Galectin-1 Contributes to Vascular Remodeling and Blood Flow Recovery After Cerebral Ischemia in Mice - Yin-hong Cheng; Yi-fan Jiang; Chuan Qin; Ke Shang; Yuan Yuan; Xian-jie Wei; Zhe Xu; Xiang Luo; Wei Wang; Wen-sheng Qu (Translational Stroke Research, 2022)

Incomplete genome doubling enables to consistently enhance plant growth for maximum biomass production by altering multiple transcript co-expression networks in potato - Kanglu Zhao; Nengzhou Jin; Meysam Madadi; Youmei Wang; Lei Wu; Zhijun Xu; Jinxuan Wang; Jing Dong; Shang-wen Tang; Yanting Wang; Liangcai Peng; Zhiyong Xiong (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)

Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Identification of Contact Pressure in Brazilian Disc - Junhong Yu; Xinchun Shang; Gang Wang (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2022)

Necrostatin-1 Relieves Learning and Memory Deficits in a Zebrafish Model of Alzheimer’s Disease Induced by Aluminum - Xiaocheng Gao; Ping Zhang; Jianping Chen; Lan Zhang; Nan Shang; Jin Chen; Rong Fan; Yanhong Wang; Tao Huang; Qiao Niu; Qinli Zhang (Neurotoxicity Research, 2022)

Erratum to: Inhibition of chemotherapy-related breast tumor EMT by application of redox-sensitive siRNA delivery system CSO-ss-SA/siRNA along with doxorubicin treatment - Xuan Liu; Xueqing Zhou; Xuwei Shang; Li Wang; Yi Li; Hong Yuan; Fuqiang Hu (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2022)

Selenium-enriched Bacillus subtilis reduces the effects of mercury-induced on inflammation and intestinal microbes in carp (Cyprinus carpio var. specularis) - Xinchi Shang; Bo Wang; Qingsong Sun; Yue Zhang; Yuting Lu; Shaojun Liu; Yuehong Li (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022)

Climate change drives NDVI variations at multiple spatiotemporal levels rather than human disturbance in Northwest China - Jiaxin Shang; Yang Zhang; Yu Peng; Yihang Huang; Lu Zhu; Zhuoyi Wu; Jing Wang; Yixin Cui (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Characterization of a novel Vibrio parahaemolyticus host-phage pair and antibacterial effect against the host - Chao Gao; Xiaobo Yang; Chen Zhao; Chenyu Li; Shang Wang; Xi Zhang; Bin Xue; Zhuosong Cao; Hongrui Zhou; Yutong Yang; Zhiqiang Shen; Pingfeng Yu; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2022)

Botulinum toxin A improves psychological distress in patients with hemifacial spasm - Chengyun Wang; Xiangyu Zhu; Lei Xia; Peng Xie; Xiangyang Tian; Jin Shang; Qiu Han (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2022)

Evaluation of surface albedo over the Tibetan Plateau simulated by CMIP5 models using in‐situ measurements and MODIS - Yingying An; Xianhong Meng; Lin Zhao; Zhaoguo Li; Shaoying Wang; Lunyu Shang; Hao Chen; Shihua Lyu (International Journal of Climatology, 2022)
Surface albedo plays a key role in the energy and water cycles, and reasonable parameterizations of surface albedo will be greatly helpful to improve the simulation of radiation partition in climate models. In‐situ measurements of albedo from five sites over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and MODIS albedo product are used to evaluate monthly, annual, and seasonal variations of the surface albedo simulated by 24 Global Climate Models (GCMs) archived by the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). Potential factors contributing to the bias of simulated albedo were investigated. The results show that the monthly albedo of 24 GCMs varied across models, and the difference among the models was smaller in the June–July–August period than the December–January–February period. The ensemble mean albedo of the 24 GCMs was more consistent with the in‐situ measurements than the individual model. The albedo calculated from the BNU‐ESM, GFDL‐CM3, INM‐CM4, MIROC4h, MIROC‐ESM, and MIROC‐ESM‐CHEM models coincided with the observations from June to September, increasing rapidly to above 0.4 from November. However, the annual cycle of surface albedo was insignificant when simulated by some models, such as CanESM2, CSIRO‐Mk3.6.0, CMCC‐CMS, IPSL‐CM5A‐MR, and MPI‐ESM‐MR. Additionally, the surface albedo was overestimated by CMIP5 multi‐model ensemble mean—with a smaller amplitude of daily albedo—compared with the values estimated from in‐situ observations and MCD43A3. In all 24 models, snow albedo parameterization schemes were found to variably fit the attenuation of snow albedo over time. The cold temperature, relatively more precipitation, fresh snow density, and albedo in these models led to large biases in snow depth and ablation. The surface albedo tends to increase without the influence of blowing snow and withered grass on the model's albedo.

Tropical tall forests are more sensitive and vulnerable to drought than short forests - Liyang Liu; Xiuzhi Chen; Philippe Ciais; Wenping Yuan; Fabienne Maignan; Jin Wu; Shilong Piao; Ying‐Ping Wang; Jean‐Pierre Wigneron; Lei Fan; Pierre Gentine; Xueqin Yang; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Our limited understanding of the impacts of drought on tropical forests significantly impedes our ability in accurately predicting the impacts of climate change on this biome. Here, we investigated the impact of drought on the dynamics of forest canopies with different heights using time‐series records of remotely sensed Ku‐band vegetation optical depth (Ku‐VOD), a proxy of top‐canopy foliar mass and water content, and separated the signal of Ku‐VOD changes into drought‐induced reductions and subsequent non‐drought gains. Both drought‐induced reductions and non‐drought increases in Ku‐VOD varied significantly with canopy height. Taller tropical forests experienced greater relative Ku‐VOD reductions during drought and larger non‐drought increases than shorter forests, but the net effect of drought was more negative in the taller forests. Meta‐analysis of in situ hydraulic traits supports the hypothesis that taller tropical forests are more vulnerable to drought stress due to smaller xylem‐transport safety margins. Additionally, Ku‐VOD of taller forests showed larger reductions due to increased atmospheric dryness, as assessed by vapor pressure deficit, and showed larger gains in response to enhanced water supply than shorter forests. Including the height‐dependent variation of hydraulic transport in ecosystem models will improve the simulated response of tropical forests to drought.

WIPK–NtLTP4 pathway confers resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum in tobacco - Yang Xu; Kaijie Shang; Chenchen Wang; Zipeng Yu; Xuechen Zhao; Yunzhi Song; Fanxiao Meng; Changxiang Zhu (Plant Cell Reports, 2022)

Structural Characteristics, Prokaryotic Expression and Activity Analysis of Antimicrobial Peptide ALFPm10 from Penaeus monodon - Guoqiang Li; Jiawen Chen; Junfeng Li; Chenjing Shang; Chaogang Wang (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2022)

Effects of B-azolemiteacrylic on life-history traits and demographic parameters of two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) - Suqin Shang; Yun Chang; Wei-Zhen Li; Wang Chang-Qing; Nie Peng-Cheng (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2022)
The present study was conducted to evaluate sublethal effects of B-azolemiteacrylic on the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae). Female adults of T. urticae were exposed to LC 10 and LC 30 of the acaricide, and the effects on treated females and their offspring were evaluated. The results showed that the fecundity of F 0 female adults treated with LC 10 and LC 30 of B-azolemiteacrylic was reduced by 30.9 and 39.2%, respectively. Longevity and oviposition period of the females were significantly reduced as well. The developmental duration of egg and deutonymph stage of the F 1 generation were not significantly different from that of the control. The protonymph stage after LC 30 treatment lasted significantly longer, whereas the larva, deutonymph and female stage were significantly shorter than the control. The oviposition period of the F 1 generation was significantly shortened, the fecundity of each female decreased significantly, and the ratio of female-to-male was reduced too. Moreover, the average generation period of T. urticae after LC 10 and LC 30 treatments was shorter than that of the control, and the net production rate ( R 0 ), intrinsic rate of increase ( r m ) and finite rate of increase ( λ ) were all reduced by 33.3, 7.5 and 1.9% (LC 10 treatment) and by 51.3, 14.8 and 3.6% (LC 30 treatment), respectively. The population doubling time was prolonged by 7.5 and 14.8% after LC 10 and LC 30 treatments, respectively, compared with the control. These results indicate that B-azolemiteacrylic may effectively inhibit the development rate of the F 0 and F 1 populations of T. urticae , which will help design integrated strategies for the comprehensive control of T. urticae and rational use of pesticides in the field.

Phytoremediation for Co-contaminated Soils of Cadmium and Polychlorinated Biphenyls Using the Ornamental Plant Tagetes patula L. - Xinyu Miao; Ramasamy Rajesh Kumar; Qiqi Shen; Zijiang Wang; Qingzi Zhao; Joginder Singh; Sayan Paul; Wei Wang; Xiaona Shang (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2022)

Synthesis and evaluation of mycophenolic acid derivatives as potential anti-Toxoplasma gondii agents - Fan-Fan Shang; Mei-Yuan Wang; Jiang-Ping Ai; Qing-Kun Shen; Hong-Yan Guo; Chun-Mei Jin; Fen-Er Chen; Zhe-Shan Quan; Lili Jin; Changhao Zhang (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2021)

The role of carbonic anhydrase III and autophagy in type 2 diabetes with cardio-cerebrovascular disease - Xiao-Ming Zhang; Ying-Hong Tao; Xiu-Ling Zhou; Xi-Liang Shang; Xiao-Bo Gong; Ying-Chao Liu; Yan-Yan Huang; Gang Chen; Zhong-Yu Yu; Jian-Tao Wang; Zun-Guo Du; Guo-Feng Wu; et al. (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2021)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most common chronic diseases among the elderly people. The T2DM increases the risk of cardio-cerebrovascular disease (CCD), and the main pathological change of the CCD is atherosclerosis (AS). Meanwhile, the carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are involved in the formation and progression of plaques in AS. However, the exact physiological mechanism of carbonic anhydrase III (CAIII) has not been clear yet, and there are also no correlation study between CAIII protein and T2DM with CCD. The 8-week old diabetic mice (db/db −/− mice) and wild-type mice (wt mice) were feed by a normal diet till 32 weeks, and detected the carotid artery vascular opening angle using the method of biomechanics; The changes of cerebral cortex and myocardium were watched by the ultrastructure, and the autophagy were observed by electron microscope; The tissue structure, inflammation and cell injury were observed by Hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining; The apoptosis of cells were observed by TUNEL staining; The protein levels of CAIII, IL-17, p53 were detected by immunohistochemical and Western Blot, and the Beclin-1, LC3, NF-κB were detected by Western Blot. All statistical analysis is performed using PRISM software. Compared with wt mice, db/db −/− mice’ carotid artery open angle increased significantly. Electron microscope results indicated that autophagy in db/db −/− mice cerebral cortex and heart tissue decreased and intracellular organelle ultrastructure were damaged. HE staining indicated that, db/db −/− mice’ cerebral cortex and heart tissue stained lighter, inflammatory cells infiltration, cell edema were obvious, myocardial fibers were disorder, and myocardial cells showed different degrees of degeneration. Compared with wt mice, TUNEL staining showed that there was obviously increase in db/db −/− mice cortex and heart tissue cell apoptosis. The results of immunohistochemistry and Western Blot indicated that CAIII, Beclin-1 and LC3II/I expression levels conspicuously decreased in cortex and heart tissue of db/db −/− mice, and the expression level of IL-17, NF-κB and p53 obviously increased. The carotid artery’ vascular stiffness was increased and which was probably related with formation of AS in diabetic mice. And the autophagy participated in the occurrence and development of diabetic CCD. CAIII protein might somehow be involved in the regulation of autophagy probably through affecting cell apoptosis and inflammation, but the underlying mechanism remains to be further studied.

