Extracellular Mitochondria Activate Microglia and Contribute to Neuroinflammation in Traumatic Brain Injury - Chaonan Zhang; Chuan Liu; Fanjian Li; Mutian Zheng; Yafan Liu; Lei Li; Huaijin Yang; Shu Zhang; Chongjin Wang; Hongtao Rong; Hui Guo; Ying Li; et al. (Neurotoxicity Research, 2022)

Comprehensive transcriptome analysis unravels the crucial genes during adventitious root development induced by carbon monoxide in Cucumis sativus L. - Fahong Yun; Dengjing Huang; Meiling Zhang; Chunlei Wang; Yuzheng Deng; Rong Gao; Xuemei Hou; Zesheng Liu; Weibiao Liao (Molecular Biology Reports, 2022)

Effects and mechanism of ultrasound treatment on Chironomus kiiensis eggs - Bo-dong Liu; Hao-tao Dong; Hong-wei Rong; Rui-jian Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Study on the Relationship Between Diet, Physical Health and Gut Microflora of Chinese College Students - Xiafen Hu; Jiaqi Guo; Jiadun Wang; Wanxin Liu; Xiaochen Xiang; Siyang Chen; Xinquan Li; Jinhan Tang; Wei Zhang; Hui Chen; Rong Shu; Qingming Wu; et al. (Current Microbiology, 2022)

Radiomics based on readout-segmented echo-planar imaging (RS-EPI) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for prognostic risk stratification of patients with rectal cancer: a two-centre, machine learning study using the framework of predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine - Zonglin Liu; Yueming Wang; Fu Shen; Zhiyuan Zhang; Jing Gong; Caixia Fu; Changqing Shen; Rong Li; Guodong Jing; Sanjun Cai; Zhen Zhang; Yiqun Sun; et al. (EPMA Journal, 2022)
Background Currently, the rate of recurrence or metastasis (ROM) remains high in rectal cancer (RC) patients treated with the standard regimen. The potential of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in predicting ROM risk has been reported, but the efficacy is insufficient. Aims This study investigated the potential of a new sequence called readout-segmented echo-planar imaging (RS-EPI) DWI in predicting the ROM risk of patients with RC using machine learning methods to achieve the principle of predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine (PPPM) application in RC treatment. Methods A total of 195 RC patients from two centres who directly received total mesorectal excision were retrospectively enrolled in our study. Machine learning methods, including recursive feature elimination (RFE), the synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE), and the support vector machine (SVM) classifier, were used to construct models based on clinical-pathological factors (clinical model), radiomic features from RS-EPI DWI (radiomics model), and their combination (merged model). The Harrell concordance index (C-index) and the area under the time-dependent receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) were calculated to evaluate the predictive performance at 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years. Kaplan‒Meier analysis was performed to evaluate the ability to stratify patients according to the risk of ROM. Findings The merged model performed well in predicting tumour ROM in patients with RC at 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years in both cohorts (AUC = 0.887/0.813/0.794; 0.819/0.795/0.783) and was significantly superior to the clinical model (AUC = 0.87 [95% CI: 0.80–0.93] vs. 0.71 [95% CI: 0.59–0.81], p = 0.009; C-index = 0.83 [95% CI: 0.76–0.90] vs. 0.68 [95% CI: 0.56–0.79], p = 0.002). It also had a significant ability to differentiate patients with a high and low risk of ROM (HR = 12.189 [95% CI: 4.976–29.853], p < 0.001; HR = 6.427 [95% CI: 2.265–13.036], p = 0.002). Conclusion Our developed merged model based on RS-EPI DWI accurately predicted and effectively stratified patients with RC according to the ROM risk at an early stage with an individualized profile, which may be able to assist physicians in individualizing the treatment protocols and promote a meaningful paradigm shift in RC treatment from traditional reactive medicine to PPPM.

Plasma Exo-miRNAs Correlated with AD-Related Factors of Chinese Individuals Involved in Aβ Accumulation and Cognition Decline - Lifang Wang; Hefu Zhen; Yuzhe Sun; Shuang Rong; Benchao Li; Zhijie Song; Zhili Liu; Zhiming Li; Jiahong Ding; Huanming Yang; Xiuqing Zhang; Haixi Sun; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)
Numerous studies have investigated the risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease (AD); however, AD-risk factors related miRNAs were rarely reported. In this study, AD-risk factor related miRNAs of 105 Chinese individuals (45 AD patients and 60 cognitively normal controls) were investigated. The results showed that Hsa-miR-185-5p, Hsa-miR-20a-5p, and Hsa-miR-497-5p were related to AD and education, Hsa-miR-185-5p, Hsa-miR-181c-5p, Hsa-miR-664a-3p, Hsa-miR-27a-3p, Hsa-miR-451a, and Hsa-miR-320a were related to AD and depression. Target prediction of above miRNAs showed that these miRNAs were involved in the generation and clearance of amyloid-beta (Aβ), important molecules related to cognition, and disease-activated microglia response to AD. It is worth noting that Hsa-miR-185-5p was related to both education and depression, whose decreased expression pattern in AD patients was alleviated by education and enhanced by depression, and participates in Aβ generation and accumulation. Our results indicated that certain education and depression factors can contribute to AD progression by modulating miRNA expression, implying that preventive interventions might alter AD progression in Chinese patients.

