Multitrophic diversity and biotic associations influence subalpine forest ecosystem multifunctionality - Ya‐Huang Luo; Marc W. Cadotte; Jie Liu; Kevin S. Burgess; Shao‐Lin Tan; Lin‐Jiang Ye; Jia‐Yun Zou; Zhong‐Zheng Chen; Xue‐Long Jiang; Juan Li; Kun Xu; De‐Zhu Li; et al. (Ecology, 2022)
Biodiversity across multiple trophic levels is required to maintain multiple ecosystem functions. Yet it remains unclear how multitrophic diversity and species interactions regulate ecosystem multifunctionality. Here, combining data from 9 different trophic groups (including trees, shrubs, herbs, leaf mites, small mammals, bacteria, pathogenic fungi, saprophytic fungi, and symbiotic fungi) and 13 ecosystem functions related to supporting, provisioning, and regulating services, we used a multitrophic perspective to evaluate the effects of elevation, diversity, and network complexity on scale‐dependent subalpine forest multifunctionality. Our results demonstrated that elevation and soil pH significantly modified species composition and richness across multitrophic groups and influenced multiple functions simultaneously. We present evidence that species richness across multiple trophic groups had stronger effects on multifunctionality than species richness at any single trophic level. Moreover, biotic associations, indicating the complexity of trophic networks, were positively associated with multifunctionality. The relative effects of diversity on multifunctionality increased at the scale of the larger community compared to a scale accounting for neighboring interactions. Our results highlight the paramount importance of scale‐ and context‐dependent multitrophic diversity and interactions for a better understanding of mountain ecosystem multifunctionality in a changing world.

Dynamic Performance and Crashworthiness Assessment of Honeycomb Reinforced Tubular Pipe in the Jacket Platform under Ship Collision - Hong Lin; Chang Han; Lei Yang; Hassan Karampour; Haochen Luan; Pingping Han; Hao Xu; Shuo Zhang (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
The collision between the pipe legs of jacket platforms and bypassing ships is of great concern for the safety assessment of platforms. Honeycomb structures have been widely used owing to their unique deformation and mechanical properties under dynamic impact loads. In this paper, two typical honeycomb structures, namely hexagonal honeycomb and arrow honeycomb, were constructed for the impact protection of inclined pipe legs in jacket platforms, and the present study aimed to assess the dynamical performance and crushing resistance of the designed honeycomb reinforced structure under ship collision by using the numerical simulation software ANSYS/LS-DYNA. The dynamical performance of the honeycomb reinforced pipe leg was investigated considering various influential parameters, including the impact velocity and impact direction. The crashworthiness of the two types of honeycomb was evaluated and compared by different criteria, namely the maximum impact depth (δmax), specific energy absorption (SEA) and the proposed index offset sliding (OS). The results demonstrated that both the hexagonal honeycomb structure and the arrow honeycomb structure can reduce the damage of inclined pipe legs caused by ship collision, while the hexagonal honeycomb can provide the better anti-collision capacity, which can well reduce the offset sliding and better protect the pipe leg from ship collision.

Coastal aquaculture farms for the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus provide spawning and first-year nursery grounds for wild black rockfish, Sebastes schlegelii: A case study from the Luanhe River estuary, Bohai bay, the Bohai Sea, China - Min Xu; Zun-li Qi; Zun-lei Liu; Wei-min Quan; Qi Zhao; Yun-ling Zhang; Hui Liu; Lin-lin Yang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Aquaculture farms are known to attract wild organisms from nearby areas. Sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus aquaculture farms in Bohai Bay, the Bohai Sea, China, might provide spawning and nursery grounds for wild black rockfish Sebastes schlegelii populations. To identify the above, we studied the variation in the numbers of S. schlegelii larvae (and length-categories as a percentage of the natural population) via ichthyoplankton surveys by months from January to October 2020, and assessed the food web structure and energy flow distribution of the farm and trophic links of S. schlegelii natural stock by using Ecopath modeling in July 2016 to August 2017. Larvae with a length between 3.90-5.80 mm were observed in the farm in May 2020, the juveniles with an estimated trophic level of 4.31. Juveniles used the farms as first-year nursery ground, and then they swam into deeper waters in August of the following year. MTI analysis showed increasing biomass of S. schlegelii might result in a decrease in the biomass of crustacea, and had positive and negative impacts on mollusk and Hexagrammos otakii biomass. We argued that aquacultural infrastructures constructed by artificial reefs could be used as a fisheries management tool to enhance S. schlegelii stocks and that monitoring of other marine organisms, such as oysters, Rapana venosa , Charybdis japonica , and Asterias spp. etc., was necessary to maintain sustainable exploitations of aquacultural farm ecosystems. A paucity of knowledge surrounding the interactions between aquaculture farms and wild organisms needs furthermore researches.

Petrogenesis of Eocene mafic and felsic magmas in the New Caledonia ophiolite: geochemistry and geochronology constraints - Yang Xu; Chuan-Zhou Liu; Xue-Fa Shi; Wei Lin (International Geology Review, 2022)

Correction to: Inhibition of Dectin-1 Ameliorates Neuroinflammation by Regulating Microglia/Macrophage Phenotype After Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Mice - Xiongjie Fu; Hanhai Zeng; Jikuang Zhao; Guoyang Zhou; Hang Zhou; Jianfeng Zhuang; Chaoran Xu; Jianru Li; Yucong Peng; Yang Cao; Yin Li; Huaijun Chen; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2022)

Identification and molecular mapping of YrBm for adult plan resistance to stripe rust in Chinese wheat landrace Baimangmai - Chaoyue Hu; Fengtao Wang; Jing Feng; Cai Sun; Jiyuan Guo; Xiaowei Lang; Jinghuang Hu; Bin Bai; Wentao Zhang; Hongjie Li; Ruiming Lin; Shichang Xu (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)

Intrauterine hyperglycemia impairs endometrial receptivity via up-regulating SGK1 in diabetes - Haiyan Xu; Jingyi Li; Luyang Jin; Dan Zhang; Bin Chen; Xinmei Liu; Xianhua Lin; Yiting Huang; Zhanghong Ke; Juan Liu; Lin Gao; Jianzhong Sheng; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

The Failure and River Blocking Mechanism of Large-Scale Anti-dip Rock Landslide Induced by Earthquake - Wen-Jie Xu; Lin Wang; Kai Cheng (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2022)

Integrated Analyses of miRNome and Transcriptome Reveal the Critical Role of miRNAs Toward Heat Stress Response in Isochrysis galbana - Jia-Yi Cao; Si-Min Xu; Ying-Ying Wang; Xie-Dan Long; Shuo-Nan Ma; Cheng-Xu Zhou; Ji-Lin Xu; Xiao-Jun Yan (Marine Biotechnology, 2022)

Temporal specificity of IL-6 knockout in enhancing the thermogenic capability of brown adipose tissue - Mei Dong; Cheng Gao; Yanxin Jia; Weijia Xu; Yan Liu; Xin Wen; Qingxin Liu; Hai Lin; Haifang Li (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022)

IL-38, a potential therapeutic agent for lupus, inhibits lupus progression - Wang-Dong Xu; Lin-Chong Su; Lu Fu; You-Yu Lan; Xiao-Yan Liu; Qi Huang; Qian Wu; Jie Zhou; An-Fang Huang (Inflammation Research, 2022)

Theoretical evidence for the formation of perfluorocarboxylic acids form atmospheric oxidation degradation of fluorotelomer acrylates - Yanhui Sun; Lin Liu; Ming Li; Fei Xu; Wanni Yu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

PLXDC2 enhances invadopodium formation to promote invasion and metastasis of gastric cancer cells via interacting with PTP1B - Bin Wu; Yan-xia Wang; Jun-jie Wang; Dong-fang Xiang; Meng-si Zhang; Ze-xuan Yan; Wen-ying Wang; Jing-ya Miao; Xi Lan; Jia-jia Liu; Zheng-yan Li; Chuan Li; et al. (Clinical & Experimental Metastasis, 2022)
Plexin-domain containing 2 (PLXDC2) has been reported as an oncoprotein in several human malignancies. However, its expression and roles in gastric cancer remain largely unclear. In this study, we found that PLXDC2 was highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues, and the expression levels were positively correlated with clinicopathological features, but negatively with the patients’ outcome. Cox regression analysis identified PLXDC2 as an independent prognostic indicator for the patients. Knockdown of PLXDC2 markedly suppressed the in vitro invasion and in vivo metastasis of gastric cancer cells, while overexpression of PLXDC2 resulted in opposite effects. Mechanistically, PLXDC2 enhanced the level of phosphorylated Cortactin (p-Cortactin) by physically interacting with protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), an important dephosphorylase, to prevent its dephosphorylating of p-Cortactin, thereby promoting the formation of invadopodia. Collectively, our results indicate that PLXDC2 contributes to the invasion and metastasis of gastric cancer by inhibiting PTP1B to facilitate the invadopodium formation, and may serve as a potential prognostic biomarker and a therapeutic target for this disease.

The time-varying networks of the wrist extension in post-stroke hemiplegic patients - Fali Li; Lin Jiang; Yangsong Zhang; Dongfeng Huang; Xijun Wei; Yuanling Jiang; Dezhong Yao; Peng Xu; Hai Li (Cognitive Neurodynamics, 2022)

The characteristics of alkaline phosphatase activity and phoD gene community in heavy-metal contaminated soil remediated by biochar and compost - Haiwei Lu; Chong Xu; Jiachao Zhang; Chunyan Du; Genyi Wu; Lin Luo (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2022)

Negative Poisson’s ratio and peripheral strain of an NPR anchor cable - Zhi-gang Tao; Hao-tian Xu; Shu-lin Ren; Long-ji Guo; Ke Qin; Yi-fei Zhu (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Establishment and Characterization of a Fin Cell Line Derived from the Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar and Its Application to Fish Virology Study - Peng Jia; Lirong Lin; La Xu; Meisheng Yi; Kuntong Jia (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2022)

Rhodohalobacter sulfatireducens sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern - Yu-Sheng Wang; Yu-Yan Yue; Yi-Lin Bai; Xu-Yang Zhang; Shuo Wang; Zong-Jun Du (Archives of Microbiology, 2022)

Optimizing cryopreservation of sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) sperm using a programmable freezer and computer-assisted sperm analysis - Shuai Xu; Shilin Liu; Jingchun Sun; Libin Zhang; Chenggang Lin; Lina Sun; Lili Xing; Chunxi Jiang; Hongsheng Yang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
The sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus has high nutritional, medicinal, and economic value. However, factors such as overexploitation, climate change, and environmental pollution have resulted in serious germplasm degradation in both farmed and wild A. japonicus , and it has been listed as endangered on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. Cryopreservation is an important method to protect germplasm resources and solve the problem of germplasm degradation. Using a programmable freezer and computer-aided sperm analysis, we comprehensively studied and screened the factors that affect the post-thaw motility of A. japonicus sperm during cryopreservation. Based on our results, we propose the following optimal cryopreservation procedure for A. japonicus sperm: cryo-diluent composition of 12.5% dimethyl sulfoxide and 0.1 mol/L glucose, with filter-sterilized (the filter mesh size: 0.45μm) natural seawater (NSW) as the extender; 1:5 mixing ratio of sperm and cryo-diluent; cooling rate and thawing temperatures of 10°C/min and 20°C, respectively. The post-thaw motility of sperm treated using the optimal procedure was > 65%, the fertilization rate (in the blastocyst stage) was nearly 80%, and the hatching rate (in the early auricularia larva stage) was > 65%. Additionally, frozen sperm that had been cryopreserved for 1 year retained a considerable post-thaw motility and fertilization rate compared to recently cryopreserved sperm. We detected obvious differences in sperm freezability among individual A. japonicus , and cryopreservation caused some damage to the sperm structure. In conclusion, our optimized procedure make large-scale cryopreservation of A. japonicus sperm possible, and our results provide valuable information that could be applied to research and conservation of A. japonicus .