Synergistic Therapy of Doxorubicin with Cationic Anticancer Peptide L-K6 Reverses Multidrug Resistance in MCF-7/ADR Cancer Cells In Vitro via P-glycoprotein Inhibition - Che Wang; Lili Huang; Ruojin Li; Ying Wang; Xiaoxue Wu; Dejing Shang (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2021)

Assessment of river ecosystem health in Tianjin City, China: index of ecological integrity and water comprehensive pollution approach - Yan Wang; Shang Zhao; Mingdong Sun; Xubo Lv; Wenqian Cai; Xiangqin Xu; Hongxiang Ge; Kun Lei (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2021)

Stress response mechanisms and description of three novel species Shewanella avicenniae sp. nov., Shewanella sedimentimangrovi sp. nov. and Shewanella yunxiaonensis sp. nov., isolated from mangrove ecosystem - Guo-Hong Liu; Qi Zhang; Manik Prabhu Narsing Rao; Shang Yang; Rong Tang; Huai Shi; Jie-Ping Wang; Guan-Min Huang; Bo Liu; Shun-Gui Zhou; Wen-Jun Li (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2021)

The montreal cognitive assessment and mini-mental state examination visuoexecutive subtests in acute ischemic stroke patients and their correlations with demographic and clinical factors - Wei Wang; Fang-Ming Dong; Kai Shao; Shang-Zun Guo; Zhong-Min Zhao; Yi-Ming Yang; Ya-Xue Song; Jian-Hua Wang (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2021)

Fuzzy Stress-based Modeling for Probabilistic Irrigation Planning Using Copula-NSPSO - Chen Wang; Yizi Shang; Majid Khayatnezhad (Water Resources Management, 2021)

MicroRNA-31-3p/RhoA signaling in the dorsal hippocampus modulates methamphetamine-induced conditioned place preference in mice - Hongyan Qian; Qing Shang; Min Liang; Baoyao Gao; Jing Xiao; Jing Wang; Axiang Li; Canyu Yang; Jianmin Yin; Gang Chen; Tao Li; Xinshe Liu (Psychopharmacology, 2021)

Long-term partial substitution of chemical fertilizer with green manure regulated organic matter mineralization in paddy soil dominantly by modulating organic carbon quality - Peidong Xu; Ji Wu; Hui Wang; Shang Han; Jun Zhu; Qingling Fu; Mingjian Geng; Hongqing Hu; Qiaoyun Huang (Plant and Soil, 2021)

Lipin1 Alleviates Autophagy Disorder in Sciatic Nerve and Improves Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy - Meijian Wang; Min Xie; Shuyan Yu; Pan Shang; Cong Zhang; Xiaolin Han; Cuiqin Fan; Li Chen; Xianghua Zhuang; Shihong Chen (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

TLR2 Potentiates SR-Marco-Mediated Neuroinflammation by Interacting with the SRCR Domain - Lu Wang; Han-Yu Yang; Cai-Xia Zang; Jun-Mei Shang; Hui Liu; Zi-Hong Zhang; Fang-Yu Yuan; Cheng Ju; Fang-Yuan Li; Xiu-Qi Bao; Dan Zhang (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

Optimization of nutrient removal performance of magnesia-containing constructed wetlands: a microcosm study - Yuru Wang; Zhenxin Shang; Wei Lan; Shuang Liang; Xinsheng Kang; Zhen Hu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Plant growth–promoting bacteria improve maize growth through reshaping the rhizobacterial community in low-nitrogen and low-phosphorus soil - La Chen; Keke Li; Jiaoying Shang; Yue Wu; Ting Chen; Yuqian Wanyan; Entao Wang; Changfu Tian; Wenfeng Chen; Wenxin Chen; Guohua Mi; Xinhua Sui (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2021)

Effects of particle fractions on the Bingham yield stress and viscosity of fine-coarse particle suspensions - Litan Dey; Chyan-Deng Jan; Ji-Shang Wang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

New types of ATP ‐grasp ligase are associated with the novel pathway for complicated mycosporine‐like amino acid production in desiccation‐tolerant cyanobacteria - Zhong‐Chun Zhang; Kai Wang; Fu‐Hua Hao; Jin‐Long Shang; Hui‐Ru Tang; Bao‐Sheng Qiu (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Mycosporine‐like amino acids (MAAs) were widespread in diverse organisms to attenuate UV radiation. We recently characterized the large, complicated MAA mycosporine‐2‐(4‐deoxygadusolyl‐ornithine) in desert cyanobacterium Nostoc flagelliforme . Synthesis of this MAA requires the five‐gene cluster mysABDC2C3 . Here, bioinformatic analysis indicated that mysC duplication within five‐gene mys clusters is strictly limited to drought‐tolerant cyanobacteria. Phylogenic analysis distinguished these duplicated MysCs into two clades that separated from canonical MysCs. Heterologous expression of N. flagelliforme mys genes in Escherichia coli showed that MysAB produces 4‐deoxygadusol. The ATP‐grasp ligase of MysC3 catalyses the linkage of the δ‐ or ε‐amino group of ornithine/lysine to 4‐deoxygadusol, yielding mycosporine‐ornithine or mycosporine‐lysine respectively. The ATP‐grasp ligase of MysC2 strictly condenses the α‐amino group of mycosporine‐ornithine to another 4‐deoxygadusol. MysD (D‐Ala–D‐Ala ligase) functions following MysC2 to catalyse the formation of mycosporine‐2‐(4‐deoxygadusolyl‐ornithine). High arginine content likely provides a greater pool of ornithine over other amino acids during rehydration of desiccated N. flagelliforme . Duplication of ATP‐grasp ligases is specific for the use of substrates that have two amino groups (such as ornithine) for the production of complicated MAAs with multiple chromophores. This five‐enzyme biosynthesis pathway for complicated MAAs is a novel adaptation of cyanobacteria for UV tolerance in drought environments.

Suppressed Thermocline Mixing in the Center of Anticyclonic Eddy in the North South China Sea - Yongfeng Qi; Huabin Mao; Xia Wang; Linhui Yu; Shumin Lian; Xianpeng Li; Xiaodong Shang (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Direct microstructure observations and fine-scale measurements of an anticyclonic mesoscale eddy were conducted in the northern South China Sea in July 2020. An important finding was that suppressed turbulent mixing in the thermocline existed at the center of the eddy, with an averaged diapycnal diffusivity at least threefold smaller than the peripheral diffusivity. Despite the strong background shear and significant wave–mean flow interactions, the results indicated that the lack of internal wave energy in the corresponding neap tide period during measurement of the eddy’s center was the main reason for the suppressed turbulent mixing in the thermocline. The applicability of the fine-scale parameterization method in the presence of significant wave–mean flow interactions in a mesoscale eddy was evaluated. Overprediction via fine-scale parameterization occurred in the center of the eddy, where the internal waves were inactive; however, the parameterization results were consistent with microstructure observations along the eddy’s periphery, where active internal waves existed. This indicates that the strong background shear and wave–mean flow interactions affected by the mesoscale eddy were not the main contributing factors that affected the applicability of fine-scale parameterization in the northern South China Sea. Instead, our results showed that the activity of internal waves is the most important consideration.

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of the brain in Takifugu rubripes shows its tolerance to acute hypoxia - Mingxiu Bao; Fengqin Shang; Fujun Liu; Ziwen Hu; Shengnan Wang; Xiao Yang; Yundeng Yu; Hongbin Zhang; Chihang Jiang; Jielan Jiang; Yang Liu; Xiuli Wang (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021)

Response of mercury accumulation to anthropogenic pollution in the past 1000 years based on Lake Huguangyan sediments, Southern China - Tianhang Li; Wei Zhong; Zhiqiang Wei; Shengtan Shang; Susu Ye; Yuanhan Chen; Junyu Pan; Xiaojun Wang (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021)

Stable isotopes (δ2H) in feathers identify non-breeding origins of the endangered Jankowski’s Bunting - Zheng Han; Hai-Tao Wang; Kevin J. Kardynal; Keith A. Hobson; Wei-Ping Shang; li-shi Zhang; Yun-lei Jiang; Frédéric Jiguet (Journal of Ornithology, 2021)

Groundwater Nitrate Bioremediation Simulation of In Situ Horizontal Well by Microbial Denitrification Using PHREEQC - Peigui Liu; Gang Wang; Manting Shang; Mingchao Liu (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2021)

Effect of High Static Magnetic Field (2 T–12 T) Exposure on the Mineral Element Content in Mice - Shenghang Wang; Ting Huyan; Liangfu Zhou; Yanru Xue; Weihong Guo; Dachuan Yin; Peng Shang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

The Water Resisting Properties of the Top Portion of the Ordovician Limestone Aquifer in the North China Coalfield - Hao Wang; Shuning Dong; Rui Chai; Wei Qiao; Jian Yang; Ji Liu; Linsheng Zhou; Zhenfang Zhou; Zhaoxing Liu; Hongbo Shang (Mine Water and the Environment, 2021)

The Effect of Microplastics on the Bioenergetics of the Mussel Mytilus coruscus Assessed by Cellular Energy Allocation Approach - Yueyong Shang; Xinghuo Wang; Xueqing Chang; Inna M. Sokolova; Shuaishuai Wei; Wei Liu; James K. H. Fang; Menghong Hu; Wei Huang; Youji Wang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Marine microplastics pollution is a major environmental concern in marine ecosystems worldwide, yet the biological impacts of microplastics on the coastal biota are not yet fully understood. We investigated the impact of suspended microplastics on the energy budget of the mussels Mytilus coruscus using the Cellular Energy Allocation (CEA) approach. The mussels were exposed to control conditions (no microplastics) or to one of the three concentrations of 2 μm polystyrene microspheres (10, 10 4 , and 10 6 particles/L) for 14 days, followed by 7 days of recovery. Exposure to high concentrations of microplastics (10 4 or 10 6 particles/L) increased cellular energy demand (measured as the activity of the mitochondrial electron transport system, ETS) and depleted cellular energy stores (carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins) in the mussels whereas exposure to 10 particles/L had no effect. Carbohydrate levels decreased already after 7 days of microplastics exposure and were restored after 7 days of recovery. In contrast, the tissue levels of lipids and proteins declined more slowly (after 14 days of exposure) and did not fully recover after 7 days following the removal of microplastics. Therefore, the total energy content and the CEA declined after 7–14 days of exposure to high microplastics concentrations, and remained suppressed during 7 days of subsequent recovery. These findings demonstrate a negative impact of microplastics on energy metabolism at the cellular level that cannot be restored during a short time recovery. Given a close link of CEA with the organismal energy balance, suppression of CEA by microplastics exposure suggests that bioenergetics disturbances might lead to decreases in growth and productivity of mussels’ populations in environments with heavy microplastics loads.

Effects of Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia, and Warming on the Gut Microbiota of the Thick Shell Mussel Mytilus coruscus Through 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing - Fahim Ullah Khan; Yueyong Shang; Xueqing Chang; Hui Kong; Amina Zuberi; James K. H. Fang; Wei Liu; Jinxia Peng; Xingzhi Zhang; Menghong Hu; Youji Wang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Gut microbiota play a very important role in the health of the host, such as protecting from pathogens and maintaining homeostasis. However, environmental stressors, such as ocean acidification, hypoxia, and warming can affect microbial communities by causing alteration in their structure and relative abundance and by destroying their network. The study aimed to evaluate the combined effects of low pH, low dissolved oxygen (DO) levels, and warming on gut microbiota of the mussel Mytilus coruscus . Mussels were exposed to two pH levels (8.1, 7.7), two DO levels (6, 2 mg L −1 ), and two temperature levels (20, 30°C) for a total of eight treatments for 30 days. The experiment results showed that ocean acidification, hypoxia, and warming affected the community structure, species richness, and diversity of gut microbiota. The most abundant phyla noted were Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Firmicutes. Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) revealed that ocean acidification, hypoxia, and warming change microbial community structure. Low pH, low DO, and increased temperature can cause shifting of microbial communities toward pathogen dominated microbial communities. Linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) showed that the significantly enriched biomarkers in each group are significantly different at the genus level. Phylogenetic investigation of communities by reconstruction of unobserved states (PICRUSt) analysis revealed that the gut microbiome of the mussels is associated with many important functions, such as amino acid transport and metabolism, transcription, energy production and conservation, cell wall, membrane and envelope biogenesis, and other functions. This study highlights the complexity of interaction among pH, DO, and temperature in marine organisms and their effects on the gut microbiota and health of marine mussels.