Homozygous missense mutation in CCDC155 disrupts the transmembrane distribution of CCDC155 and SUN1, resulting in non-obstructive azoospermia and premature ovarian insufficiency in humans - Huan Wu; Xin Zhang; Rong Hua; Yuqian Li; Li Cheng; Kuokuo Li; Yiyuan Liu; Yang Gao; Qunshan Shen; Guanxiong Wang; Mingrong Lv; Yuping Xu; et al. (Human Genetics, 2022)

Local temperature increases reduce soil microbial residues and carbon stocks - Xiao‐Min Zeng; Jiao Feng; Dai‐Lin Yu; Shu‐Hai Wen; Qianggong Zhang; Qiaoyun Huang; Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo; Yu‐Rong Liu (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Warming is known to reduce soil carbon (C) stocks by promoting microbial respiration, which is associated with the decomposition of microbial residue carbon (MRC). However, the relative contribution of MRC to soil organic carbon (SOC) across temperature gradients is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the contribution of MRC to SOC along two independent elevation gradients of our model system (i.e., the Tibetan Plateau and Shennongjia Mountain in China). Our results showed that local temperature increases were negatively correlated with MRC and SOC. Further analyses revealed that rising temperature reduced SOC via decreasing MRC, which helps to explain future reductions in SOC under climate warming. Our findings demonstrate that climate warming has the potential to reduce C sequestration by increasing the decomposition of MRC, exacerbating the positive feedback between rising temperature and CO 2 efflux. Our study also considered the influence of multiple environmental factors such as soil pH and moisture, which were more important in controlling SOC than microbial traits such as microbial life‐style strategies and metabolic efficiency. Together, our work suggests an important mechanism underlying long‐term soil C sequestration, which has important implications for the microbial‐mediated C process in the face of global climate change.

HOXD11 upregulates JAM-A and exerts oncogenic properties via NF-κB signaling pathway in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma - Rong Xiong; Qiongxian Long; Xuqian Zhang; Jun Xu; Yanqun Liu; Li Xiong; Siyun Yang; Gang Feng; Guiqing Song; Kang Liu (Human Cell, 2022)

Isolation and Analysis of Reverse Transcriptase of Ty1-copia-Like Retrotransposons in Sugarcane - Jun-Xian Liu; Jing Liu; Tai-Yi Yang; Li-Min Liu; Li-Hang Qiu; Yi-Jing Gao; Wei-Xing Duan; Jing-Chao Lei; Hong-Jian Liu; Rong-Hua Zhang; Wei-Zhong He; Song Li; et al. (Sugar Tech, 2022)

Abscisic acid induces the expression of AsKIN during the recovery period of garlic cryopreservation - Xiaodong Xing; Min Liu; Fangling Jiang; Rong Zhou; Yunhe Bai; Hanyu Wei; Deng Zhang; Jingjing Wei; Zhen Wu (Plant Cell Reports, 2022)

Phosphorylation of Truncated Tau Promotes Abnormal Native Tau Pathology and Neurodegeneration - Longfei Li; Yanli Jiang; Gang Wu; Yacoubou Abdoul Razak Mahaman; Dan Ke; Qun Wang; Bin Zhang; Jian-Zhi Wang; Hong-Lian Li; Rong Liu; Xiaochuan Wang (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Screening of microRNA and mRNA related to secondary hair follicle morphogenesis and development and functional analysis in cashmere goats - Fangzheng Shang; Yu Wang; Rong Ma; Youjun Rong; Min Wang; Zhihong Wu; Erhan Hai; Jianfeng Pan; Lili Liang; Zhiying Wang; Ruijun Wang; Rui Su; et al. (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2022)
microRNA (miRNA) is a type of endogenous short-chain non-coding RNA with regulatory function found in eukaryotes, which is involved in the regulation of a variety of cellular and biological processes. However, the research on the development of cashmere goat secondary hair follicles is still relatively scarce. In this study, small RNA libraries and mRNA libraries of 45 days, 55 days, 65 days, and 75 days of fetal skin of cashmere goats were constructed, and the constructed libraries were sequenced using Illumina Hiseq4000, and the expression profiles of miRNA and mRNA in cashmere goat fetal skin were obtained. The differentially expressed miRNAs and mRNAs in six control groups were identified and the qRT-PCR experiment shows that the sequencing results are accurate. Sixty-six miRNAs related to secondary hair follicle development were screened, and used TargetScan and miRanda to predict 33 highly expressed miRNA target genes. At the same time, 664 mRNAs related to the development of secondary hair follicles were screened, and GO enrichment and KEGG pathway analysis were performed. It was found that some miRNA target genes were consistent with the screening results of mRNAs related to secondary hair follicle development and were enriched in Notch signaling pathway, TGF-β signaling pathway. Therefore, miR-145-5p-DLL4, miR-27b-3p-DLL4, miR-30e-5p-DLL4, miR-193b-3p-TGF-β1, miR-181b-5p-NOTCH2, and miR-103-3p-NOTCH2 regulatory network related to the development of secondary hair follicles were constructed and the results of dual-luciferase reporter gene assay indicated that there is a targeted relationship between chi-miR-30e-5p and DLL4, which will provide a basis for molecular mechanism of miRNA-mRNA in the development of the hair follicles in cashmere goats.