To cheat or to treat? Fungus gnat pollination in Aspidistra - Wei Lin; Yuanqing Xu; Yuhui Jiang; Zhonghui Ma (Ecology, 2022)

Numerical Study on Hydrodynamic Coefficient Estimation of an Underactuated Underwater Vehicle - Lin Hong; Xin Wang; Desheng Zhang; Hang Xu (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
Hydrodynamic coefficient estimation is crucial to the shape design, dynamic modeling, and control of underwater vehicles. In this paper, we conduct a numerical study on the hydrodynamic coefficient estimation of an underactuated underwater vehicle (actuated only in the surge, heave, and yaw degrees of freedom) by adopting the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach. Firstly, the mechanical structure of an underactuated underwater vehicle is briefly introduced, and the dynamic model of the underwater vehicle with hydrodynamic effects is established. Then, steady and unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) simulations are carried out to numerically simulate the towing test, rotating arm test, and Planar Motion Mechanism (PMM) test of the underwater vehicle numerically. To simulate unsteady motions of the underactuated underwater vehicle, a sliding mesh model is adopted to simulate flows in the computational fluid domain that contain multiple moving zones and capture the unsteady interactions between the underwater vehicle and the flow field. Finally, the estimated hydrodynamic coefficients of the underwater vehicle are validated in a physical experiment platform, and the results show that the numerical estimates are in good agreement with the experimental data.

Microplastic prevalence in marine fish from onshore Beibu Gulf, South China Sea - Jayamini Bimali Koongolla; Lang Lin; Chang-Ping Yang; Yun-Feng Pan; Heng-Xiang Li; Shan Liu; Xiang-Rong Xu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
In recent years, microplastics have been widely detected in marine fish and may pose potential risks to fish and human health. Even though microplastic pollution is a critical issue, it represents as yet non-quantified threat for some context in the marine environment. In this study, 271 individuals comprising 32 species of marine fish collected from Beibu Gulf were examined for microplastic prevalence, with an aim to provide data on the abundance, physical classification, and chemical characterization of microplastics in the great bay along South China Sea. The results showed that the occurrence rate of microplastics was 93.7%, and the average abundance of microplastics was 1.02 ± 0.18 items per individual (ranging from 0.03 to 4.00 items per individual). Microplastic accumulation was observed with a great variation in different species, body sizes, living habitats, and feeding habits of marine fishes. The dominant polymers identified by μ-FTIR were polyethylene terephthalate and polypropylene. Fibers, smaller sizes (<1 mm), and transparent color were the major characteristics of the detected microplastics, which might be important factors affecting the bioaccumulation. The present study revealed that microplastics in marine fish is a widespread issue in onshore Beibu Gulf.

Risk of aquaculture-derived microplastics in aquaculture areas: An overlooked issue or a non-issue? - Lin Lin; Ciara Chun Chen; Xiaoshan Zhu; Ke Pan; Xiangrong Xu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Plastic equipment such as fishing nets and foam buoys has been widely used in aquaculture. This kind of equipment would gradually decompose while being subject to the long-term effects of physical, chemical, and biological degradation processes, leading to the release of large amounts of microplastics (MPs) into the local marine environment and the generation of aquaculture-derived MPs (AD-MPs). The rapid growth of aquaculture has resulted in an explosion of AD-MPs with various environmental consequences. The accumulation of MPs in aquatic products was found closely related to the abundance of environmental MPs, suggesting the importance of determining whether AD-MPs increase the risk of MP ingestion by aquatic products and thus endanger aquatic food safety. In this short communication, the ecological and health risks of AD-MPs were discussed and perspectives were proposed for future studies.

Temporal Dynamics in Energy Fluxes and Trophic Structure of a Portunus trituberculatus Polyculture Ecosystem During Different Culture Periods - Jie Feng; Xiang-Li Tian; Shuang-Lin Dong; Rui-Peng He; Kai Zhang; Dong-Xu Zhang; Qing-Qi Zhang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Swimming crab ( Portunus trituberculatus ) are an important aquaculture species in eastern coastal areas of China. To improve the understanding of P. trituberculatus culture ecosystem functioning, the dynamics of energy flow and trophic structure of a P. trituberculatus polyculture system (co-culture with white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and short-necked clam Ruditapes philippinarum ) were investigated in this study. Three Ecopath models representing the early, middle, and late culture periods of a P. trituberculatus polyculture ecosystem, respectively, were constructed to compare ecosystem traits at different culture periods. The results demonstrated that detritus was the main energy source in this polyculture ecosystem, and most of the total system throughput occurred at trophic levels I and II. Artificial food input and consumption by the culture organisms increased from early to middle and late periods, which produced marked impacts on biomass structure and primary production. R. philippinarum was considered to have a dominant influence on phytoplankton community dynamics which changed from nano- to pico-phytoplankton predominance, from the middle to the late period. Considering the low utilization efficiency of pico-phytoplankton production, large amounts of detritus accumulated in the sediment in the late period, which may constitute a potential risk for the ecosystem. Ecological network analyses indicated that the total energy flow and level of system organization increased from the early to the middle and late periods, whereas food web complexity and system resilience decreased from early to middle and late periods, which may indicate a trend of decreasing ecosystem stability. The system may be further optimized by increased stocking density of R. philippinarum and by introducing macro-algae at a suitable biomass to increase ecosystem stability, energy utilization efficiency, and aquaculture production.

Nitrogen Enrichment Reduces the Diversity of Bacteria and Alters Their Nutrient Strategies in Intertidal Zones - Yuan-Feng Xu; Xu-Meng Dong; Cheng Luo; Shuo-Nan Ma; Ji-Lin Xu; Yong-De Cui (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Intertidal ecosystems are affected by severe nitrogen (N) pollution as a result of anthropogenic activities, and it is unclear how this may affect intertidal microbial communities, which play critical roles in regulating biogeochemical cycles. To address this gap, we conducted a two-month mesocosm experiment using six targeted concentrations of total N. The findings indicated that N entering seawaters has direct negative effects on the bacterial diversity. Dose dependence was found for the effects of N on bacterial diversity in sediment: low N addition increased the bacterial diversity, but a reduction in bacterial diversity occurred when N exceeded a certain value (≥ 3 mg L−1). Additionally, N enrichment caused clear shifts in bacterial community composition with increases in the relative abundance of Balneola (organic-degrading), Phalacroma mitra (carbohydrate-fermenting), and Bacteroides (phosphorus (P)-solubilizing), and decreases in Leptolyngbya_PPC_6406 (N2-fixing). The increased abundance in P-solubilizing and organic-degrading bacteria and decrease in N-fixing bacteria, combined with the upregulated activity of alkaline phosphatase and downregulation of urease activity, implied that the bacterial assemblage tended to be more effective in P and carbon acquisition but reduced N acquisition. Further path analysis suggested that N had direct effects on bacteria and contributed 50%–100% to the variations in bacterial diversity, whereas environmental changes such as dissolved oxygen and pH played minor roles. Overall, bacteria occurring in sediment were likely more stress-resistant to high N exposure than those occurring in seawater, possibly due to the high buffering capacity of sediment and growth tolerances of bacteria in the sediment. These findings point to the vulnerability of microbes in water systems to increasing global N loading, and that N reduction is needed to combat the loss of microbial diversity.

Experimental study of energy and frequency characteristics of acoustic emissions induced from tensile and shear cracks in tunnel rockburst process - Yan-Bo Zhang; Peng Liang; Xu-Long Yao; Lin Sun; Bao-Zhu Tian; Xiang-Xin Liu (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2022)

High-Throughput Identification of Antihypertensive Peptides (AHTPs) and Characterization of AHTP-Derived Genes in the Lined Seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) - Yu Huang; Xiyang Chen; Haoyue Shu; Panpan Xiao; Xueqiang Lin; Junmin Xu; Chao Bian; Xinxin You; Jian Yang; Qiong Shi (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Recently, the prevalence of hypertension has become a global challenge. Therefore, tremendous efforts have been made to identify and purify antihypertensive peptides (AHTPs) from food-derived proteins to aid the discovery of new hypotensive drugs with fewer side effects. In this study, we performed high-throughput prediction of AHTPs based on multi-omics data, providing an overview of AHTPs in the lined seahorse proteins and suggesting their potential application as bioactive agents to lower blood pressure. We identified 14,695 AHTP-derived genes in the lined seahorse, and most of them were supported by transcriptomic evidence, whereas only 495 genes were further detected by proteome sequencing. Among these predicted AHTP-derived genes, the longest titin had the most hits with 104 AHTPs, some of which were clustered in exon 158, 194, and 204. Another AHTP-rich group was in the collagen family, and four AHTP-rich collagens exhibited much higher transcription in the pouch than in other examined tissues, including brain, testis, and embryos. Additionally, antihypertensive triplets, comprised of the permutations of Gly, Pro, and Lys, prevailed in all collagen sequences due to the representative XaaYaaGly repeat units. In summary, our present findings provide a solid basis for understanding the abundance of various AHTPs in the lined seahorse as well as shed light on the development of antihypertensive products and drugs using seahorses as an important resource.

Metatranscriptomic analysis of host response and vaginal microbiome of patients with severe COVID-19 - Meng Xiao; Bo Lu; Rui Ding; Xia Liu; Xian Wu; Yaqian Li; Xudong Liu; Lin Qiu; Zhibo Zhang; Jing Xie; Yu Chen; Dong Zhang; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Pon1 Deficiency Promotes Trem2 Pathway–Mediated Microglial Phagocytosis and Inhibits Pro-inflammatory Cytokines Release In Vitro and In Vivo - Li Zhang; Wei Dong; Yuanwu Ma; Lin Bai; Xu Zhang; Caixian Sun; Jingwen Li; Lianfeng Zhang (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Correction to: Matrine Treatment Blocks NogoA-Induced Neural Inhibitory Signaling Pathway in Ongoing Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis - Quan-Cheng Kan; Hui-Jun Zhang; Yuan Zhang; Xing Li; Yu-Ming Xu; Rodolfo Thome; Ming-Liang Zhang; Nan Liu; Yao-Juan Chu; Guang-Xian Zhang; Lin Zhu (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Context-dependent effects of inflammation on retina regeneration - Cuiping Zhou; Xiaoli Zhang; Yuxi Chen; Zihao Lin; Shuqiang Zhang; Zhiqiang Zhang; Lining Cao; Huaijin Guan; Jianfeng Lu; Hui Xu (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Progranulin Promotes Functional Recovery in Rats with Acute Spinal Cord Injury via Autophagy-Induced Anti-inflammatory Microglial Polarization - Qiang Shi; Yinghao Wu; Baokun Zhang; Shengting Wu; Xin Wang; Fangqi Lin; Guowang Zhang; Xiaofeng Lian; Jianguang Xu (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

PPARγ Dysfunction in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Mediates High-Fat Diet-Induced Depression - Cong-Cong Fu; Xin-Yi Zhang; Liu Xu; Hui-Xian Huang; Shuang Xu; Qiao-Qi Wu; Zhen Wang; Xi Gu; Li-Fang Lin; Song Lin; Ying-Ying Fang; Xiong Cao; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Diminished miR-374c-5p negatively regulates IL (interleukin)-6 in unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion - Lin Zhao; Li Han; Guozhen Hei; Ran Wei; Zhen Zhang; Xiaoxiao Zhu; Qiang Guo; Chu Chu; Xiaoxiao Fu; Ke Xu; Xia Li (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2022)

Does the new energy demonstration cities construction reduce CO2 emission? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China - Hong Xu; Baozhen Liu; Lei Qiu; Xujun Liu; Weifen Lin; Bei Liu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Synthesis of polyaminophosphonated-functionalized hydrochar for efficient sorption of Pb(II) - Bing Li; Jia-Lin Liu; Huan Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Research on financing strategy of low-carbon supply chain based on cost-sharing contract - Chengfeng Wu; Chunfeng Xu; Qiuhong Zhao; Shuaicheng Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Widespread refertilization of cratonic lithospheric mantle related to circum-craton plate subduction: evidence from peridotite xenoliths from the central North China Craton - Yao Xu; Hong-Fu Zhang; A-Bing Lin (Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2022)

Recognition of the Multi-class Schizophrenia Based on the Resting-State EEG Network Topology - Fali Li; Lin Jiang; Yuanyuan Liao; Cunbo Li; Qi Zhang; Shu Zhang; Yangsong Zhang; Li Kang; Rong Li; Dezhong Yao; Gang Yin; Peng Xu; et al. (Brain Topography, 2022)