Effects of a Potential Host Gut-Derived Probiotic, Bacillus subtilis 6-3-1, on the Growth, Non-specific Immune Response and Disease Resistance of Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus♀ × Epinephelus lanceolatus♂) - Jingqiu Liao; Yan Cai; Xinrui Wang; Chenxu Shang; Qian Zhang; Huizhong Shi; Shifeng Wang; Dongdong Zhang; Yongcan Zhou (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2021)

Transcription Factor VAX1 Regulates the Regional Specification of the Subpallium Through Repressing Gsx2 - Yan Wen; Zihao Su; Ziwu Wang; Lin Yang; Guoping Liu; Zicong Shang; Yangyang Duan; Heng Du; Zhenmeiyu Li; Yan You; Xiaosu Li; Zhengang Yang; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals metabolic regulation of prodigiosin in Serratia marcescens - Yang Sun; Lijun Wang; Tolbert Osire; Weilai Fu; Ganfeng Yi; Shang-Tian Yang; Taowei Yang; Zhiming Rao (Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing, 2021)

Maternal exposure to O3 and NO2 may increase the risk of newborn congenital hypothyroidism: a national data-based analysis in China - Cuifang Qi; Li Shang; Wenfang Yang; Liyan Huang; Liren Yang; Juan Xin; Shanshan Wang; Jie Yue; Lingxia Zeng; Mei Chun Chung (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)
Maternal exposure to air pollution during pregnancy is associated with adverse outcomes in the offspring, but limited studies focused on the impacts of gaseous air pollution on newborn congenital hypothyroidism (CH). Therefore, a national data-based analysis was conducted to explore the association between maternal exposure to gaseous air pollution and the incidence of CH in China. Annual average exposure levels of SO 2 , NO 2 , CO, and O 3 from January 1, 2014, to December 30, 2014, were acquired from the Chinese Air Quality Online Monitoring and Analysis Platform. The annual incidence of newborn CH from October 1, 2014, to September 30, 2015, was collected from the Chinese Maternal and Child Health Surveillance Network. Temperature and toxic metal in wastewater in 2014 were also collected as covariates. Maternal exposure to O 3 and NO 2 in 1 μg/m 3 level increment was positively associated with newborn CH, with an OR of 1.055 (95% CI 1.011, 1.102) and 1.097 (95% CI 1.019, 1.182) after adjusting for covariates completely. Compared with the lowest level of O 3 , maternal exposure to the 4th quartile of O 3 was positively associated with newborn CH (OR 1.393, 95% CI 1.081, 1.794) after adjusting for covariates completely. And the 3rd and 4th quartiles of NO 2 were associated positively with CH (OR 1.576, 95% CI 1.025, 2.424, and OR 1.553, 95% CI 0.999, 2.414, respectively) compared with the lowest level of NO 2 . By fitting the ROC curve, 93.688 μg/m 3 in O 3 might be used as cutoff to predict the incidence of newborn CH in China.

Deformation mechanism and mechanical behavior of tunnel within contact zone: a case study - Wenbo Yang; Yajun Jiang; Xiaoxu Gu; Zongxue Wang; Yingchao Shang; Wenhao Zeng (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Molecular mechanisms of heavy metals resistance of Stenotrophomonas rhizophila JC1 by whole genome sequencing - Shang-Chen Sun; Ji-Xiang Chen; Yong-Gang Wang; Fei-Fan Leng; Jian Zhao; Kai Chen; Qing-Chun Zhang (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Isolation of protein-free chitin spore coats of Nosema ceranae and its application to screen the interactive spore wall proteins - Zhengang Ma; Yan Wang; Zachary Huang; Shang Cheng; Jinshan Xu; Zeyang Zhou (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Measurement and influencing factor analysis of TFEE in middle reaches of the Yellow River - Hui Wang; Yu Shang; Yue Lv (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

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

High-Resolution Observations of Upwelling and Front in Daya Bay, South China Sea - Huabin Mao; Yongfeng Qi; Chunhua Qiu; Zhenhua Luan; Xia Wang; Xianrong Cen; Linghui Yu; Shumin Lian; Xiaodong Shang (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Field observations of coastal regions are important for studying physical and biological features. Observations of high-resolution coastal phenomena were obtained by using a tow-yo instrument and a turbulence profiler at Daya Bay in the South China Sea in October 2015. Details of coastal phenomena, including warm water from a nuclear plant discharge, as well as an upwelling, and front, were obtained. The upwelling, with a width of 2 km, resulted in saltier and more turbid water near the bottom, with low chlorophyll-a and dissolved oxygen contents being transported upward to the surface layer and changing the local water environment. The front, with the lateral salinity variations as large as 0.7 psu across 1 km, was active at the water intersection of the South China Sea and Daya Bay. Such events commonly form during weak stratification periods in autumn. Continuous measurements from VMP-250 profiler over circa 22 h revealed active fronts and an averaged dissipation rate of 8 × 10−8 W/kg and diffusivity of 5.8 × 10−5 m2/s (i.e., one order of magnitude larger than in the open ocean) in the thermocline. The front was accompanied by strong mixing, indicating that it had formed at the intersection of different water masses and played an important role in energy dissipation in Daya Bay, further affecting the distribution of ecological elements.

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)

Two new dihydroisocoumarins with antimicrobial activities from the fungus Penicillium sp. XR046 collected from Xinren coal area - Guo-Bo Xu; Fei-Yu Yang; Xin-Yu Wu; Rui Li; Meng Zhou; Bing Wang; Xiao-Sheng Yang; Ting-Ting Zhang; Shang-Gao Liao (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Laboratory Experimental Study on the Formation of Authigenic Carbonates Induced by Microbes in Marine Sediments - Zilin Wei; Tianfu Xu; Songhua Shang; Hailong Tian; Yuqing Cao; Jiamei Wang; Zhenya Shi; Xiao Liu (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Authigenic carbonates are widely distributed in marine sediments, microbes, and anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) play a key role in their formation. The authigenic carbonates in marine sediments have been affected by weathering and diagenesis for a long time, it is difficult to understand their formation process by analyzing the samples collected in situ. A pore water environment with 10 °C, 6 MPa in the marine sediments was built in a bioreactor to study the stages and characteristics of authigenic carbonates formation induced by microbes. In experiments, FeCO3 is formed preferentially, and then FeCO3-MgCO3 complete isomorphous series and a small part of CaCO3 isomorphous mixture are formed. According to this, it is proposed that the formation of authigenic carbonates performed by AOM and related microbes needs to undergo three stages: the rise of alkalinity, the preferential formation of a carbonate mineral, and the formation of carbonate isomorphous series. This work provides experimental experience and reference basis for further understanding the formation mechanism of authigenic carbonates in marine sediments.

Application of germ-free NOD-scid IL2rgnull mice as a humanized model for tumor microbiome precision medicine - Chengwei Wu; Haitao Shang; Xianhong Jiang; Xinning Wang; Hong Wei (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Involvement of Mitophagy in Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticle–Induced Impairment of Learning and Memory in Mice - Tao Huang; Weiwei Guo; Yanhong Wang; Lijun Chang; Nan Shang; Jin Chen; Rong Fan; Lan Zhang; Xiaocheng Gao; Qiao Niu; Qinli Zhang (Neurotoxicity Research, 2021)

Decoding Cortical Glial Cell Development - Xiaosu Li; Guoping Liu; Lin Yang; Zhenmeiyu Li; Zhuangzhi Zhang; Zhejun Xu; Yuqun Cai; Heng Du; Zihao Su; Ziwu Wang; Yangyang Duan; Haotian Chen; et al. (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)
Mouse cortical radial glial cells (RGCs) are primary neural stem cells that give rise to cortical oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and olfactory bulb (OB) GABAergic interneurons in late embryogenesis. There are fundamental gaps in understanding how these diverse cell subtypes are generated. Here, by combining single-cell RNA-Seq with intersectional lineage analyses, we show that beginning at around E16.5, neocortical RGCs start to generate ASCL1 + EGFR + apical multipotent intermediate progenitors (MIPCs), which then differentiate into basal MIPCs that express ASCL1, EGFR, OLIG2, and MKI67. These basal MIPCs undergo several rounds of divisions to generate most of the cortical oligodendrocytes and astrocytes and a subpopulation of OB interneurons. Finally, single-cell ATAC-Seq supported our model for the genetic logic underlying the specification and differentiation of cortical glial cells and OB interneurons. Taken together, this work reveals the process of cortical radial glial cell lineage progression and the developmental origins of cortical astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.

Promoter engineering for high ectoine production in a lower saline medium by Halomonas hydrothermalis Y2 - Shannan Li; Yan Shang; Qi Zhao; Yuanxiang Liu; Xueqian Dong; Wenkai Wang; Chunyu Yang (Biotechnology Letters, 2021)

In vitro regeneration system of Halogeton glomeratus: an important halophyte - Lirong Yao; Juncheng Wang; Ke Yang; Baochun Li; Yaxiong Meng; Xiaole Ma; Yong Lai; Erjing Si; Panrong Ren; Xunwu Shang; Huajun Wang (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2021)

Functionality analysis of an urban water supply network after strong earthquakes - Li Jichao; Shang Qingxue; Hou Guanjie; Li Quanwang; Wang Tao (Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2021)

Simultaneous detection of multiple bacterial and viral aquatic pathogens using a fluorogenic loop‐mediated isothermal amplification‐based dual‐sample microfluidic chip - Qian‐Jin Zhou; Jian‐Fei Lu; Xiu‐Rong Su; Jing‐Lei Jin; Shang‐Yang Li; Yan Zhou; Lei Wang; Xin‐Bin Shao; Yao‐Hua Wang; Mao‐Cang Yan; Ming‐Yun Li; Jiong Chen (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2021)
Rapid and user‐friendly diagnostic tests are necessary for early diagnosis and immediate detection of diseases, particularly for on‐site screening of pathogenic microorganisms in aquaculture. In this study, we developed a dual‐sample microfluidic chip integrated with a real‐time fluorogenic loop‐mediated isothermal amplification assay (dual‐sample on‐chip LAMP) to simultaneously detect 10 pathogenic microorganisms, that is Aeromonas hydrophila , Edwardsiella tarda , Vibrio harveyi , V. alginolyticus , V. anguillarum , V. parahaemolyticus , V. vulnificus , infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus, infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus, and white spot syndrome virus. This on‐chip LAMP provided a nearly automated protocol that can analyse two samples simultaneously, and the tests achieved limits of detection (LOD) ranging from 10 0 to 10 –1 pg/μl for genomic DNA of tested bacteria and 10 –4 to 10 –5 pg/μl for recombinant plasmid DNA of tested viruses, with run times averaging less than 30 min. The coefficient of variation for the time‐to‐positive value was less than 10%, reflecting a robust reproducibility. The clinical sensitivity and specificity were 93.52% and 85.53%, respectively, compared to conventional microbiological or clinical methods. The on‐chip LAMP assay provides an effective dual‐sample and multiple pathogen analysis, and thus would be applicable to on‐site detection and routine monitoring of multiple pathogens in aquaculture.

