; Jingheng Guo (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) through applying animal manure is of interest for both sustaining cereal production and mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Previous syntheses showed that manuring‐induced SOC changes varied substantially with agricultural managements and environmental conditions, while their significance and relative importance to such variability are still largely uncertain. Here, we presented a new synthesis using an updated and balanced database integrating the manuring‐induced SOC stock changes and their plausible explanatory factors in 250 observations at global 120 sites. Manure application increased SOC stock by 7.41 ± 1.14 (95% confidence interval, CI) and 8.96 ± 1.83 (95% CI) Mg C ha −1 , respectively, compared to their mineral fertilized (REF‐min) and unfertilized (REF‐zero) references. Of which approx. 72% and 34% were directly contributed by manure‐C input, respectively. Following the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) approach, these changes corresponded to the manuring‐induced SOC change factors of 1.27 ± 0.04 (95% CI) and 1.40 ± 0.08 (95% CI), respectively. Basing on a balanced database, we identified the amount of manure‐C input as the most important factor to the global variations in the resultant SOC stock changes. More importantly, our integrative analysis distinguished the significance of soil properties (e.g., soil pH and initial SOC content) in regulating the efficiency of manure application in enhancing SOC stock. These results indicate that, at the similar rate, applying manure could sequestrate much more carbon in alkaline soils than in neutral and acidic soils. By integrating the impacts of agricultural managements and environmental conditions, our findings would help to develop region‐specific tailor‐made manure application measures in agriculture and to refine the SOC change factors for regional GHG inventories.

Stock Assessment of Hatchery-Released Clam Meretrix meretrix in an Estuary of China From the Perspectives of Population Ecology and Genetic Diversity - Anguo Zhang; Hongjun Li; Xiaolong Yang; Lili Wang; Yangchun Gao; Mingshan Song; Xiutang Yuan (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
In this study, the release effects of the buried clam Meretrix meretrix in a northern estuary of China (Shuangtaizi Estuary) was assessed in terms of population ecology and genetic variability by using longer-term monitoring data from 2011 (used as the baseline data) to 2018. A total of 2.4 × 10 8 hatchery juveniles were released from 2012 to 2014, and follow-up monitoring survey of the growth, distribution, density, and biomass of M. meretrix population was carried out. Results showed a temporary spike in the population of M. meretrix , and the population underwent considerable year-to-year fluctuations in total abundance and biomass. Meanwhile, the age structure of the populations from 2011 to 2018 is still an unstable expanding type. Genetic analysis based on 10 polymorphic microsatellite markers revealed no significant genetic differentiation and weak genetic structures between years but higher genetic diversities in 2014–2018 than in the initial period (2013) of stock restoration. Our study suggests that effective policies for management and conservation to restore M. meretrix population by local governments are still needed in the long run.

Phylogenetic and Phenogenetic Diversity of Synechococcus along a Yellow Sea Section Reveal Its Environmental Dependent Distribution and Co-Occurrence Microbial Pattern - Ting Wang; Xi Chen; Song Qin; Jialin Li (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Synechococcus is a dominant genus of the coastal phytoplankton with an effective contribution to primary productivity. Here, the phylogenetic and phenogenetic composition of Synechococcus in the coastal Yellow Sea was addressed by sequencing marker gene methods. Meanwhile, its co-occurrence pattern with bacterial and eukaryotic microbes was further investigated based on the construction of networks. The result revealed that Synechococcus abundance ranged from 9.8 × 102 cells mL−1 to 1.6 × 105 cells mL−1, which was significantly correlated to sampling depth and nutrient contents of nitrite, ammonia, and dissolved silicon. A total of eight Synechococcus phylogenetic lineages were detected, of which clade III was dominant in most of the samples. Meanwhile, clade I increased along the water column and even reached a maximum value of 76.13% at 20 m of station B. Phenogenetically, Synechococcus PT3 was always the predominant pigment type across the whole study zone. Only salinity was significantly correlated to the phenogenetic constitution. The networks revealed that Synechococcus co-occurred with 159 prokaryotes, as well as 102 eukaryotes including such possible grazers as Gymnodinium clades and Alveolata. Potential function prediction further showed that microbes co-occurring with Synechococcus were associated with diverse element cycles, but the exact mechanism needed further experimentation to verify. This research promotes exploring regularity in the genomic composition and niche position of Synechococcus in the coastal ecosystem and is significant to further discuss its potential participation in materials circulation and bottom-up effects in microbial food webs.