An Adequate Supply of Bis(ethylmaltolato)oxidovanadium(IV) Remarkably Reversed the Pathological Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Triple-Transgenic Middle-Aged Mice - Zhijun He; Lin Zheng; Xu Zhao; Xiaoqian Li; Hua Xue; Qionghui Zhao; Bingyu Ren; Nan Li; Jiazuan Ni; Yan Zhang; Qiong Liu (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Associations Between Plasma Metals and Cognitive Function in People Aged 60 and Above - Junling Zhang; Qiumei Liu; Min Xu; Jiansheng Cai; Yanfei Wei; Yinxia Lin; Xiaoting Mo; Shenxiang Huang; Shuzhen Liu; Chunbao Mo; Tingyu Mai; Dechan Tan; et al. (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Phenomenon of the sediment deposition in a hydraulic jump region of open channels - Wei-lin Xu; Guo-guang Wang; Shi-hao Fu; Wang-ru Wei (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Sesquiterpene lactones from Carpesium abrotanoides L. and their activity in inducing protective autophagy - Bao-Jia Yang; Juan Wang; Zheng-Quan Zeng; Xu Yang; Ai-Ying Huang; Xiao-Jiang Hao; Xiao Ding; Shun-Lin Li (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Estimating the Impact of a Seasonal Fishing Moratorium on the East China Sea Ecosystem From 1997 to 2018 - Lingyan Xu; Puqing Song; Yuyu Wang; Bin Xie; Lingfeng Huang; Yuan Li; Xinqing Zheng; Longshan Lin (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Fisheries management policies (FMPs) have been implemented in coastal countries to ensure a sustainable supply of seafood and the recovery of species diversity. Because of the depletion of fishery stocks, China has introduced a series of FMPs since 1995, including a seasonal fishing moratorium (SFM), a zero-growth strategy, and a minimum mesh size for fishing nets. Here, we built two mass balance models for 1997–2000 (M1997) and 2018–2019 (M2018) using Ecopath with Ecosim 6.6 to illustrate the interannual changes over the past two decades in the East China Sea (ECS). We then simulated two dynamic scenarios from 1997 to 2018, SFM (M2018 SFM ) and no SFM (M2018 no-SFM ), to test the role of the SFM under fishing pressure in the ECS. Ecopath showed that the ECS ecosystem is becoming more mature, although it is still unstable, featuring lower total primary production/total respiration, longer cycles, faster organic material circulation speed, and a higher omnivorous degree. This suggests a slow recovery for the ECS ecosystem in the past two decades. The biomass of fish in the ECS—especially the planktivores, dominated by small-sized Benthosema pterotum —significantly increased in M2018 versus M1997, but there were fewer medium- and large-sized fish. The keystone species switched from the planktivores/piscivores dominated by Decapterus maruadsi in M1997 to planktivores in M2018. Ecosim illustrated that the SFM has positive effects on fishery resources recovery, especially for commercial fishes (i.e., large yellow croakers and hairtails), as reflected by the significantly higher predicted biomass of fish in M2018 SFM compared to M2018 no-SFM and M1997, although the bioaccumulation was consumed by the intense fishing pressure after the SFM. However, the M2018 SFM prediction for nektons was still lower than the actual value, especially for planktivores, which display a sharp increase in biomass. This should be partly attributable to the policy of the minimum mesh size (<5 cm was banned), which benefits B. pterotum due to its 3.5 cm maximum body size. Therefore, a series of FMPs, rather than only the SFM, functioned together in the ECS ecosystem. However, the mixed trophic impact indicated a negative impact if the fisheries were further developed. Fishery management in the ECS needs to be strengthened by extending the SFM and reducing fishing pressure after the SFM.

A comprehensive review on the application of novel disruption techniques for proteins release from microalgae - Vaileth Timira; Kudakwashe Meki; Zhenxing Li; Hong Lin; Mengyao Xu; Siddanakoppalu N. Pramod (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2022)

Decomposition and Nutrient Release into Water from Litter Mixtures of Coastal Wetland Species - Patrick Ndayambaje; Tingfeng Zhang; Lili Wei; Lin Liu; Xu Huang; Jie Li; Shaohua Tian; Yu Xin; Xuecong Sun; Chaoxiang Liu (Wetlands, 2022)

Probiotics Treatment of Leg Diseases in Broiler Chickens: a Review - Tingting Xu; Ke Yue; Chaodong Zhang; Xishuai Tong; Luxi Lin; Qinqin Cao; Shucheng Huang (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2022)

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of phospholipase D gene in leaves of sorghum in response to abiotic stresses - Jinpeng Wei; Wenjing Shao; Xinyu Liu; Lin He; Changjiang Zhao; Gaobo Yu; Jingyu Xu (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2022)

Correction to: Baicalin Attenuates Ketamine-Induced Neurotoxicity in the Developing Rats: Involvement of PI3K/Akt and CREB/BDNF/Bcl-2 Pathways - Daiying Zuo; Li Lin; Yumiao Liu; Chengna Wang; Jingwen Xu; Feng Sun; Lin Li; Zengqiang Li; Yingliang Wu (Neurotoxicity Research, 2022)

Chaperone-mediated Autophagy Regulates Cell Growth by Targeting SMAD3 in Glioma - Hanqun Liu; Yuxuan Yong; Xingjian Li; Panghai Ye; Kai Tao; Guoyou Peng; Mingshu Mo; Wenyuan Guo; Xiang Chen; Yangfu Luo; Yuwan Lin; Jiewen Qiu; et al. (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2022)

Building a predictive model to identify clinical indicators for COVID-19 using machine learning method - Xinlei Deng; Han Li; Xin Liao; Zhiqiang Qin; Fan Xu; Samantha Friedman; Gang Ma; Kun Ye; Shao Lin (Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2022)

Grazing by Tibetan Sheep Enhances Soil Bacterial and Fungal Diversity in Cold Season Pastures of Alpine Meadows on the Northern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau - Lin Wang; Xiaojun Yu; Changlin Xu; Yuanyuan Jing; Meijuan Song (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2022)

Clinical efficacy of melatonin as adjunctive therapy to non-surgical treatment of periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Ru-Yue Liu; Lin Li; Zhong-Ti Zhang; Ting Wu; Shuang Lin; Xu-Tong Zhang (Inflammopharmacology, 2022)

Environmental risks and the potential benefits of nanopesticides: a review - Zhenlan Xu; Tao Tang; Qin Lin; Jianzhong Yu; Changpeng Zhang; Xueping Zhao; Melanie Kah; Lingxiangyu Li (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2022)

Combined System of Organic Substrate and Straw-Degrading Microbial Agents Improved Soil Organic Matter Levels and Microbial Abundance in a Rice–Wheat Rotation - Shi-Li Song; Xue Luo; Hao Wu; Xiao-Lin Lu; Fang-Ji Xu; Zhen-Hua Zhang; Yong-Xiang Guan; Chuan-Chao Dai (Current Microbiology, 2022)

Bisphosphonate of Zoledronate Has Antiapoptotic Effect on Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Injury in Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Through Trk Signaling Pathway - Hua Wang; Wen-Shu Zhao; Lin Xu (Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2022)

The behavior of REEs indicates the dolomite petrogenesis and a unique dolomitization model of the Middle Permian Qixia formation in Northwest Sichuan Basin, China - Shengyang Xie; Xingzhi Wang; Bo Li; Long Wen; Liang Xu; Yao Du; Lin Xie; Yong Li; Yaping Wang; Yawen Li (Carbonates and Evaporites, 2022)

Evaluation of Reprocessed Fengyun-3B Global Outgoing Longwave Radiation Data: Comparison with CERES OLR - Wanchun Zhang; Jian Liu; Peng Zhang; Ling Sun; Hanlie Xu; Yanjiao Wang; Lin Chen (Journal of Meteorological Research, 2022)

Myd88 knockdown with RNA interference induces in vitro immune hyporesponsiveness in dendritic cells from rhesus monkeys - Qiuhong Wang; Dongyun Cun; Desong Xu; Liang Lin; Jian Jiao; Li Zhang; Cheng Xi; Wei Li; Peng Chen; Mingdao Hu (Immunogenetics, 2022)

Characteristics of the chemical composition and source apportionment of PM2.5 for a one-year period in Wuhan, China - Xiaoyu Zhang; Guixiang Ji; Xiaowu Peng; Lingya Kong; Xin Zhao; Rongrong Ying; Wenjun Yin; Tian Xu; Juan Cheng; Lin Wang (Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 2022)

Identification of Key Pathways and Genes in SARS-CoV-2 Infecting Human Intestines by Bioinformatics Analysis - Ji-Chun Chen; Tian-Ao Xie; Zhen-Zong Lin; Yi-Qing Li; Yu-Fei Xie; Zhong-Wei Li; Xu-Guang Guo (Biochemical Genetics, 2022)
COVID-19 is a serious infectious disease that has recently swept the world, and research on its causative virus, SARS-CoV-2, remains insufficient. Therefore, this study uses bioinformatics analysis techniques to explore the human digestive tract diseases that may be caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. The gene expression profile data set, numbered GSE149312, is from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database and is divided into a 24-h group and a 60-h group. R software is used to analyze and screen out differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and then gene ontology (GO) term and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses are performed. In KEGG, the pathway of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease exists in both the 24-h group and 60-h group. STRING is used to establish a protein–protein interaction (PPI) network, and Cytoscape is then used to visualize the PPI and define the top 12 genes of the node as the hub genes. Through verification, nine statistically significant hub genes are identified: AKT1, TIMP1, NOTCH, CCNA2, RRM2, TTK, BUB1B, KIF20A, and PLK1. In conclusion, the results of this study can provide a certain direction and basis for follow-up studies of SARS-CoV-2 infection of the human digestive tract and provide new insights for the prevention and treatment of diseases caused by SARS-CoV-2.

Connexins may play a critical role in cigarette smoke-induced pulmonary hypertension - Xiaojiang Qin; Anqi Gao; Xiaomin Hou; Xinrong Xu; Liangjin Chen; Lin Sun; Yuxuan Hao; Yiwei Shi (Archives of Toxicology, 2022)

Medicinal herbs and phytochemicals to combat pathogens in aquaculture - Mengmeng Li; Dongdong Wei; Shuaishuai Huang; Lin Huang; Fengqiao Xu; Qing Yu; Mingzhu Liu; Pengfei Li (Aquaculture International, 2022)

Distribution and invasion of Spartina alterniflora within the Jiaozhou Bay monitored by remote sensing image - Jianbu Wang; Zhaoyang Lin; Yuanqing Ma; Guangbo Ren; Zijun Xu; Xiukai Song; Yi Ma; Andong Wang; Yajie Zhao (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022)

The aftershock sequence at a deep nickel mine: temporal and spatial distribution, magnitude distribution, and aftershock decay following major events - Xu Ma; Erik Westman; Farid Malek; Baisheng Nie; Shuangshuang Lin (Acta Geophysica, 2022)

A Discontinuous Individual Growth Model of Swimming Crab Portunus trituberculatus and Its Application in the Nutrient Dynamic Simulation in an Intensive Mariculture Pond - Shipeng Dong; Xian Xu; Fan Lin; Liye Yu; Hongwei Shan; Fang Wang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Environmental problems such as organic pollution and eutrophication caused by highly intensive mariculture activities constrain the sustainable and healthy development of industry. Therefore, it is necessary to quantify the nutrient dynamics of aquaculture animals in order to reduce the risk of environmental pollution. In this study, a discontinuous individual growth model of Portunus trituberculatus in an intensive mariculture pond of P. trituberculatus – Penaeus japonicus – Sinonovacula constricta was constructed based on a dynamic energy budget theory combined with the index of condition factor. This model better predicted the growth and molting behavior of P. trituberculatus , and an acceptable fit was obtained through model parameterization using the Add-my-Pet (AmP) method (mean relative error = 0.058, symmetric mean squared error = 0.007). Ten molts were simulated over 180 days and generally coincided with the recorded molt time points. Based on this model and P. trituberculatus populations, the dynamic processes of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in ingestion, respiration, excretion, feces, residual feed, dead crabs, seeding, molt, and harvest were simulated. The carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus ingested during the 180-day culture period were 4,938.57 kg ha -1 , 1,255.88 kg ha -1 , and 244.16 kg ha -1 , respectively. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus removal by harvest accounted for 1.06%, 1.03% and 0.62% of the total ingestion, respectively, while carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus removal by dead crabs accounted for 6.84%, 6.63%, and 4.04%, respectively, and carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus released from residual feed into the water accounted for 41.43% of the total feed. The accurate simulation of molting behavior and nutrient dynamics in this study provides a theoretical basis for molting risk prevention and environmental stress assessment of P. trituberculatus and provides basic modules and data support for the construction of the integrated mariculture ecosystem model.