Identification of a key G-protein coupled receptor in mediating appressorium formation and fungal virulence against insects - Junmei Shang; Yanfang Shang; Guirong Tang; Chengshu Wang (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Influences of Heavy Metals and Salt on Seed Germination and Seedling Characteristics of Halophyte Halogeton glomeratus - Lirong Yao; Juncheng Wang; Baochun Li; Yaxiong Meng; Xiaole Ma; Erjing Si; Ke Yang; Xunwu Shang; Huajun Wang (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2021)

Dolomitization of the Middle Ordovician Ma55 Sub-member of the Majiagou Formation and implications for hydrocarbon exploration in the northern Ordos Basin, NW China - Hua Liu; Pingzhou Shi; Hongming Tang; Zhenyu Wang; Ting Shang; Zhongjun Zhao; Longlong Li; Kaixuan Liu (Carbonates and Evaporites, 2021)

Description of the reservoir along strike-slip fault zones in China T-Sh oilfield, Tarim Basin - Rui Zhao; Shang Deng; Lu Yun; Huixi Lin; Teng Zhao; Chen Yu; Qiangfu Kong; Qiang Wang; Huili Li (Carbonates and Evaporites, 2021)

The complete chloroplast genome of Prunus triloba var. plena and comparative analysis of Prunus species: genome structure, sequence divergence, and phylogenetic analysis - Li Wang; Zhihong Guo; Qianhan Shang; Wei Sa; Le Wang (Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2021)

Long-term remote sensing of total suspended matter using Landsat series sensors in Hulun Lake, China - Qiang Wang; Kaishan Song; Zhidan Wen; Yingxin Shang; Sijia Li; Chong Fang; Jia Du; Fangrui Zhao; Ge Liu (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021)

Abnormal topological organization in systemic lupus erythematosus: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging analysis - Zheng-Ye Cao; Na Wang; Jie-Ting Jia; Hong-Ying Zhang; Song-An Shang; Jing-Jing Hu; Yuan Xu; Jing-Tao Wu (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

Headache frequency associates with brain microstructure changes in patients with migraine without aura - Yang Yu; Hongru Zhao; Lingling Dai; Yunyan Su; Ximing Wang; Can Chen; Yalei Shang; Jun Ke; Chunhong Hu (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

High-throughput sequencing reveals significant diversity in the gut microbiomes of humpback (Chanodichthys dabryi) and crucian carp (Carassius carassius - Shuai Shang; Jiayun Ren; Jun Wang; Shuhan Xin; Jiangbao Xia; Xuexi Tang (Biologia, 2021)

Steeper spatial scaling patterns of subsoil microbiota are shaped by deterministic assembly process - Xiongfeng Du; Ye Deng; Shuzhen Li; Arthur Escalas; Kai Feng; Qing He; Zhujun Wang; Yueni Wu; Danrui Wang; Xi Peng; Shang Wang (Molecular Ecology, 2021)
Although many studies have investigated the spatial scaling of microbial communities living in surface soils, very little is known about the patterns within deeper strata, nor is the mechanism behind them. Here, we systematically assessed spatial scaling of prokaryotic biodiversity within three different strata (Upper: 0–20 cm, Middle: 20–40 cm, and Substratum: 40–100 cm) in a typical grassland by examining both distance–decay (DDRs) and species–area relationships (SARs), taxonomically and phylogenetically, as well as community assembly processes. Each layer exhibited significant biogeographic patterns in both DDR and SAR ( p β and z values, respectively, ranged from 0.016 ± 0.005 to 0.023 ± 0.005 and 0.065 ± 0.002 to 0.077 ± 0.004 across soil strata, and both increased with depth. Moreover, the prokaryotic community in grassland soils assembled mainly according to deterministic rather than stochastic mechanisms. By using normalized stochasticity ratio (NST) based on null model, the relative importance of deterministic ratios increased from 48.0 to 63.3% from Upper to Substratum, meanwhile a phylogenetic based method revealed average βNTI also increased with depth, from −5.29 to 19.5. Using variation partitioning and distance approaches, both geographic distance and soil properties were found to strongly affect biodiversity structure, the proportions increasing with depth, but spatial distance was always the main underlying factor. These indicated increasingly deterministic proportions in accelerating turnover rates for spatial assembly of prokaryotic biodiversity. Our study provided new insights on biogeography in different strata, revealing importance of assembly patterns and mechanisms of prokaryote communities in below‐surface soils.

A siphon drainage method for stabilizing bank slopes under water drawdown condition - Yang Yu; Chengcheng Lv; Dongfei Wang; Qi Ge; Hongyue Sun; Yuequan Shang (Natural Hazards, 2021)

A heterozygous hypomorphic mutation of Fanca causes impaired follicle development and subfertility in female mice - Yuncheng Pan; Xi Yang; Feng Zhang; Siyuan Chen; Zixue Zhou; Hao Yin; Hui Ma; Lingyue Shang; Jialin Yang; Guoqing Li; Yingchen Wang; Li Jin; et al. (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2021)

A Novel Fluorescent Probe Based on Pyrazole-Pyrazoline for Fe (III) Ions Recognition - Ying-Peng Zhang; Xiang-Fang Li; Yun-Shang Yang; Jing-Li Wang; Yu-Chen Zhao; Ji-Jun Xue (Journal of Fluorescence, 2021)

Impact of air pollution exposure during various periods of pregnancy on term birth weight: a large-sample, retrospective population-based cohort study - Li Shang; Liyan Huang; Liren Yang; Longtao Leng; Cuifang Qi; Guilan Xie; Ruiqi Wang; Leqian Guo; Wenfang Yang; Mei Chun Chung (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)
Previous studies have suggested that maternal exposure to air pollution might affect term birth weight. However, the conclusions are controversial. Birth data of all term newborns born in Xi’an city of Shaanxi, China, from 2015 to 2018 and whose mother lived in Xi’an during pregnancy were selected form the Birth Registry Database. And the daily air quality data of Xi’an city was collected from Chinese Air Quality Online Monitoring and Analysis Platform. Generalized additive models (GAM) and 2-level binary logistic regression models were used to estimate the effects of air pollution exposure on term birth weight, the risk term low birth weight (TLBW), and macrosomia. Finally, 321521 term newborns were selected, including 4369(1.36%) TLBW infants and 24,960 (7.76%) macrosomia. The average pollution levels of PM 2.5 , PM 10 , and NO 2 in Xi’an city from 2015 to 2018 were higher than national limits. During the whole pregnancy, maternal exposure to PM 2.5 , PM 10 , SO 2 , and CO all significantly reduced the term birth weight and increased the risk of TLBW. However, NO 2 and O 3 exposure have significantly increased the term birth weight, and O 3 even increased the risk of macrosomia significantly. Those effects were also observed in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. But during the third trimester, high level of air quality index (AQI) and maternal exposure to PM 2.5 , PM 10 , SO 2 , NO 2 , and CO increased the term birth weight and the risk of macrosomia, while O 3 exposure was contrary to this effect. The findings suggested that prenatal exposure to air pollution might cause adverse impacts on term birth weight, and the effects varied with trimesters and pollutants, which provides further pieces of evidence for the adverse effects of air pollution exposure in heavy polluted-area on term birth weight.

Artificial Neural Network-based prediction of glacial debris flows in the ParlungZangbo Basin, southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China - Wang Tang; Hai-tao Ding; Ning-sheng Chen; Shang-Chang Ma; Li-hong Liu; Kang-lin Wu; Shu-feng Tian (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Seismic force demands on acceleration-sensitive nonstructural components: a state-of-the-art review - Tao Wang; Qingxue Shang; Jichao Li (Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2021)

Angle-Based Contact Detection in Discontinuous Deformation Analysis - Hong Zhang; Jing-wen Zhang; Wei Wu; Xi Wang; Hehua Zhu; Jeen-shang Lin; Jian-gang Chen (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2020)

Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with stem-related traits in maize (Zea mays L.) - Qiqi Shang; Degui Zhang; Rong Li; Kaixin Wang; Zimeng Cheng; Zhiqiang Zhou; Zhuanfang Hao; Jinbao Pan; Xinhai Li; Liyu Shi (Plant Molecular Biology, 2020)

The complete plastome of Sorbaria kirilowii: genome structure, comparative analysis, and phylogenetic implications - Le Wang; Jian Liang; Qianhan Shang; Wei Sa; Li Wang (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Changes in the North Pacific subtropical gyre under 1.5 °C low warming scenario - Wen-Shan Ju; Shang-Min Long; Shang-Ping Xie; Guihua Wang; Yan Du (Climate Dynamics, 2020)

Long‐term active restoration of extremely degraded alpine grassland accelerated turnover and increased stability of soil carbon - Yanfu Bai; Lina Ma; Abraham A. Degen; Muhammad K. Rafiq; Yakov Kuzyakov; Jingxue Zhao; Rui Zhang; Tao Zhang; Wenyin Wang; Xiaogang Li; Ruijun Long; Zhanhuan Shang (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Soil nutrient contents and organic carbon (C) stability are key indicators for restoration of degraded grassland. However, the effects of long‐term active restoration of extremely degraded grassland on soil parameters have been equivocal. The aims of this study were to evaluate the impact of active restoration of degraded alpine grassland on: (a) soil organic matter (SOM) mineralization; and (b) the importance of biotic factors for temperature sensitivity ( Q 10 ) of SOM mineralization. Soils were sampled from intact, degraded and restored alpine grasslands at altitudes ranging between 3,900 and 4,200 m on the Tibetan Plateau. The samples were incubated at 5, 15 and 25°C, and Q 10 values of SOM mineralization were determined. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the importance of vegetation, soil physico‐chemical properties and microbial parameters for Q 10 regulation. The Q 10 of N mineralization was similar among intact, degraded and restored soils (0.84–1.24) and was higher in topsoil (1.09) than in subsoil (0.92). The best predictive factor of CO 2 ‐ Q 10 for intact grassland was microbial biomass, for degraded grassland was basal microbial respiration, and for restored grassland was soil bulk density. Restoration by planting vegetation decreased the Q 10 of SOM mineralization as soil bulk density, the most important negative predictor, increased in restored grassland. The Q 10 of SOM mineralization in topsoil was 14% higher than in subsoil because of higher microbial abundance and exo‐enzyme activities. The NH 4 + content was greatest in intact soil, while NO 3 − content was greatest in degraded soil. The SOM mineralization rate decreased with grassland degradation and increased after long‐term (>10 years) restoration. In conclusion, extremely degraded grassland needs proper long‐term management in active restoration projects, especially for improvement of soil nutrients in a harsh environment.

Salicylic acid regulates adventitious root formation via competitive inhibition of the auxin conjugation enzyme CsGH3.5 in cucumber hypocotyls - Chun-Juan Dong; Xin-Yan Liu; Lu-Lu Xie; Ling-Ling Wang; Qing-Mao Shang (Planta, 2020)

Biological characteristic and biocontrol mechanism of Trichoderma harzianum T-A66 against bitter gourd wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum - Fuli Zhang; Chang Liu; Yunhua Wang; Kai Dou; Faju Chen; Li Pang; Xiangxiang Kong; Changrui Shang; Yan Li (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020)

Inhibition of IL-32 Expression Ameliorates Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via the NOD/MAPK/NF-κB Signaling Pathway - Chao Liu; Xiaohui Xu; Chao Huang; Dandan Shang; Li Zhang; Yupeng Wang (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2020)

Nitrogen‐induced acidification, not N‐nutrient, dominates suppressive N effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi - Shang Pan; Yang Wang; Yunpeng Qiu; Dima Chen; Lin Zhang; Chenglong Ye; Hui Guo; Weixing Zhu; Aiqun Chen; Guohua Xu; Yi Zhang; Yongfei Bai; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbiosis with most terrestrial plant roots, obtaining photosynthates in return for mineral nutrients. Ecological theories based on the economics of trading partnership predict that nutrient enrichment would suppress AMF. Experimental results from nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) additions, however, were highly variable, and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here we show distinct AMF responses to soil N:P stoichiometry manipulations via gradients of long‐term N and P additions in a Mongolian steppe. A complementary experiment with an acid addition gradient was designed to help tease apart the effect of N‐induced acidification from N nutrient. AMF root colonization and extraradical fungal biomass progressively decreased along the P gradient under two distinct host plant species, suggesting a carbon (C)‐P tradeoff. In contrast, low to moderate N inputs increased both AMF parameters, corresponding to the increasing N:P ratio. Yet, high N inputs reduced AMF colonization and biomass, and the magnitudes of N‐led inhibition were similar to those under acid additions that induced comparable changes in soil pH. Structural equation modeling further showed that while soil N:P stoichiometry primarily controlled the effect of P addition on AMF, N‐induced soil acidity overtook the N:P stoichiometry under high N inputs and dominated the effects of reactive N on AMF. In addition, AMF community composition in roots was more dependent on host plants and unresponsive to changes in soil nutrients. We further proposed a comprehensive framework that integrates biological and geochemical effects of reactive N and P inputs on AMF. Together, these results indicate that while the C‐P tradeoff controls P suppression of AMF, N‐induced acidification dominates the N inhibition. Our findings suggest that incorporation of geochemical impacts of N and P inputs would facilitate modeling efforts to project mycorrhizal impact on plant interactions and soil C balance under future nutrient enrichment scenarios.