Hybrid brain model accurately predict human procrastination behavior - Zhiyi Chen; Rong Zhang; Jiawei Xie; Peiwei Liu; Chenyan Zhang; Jia Zhao; Justin Paul Laplante; Tingyong Feng (Cognitive Neurodynamics, 2022)

Mechanism of progressive failure of a slope with a steep joint under the action of freezing and thawing: model test - Cong Li; Rong-tang Zhang; Jie-bing Zhu; Bo Lu; Xiao-ke Shen; Xiao-wei Wang; Jie-sheng Liu; Liang-liang Wu; Xin-zhou Zhang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Fast forward modeling of muon transmission tomography based on model voxelization ray energy loss projection - Rong-Qing Zhang; Zhen-Zhu Xi; Wei Liu; He Wang; Zi-Yan Yang (Applied Geophysics, 2022)

Drivers of foliar 15 N trends in southern China over the last century - Songbo Tang; Jianfeng Liu; Frank S. Gilliam; Peter Hietz; Zhiheng Wang; Xiankai Lu; Feiyan Zeng; Dazhi Wen; Enqing Hou; Yuan Lai; Yunting Fang; Ying Tu; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Foliar stable nitrogen (N) isotopes (δ 15 N) generally reflect N availability to plants and have been used to infer about changes thereof. However, previous studies of temporal trends in foliar δ 15 N have ignored the influence of confounding factors, leading to uncertainties on its indication to N availability. In this study, we measured foliar δ 15 N of 1811 herbarium specimens from 12 plant species collected in southern China forests from 1920 to 2010. We explored how changes in atmospheric CO 2 , N deposition and global warming have affected foliar δ 15 N and N concentrations ([N]) and identified whether N availability decreased in southern China. Across all species, foliar δ 15 N significantly decreased by 0.82‰ over the study period. However, foliar [N] did not decrease significantly, implying N homeostasis in forest trees in the region. The spatiotemporal patterns of foliar δ 15 N were explained by mean annual temperature (MAT), atmospheric CO 2 (), atmospheric N deposition, and foliar [N]. The spatiotemporal trends of foliar [N] were explained by MAT, temperature seasonality, , and N deposition. N deposition within the rates from 5.3 to 12.6 kg N ha −1 year −1 substantially contributed to the temporal decline in foliar δ 15 N. The decline in foliar δ 15 N was not accompanied by changes in foliar [N] and therefore does not necessarily reflect a decline in N availability. This is important to understand changes in N availability, which is essential to validate and parameterize biogeochemical cycles of N.

Correction to: Higher sequestration of wheat versus maize crop carbon in soil under rotations - Zheng-Rong Kan; Shou-Wei Han; Wen-Xuan Liu; Xin Zhao; Rattan Lal; Hai-Lin Zhang (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2022)

Runoff projections of the Qinling Mountains and their impact on water demand of Guanzhong region in Northwest China - Zhao-peng Zhang; Ke-qin Duan; Huan-cai Liu; Ya-li Meng; Rong Chen; Da-wei Li; Shuang-shuang Li (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Identifying Supercooled Liquid Water in Cloud Based on Airborne Observations: Correlation of Cloud Particle Number Concentration with Icing Probability and Proportion of Spherical Particles - Yuquan Zhou; Can Song; Miao Cai; Siyao Liu; Yang Gao; Rong Zhang (Journal of Meteorological Research, 2022)

Antimicrobial Resistance and Genotype Characteristics of Vibrio scophthalmi Isolated from Diseased Mariculture Fish Intestines With Typical Inter-Annual Variability - Yongxiang Yu; Xiao Liu; Yingeng Wang; Meijie Liao; Miaomiao Tang; Xiaojun Rong; Chunyuan Wang; Bin Li; Zheng Zhang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
As an intestinal organism settled long-term within the gut of marine fish, Vibrio scophthalmi is a potential object for the bacterium genetic variation and adaptation research. The genetic diversity, antimicrobial resistance phenotype, and genotype of 33 V. scophthalmi isolated from diseased marine fish intestines between 2002 and 2020 were evaluated. The results showed that all isolates were frequently resistant to penicillins, cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, and macrolides and displayed multidrug-resistant (MDR) phenotype in vitro . Thirty percent of isolates were resistant to more than 20 different drugs. The average insensitive (resistant and intermediate) rate of V. scophthalmi isolates was 49.5%~81.8% between 2002 and 2020, but the t-test revealed that there was no significant difference in the drug-resistance rate of V. scophthalmi isolates with typical interannual variability. Eleven antimicrobial resistance genes ( strB , strA , ant(3 ˝)-I , mphA , blaPSE , qnrS , tetC , tetE , tetM , tetS , and int1 ) were detected in these isolates, but the antimicrobial resistance phenotypes and genotypes of these isolates were not consistent. Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR) analysis indicated that 33 isolates could be divided into two clusters (G1 and G3) and two single isolates (G2 and G4), and the G2 cluster was isolated from South Sea C. undulates with typical geographical species differences. There was no significant correlation between the drug susceptibility and the genetic types of V. scophthalmi isolates. The results reveal the mismatch phenomenon between antimicrobial resistance and genotype of inherent V. scophthalmi in the marine fish intestines, and the antimicrobial susceptibility isolates might be a potential risk source for storage and transmission of resistance genes.