Potential Application of Biosurfactant-Producing Bacteria for Bioremediation of Oil Polluted Marine Intertidal Sediments - Ping Guo; Wei-Wei Xu; Dan-Na Wei; Man-Xia Zhang; Jin Zhang; Shi Tang; Bin-Xia Cao; Jian-Guo Lin; Wei Li (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
The removal of oil contaminants in marine intertidal sediments under cold climate is an urgent issue. Although the bioavailability of petroleum hydrocarbons decreases at low temperatures, biosurfactants can promote oil biodegradation. In this study, characteristics of biosurfactants produced by cold-adapted oil-degrading bacteria Planococcus sp. XW-1 were studied. Adding the XW-1 biosurfactant could effectively facilitate the solubility of phenanthrene, pyrene, diesel oil, and crude oil. The solubilization was limited by the number of rings and the molecular weight (WSRphenanthrene = 0.0234; WSRpyrene = 0.0165; WSRdiesel oil = 0.0027; WSRcrude oil = 0.0015). Additional biosurfactants significantly washed out crude oil adsorbed to the sand (reduction from 17.1%, 22.7% to 87.9% and 94.28% in 24 h). With the increase in particle size, the removal efficiency increased from 87.9% to 94.28%. After the addition of biosurfactant, the effect of degradation increased by 20% in 20 days. The results suggest that the biosurfactant-producing bacteria Planococcus sp. XW-1 is a promising candidate used in the in situ bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated intertidal sediment.

Nitrous Oxide from Abiotic Processes of Hydroxylamine and Nitrite in Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems: A Review - Chaobin Xu; Mengting Qi; Weisheng Lin; Xiaofei Li (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
Abiotic processes of nitrogen (N) are suggested to contribute to nitrous oxide (N2O) production; however, the important role of these processes in N2O emissions is invariably ignored. This review synthesized the main abiotic processes of hydroxylamine and nitrite and associated biogeochemical controls in estuarine and coastal ecosystems. Abiotic processes of hydroxylamine and nitrite are availably detected in estuarine and coastal environments. The abiotic processes of hydroxylamine contribute more to N2O production than the abiotic processes of nitrite in estuarine and coastal environments, suggesting that hydroxylamine plays an important role in N2O production. The isotopic fractionation effects of N can occur during the abiotic processes of hydroxylamine and nitrite and are enriched with the increasing rates of N reactions. In addition, abiotic processes of hydroxylamine and nitrite are highly dependent on pH, oxygen, Fe2+, Fe3+, and Mn4+ and are also triggered by the increasing substrate contents. These results suggest that abiotic processes of hydroxylamine and nitrite have been greatly concerned for the estuarine and coastal environments, whereas the dynamics of these processes are still sparse for projecting N fates and dynamics in response to environmental factors changes. This review highlights the importance of abiotic processes of N and associated environmental implications and presents the future trend of N cycling in estuarine and coastal environments.

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

A novel surface sterilization method using Artemisia dracunculus extract for tissue culturing of endangered species Sargassum fusiforme - Nedaa Ahmed; Hala F. Mohamed; Changan Xu; Xihuang Lin; Lingfeng Huang (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2022)

Interleukin-13 Affects the Recovery Processes in a Mouse Model of Hemorrhagic Stroke with Bilateral Tibial Fracture - Ya’nan Yan; Cheng Gao; Guang Chen; Xueshi Chen; Yanglin Wu; Heng Xu; Zhiqi Cheng; Chengliang Luo; Mingyang Zhang; Tao Wang; Jun Lin; Xiping Chen; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Metabolic tuning of a stable microbial community in the surface oligotrophic Indian Ocean revealed by integrated meta-omics - Zhang-Xian Xie; Ke-Qiang Yan; Ling-Fen Kong; Ying-Bao Gai; Tao Jin; Yan-Bin He; Ya-Yu Wang; Feng Chen; Lin Lin; Zhi-Long Lin; Hong-Kai Xu; Zong-Ze Shao; et al. (Marine Life Science & Technology, 2022)
Understanding the mechanisms, structuring microbial communities in oligotrophic ocean surface waters remains a major ecological endeavor. Functional redundancy and metabolic tuning are two mechanisms that have been proposed to shape microbial response to environmental forcing. However, little is known about their roles in the oligotrophic surface ocean due to less integrative characterization of community taxonomy and function. Here, we applied an integrated meta-omics-based approach, from genes to proteins, to investigate the microbial community of the oligotrophic northern Indian Ocean. Insignificant spatial variabilities of both genomic and proteomic compositions indicated a stable microbial community that was dominated by Prochlorococcus , Synechococcus , and SAR11. However, fine tuning of some metabolic functions that are mainly driven by salinity and temperature was observed. Intriguingly, a tuning divergence occurred between metabolic potential and activity in response to different environmental perturbations. Our results indicate that metabolic tuning is an important mechanism for sustaining the stability of microbial communities in oligotrophic oceans. In addition, integrated meta-omics provides a powerful tool to comprehensively understand microbial behavior and function in the ocean.

Dominant Fungal Epiphytes Promote Growth of the Invasive Plant Ipomoea cairica Through Hormone Interactions - Hua Xu; Ping Chang; Shaoshan Li; Jianguo Lu; Xuejun Lin; Can Xie (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2022)

Photosynthesis-Related Proteins Play Crucial Role During Senescence Stage in Flue-Cured Tobacco Plants: A Combine iTRAQ-PRM Study - Conglian He; Shubin Sun; Yun Tang; Chenggang He; Pengfei Li; Tianyang Xu; Gaokun Zhao; Congming Zou; Zhonglong Lin; Yi Chen (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2022)

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

A microscopic and quantitative analysis on the separation of chloride ion by fly ash washing: Effect of liquid-to-solid ratio, washing time and temperature - Haogang Huang; Wei Liu; Lin Zhang; Jiamei Fang; Fang Xu; Shi Bu; Weigang Xu; Chen Xu; Hongqi Yao; Zhilei Ma (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Responses of photosynthesis, antioxidant enzymes, and related gene expression to nicosulfuron stress in sweet maize (Zea mays L.) - Zhen-Xing Wu; Ning-Wei Xu; Min Yang; Xiang-Ling Li; Jin-Ling Han; Xiao-Hu Lin; Qing Yang; Gui-Hua Lv; Jian Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Study on water resources carrying capacity in Zhuanglang River Basin - Wen Xu; Chang Zhou; Bingrui Liu; Dongxue Wang; Xingzhu Zhao; Xiaojing Yang; Xiaotao Zhu; Zimu Lin (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022)
With the rapid development of China’s social economy, the phenomenon of unbalanced regional economic development is increasingly obvious. The shortage of water resources in northwest China is an important constraint to local development. The study on the water resources carrying capacity of the Zhuanglang River Basin plays an important role in the development of local economy; thus, we evaluate the water resources situation of Zhuanglang River Basin by using hydrology-related calculation method, combining with field investigation, visiting relevant departments, and referring to relevant data. Meanwhile, the water resources carrying capacity of 3 counties and 12 townships in the Zhuanglang River Basin in the current year are studied and analyzed based on methods such as fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model and quantitative calculation. Results indicate that the carrying capacity of water resources in Zhuanglang river basin can mostly meet the needs of township, but it is necessary to further optimize the water resources carrying capacity of the Zhuanglang River Basin from the four systems of water resources, society, economy, and ecology in the future. Besides, the results of quantitative calculation show that the maximum economic scale that water resources can withstand in most areas of the Zhuanglang River Basin is the overall well-off level, that is, the per capita domestic water is 80L/(d· person), and the per capita GDP is 10000 yuan/person. But there is still a certain gap to achieve the level, when the people are well-off in an all-round way, the two indexes are correspondently raised to 120L/(d· person), and the per capita GDP is 30,000 yuan/person.

Is hand-to-mouth contact the main pathway of children’s soil and dust intake? - Yiwei Gong; Yihang Wu; Chunye Lin; Dongqun Xu; Xiaoli Duan; Beibei Wang; Xitao Liu; Hongguang Cheng; Qin Wang; Jin Ma (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2022)

Protective Effect of Selenium-Enriched Green Tea on Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Liver Fibrosis - Lin Zhang; Jia-Ying Xu; Yanyan Wei; Shi-Lin Gao; Lin Wang; Jia-Yang Zheng; Minghua Gu; Li-Qiang Qin (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Complete genome analysis of the newly isolated Vibrio phage vB_VpP_WS1 of the family Microviridae - Wenjing Xu; Guanhua Xuan; Hong Lin; Jingxue Wang (Archives of Virology, 2022)

Unexpected increase of PAH toxicity in ambient particulate matter under the implementation of clean air action: evidence from two megacities in northern China - Weijian Liu; Jinze Wang; Wei Li; Nan Lin; Qingyang Liu; Mengxin Xu; Wei Du (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2022)

The adjustment of life history strategies drives the ecological adaptations of soil microbiota to aridity - Chaonan Li; Haijun Liao; Lin Xu; Changting Wang; Nianpeng He; Junming Wang; Xiangzhen Li (Molecular Ecology, 2022)
Soil microbiota increase their fitness to local habitats by adjusting their life history strategies. Yet, how such adjustments drive their ecological adaptations in xeric grasslands remains elusive. In this study, shifts in the traits that potentially represent microbial life history strategies were studied along two aridity gradients with different climates using metagenomic and trait‐based approaches. The results indicated that resource acquisition (e.g., higher activities of β‐ d ‐glucosidase and N ‐acetyl‐β‐ d ‐glucosidase, higher degradation rates of cellulose and chitin, as well as genes involved in cell motility, biodegradation, transportation and competition) and growth yield (e.g., higher biomass and respiration) strategies were depleted at higher aridity. However, maintenance of cellular and high growth potential (e.g., higher metabolic quotients and genes related to DNA replication, transcription, translation, central carbon metabolism and biosynthesis) and stress tolerance (e.g., genes involved in DNA damage repair, cation transportation, sporulation and osmolyte biosynthesis) strategies were enriched at higher aridity. This implied that microbiota have lower growth yields but are probably well primed for rapid responses to pulses of rainfall in more arid soils, whereas those in less arid soils may have stronger resource acquisition and growth yield abilities. By integrating a large amount of evidence from taxonomic, metagenomic, genomic and biochemical investigations, this study demonstrates that the ecological adaptations of soil microbiota to aridity made by adjusting and optimizing their life history strategies are universal in xeric grasslands and provides an underlying mechanistic understanding of soil microbial responses to climate changes.

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

Blood Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Gene Expression Differences between Yangtze Finless Porpoises from Two Habitats: Natural and Ex Situ Protected Waters - Wang Liu; Denghua Yin; Danqing Lin; Yan Yan; Xiaoyan Zhu; Congping Ying; Jialu Zhang; Pao Xu; Kai Liu (Fishes, 2022)
The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis, YFP) is a critically endangered small odontocete species, mainly distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake, and Dongting Lake. Under the influence of human activities, many factors are threatening the survival and reproduction of YFPs in their natural habitat. Ex situ conservation is of great significance to strengthen the rescuing conservation of YFPs by providing suitable alternative habitats and promoting the reproduction and growth of the ex situ population. To reveal the differences in gene expression of YFPs in natural and ex situ protected waters, and to investigate the effects of environmental factors on YFPs and their mechanisms, we performed transcriptome sequencing for blood tissues of YFPs collected from natural waters and ex situ protected waters. Using RNA-seq we identified 4613 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), of which 4485 were up-regulated and 128 were down-regulated in the natural population. GO analysis showed that DEGs were significantly enriched in entries related to binding, catalytic activity, and biological regulation; KEGG analysis showed that DEGs were enriched mainly in signal transduction, endocrine system, immune system, and sensory system-related pathways. Further analysis revealed that water pollution in natural waters may affect the hormone secretion of YFPs by altering the expression pattern of endocrine genes, thus interfering with normal endocrine activities; noise pollution may induce oxidative stress and inflammatory responses in YFPs, thus impairing the auditory function of YFPs. This study provides a new perspective for further research on the effect of habitat conditions on the YFPs and suggests that improving the habitat environment may help in the conservation of YFPs.