Serological characteristics of COVID-19 patients - Mi Zhou; Jing Zhong; Lei Bi; Pengcheng Shang; Yan Xing; Bo Wang; Jianlan He; Ying Xu; Tao Luo; Maohua Ma; Qingfeng Li (Infectious Diseases, 2020)

Patterns of presence-absence variants in Upland cotton - Junfang Liu; Xianliang Zhang; Lingling Dou; Wei Li; Xiaojian Zhou; Yangai Liu; Xiaoyu Pei; Zhongying Ren; Wensheng Zhang; Huaizhu Li; Wenbo Wang; Changsong Zou; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Global transcriptome analyses reveal the molecular signatures in the early response of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) to Phytophthora infestans, Ralstonia solanacearum, and Potato virus Y infection - Weilin Cao; Liming Gan; Kaijie Shang; Chenchen Wang; Yunzhi Song; Hongmei Liu; Shumei Zhou; Changxiang Zhu (Planta, 2020)

Theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation induced functional connectivity changes between dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and default-mode-network - Yuanqi Shang; Da Chang; Jian Zhang; Wei Peng; Donghui Song; Xin Gao; Ze Wang (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2020)

A benchmark city for seismic resilience assessment - Qingxue Shang; Xiaodong Guo; Quanwang Li; Zhen Xu; Linlin Xie; Chaofeng Liu; Jichao Li; Tao Wang (Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2020)

Odorant binding proteins promote flight activity in the migratory insect, Helicoverpa armigera - Shang Wang; Melissa Minter; Rafael A. Homem; Louise V. Michaelson; Herbert Venthur; Ka S. Lim; Amy Withers; Jinghui Xi; Christopher M. Jones; Jing‐Jiang Zhou (Molecular Ecology, 2020)
Migratory insects are capable of actively sustaining powered flight for several hours. This extraordinary phenomenon requires a highly efficient transport system to cope with the energetic demands placed on the flight muscles. Here, we provide evidence that the role of the hydrophobic ligand binding of odorant binding proteins (OBPs) extends beyond their typical function in the olfactory system to support insect flight activity via lipid interactions. Transcriptomic and candidate gene analyses show that two phylogenetically clustered OBPs (OBP3/OBP6) are consistently over‐expressed in adult moths of the migrant Old‐World bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera , displaying sustained flight performance in flight activity bioassays. Tissue‐specific over‐expression of OBP6 was observed in the antennae, wings and thorax in long‐fliers of H. armigera . Transgenic Drosophila flies over‐expressing an H. armigera transcript of OBP6 (HarmOBP6) in the flight muscle attained higher flight speeds on a modified tethered flight system. Quantification of lipid molecules using mass spectrometry showed a depletion of triacylglyerol and phospholipids in flown moths. Protein homology models built from the crystal structure of a fatty acid carrier protein identified the binding site of OBP3 and OBP6 for hydrophobic ligand binding with both proteins exhibiting a stronger average binding affinity with triacylglycerols and phospholipids compared with other groups of ligands. We propose that HarmOBP3 and HarmOBP6 contribute to the flight capacity of a globally invasive and highly migratory noctuid moth, and in doing so, extend the function of this group of proteins beyond their typical role as chemosensory proteins in insects.

Recent advances in n-butanol and butyrate production using engineered Clostridium tyrobutyricum - Teng Bao; Jun Feng; Wenyan Jiang; Hongxin Fu; Jufang Wang; Shang-Tian Yang (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020)

Identifying barley pan-genome sequence anchors using genetic mapping and machine learning - Shang Gao; Jinran Wu; Jiri Stiller; Zhi Zheng; Meixue Zhou; You-Gan Wang; Chunji Liu (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2020)

H2S induces NO in the regulation of AsA-GSH cycle in wheat seedlings by water stress - Changjuan Shan; Baoshi Wang; Haili Sun; Shang Gao; Hua Li (Protoplasma, 2020)

Disabled-2: a positive regulator of the early differentiation of myoblasts - Na Shang; Juliana Tsz Yan Lee; Taida Huang; Chengdong Wang; Tin Lap Lee; Samuel C. Mok; Hui Zhao; Wood Yee Chan (Cell and Tissue Research, 2020)
Dab2 is an adaptor protein and a tumor suppressor. Our previous study has found that Dab2 was expressed in early differentiating skeletal muscles in mouse embryos. In this study, we determined the role of Dab2 in the skeletal muscle differentiation using C2C12 myoblasts in vitro and Xenopus laevis embryos in vivo. The expression of Dab2 was increased in C2C12 myoblasts during the formation of myotubes in vitro. Knockdown of Dab2 expression in C2C12 myoblasts resulted in a reduction of myotube formation, whereas the myotube formation was enhanced upon overexpression of Dab2 . Re-expression of Dab2 in C2C12 myoblasts with downregulated expression of Dab2 restored their capacity to form myotubes. Microarray profiling and subsequent network analyses on the 155 differentially expressed genes after Dab2 knockdown showed that Mef2c was an important myogenic transcription factor regulated by Dab2 through the p38 MAPK pathway. It was also involved in other pathways that are associated with muscular development and functions. In Xenopus embryos developed in vivo, XDab2 was expressed in the myotome of somites where various myogenic markers were also expressed. Knockdown of XDab2 expression with antisense morpholinos downregulated the expression of myogenic markers in somites. In conclusion, this study is the first to provide solid evidence to show that Dab2 is a positive regulator of the early myoblast differentiation.

Aluminum-Induced Cognitive Impairment and PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway Involvement in Occupational Aluminum Workers - Nan Shang; Ping Zhang; Shuo Wang; Jianping Chen; Rong Fan; Jin Chen; Tao Huang; Yanhong Wang; Jeremy Duncan; Ling Zhang; Qiao Niu; Qinli Zhang (Neurotoxicity Research, 2020)

Simultaneous Desorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils by Rhamnolipid Biosurfactants - Liang Wu; Dandan Song; Lele Yan; Shengkang Liang; Yanqun Yang; Changsheng Peng; Yujun Shang; Xiuli Wang; Xueliang Dong (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2020)

Coupling Relationship between Shelf-Edge Trajectories and Slope Morphology and Its Implications for Deep-Water Oil and Gas Exploration: A Case Study from the Passive Continental Margin, East Africa - Mengtian Gao; Shang Xu; Haiteng Zhuo; Yuxuan Wang; Shaobo Wu (Journal of Earth Science, 2020)

Seed oil storage in three contrasted legume species: implications for oil improvement - Xiaoguang Shang; Yulei Zhu; Xiang Chen; Xin-Ding Wang; Ray J. Rose; Youhong Song (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2020)

Mercury fluxes, budgets, and pools in forest ecosystems of China: A review - Jun Zhou; Buyun Du; Lihai Shang; Zhangwei Wang; Hongbiao Cui; Xingjun Fan; Jing Zhou (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2020)

Hydrodynamic Load Analysis and Experimental Study of Grouting Clamp under Wave and Ocean Current - Bo Zhang; Zhi-quan Shang; Tao Wang; Zhuo Wang (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020)
The repair of offshore platform jackets is an important research direction in marine engineering, among which the grouting clamp reinforcement is the most widely used. In order to solve the hydrodynamic force of the grouting hoop under the joint action of wave and current in the complex sea condition, the Morison formula is used to analyze the linear wave load on the grouting hoop; then, based on the Morison formula, load force under the combined action of the wave and the ocean current on the clamps in different installation states was determined; finally, the screw jack and car jack were used to carry out the experiment of preventing the clamp from falling off. The mechanical grouting clamp experiment and the wedge tooth experiment were carried out at the same time. The innovative design of the mechanical grouting clamp, analyzed analogously through relevant experimental results and numerical analysis results confirmed that the reinforcement and repair method of the designed grouting clamp is of great help to the safety and reliability of the offshore platform jacket.

A Novel Eyes Topical Drug Delivery System: CsA-LNC for the Treatment of DED - Anan Zhang; Rong Sun; Meixin Ran; Yaxin Deng; Ying Ge; Yunjing Zhu; Xiumei Tao; Lixia Shang; Jingxin Gou; Haibing He; Tian Yin; Yanjiao Wang; et al. (Pharmaceutical Research, 2020)

Crosstalk between PKC and MAPK pathway activation in cardiac fibroblasts in a rat model of atrial fibrillation - Wei-hua Guo; Xian Wang; Mei-sheng Shang; Zhe Chen; Qi Guo; Li Li; Hai-ying Wang; Rong-hui Yu; Chang-sheng Ma (Biotechnology Letters, 2020)

A review of the estimation of downward surface shortwave radiation based on satellite data: Methods, progress and problems - Husi Letu; Jiancheng Shi; Ming Li; Tianxing Wang; Huazhe Shang; Yonghui Lei; Dabin Ji; Jianguang Wen; Kun Yang; Liangfu Chen (Science China Earth Sciences, 2020)

Two distinctive Rhizobium genospecies nodulating Vicia villosa Roth in alkaline soils of Northwest China - Junjie Zhang; Yimin Shang; Chunzeng Liu; Entao Wang; Wenfeng Chen; Shanshan Peng; Benyin Li; Chen Guo; Pei Hou; Shuo Li; Brigitte Brunel (Plant and Soil, 2020)

The Effect of Abnormal Iron Metabolism on Osteoporosis - Jingmin Che; Jiancheng Yang; Bin Zhao; Ge Zhang; Luyao Wang; Songlin Peng; Peng Shang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2020)

Overload type and optimization of meadow carrying capacity in Maqin County in the Three-River Source Region, China - Jin-jin Sun; Peng-bin Wang; Yong-shang Tong; Yuan-yuan Hao; You-long He; Hai-bo Wang; Xiao-jun Yu (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

Acceleration of thaw slump during 1997–2017 in the Qilian Mountains of the northern Qinghai-Tibetan plateau - Cuicui Mu; Jianguo Shang; Tingjun Zhang; Chengyan Fan; Shufa Wang; Xiaoqing Peng; Wen Zhong; Feng Zhang; Mei Mu; Lin Jia (Landslides, 2020)

MiR-145 alleviates Hcy-induced VSMC proliferation, migration, and phenotypic switch through repression of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway - Minghao Zhang; Fan Li; Xiuyu Wang; Jian Gong; Yushan Xian; Guan Wang; Zihan Zheng; Chenxu Shang; Bo Wang; Yanhao He; Weirong Wang; Rong Lin (Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 2020)

Study on Pollution Characterization and Source Apportionment of Daytime and Nighttime PM2.5 Samples in an Urban Residential Community in Different Weather Conditions - Yan Zhao; Lihong Feng; Yuwen Wang; Bodong Shang; Jianping Li; Penghao Han (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2020)

Niche width of above‐ and below‐ground organisms varied in predicting biodiversity profiling along a latitudinal gradient - Kai Feng; Shang Wang; Ziyan Wei; Zhujun Wang; Zhaojing Zhang; Yueni Wu; Yuguang Zhang; Ye Deng (Molecular Ecology, 2020)
Biodiversity is the foundation of all ecosystems across the planet, and having a better understanding of its global distribution mechanism could be important for biodiversity conservation under global change. A niche width model, combined with metabolic theory, has successfully predicted the increase of α‐diversity and decrease of β‐diversity in the below‐ground microbial community along an altitudinal mountain gradient. In this study, we evaluated this niche width model of above‐ground plants (mainly trees and shrubs) and below‐ground bulk soil microbial communities (i.e., bacteria and archaea) along a latitudinal gradient of forests in China. The niche widths of both plants and microbes increased with increasing temperature and precipitation, and with proximity to circumneutral pH. However, the α‐ and β‐diversities (observed richness and Bray–Curtis dissimilarity, respectively) could not be accurately predicted by a single niche width model alone, either temperature, precipitation or pH. Considering the interactions among different niche width models, all three niche width models were combined to predict biodiversity at the community level using structural equation modelling. The results showed that the niche width model of circumneutral pH was most important in predicting diversity profiling (i.e., α‐ and β‐diversity) for both plants and microbes, while niche width of precipitation and temperature showed both direct and indirect importance for microbe and plant biodiversity, respectively. Because the current niche width model neglects several scenarios related to taxon and environmental attributes, it still needs to be treated with caution in predicting biodiversity trends.