Improper Diving Behavior Affects Physiological Responses of Acropora hyacinthus and Porites cylindrica - Yu Zhang; Jianzhong Huang; Xinke Li; Cuiping Song; Jingquan Xia; Yuxiao Ren; Aimin Wang; Xiubao Li (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Human activities beyond ecosystem capacity have resulted in serious effects on corals worldwide. Nowadays, many studies have focused on the influence of diving activities on coral communities, while the knowledge of physiological changes under corresponding environmental stresses remains largely undetermined. In the study, we aimed to investigate the physiological effects of touching, ammonia nitrogen enrichment (5 μmol⋅L –1 ), and sediment cover (particle size of less than 0.3 mm), which simulated improper self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) diving behaviors, on Acropora hyacinthus and Porites cylindrica in Wuzhizhou Island, the South China Sea. For A. hyacinthus , continuous touching caused the tentacles to shrink and secrete mucus, which consumed energy and dissolved oxygen. The skeletal growth rate was decreased by 72% compared with the control group. There was a rapid decline of Fv/Fm and alpha under the dual impacts of high ammonia nitrogen and touching, while the Chl a concentration and tissue biomass were decreased by 36 and 28% compared with touching alone, respectively. High ammonia nitrogen and touching increased the concentrations of lipid and protein. Nevertheless, zooxanthellae density was increased by 23% to relieve the effects of a lower concentration of Chl a in a high nutrient environment. Constant touching and sediment cover in diving areas with elevated ammonia content affected the photosynthesis and respiration of corals, and a significant decrease was observed for lipid, zooxanthellae density, and Chl a concentration. Coral bleaching occurred on day 7. For P. cylindrica , the decreasing magnitude of Fv/Fm and alpha under different stresses in the subsequent phase was less compared with A. hyacinthus . The contents of carbohydrate and protein under continuous touching were decreased by 7 and 15% compared with the control group, respectively, causing negative growth. Under the dual influences of high ammonia nitrogen and continuous touching, all energy reserves were significantly lower. Repeated touching and sediment cover in diving areas containing high ammonia content increased the concentrations of lipid and protein compared with the touching and high nutrient treatment group likely because that Porites associated with C15 zooxanthella increased heterotrophic feeding to compensate for restricted symbiodiniaceae photosynthesis. Additionally, P. cylindrica produced mucus to aid the removal of sediment, so that corals didn’t obviously bleach during the experiment. Collectively, P. cylindrica was more resistant to diving activities than A. hyacinthus which only relies on photoautotrophy. To ensure the sustainable development of coral reef dive tourism, it is necessary to strengthen the supervision of diving behaviors, rotate the diving areas, and conduct regular assessments on the coral status.

Numerical study on the role of microwave–metal discharge in microwave pyrolysis of WPCBs - Zhenyu Jiang; Jing Sun; Wenlong Wang; Huacheng Zhu; Jingwei Li; Zhanlong Song; Xiqiang Zhao; Yanpeng Mao; Shouyan Chen (Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy, 2021)

On the origin of SARS-CoV-2—The blind watchmaker argument - Chung-I Wu; Haijun Wen; Jian Lu; Xiao-dong Su; Alice C. Hughes; Weiwei Zhai; Chen Chen; Hua Chen; Mingkun Li; Shuhui Song; Zhaohui Qian; Qihui Wang; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Extensional tectonics and North China Craton destruction: Insights from the magnetic susceptibility anisotropy (AMS) of granite and metamorphic core complex - Wei Lin; Jipei Zeng; Lingtong Meng; Huabiao Qiu; Wei Wei; Zhiheng Ren; Yang Chu; Shuangjian Li; Chao Song; Qincheng Wang (Science China Earth Sciences, 2021)

The ATP Level in the mPFC Mediates the Antidepressant Effect of Calorie Restriction - Qian Wang; Ying Kong; Song Lin; Ding-Yu Wu; Jian Hu; Lang Huang; Wen-Si Zang; Xiao-Wen Li; Jian-Ming Yang; Tian-Ming Gao (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

Characteristics and biogeochemical effects of oxygen minimum zones in typical seamount areas, Tropical Western Pacific - Qidong Wang; Jinming Song; Xuegang Li; Jun Ma; Huamao Yuan; Ning Li; Liqin Duan (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021)

The bacterial diversity and community composition altered in the oxygen minimum zone of the Tropical Western Pacific Ocean - Qiqi Sun; Jinming Song; Xuegang Li; Huamao Yuan; Qidong Wang (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021)

Analysis of differences in nutrients chemistry in seamount seawaters in the Kocebu and M4 seamounts in Western Pacific Ocean - Jun Ma; Jinming Song; Xuegang Li; Qidong Wang; Huamao Yuan; Ning Li; Liqin Duan (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021)

N-3-(oxododecanoyl)-l-homoserine lactone suppresses dendritic cell maturation by upregulating the long noncoding RNA NRIR - Xuan Zhang; Yang Liu; Yang Lu; Song Li; Jianping Liu; Yunyan Zhang; Lina Wang; Mo Li; Yanfen Luo; Weizheng Zhang; Cha Chen; Youqiang Li (Journal of Biosciences, 2021)