Associations Between Fundus Types and Clinical Manifestations in Patients with RDH12 Gene Mutations - Jing Jin; Liang Liang; Kun Jin; Hai-jiang Zhang; Rong Liu; Yin Shen (Brain Topography, 2022)

Selenium Deficiency Induces Autophagy in Chicken Bursa of Fabricius Through ChTLR4/MyD88/NF-κB Pathway - Ruili Zhang; Qing Liu; Rong Guo; Di Zhang; Yang Chen; Guangxing Li; Xiaodan Huang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

An improved hybrid bream derived from a hybrid lineage of Megalobrama amblycephala (♀)×Culter alburnus (♂) - Dingbin Gong; Min Tao; Lihui Xu; Fangzhou Hu; Zehong Wei; Shi Wang; Yude Wang; Qingfeng Liu; Chang Wu; Kaikun Luo; Chenchen Tang; Rong Zhou; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

How do precipitation events modify the stable isotope ratios in leaf water at Lhasa on the southern Tibetan Plateau? - Yong Wang; Wusheng Yu; Lun Luo; Minghui Li; Xiaoming Liu; Rong Guo; Yaoming Ma; Baiqing Xu; Guangjan Wu; Chengyi Zhao; Zhaowei Jing; Feili Wei; et al. (Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 2022)

Ventromedial Thalamus-Projecting DCN Neurons Modulate Associative Sensorimotor Responses in Mice - Jie Zhang; Hao Chen; Li-Bin Zhang; Rong-Rong Li; Bin Wang; Qian-Hui Zhang; Liu-Xia Tong; Wei-Wei Zhang; Zhong-Xiang Yao; Bo Hu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2022)

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

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

Quinolizidine alkaloids from the roots of Sophora flavescens - Jian-Chun Li; Zhi-Jun Zhang; Dan Liu; Ming-Yan Jiang; Rong-Tao Li; Hong-Mei Li (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Novel blood-based hypomethylation of SH3BP5 is associated with very early-stage lung adenocarcinoma - Rong Qiao; Runbo Zhong; Chunlan Liu; Feifei Di; Zheng Zhang; Ling Wang; Tian Xu; Yue Wang; Liping Dai; Wanjian Gu; Baohui Han; Rongxi Yang (Genes & Genomics, 2022)

Neiella holothuriorum sp. nov., isolated from the gut of a sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus - Xin-Feng Bai; Xue-Lian Lv; Xue Liu; Ting-Ting Cui; Mian-Song Zhang; Ning Ding; Chang-Heng Liu; Ai-Rong Jia (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2022)

The establishment of giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) fibroblast cell line - Yuliang Liu; Jiasong Chen; Tongying Feng; Rong Hou; Zhigang Cai; Donghui Wang; Mingyue Zhang; Yuan Li; Yijiao Chen; Junhui An (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2022)

QTL mapping integrated with BSA-Seq analysis identifies a novel gene conferring resistance to brown planthopper from common wild rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) - Xuan Wang; Yue Han; Yue-xiong Zhang; Biao Deng; Bi-qiu Wu; Xin-ying Guo; Yu-fen Qin; Yao-yu Fang; Fang Liu; Bao-xiang Qin; Ji-jing Luo; Rong-bai Li (Euphytica, 2022)

Effects of different photoperiods on flower opening, flower closing and circadian expression of clock-related genes in Iris domestica and I. dichotoma - Rong Liu; Yike Gao; Zhuping Fan; Chunjing Guan; Qixiang Zhang (Journal of Plant Research, 2022)

Quantifying interagency differences in intensity estimations of Super Typhoon Lekima (2019) - Lina Bai; Jie Tang; Rong Guo; Shuai Zhang; Kaiye Liu (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2022)

Activation of Autophagy Ameliorates Age-Related Neurogenesis Decline and Neurodysfunction in Adult Mice - Na Yang; Xueqin Liu; Xiaojie Niu; Xiaoqiang Wang; Rong Jiang; Na Yuan; Jianrong Wang; Chengwu Zhang; Kah-Leong Lim; Li Lu (Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2022)

Higher sequestration of wheat versus maize crop carbon in soils under rotations - Zheng-Rong Kan; Shou-Wei Han; Wen-Xuan Liu; Xin Zhao; Rattan Lal; Hai-Lin Zhang (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2022)

Selenium Deficiency Causes Inflammatory Injury in the Bursa of Fabricius of Broiler Chickens by Activating the Toll-like Receptor Signaling Pathway - Yu Bai; Ruili Zhang; Qing Liu; Rong Guo; Guangxing Li; Bin Sun; Di Zhang; Yang Chen; Xiaodan Huang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Overexpression of IbMPK3 increases low-temperature tolerance in transgenic sweetpotato - Rong Jin; Ho Soo Kim; Tao Yu; Ming Liu; Wenhui Yu; Peng Zhao; Aijun Zhang; Qiangqiang Zhang; Yaju Liu; Qinghe Cao; Sang-Soo Kwak; Zhonghou Tang (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2022)

Epidemiological investigation and genetic characterization of porcine astrovirus genotypes 2 and 5 in Yunnan province, China - Keqing Ren; Rong Wang; Xiao Liu; Yinghua Liu; Jintao Zhang; Junyu Bi; Lianfeng Zhao; Zhigang Guo; Jianping Liu; Gefen Yin (Archives of Virology, 2022)