Comparative study on different sediment transport capacity based on dimensionless flow intensity index - Luyou Zhao; Kuandi Zhang; Shufang Wu; Deqian Feng; Haixin Shang; Jingwen Wang (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020)

Amelioration of Cd-Induced Oxidative Stress, MT Gene Expression, and Immune Damage by Vitamin C in Grass Carp Kidney Cells - Yulin Yin; Peijun Zhang; Jia Liu; Nan Wang; Xinchi Shang; Yilin Zhang; Yuehong Li (Biological Trace Element Research, 2020)

MiRNA-211 triggers an autophagy-dependent apoptosis in cervical cancer cells: regulation of Bcl-2 - Shang Liu; Hongyan Wang; Jing Mu; Hao Wang; Yan Peng; Qi Li; Dongwei Mao; Liyuan Guo (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2020)

Inhibition of chemotherapy-related breast tumor EMT by application of redox-sensitive siRNA delivery system CSO-ss-SA/siRNA along with doxorubicin treatment - Xuan Liu; Xue-qing Zhou; Xu-wei Shang; Li Wang; Yi Li; Hong Yuan; Fu-qiang Hu (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2020)

Experimental and numerical study of the spring-asphalt 3D isolation structures under multi-component ground motions - Shouping Shang; Zhen Wang; Yifu Xiao; Xianglong Cui (Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2020)

Investigation of the “dust reservoir effect” of the Tarim Basin using WRF-GOCART model - Jin Fan; Yanan Shang; Qiang Chen; Shigong Wang; Xiaoling Zhang; Lei Zhang; Ying Zhang; Xuanye Xu; Peiya Jiang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020)

Age- and region-related response of radial growth to climate warming and a warming hiatus - Lingnan Zhang; Rui Wang; Xianfeng Liu; Yilin Ran; Shu Shang; Xiaohong Liu (Trees, 2020)

Soil respiration in an irrigated oasis agroecosystem: linking environmental controls with plant activities on hourly, daily and monthly timescales - Ting Ma; Gaofeng Zhu; Jinzhu Ma; Kun Zhang; Shangtao Wang; Tuo Han; Shasha Shang (Plant and Soil, 2020)

Fine mapping and grain yield analysis of a major QTL controlling primary branch number in rice (Oryza sativa L.) - Fei Shang; Lifang Chen; Xianghe Meng; Kun Yang; Jianfei Wang (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2020)

Risk factors and clinical characteristics of tacrolimus-induced acute nephrotoxicity in children with nephrotic syndrome: a retrospective case-control study - Ping Gao; Xin-Lei Guan; Rui Huang; Xiao-Fang Shang-guan; Jiang-Wei Luan; Mao-Chang Liu; Hua Xu; Xiao-Wen Wang (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2020)

Augmentation of danusertib’s anticancer activity against melanoma by blockage of autophagy - Yuan-Yuan Shang; Nan Yu; Li Xia; Ying-Yao Yu; Chun-mei Ma; Ya-Ning Jiao; Yun-feng Li; Yuan Wang; Jie Dang; Weichao Li (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2020)

Nature of optical products inverted semianalytically from remote sensing reflectance of stratified waters - Zhongping Lee; Shaoling Shang; Yongchao Wang; Jianwei Wei; Joji Ishizaka (Limnology and Oceanography, 2020)
Analytical expressions between inherent optical properties (IOPs) retrieved using semi‐analytical algorithms (SAAs) and the vertical distributions of IOPs are derived based on an analytical model for subsurface remote sensing reflectance ( r rs ). These expressions provide a theoretical and comprehensive understanding of the inverted IOPs for stratified waters and lay the foundation to obtain equivalent products from profiling measurements for apple‐to‐apple comparison of the remotely sensed properties. It is found that the backscattering coefficient ( b b ) derived from an r rs spectrum via an SAA is governed by r rs in the longer wavelengths, consequently the inverted b b has less (or negligible) contributions from deeper depths, such as the subsurface chlorophyll maximum. In addition, the inverted b b spectrum does not have the spectral feature of the vertically weighted average b b . The SAA‐derived absorption coefficients, on the other hand, are found related to both the weighting profile at the wavelength of interest and the weighting profile in the longer wavelength(s). As a result, the absorption coefficients in the shorter wavelengths inverted from a perfect SAA are generally lower (can be 40% or more) than its vertically weighted average unless the surface layer dominates the diffuse attenuation of light. Furthermore, unlike the historical perception of remotely sensed chlorophyll concentration (Chl) for stratified waters, SAA‐derived Chl is also sensitive to the vertical profile of b b and tends to be lower than its vertically weighted average assuming perfect bio‐optical relationships, unless surface properties dominate the water column.

Correction to: Alternative splicing of a barley gene results in an excess‑tillering and semi‑dwarf mutant - Wei Hua; Cong Tan; Jingzhong Xie; Jinghuan Zhu; Yi Shang; Jianming Yang; Xiao-Qi Zhang; Xiaojian Wu; Junmei Wang; Chengdao Li (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2020)

Alternative splicing of a barley gene results in an excess-tillering and semi-dwarf mutant - Wei Hua; Cong Tan; Jingzhong Xie; Jinghuan Zhu; Yi Shang; Jianming Yang; Xiao-Qi Zhang; Xiaojian Wu; Junmei Wang; Chengdao Li (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2020)

Sensitivity analysis and estimation using a hierarchical Bayesian method for the parameters of the FvCB biochemical photosynthetic model - Tuo Han; Gaofeng Zhu; Jinzhu Ma; Shangtao Wang; Kun Zhang; Xiaowen Liu; Ting Ma; Shasha Shang; Chunlin Huang (Photosynthesis Research, 2020)

Isolation, characterization and expression analysis of TRPV4 in half-smooth tongue sole Cynoglossus semilaevis - Xiaomei Shang; Aijun Ma; Xin’an Wang; Dandan Xia; Jiao Zhuang (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2020)

Binding Properties of DNA and Antimicrobial Peptide Chensinin-1b Containing Lipophilic Alkyl Tails - Weibing Dong; Xueyue Luo; Yue Sun; Yue Li; Cui Wang; Yue Guan; Dejing Shang (Journal of Fluorescence, 2020)

Dynamic distribution of intestinal microbes in Schizothorax o’connori at different growth stages - Zhenda Shang; Qinghui Kong; Suozhu Liu; Zhankun Tan; Peng Shang; Honghui Wang (Fisheries Science, 2020)

Robust optimization of the constructional time delay in the design of double-row stabilizing piles - Zhu Wang; Yang Yu; Hongyue Sun; Qing Lü; Yuequan Shang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2020)

Mitigating net global warming potential and greenhouse gas intensity by intermittent irrigation under straw incorporation in Chinese double-rice cropping systems - Chen Cheng; Xiuxia Yang; Jianjun Wang; Kang Luo; Adnan Rasheed; Yongjun Zeng; Qingyin Shang (Paddy and Water Environment, 2020)

Predicting 3D heterogeneous in situ stress field of Gaoshangpu Oilfield northern area, Nanpu Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China - Ke Xu; Junsheng Dai; Jianwei Feng; Bifeng Wang; Lin Shang; Lu Fang; Shuo Wang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020)

Advances in research of the mid-deep South China Sea circulation - Dongxiao Wang; Qiang Wang; Shuqun Cai; Xiaodong Shang; Shiqiu Peng; Yeqiang Shu; Jingen Xiao; Xiaohui Xie; Zhiwei Zhang; Zhiqiang Liu; Jian Lan; Dake Chen; et al. (Science China Earth Sciences, 2019)

Rare variants in FANCA induce premature ovarian insufficiency - Xi Yang; Xiaojin Zhang; Jiao Jiao; Feng Zhang; Yuncheng Pan; Qiqi Wang; Qing Chen; Baozhu Cai; Shuyan Tang; Zixue Zhou; Siyuan Chen; Hao Yin; et al. (Human Genetics, 2019)
Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a major cause of reduced female fertility and affects approximately 1% women under 40 years of age. Recent advances emphasize the genetic heterogeneity of POI. Fanconi anemia (FA) genes, traditionally known for their essential roles in DNA repair and cytogenetic instability, have been demonstrated to be involved in meiosis and germ cell development. Here, we conducted whole-exome sequencing (WES) in 50 Han Chinese female patients with POI. Rare missense variants were identified in FANCA ( Fanconi anemia complementation group A ): c.1772G > A (p.R591Q) and c.3887A > G (p.E1296G). Both variants are heterozygous in the patients and very rare in the human population. In vitro functional studies further demonstrated that these two missense variants of FANCA exhibited reduced protein expression levels compared with the wild type, suggesting the partial loss of function. Moreover, mono-ubiquitination levels of FANCD2 upon mitomycin C stimulation were significantly reduced in cells overexpressing FANCA variants. Furthermore, a loss-of-function mutation of Fanca was generated in C57BL/6 mice for in vivo functional assay. Consistently, heterozygous mutated female mice ( Fanca + / − ) showed reduced fertility and declined numbers of follicles with aging when compared with the wild-type female mice. Collectively, our results suggest that heterozygous pathogenic variants in FANCA are implicated in non-syndromic POI in Han Chinese women, provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms of POI and highlight the contribution of FANCA variants in female subfertility.

Synergistic effects of synoptic weather patterns and topography on air quality: a case of the Sichuan Basin of China - Guicai Ning; Steve Hung Lam Yim; Shigong Wang; Bolong Duan; Canqi Nie; Xu Yang; Jinyan Wang; Kezheng Shang (Climate Dynamics, 2019)

Bacillus licheniformis escapes from Myxococcus xanthus predation by deactivating myxovirescin A through enzymatic glucosylation - Chuandong Wang; Xinlin Liu; Peng Zhang; Yan Wang; Zhifeng Li; Xun Li; Renqing Wang; Zhaohui Shang; Jingen Yan; Haifeng He; Jing Wang; Wei Hu; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2019)
Summary Myxococcus xanthus kills susceptible bacteria using myxovirescin A (TA) during predation. However, whether prey cells in nature can escape M. xanthus by developing resistance to TA is unknown. We observed that many field‐isolated Bacillus licheniformis strains could survive encounters with M. xanthus , which was correlated to their TA resistance. A TA glycoside was identified in the broth of predation‐resistant B. licheniformis J32 co‐cultured with M. xanthus , and a glycosyltransferase gene ( yjiC ) was up‐regulated in J32 after the addition of TA. Hetero‐expressed YjiC‐modified TA to a TA glucoside (TA‐Gluc) by conjugating a glucose moiety to the C‐21 hydroxyl group, and the resulting compound was identical to the TA glycoside present in the co‐culture broth. TA‐Gluc exhibited diminished bactericidal activity due to its weaker binding with LspA, as suggested by in silico docking data. Heterologous expression of the yjiC gene conferred both TA and M. xanthus ‐predation resistance to the host Escherichia coli cells. Furthermore, under predatory pressure, B. licheniformis Y071 rapidly developed predation resistance by acquiring TA resistance through the overexpression of yjiC and lspA genes. These results suggest that M. xanthus predation resistance in B. licheniformis is due to the TA deactivation by glucosylation, which is induced in a predator‐mediated manner.

