Ultrasound-induced biophysical effects in controlled drug delivery - Lulu Zhang; Zhuohua Lin; Lan Zeng; Fan Zhang; Lihong Sun; Suhui Sun; Ping Wang; Menghong Xu; Jinxia Zhang; Xiaolong Liang; Huiyu Ge (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Response of xenobiotic biodegradation and metabolic genes in Tribolium castaneum following eugenol exposure - Yonglei Zhang; Shanshan Gao; Ping Zhang; Haidi Sun; Ruixue Lu; Runnan Yu; Yanxiao Li; Kunpeng Zhang; Bin Li (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2022)

The Effects of Ground and Treadmill Running on Energy Metabolism and Muscle Contractile Properties: A Randomized Cross-Over Study - Yuan Zhou; Jian-gang Chen; Xiao-long Li; Xin-liang Pan; Yi-zheng Zhou; Zheng-ao Li; Zhi-cheng Liang; Jia-min Long; Ming-ze Qin; Jing Zhang; Bing Shi; Bing-jun Wan; et al. (Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise, 2022)
Purpose This study aimed to compare the effects of ground and treadmill running on energy metabolism and muscle contractile properties, providing a basis for the general public to choose running venues. Methods Ten male college students (age, 20.10 ± 1.53 years; height, 176.20 ± 5.49 cm; weight, 72.14 ± 8.25 kg; body fat percent, 12.41% ± 4.65%) were recruited in this study. Energy expenditure (EE) was measured using the accelerometer (GT9X) combined with specific estimation equations. Average heart rate (HR) was measured using a heart rate band (Polar). Muscle contractile properties were assessed by measuring muscle displacement (Dm) and contraction velocity (Vc) using tensiomyography (TMG-S1). Blood glucose (Glu) and lactate (Lac) were measured by portable devices (eB-G and Lactate Scout). The running speed was 9 km/h and the duration was 25 min. Two-way ANOVA (protocol × time) was used to analyze the effect of running protocols on energy metabolism and muscle contractile properties. Results EE of treadmill running was significantly higher than EE of ground running (protocol main effect, P < 0.001), and HR of treadmill running was significantly higher than that of ground running in the first testing time (protocol simple effect, P = 0.026; protocol × time interaction P = 0.043). The decrease in Dm of the rectus femoris after treadmill running was significantly higher than that of ground running (protocol main effect, P = 0.009). The interaction of different running protocols and testing times on Lac was significant ( P = 0.025), but all results of the simple effects analysis were not statistically significant ( P > 0.05). Conclusion Our study found a difference in energy expenditure between treadmill and ground running at 9 km/h with duration of 25 min. In addition, treadmills are more likely to cause a decrease in muscle displacement distance of the rectus femoris measured after exercise than ground running. Future studies are needed to further investigate whether the differences are induced by internal metabolism or the environmental conditions of running.

Effects of Plant Growth Regulators on Flower Abscission and Growth of Tea Plant Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze - Yueyue Tian; Zejun Chen; Zhonglei Jiang; Xiaoqin Huang; Lixia Zhang; Zhengqun Zhang; Ping Sun (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2022)

First report of Capsicum frutescens endornavirus 1 infecting pepper in China - Ming-xia Gong; Hu Zhao; Xing Wu; Meng Wang; Zeng-jing Zhao; Zhi He; Ru-kui Huang; Jing-ping Sun; Ri-sheng Wang (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2022)

Comparative transcriptomics and multiple phytohormone profiling reveals the molecular immune response of Arabidopsis thaliana to the pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum type III effector RipN - Zhangyong Dong; Xiaoying Zheng; Yongxin Shu; Zhen Meng; Jie Zhang; Lina Xiong; Ping Cheng; Guohui Yu; Yunhao Sun (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2022)

Urinary phthalate metabolites in pregnant women: occurrences, related factors, and association with maternal hormones - Wei Wu; Zhi-li Ma; Fang Yang; Ping Wu; De-xin Zhang; Rong Zeng; Dan-ling Sun; Liu Cao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Soil phosphorus drives plant trait variations in a mature subtropical forest - Erqian Cui; Ruiling Lu; Xiaoni Xu; Huanfa Sun; Yang Qiao; Jiaye Ping; Shuying Qiu; Yihua Lin; Jiehuan Bao; Yutong Yong; Zemei Zheng; Enrong Yan; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Earth system models are implementing soil phosphorus dynamic and plant functional traits to predict functional changes in global forests. However, the linkage between soil phosphorus and plant traits lacks empirical evidence, especially in mature forests. Here, we examined the soil phosphorus constraint on plant functional traits in a mature subtropical forest based on observations of 9943 individuals from 90 species in a 5‐ha forest dynamic plot and 405 individuals from 15 species in an adjacent 10‐year nutrient‐addition experiment. We first confirmed a pervasive phosphorus limitation on subtropical tree growth based on leaf N:P ratios. Then, we found that soil phosphorus dominated multidimensional trait variations in the 5‐ha forest dynamic plot. Soil phosphorus content explained 44% and 53% of the variance in the traits defining the main functional space across species and communities, respectively. Lastly, we found much stronger phosphorus effects on most plant functional traits than nitrogen at both species and community levels in the 10‐year nutrient‐addition experiment. This study provides evidence for the consistent pattern of soil phosphorus constraint on plant trait variations between the species and community levels in a mature evergreen broadleaf forest in the East Asian monsoon region. These findings shed light on the predominant role of soil phosphorus on plant functional trait variations in mature subtropical forests, providing new insights for models to incorporate soil phosphorus constraint in predicting future vegetation dynamics.

Self-Organizing Cooperative Pursuit Strategy for Multi-USV with Dynamic Obstacle Ships - Zhiyuan Sun; Hanbing Sun; Ping Li; Jin Zou (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
A self-organizing cooperation strategy for multiple unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to pursue intelligent evaders in the case of a dynamic obstacle vessel is proposed. Firstly, a self-organizing cooperative hunting strategy is proposed to form an Apollonius circle. According to the escape strategies of evaders under different encirclement states, the pursuers are divided into pursuit group and ambush group. The pursuit group drives the evaders into the ambush area and completes the encirclement together with the ambush group. In order to better deal with the dynamic obstacle ships encountered in the pursuit process in the dynamic ocean environment, the artificial potential field-based collision avoidance method for inter-USV and dynamic collision avoidance strategy for encountering obstacle ships based on International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs) are proposed. The simulation results show that the algorithm can make the pursuers complete the encirclement of the evaders and has good obstacle avoidance performance and flexibility in the environment with dynamic obstacle ships.

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)

Chemical constituent from the roots of Solanum melongena L. and their potential anti-inflammatory activity - Yan Liu; Xin Yin; Yan-ping Sun; Yuan Liu; Yuan-Yuan Zhou; Juan Pan; Wei Guan; Bing-You Yang; Hai-Xue Kuang (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Dissection of the practical soybean breeding pipeline by developing ZDX1, a high-throughput functional array - Rujian Sun; Bincheng Sun; Yu Tian; Shanshan Su; Yong Zhang; Wanhai Zhang; Jingshun Wang; Ping Yu; Bingfu Guo; Huihui Li; Yanfei Li; Huawei Gao; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)
Key message We developed the ZDX1 high-throughput functional soybean array for high accuracy evaluation and selection of both parents and progeny, which can greatly accelerate soybean breeding. Abstract Microarray technology facilitates rapid, accurate, and economical genotyping. Here, using resequencing data from 2214 representative soybean accessions, we developed the high-throughput functional array ZDX1, containing 158,959 SNPs, covering 90.92% of soybean genes and sites related to important traits. By application of the array, a total of 817 accessions were genotyped, including three subpopulations of candidate parental lines, parental lines and their progeny from practical breeding. The fixed SNPs were identified in progeny, indicating artificial selection during the breeding process. By identifying functional sites of target traits, novel soybean cyst nematode-resistant progeny and maturity-related novel sources were identified by allele combinations, demonstrating that functional sites provide an efficient method for the rapid screening of desirable traits or gene sources. Notably, we found that the breeding index (BI) was a good indicator for progeny selection. Superior progeny were derived from the combination of distantly related parents, with at least one parent having a higher BI. Furthermore, new combinations based on good performance were proposed for further breeding after excluding redundant and closely related parents. Genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) analysis was the best analysis method and achieved the highest accuracy in predicting four traits when comparing SNPs in genic regions rather than whole genomic or intergenic SNPs. The prediction accuracy was improved by 32.1% by using progeny to expand the training population. Collectively, a versatile assay demonstrated that the functional ZDX1 array provided efficient information for the design and optimization of a breeding pipeline for accelerated soybean breeding.

Curcumin Inhibits Cell Damage and Apoptosis Caused by Thapsigargin-Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Involving the Recovery of Mitochondrial Function Mediated by Mitofusin-2 - He-Yan Zhou; Yu-Ying Sun; Ping Chang; Han-Chang Huang (Neurotoxicity Research, 2022)

Correction to: Past, current, and future perspectives on eco-tourism: a bibliometric review between 2001 and 2018 - Ziphozakhe Theophilus Shasha; Yong Geng; Hua-ping Sun; Walter Musakwa; Lu Sun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Correction to: Spindle‑related brain activation in patients with insomnia disorder: An EEG‑fMRI study - Yan Shao; Guangyuan Zou; Serik Tabarak; Jie Chen; Xuejiao Gao; Ping Yao; Jiayi Liu; Yuezhen Li; Nana Xiong; Wen Pan; Mengying Ma; Shuqin Zhou; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2022)

Spindle-related brain activation in patients with insomnia disorder: An EEG-fMRI study - Yan Shao; Guangyuan Zou; Serik Tabarak; Jie Chen; Xuejiao Gao; Ping Yao; Jiayi Liu; Yuezhen Li; Nana Xiong; Wen Pan; Mengying Ma; Shuqin Zhou; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2022)

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

Imatinib-induced hepatotoxicity via oxidative stress and activation of NLRP3 inflammasome: an in vitro and in vivo study - Feng-Ru Huang; Wen-Tong Fang; Zi-Ping Cheng; Ye Shen; Dun-Jian Wang; Yong-Qing Wang; Lu-Ning Sun (Archives of Toxicology, 2022)

Probabilistic prediction of the spatial distribution of potential key blocks during tunnel surrounding rock excavation - Peng He; Li-ping Li; Gang Wang; Fei Xu; Shang-qu Sun (Natural Hazards, 2022)