Silurian to early Permian slab melting and crustal growth in the southern Altaids: insights from adakites and associated mineral deposits in the Dananhu arc, Eastern Tianshan, NW China - Qigui Mao; Songjian Ao; Dongfang Song; Wenjiao Xiao; Brian F. Windley; Miao Sang; Zhou Tan; Hao Wang; Rui Li (International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2021)

Clinical characteristics and serotype distribution of invasive pneumococcal disease in pediatric patients from Beijing, China - Yan Xu; Qing Wang; Kaihu Yao; Fang Dong; Wenqi Song; Gang Liu; Baoping Xu; Wei Shi; Yue Li; Kechun Li; Yingchao Liu; Suyun Qian (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2021)

Effects of Vegetation Restoration on Soil Enzyme Activity in Copper and Coal Mining Areas - Hui Sun; Jianfeng Zhang; Rongjia Wang; Zongtai Li; Shiyong Sun; Guanghua Qin; Yumin Song (Environmental Management, 2021)

Short-term effect of NO2 on outpatient visits for dermatologic diseases in Xinxiang, China: a time-series study - Ling Chao; Mengxue Lu; Zhen An; Juan Li; Yuchun Li; Qian Zhao; Yinbiao Wang; Yue Liu; Weidong Wu; Jie Song (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021)

Identification of a 193 bp promoter region of TaNRX1-D gene from common wheat that contributes to osmotic or ABA stress inducibility in transgenic Arabidopsis - Jie Cheng; Fan Wei; Mingfei Zhang; Nan Li; Tianqi Song; Yong Wang; Dongsheng Chen; Jishan Xiang; Xiaoke Zhang (Genes & Genomics, 2021)

Detrimental impact of hypoxia on the mortality, growth, reproduction, and enzyme activities of planktonic mysid Neomysis awatschensis - Qiao-ning Wang; Xiao-dong Li; Tian Yan; Jing-jing Song; Ren-cheng Yu; Ming-jiang Zhou (Aquatic Ecology, 2021)

Elevated pCO2 Impedes Succession of Phytoplankton Community From Diatoms to Dinoflagellates Along With Increased Abundance of Viruses and Bacteria - Ruiping Huang; Jiazhen Sun; Yunlan Yang; Xiaowen Jiang; Zhen Wang; Xue Song; Tifeng Wang; Di Zhang; He Li; Xiangqi Yi; Shouchang Chen; Nanou Bao; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Eutrophic coastal regions are highly productive and greatly influenced by human activities. Primary production supporting the coastal ecosystems is supposed to be affected by progressive ocean acidification driven by increasing CO 2 emissions. In order to investigate the effects of high p CO 2 (HC) on eutrophic plankton community structure and ecological functions, we employed 9 mesocosms and carried out an experiment under ambient (∼410 ppmv) and future high (1000 ppmv) atmospheric p CO 2 conditions, using in situ plankton community in Wuyuan Bay, East China Sea. Our results showed that HC along with natural seawater temperature rise significantly boosted biomass of diatoms with decreased abundance of dinoflagellates in the late stage of the experiment, demonstrating that HC repressed the succession from diatoms to dinoflagellates, a phenomenon observed during algal blooms in the East China Sea. HC did not significantly influence the primary production or biogenic silica contents of the phytoplankton assemblages. However, the HC treatments increased the abundance of viruses and heterotrophic bacteria, reflecting a refueling of nutrients for phytoplankton growth from virus-mediated cell lysis and bacterial degradation of organic matters. Conclusively, our results suggest that increasing CO 2 concentrations can modulate plankton structure including the succession of phytoplankton community and the abundance of viruses and bacteria in eutrophic coastal waters, which may lead to altered biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nutrients.