Mechanisms of soil organic carbon stability and its response to no‐till: A global synthesis and perspective - Zheng‐Rong Kan; Wen‐Xuan Liu; Wen‐Sheng Liu; Rattan Lal; Yash Pal Dang; Xin Zhao; Hai‐Lin Zhang (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Mechanisms of soil organic carbon (SOC) stabilization have been widely studied due to their relevance in the global carbon cycle. No‐till (NT) has been frequently adopted to sequester SOC; however, limited information is available regarding whether sequestered SOC will be stabilized for long term. Thus, we reviewed the mechanisms affecting SOC stability in NT systems, including the priming effects (PE), molecular structure of SOC, aggregate protection, association with soil minerals, microbial properties, and environmental effects. Although a more steady‐state molecular structure of SOC is observed in NT compared with conventional tillage (CT), SOC stability may depend more on physical and chemical protection. On average, NT improves macro‐aggregation by 32.7%, and lowers SOC mineralization in macro‐aggregates compared with CT. Chemical protection is also important due to the direct adsorption of organic molecules and the enhancement of aggregation by soil minerals. Higher microbial activity in NT could also produce binding agents to promote aggregation and the formation of metal‐oxidant organic complexes. Thus, microbial residues could be stabilized in soils over the long term through their attachment to mineral surfaces and entrapment of aggregates under NT. On average, NT reduces SOC mineralization by 18.8% and PE intensities after fresh carbon inputs by 21.0% compared with CT ( p Q 10 ) is observed in NT due to greater Q 10 in macro‐aggregates, an increase of soil moisture regime in NT could potentially constrain the improvement of Q 10 . This review improves process‐based understanding of the physical and chemical mechanism of protection that can act, independently or interactively, to enhance SOC preservation. It is concluded that SOC sequestered in NT systems is likely to be stabilized over the long term.

Circ_0002711 knockdown suppresses cell growth and aerobic glycolysis by modulating miR-1244/ROCK1 axis in ovarian cancer - Weiquan Xie; Lu Liu; Chuanyong He; Min Zhao; Rong Ni; Zixiong Zhang; Chengyu Shui (Journal of Biosciences, 2021)

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

On the Second-Year Warming in Late 2019 over the Tropical Pacific and Its Attribution to an Indian Ocean Dipole Event - Licheng Feng; Fei Liu; Rong-Hua Zhang; Xue Han; Bo Yu; Chuan Gao (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021)

Predictive value of monocyte to HDL cholesterol ratio for stroke-associated pneumonia in patients with acute ischemic stroke - Yaming Sun; Juan Lu; Danni Zheng; Jufen Qian; Hongxin Zhang; Dong Xing; Fengdan Rong; Yongjun Cao; Chun-Feng Liu; Shoujiang You (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2021)

Development and application of the Faba_bean_130K targeted next-generation sequencing SNP genotyping platform based on transcriptome sequencing - Chenyu Wang; Rong Liu; Yujiao Liu; Wanwei Hou; Xuejun Wang; Yamei Miao; Yuhua He; Yu Ma; Guan Li; Dong Wang; Yishan Ji; Hongyan Zhang; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

Function identification of miR394 in tomato resistance to Phytophthora infestans - Yuan-Yuan Zhang; Yu-Hui Hong; Ya-Rong Liu; Jun Cui; Yu-Shi Luan (Plant Cell Reports, 2021)

CARMA1 is required for Notch1-induced NF-κB activation in SIL-TAL1-negative T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia - Ninghan Zhang; Jiawen Xu; Rong Wang; Ting Pan; Huanxin Zhang; Lingling Yin; Yao Yao; Linyan Xu; Shengyun Zhu; Qingyun Wu; Zhenyu Li; Xuejiao Liu; et al. (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2021)

Circular RNA circ_Cabin1 promotes DNA damage in multiple mouse organs via inhibition of non-homologous end-joining repair upon PM2.5 exposure - Huixian Zeng; Meizhen Li; Qiuhan Hua; Yufei Liu; Yueting Shao; Qinqin Diao; Yihui Ling; Han Zhang; Miaoyun Qiu; Jialu Zhu; Xun Li; Rong Zhang; et al. (Archives of Toxicology, 2021)

Influencing factors and physiochemical changes of embryogenesis through in vitro isolated microspore culture in Brassica species - Yan-Qi Dong; Yu-Hong Gao; Te Zhao; Guang-Qian Ren; Yan-Li Liu; Bin Guan; Rong-Xian Jin; Fei Gao; Yan-Li Zhang; Xiu-Fang Tan; Hong-Cai Zhu; Yu-Hong Zhang; et al. (Biologia, 2021)

Reconstruction method of irregular seismic data with adaptive thresholds based on different sparse transform bases - Hu Zhao; Tun Yang; Yu-Dong Ni; Xing-Gang Liu; Yin-Po Xu; Yi-Lei Zhang; Guang-Rong Zhang (Applied Geophysics, 2021)

Enhanced Biodegradation of Hexachlorocyclohexane in Soil by Application of Exogenous Amendments - Xutong Liu; He Huang; Dan Huang; Kai Zhong; Qun Rong; Xingzi Qin; Chaolan Zhang; Xue Li (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2021)

A stable QTL qSalt-A04-1 contributes to salt tolerance in the cotton seed germination stage - Qishen Gu; Huifeng Ke; Chenchen Liu; Xing Lv; Zhengwen Sun; Zhengwen Liu; Wei Rong; Jun Yang; Yan Zhang; Liqiang Wu; Guiyin Zhang; Xingfen Wang; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

An inducible model for specific neutrophil depletion by diphtheria toxin in mice - Tianzhu Chao; Liaoxun Lu; Lichen Zhang; Rong Huang; Zhuangzhuang Liu; Binhui Zhou; Eryan Kong; Zhongjian Zhang; Toby Lawrence; Yinming Liang (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Sea surface salinity-derived indexes for distinguishing two types of El Niño events in the tropical Pacific - Hai Zhi; Pengfei Lin; Zhujun Fang; Hailong Liu; Rong-Hua Zhang; Wenrong Bai (Science China Earth Sciences, 2021)