Inhibition of TRPM2 by AG490 Is Neuroprotective in a Parkinson’s Disease Animal Model - Ana Flávia Fernandes Ferreira; Monique Patricio Singulani; Henning Ulrich; Zhong-Ping Feng; Hong-Shuo Sun; Luiz Roberto Britto (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Activating PIK3CA postzygotic mutations in segmental overgrowth of muscles with bone involvement in the body extremities - Wen Tian; Liying Sun; Qi Zhang; Junhui Zhao; Yang Guo; Wenyao Zhong; Liu Liu; Katia Meirelles; Sha Tang; Jing Zhang; Yingzhao Huang; Yuehan Yin; et al. (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2022)

Influences of fisheries management measures on biological characteristics of threadfin bream (Nemipterus virgatus) in the Beibu Gulf, South China Sea - Kui Zhang; Ping Geng; Jiajun Li; Youwei Xu; Muhsan Ali Kalhoro; Mingshuai Sun; Dengfu Shi; Zuozhi Chen (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022)

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

Four new prenylflavonol glycosides from the leaves of Cyclocarya paliurus - Zi-Jun Ye; Hui-Hui Sun; Zu-Hui Chen; Jian-Ping Wu; Jing Li; Hui Zhu; Lu-Lu Huang; Xi-Wen Chang; Sai-Yu Ou; Wen-Xuan Wang; Xiao-Ai He; Gang-Zhi Zhu; et al. (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Cancer metabolism and tumor microenvironment: fostering each other? - Yiyuan Yuan; Huimin Li; Wang Pu; Leilei Chen; Dong Guo; Hongfei Jiang; Bo He; Siyuan Qin; Kui Wang; Na Li; Jingwei Feng; Jing Wen; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Mass cultivation of conidia of Pyricularia oryzae - Zhong-na Hao; Hai-ping Qiu; Zhen Zhang; Rong-yao Chai; Shi-zhen Wang; Yan-li Wang; Jiao-yu Wang; Guo-chang Sun (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2022)

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains: Penicillin Non-susceptible Multi-drug-Resistant Serotype 19A Isolates - Lifeng Li; Juanjuan Zhou; Mingchao Li; Zengyuan Yu; Kaijie Gao; Junwen Yang; Ping Cheng; Junmei Yang; Wancun Zhang; Zhidan Yu; Huiqing Sun (Current Microbiology, 2022)

Meta-analysis of Association Studies of Selenoprotein Gene Polymorphism and Kashin-Beck Disease: an Updated Systematic Review - Fang-fang Yu; Lei Sun; Guo-yu Zhou; Zhi-guang Ping; Xiong Guo; Yue Ba (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Oxidation of organoarsenicals and antimonite by a novel flavin monooxygenase widely present in soil bacteria - Jun Zhang; Jian Chen; Yi‐Fei Wu; Zi‐Ping Wang; Ji‐Guo Qiu; Xiao‐Long Li; Feng Cai; Ke‐Qing Xiao; Xiao‐Xu Sun; Barry P. Rosen; Fang‐Jie Zhao (Environmental Microbiology, 2022)
Summary Arsenic can be biomethylated to form a variety of organic arsenicals differing in toxicity and environmental mobility. Trivalent methylarsenite (MAs(III)) produced in the methylation process is more toxic than inorganic arsenite (As(III)). MAs(III) also serves as a primitive antibiotic and, consequently, some environmental microorganisms have evolved mechanisms to detoxify MAs(III). However, the mechanisms of MAs(III) detoxification are not well understood. In this study, we identified an arsenic resistance ( ars ) operon consisting of three genes, arsRVK , that contribute to MAs(III) resistance in Ensifer adhaerens ST2. ArsV is annotated as an NADPH‐dependent flavin monooxygenase with unknown function. Expression of arsV in the arsenic hypersensitive Escherichia coli strain AW3110 Δars conferred resistance to MAs(III) and the ability to oxidize MAs(III) to MAs(V). In the presence of NADPH and either FAD or FMN, purified ArsV protein was able to oxidize both MAs(III) to MAs(V) and Sb(III) to Sb(V). Genes with arsV ‐like sequences are widely present in soils and environmental bacteria. Metagenomic analysis of five paddy soils showed the abundance of arsV ‐like sequences of 0.12–0.25 ppm. These results demonstrate that ArsV is a novel enzyme for the detoxification of MAs(III) and Sb(III) and the genes encoding ArsV are widely present in soil bacteria.

Numerical Analysis of Single-Particle Motion Using CFD-DEM in Varying-Curvature Elbows - Chao Ning; Yalin Li; Ping Huang; Hongbo Shi; Haichao Sun (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
Centrifugal pumps are the critical components in deep-sea mining. In order to investigate the particle motion in the curved channel of the impeller, three different types of curvature conform to blade profile to simplify the impeller design of pumps. A numerical study is conducted to investigate the flow field in a varying-curvature channel for solid-liquid two-phase flow. The flow of particles within the varying curvature channel is studied by combining the discrete element method (DEM) with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and a comparison with Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) test results. The results show that a polyhedral mesh with a small mesh number yields very accurate results, which makes it very suitable for CFD-DEM. Based on this method, the movement of a single particle is compared and analyzed, and the particle-motion law is obtained. The effects of the curvature ratio Cr and area ratio Ar on the motion law for a single particle are studied, and the simulation results are analyzed statistically. The results show that the effect of Cr on both the particle slip velocity and the turbulent kinetic energy only changes its strength, while the distribution law does not change significantly. Compared with the curvature ratio Cr, the area ratio Ar has a greater impact on the particles, and its distribution law becomes clearly different. As the area ratio Ar increases, the arc radius and length of the corresponding particle trajectory decrease.

Seven new glycosides from the leaves of Datura metel L. - Jin-Yan Tan; Yan Liu; Yan-Gang Cheng; Yan-Ping Sun; Xiao-Mao Li; Wei Guan; Juan Pan; Bing-You Yang; Hai-Xue Kuang (Natural Product Research, 2022)

PCSK9 mediates dyslipidemia induced by olanzapine treatment in schizophrenia patients - Jing Huang; Jingmei Xiao; Zhuang Peng; Ping Shao; Mengxi Sun; Yujun Long; Xiaoyi Wang; Manjun Shen; Dongyu Kang; Ye Yang; Xingjie Peng; Weiyan Wang; et al. (Psychopharmacology, 2022)

Design and synthesis of caffeic acid derivatives and evaluation of their inhibitory activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Yun-feng Zeng; Ya-lun Su; Wei-liang Liu; Hong-geng Chen; Shao-gao Zeng; Hai-bo Zhou; Wei-min Chen; Jun-xia Zheng; Ping-hua Sun (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2022)

An innovative targeted therapy for fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis - Kai-Che Wei; Shih-Fan Lai; Wei-Lun Huang; Kuo-Chung Yang; Ping-Chin Lai; Wan-Ju Wei; Tsung-Hsien Chang; Yun-Chen Huang; Ya-Chuan Tsai; Shin-Chih Lin; Sun-Jang Lin; Shih-Chieh Lin (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2022)
Fluoroscopy-induced chronic radiation dermatitis (FICRD) is a complication of fluoroscopy-guided intervention. Unlike acute radiation dermatitis, FICRD is different as delayed onset and usually appears without preexisting acute dermatitis. Unfortunately, the chronic and progressive pathology of FICRD makes it difficult to treat, and some patients need to receive wide excision and reconstruction surgery. Due to lack of standard treatment, investigating underlying mechanism is needed in order to develop an effective therapy. Herein, the Hippo pathway is specifically identified using an RNA-seq analysis in mild damaged skin specimens of patients with FICRD. Furthermore, specific increase of the Yes-associated protein (YAP1), an effector of the Hippo pathway, in skin region with mild damage plays a protective role for keratinocytes via positively regulating the numerous downstream genes involved in different biological processes. Interestingly, irradiated-keratinocytes inhibit activation of fibroblasts under TGF-β1 treatment via remote control by an exosome containing YAP1. More importantly, targeting one of YAP1 downstream genes, nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 1 (NR3C1), which encodes glucocorticoid receptor, has revealed its therapeutic potential to treat FICRD by inhibiting fibroblasts activation in vitro and preventing formation of radiation ulcers in a mouse model and in patients with FICRD. Taken together, this translational research demonstrates the critical role of YAP1 in FICRD and identification of a feasible, effective therapy for patients with FICRD. Key messages • YAP1 overexpression in skin specimens of radiation dermatitis from FICRD patient. • Radiation-induced YAP1 expression plays protective roles by promoting DNA damage repair and inhibiting fibrosis via remote control of exosomal YAP1. • YAP1 positively regulates NR3C1 which encodes glucocorticoid receptor expression. • Targeting glucocorticoid receptor by prednisolone has therapeutic potential for FICRD patient.

A novel alphapartitivirus from binucleate Rhizoctonia fumigata AG-Ba isolate C-314 Baishi - Yanqiong Li; Yang Sun; Ping Xu; Lifang Zhang; Zebin Chen; Yanfen Niu; Genhua Yang; Xiaohan Mo (Archives of Virology, 2022)

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

Ichthyoplankton Species Composition and Assemblages From the Estuary to the Hukou Section of the Changjiang River - Di-an Fang; Xiang-ping Xue; Dong-po Xu; Xiao-hao Wang; Ning-ze Sun; Bai-dong Zhang; Peng Ren (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Estuary river–lake (ERL) complex is critical for the development of ichthyoplankton, which plays an essential role in the breeding, nursing, and recruitment of freshwater fish species. In this study, different ERL sections were selected to investigate the ichthyoplankton assemblage from the Changjiang River estuary to its Hukou section between May 2018 and August 2020. During the study period, fish larvae of 40, 35, 54, and 46 fish species were sampled in the Rugao (RG), Nanjing (NJ) (nearby estuary), Anqing (AQ), and Hukou (HK) (connected river–lake) sections in the Changjiang River, respectively. Results on ichthyoplankton surveys revealed fluctuating assemblage patterns in the different river sections; larval fish species composition presented ecological habitat-dependent characteristics, which supported the importance of ERL complex for ichthyoplankton development. Furthermore, the density of fish larvae was negatively correlated with water transparency but positively correlated with water temperature, the daily rate of water level increase, and runoff in the limitative range. A generalized additive model analysis indicated that the hydrological factors significantly affecting larval fish abundance are water temperature, transparency, the daily rate of water level increase, and runoff ( p < 0.05). These results also indicated that river estuaries and river–lake connected complexes are essential for ichthyoplankton recruitment and migration. In combination with the historical record, ichthyoplankton assemblage’s patterns in the Changjiang River lower reaches were preliminarily elucidated, although additional works are needed such as assessing effects on their survival and recruitment.