Weakened growth of cropland‐N 2 O emissions in China associated with nationwide policy interventions - Ziyin Shang; Feng Zhou; Pete Smith; Eri Saikawa; Philippe Ciais; Jinfeng Chang; Hanqin Tian; Stephen J. Del Grosso; Akihiko Ito; Minpeng Chen; Qihui Wang; Yan Bo; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2019)
China has experienced rapid agricultural development over recent decades, accompanied by increased fertilizer consumption in croplands; yet, the trend and drivers of the associated nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions remain uncertain. The primary sources of this uncertainty are the coarse spatial variation of activity data and the incomplete model representation of N 2 O emissions in response to agricultural management. Here, we provide new data‐driven estimates of cropland‐N 2 O emissions across China in 1990–2014, compiled using a global cropland‐N 2 O flux observation dataset, nationwide survey‐based reconstruction of N‐fertilization and irrigation, and an updated nonlinear model. In addition, we have evaluated the drivers behind changing cropland‐N 2 O patterns using an index decomposition analysis approach. We find that China's annual cropland‐N 2 O emissions increased on average by 11.2 Gg N/year 2 ( p 2 , p = .02), consistent with the output from an ensemble of process‐based terrestrial biosphere models. The slowdown of the increase in cropland‐N 2 O emissions after 2003 was pervasive across two thirds of China's sowing areas. This change was mainly driven by the nationwide reduction in N‐fertilizer applied per area, partially due to the prevalence of nationwide technological adoptions. This reduction has almost offset the N 2 O emissions induced by policy‐driven expansion of sowing areas, particularly in the Northeast Plain and the lower Yangtze River Basin. Our results underline the importance of high‐resolution activity data and adoption of nonlinear model of N 2 O emission for capturing cropland‐N 2 O emission changes. Improving the representation of policy interventions is also recommended for future projections.

Lateral dynamic analysis of single pile in partially saturated soil - Min Zhang; Wei Shang; Xinghua Wang; Y. Frank Chen (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2019)

New transformation pathway and cytotoxic derivatives from the acid hydrolysis of timosaponin B III - Yun-Fang Zhao; Yu-Wei Zhang; Yinru Wang; Susan L. Morris-Natschke; Wei Liu; Ting-Ting Shang; Hong Yin; Kuo-Hsiung Lee; Xue-Feng Huang (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Pre-treatment of salicylic acid enhances resistance of soybean seedlings to Fusarium solani - George Bawa; Lingyang Feng; Li Yan; Yongli Du; Jing Shang; Xin Sun; Xiaochun Wang; Liang Yu; Chunyan Liu; Wenyu Yang; Junbo Du (Plant Molecular Biology, 2019)

Estimation of Kd(PAR) in inland waters across China in relation to the light absorption of optically active components - Zhidan Wen; Kaishan Song; Chong Fang; Qian Yang; Ge Liu; Yingxin Shang; Xiaodi Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Effects of oxalic acid on Cr(VI) reduction by phenols in ice - Nan Wang; Yubo Zhong; Chunli Kang; Tao Tian; Yuhan Wang; Kunkun Xiao; Dan Shang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Liquid hot water pretreatment to enhance the anaerobic digestion of wheat straw—effects of temperature and retention time - Gaoyuan Shang; Congguang Zhang; Fei Wang; Ling Qiu; Xiaohui Guo; Fuqing Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Feasibility of peaking carbon emissions of the power sector in China’s eight regions: decomposition, decoupling, and prediction analysis - Yong Wang; Xuelian Su; Lin Qi; Peipei Shang; Yonghong Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Seismic fragility of flexible pipeline connections in a base isolated medical building - Qingxue Shang; Tao Wang; Jichao Li (Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2019)

Genetic structure and variability of tobacco vein banding mosaic virus populations - Shiqing Wei; Xiaorong He; Die Wang; Jinyou Xiang; Yide Yang; Shu Yuan; Jing Shang; Hui Yang (Archives of Virology, 2019)

A REGULATION ALGORITHM FOR AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF CANAL SYSTEMS UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS - Lingzhong Kong; Xiaohui Lei; Mingna Wang; Yizi Shang; Jin Quan; Hao Wang (Irrigation and Drainage, 2019)
Normally, an automatic control algorithm will fail in the case of an urgent great flow change for the characteristic parameters of canal pools which may differ a lot when the flow rate changes greatly, and consequently cause a high water level and overflow. In this study, we propose a two‐stage control method based on the accurate hydraulic simulation of a multi‐pool canal system, which consists of the optimization of gate closing times and real‐time volume regulation. In the first stage, gate closing times are optimized based on the hydraulic simulation to reduce the increase of water level during the closing of gates. In the second stage, the gates are operated according to the difference between the real‐time and target volume so that the water level can remain stable at the pre‐set target point. The results show that this method can reduce the increase in water level and steady time compared with the PIF control method. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Seasonal Inflow Forecasts Using Gridded Precipitation and Soil Moisture Information: Implications for Reservoir Operation - Yuannan Long; Hui Wang; Changbo Jiang; Shang Ling (Water Resources Management, 2019)

Halophyte Halogeton glomeratus, a promising candidate for phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated saline soils - Baochun Li; Juncheng Wang; Lirong Yao; Yaxiong Meng; Xiaole Ma; Erjing Si; Panrong Ren; Ke Yang; Xunwu Shang; Huajun Wang (Plant and Soil, 2019)

Rhizobium sophorae, Rhizobium laguerreae, and two novel Rhizobium genospecies associated with Vicia sativa L. in Northwest China - Junjie Zhang; Yimin Shang; Shanshan Peng; Wenfeng Chen; Entao Wang; Philippe de Lajudie; Benyin Li; Chen Guo; Chunzeng Liu (Plant and Soil, 2019)

The effectiveness of a drainage tunnel in increasing the rainfall threshold of a deep-seated landslide - Zhen-lei Wei; Yue-quan Shang; Hong-yue Sun; Hao-di Xu; Dong-fei Wang (Landslides, 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)

Analysis of deformation mechanism of landslide in complex geological conditions - Hong-yue Sun; Xian Wu; Dong-fei Wang; Hao-di Xu; Xu Liang; Yue-quan Shang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2019)

Modal structure and propagation of internal tides in the northeastern South China Sea - Qian Liu; Xiaohui Xie; Xiaodong Shang; Guiying Chen; Hong Wang (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019)

Stacked auto-encoder for classification of polarimetric SAR images based on scattering energy - Ronghua Shang; Yongkun Liu; Jiaming Wang; Licheng Jiao; Rustam Stolkin (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2019)

Comparison of in vitro activity of the nitroimidazoles delamanid and pretomanid against multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis - Shu’an Wen; Wei Jing; Tingting Zhang; Zhaojing Zong; Yi Xue; Yuanyuan Shang; Fen Wang; Hairong Huang; Naihui Chu; Yu Pang (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2019)

Determination of endogenous substance change in PM2.5-induced rat plasma and lung samples by UPLC-MS/MS method to identify potential markers for lung impairment - Ronghua Fan; Qingquan Ren; Tao Zhou; Lei Shang; Mingyue Ma; Bolun Wang; Chunling Xiao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

New isolates from leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and their biological activities - Shanzhai Shang; Jianlian Shi; Jianguo Tang; Juxing Jiang; Wei Zhao; Xudong Zheng; Ping Lei; Jingmei Han; Chengya Wang; Dalin Yuan; Guangyu Yang; Yongkuan Chen; et al. (Natural Product Research, 2019)

A new 2H-benzindazole compound from Alternaria alternata Shm-1, an endophytic fungus isolated from the fresh wild fruit of Phellinus igniarius - Xiuli Wu; Sa Wang; Cheng Liu; Caifang Zhang; Jinjing Guo; Xiaoya Shang (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2019)

Development and characterization of microsatellite markers based on whole-genome sequences and pathogenicity differentiation of Pyrenophora graminea, the causative agent of barley leaf stripe - Erjing Si; Yaxiong Meng; Xiaole Ma; Baochun Li; Juncheng Wang; Panrong Ren; Lirong Yao; Ke Yang; Yu Zhang; Xunwu Shang; Huajun Wang (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2019)

Global trends and future prospects of e-waste research: a bibliometric analysis - Ya Gao; Long Ge; Shuzhen Shi; Yue Sun; Ming Liu; Bo Wang; Yi Shang; Jiarui Wu; Jinhui Tian (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Soil microbiome mediated nutrients decline during forest degradation process - Yangying Liu; Shang Wang; Zhujun Wang; Zhaojing Zhang; Huayu Qin; Ziyan Wei; Kai Feng; Shuzhen Li; Yueni Wu; Huaqun Yin; Hui Li; Ye Deng (Soil Ecology Letters, 2019)

Characteristics of drought in Southern China under climatic warming, the risk, and countermeasures for prevention and control - Qiang Zhang; Yubi Yao; Ying Wang; Suping Wang; Jinsong Wang; Jinhu Yang; Jing Wang; Yiping Li; Junlin Shang; Wenju Li (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2019)

Genetic evolutionary analysis of soybean mosaic virus populations from three geographic locations in China based on the P1 and CP genes - Lei Zhang; Jing Shang; Qi Jia; Kai Li; Hui Yang; Huanhuan Liu; Zhongqin Tang; Xiaoli Chang; Min Zhang; Wenming Wang; Wenyu Yang (Archives of Virology, 2019)

Chemical composition and health risk indices associated with size-resolved particulate matter in Pearl River Delta (PRD) region, China - Dongqing Fang; Wei Huang; Dagmara S. Antkiewicz; Yuqin Wang; Reza Bashiri Khuzestani; Yang Zhang; Jing Shang; Martin M. Shafer; Lingyan He; James J. Schauer; Yuanxun Zhang; Shuo Zhao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Adsorption of phenanthrene and 1-naphthol to graphene oxide and L-ascorbic-acid-reduced graphene oxide: effects of pH and surfactants - Fang Wang; Zhixuan Jia; Wenting Su; Yuntao Shang; Zhong-Liang Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Reduced brain entropy by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in healthy young adults - Donghui Song; Da Chang; Jian Zhang; Wei Peng; Yuanqi Shang; Xin Gao; Ze Wang (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2019)

Characterization of SOX3 Gene in an Ovoviviparous Teleost, Black Rockfish (Sebastes schlegeli) - Liman Ma; Wenji Wang; Renjie Shang; Quanqi Zhang; Jie Qi; Zhigang Wang (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2019)

Overexpressed TTC3 Protein Tends to be Cleaved into Fragments and Form Aggregates in the Nucleus - Yueqing Gong; Kun Wang; Sheng-Ping Xiao; Panying Mi; Wanjie Li; Yu Shang; Fei Dou (NeuroMolecular Medicine, 2019)

Andrographolide impairs alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate-induced cholestatic liver injury in vivo - Lei Wang; Fei Cao; Li-li Zhu; Peng Liu; Yu-ru Shang; Wen-hui Liu; Xin Dong; Hai-dong Bao; Peng Gong; Zhong-yu Wang (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2019)

An improved siphon drainage method for slope stabilization - Hong-yue Sun; Dong-fei Wang; Yue-quan Shang; Yue-liang Cai; Zhen-lei Wei (Journal of Mountain Science, 2019)

Dissection of patulin biosynthesis, spatial control and regulation mechanism in Penicillium expansum - Boqiang Li; Yong Chen; Yuanyuan Zong; Yanjiao Shang; Zhanquan Zhang; Xiaodi Xu; Xiao Wang; Manyuan Long; Shiping Tian (Environmental Microbiology, 2019)
Summary The patulin biosynthesis is one of model pathways in an understanding of secondary metabolite biology and network novelties in fungi. However, molecular regulation mechanism of patulin biosynthesis and contribution of each gene related to the different catalytic enzymes in the biochemical steps of the pathway remain largely unknown in fungi. In this study, the genetic components of patulin biosynthetic pathway were systematically dissected in Penicillium expansum , which is an important fungal pathogen and patulin producer in harvested fruits and vegetables. Our results revealed that all the 15 genes in the cluster are involved in patulin biosynthesis. Proteins encoded by those genes are compartmentalized in various subcellular locations, including cytosol, nucleus, vacuole, endoplasmic reticulum, plasma membrane and cell wall. The subcellular localizations of some proteins, such as PatE and PatH, are required for the patulin production. Further, the functions of eight enzymes in the 10‐step patulin biosynthetic pathway were verified in P. expansum . Moreover, velvet family proteins, VeA, VelB and VelC, were proved to be involved in the regulation of patulin biosynthesis, but not VosA. These findings provide a thorough understanding of the biosynthesis pathway, spatial control and regulation mechanism of patulin in fungi.