Variation of Isoprenoid GDGTs in the Stratified Marine Water Column: Implications for GDGT-Based TEX86 Paleothermometry - Jinqiang Guo; Huamao Yuan; Jinming Song; Baoxiao Qu; Jianwei Xing; Qidong Wang; Xuegang Li; Liqin Duan; Ning Li; Yingxia Wang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Isoprenoid glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (isoGDGTs) derived from archaea are lipid biomarkers that exhibit high sensitivity to changes in water temperature, leading to the widespread application of the isoGDGT-based tetraether index of 86 carbon atoms (TEX 86 ) in surface seawater temperature (SST) reconstruction. However, there remain some uncertainties regarding the robustness of TEX 86 under changing water conditions (e.g., variations in water depth, oxygen and pH). Here, we analyzed isoGDGTs in suspended particles at different depths of the East China Sea (ECS) during summer 2020, aiming to constrain the applicability of the TEX 86 proxy in coastal waters. Our data showed that the isoGDGTs were mainly derived from planktonic Thaumarchaeota, as revealed by the low ratio of GDGT-0/crenarchaeol (<0.5). The vertical distribution of isoGDGT concentration depicted a downward increase from the surface to the bottom. This observation was likely shaped by Thaumarchaeota, which regulate the extent of ammonia oxidation based on the availability of ammonium. The occurrence of maximal isoGDGT concentrations in the bottom layer suggests that the isoGDGTs in sediments are mainly controlled by bottom archaeal production rather than surface archaeal production. By reanalyzing the published isoGDGT data of surface sediments in the ECS inner shelf, we found that the sedimentary TEX 86 relates much better to the annual mean bottom seawater temperature (BST) than to the annual mean SST, indicating that sedimentary TEX 86 is more inclined to be a proxy for the BST in the shallow ECS. In addition, the positive bias of TEX 86 driven by low dissolved oxygen and low pH was observed under the pycnocline, indicating that the application of TEX 86 to reconstruct seawater temperature should be carefully appraised in coastal environments with strong water column stratification.

New Detecting Method on the Connecting Fractured Zone Above the Coal Face and a Case Study - Xuesheng Liu; Deyuan Fan; Yunliang Tan; Jianguo Ning; Shilin Song; Honglei Wang; Xuebin Li (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2021)

Marine alkaloids as the chemical marker for the prey–predator relationship of the sponge Xestospongia sp. and the nudibranch Jorunna funebris - Qihao Wu; Song-Wei Li; Nicole J. de Voogd; Hong Wang; Li-Gong Yao; Yue-Wei Guo; Xu-Wen Li (Marine Life Science & Technology, 2021)
The dietary relationship study between marine sponge Xestospongia sp. and its nudibranch predators Jorunna funebris based on the discovery of isoquinolinequinones has long been studied. In this study, chemical investigation of the sponge Xestospongia sp. and nudibranch J. funebris from the South China Sea yielded a new marine alkaloid neopetroside C ( 1 ), together with nine known alkaloids ( 2 – 10 ). The chemical structures of all the compounds were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis. Neopetroside C ( 1 ) featured a riboside of nicotinic acid with a rare α - N glycosildic linkage and an acyl residue of ( Z )-2-methylbut-2-enoic acid attached to C-5′. The plausible chemical ecology relationship between sponge Xestospongia sp. and its nudibranch predator J. funebris was proposed based on the biogenetic relationship of the common marine alkaloids. The observation of two structural fragments, ( Z )-2-methylbut-2-enoyloxy and trigonelline groups in both sponge and nudibranch, indicated that nudibranch might uptake chemicals from sponge and then modify and transform them into chemical weapons to defend against predators.

microRNA-4429-5p suppresses the malignant development of colon cancer by targeting matrix metalloproteinase 16 - Wei Li; Zhe Song; Nan Jia; Cui Zhang; Weina Gao; Liang Wang (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2021)

Gonadal lipidomics profile of an ovoviviparity teleost, black rockfish, during gonadal development - Jianshuang Li; Min Song; Haishen Wen; Ying Zhang; Yun Li; Likang Lyu; Xiaojie Wang; Xin Qi (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021)

Sorptive removal of methylene blue from water by magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotube composites - Guobin Song; Anqi Li; Yawei Shi; Wanran Li; Haonan Wang; Chunchao Wang; Ruijuan Li; Guanghui Ding (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Titanium dioxide nanotubes as drug carriers for infection control and osteogenesis of bone implants - Kun Wang; Haoyu Jin; Qing Song; Jingjing Huo; Jing Zhang; Peng Li (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2021)

Effect of Nano-Titanium Dioxide on Blood-Testis Barrier and MAPK Signaling Pathway in Male Mice - Tianjiao Lu; Chunmei Ling; Mingjuan Hu; Xiaojia Meng; Yaxin Deng; Hongmei An; Li Li; Yunhua Hu; Haixia Wang; Guanling Song; Shuxia Guo (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Using iTRAQ-Based Quantitative Proteomics Analysis to Identify Differentially Expressed Proteins Related to Larval Development of Portunus trituberculatus - Xiayue Chen; Changkao Mu; Ronghua Li; Yangfang Ye; Weiwei Song; Ce Shi; Lei Liu; Huan Wang; Chunlin Wang (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2021)

Paracoccus binzhouensis sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge - Fang Wang; Xiao-Fan Gong; Dong Meng; Yu-Ling Liu; Peng-Fei Gu; Xiang-Yu Fan; Zhao-Song Huang; Zong-Jun Du; Qiang Li (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Clinical features of nine cases of leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 protein antibody-associated encephalitis - Ying Li; Fan Song; Wei Liu; Ying Wang (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2021)

Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models Are Effective Support for Pediatric Drug Development - Kefei Wang; Kun Jiang; Xiaoyi Wei; Yulan Li; Tiejie Wang; Yang Song (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2021)

Effects of Ecological Restoration Using Non-Native Mangrove Kandelia obovata to Replace Invasive Spartina alterniflora on Intertidal Macrobenthos Community in Maoyan Island (Zhejiang, China) - Qiuxuan Wang; Carlos Duarte; Li Song; George Christakos; Susana Agusti; Jiaping Wu (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Spartina alterniflora has extensively invaded the coastline of China, including in Maoyan Island of Zhejiang Province. Ecological restoration has been conducted using non-native mangrove Kandelia obovata to replace S. alterniflora in an attempt to restore the impacted intertidal zones. To illustrate the ecological effectiveness of the restoration projects, macrobenthos communities were studied among different habitats within the restored areas, including one non-restored S. alterniflora marsh (SA) and three differently-aged restored K. obovata stands planted in 2003, 2009, and 2011 respectively (KF14, KF8, and KF6). Besides, one unvegetated mudflat (MF) adjacent to the non-restored S. alterniflora marsh and one K. obovata forest transplanted in 2006 (RKF) at a previously barren mudflat without invasion history of S. alterniflora were set as reference sites. A total of 69 species of macrobenthos were collected from Maoyan Island, and the species richness was dominated by gastropoda (23 species), polychaeta (18 species), and malacostraca (16 species). There was no significant difference between the six sites in terms of the abundance of macrobenthos, with the average values of abundance peaking in KF6 (734.7 ind m−2) and being lowest in RKF (341.3 ind m−2). The six sites had significant differences in terms of the biomass of macrobenthos. The KF8 site contained the highest average biomass (168.3 g m−2), whereas the MF site had the lowest (54.3 g m−2). The Shannon-Wiener diversity index and Pielou’s evenness index of the macrobenthos did not exhibit significant differences among the six sites. However, the results of permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) revealed significant spatial differences in the macrobenthos community structure between the sites. Since KF14 shared a similar macrobenthos community structure with RKF, while representing a strikingly different structure from SA, we infer that ecological restoration using K. obovata can restore the macrobenthos community to resemble to a normally planted K. obovata forest about 15 years after restoration.

Potential Transforming Pathway of Arsenic Species Mediated by Iron- and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria During Ice-Bound Period - Wenjing Shi; Wenjie Song; Manshu Gao; Hao Li; Haoji Wang; Changwei Lü; Jiang He (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2021)

Restricted Feeding Resets Endogenous Circadian Rhythm in Female Mice Under Constant Darkness - Yue Mei; Huajing Teng; Zhigang Li; Cheng Zeng; Yuanyuan Li; Wei Song; Kaifan Zhang; Zhong Sheng Sun; Yan Wang (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

Exosomes derived from astrocytes after oxygen-glucose deprivation promote differentiation and migration of oligodendrocyte precursor cells in vitro - Yaping Xu; Yeye Tian; Yao Wang; Li Xu; Guini Song; Qiao Wu; Wei Wang; Minjie Xie (Molecular Biology Reports, 2021)

Study on the desulfurization performance of iron/ethanolamine/deep eutectic solvent system - Xinpeng Liu; Baohua Wang; Yahui Qiu; Xiaole Dong; Yixin Song; Qingmei Meng; Menghong Li (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)

Proteomic Analysis of the Responses to Co-Stimulation of Intestinal Aeromonas and Shewanella in Lamprey Leukocytes - Jingrui Zhang; Jiexin Song; Siqing Wang; Yingjie Song; Qingwei Li; Yingying Li (Current Microbiology, 2021)

Glaciibacter flavus sp. nov., isolated from a lichen sample - De-Feng An; Long-Qian Jiang; Kun Zhang; Gui-Ding Li; Xin-Yu Wang; Ming-Guo Jiang; Lei Lang; Li-Song Wang; Johannes F. Imhoff; Cheng-Lin Jiang; Yi Jiang (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Embryo Development and Behavior in Sea Urchin (Tripneustes gratilla) Under Different Light Emitting Diodes Condition - Yi-Yen Li; Feng-Jie Su; Yi-Jui Hsieh; Tai-Chun Huang; Yung-Song Wang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
This study aims to evaluate the effect of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) of different wavelengths on the embryonic development, covering behavior, righting behavior, and phototaxis of collector urchins ( Tripneustes gratilla ). The collector urchins were divided into three groups according to the type of LED illumination they received: full-spectrum (400–750 nm wavelength), red light (630 nm), or blue light (450 nm). The results of the embryonic development experiment indicated that the blue LED group had the highest proportion of embryos reaching the prism stage at the 24th hour and the highest proportion of embryos entering the 4-arm pluteus stage, but it also had the highest death rate at the 48th hour. The full-spectrum and red LED groups exhibited similar speeds of embryonic development. In the experiment on covering behavior performed on adult urchins, our findings indicated that the blue LED group gripped the most acrylic sheets for cover, exhibiting the most covering behavior, followed by the full-spectrum group and then the red LED group. Moreover, behavior varied with coloration, as collector urchins with a lower level of melanin exhibited more covering behavior than those with a higher melanin level. In addition, the righting behavior experiments demonstrated that the blue LED group spent the longest time righting themselves. It is possible that the relatively strong stimulation from the blue LED illumination led to a higher level of stress in the collector urchins and hence slowed their righting. The phototaxis experiment revealed the most significant negative phototactic response in collector urchins when they were under the blue LED light, followed by the full-spectrum light; the red LED light did not induce any positive or negative phototactic response in the collector urchins. This experimental result verified collector urchins’ high sensitivity to and dislike of the blue LED light. The study results confirmed that the blue LED light environment accelerated the embryonic development of collector urchins; however, the relatively strong stimulation from that light also caused them to engage in covering behavior or move away from the light. These results indicate that short-wavelength irradiation significantly affects the embryonic development and behavior pattern of this species.