Inorganic additives to increase methane generation during anaerobic digestion of livestock manure: a review - Xuna Liu; Luqing Qi; Efthalia Chatzisymeon; Ping Yang; Weiyi Sun; Lina Pang (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021)

Cytotoxic triterpenoid glycosides from leaves of Cyclocarya paliurus - Hui-Hui Sun; Wen-Yan Lv; Jie Tan; Yu-Cheng Tang; Hui Zhu; Jian-Bo Qu; Jing Li; Jian-Ping Wu; Xi-Wen Chang; Zhi-Chun Yang; Wen-Xuan Wang; Zu-Hui Chen; et al. (Natural Product Research, 2021)

One new α , β -unsaturated 7-ketone sterol from the mangrove-derived fungus Phomopsis sp.MGF222 - Xiao-Chen Zhu; Guo-Lei Huang; Rong-Qing Mei; Bin Wang; Xue-Ping Sun; You-Ping Luo; Jing Xu; Cai-Juan Zheng (Natural Product Research, 2021)

A new phenol derivative isolated from mangrove-derived fungus Eupenicillium sp. HJ002 - Rong-Qing Mei; Xu-Hua Nong; Bin Wang; Xue-Ping Sun; Guo-Lei Huang; You-Ping Luo; Cai-Juan Zheng; Guang-Ying Chen (Natural Product Research, 2021)

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

Differences in pathogenicity and physiologic races between Pyricularia oryzae isolates from indica and japonica rice varieties - Zhong-na Hao; Zhen Zhang; Hai-ping Qiu; Rong-yao Chai; Shi-zhen Wang; Yan-li Wang; Jiao-yu Wang; Guo-chang Sun (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2021)

Spatiotemporal change of vegetation coverage recovery and its driving factors in the Wenchuan earthquake-hit areas - Xiao-fei Sun; Lin-guo Yuan; Ying-zhi Zhou; Huai-yong Shao; Xian-feng Li; Ping Zhong (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Retraction Note to: Correlation of air pollutants and prediction of physical fitness index based on wireless sensor network - Na Ping; Pengfei Sun; Qian Kang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Dynamic evolution of eukaryotic mitochondrial and nuclear genomes: a case study in the gourmet pine mushroom Tricholoma matsutake - Shu Zhang; Xue Bai; Li‐Yuan Ren; Hui‐Hui Sun; Hui‐Ping Tang; Lu‐Min Vaario; Jianping Xu; Yong‐Jie Zhang (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Fungi, as eukaryotic organisms, contain two genomes, the mitochondrial genome and the nuclear genome, in their cells. How the two genomes evolve and correlate to each other is debated. Herein, taking the gourmet pine mushroom Tricholoma matsutake as an example, we performed comparative mitogenomic analysis using samples collected from diverse locations and compared the evolution of the two genomes. The T. matsutake mitogenome encodes 49 genes and is rich of repetitive and non‐coding DNAs. Six genes were invaded by up to 11 group I introns, with one cox1 intron cox1P372 showing presence/absence dynamics among different samples. Bioinformatic analyses suggested limited or no evidence of mitochondrial heteroplasmy. Interestingly, hundreds of mitochondrial DNA fragments were found in the nuclear genome, with several larger than 500 nt confirmed by PCR assays and read count comparisons, indicating clear evidence of transfer of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear genome. Nuclear DNA of T. matsutake showed a higher mutation rate than mitochondrial DNA. Furthermore, we found evidence of incongruence between phylogenetic trees derived from mitogenome and nuclear DNA sequences. Together, our results reveal the dynamic genome evolution of the gourmet pine mushroom.

Early and late fawn mortality in a remnant population of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) - Benny Shalmon; Ping Sun; Torsten Wronski (Mammalian Biology, 2021)
The Arabian gazelle ( Gazella arabica ) population in Israel has experienced a turbulent conservation history and repeatedly faced local extinction. Low fawn survival was considered the main cause for the constant decline. In our study, we analyzed instantaneous fawn mortality rates, using a binomial coding at three different developmental stages, i.e., mortality rates to 3 months after parturition (weaning age), to 5 months after parturition (male fawns leave their mothers), and to the age of reproductive maturity, i.e., recruitment (12 months). We used a dataset obtained from 20 individually discernible mothers and their fawns (49 females and 48 males) born between June 2006 and September 2019. To explore causes for the fawn mortality rates, parental- (age of the mother at parturition) and offspring-related attributes (offspring sex), year of birth, together with one weather variable (mean monthly maximum temperature) were included as independent variables into three independent mixed effects cox regression models. Out of 97 fawns, 92 survived to weaning age, 73 to the age of 5 months and only 7 to the age of reproductive maturity. Temperature had significant effects on instantaneous fawn mortality rates, suggesting that low temperatures were detrimental to the survival of fawns after weaning (4–5 months) and male dispersal age (6–12 months). Male offspring encountered a higher instantaneous mortality rate than female offspring at the age of 6–12 months. Moreover, fawns from less experienced mother (young age at parturition) experienced higher mortality. Our results were in line with previous studies on fawn mortality observed in other desert dwelling ungulates.

Community structure and abundance of comammox Nitrospira in Chongming eastern intertidal sediments - Dongyao Sun; Min Liu; Lijun Hou; Mengyue Zhao; Xiufeng Tang; Qiang Zhao; Jun Li; Ping Han (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Correlation of air pollutants and prediction of physical fitness index based on wireless sensor network - Na Ping; Pengfei Sun; Qian Kang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Two new acetoisovanillone glycosides from the water-soluble fraction of Paeonia ostii - Lei Sun; Hua-Ping Hu; Xiao-Xiao Chen; Guo-Yong Xu; Jin-Song Liu; Jiang-Miao Hu; De-Ling Wu; Feng-Qing Xu (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Conversion of rice husk into fermentable sugar and silica using acid-catalyzed ionic liquid pretreatment - YuJie Wang; Jing-yong Liu; Jian Sun; Sumarlin Shangdiar; Kassian T.T. Amesho; Yung-Chang Lin; Yen-Ping Peng; Ken-Lin Chang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

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

FTO inhibits UPRmt-induced apoptosis by activating JAK2/STAT3 pathway and reducing m6A level in adipocytes - Zhentong Shen; Ping Liu; Qian Sun; Yizhou Li; Rabin Acharya; Xinjian Li; Chao Sun (Apoptosis, 2021)

Targeted drug delivery strategies for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis - Jinxia Zhang; Ling Jiang; Lihong Sun; Ping Wang; Suhui Sun; Menghong Xu; Lulu Zhang; Shumin Wang; Xiaolong Liang; Ligang Cui (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Characteristics of RNA alternative splicing and its potential roles in ginsenoside biosynthesis in a single plant of ginseng, Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer - Yilai Han; Lei Zhu; Li Li; Yanfang Wang; Mingzhu Zhao; Kangyu Wang; Chunyu Sun; Jing Chen; Lingyu Liu; Ping Chen; Jun Lei; Yi Wang; et al. (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2021)

Ziziphus jujuba Mill., a plant used as medicinal food: a review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology, quality control and future research - Shi-Jun Liu; Yan-Ping Lv; Zhi-Shu Tang; Yu Zhang; Hong-Bo Xu; Dong-Bo Zhang; Chun-Li Cui; Hong-Bo Liu; Huan-Huan Sun; Zhong-Xing Song; Si-Min Wei (Phytochemistry Reviews, 2021)

Study on Shear Strength of Cement Face Between Rock and Concrete - Yang Ping; Bi Sun; Zhende Zhu; Zhijian Jiang; Yanxin He (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2021)

Nutrigenomics reveals potential genetic underpinning of diverse taste preference of Chinese men - Zhouhai Zhu; Junpu Mei; Silong Sun; Sheming Lu; Meng Li; Ying Guan; Ying Chen; Yuqiong Xu; Tao Zhang; Fengxue Shi; Xuemei Li; Mingming Miao; et al. (Genes & Genomics, 2021)

Effect of fermentation bed on bacterial growth in the fermentation mattress material and cecum of ducks - Jian- mei Wang; Xin- meng Gan; Fa-jun Pu; Wan- xia Wang; Min Ma; Ling-li Sun; Ji-wei Hu; Bo Hu; Rong-ping Zhang; Li-li Bai; Liang Li; He-he Liu (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Depositional facies and diagenesis of the Lianglitage Formation in northwestern Tazhong Uplift, Tarim Basin, China: implications for the genesis of ultra-deep limestone reservoir - Da Gao; Changsong Lin; Lili Huang; Mingyi Hu; Ping Ren; Chunyan Sun; Yuru Zhao (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Synergistic Action of Plants and Microorganism in Integrated Floating Bed on Eutrophic Brackish Water Purification in Coastal Estuary Areas - Ming Liu; Youyuan Chen; Yadong Wu; Jiameng Guo; Ping Sun; Zhiming Zhang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Eutrophic water bodies in coastal estuary areas usually show saline-alkaline characteristics influenced by tides. The purification performance of traditional planted floating beds in this water body is limited because of the poor growth of plants. A novel integrated floating bed with plants ( Iris pseudoacorus ), fillers (volcanic rocks and zeolites), and microbes named PFM was established, and the pollutant removal performance was studied. Results showed that the average ammonia nitrogen (NH 4 + -N), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and permanganate index (COD Mn ) removal efficiencies of PFM were higher with the value of 81.9, 78.5, 53.7, and 72.4%, respectively, when compared with the other floating beds containing plants (P), fillers (F), microbes (M), and plants and fillers (PF) in this study. Therein, the most of NH 4 + -N (30.1%), TN (27.9%), TP (22.5%), and COD Mn (43.6%) were removed by microbes, higher than those removed by plants and fillers. Analysis of the microbial community revealed that the establishment of PFM led to a higher microbial richness than M, and Acinetobacter , as the main microbes with the function of salt tolerance and denitrification, were dominated in PFM with a relative abundance of 6.8%. It was inferred that the plants and fillers might enrich more salt-tolerance microbes for pollutants removal, and microbes favored the growth of plants via degradation of macromolecular substrates. Synergistic actions in the process of eutrophic brackish water purification were established. This study provided an idea for the application of integrated floating bed in eutrophic and brackish water bodies purification in coastal estuary areas.