Exposure to antibiotics and mental disorders in children: a community-based cross-sectional study - Jingjing Zhang; Kaiyong Liu; Liang Sun; Linsheng Yang; Xinji Liu; Yitian Zhu; Rong Wei; Zhongxiu Jin; Li Wang; Ying Ma; Sufang Wang; Annuo Liu; et al. (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021)

Surfactant-assisted adsorption of uranyl ions in aqueous solution on TiO2/polythiophene nanocomposite - Youqun Wang; Yinghui Xie; Zhiyang Zheng; Dejun Zeng; Ying Dai; Zhibin Zhang; Xiaohong Cao; Rong Zou; Yunhai Liu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Effects of Diversified Cropping Sequences and Tillage Practices on Soil Organic Carbon, Nitrogen, and Associated Fractions in the North China Plain - Ahmad Latif Virk; Wen-Sheng Liu; Jia-Rui Niu; Cheng-Tang Xu; Qiu-Yue Liu; Zheng-Rong Kan; Xin Zhao; Hai-Lin Zhang (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021)

Zinc-based triazole metal complexes for efficient iodine adsorption in water - Jianxian Qin; Wei Zhang; Yuantao Chen; Rong Liu; Yuanrui Fan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Mucor rongii sp. nov., a New Cold-Tolerant Species from China - Feirong Bai; Su Yao; Chengshan Cai; Tianci Zhang; Yu Wang; Wei Liu; Baowen Ma; Changyuan Rong; Chi Cheng (Current Microbiology, 2021)

Correction to: Synthetic antimicrobial agents inhibit aflatoxin production - Jing Li; Qing-Qing Zhi; Jie Zhang; Xiao-Yu Yuan; Li-Hong Jia; Yu-Lin Wan; Qiu-Yun Liu; Jian-Rong Shi; Zhu-Mei He (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2021)

Synthetic antimicrobial agents inhibit aflatoxin production - Jing Li; Qing-Qing Zhi; Jie Zhang; Xiao-Yu Yuan; Li-Hong Jia; Yu-Lin Wan; Qiu-Yun Liu; Jian-Rong Shi; Zhu-Mei He (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2021)

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

Comparative proteomic analysis of the fungal pathogen Neoscytalidium dimidiatum infection in the pitaya - Limei Pan; Rong Zhang; Fang Lu; Chengming Liu; Jiaxin Fu (Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, 2021)

Molecular Characterization of Hsp47 in Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and Its Correlation with Type I Collagen in Response to Fish Aerobic Exercise - Xiao Liang; Ying Wan; Zhiyuan Shen; Yanmei Liu; Dapeng Li; Li Li; Rong Tang; Xi Zhang (Fishes, 2021)
Heat shock protein 47 (Hsp47) is a collagen-specific molecular chaperone that is indispensable for molecular maturation of collagen. In this study, hsp47 and hsp47-like cDNAs were cloned and characterized in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). The cDNAs were 1212 and 1218 base pairs long, respectively, and included an open reading frame encoding 403 and 405 amino acids. The molecular phylogeny based on the deduced amino acid sequences indicated that the correct sequences of the hsp47 and hsp47-like cDNA were obtained and the deduced proteins clustered distinctly into teleost clades. Primary structure analysis and characterization of Hsp47 and Hsp47-like shared the basic structure and biofunctions of Hsp47 in vertebrates. The spatial pattern of gene expression revealed that hsp47 and hsp47-like were relatively ubiquitous in different tissues and highly expressed in heart and skin. The expression levels of hsp47 and hsp47-like and type I collagen mRNAs varied similarly in different tissues. Type I collagen content increased significantly with the increase of water velocity in the muscle of grass carp in response to aerobic exercise. Among the gene expression changes of hsp47, hsp47-like, col1a1 and col1a2 in muscle that occurred in response to aerobic exercise, the change of type I collagen was most strongly correlated with hsp47 expression. Additionally, col1a1 showed the highest correlation with hsp47-like and col1a2 showed the highest correlation with hsp47. These findings suggest that grass carp Hsp47 and Hsp47-like are closely related to type I collagen synthesis. This study firstly suggests fish aerobic exercise can improve type I collagen content and Hsp47 gene expression in muscle of grass carp.

Clinical and microbiological characteristics of adults with hospital-acquired pneumonia: a 10-year prospective observational study in China - Yuyao Yin; Chunjiang Zhao; Henan Li; Longyang Jin; Qi Wang; Ruobing Wang; Yawei Zhang; Jiangang Zhang; Hui Wang; Chunxia Yang; Bin Cao; Yingmei Liu; et al. (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2021)

Effect of bFGF on fibroblasts derived from the golden snub-nosed monkey - Xin Liu; Hao Wei; Jing Yang; Jingjing Li; Pei Zhang; Yuli Li; Rong Hou; Jinlian Hua; Xingrong Yan; Baoguo Li (Primates, 2021)

Retraction Note: Fibrauretine reduces ischemia/reperfusion injury via RISK/eNOS activation - Chunsheng Wang; Rong Chang; Gan Gao; Xing Liu; Yingwei Zhang (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2021)