Research on infrared dim and small target detection algorithm based on frequency domain difference - Leihong Zhang; Haiqing Miao; Jian Chen; Weihong Lin; Runchu Xu; Dawei Zhang (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022)

Differences of Macroalgal Consumption by Eight Herbivorous Coral Reef Fishes From the Xisha Islands, China - Peng Wu; Teng Wang; Yong Liu; Chunhou Li; Yayuan Xiao; Shannan Xu; Tingting Han; Lin Lin; Qiumei Quan (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Herbivorous fishes play an important role in preventing the overabundance of macroalgae on coral reefs. Understanding the feeding selectivity and consumption of macroalgae by herbivorous fishes can be challenging in studies of their ecological role in the preservation and recovery of coral reefs. Coral reef decline, macroalgal overgrowth and overfishing are clearly visible in the Xisha Islands, China. However, there are seldom studies on the feeding behaviors of herbivorous fishes in this area. We used microscopy, 18S rRNA high-throughput sequencing, and stable isotope analyses to comprehensively examine the diet of eight herbivorous reef fish species common in the Xisha Islands, including one parrotfish, two chub, two unicorn fish, and three rabbitfish. Based on microscopic examination, Siganus argenteus fed on the highest number of macroalgae species (five species), followed by Naso unicornis (four species). Kyphosus cinerascens , K. vaigiensis , N. unicornis and S. punctatissimus fed on the entire macroalgal thallus, indicating their greater ecological importance compared with species that only consume algal fronds. According to the 18S rRNA high-throughput sequencing of fish intestinal contents, cluster analysis revealed that consumed macroalgae composition from the eight fishes always grouped together based on the fish species, but with low similarity. K. vaigiensis removed the highest diversity of macroalgae species as well as the greatest quantity of macroalgae. Calotomus carolinus can consume the red alga Pneophyllum conicum , which is widely distributed on Indo-Pacific coral reefs and can overgrow and kill live corals. N. unicornis was found to occupy the lowest trophic position based on stable isotope analysis. Multi-technique analyses revealed that K. vaigiensis , N. unicornis and S. argenteus showed a high consumption potential of macroalgae, suggesting that they are the key browsers that should receive priority protection in the Xisha Islands. A diverse herbivorous fish fauna is also very important in the Xisha coral reefs. These results not only demonstrated the various functions of different herbivorous fish species in macroalgal removal, but also provided insights into the management of herbivorous fishes on the coral reefs of the South China Sea.

Genetic Diversity Analysis of Sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) Among High-Sucrose Clones of GT Series and Commonly Used Parents by Using Microsatellite Markers in Guangxi, China - Hai-Rong Huang; Yi-Jing Gao; Mukesh Kumar Malviya; Krishan K. Verma; Manoj Kumar Solanki; Yu-Xin Huang; Xiang Li; Yuchi Deng; Jing Yan; Shi-Yun Tang; Lun-Wang Wang; Lin Xu (Sugar Tech, 2022)

Overview of yeast environmental stress response pathways and the development of tolerant yeasts - Nai-Xin Lin; Yan Xu; Xiao-Wei Yu (Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing, 2022)

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

Heat Shock Procedure Affects Cell Division-Associated Genes in Gynogenetic Manipulation - Fan Yu; Jian-Lin Li; Wen-Rong Feng; Yong-Kai Tang; Sheng-Yan Su; Pao Xu; Huan Zhong (Marine Biotechnology, 2022)

The RNA-binding protein SND1 promotes the degradation of GPX4 by destabilizing the HSPA5 mRNA and suppressing HSPA5 expression, promoting ferroptosis in osteoarthritis chondrocytes - Min Lv; Yuanzhen Cai; Weikun Hou; Kan Peng; Ke Xu; Chao Lu; Wenxing Yu; Weisong Zhang; Lin Liu (Inflammation Research, 2022)

Effect of jet airflow deflection on cleaning performance of filter cartridge - Ling Ren; Na Yuan; Longyuan Lin; Chunhong He; Cuiying Tang; Zhiyong Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Safety assessment of drinking water sources along Yangtze River using vulnerability and risk analysis - Jingjing Yang; Yaxiu Liu; Xiao Tan; Congbon Xu; Aijun Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Carbon consumption and regeneration of oxygen-containing functional groups on activated carbon for flue gas purification - Yuran Li; Yuting Lin; Junxiang Guo; Zhicheng Xu; Bin Wang; Tingyu Zhu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Research on Transfer Rate of Heavy Metals and Harmful Elements in Traditional Chinese Medicine Extraction and Refining Processes and Product Health Risk Assessment - Dujia Jin; Lin Li; Wujun Dong; Xiangyang Zhu; Xuejun Xia; Renyun Wang; Jun Ye; Ran Li; Zhihua Liu; Xueqing Xu; Lili Gao; Yuling Liu; et al. (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Selenium Alleviates Inflammation in Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Mastitis via MerTK-Dependent Activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway in Mice - Si-jie Chen; Chen-yuan Zhang; Di Yu; Chang-jie Lin; Hao-jun Xu; Chang-min Hu (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Correction: Interaction of declined handgrip strength and HIV infection on neurocognitive impairment - Shiying Yuan; Xiaoxiao Chen; Haijiang Lin; Ruizi Shi; Jing Li; Lulu Xu; Shijie Qiao; Yingying Ding; Na He (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2022)

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

Interaction of declined handgrip strength and HIV infection on neurocognitive impairment - Shiying Yuan; Xiaoxiao Chen; Haijiang Lin; Ruizi Shi; Jing Li; Lulu Xu; Shijie Qiao; Yingying Ding; Na He (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2022)

Interannual climate variability has predominant effects on seedling survival in a temperate forest - Zhichao Xu; Daniel J. Johnson; Kai Zhu; Fei Lin; Ji Ye; Zuoqiang Yuan; Zikun Mao; Shuai Fang; Zhanqing Hao; Xugao Wang (Ecology, 2022)
Mechanisms such as conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) and niche partitioning have been proposed to explain species coexistence and community diversity. However, as a potentially important axis of niche partitioning, the role of interannual climate variability in driving local community dynamics remains largely unknown. Here we used a 15‐year monitoring data set of more than 53,000 seedlings in a temperate forest to examine (1) what are the relative effects of interannual climate variability, biotic interactions, and habitat conditions on seedling survival; (2) how the effects of biotic interactions change with interannual climate variability, and habitat conditions; and (3) whether the impacts of interannual climate variability, biotic interactions, and habitat conditions differ with plant traits. Interannual climate variability accounted for the most variation in seedling survival at the community level, followed by biotic interactions, and habitat conditions. Increased snowpack and decreased minimum temperature during the non‐growing season had positive effects on seedling survival. Effects of conspecific neighbor density were weakened in higher snowpack, effective accumulated temperature, elevation, and soil‐resource gradient, but were intensified with increased ultraviolet radiation, maximum precipitation, minimum temperature, and soil moisture. In addition, the relative importance of interannual climate variability versus biotic interactions differed depending on species‐trait groups. Specifically, biotic interactions for gravity‐dispersed species had a larger effect size in affecting seedling survival than other trait groups. Also, gravity‐dispersed species experienced a stronger CNDD than wind‐dispersed, probably because wind‐dispersed seedlings rarely had adult conspecifics nearby. We found that interannual climate variability was most strongly associated with seedling survival, but the magnitude of climatic effects varied among species‐trait groups. Interannual climate variability may act as an inhibitor or accelerator to density‐dependent interactions and should be accounted for in future studies, as both a potential direct and indirect factor in understanding the diversity of forest communities.

Structural and Functional Improvements of Coastal Ecosystem Based on Artificial Oyster Reef Construction in the Bohai Sea, China - Xu Wang; Jie Feng; Chenggang Lin; Hui Liu; Muyan Chen; Yunling Zhang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Oyster reefs are gaining more and more attention in marine ranching and coastal ecosystem restoration, but tremendous knowledge gaps still exist. In this study, we developed trophic models for the established artificial oyster reef (EAOR), newly deployed artificial oyster reef (NAOR), and non-reef bare substratum (NBS) ecosystems located in the Bay of Xiangyun, Bohai Sea, China, to assess the benefits of artificial oyster reef construction and to characterize the unique role of these reefs in coastal management. The analysis showed that the EAOR and NAOR ecosystems were similar to each other, but both were greatly different than the NBS ecosystem. Reefs showed greater “ecological size” and stronger top-down effects compared to the bare area. The ecosystems were not yet mature, but the EAOR and NAOR ecosystems had more complicated trophic relationships, greater potential to withstand perturbations, and higher biological carrying capacities of commercial organisms compared to the NBS ecosystem. These results demonstrated that artificial oyster reef construction resulted in great advantages to the ecosystem. For example, oysters became the structuring functional group and played a critical role in the trophic structure of the reef areas. The phytoplankton/detritus-oysters-carnivorous macrobenthos pathway developed and became dominant in these areas, thereby contributing to highly efficient secondary production. The ratios of total primary production/total respiration were < 1, indicating that the reef ecosystems responded effectively to nutrient inputs from adjacent ecosystems. We speculate that water exchange might be a critical factor influencing the maintenance of the system. Long-term monitoring of the EAOR and NAOR should be implemented for oyster protection and to assess the need to manipulate carnivorous macrobenthos to keep the systems in balance. Results of this study could benefit the restoration, exploitation, and management of oyster reefs. Further studies should take the adjacent ecosystems and anthropogenic activities into account.

Sterols and triterpenoids from Ganoderma lucidum and their reversal activities of tumor multidrug resistance - Min Wu; Cui-e Shen; Qiao-fa Lin; Jin-yi Zhong; Yan-fei Zhou; Ben-chen Liu; Jian-hua Xu; Zhi-qiang Zhang; Peng Li (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Reasonable application range of flocculation–solidification combined method in treatment of hydraulically dredged mud slurry - Rong-Jun Zhang; Zhi-Hao Xu; Jun-Jie Zheng; Lin-Wei Tu; Zhan-fang Huang (Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 2022)

Extensive sequence divergence between the reference genomes of Taraxacum kok-saghyz and Taraxacum mongolicum - Tao Lin; Xia Xu; Huilong Du; Xiuli Fan; Qingwen Chen; Chunyan Hai; Zijian Zhou; Xiao Su; Liquan Kou; Qiang Gao; Lingwei Deng; Jinsheng Jiang; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Facing small and biased data dilemma in drug discovery with enhanced federated learning approaches - Zhaoping Xiong; Ziqiang Cheng; Xinyuan Lin; Chi Xu; Xiaohong Liu; Dingyan Wang; Xiaomin Luo; Yong Zhang; Hualiang Jiang; Nan Qiao; Mingyue Zheng (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Octahedral silver oxide nanoparticles enabling remarkable SERS activity for detecting circulating tumor cells - Meng He; Jie Lin; Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru; Xiawei Xu; Yanying Li; Yi Cao; Yanping Xu; Aiguo Wu (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Legacy effects of a multi-year extreme drought on belowground bud banks in rhizomatous vs bunchgrass-dominated grasslands - Jianqiang Qian; Ziyue Guo; Taofeek O. Muraina; Niwu Te; Robert J. Griffin-Nolan; Lin Song; Chong Xu; Qiang Yu; Zhiming Zhang; Wentao Luo (Oecologia, 2022)

COX-2/PGE2 Pathway Inhibits the Ferroptosis Induced by Cerebral Ischemia Reperfusion - Yunfei Xu; Ying Liu; Kexin Li; Dun Yuan; Shun Yang; Lin Zhou; Yao Zhao; Shuying Miao; Caihong Lv; Jie Zhao (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Study of the Involvement of the P2Y12 Receptor in Chronic Itching in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - Xiumei Xu; Huiqing Zhang; Lin Li; Runan Yang; Guilin Li; Shuangmei Liu; Günther Schmalzing; Hong Nie; Shangdong Liang (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Insights into sorption and leaching behavior of sulfadiazine in soil as affected by humic acid - Qing Lin; Boliang Li; Xiaowen Liu; Budi Zhang; Shaohui Xu (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2022)

Investigation on desiccation cracking behavior of clayey soils with a perspective of fracture mechanics: a review - Jin-Jian Xu; Chao-Sheng Tang; Qing Cheng; Qi-liang Xu; Hilary I. Inyang; Zhu-Yuan Lin; Bin Shi (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2022)

Unloading Response Characteristics of Cross Fault Caverns: Effect of Fault Angles - Yong-Hui Shang; Lin-Rong Xu; Yong-Wei Li (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2022)

The associations of urinary DEHP metabolite levels, serum thyroid hormones, and thyroid-related genes among the adolescent students from China: a cross-sectional study - Yaming Zhao; Xinyue Song; Shuang Ding; Wen Qi; Yuezhu Zhang; Qi Xu; Tianyang Zhao; Xueting Zhang; Xu Li; Fuju Wu; Lin Ye (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Occurrence and distribution characteristics of heavy metals in the surface water of Yongding River Basin, China - Jingqiu Jiang; Gaofeng Zhao; Yiping Xu; Jian Zhao; Lin Liu; Chengyou Liu; Dewang Wang; Yunpeng Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Can transportation infrastructure reduce haze pollution in China? - Chenggang Li; Tao Lin; Zhifei Zhang; Dan Xu; Lei Huang; Wanping Bai (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Enhancement of oral bioavailability and anti-hyperuricemic activity of aloe emodin via novel Soluplus®—glycyrrhizic acid mixed micelle system - Feng Shi; Lin Chen; Yaping Wang; Jing Liu; Michael Adu-Frimpong; Hao Ji; Elmurat Toreniyazov; Qilong Wang; Jiangnan Yu; Ximing Xu (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2022)