Fine mapping QTL and mining genes for protein content in soybean by the combination of linkage and association analysis - Xiyu Li; Ping Wang; Kaixin Zhang; Shulin Liu; Zhongying Qi; Yanlong Fang; Yue Wang; Xiaocui Tian; Jie Song; Jiajing Wang; Chang Yang; Xu Sun; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

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

Treatment of Aggressive T Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/leukemia Using Anti-CD5 CAR T Cells - Jia Feng; Haichan Xu; Andrew Cinquina; Zehua Wu; Qi Chen; Ping Zhang; Xingen Wang; Huiming Shan; Lei Xu; Qian Zhang; Lihua Sun; Wenli Zhang; et al. (Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2021)
While treatment for B-cell malignancies has been revolutionized through the advent of CAR immunotherapy, similar strategies for T-cell malignancies have been limited. Additionally, T-cell leukemias and lymphomas can commonly metastasize to the CNS, where outcomes are poor and treatment options are associated with severe side effects. Consequently, the development of safer and more effective alternatives for targeting malignant T cells that have invaded the CNS remains clinically important. CD5 CAR has previously been shown to effectively target various T-cell cancers in preclinical studies. As IL-15 strengthens the anti-tumor response, we have modified CD5 CAR to secrete an IL-15/IL-15sushi complex. In a Phase I clinical trial, these CD5-IL15/IL15sushi CAR T cells were tested for safety and efficacy in a patient with refractory T-LBL with CNS infiltration. CD5-IL15/IL15sushi CAR T cells were able to rapidly ablate the CNS lymphoblasts within a few weeks, resulting in the remission of the patient’s lymphoma. Despite the presence of CD5 on normal T cells, the patient only experienced a brief, transient T-cell aplasia. These results suggest that CD5-IL15/IL15sushi CAR T cells may be a safe and useful treatment of T-cell malignancies and may be particularly beneficial for patients with CNS involvement. Graphical Abstract

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

Assessing climate change impacts on streamflow and sediment load in the upstream of the Mekong River basin - Di Ma; Budong Qian; Haiting Gu; Zhilin Sun; Yue‐Ping Xu (International Journal of Climatology, 2021)
Assessments of climate change impacts on streamflow and sediment processes are essential for developing science‐based sustainable watershed management plans. We assessed climate change impacts on streamflow and sediment load in the upstream of the Mekong River Basin, as a case study. Future climate scenarios including an ensemble‐mean climate scenario (EnM scenario) were generated based on 20 GCMs in CMIP5, using a stochastic weather generator (LARS‐WG) coupled with a distribution‐free shuffle procedure. The SWAT model was applied to simulate changes in streamflow and sediment load for the future period 2071–2100 under RCP8.5 with respect to the baseline period 1971–2000. Results show that mean monthly maximum and minimum temperature were projected to increase by all the 20 GCMs, with an ensemble‐mean increase of 4.6–5.7°C and 4.2–5.8°C across the 12 months, respectively. An increase in mean annual precipitation (3.4–55.8%) and streamflow (1.0–72.7%) was also projected by all GCMs. However, projected changes in sediment load were not consistent. One half of the GCMs projected an increase (5.2–53.2%) in annual sediment load while the other half projected a decrease (5.1%–43.2%). In each month, at least three‐quarters of the GCMs projected an increase in monthly streamflow. For monthly sediment load, an increase in May to July was projected by over half of the GCMs, while a decrease was projected by a majority of the GCMs for other months. Our results indicate large uncertainties in streamflow and sediment projections under climate change, demonstrating the need to use multi‐model ensembles in climate change impact studies. Moreover, it was found that the streamflow and sediment loads simulated using the EnM scenario were often close to the ensemble means simulated using the 20 GCMs, which implies that the single EnM scenario has the potential of effectively and efficiently estimating the ensemble means of projections in a multi‐model ensemble.

New cytotoxic biflavones from Selaginella doederleinii - Li-Fei Liu; Hui-Hui Sun; Jian-Bing Tan; Qi Huang; Fei Cheng; Kang-Ping Xu; Zhen-Xing Zou; Gui-Shan Tan (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Quality analysis and improvement of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images from the GaoFen-3 satellite using the Amazon rainforest as an example - Guangde Sun; Zhen Li; Lei Huang; Quan Chen; Ping Zhang (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021)

Retraction Note to: Resibufogenin suppresses tumor growth and inhibits glycolysis in ovarian cancer by modulating PIM1 - Qian Li; Chuanwu Jiang; Yan Wang; Minghua Wei; Huijin Zheng; Yanqi Xu; Xuegang Xu; Fengyu Jia; Kai Liu; Gang Sun; Jianhua Zang; Ping Mo (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2021)

Groundwater sources, flow patterns, and hydrochemistry of the Central Yinchuan Plain, China - Ying Li; Ping Wu; Xiao-Qin Huang; Bo Zhang; Zhao-Xiang Xu; Yang Li; Jie Li; Lu-Chen Wang; Yu-Fang Sun; Xu-Chen Meng; Cheng-Wen Wang; Zi-Zhao Cai (Hydrogeology Journal, 2021)

Suppression of miR-4463 promotes phenotypic switching in VSMCs treated with Ox-LDL - Xueqin Wang; Hui Li; Yuetian Zhang; Qi Liu; Xiaolei Sun; Xuemei He; Qian Yang; Ping Yuan; Xiangyu Zhou (Cell and Tissue Research, 2021)

Lentibacillus saliphilus. sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a saltern in Korea - Yun Wang; Gang-Qiang Jiang; Hong-Ping Lin; Peng Sun; Hong-Yan Zhang; Dong-Mei Lu; Li-Yun Wang; Chang-Jin Kim; Shu-Kun Tang (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

TRPM7 Mediates Neuronal Cell Death Upstream of Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II and Calcineurin Mechanism in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury - Ekaterina Turlova; Raymond Wong; Baofeng Xu; Feiya Li; Lida Du; Steven Habbous; F. David Horgen; Andrea Fleig; Zhong-Ping Feng; Hong-Shuo Sun (Translational Stroke Research, 2021)

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

The adaptability of typical precipitation ensemble prediction systems in the Huaihe River basin, China - Han Wang; Ping-an Zhong; Fei-lin Zhu; Qing-wen Lu; Yu-fei Ma; Sun-yu Xu (Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2021)

Correction to: DNA barcoding of Oryza: conventional, specific, and super barcodes - Wen Zhang; Yuzhe Sun; Jia Liu; Chao Xu; Xinhui Zou; Xun Chen; Yanlei Liu; Ping Wu; Xueying Yang; Shiliang Zhou (Plant Molecular Biology, 2021)

DNA barcoding of Oryza: conventional, specific, and super barcodes - Wen Zhang; Yuzhe Sun; Jia Liu; Chao Xu; Xinhui Zou; Xun Chen; Yanlei Liu; Ping Wu; Xueying Yang; Shiliang Zhou (Plant Molecular Biology, 2021)
Key message We applied the phylogenomics to clarify the concept of rice species, aid in the identification and use of rice germplasms, and support rice biodiversity. Abstract Rice (genus Oryza ) is one of the most important crops in the world, supporting half of the world’s population. Breeding of high-yielding and quality cultivars relies on genetic resources from both cultivated and wild species, which are collected and maintained in seed banks. Unfortunately, numerous seeds are mislabeled due to taxonomic issues or misidentifications. Here, we applied the phylogenomics of 58 complete chloroplast genomes and two hypervariable nuclear genes to determine species identity in rice seeds. Twenty-one Oryza species were identified. Conspecific relationships were determined between O. glaberrima and O. barthii , O. glumipatula and O. longistaminata , O. grandiglumis and O. alta , O. meyeriana and O. granulata , O. minuta and O. malampuzhaensis , O. nivara and O. sativa subsp. indica , and O. sativa subsp. japonica and O. rufipogon. D and L genome types were not found and the H genome type was extinct. Importantly, we evaluated the performance of four conventional plant DNA barcodes ( matK , rbcL , psbA-trnH , and ITS), six rice-specific chloroplast DNA barcodes ( psaJ - rpl33 , trnC-rpoB , rps16 - trnQ , rpl22-rps19 , trnK - matK , and ndhC-trnV ), two rice-specific nuclear DNA barcodes (NP78 and R22), and a chloroplast genome super DNA barcode. The latter was the most reliable marker. The six rice-specific chloroplast barcodes revealed that 17% of the 53 seed accessions from rice seed banks or field collections were mislabeled. These results are expected to clarify the concept of rice species, aid in the identification and use of rice germplasms, and support rice biodiversity.

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

Development of an Imaging Evaluation System for Low Back Pain - Ping-En Sun; Bing-Shiang Yang (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2021)
Purpose To design a low back pain (LBP) imaging evaluation system for non-professional operators, quantifying risk of LBP in patients and asymptomatic individuals. Methods Twenty-one previously asymptomatic subjects and five LBP patients diagnosed by a physician performed a series of test movements under a fixed camera, including hip abduction test, forward bending test, side bending test, double legs lowering test (DLLT), and modified Thomas test. The video clips were analyzed by a system program interface and were classified into a score from 1 to 4. The average total scores of the two groups were compared. Five intact subjects were retested to verify reliability. Twelve intact subjects and three patients’ clips were viewed by an experienced therapist to verify system validity. Results The average total scores of two groups were significantly different (p = 0.0004). The results of hip abduction test, forward bending test, side bending test and DLLT showed significant differences between the two groups. The total score of two trials in the retest experiment exhibited a similar result (p = 0.058), with good linear correlation (r = 0.98). The total scores of the evaluations by the experienced therapist and the system program interface agreed with each other (p = 0.141; linear correlation r = 0.90). Conclusion The evaluation system showed potential utility in screening LBP risk, with acceptable test–retest reliability and expert validity.