Translating cancer genomics into precision medicine with artificial intelligence: applications, challenges and future perspectives - Jia Xu; Pengwei Yang; Shang Xue; Bhuvan Sharma; Marta Sanchez-Martin; Fang Wang; Kirk A. Beaty; Elinor Dehan; Baiju Parikh (Human Genetics, 2019)

An engineering site suitability index (ESSI) for the evaluation of geological situations based on a multi-factor interaction matrix - Kun Li; Yanjun Shang; Wantong He; Daming Lin; Muhammad Hasan; Kaiyang Wang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2019)

Therapeutic Effect of Strontium Ranelate on Bone in Chemotherapy-Induced Osteopenic Rats via Increased Bone Volume and Reduced Bone Loss - Yi Pei; Ke Zheng; GuanNing Shang; YuMing Wang; Wei Wang; EnDuo Qiu; ShenLong Li; XiaoJing Zhang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2019)

Distribution Characteristics of Mining-Induced Seismicity Revealed by 3-D Ray-Tracing Relocation and the FCM Clustering Method - Zewei Wang; Xibing Li; Xueyi Shang (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2019)

Spatiotemporal distributions of cloud parameters and their response to meteorological factors over the Tibetan Plateau during 2003–2015 based on MODIS data - Shanhu Bao; Husi Letu; Jun Zhao; Huazhe Shang; Yonghui Lei; Anmin Duan; Bing Chen; Yuhai Bao; Jie He; Tianxing Wang; Dabin Ji; Gegen Tana; et al. (International Journal of Climatology, 2019)
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) has important influences on regional and global climate change. Here, we perform an in‐depth study of the relationship between cloud parameters and meteorological factors over the TP. The spatiotemporal variations in cloud cover and cloud optical thickness over the TP during the daytime from 2003 to 2015 are analysed using the Aqua‐MODIS level 2 atmospheric product data MYD06. Results show that the annual average cloud cover over the TP decreases from the southeast to the northwest. The cloud cover of the western TP is highest in spring and lowest in autumn, while the cloud cover of the eastern TP is higher in spring and summer. The cloud covers in most areas of the TP exceed 30% in spring and summer, and the cloud optical thickness in the southeastern TP exceeds 10 in summer, with substantial cloud cover and cloud optical thickness changes. Compared to other seasons, the cooling effect of the near surface cloud net radiative forcing is greater during daytime in summer, which is likely associated with thick cloud optical thickness or large cloud cover. The results of the analysis of relationships among cloud cover, water vapour and air temperature show that positive correlations exist between cloud cover and water vapour, and that significantly negative correlations exist between cloud cover and air temperature over the TP. Combined with the analysis of variation features in the cloud parameters and meteorological factors, we find that water vapour variations during the daytime over the TP lead to cloud cover changes, which affect the air temperature variations over the TP by the cooling effects of clouds, especially in summer.

Mesorhizobium jarvisii sv. astragali as predominant microsymbiont for Astragalus sinicus L. in acidic soils, Xinyang, China - Junjie Zhang; Yimin Shang; Entao Wang; Wenfeng Chen; Philippe de Lajudie; Benyin Li; Chen Guo; Xu Yang; Jianqiang Zheng; Chunzeng Liu (Plant and Soil, 2018)

EGb761 improves the cognitive function of elderly db/db−/− diabetic mice by regulating the beclin-1 and NF-κB signaling pathways - Zhu-Fei Guan; Xiao-Ming Zhang; Ying-Hong Tao; Yu Zhang; Yan-Yan Huang; Gang Chen; Wei-Jun Tang; Gang Ji; Qi-Lin Guo; Ming Liu; Qian Zhang; Na-Na Wang; et al. (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2018)

Selenium Pretreatment Alleviated LPS-Induced Immunological Stress Via Upregulation of Several Selenoprotein Encoding Genes in Murine RAW264.7 Cells - Longqiong Wang; Jinzhong Jing; Hui Yan; Jiayong Tang; Gang Jia; Guangmang Liu; Xiaoling Chen; Gang Tian; Jingyi Cai; Haiying Shang; Hua Zhao (Biological Trace Element Research, 2018)

Characterization of a splice variant of soybean ERECTA devoid of an intracellular kinase domain in response to shade stress - Junbo Du; Yan Li; Xin Sun; Liang Yu; Hengke Jiang; Qiulin Cao; Jing Shang; Mengyuan Sun; Yi Liu; Kai Shu; Jiang Liu; Taiwen Yong; et al. (Journal of Genetics, 2018)

Up-regulation of Ca2+/CaMKII/CREB signaling in salicylate-induced tinnitus in rats - Jiuhan Zhao; Biao Wang; Xiaohong Wang; Xiuli Shang (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2018)

Imaging the dynamic deposition of cell wall polymer in xylem and phloem in Populus × euramericana - Kexia Jin; Xinge Liu; Kun Wang; Zehui Jiang; Genlin Tian; Shumin Yang; Lili Shang; Jianfeng Ma (Planta, 2018)

Brain iron deposition in type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without mild cognitive impairment—an in vivo susceptibility mapping study - Qifang Yang; Lina Zhou; Chen Liu; Daihong Liu; Yang Zhang; Chang Li; Yongning Shang; Xin Wei; Chuanming Li; Jian Wang (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2018)

A quantitative assessment of the air pollution purification effect of a super strong cold-air outbreak in January 2016 in China - Yuling Hu; Shigong Wang; Guicai Ning; Ying Zhang; Jiaxin Wang; Ziwei Shang (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2018)

Effects of Training Samples and Classifiers on Classification of Landsat-8 Imagery - Ming Shang; Shi-Xin Wang; Yi Zhou; Cong Du (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2018)

Radiocarbon ages of different fractions of peat on coastal lowland of Bohai Bay: marine influence? - Zhiwen Shang; Fu Wang; Jing Fang; Jianfen Li; Yongsheng Chen; Xingyu Jiang; Lizhu Tian; Hong Wang (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2018)

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of an endangered species, Dendrobium pendulum Roxb. (Orchidaceae) - Li-Ru Wang; Shi-Qiang Wang; Jun-Feng Niu; Shang-Ping Wang; Zhe-Zhi Wang (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2018)

The complete chloroplast genome of Caryopteris mongholica and phylogenetic implications in Lamiaceae - Luxian Liu; Chuying Zhang; Yuewen Wang; Meifang Dong; Fude Shang; Pan Li (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2018)

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

Effects of wind–wave disturbances on adsorption and desorption of tetracycline and sulfadimidine in water–sediment systems - Qianjiahua Liao; Zheng Huang; Shu Li; Yi Wang; Yuqing Liu; Ran Luo; Jingge Shang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Magnetic, geochemical characterization and health risk assessment of road dust in Xuanwei and Fuyuan, China - Zhengying Tan; Senlin Lu; Hui Zhao; Xiao Kai; Peng Jiaxian; Myat Sandar Win; Shang Yu; Shinich Yonemochi; Qingyue Wang (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2018)

Protective effects of circulating microvesicles derived from ischemic preconditioning on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress - Miao Liu; Yilu Wang; Qian Zhu; Junyu Zhao; Yao Wang; Man Shang; Minglin Liu; Yanna Wu; Junqiu Song; Yanxia Liu (Apoptosis, 2018)

Deep sequencing analysis of a strain of pecan mosaic-associated virus infecting Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz - Yanbing Niu; Xiaojing Pang; Defu Wang; Shang Guo; Yong Liu (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018)

Identification of Fusarium species associated with soybean root rot in Sichuan Province, China - Xiaoli Chang; Hao Dai; Duiping Wang; Huanhuan Zhou; Wanqin He; Yao Fu; Faisal Ibrahim; You Zhou; Guoshu Gong; Jing Shang; Jizhi Yang; Xiaoling Wu; et al. (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018)

High-density genetic map construction and QTL mapping for fiber strength on Chr24 across multiple environments in a CCRI70 recombinant inbred lines population - Xianyan Zou; Juwu Gong; Li Duan; Xiao Jiang; Zhang Zhen; Senmiao Fan; Qun Ge; Aiying Liu; Wankui Gong; Junwen Li; Yuzhen Shi; Yanling Wang; et al. (Euphytica, 2018)

The complete mitochondrial genome of Kele pig (Sus scrofa) using next-generation deep sequencing - Ya Tan; Kai-zhi Shi; Jing Wang; Chun-lin Du; Chun-ping Zhao; Xiong Zhang; Li Zhu; Yi-shun Shang (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2018)

Velocity dispersion and fluid substitution in sandstone under partially saturated conditions - Xiao-Yi Ma; Shang-Xu Wang; Jian-Guo Zhao; Han-Jun Yin; Li-Ming Zhao (Applied Geophysics, 2018)

Regulatory effects of antitumor agent matrine on FOXO and PI3K-AKT pathway in castration-resistant prostate cancer cells - Qi Li; Hai Huang; Zheng He; Yi Sun; Yufeng Tang; Xiaohong Shang; Chengbin Wang (Science China Life Sciences, 2018)

Transcriptomic analysis of differentially expressed genes in flower-buds of genetic male sterile and wild type cucumber by RNA sequencing - Yike Han; Xianyun Wang; Fengyue Zhao; Shang Gao; Aimin Wei; Zhengwu Chen; Nan Liu; Zhenxian Zhang; Shengli Du (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2018)

Higher precipitation strengthens the microbial interactions in semi‐arid grassland soils - Shang Wang; Xiaobo Wang; Xingguo Han; Ye Deng (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018)
Aim Growing attention has been focused on the changes in the structure and diversity of microbial communities under altered precipitation pattern, but little is known about how this factor impacts microbial interactions. Our aim was to elucidate the variations of microbial interactions in semi‐arid grassland soils and determine the key factor in regulating microbial assemblies in water‐limited areas. Location A c . 3,700 km transect across three habitats (desert, desert grassland and typical grassland) in Northern China. Time period July and August 2012. Major taxa studied Total bacteria and archaea. Method The random matrix theory (RMT)‐based network inference approach was used to construct species interaction networks. The relationships between microbial network topology and environmental variables were examined by Mantel and partial Mantel tests. Results At the regional scale (across habitats), mean annual precipitation was the most important factor constraining the network structure, whereas at the local scale (within a habitat), soil conditions and plant parameters became more important, but their relative effects differed among habitats. In particular, no correlation was detected between the desert network and any environmental factors. The number of central species increased substantially in desert grassland and typical grassland networks in comparison to those in the desert network. Inter‐ and intra‐module connections, particularly negative connections, also increased in the two grassland habitats. Main conclusions Microbial networks become more complex as precipitation increases. A simple network structure (no connectors between modules, more sparsely distributed species and lower competitive links) and less association with environmental factors in the desert network indicate that microbial communities in extremely dry ecosystems are unstable and vulnerable; that is, future climate change will greatly influence microbial interactions in these extremely dry areas. Overall, our findings provide new insight into the way in which microbes respond to changing precipitation patterns by regulating their interactions in water‐limited ecosystems.