Early-Middle Permian carbon-isotope stratigraphy of marine carbonates in the northern edge of the South China: implications for global correlation - Qian Li; Karem Azmy; Shuai Yang; Hongde Chen; Shenglin Xu; Liangbiao Lin; Zhongtang Su; Anqing Chen; Yu Yu; Fengrui Sun (Carbonates and Evaporites, 2022)

Numerical Simulation of Mine Water Inflow with an Embedded Discrete Fracture Model: Application to the 16112 Working Face in the Binhu Coal Mine, China - Tao Chen; Huiyong Yin; Yutao Zhai; Lin Xu; Cuiyue Zhao; Lifeng Zhang (Mine Water and the Environment, 2022)

A bi-scale assessing framework for aesthetic ecosystem services of villages in a world heritage site - Yin-ping Ding; Zhi-lin Liu; Yuan-mei Jiao; Qiu-e Xu; Kan-feng Zhang; Cheng-jing Liu; Fan Chen (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Research advances and future perspectives of genomics and genetic improvement in allotetraploid common carp - Lin Chen; Jian Xu; Xiaowen Sun; Peng Xu (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2022)
Aquatic species have become an integral part of human culture. As an internationally important food fish species, the common carp Cyprinus carpio accounted for over 7% of global aquaculture production in 2020. In addition to serving as a food source, common carp varieties are used as ornamental fish and valued in recreational fisheries. The continuously updated reference genome of common carp has recently served as a foundation for both basic genetic studies and evolutionary studies. With the recent emphasis on the allotetraploid signature of common carp, researchers have begun to focus on how hybridization and polyploidization affect the successful speciation and advantageous behaviour of common carp. In this review, we survey current and emerging research topics on common carp, including genomic and genetic tools, germplasm resources, genetic diversity, genetic mechanism and improvement of economic traits, as well as multiple breeding technologies employed in common carp. We also provide an overview of recent trends in genetic studies and improvements in common carp and encourage researchers to monitor the allotetraploid signature of common carp. Understanding the genetic basis of economically important traits and the mechanisms of allopolyploidization in common carp will be important for genetic improvement and germplasm innovation in agronomically important fish species, although the road ahead will be challenging for this widely domesticated allotetraploid species.

Anti-proliferative cassane-type diterpenoids from the seeds of Caesalpinia minax - Yunshao Xu; Wei Shi; Lu Feng; Jun Cao; Zheling Feng; Qingwen Zhang; Jinjian Lu; Yang Ye; Ligen Lin (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Cytotoxic α-pyrone derivatives from Cryptocarya yunnanensis - Qian He; Yue Fan; Yu Liu; Yun-Xia You; Li Rao; Yu Su; You-Kai Xu; Bin Lin; Chuan-Rui Zhang (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Characterization and fine mapping of a lesion mimic mutant (Lm5) with enhanced stripe rust and powdery mildew resistance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) - Cong Li; Hang Liu; Jian Wang; Qi Pan; Yue Wang; Kunyan Wu; Peiying Jia; Yang Mu; Huaping Tang; Qiang Xu; Qiantao Jiang; Yaxi Liu; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)

Full-Length Transcriptome of Red Swamp Crayfish Hepatopancreas Reveals Candidate Genes in Hif-1 and Antioxidant Pathways in Response to Hypoxia-Reoxygenation - Yu Xu; Hai Lin; Weihui Yan; Jiajia Li; Mengling Sun; Jiaping Chen; Zhiqiang Xu (Marine Biotechnology, 2022)

Consistent responses of microbial C and N metabolic processes to elevated CO2 across global terrestrial ecosystems - Jiahui Lin; Yanlan Huang; Haochun Zhao; Mengjie Yu; Weiqin Su; Huaihai Chen; Peng Leng; Jihui Li; Yu Luo; Yong Li; Zhongmin Dai; Jianming Xu (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2022)

Effectiveness of cascading time series models based on meteorological factors in improving health risk prediction - Shuopeng Jia; Weibin She; Zhipeng Pi; Buying Niu; Jinhua Zhang; Xihan Lin; Mingjun Xu; Weiya She; Jun Liao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Induction and Genomic Analysis of a Lysogenic Phage of Hafnia paralvei - Lingting Pan; Dengfeng Li; Yigang Tong; Wei Lin; Weinan Qin; Lihua Xu; Pingping Zhan (Current Microbiology, 2022)

Detection of functional and structural brain alterations in female schizophrenia using elastic net logistic regression - Ying Wu; Ping Ren; Rong Chen; Hong Xu; Jianxing Xu; Lin Zeng; Donghui Wu; Wentao Jiang; NianSheng Tang; Xia Liu (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2022)
Neuroimaging technique is a powerful tool to characterize the abnormality of brain networks in schizophrenia. However, the neurophysiological substrate of schizophrenia is still unclear. Here we investigated the patterns of brain functional and structural changes in female patients with schizophrenia using elastic net logistic regression analysis of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data. Data from 52 participants (25 female schizophrenia patients and 27 healthy controls) were obtained. Using an elastic net penalty, the brain regions most relevant to schizophrenia pathology were defined in the models using the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and gray matter, respectively. The receiver operating characteristic analysis showed reliable classification accuracy with 85.7% in ALFF analysis, and 77.1% in gray matter analysis. Notably, our results showed eight common regions between the ALFF and gray matter analyses, including the Frontal-Inf-Orb-R, Rolandic-Oper-R, Olfactory-R, Angular-L, Precuneus-L, Precuenus-R, Heschl-L, and Temporal-Pole-Mid-R. In addition, the severity of symptoms was found positively associated with the ALFF within the Rolandic-Oper-R and Frontal-Inf-Orb-R. Our findings indicated that elastic net logistic regression could be a useful tool to identify the characteristics of schizophrenia -related brain deterioration, which provides novel insights into schizophrenia diagnosis and prediction.

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Methyl Jasmonate-mediated Biosynthesis of Protopanaxadiol-type Saponins in Panax notoginseng Leaves - Ying Li; Yuan Lin; Bing Jia; Geng Chen; Huineng Shi; Rui Xu; Xuejiao Li; Junrong Tang; Qingyan Tang; Guanghui Zhang; Jianli Yang; Wei Fan; et al. (Journal of Plant Biology, 2022)

Improving the Nowcasting of Strong Convection by Assimilating Both Wind and Reflectivity Observations of Phased Array Radar: A Case Study - Xiaoxia Lin; Yerong Feng; Daosheng Xu; Yuntao Jian; Fei Huang; Jincan Huang (Journal of Meteorological Research, 2022)

A Method for Reservoir Effectiveness Evaluations of Altered Igneous Reservoirs based on Logging data: A Case Study of the Nanpu Structure in Eastern China - Weibiao Xie; Zhaowei Si; Feng Xu; Fawu Lin; Chaoguo Tian (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Climate warming promotes deterministic assembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities - Xinyu Xu; Yunpeng Qiu; Kangcheng Zhang; Fei Yang; Mengfei Chen; Xi Luo; Xuebin Yan; Peng Wang; Yi Zhang; Huaihai Chen; Hui Guo; Lin Jiang; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) significantly contribute to plant resource acquisition and play important roles in mediating plant interactions and soil carbon (C) dynamics. However, it remains unclear how AMF communities respond to climate change. We assessed impacts of warming and precipitation alterations (30% increase or decrease) on soil AMF communities, and examined major ecological processes shaping the AMF community assemblage in a Tibetan alpine meadow. Our results showed that warming significantly increased root biomass, and available nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in soil. While precipitation alterations increased AMF abundances, they did not significantly affect the composition or diversity of AMF communities. In contrast, warming altered the composition of AMF communities and reduced their Shannon–Wiener index and Pielou's evenness. In particular, warming shifted the AMF community composition in favor of Diversisporaceae over Glomeraceae, likely through its impact on soil N and P availability. In addition, AMF communities were phylogenetically random in the unwarmed control but clustered in warming plots, implying more deterministic community assembly under climate warming. Warming enhancement of root growth, N and P availability likely reduced plant C‐allocation to AMF, imposing stronger environmental filtering on AMF communities. We further proposed a conceptual framework that integrates biological and geochemical processes into a mechanistic understanding of warming and precipitation changes’ effects on AMF. Taken together, these results suggest that soil AMF communities may be more sensitive to warming than expected, highlighting the need to monitor their community structure and associated functional consequences on plant communities and soil C dynamics under the future warmer climate.

Equivalent Aerodynamic Design of Blade for Offshore Floating Wind Turbine Model - Jiahuan Lin; Huawei Duan; Baoming Xu; Yangwei Wang; Jun Zhang (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
The Froude-scaled offshore floating wind turbine model is inevitably affected by the Reynolds number effect, making the model unable to correctly reproduce the thrust performance of the reference wind turbine (RWT). To solve this problem, an Xfoil-AirfoilPrep-Matlab (XAM) system and a wide tip speed ratio search method (WTSM) are proposed to design a wide tip speed ratio (TSR) thrust-match model blade. The XAM system is utilized to select the best airfoil for WTSM by calculating the lift and drag coefficients of several airfoils. The WTSM is utilized to optimize the blade chord and twist. It formalizes the blade chord and twist by polynomials and then optimizes the polynomial coefficients. The thrust coefficients construct the optimization object at different TSRs. For validating the effect of the redesigned blade, the thrust performance is compared to that of the RWT blade. In addition, the thrust performance of redesigned blade at different pitch angles is also calculated and compared to those of the RWT blade. Results show that the thrust performance of redesigned blade matches well with that of the RWT blade at 0 pitch angle, and it can also match the variations of that of the RWT blade at the other pitch angles well.

Dimeric hexylitaconic acids from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus welwitschiae CUGBMF180262 - Jiahui Han; Na Yang; Shangzhu Wei; Jia Jia; Rui Lin; Jiangpeng Li; Hongkai Bi; Fuhang Song; Xiuli Xu (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Larval Fish Assemblages and Distribution Patterns in the Zhongsha Atoll (Macclesfield Bank, South China Sea) - Delian Huang; Jing Chen; Lei Xu; Xuehui Wang; Jiajia Ning; Yafang Li; Lianggen Wang; Shuangshuang Liu; Zhaojin Lin; Feiyan Du (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
The remote coral reef in the deep sea is one of the most important nursery grounds for many marine fishes in the South China Sea. Diversity studies on larval fishes in this area are few, and the fish information on the coral reefs ecosystem is lacking. In this study, larval fishes were sampled during the summer of 2019 from the Zhongsha Atoll in the South China Sea and identified using DNA barcodes for the first time. Ninety-five larval fish species were recognized, belonging to 37 families and 12 orders based on morphological classification and DNA barcoding identification. The larval fish collected could be assigned to three categories as reef-associated, deep-sea, and pelagic. Most of the species were small fish with low commercial value but would play an essential role in the coral reef ecosystem. Some commercial fishes, including Auxis thazard, Euthynnus affinis, Sarda orientalis, Decapterus macarellus, Lutjanus viridis , and Centropyge vrolikii , were the dominant species higher than 2% total catch. The larval fish assemblage showed distinct spatial differences responding well with the geographical conditions. The most reef-associated fish occurred inside the Atoll, and the abyssal fish presented near the edge. In addition, larval fish spread over from the southwest to northeast may reflect the oceanography effect.