Neobacillus sedimentimangrovi sp. nov., a Thermophilic Bacterium Isolated from Mangrove Sediment - Rong Tang; Qi Zhang; Manik Prabhu Narsing Rao; Guo-Hong Liu; Jian-Mei Che; Min Lei; Bo Liu; Wen-Jun Li; Shun-Gui Zhou (Current Microbiology, 2021)

Knockdown of Arginyl-tRNA Synthetase Attenuates Ischemia-Induced Cerebral Cortex Injury in Rats After Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion - Yang Liu; Xue-Bin Hu; Li-Zhi Zhang; Zi Wang; Rong Fu (Translational Stroke Research, 2021)
Some researchers have previously shown that RNAi knockdown of arginyl-tRNA synthetase (ArgRS) before or after a hypoxic injury can rescue animals from death, based on the model organism, C. elegans . However, there has been no study on the application of arginyl-tRNA synthetase knockdown in treating mammalian ischemic stroke, and its potential mechanism and effect on ischemic brain damage are still unknown. Here, we focused on the Rars gene, which encodes an arginyl-tRNA synthetase, and examined the effects of Rars knockdown in a permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion model in rats. To achieve this aim, adult male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were given right cerebral cortex injections of short hairpin RNA (shRNA) adenovirus (AV) particles to knock down arginyl-tRNA synthetase, and a non-targeting control (NTC) vector or phosphate-buffered solution served as the controls. After 4 days, the rats were exposed to permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO). Then, the right cerebral cortex level of arginyl-tRNA synthetase was examined, and the effects of the Rars knockdown were evaluated by differences in infarction volume, oxidative stress, blood-brain barrier, mitochondrial function, and glucose metabolism at 1 day and 3 days after MCAO. The injection of shRNA adenovirus particles successfully suppressed the expression of arginyl-tRNA synthetase in the cerebral cortex. We observed an improvement in oxidative stress, mitochondrial function, and glucose utilization and a reduction in brain edema compared with the non-targeting control rats with suppressed expression of arginyl-tRNA synthetase mRNA in the ipsilateral ischemic cortex of the brain. Our findings indicate that knockdown of arginyl-tRNA synthetase in the cerebral cortex exerted neuroprotective effects, which were achieved not only by the improvement of oxidative stress and glucose utilization but also by the maintenance of mitochondrial morphological integrity and the preservation of mitochondrial function. Knockdown of ArgRS administration could be a promising approach to protect ischemic stroke.

Small RNA Sequencing Analysis of Germinating Single-bud Seedcane Sett in Sugarcane - Kai-Chao Wu; Lin Xu; Zhi-Nian Deng; Tian Pang; Rong-Hua Zhang; Yi-Jie Li; Xiao-Yan Liu; Cheng-Feng Huang; Wen-Xian Qin; Jian-Feng Wei; Li-Ping Wei; Yang-Rui Li; et al. (Sugar Tech, 2021)

Systematic identification and characterization of circular RNAs involved in flag leaf senescence of rice - Xiaoping Huang; Hongyu Zhang; Rong Guo; Qiang Wang; Xuanzhi Liu; Weigang Kuang; Haiyan Song; Jianglin Liao; Yingjin Huang; Zhaohai Wang (Planta, 2021)
Main conclusion Circular RNAs (circRNAs) identification, expression profiles, and construction of circRNA-parental gene relationships and circRNA-miRNA-mRNA ceRNA networks indicate that circRNAs are involved in flag leaf senescence of rice. Abstract Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of 3′-5′ head-to-tail covalently closed non-coding RNAs which have been proved to play important roles in various biological processes. However, no systematic identification of circRNAs associated with leaf senescence in rice has been studied. In this study, a genome-wide high-throughput sequencing analysis was performed using rice flag leaves developing from normal to senescence. Here, a total of 6612 circRNAs were identified, among which, 113 circRNAs were differentially expressed (DE) during the leaf senescence process. Moreover, 4601 (69.59%) circRNAs were derived from the exons or introns of their parental genes, while 2110 (71%) of the parental genes produced only one circRNA. The sequence alignment analysis showed that hundreds of rice circRNAs were conserved among different plant species. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis revealed that parental genes of DE circRNAs were enriched in many biological processes closely related to leaf senescence. Through weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), six continuously down-expressed circRNAs, 18 continuously up-expressed circRNAs and 15 turn-point high-expressed circRNAs were considered to be highly associated with leaf senescence. Additionally, a total of 17 senescence-associated circRNAs were predicted to have parental genes, in which, regulations of three circRNAs to their parental genes were validated by qRT-PCR. The competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) networks were also constructed. And a total of 11 senescence-associated circRNAs were predicted to act as miRNA sponges to regulate mRNAs, in which, regulation of two circRNAs to eight mRNAs was validated by qRT-PCR. It is discussed that senescence-associated circRNAs were involved in flag leaf senescence probably through mediating their parental genes and ceRNA networks, to participate in several well-studied senescence-associated processes, mainly including the processes of transcription, translation, and posttranslational modification (especially protein glycosylation), oxidation–reduction process, involvement of senescence-associated genes, hormone signaling pathway, proteolysis, and DNA damage repair. This study not only showed the systematic identification of circRNAs involved in leaf senescence of rice, but also laid a foundation for functional research on candidate circRNAs.