Improved Oral Bioavailability and Hypolipidemic Effect of Syringic Acid via a Self-microemulsifying Drug Delivery System - Congyong Sun; Wenjing Li; Huiyun Zhang; Michael Adu-Frimpong; Ping Ma; Yuan Zhu; Wenwen Deng; Jiangnan Yu; Ximing Xu (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2021)

Reactive oxygen species altering the metabolite profile of the marine-derived fungus Dichotomomyces cejpii F31-1 - Sharpkate Shaker; Ting-Ting Sun; Liang-Yue Wang; Wen-Zhe Ma; Dong-Lan Wu; Yong-Wei Guo; Jun Dong; Yan-Xiu Chen; Long-Ping Zhu; De-Po Yang; Hou-Jin Li; Wen-Jian Lan (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Cyclocarioside O-Q, three novel seco -dammarane triterpenoid glycosides from the leaves of Cyclocarya paliurus - Tong-Yao Xuan; Jie Tan; Hui-Hui Sun; Can Yang; Wen-Yan Lv; Ji-Hua Zhang; Ke-Qing Zhang; Ze-Qun Nie; Zi-Jun Ye; Xiao-Ai He; Gang-Zhi Zhu; Kang-Ping Xu (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Improved control of Frankliniella occidentalis on greenhouse pepper through the integration of Orius sauteri and neonicotinoid insecticides - Qing-cai Lin; Hao Chen; Dirk Babendreier; Jin-ping Zhang; Feng Zhang; Xiao-yan Dai; Zuo-wen Sun; Zhao-peng Shi; Xiao-lin Dong; Guang-an Wu; Yi Yu; Li Zheng; et al. (Journal of Pest Science, 2021)

Heavy metal concentrations and associated health risks in edible tissues of marine nekton from the outer Pearl River Estuary, South China Sea - Chang-Ping Yang; Yan Liu; Bin-Bin Shan; Jing Xu; Wei Yu; Dian-Rong Sun; Zai-Wang Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

NAC103, a NAC family transcription factor, regulates ABA response during seed germination and seedling growth in Arabidopsis - Ling Sun; Li-Ping Liu; Ya-Zhen Wang; Lei Yang; Mei-Jing Wang; Jian-Xiang Liu (Planta, 2020)

Tau Accumulation via Reduced Autophagy Mediates GGGGCC Repeat Expansion-Induced Neurodegeneration in Drosophila Model of ALS - Xue Wen; Ping An; Hexuan Li; Zijian Zhou; Yimin Sun; Jian Wang; Lixiang Ma; Boxun Lu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2020)

Larger regional volume of the thalamus in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome: a cross-sectional study - Cui Ping Mao; Fen Rong Chen; Hong Hong Sun; Mei Juan Shi; Hua Juan Yang; Xiao Hui Li; Dun Ding (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2020)

An A 1 -type granite that borders A 2 -type: insights from the geochemical characteristics of the Zongyang A-type granite in the Lower Yangtze River Belt, China - Xiao-Yan Jiang; Kai Wu; Jin-Cheng Luo; Li-Peng Zhang; Wei Dong Sun; Xiao-Ping Xia (International Geology Review, 2020)

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

Adult Stress Promotes Purinergic Signaling to Induce Visceral Pain in Rats with Neonatal Maternal Deprivation - Shufen Hu; Qian Sun; Wan-Jie Du; Jian Song; Xin Li; Ping-An Zhang; Ji-Tian Xu; Guang-Yin Xu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2020)
Chronic visceral pain is one of the primary symptoms of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which affects up to 15% of the population world-wide. The detailed mechanisms of visceral pain remain largely unclear. Our previous studies have shown that neonatal maternal deprivation (NMD) followed by adult multiple stress (AMS) advances the occurrence of visceral pain, likely due to enhanced norepinephrine (NE)-β 2 adrenergic signaling. This study was designed to explore the roles of P2X3 receptors (P2X3Rs) in the chronic visceral pain induced by combined stress. Here, we showed that P2X3Rs were co-expressed in β 2 adrenergic receptor (β 2 -AR)-positive dorsal root ganglion neurons and that NE significantly enhanced ATP-induced Ca 2+ signals. NMD and AMS not only significantly increased the protein expression of P2X3Rs, but also greatly enhanced the ATP-evoked current density, number of action potentials, and intracellular Ca 2+ concentration of colon-related DRG neurons. Intrathecal injection of the P2X3R inhibitor A317491 greatly attenuated the visceral pain and the ATP-induced Ca 2+ signals in NMD and AMS rats. Furthermore, the β 2 -AR antagonist butoxamine significantly reversed the expression of P2X3Rs, the ATP-induced current density, and the number of action potentials of DRG neurons. Overall, our data demonstrate that NMD followed by AMS leads to P2X3R activation, which is most likely mediated by upregulation of β 2 adrenergic signaling in primary sensory neurons, thus contributing to visceral hypersensitivity.

Genetic diversity analysis reveals new badnaviruses infecting banana in South China - Xue-Qin Rao; Zi-Lin Wu; Wan Wang; Lin Zhou; Jie Sun; Hua-Ping Li (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020)

Impact of prophylactic/preemptive donor lymphocyte infusion and intensified conditioning for relapsed/refractory leukemia: a real-world study - Yu Wang; Qi-Fa Liu; De-Pei Wu; Jing-Bo Wang; Xi Zhang; Heng-Xiang Wang; Feng Gao; Shun-Qing Wang; Zi-Min Sun; Jian Ouyang; Kai-Lin Xu; Su-Jun Gao; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

The roles of galectins in hepatic diseases - Mei-Juan Sun; Zhan-Qi Cao; Ping Leng (Journal of Molecular Histology, 2020)

Spatio-temporal variabilities of soil phosphorus pool and phosphorus uptake with maize stover biochar amendment for 5 years of maize - Dianyun Cao; Wenfu Chen; Ping Yang; Yu Lan; Daquan Sun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

2D slope stability analysis based on Pan’s maximum principle - Xiao Gang Wang; Xing Chao Lin; Ping Sun; Xu Li; Yu Jie Wang; Yong Yu Ling (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2020)

Correction to: Evolutionary and recombination analysis of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome isolates in China - Zhendong Zhang; Xiangyang Qu; Hongliang Zhang; Xudong Tang; Ting Bian; Yingjun Sun; Mingming Zhou; Fubo Ren; Ping Wu (Virus Genes, 2020)

Gnaq Protects PC12 Cells from Oxidative Damage by Activation of Nrf2 and Inhibition of NF-kB - Xin Sun; Guo-Ping Li; Pu Huang; Lu-Gang Wei; Jia-Zhi Guo; Li-Juan Ao; Di Lu; Shao-Chun Chen (NeuroMolecular Medicine, 2020)

Rainfall-induced landslide in loess area, Northwest China: a case study of the Changhe landslide on September 14, 2019, in Gansu Province - Haojie Wang; Ping Sun; Shuai Zhang; Shuai Han; Xiaobin Li; Tao Wang; Qiang Guo; Peng Xin (Landslides, 2020)

Elevated temperature increases the accumulation of microbial necromass nitrogen in soil via increasing microbial turnover - Xu Wang; Chao Wang; M. Francesca Cotrufo; Lifei Sun; Ping Jiang; Ziping Liu; Edith Bai (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Microbial‐derived nitrogen (N) is now recognized as an important source of soil organic N. However, the mechanisms that govern the production of microbial necromass N, its turnover, and stabilization in soil remain poorly understood. To assess the effects of elevated temperature on bacterial and fungal necromass N production, turnover, and stabilization, we incubated 15 N‐labeled bacterial and fungal necromass under optimum moisture conditions at 10°C, 15°C, and 25°C. We developed a new 15 N tracing model to calculate the production and mineralization rates of necromass N. Our results showed that bacterial and fungal necromass N had similar mineralization rates, despite their contrasting chemistry. Most bacterial and fungal necromass 15 N was recovered in the mineral‐associated organic matter fraction through microbial anabolism, suggesting that mineral association plays an important role in stabilizing necromass N in soil, independently of necromass chemistry. Elevated temperature significantly increased the accumulation of necromass N in soil, due to the relatively higher microbial turnover and production of necromass N with increasing temperature than the increases in microbial necromass N mineralization. In conclusion, we found elevated temperature may increase the contribution of microbial necromass N to mineral‐stabilized soil organic N.

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

Do model parameters change under changing climate and land use in the upstream of the Lancang River Basin, China? - Di Ma; Yue-Ping Xu; Weidong Xuan; Haiting Gu; Zhilin Sun; Zhixu Bai (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2020)

Haploidentical stem cell transplantation in patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia - Yu-Qian Sun; Chen Zhao; Yu Wang; Chen-Hua Yan; Xiao-Hui Zhang; Lan-Ping Xu; Kai-Yan Liu; Xiao-Jun Huang (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Synthesis and antitumor activity of novel gibberellin derivatives with tetracyclic diterpenoid skeletons - Shi-ying Zhu; Fa-zeng Luo; Ping-Hua Sun (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2020)

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit b is a novel oncogenic factor in prostate cancer - Ping Xiang; Youwen Sun; Zhiqing Fang; Keqiang Yan; Yidong Fan (Mammalian Genome, 2020)

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

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

Improving the dynamical seasonal prediction of western Pacific warm pool sea surface temperatures using a physical–empirical model - Ping Chen; Bo Sun (International Journal of Climatology, 2020)
The western Pacific warm pool (WPWP) has a profound impact on the global climate. In this study, the forecast skill of ENSEMBLES model for predicting the WPWP sea surface temperature (SST) for the period 1960–2006 is evaluated, where a WPWP index (WPWPI) is defined to represent the interannual variability of WPWP SST. The result indicates that the ENSEMBLES exhibit a poor skill in predicting the WPWPI during January–April (2‐ to 5‐month forecasts starting on November 1). To improve the ENSEMBLES‐predicted WPWP SSTs during January–April, a physical–empirical (PE) model is developed based on two predictors, using the year‐to‐year increment method and the linear regression method. The two predictors include the ENSEMBLES‐predicted sea level pressure during January and the observed northern tropical Atlantic SSTs during the preceding August. The mechanisms associated with the two predictors are illuminated. The 1‐year‐out cross‐validation and the independent hindcast indicate that this PE model may notably improve the WPWPI prediction of ENSEMBLES, with a correlation coefficient (CC) above 0.6 between the PE‐model‐predicted WPWPI and the observed WPWPI during January–April. The physical mechanisms expounded in this study and the PE model utilized in this study can be considered to improve the prediction of WPWP SST of numerical models in the future.