A new dineolignan with anti- β -amyloid aggregation activity from the fruits of crataegus pinnatifida bge - Peng Zhao; Li-Li Lou; Hao Zhang; Rui Guo; Xiao-Bo Wang; Xiao-Xiao Huang; Shao-Jiang Song (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Reproductive strategies involving biomass allocation, reproductive phenology and seed production in two Asteraceae herbs growing in karst soil varying in depth and water availability - Suhui Li; Junting Liu; Jinming Li; Yulu Deng; Jinyi Chen; Jiamin Wang; Haiyan Song; Jing Zhang; Jianping Tao; Jinchun Liu (Plant Ecology, 2021)

A genome wide transcriptional study of Populus alba x P. tremula var. glandulosa in response to nitrogen deficiency stress - Caixia Liu; Song Chen; Sui Wang; Xiyang Zhao; Kailong Li; Su Chen; Guan-zheng Qu (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2021)

MiR-146a Negatively Regulates Aspergillus fumigatus-Induced TNF-α and IL-6 Secretion in THP-1 Macrophages - Jianbo Tong; Zhimin Duan; Rong Zeng; Leilei Du; Song Xu; Liwei Wang; Yuzhen Liu; Qing Chen; Xu Chen; Min Li (Mycopathologia, 2021)

Different posterior hippocampus and default mode network modulation in young APOE ε4 carriers: a functional connectome-informed phenotype longitudinal study - Li Juan Zheng; Li Lin; U. Joseph Schoepf; Akos Varga-Szemes; Rock H. Savage; Han Zhang; Yun Fei Wang; Xin Yuan Zhang; Song Luo; Ya Liu; Gui Fen Yang; Guang Ming Lu; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

Cottonseed Oil Alleviates Ischemic Stroke-Induced Oxidative Stress Injury Via Activating the Nrf2 Signaling Pathway - Min Liu; Hao Li; Lixia Zhang; Zhipeng Xu; Yuxiang Song; Xiaoyan Wang; Ruitong Chu; Yunming Xiao; Miao Sun; Yulong Ma; Weidong Mi (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

Sublethal dose of warfarin induction promotes the accumulation of warfarin resistance in susceptible Norway rats - Xiaohui Ma; Yan Chen; Yaqi Ying; Yuanzhao Geng; Dawei Wang; Ning Li; Xiao-Hui Liu; Ying Song (Journal of Pest Science, 2021)

Photobiomodulation Promotes Neuronal Axon Regeneration After Oxidative Stress and Induces a Change in Polarization from M1 to M2 in Macrophages via Stimulation of CCL2 in Neurons: Relevance to Spinal Cord Injury - Qiao Zheng; Jiawei Zhang; Xiaoshuang Zuo; Jiakai Sun; Zhuowen Liang; Xueyu Hu; Zhe Wang; Kun Li; Jiwei Song; Tan Ding; Xuefeng Shen; Yangguang Ma; et al. (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2021)

Land use change simulation and spatial analysis of ecosystem service value in Shijiazhuang under multi-scenarios - Xing Gao; Jie Wang; Chenxi Li; Weining Shen; Zhaoying Song; Chengjing Nie; Xueru Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Blood transcriptome profiling as potential biomarkers of suboptimal health status: potential utility of novel biomarkers for predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine strategy - Hao Wang; Qiuyue Tian; Jie Zhang; Hongqi Liu; Jinxia Zhang; Weijie Cao; Xiaoyu Zhang; Xingang Li; Lijuan Wu; Manshu Song; Yuanyuan Kong; Wei Wang; et al. (EPMA Journal, 2021)