Highly selective monoclonal antibody-based lateral flow immunoassay for visual and sensitive determination of conazole fungicides propiconazole in vegetables - Ze-Ke Xu; Jing-Nan Meng; Yi Lei; Xing-Xing Yang; Yi-Yong Yan; Hai-Hong Liu; Hong-Tao Lei; Ting-Cai Wang; Xing Shen; Zhen-Lin Xu (Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2022)

β-Catenin Deletion in Regional Neural Progenitors Leads to Congenital Hydrocephalus in Mice - Lin Ma; Yanhua Du; Xiangjie Xu; Hexi Feng; Yi Hui; Nan Li; Guanyu Jiang; Xiaoqing Zhang; Xiaocui Li; Ling Liu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2022)

Intravenous immunoglobulin is effective in alleviating hepatic ischemia–reperfusion injury: a rat model study - Zeming Chen; Runzhui Lin; Hua Zhuo; Fengjie Xu; Xingmu Liu (Molecular Biology Reports, 2022)

PHD2 attenuates high-glucose-induced blood retinal barrier breakdown in human retinal microvascular endothelial cells by regulating the Hif-1α/VEGF pathway - Jia Li; Xi Lu; Liqing Wei; Dan Ye; Jianqiang Lin; Xiaoyu Tang; Kaixuan Cui; Shanshan Yu; Yue Xu; Xiaoling Liang (Inflammation Research, 2022)

LncRNA NRON negatively regulates cisplatin-induced cell apoptosis via downregulating miR-31 in esophageal squamous cell carcinomas - Bo Liu; Xu Li; Jinbao Xie; Zhi Feng; Nanlong Lin; Minjie Yu (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2022)

Overexpression of long noncoding RNA MCM3AP-AS1 promotes osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells via miR-143-3p/IGFBP5 axis - Changwei Yang; Xuehong Xu; Pingting Lin; Bizhu Luo; Shufang Luo; Honglan Huang; Jianyu Zhu; Meie Huang; Shuhai Peng; Qianju Wu; Lu Yin (Human Cell, 2022)

Study on In-seam Wave Response Characteristics of Reflection in Fault Bearing Coal Seam of Shuangliu Coal Mine - Lei Zhang; Lin Xu; Zhulin Wei; Congcong Feng (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2022)

Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and thyroid: biological mechanisms of interference and possible clinical implications - Xueting Zhang; Wen Qi; Qi Xu; Xu Li; Liting Zhou; Lin Ye (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

N-acetylcysteine alleviates pulmonary inflammatory response during benzo[a]pyrene-evoked acute lung injury - Hui Zhao; Lin Fu; Hui-Xian Xiang; Ying Xiang; Meng-Die Li; Bian-Bian Lv; Zhu-Xia Tan; Lan Gao; Cheng Zhang; De-Xiang Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Geochemical, mineralogical, and microstructural characteristics of fault rocks and their impact on TBM jamming: a case study - Peng Lin; Tengfei Yu; Zhenhao Xu; Ruiqi Shao; Wenyang Wang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

Risk assessment of TBM jamming based on Bayesian networks - Peng Lin; Yue Xiong; Zhenhao Xu; Wenyang Wang; Ruiqi Shao (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

Improved forward and backward adaptive smoothing algorithm - Xu Lin; Xinghai Yang; Chihao Hu; Wei Li (GPS Solutions, 2022)

Halomonas populi sp. nov. isolated from Populus euphratica - Lin Xu; Jun-Jie Ying; Yuan-Chun Fang; Ran Zhang; Jia Hua; Min Wu; Bing-Nan Han; Cong Sun (Archives of Microbiology, 2022)

Sabulicella rubraurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Acetobacteraceae, isolated from desert soil - Zhi-Liang Lin; Shuai Li; Qi-Chuang Wei; Wen-Hui Lian; Chun-Yan Lu; Lu Xu; Li-Nan Huang; Lei Dong; Wen-Jun Li (Archives of Microbiology, 2022)

The origin and source of natural gas in the Lower Permian in Hewanchang area, Northwest Sichuan - Kaijun Tan; Yaoting Li; Jianbo Liao; Zhiming Xu; Zhanghao Liu; Zonghui Lin (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

FY-3E: The First Operational Meteorological Satellite Mission in an Early Morning Orbit - Peng Zhang; Xiuqing Hu; Qifeng Lu; Aijun Zhu; Manyun Lin; Ling Sun; Lin Chen; Na Xu (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022)

Bioactive hydroxypropionylated glucose derivatives from Astragalus bhotanensis - Lin Qiu; Chao-Jiang Xiao; Yi Shen; Wei Xu; Xiao-Bo Liu; Xiang Dong; Bei Jiang (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Inhibition of Dectin-1 Ameliorates Neuroinflammation by Regulating Microglia/Macrophage Phenotype After Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Mice - Xiongjie Fu; Hanhai Zeng; Jikuang Zhao; Guoyang Zhou; Hang Zhou; Jianfeng Zhuang; Chaoran Xu; Jianru Li; Yucong Peng; Yang Cao; Yin Li; Huaijun Chen; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2021)

Hotter and drier climate made the Mediterranean Europe and Northern Africa region a shrubbier landscape - Wei Fang; Chuixiang Yi; Deliang Chen; Peipei Xu; George Hendrey; Nir Krakauer; Katherine Jensen; Shan Gao; Zihan Lin; Gabriella Lam; Qin Zhang; Tao Zhou (Oecologia, 2021)

Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell–Derived Exosomes Attenuate Blood–Spinal Cord Barrier Disruption via the TIMP2/MMP Pathway After Acute Spinal Cord Injury - Wang Xin; Shi Qiang; Ding Jianing; Liang Jiaming; Lin Fangqi; Cai Bin; Chen Yuanyuan; Zhang Guowang; Xu Jianguang; Lian Xiaofeng (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

M1 macrophages-derived exosomes miR-34c-5p regulates interstitial cells of Cajal through targeting SCF - Su Xu; Jinhai Zhai; Ke Xu; Xingguo Zuo; Chenghua Wu; Tao Lin; Li Zeng (Journal of Biosciences, 2021)

Distribution characteristics of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in human urines of acrylic fiber plant and chemical plant - Lin Peng; Wang Xu; Qinghuai Zeng; Yao Cheng; Yingjie Zhang; Ying Guo; Da Chen; Chao Jiang; Fei Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Rehabilitation of motor function in children with cerebral palsy based on motor imagery - Jiaxin Xie; Lin Jiang; Yanan Li; Baodan Chen; Fali Li; Yuanling Jiang; Dongrui Gao; Lili Deng; XuLin Lv; XianKun Ma; Gang Yin; Dezhong Yao; et al. (Cognitive Neurodynamics, 2021)

Selenium-Alleviated Testicular Toxicity by Modulating Inflammation, Heat Shock Response, and Autophagy Under Oxidative Stress in Lead-Treated Chickens - Size Wang; Lulu Hou; Min Wang; Rui Feng; Xu Lin; Shifeng Pan; Qian Zhao; He Huang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Soil total organic carbon/total nitrogen ratio as a key driver deterministically shapes diazotrophic community assemblages during the succession of biological soil crusts - Lin Xu; Bingchang Zhang; Entao Wang; Bingjian Zhu; Minjie Yao; Chaonan Li; Xiangzhen Li (Soil Ecology Letters, 2021)

Bioinformatics-based study to identify immune infiltration and inflammatory-related hub genes as biomarkers for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis - Sheng Fang; Xin Xu; Lin Zhong; An-quan Wang; Wei-lu Gao; Ming Lu; Zong-Sheng Yin (Immunogenetics, 2021)

Evolution of pore structure in organic shale with type III kerogen and high kaolinite content in Ningwu Basin - Qiang Xu; Hangbing Lin; Yue Zhao; Bo Wang; Bin Ma; Rong Ding; Jianxin Wang; Tao Hou (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2021)

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

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

Development of microsatellite markers for Diaphanosoma dubium (Crustacea, Cladocera) and application to seasonal population dynamics - Ping Liu; Shao-Lin Xu; Jian Liao; Henri J. Dumont; Bo-Ping Han (Aquatic Ecology, 2021)

Negative‐pressure irrigation improves water and fertilizer use efficiencies and fruit yield of greenhouse tomato on the North China Plain* - Yinkun Li; Xuzhang Xue; Fan Xu; Wenzhong Guo; Minjie Duan; Sen Lin; Youli Li; Zhan Wang (Irrigation and Drainage, 2021)
Water and fertilizer supply are the main factors limiting greenhouse vegetable production on the North China Plain. This study tested the hypothesis that negative‐pressure irrigation is advantageous for reducing water and fertilizer application compared with drip irrigation in a greenhouse. Three treatments (drip irrigation + optimal fertilizer [DOF], drip irrigation + Yamazaki tomato nutrient solution [DNS], and negative‐pressure irrigation + Yamazaki tomato nutrient solution [NNS]) were applied in a greenhouse tomato double‐cropping system conducted in consecutive spring–summer and autumn–winter seasons. Soil moisture content, nitrate‐nitrogen (N) concentration, fruit yield, total N uptake ( N u ), irrigation water productivity, and partial factor productivity of applied fertilizer were analysed. The seasonal variation of soil moisture and nitrate‐N contents in the 0–20‐cm soil layer for NNS treatment was stable. Nitrate‐N accumulated after the final harvest in the autumn–winter season of NNS treatment was significantly less than under DOF and DNS. Despite lower water and nutrient inputs, NNS showed higher N u and fruit yield than DOF and DNS. These results demonstrated that negative‐pressure irrigation can reduce irrigation water and nutrient inputs and nitrate‐N accumulation in the soil, and significantly improve water and fertilizer use efficiency in greenhouse‐grown tomato compared with those under drip irrigation.

Characterization and identification of SFDC ‐1, a novel AmpC ‐type β‐lactamase in Serratia fonticola - Xu Dong; Peiyao Zhang; Kexin Zhou; Jialei Liang; Qiaoling Li; Xueya Zhang; Danying Zhou; Wei Lu; Zhewei Sun; Hongmao Liu; Junwan Lu; Xi Lin; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary The clinical and environmental infections caused by AmpC β‐lactamases have been increasingly reported recently. In this study, we characterize the novel chromosome‐encoded AmpC β‐lactamase SFDC‐1 identified in Serratia fonticola strain R28, which was isolated from a rabbit raised on a farm in southern China. SFDC‐1 shared the highest amino acid identity of 79.6% with the functionally characterized AmpC β‐lactamase gene bla YRC‐1 , although it had highly homologous functionally uncharacterized relatives in the same species from different sources, including some of the clinical significance. The cloned bla SFDC‐1 exhibited resistance to a broad spectrum of β‐lactam antibiotics, including most cephalosporins with the highest resistance to ampicillin, cefazolin and ceftazidime, with increased MIC levels ≥128‐fold compared with the control strains. The purified SFDC‐1 showed catalytic activities against β‐lactams with the highest catalytic activity to cefazolin. The genetic context of bla SFDC‐1 and its relatives was conserved in the chromosome, and no mobile genetic elements were found surrounding them.

Feasibility Research on Fish Pose Estimation Based on Rotating Box Object Detection - Bin Lin; Kailin Jiang; Zhiqi Xu; Feiyi Li; Jiao Li; Chaoli Mou; Xinyao Gong; Xuliang Duan (Fishes, 2021)
A video-based method to quantify animal posture movement is a powerful way to analyze animal behavior. Both humans and fish can judge the physiological state through the skeleton framework. However, it is challenging for farmers to judge the breeding state in the complex underwater environment. Therefore, images can be transmitted by the underwater camera and monitored by a computer vision model. However, it lacks datasets in artificial intelligence and is unable to train deep neural networks. The main contributions of this paper include: (1) the world’s first fish posture database is established. 10 key points of each fish are manually marked. The fish flock images were taken in the experimental tank and 1000 single fish images were separated from the fish flock. (2) A two-stage attitude estimation model is used to detect fish key points. The evaluation of the algorithm performance indicates the precision of detection reaches 90.61%, F1-score reaches 90%, and Fps also reaches 23.26. We made a preliminary exploration on the pose estimation of fish and provided a feasible idea for fish pose estimation.