α -Tetralone glycosides from the green walnut husks of Juglans mandshurica Maxim. and their cytotoxic activities - Yuan-Yuan Zhou; Shuang Guo; Ying Wang; Hong-Juan Song; Hui-Rui Gao; Xiao-Juan Zhang; Yan-Ping Sun; Yan Liu; Bing-You Yang; Hai-Xue Kuang (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Overexpression of Purinergic P2X4 Receptors in Hippocampus Rescues Memory Impairment in Rats with Type 2 Diabetes - Ping-An Zhang; Qian Sun; Yong-Chang Li; Rui-Xia Weng; Rui Wu; Hong-Hong Zhang; Guang-Yin Xu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2020)
Purinergic receptors have been reported to be involved in brain disorders. In this study, we explored their roles and mechanisms underlying the memory impairment in rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). T2DM rats exhibited a worse performance in the T-maze and Morris water maze (MWM) than controls. Microglia positive for P2X purinoceptor 4 (P2X4R) in the hippocampus were reduced and activated microglia were increased in T2DM rats. Long Amplicon PCR (LA-PCR) showed that DNA amplification of the p2x4r gene in the hippocampus was lower in T2DM rats. Minocycline significantly reduced the number of activated microglia and the mean distance traveled by T2DM rats in the MWM. Most importantly, P2X4R overexpression suppressed the activated microglia and rescued the memory impairment of T2DM rats. Overall, T2DM led to excessive activation of microglia in the hippocampus, partly through the DNA damage-mediated downregulation of P2X4Rs, thus contributing to memory impairment.

The bHLH gene family and its response to saline stress in Jilin ginseng, Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer - Lei Zhu; Mingzhu Zhao; Mengyao Chen; Li Li; Yue Jiang; Sizhang Liu; Yang Jiang; Kangyu Wang; Yanfang Wang; Chunyu Sun; Jing Chen; Ping Chen; et al. (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2020)

EGF neutralization antibodies attenuate liver fibrosis by inhibiting myofibroblast proliferation in bile duct ligation mice - Hufeng Xu; Lin Liu; Min Cong; Tianhui Liu; Shujie Sun; Hong Ma; Hong You; Jidong Jia; Ping Wang (Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 2020)

Circular RNA hsa_circ_0002052 promotes osteosarcoma via modulating miR-382/STX6 axis - Ping-rong Zhang; Jing Ren; Jian-shan Wan; Rong Sun; Ying Li (Human Cell, 2020)

Past, current, and future perspectives on eco-tourism: a bibliometric review between 2001 and 2018 - Ziphozakhe Theophilus Shasha; Yong Geng; Hua-ping Sun; Walter Musakwa; Lu Sun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

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

Curcumin protects BV2 cells against lipopolysaccharide-induced injury via adjusting the miR-362-3p/TLR4 axis - Ping Xie; Ming Deng; Qinguo Sun; Bo Jiang; Hongjie Xu; Junqi Liu; Yan Zhou; Yonggang Ma; Zhonghui Chen (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Evolutionary and recombination analysis of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome isolates in China - Zhendong Zhang; Xiangyang Qu; Hongliang Zhang; Xudong Tang; Ting Bian; Yingjun Sun; Mingming Zhou; Fubo Ren; Ping Wu (Virus Genes, 2020)

Predicting postmortem interval based on microbial community sequences and machine learning algorithms - Ruina Liu; Yuexi Gu; Mingwang Shen; Huan Li; Kai Zhang; Qi Wang; Xin Wei; Haohui Zhang; Di Wu; Kai Yu; Wumin Cai; Gongji Wang; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2020)
Summary Microbes play an essential role in the decomposition process but were poorly understood in their succession and behaviour. Previous researches have shown that microbes show predictable behaviour that starts at death and changes during the decomposition process. Research of such behaviour enhances the understanding of decomposition and benefits estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) in forensic investigations, which is critical but faces multiple challenges. In this study, we combined microbial community characterization, microbiome sequencing from different organs (i.e. brain, heart and cecum) and machine learning algorithms [random forest (RF), support vector machine (SVM) and artificial neural network (ANN)] to investigate microbial succession pattern during corpse decomposition and estimate PMI in a mouse corpse system. Microbial communities exhibited significant differences between the death point and advanced decay stages. Enterococcus faecalis , Anaerosalibacter bizertensis , Lactobacillus reuteri , and so forth were identified as the most informative species in the decomposition process. Furthermore, the ANN model combined with the postmortem microbial data set from the cecum, which was the best combination among all candidates, yielded a mean absolute error of 1.5 ± 0.8 h within 24‐h decomposition and 14.5 ± 4.4 h within 15‐day decomposition. This integrated model can serve as a reliable and accurate technology in PMI estimation.

Temporal expression patterns of distinct cytokines and M1/M2 macrophage polarization regulate rheumatoid arthritis progression - Chia-Chi Kung; Shih-Ping Dai; Hao Chiang; Hsu-Shan Huang; Wei-Hsin Sun (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

PDB-1 from Potentilla discolor Bunge suppresses lung cancer cell migration and invasion via FAK/Src and MAPK signaling pathways - Na-na Meng; Rui-rui Zhang; Chao Liu; Qing Wang; Xin-kun Wang; Xu Guo; Ping-ping Wang; Jin-yue Sun (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2020)

3D slope stability analysis method based on Pan’s maximum principle - Xiaogang Wang; Xinchao Lin; Xu Li; Ping Sun; Yongyu Ling (Landslides, 2020)

A Theoretical Study of Metalloporphyrin-Based Fluorescent Array Sensor using Density Functional Theory - Haiyang Gu; Xingyi Huang; Quansheng Chen; Yanhui Sun; Chin Ping Tan (Journal of Fluorescence, 2020)

Disruption of the lactate dehydrogenase and acetate kinase genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae HD79 to enhance 2,3-butanediol production, and related transcriptomics analysis - Jingping Ge; Jiawang Wang; Guangbin Ye; Shanshan Sun; Rui Guo; Gang Song; Wenxiang Ping (Biotechnology Letters, 2020)

Characterization of brain microstructural abnormalities in cirrhotic patients without overt hepatic encephalopathy using diffusion kurtosis imaging - Qing Sun; Wenliang Fan; Yuan Liu; Yan Zou; Natalie Wiseman; Zhifeng Kou; Ping Han (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2020)
Cirrhosis is a major public health concern. However, little is known about the neurobiological mechanisms underlying brain microstructure alterations in cirrhotic patients. The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate brain microstructural alterations in cirrhosis with or without minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) and their relationship with patients’ neurocognitive performance and disease duration using voxel-based analysis of diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI). DKI data were acquired from 30 cirrhotic patients with MHE, 31 patients without MHE (NMHE) and 59 healthy controls. All DKI-derived parametric maps were compared across the three groups to investigate their group differences. Correlation analyses were further performed to assess relationships between altered imaging parameters and clinical data. Voxel-based analysis of DKI data results showed that MHE/NMHE patients had increased radial diffusivity, axial diffusivity (AD) and mean diffusivity in addition to decreased axial kurtosis (AK) and fractional anisotropy of kurtosis in several regions. Compared to controls, these regions were primarily the cingulum, temporal and frontal cortices. The DKI metrics (i.e., AK and AD) were correlated with clinical variables in the two patient groups. In conclusion, DKI is useful for detecting brain microstructural abnormalities in MHE and NMHE patients. Abnormal DKI parameters suggest alterations in brain microstructural complexity in cirrhotic patients, which may contribute to the neurobiological basis of neurocognitive impairment. These results may provide additional information on the pathophysiology of cirrhosis.

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

Carboxymethylation and acetylation of the polysaccharide from Cordyceps militaris and their α-glucosidase inhibitory activities - Yuan-Yuan Ren; Peng-Peng Sun; Ying-Ping Ji; Xiao-Ting Wang; Shu-Han Dai; Zhen-Yuan Zhu (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Spinal P2X7R contributes to streptozotocin-induced mechanical allodynia in mice - Cheng-ming Ni; He-ping Sun; Xiang Xu; Bing-yu Ling; Hui Jin; Yu-qiu Zhang; Zhi-qi Zhao; Hong Cao; Lan Xu (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2020)

CX3CR1 contributes to streptozotocin-induced mechanical allodynia in the mouse spinal cord - Cheng-ming Ni; Bing-yu Ling; Xiang Xu; He-ping Sun; Hui Jin; Yu-qiu Zhang; Hong Cao; Lan Xu (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2020)

Unsupervised classification for PolSAR images based on multi-level feature extraction - Ping Han; Binbin Han; Xiaoguang Lu; Runmin Cong; Dandan Sun (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020)

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

Molecular detection and identification of Brassica juncea phyllody and witches’ broom-associated phytoplasmas of group 16SrVI-A in Inner Mongolia, China - Lei Zhang; Pei-Ling Song; Ping-Ping Sun; Wen-Jun Zhao; Zi-Qin Li; Zheng-Nan Li (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020)

Complete Genome Sequence of Strain YCSC6, a Marine Bacterium Isolated from Saturated Saltpan with Activity Against Uronema marinum - Guang Xun Du; Ling Yun Qu; Kun Shang; Ping Gao; De Wen Ding; Cheng Jun Sun (Current Microbiology, 2020)

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

Factors driving Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica) in Israel to extinction: time series analysis of population size and juvenile survival in an unexploited population - Benny Shalmon; Ping Sun; Torsten Wronski (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020)
Wild populations of Arabian gazelles ( Gazella arabica ) were once common on the Arabian Peninsula, but today disappeared from large parts of their former range. In Israel only a small population of currently 30 individuals survived, although it was—and still is—well protected from illegal hunting and habitat destruction. In our study we aimed to identify the factors influencing the population growth of G. arabica in Israel over the last two decades (1995–2017). We tested the impact of five environmental variables including annual mean maximum temperature, rainfall, the availability of two major food plants, competition with sympatric dorcas gazelle ( G. dorcas ) and predation (mainly by wolves) on two dependent variables relating to population viability (population size, percentage fawn survival) using a retrospective time series analysis. After testing for autocorrelations, two generalized least squares (GLS) models with autocorrelations at 3 and 6 years [GLS-AR(3, 6)] were identified as the best models to explain environmental effects on populations size. Wolf encounter rate had a significant negative effect on G. arabica population size, while G. dorcas population size had a significant positive effect, suggesting that wolf predation shapes the population size of both gazelle species. For percentage fawn survival, model residuals did not reveal any significant autocorrelation and the best fit GLS-AR(0) model retained only wolf encounter rate and mean annual maximal temperature as significant predictors. This result suggests a strong impact of wolf predation and increasing temperatures on the fawn survival of Arabian gazelles. Changed rainfall patterns, food availability and competition between gazelle species had no impact on fawn survival.