Altered structural and functional connectivity in CSF1R-related leukoencephalopathy - Fei-Xia Zhan; Ze-Yu Zhu; Qing Liu; Hai-Yan Zhou; Xing-Hua Luan; Xiao-Jun Huang; Xiao-Li Liu; Wo-Tu Tian; Shi-Ge Wang; Xiao-Xuan Song; Guang Chen; Ming-Liang Zhao; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

Research on macro and meso damage model of pre-flawed granites subjected to coupling action of freeze-thaw and loading - Chen Qiao; Changhong Li; Yu Wang; Heping Yang; Zhengyang Song (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Ring distribution patterns—diversification or speciation? Comparative phylogeography of two small mammals in the mountains surrounding the Sichuan Basin - Yanqun Wang; Anderson Feijó; Jilong Cheng; Lin Xia; Zhixin Wen; Deyan Ge; Jian Sun; Liang Lu; Song Li; Qisen Yang (Molecular Ecology, 2021)
Studying the genetic differentiation in a unique geographical area contributes to understanding the process of speciation. Here, we explore the spatial genetic structure and underlying formation mechanism of two congeneric small mammal species ( Apodemus draco and A. chevrieri ), which are mainly distributed in the mountains surrounding the lowland Sichuan Basin, southwest China. We applied a set of comparative phylogeographical analyses to determine their genetic diversification patterns, combining mitochondrial ( Cytb and COI ) and nuclear (microsatellite loci) markers, with dense sampling throughout the range (411 A . draco from 21 sites and 191 A . chevrieri from 22 sites). Moreover, we performed three complementary statistical methods to investigate the correlation between genotype and geographical and environmental components, and predicted the potential suitable distributional range under the present and historical climate conditions. Our results suggest that both species have experienced allopatric differentiation and admixture in historical periods, resulting in a ring‐shape diversification, under the barrier effect of the Sichuan Basin. We infer that the tectonic events of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau and climatic oscillations during the Quaternary played an important role on the genetic divergence of the two species by providing environmental heterogeneity and geographical variation. Our study reveals a case of two sympatric small mammals following a ring‐shaped diversification pattern and provides insight into the process of differentiation.

Design of supercontinuum laser hyperspectral light detection and ranging (LiDAR) (SCLaHS LiDAR) - Guoqing Zhou; Xiang Zhou; Youjian Song; Donghui Xie; Long Wang; Guangjian Yan; Minglie Hu; Bowen Liu; Weidong Shang; Chenghu Gong; Cheng Wang; Huaguo Huang; et al. (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021)

Microbiome-Metabolomics Reveals Prebiotic Benefits of Fucoidan Supplementation in Mice - Jingyi Yuan; Song Qin; Wenjun Li; Yubing Zhang; Yuting Wang; Xiulian Chang; Lili Li (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Fucoidan is a kind of polysaccharide with antitumor and antioxidant properties, which is mainly isolated from brown algae. Although there are many reports about the prebiotic effects of polysaccharides on hosts, there are few reports about the effects of fucoidan on blood biochemical indexes, intestinal microbiome, and metabolic function on healthy hosts. We applied 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and LC-MS/MS metabolomics to evaluate the changes in the gut microbiome and metabolite profiles of fucoidan treatment in mice over 10 weeks. Fucoidan treatment modulated lipid metabolism, including significantly decreasing serum triglyceride level in healthy mice. Fucoidan also significantly inhibited serum lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) concentration, a biomarker of endotoxemia. Correlation analysis further showed that Lactobacillus animalis populations that were enriched by fucoidan demonstrated significantly negative correlations with serum triglyceride level. The abundance of Lactobacillus gasseri and Lactobacillus reuteri, increased by fucoidan supplementation, demonstrated significantly negative correlation with lipopolysaccharide-binding protein levels. Lactobacillus gasseri also demonstrated significantly positive correlations with three tryptophan-related metabolites, including indoleacrylic acid, 3-indoleacrylic acid, and 5-hydroxytryptamine, which were all increased by fucoidan administration. Combined with the previous evidence, the results indicate that fucoidan exerts prebiotic effects, such as lipid metabolism suppression and metabolic endotoxemia suppression, by modulating the abundance of gut microbiota, such as Lactobacillus animalis, Lactobacillus gasseri, and Lactobacillus reuteri, as well as microbiota-dependent metabolites, such as tryptophan-related metabolites.