Phenolic glycosides and flavonoids with antioxidant and anticancer activities from Desmodium caudatum - Qian-Nan Xu; Dan Zhu; Guang-Hui Wang; Ting Lin; Cui-Ling Sun; Rong Ding; Wen-Jing Tian; Hai-Feng Chen (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Two new pyrrolidine alkaloids from the red alga Acanthophora spicifera - Zhuo-Bin Guan; Yong-Qian Liang; Jia-Li Lin; Xiao-Jian Liao; Shi-Hai Xu; Bing-Xin Zhao (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Fine-mapping and gene candidate analysis for AhRt1, a major dominant locus responsible for testa color in cultivated peanut - Hao Chen; Xiangyu Chen; Rirong Xu; Wenjing Liu; Nian Liu; Li Huang; Huaiyong Luo; Dongxin Huai; Xinlong Lan; Yumei Zhang; Runfang Hu; Jianhong Chen; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

A New Instrumental Array in Sichuan, China, to Monitor Vibrations and Perturbations of the Lithosphere, Atmosphere, and Ionosphere - Chieh-Hung Chen; Yang-Yi Sun; Kai Lin; Chen Zhou; Rui Xu; Haiyin Qing; Yongxin Gao; Tao Chen; Fei Wang; Huaizhong Yu; Peng Han; Chi-Chia Tang; et al. (Surveys in Geophysics, 2021)

Complete chloroplast genome sequencing support Angelica decursiva is an independent species from Peucedanum praeruptorum - Long Wang; Xiangxu Yu; Wenbo Xu; Junqing Zhang; Hanfeng Lin; Yucheng Zhao (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2021)

Rapid visual genotyping method for germline mutants with small genomic fragment deletion by allele-specific PCR and lateral flow nucleic acid biosensor - Qiuju Su; Xiang Zhou; Tianwen Wu; Kui Li; Wentao Xu; Zhenyu Lin; Ping Shen; Bang Liu (Molecular Biology Reports, 2021)

In situ geochemistry and Fe–O isotopic composition of iron oxides from the Pha Lek Fe deposit, northwest Truong Son orogenic belt, Laos: implications for ore-forming processes - Lin Hou; Linnan Guo; Siwei Xu; Qiming Zhang; Xiangting Zeng (Mineralium Deposita, 2021)

A 168-year temperature recording based on tree rings and latitude differences in temperature changes in northeast China - Yangao Jiang; Yuting Cao; Junhui Zhang; Zhuo Li; Guoqiang Shi; Shijie Han; Cassius E. O. Coombs; Chuan Liu; Xiaoguang Wang; Junwei Wang; Lin Hao; Qi Xu; et al. (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2021)

Does regional planning policy of Yangtze River Delta improve green technology innovation? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China - Hong Xu; Lei Qiu; Baozhen Liu; Bei Liu; Hui Wang; Weifen Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Carbon consumption and adsorption-regeneration of H2S on activated carbon for coke oven flue gas purification - Yuting Lin; Yuran Li; Zhicheng Xu; Junxiang Guo; Tingyu Zhu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Remediation of heavy metal–polluted alkaline vegetable soil using mercapto-grafted palygorskite: effects of field-scale application and soil environmental quality - Xu Qin; Yetong Liu; Lin Wang; Boyan Li; Haiyan Wang; Yingming Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Paternal exposure to microcystin-LR induces fetal growth restriction partially through inhibiting cell proliferation and vascular development in placental labyrinth - Lan Gao; An-Qi Cui; Jing Wang; Jing Chen; Xiao-Yi Zhang; Zhi-Jing Lin; Yuan-Hua Chen; Cheng Zhang; Hua Wang; De-Xiang Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Structure and variation of root-associated bacterial communities of Cyperus rotundus L. in the contaminated soils around Pb/Zn mine sites - Pin Gao; Benru Song; Rui Xu; Xiaoxu Sun; Hanzhi Lin; Fuqing Xu; Baoqin Li; Weimin Sun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Hydrothermal alkaline conversion of sewage sludge: optimization of process parameters and characterization of humic acid - Chen Qiu; Wenbing Xu; Yanjie Wang; Jiakuan Yang; Xintai Su; Zhang Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Postnatal development of BAG3 expression in mouse cerebral cortex and hippocampus - Xinlu Li; Geng Lin; Tongtong Liu; Ning Zhao; He Xu; Huaqin Wang; Wei Zheng (Brain Structure and Function, 2021)

Aquimarina algicola sp. nov., isolated from the surface of a marine red alga - Xun-Ke Sun; Yan-Lin Zhong; Xu-Yang Chen; Guan-Jun Chen; Zong-Jun Du (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Grain size characteristics of the sand silt layers in the ancient delta of the dried Lop Nur lake (east Tarim Basin) and their environmental implications - Yongchong Lin; Guijin Mu; Lishuai Xu; Xue Zhao (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Impacts of Irrigation and Vegetation Growth on Summer Rainfall in the Taklimakan Desert - Dongze Xu; Yanluan Lin (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021)

Local community assembly processes shape β‐diversity of soil phoD ‐harbouring communities in the Northern Hemisphere steppes - Lin Xu; Nianpeng He; Xiangzhen Li; Huili Cao; Chaonan Li; Ruili Wang; Changhui Wang; Minjie Yao; Shungui Zhou; Junming Wang (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2021)
Aim The contemporary coexistence theory suggests that species pool, environmental filtering, dispersal assembly processes, ecological drift and biotic interactions collectively determine the β‐diversity of communities. However, we know little about the biogeographical patterns of the β‐diversity of microbial communities harbouring the alkaline phosphatase phoD gene ( phoD communities, hereafter) and whether these mechanisms are all‐important in shaping phoD communities’ β‐diversity in natural steppe ecosystems. Location Northern Hemisphere steppes. Time period July to August 2018. Major taxa studied Alkaline phosphatase ( phoD gene) encoding community. Methods Using the high throughput amplicon sequencing method, soil phoD communities were comparatively studied along three representative regions of the Northern Hemisphere steppes, namely the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau, Inner Mongolian Plateau and the Loess Plateau. Each region harbours three types of steppes (habitats): meadow, typical and desert steppes. Results We observed significantly higher phoD β‐diversity in the Qinghai‐Tibetan than in the Loess and Inner Mongolian Plateaus and significantly lower β‐diversity in the typical steppes than in other steppe types. The decay rates of phoD β‐diversity with geographical distance varied in different steppe regions and types. The phoD β‐diversity was not significantly influenced by species pool; instead, environmental filtering, dispersal assembly processes, ecological drift and biotic interactions jointly shaped the β‐diversity patterns. The β‐deviation variations (β‐diversity excluding the effects of species pool) were influenced by spatial and environmental factors and biotic interactions, among which soil pH was the key environmental determinant. The soil pH driving β‐diversity mechanism was steppe region and habitat specific. Main conclusions The biogeographical patterns of phoD β‐diversity were mainly driven by local community assembly processes in the Northern Hemisphere steppes.

The Regulatory Relationships Between the Gonad-Inhibiting Hormone and Insulin-Like Androgenic Gland Hormone-Binding Protein Genes in the Eyestalk-Androgenic Gland-Testis Axis of Macrobrachium rosenbergii - Meizhen Tang; Zhijie Lu; Sarath V Babu; Guang Yang; Yanan Li; Zizheng Xu; Gan Pan; Zhendong Qin; Li Lin (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Gonad-inhibiting hormone (GIH) belongs to a family of neuropeptides that are released from the eyestalks of male crustaceans and plays key roles in gonadal maturity, reproduction, and molting. However, the detailed mechanisms underlying the effects of GIH on sexual regulation have yet to be elucidated. In the present study, we aimed to demonstrate how GIH mediate the activity of the androgenic gland (AG) to affect sexual regulation. To do this, we cloned and characterized a GIH sequence from Macrobrachium rosenbergii ( Mr GIH). The open reading frame (ORF) of Mr GIH was 360 bp and codes for a polypeptide of 119 amino acids and a putative protein of 13.56 KDa. Tissue analysis showed that Mr GIH is widely expressed in a range of tissues but particularly, the eyestalk, intestine, and nerve cord. Following the ds RNA silencing of Mr GIH for 24 h, the expression levels of Mr GIH were down-regulated in both the eyestalk and AG when compared with the negative control, but significantly increased the expression of Macrobrachium rosenbergii insulin-like androgenic gland hormone-binding protein ( Mr IAGBP) in AG, thus suggesting that Mr GIH is an inhibitory factor for Mr IAGBP. In addition, we found that eyestalk removal on certain days led to increased expression levels of Mr IAGBP expression. The expression levels of Mr IAGBP peaked at 2 d in the AG after unilateral and bilateral eyestalk ablation, exhibiting a 7.27- and 6.03-fold increase, respectively. Afterward, the expression of GIH protein levels were down-regulated and IAGBP protein levels were up-regulated after GIH silencing using immunohistochemistry method, combined with the increase of IAGBP protein levels after eyestalk ablation, confirming that Mr GIH is an inhibitory factor that can moderately regulate AG development and IAGBP expression. Collectively, our findings enriched the mechanisms that control the sexual regulation pathway of male M. rosenbergii , and provided significant information for further explorations of the mechanism underlying sex regulation in other decapod crustaceans.

Population, Reproductive and Fishery Dynamics of Spotted Box Crab (Calappa philargius), a New Claw-Only Fishery Species, in the Southern Taiwan Strait, China - Bai-an Lin; Yan Jiang; Robert Boenish; Qing Xu; Min Liu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
The spotted box crab Calappa philargius (Calappidae) is an increasingly consumed species in China, mainly sourced from a claw-only fishery. Being a not well-characterized species in the literature, this study is warranted to inform sustainable management approaches. Here we report on the first in-depth overview on biology and fishery dynamics of C. philargius in the southern Taiwan Strait of China. Whole body crabs ( N = 1,009) were collected monthly from January to December 2019 from trawlers, operating in the southern Taiwan Strait; sample collection was absent from May to July because of the national fishing moratorium regulation. Sex ratio, growth pattern, size at maturity and fecundity were estimated. The overall male: female ratio was 1: 1.47, significantly differing from the 1: 1 ( p < 0.01); monthly sex ratio variations were also significant ( p < 0.01), suggesting possible seasonal sexual segregation. We found the carapace widths (CW) of males were significantly larger than those of females ( p < 0.01). Based on the occurrence and percentages of berried females, we identified twin spawning events in January–April and August–October with the overall peak occurring in February. Size at 50% female maturity was 11.47 cm CW. Female absolute fecundity was significantly related to CW via a power function relationship ( N = 14, p < 0.01). The estimated average claw yield was 36.28 ± 3.07% of the whole body weight ( N = 95), irrespective of sex and size ( p > 0.5). Capture and trade data of C. philargius using trawl and trap fishing gears were documented to characterize claw-only fishery dynamics for future research and sustainable use.

Age-dependent microRNAs in regulation of vascular cambium activity in Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) - Guijun Liu; Xian Xue; Jinling Feng; Dechang Cao; Jinxing Lin; Huimin Xu (Trees, 2021)

Functional analysis of indole 3-hexanoic acid as a novel auxin from Arabidopsis thaliana - Ping Song; Hui Xu; Jixiu Zhang; Huatao Chen; Li Li; Yana Qu; Feng Lin; Qun Zhang (Planta, 2021)

The Decision Strategies of Adolescents with Different Emotional Stabilities in Unfair Situations - Yajing Si; Lin Jiang; Chanlin Yi; Qi Zhang; Cunbo Li; Jing Yu; Peiyang Li; Qiang Liu; Feng Wan; Fali Li; Dezhong Yao; Peng Xu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

Depression Augments Plasma APOA4 without Changes of Plasma Lipids and Glucose in Female Adolescents Carrying G Allele of APOA4 rs5104 - Qi Wei Guo; Yan Jun Si; Yi Lin Shen; Xu Chen; Mei Yang; Ding Zhi Fang; Jia Lin (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2021)

Nuclear-localized eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1A is involved in mouse preimplantation embryo development - Yue Liu; Jiandong Sun; Yang Su; Jianmin Lin; Chengyu Lv; Kaien Mo; Songhua Xu; Shie Wang (Journal of Molecular Histology, 2021)

Research on a new cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM) with a cationic microblock structure and its enhanced effect on sludge condition and dewatering - Yuning Chen; Xuhao Li; Wang Zizeng; Li Feng; Jiehong Xie; Zeluan Lin; Zhihong Xu; Bingzhi Liu; Xiang Li; Huaili Zheng (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Characteristics of expanded polystyrene microplastics on island beaches in the Pearl River Estuary: abundance, size, surface texture and their metals-carrying capacity - Qun Xie; Heng-Xiang Li; Lang Lin; Zhen-Liang Li; Jian-sheng Huang; Xiang-Rong Xu (Ecotoxicology, 2021)

Comparison of the elimination effectiveness of tetracycline and AmpC β-lactamase resistance genes in a municipal wastewater treatment plant using four parallel processes - Xiaojun Lin; Jingjing Ruan; Lu Huang; Jianbin Zhao; Yanbin Xu (Ecotoxicology, 2021)

Added value of kilometer-scale modeling over the third pole region: a CORDEX-CPTP pilot study - Xu Zhou; Kun Yang; Lin Ouyang; Yan Wang; Yaozhi Jiang; Xin Li; Deliang Chen; Andreas Prein (Climate Dynamics, 2021)

Protective Effects of Sodium Para-aminosalicylic Acid on Manganese-Induced Damage in Rat Pancreas - Xiaojuan Zhu; Bingyan Xie; Dianyin Liang; Wenxia Qin; Lin Zhao; Yue Deng; Pingjing Wen; Fang Xu; Michael Aschner; Yueming Jiang; Shiyan Ou (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)