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

Probiotic Clostridium butyricum Improves the Growth Performance, Immune Function, and Gut Microbiota of Weaning Rex Rabbits - Lei Liu; Dong Zeng; Mingyue Yang; Bin Wen; Jing Lai; Yi Zhou; Hao Sun; Lvcheng Xiong; Jie Wang; Yicen Lin; Kangcheng Pan; Bo Jing; et al. (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2019)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Resibufogenin suppresses tumor growth and inhibits glycolysis in ovarian cancer by modulating PIM1 - Qian Li; Chuanwu Jiang; Yan Wang; Minghua Wei; Huijin Zheng; Yanqi Xu; Xuegang Xu; Fengyu Jia; Kai Liu; Gang Sun; Jianhua Zang; Ping Mo (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2019)

Neuroprotective Effects of AG490 in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury - Feiya Li; Raymond Wong; Zhengwei Luo; Lida Du; Ekaterina Turlova; Luiz R. G. Britto; Zhong-Ping Feng; Hong-Shuo Sun (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

Potential role of IL-37 signaling pathway in feedback regulation of autoimmune Hashimoto thyroiditis - Cui-Ping Ren; Li Sun; Feng-Chun Liu; Chun-Lin Zuo; Miao Liu; Wenda Gao; Ji-Jia Shen (Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 2019)

Research on ecological risk assessment in land use model of Shengjin Lake in Anhui province, China - Liang Peng; Bin Dong; Ping Wang; Shuwei Sheng; Li Sun; Lei Fang; Haoran Li; Liping Liu (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2019)

Performance and Mechanism of GO-MCM-Fe Composite Catalyst Activating Persulfate to Remove Levofloxacin Hydrochloride in Water - Wenda Zuo; Xu Wang; Dongyan Zhang; Ying Sun; Jingbo Xu; Ping Guo (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2019)

Complete genome sequences of five prunus necrotic ringspot virus isolates from Inner Mongolia of China and comparison to other PNRSV isolates around the world - Shuang Song; Ping-ping Sun; Ya-han Chen; Qiang Ma; Xiao-yun Wang; Ming-min Zhao; Zheng-nan Li (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2019)

Gastrodin ameliorates microvascular reperfusion injury–induced pyroptosis by regulating the NLRP3/caspase-1 pathway - Wenjing Sun; Hongquan Lu; Lechun Lyu; Ping Yang; Zhi Lin; Ling Li; Lin Sun; Di Lu (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2019)

Effects of aquatic phototrophs on seasonal hydrochemical, inorganic, and organic carbon variations in a typical karst basin, Southwest China - Ping’an Sun; Shiyi He; Yaqiong Yuan; Shi Yu; Cheng Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Two new 5,6-epoxysterols from calcareous marine sponge Leucetta chagosensis - Wei-Zhuo Tang; Zhong-Zhen Yang; Fan Sun; Shu-Ping Wang; Fan Yang; Wei-Hua Jiao; Hou-Wen Lin (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Upregulation of proBDNF in the Mesenteric Lymph Nodes in Septic Mice - Zhe Wang; Jia-Li Wu; Feng Zhong; Yu Liu; Yun-Qing Yu; Jing-Jing Sun; Shuang Wang; Hui Li; Xin-Fu Zhou; Zhao-Lan Hu; Ru-Ping Dai (Neurotoxicity Research, 2019)

N2O production in the organic and mineral horizons of soil had different responses to increasing temperature - Lifei Sun; Changpeng Sang; Chao Wang; Zhenzhen Fan; Bo Peng; Ping Jiang; Zongwei Xia (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019)

Neuroprotective effect of miR-410-3p against sevoflurane anesthesia-induced cognitive dysfunction in rats through PI3K/Akt signaling pathway via targeting C–X–C motif chemokine receptor 5 - Rui Su; Ping Sun; Dianhong Zhang; Wei Xiao; Chun Feng; Liang Zhong (Genes & Genomics, 2019)

Geochemistry of Early Cretaceous volcanic rocks in the Northeastern Great Xing’an Range, northeast China and implication for geodynamic setting - Changzhou Deng; Deyou Sun; Xianquan Ping; Hu Huang; Lidong Zhang; Sheng Lu (International Geology Review, 2019)

Ciliate Uronema marinum is the causative agent of scuticociliatosis in farm raised turbot Scophthalmus maximus - Guangxun Du; Lingyun Qu; Kun Shang; Chengjun Sun; Chen Wang; Ping Gao (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2019)

A new triterpene from the green walnut husks of Juglans mandshurica Maxim - Yuan-Yuan Zhou; Hong-Juan Song; Shuang Guo; Ying Wang; Hui-Rui Gao; Xiao-Juan Zhang; Yan-Ping Sun; Yan Liu; Bing-You Yang; Hai-Xue Kuang (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2019)

Physical model experiments for shallow failure in rainfall-triggered loess slope, Northwest China - Ping Sun; Gang Wang; L. Z. Wu; Ogbonnaya Igwe; Enzhen Zhu (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2019)

Molecular detection and identification of phytoplasmas in a novel 16SrI subgroup in sunflowers and cocklebur weeds - Lei Zhang; Ping-ping Sun; Qiang Ma; Xiao-zhao Xu; Hong-you Zhou; Zheng-nan Li (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2019)

Identification and expression profiling of selected MADS-box family genes in Dendrobium officinale - Yue Chen; Qi Shen; Ping Lyu; Renan Lin; Chongbo Sun (Genetica, 2019)

Evaluating the environmental effects of economic openness: evidence from SAARC countries - Hua-ping Sun; Gulzara Tariq; Muhammad Haris; Muhammad Mohsin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Relationship between stand characteristics and soil properties of two typical forest plantations in the mountainous area of Western Sichuan, China - Hao Yang; Ning Miao; Shao-cai Li; Rui Ma; Zi-yan Liao; Wei-ping Wang; Hai-long Sun (Journal of Mountain Science, 2019)

Transcriptomic analysis provides insight into the mechanism of salinity adjustment in swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus - Baoquan Gao; Dongfang Sun; Jianjian Lv; Xianyun Ren; Ping Liu; Jian Li (Genes & Genomics, 2019)

A dryland cover state mapping using catastrophe model in a spectral endmember space of OLI: a case study in Minqin, China - Danfeng Sun; Ping Zhang; Qiangqiang Sun; Wanbei Jiang (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2019)

TA, GT and AC are significantly under-represented in open reading frames of prokaryotic and eukaryotic protein-coding genes - Yong Wang; Zhen Zeng; Tian-Lei Liu; Ling Sun; Qin Yao; Ke-Ping Chen (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2019)

Photosynthetic activity of Prorocentrum donghaiense Lu acclimated to phosphorus limitation and its photosynthetic responses to nutrient depletion - Kai-Ming Sun; Ming Xin; Ping Sun; Yan Li; Ruixiang Li; Xuexi Tang; Zongling Wang (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2019)

Metamorphic Petrology of Clinopyroxene Amphibolite from the Xigaze Ophiolite, Southern Tibet: P-T Constraints and Phase Equilibrium Modeling - Yancheng Zhang; Xu-Ping Li; Guangming Sun; Zeli Wang; Wenyong Duan (Journal of Earth Science, 2019)

Digitizing and modeling of structural planes in fractured rock mass tunnel based on SfM - Shang-qu Sun; Li-ping Li; Cheng-shuai Qin; Hong-liang Liu; Yan-huan Zhang; Xing-zhi Ba (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

Joint inversion method for interval quality factor based on amplitude and phase information - Dan-Ping Cao; Yue Li; Wen-Guo Sun; Kai Liang (Applied Geophysics, 2019)

Exogenous application of gibberellic acid and ascorbic acid improved tolerance of okra seedlings to NaCl stress - Yong-Hui Wang; Gen Zhang; Yuan Chen; Jin Gao; Yan-Ru Sun; Ming-Fa Sun; Jian-Ping Chen (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2019)

Effects of mineral-organic fertilizer on the biomass of green Chinese cabbage and potential carbon sequestration ability in karst areas of Southwest China - Qibiao Sun; Yulong Ruan; Ping Chen; Shijie Wang; Xiuming Liu; Bin Lian (Acta Geochimica, 2019)

Transcription Factor 2I Regulates Neuronal Development via TRPC3 in 7q11.23 Disorder Models - Marielle H. S. Deurloo; Ekaterina Turlova; Wen-Liang Chen; You Wei Lin; Elaine Tam; Nardos G. Tassew; Michael Wu; Ya-Chi Huang; Jacqueline N. Crawley; Philippe P. Monnier; Alexander J. A. Groffen; Hong-Shuo Sun; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

Application of different single extraction procedures for assessing the bioavailability of heavy metal(loid)s in soils from overlapped areas of farmland and coal resources - Ping Luo; Xin Xiao; Xiaoxuan Han; Yu Ma; Xiaofei Sun; Jiachao Jiang; Hui Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Using a modified soil quality index to evaluate densely tilled soils with different yields in Northeast China - Nan Mei; Bin Yang; Ping Tian; Ying Jiang; Pengxiang Sui; Daquan Sun; Zhenping Zhang; Hua Qi (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveal the regulation mechanism underlying MeJA-induced accumulation of alkaloids in Dendrobium officinale - Yue Chen; Yunzhu Wang; Ping Lyu; Liping Chen; Chenjia Shen; Chongbo Sun (Journal of Plant Research, 2019)

Characteristics of runoff processes and nitrogen loss via surface flow and interflow from weathered granite slopes of Southeast China - Long-zhou Deng; Kai Fei; Tian-yu Sun; Li-ping Zhang; Xiao-juan Fan; Liang Ni (Journal of Mountain Science, 2019)

Neurons in rat orbitofrontal cortex and medial prefrontal cortex exhibit distinct responses in reward and strategy-update in a risk-based decision-making task - Dan-Dan Hong; Wen-Qiang Huang; Ai-Ai Ji; Sha-Sha Yang; Hui Xu; Ke-Yi Sun; Aihua Cao; Wen-Jun Gao; Ning Zhou; Ping Yu (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2019)

Microsatellite records for volume 11, issue 1 - Da-Qing Chen; Zaijie Dong; Min Fang; Jianjun Fu; Xiang-Yang Jia; Bingjie Jiang; Jingmiao Li; Qingqing Li; Suhui Liao; Ping Liu; Yulin Liu; Guocheng Shu; et al. (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2019)