KCNQ Channels in the Mesolimbic Reward Circuit Regulate Nociception in Chronic Pain in Mice - Hao-Ran Wang; Su-Wan Hu; Song Zhang; Yu Song; Xiao-Yi Wang; Lei Wang; Yang-Yang Li; Yu-Mei Yu; He Liu; Di Liu; Hai-Lei Ding; Jun-Li Cao (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)
Mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic (DA) neurons have been implicated in regulating nociception in chronic pain, yet the mechanisms are barely understood. Here, we found that chronic constructive injury (CCI) in mice increased the firing activity and decreased the KCNQ channel-mediated M-currents in ventral tegmental area (VTA) DA neurons projecting to the nucleus accumbens (NAc). Chemogenetic inhibition of the VTA-to-NAc DA neurons alleviated CCI-induced thermal nociception. Opposite changes in the firing activity and M-currents were recorded in VTA DA neurons projecting to the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) but did not affect nociception. In addition, intra-VTA injection of retigabine, a KCNQ opener, while reversing the changes of the VTA-to-NAc DA neurons, alleviated CCI-induced nociception, and this was abolished by injecting exogenous BDNF into the NAc. Taken together, these findings highlight a vital role of KCNQ channel-mediated modulation of mesolimbic DA activity in regulating thermal nociception in the chronic pain state.

Diagnosis of Aspergillus Species in Paraffin-Embedded Tissue with Low Fungal Loads - Xiao Liu; Yinggai Song; Ruoyu Li; Aiping Wang (Mycopathologia, 2021)

miR-362-3p Targets Orosomucoid 1 to Promote Cell Proliferation, Restrain Cell Apoptosis and Thereby Mitigate Hypoxia/Reoxygenation-Induced Cardiomyocytes Injury - Meijing Shi; Xiuru Ma; Qian Yang; Wenjing Wang; Xinning Li; Xuelian Song; Yingxiao Li; Yuetao Xie; Yi Dang (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2021)

Genotoxicity Evaluation of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles In Vitro: a Systematic Review of the Literature and Meta-analysis - Chunmei Ling; Hongmei An; Li Li; Jiaqi Wang; Tianjiao Lu; Haixia Wang; Yunhua Hu; Guanling Song; Sixiu Liu (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

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

Herbidospora solisilvae sp. nov., a novel cellulose-degrading actinobacterium isolated from forest soil - Mingying Yu; Rui Zhou; Jingjing Li; Liyuan Han; Han Wang; Siyu Zhang; Junwei Zhao; Xiangjing Wang; Jia Song; Wensheng Xiang (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2021)

Vital roles of soil microbes in driving terrestrial nitrogen immobilization - Zhaolei Li; Zhaoqi Zeng; Zhaopeng Song; Fuqiang Wang; Dashuan Tian; Wenhai Mi; Xin Huang; Jinsong Wang; Lei Song; Zhongkang Yang; Jun Wang; Haojie Feng; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Nitrogen immobilization usually leads to nitrogen retention in soil and, thus, influences soil nitrogen supply for plant growth. Understanding soil nitrogen immobilization is important for predicting soil nitrogen cycling under anthropogenic activities and climate changes. However, the global patterns and drivers of soil nitrogen immobilization remain unclear. We synthesized 1350 observations of gross soil nitrogen immobilization rate (NIR) from 97 articles to identify patterns and drivers of NIR. The global mean NIR was 8.77 ± 1.01 mg N kg −1 soil day −1 . It was 5.55 ± 0.41 mg N kg −1 soil day −1 in croplands, 15.74 ± 3.02 mg N kg −1 soil day −1 in wetlands, and 15.26 ± 2.98 mg N kg −1 soil day −1 in forests. The NIR increased with mean annual temperature, precipitation, soil moisture, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, dissolved organic nitrogen, ammonium, nitrate, phosphorus, and microbial biomass carbon. But it decreased with soil pH. The results of structural equation models showed that soil microbial biomass carbon was a pivotal driver of NIR, because temperature, total soil nitrogen, and soil pH mostly indirectly influenced NIR via changing soil microbial biomass. Moreover, microbial biomass carbon accounted for most of the variations in NIR among all direct relationships. Furthermore, the efficiency of transforming the immobilized nitrogen to microbial biomass nitrogen was lower in croplands than in natural ecosystems (i.e., forests, grasslands, and wetlands). These findings suggested that soil nitrogen retention may decrease under the land use change from forests or wetlands to croplands, but NIR was expected to increase due to increased microbial biomass under global warming. The identified patterns and drivers of soil nitrogen immobilization in this study are crucial to project the changes in soil nitrogen retention.

Source-to-sink system for peat accumulation in marginal basins of the South China Sea with the Qiongdongnan Basin as an example - Z.-X. Li; Y. Li; D.-D. Wang; P.-L. Wang; G.-C. Zhang; H.-Y. Liu; Y. Liu; X.-J. Li; G.-Z. Song (Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2021)

Neighboring tree species alter uptake of NH4+ and NO3− by Chinese fir - Jing Zhou; Qianru Li; Min Liu; Xiaoqi Zhou; Minghua Song; Na Qiao; Huimin Wang; Xingliang Xu (Trees, 2021)