Nonstationary inversion-based directional deconvolution of airgun array signature - Hao Li; Guo-Fa Li; Xiang-Hui Guo; Xi-Ping Sun; Jian-Fu Wang (Applied Geophysics, 2019)

Long noncoding RNA UCA1 promotes the proliferation of hypoxic human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells - Tian-Tian Zhu; Rui-Li Sun; Ya-Ling Yin; Jin-Ping Quan; Ping Song; Jian Xu; Ming-Xiang Zhang; Peng Li (Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 2019)

Phylogenetic analysis of upland cotton MATE gene family reveals a conserved subfamily involved in transport of proanthocyanidins - Lei Xu; Zhi-Lin Shen; Wen Chen; Guo-Yang Si; Yan Meng; Ning Guo; Xu Sun; Yong-Ping Cai; Yi Lin; Jun-Shan Gao (Molecular Biology Reports, 2019)

Coexpression of FOXK1 and vimentin promotes EMT, migration, and invasion in gastric cancer cells - Hui Zhang; Xiaosheng Wu; Yizhi Xiao; Liqing Wu; Ying Peng; Weimei Tang; Guangnan Liu; Yong Sun; Jing Wang; Huiqiong Zhu; Mengwei Liu; Wenjing Zhang; et al. (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019)

Identification of Carassius auratus gibelio liver cell proteins interacting with the GABAA receptor γ2 subunit using a yeast two-hybrid system - Rong-Rong Ma; Jing Sun; Wen-Hong Fang; Ya-Ping Dong; Ji-Ming Ruan; Xian-Le Yang; Kun Hu (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2019)

How does natural resource dependence affect public education spending? - Hua-ping Sun; Wei-feng Sun; Yong Geng; Xi Yang; Bless Kofi Edziah (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

OsMS1 functions as a transcriptional activator to regulate programmed tapetum development and pollen exine formation in rice - Zhengfu Yang; Ling Liu; Lianping Sun; Ping Yu; Peipei Zhang; Adil Abbas; Xiaojiao Xiang; Weixun Wu; Yingxin Zhang; Liyong Cao; Shihua Cheng (Plant Molecular Biology, 2019)

The economic impact of climate risks in China: evidence from 47-sector panel data, 2000–2014 - Yongping Sun; Xin Zou; Xunpeng Shi; Ping Zhang (Natural Hazards, 2019)

Knockdown of SUMO1P3 represses tumor growth and invasion and enhances radiosensitivity in hepatocellular carcinoma - Yan Zhou; Ping He; Xuhua Xie; Changyu Sun (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2019)

Enhancing thermostability and removing hemin inhibition of Rhodopseudomonas palustris 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase by computer-aided rational design - Zijian Tan; Jing Zhao; Jiuzhou Chen; Deming Rao; Wenjuan Zhou; Ning Chen; Ping Zheng; Jibin Sun; Yanhe Ma (Biotechnology Letters, 2019)

Apolipoprotein E Exerts a Whole-Brain Protective Property by Promoting M1? Microglia Quiescence After Experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Mice - Jinwei Pang; Jianhua Peng; Nathanael Matei; Ping Yang; Li Kuai; Yue Wu; Ligang Chen; Michael P. Vitek; Fengqiao Li; Xiaochuan Sun; John H. Zhang; Yong Jiang (Translational Stroke Research, 2018)

Determining Osteogenic Differentiation Efficacy of Pluripotent Stem Cells by Telomerase Activity - Siqi Zhang; Yuhua Sun; Yi Sui; Yan Li; Zuyuan Luo; Xiao Xu; Ping Zhou; Shicheng Wei (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2018)

A novel matrine derivative WM622 inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma by inhibiting PI3K/AKT signaling pathways - Xiao Sun; Xiao-bin Zhuo; Yi-ping Hu; Xuan Zheng; Qing-jie Zhao (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2018)

Photosynthetic response of Scirpus validus and Typha orientalis to elevated temperatures in Dianchi Lake, Southwestern China - Jun-ping Xu; Mei Sun; Hang Wang; Yun Zhang; Xiao-tang Zhang; Kun Tian (Journal of Mountain Science, 2018)

Lycium barbarum polysaccharide attenuates diabetic testicular dysfunction via inhibition of the PI3K/Akt pathway-mediated abnormal autophagy in male mice - Guang-Jiang Shi; Jie Zheng; Xiao-Xu Han; Ya-Ping Jiang; Zhi-Mei Li; Jing Wu; Qing Chang; Yang Niu; Tao Sun; Yu-Xiang Li; Zhen Chen; Jian-Qiang Yu (Cell and Tissue Research, 2018)

Augmenter of liver regeneration promotes mitochondrial biogenesis in renal ischemia–reperfusion injury - Li-li Huang; Rui-ting Long; Gui-ping Jiang; Xiao Jiang; Hang Sun; Hui Guo; Xiao-hui Liao (Apoptosis, 2018)

Phytoplankton pigment pattern in the subsurface chlorophyll maximum in the South Java coastal upwelling system, Indonesia - Chunlei Gao; Mingzhu Fu; Hongjun Song; Lei Wang; Qinsheng Wei; Ping Sun; Lin Liu; Xuelei Zhang (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018)

Age and geochemistry of Early Ordovician A-type granites in the Northeastern Songnen Block, NE China - Changzhou Deng; Deyou Sun; Guangyi Sun; Changlu Lv; Zhen Qin; Xianquan Ping; Guanghui Li (Acta Geochimica, 2018)

In Vivo Predictive Dissolution and Simulation Workshop Report: Facilitating the Development of Oral Drug Formulation and the Prediction of Oral Bioperformance - Yasuhiro Tsume; Sanjaykumar Patel; Nikoletta Fotaki; Christel Bergstrӧm; Gordon L. Amidon; James G. Brasseur; Deanna M. Mudie; Duxin Sun; Marival Bermejo; Ping Gao; Wei Zhu; David C. Sperry; et al. (The AAPS Journal, 2018)

NTF3 Is a Novel Target Gene of the Transcription Factor POU3F2 and Is Required for Neuronal Differentiation - Yi-Mei J. Lin; I-Lun Hsin; H. Sunny Sun; Shankung Lin; Yen-Ling Lai; Hsuan-Ying Chen; Ting-Yu Chen; Ya-Ping Chen; Yi-Ting Shen; Hung-Ming Wu (Molecular Neurobiology, 2018)

Shifts in the structure and function of the microbial community in response to metal pollution of fresh water sediments in Finland - Xue-Ping Chen; Hao-Yu Chen; Jing Sun; Xu Zhang; Chi-Quan He; Xiao-Yan Liu; Xin Huang; Min Yang; Fu-Shun Wang; Kristiina Väänänen (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2018)

Dietary strategies to reduce the oral bioaccessibility of cadmium and arsenic in rice - Ping Zhuang; Shuo Sun; Feng Su; Feng Li; Xiaofang Zhou; Peng Mao; Yingwen Li; Zhian Li; Chaosheng Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Efficient generation of functional cardiomyocytes from human umbilical cord-derived virus-free induced pluripotent stem cells - Kai Hong Wu; Su Yun Wang; Qian Ru Xiao; Yu Yang; Ning Ping Huang; Xu Ming Mo; Jian Sun (Cell and Tissue Research, 2018)

The Dysfunction of the Cerebellum and Its Cerebellum-Reward-Sensorimotor Loops in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria - Yuming Wang; Jiliang Fang; Ping Song; Yan Bao; Wenwen Song; Jiao Liu; Courtney Lang; Kristen Jorgenson; Minyoung Jung; Dong Shen; Shasha Li; Ruirui Sun; et al. (The Cerebellum, 2018)

Divergence in larval diapause induction between the rice and water-oat populations of the striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) - Yuan Zhou; Dan Sun; Wei-Li Quan; Nan Ding; Wen Liu; Wei-Hua Ma; Xiao-Ping Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Diagnosis and ecotoxicological risk assessment of 49 elements in sludge from wastewater treatment plants of Chongqing and Xiamen cities, China - Fidèle Suanon; Qiaoqiao Chi; Xiaoyong Yang; Hongjie Wang; Azhar Rashid; Bahareh Asefi; Daouda Mama; Chang-Ping Yu; Qian Sun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Metamorphic Characteristics and Tectonic Implications of the Kadui Blueschist in the Central Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone, Southern Tibet - Guangming Sun; Xu-Ping Li; Wenyong Duan; Shuang Chen; Zeli Wang; Lingquan Zhao; Qingda Feng (Journal of Earth Science, 2018)

Heterocapsa bohaiensis sp. nov. (Peridiniales: Dinophyceae): a novel marine dinoflagellate from the Liaodong Bay of Bohai Sea, China - Jie Xiao; Na Sun; Yiwen Zhang; Ping Sun; Yan Li; Min Pang; Ruixiang Li (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018)

Pigmented microbial eukaryotes fuel the deep sea carbon pool in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean - Dapeng Xu; Ping Sun; Yizhe Zhang; Ran Li; Bangqin Huang; Nianzhi Jiao; Alan Warren; Lei Wang (Environmental Microbiology, 2018)
Summary Phototrophic microbial eukaryotes dominate primary production over large oceanic regions. Due to their small sizes and slow sinking rates, it is assumed they contribute relatively little to the downward export of organic carbon via the biological pump. Therefore, the community structure of phototrophic cells in the deep ocean has long been overlooked and remains largely unknown. In this study, we used an integrative approach, including epifluorescence microscopy, sequencing of 18S rRNA and photosystem‐II psbA gene transcripts, to investigate phototrophic microbial eukaryotes in samples collected from the tropical Western Pacific Ocean. It was found that: (i) pigmented nano‐sized eukaryotes (PNEs) are ubiquitous in the deep Western Pacific Ocean down to 5000 m depth; (ii) the PNE community is dominated by cells 2–5 μm in size; (iii) their abundance is significant, averaging 4 ± 1 (± s.e.) cells ml −1 in waters below 1000 m which is comparable to that of heterotrophic nanoflagellates; (iv) the active pigmented microbial eukaryotes in the deep waters are highly diverse and dominated by Haptophyta followed by Chlorophyta and Bacillariophyta; (v) PNEs in deep waters were likely transported from surface ocean by various fast‐sinking mechanisms, thus contributing to the biological pump and fuelling the deep‐sea communities by supplying fresh organic carbon.