Antidepressant Effect of Paeoniflorin Is Through Inhibiting Pyroptosis CASP-11/GSDMD Pathway - Dan-Dan Tian; Min Wang; An Liu; Mei-Rong Gao; Chen Qiu; Wen Yu; Wen-Ju Wang; Kun Zhang; Le Yang; Yan-Yan Jia; Chang-Bin Yang; Yu-Mei Wu (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

Selenium Deficiency via the TLR4/TRIF/NF-κB Signaling Pathway Leading to Inflammatory Injury in Chicken Spleen - Ruili Zhang; Rong Guo; Qing Liu; Guangxing Li; Bin Sun; Xiaodan Huang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Controlled-release N fertilizer to mitigate ammonia volatilization from double-cropping rice - Chang Tian; Xuan Zhou; Zheli Ding; Qiang Liu; Guixian Xie; Jianwei Peng; Xiangming Rong; Yuping Zhang; Yong Yang; Mamdouh A. Eissa (Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2021)
Controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer (CRNF) can effectively enhance crop yields and raise the efficiency of nitrogen fertilizer in agroecosystems. In the present study, the volatilization of NH 3 was determined by airflow enclosure chamber technique after the application of different CRNF rates in double-cropping rice fields in southern China for continuous 3 years. The early and late season rice (ESR and LSR) were cultivated each year. The results showed that the total NH 3 volatilization losses ranged from 25 to 56 kg N ha −1 in ESR and from 32 to 61 kg N ha −1 in LSR. The loss of N to the total applied N ranged from 12 to 29% in ESR and from 12 to 27% in LSR. The application of CRNF significantly reduced the cumulative NH 3 volatilization losses by 20–43% for ESR and by 20–32% for LSR compared with conventional urea application. CRNF in LSR was less effective to reduce NH 3 volatilization than that in ESR. Furthermore, the application of 80% of N rate in the form of CRNF gave higher grain yield and apparent nitrogen recovery efficiency (ANRE) than that of application of 100% of N rate from conventional urea. CRNF can effectively reduce NH 3 volatilization, and increase rice yield and ANRE. Considering higher price of CRNF, the application of CRNF at lower (20% applied N) rate than conventional urea in LSR may be a reasonable fertilization strategy for improving N use efficiency, environment effectiveness, and sustaining the development of rice production systems in double-cropping rice.

Three pleiotropic loci associated with bone mineral density and lean body mass - Yu-Xue Zhang; Shan-Shan Zhang; Shu Ran; Yu Liu; Hong Zhang; Xiao-Lin Yang; Rong Hai; Hui Shen; Qing Tian; Hong-Wen Deng; Lei Zhang; Yu-Fang Pei (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2021)

Risk of congenital heart disease due to exposure to common electrical appliances during early pregnancy: a case-control study - Doudou Zhao; Leqian Guo; Ruo Zhang; Qixia Zhu; Hongli Wang; Rong Liu; Hong Yan; Shaonong Dang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

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

Thermal equation of state of phase egg (AlSiO3OH): implications for hydrous phases in the deep earth - Yungui Liu; Rong Huang; Ye Wu; Dongzhou Zhang; Junfeng Zhang; Xiang Wu (Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2021)

Red elemental selenium (Se 0 ) improves the immunoactivities of EPC cells, crucian carp and zebrafish against spring viraemia of carp virus - Jinbao Tian; Yong Zhang; Rong Zhu; Yeqing Wu; Xiaoxiao Liu; Xingguo Wang (Journal of Fish Biology, 2021)
Selenium, as an essential trace element, interferes through selenoproteins in many physiological processes of plants and mammals. Its antiviral activity has recently attracted much attention because selenium improves the antiviral capacity of animal cells against a few viruses relevant to human diseases. In this study, the red elemental selenium was purified from the fermentative culture of Herbaspirillum camelliae WT00C and then used to culture epithelioma papulosum cyprinid (EPC) cells or feed crucian carp and zebrafish. Finally, its antiviral effects were investigated at the cell level and living fishes after spring viraemia of carp virus infection. At the cell level, 5, 10 and 20 μg ml –1 red elemental selenium significantly induced the expression of interferon ( IFN ) and ISG 15 genes in EPC cells. The viral TCID 50 (50% tissue culture infective dose) values in the EPC cells incubated with 5, 10 and 20 μg ml –1 red elemental selenium were significantly less than those of the control. More expression of IFN and ISG 15 genes and less TCID 50 values indicate that red elemental selenium indeed improves the antiviral capability of EPC cells. In the crucian carp fed with the food containing 5 and 10 μg g –1 red elemental selenium, IFN expressions showed 13‐ and 39‐fold increases at the 16th day of post‐injection, and its expression was dependent on selenium concentrations. Meanwhile, no fish death occurred in all the experimental groups. In the zebrafish fed with the red worm containing 5 μg g –1 red elemental selenium, IFN and Mx expressions and survival rate were significantly higher than those of the control. The results of this study show that red elemental selenium indeed improves the antiviral activity of fish. The antiviral effects of selenium mainly come from its immune regulation through its incorporation into selenoproteins. The optimum level of selenium contributes to improving fish immunity, whereas excess selenium causes excessive immune and inflammatory responses.

Management of Gout-associated MSU crystals-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation by procyanidin B2: targeting IL-1β and Cathepsin B in macrophages - Chun-Ying Qiao; Ying Li; Yue Shang; Min Jiang; Jian Liu; Zi-Ying Zhan; Huan Ye; Yong-Ce Lin; Jing-Ya Jiao; Rong-Hui Sun; Zhi-Hong Zhang; Mei-Hua Piao; et al. (Inflammopharmacology, 2020)

The intestine of artificially bred larval turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) contains a stable core group of microbiota - Zheng Zhang; Yongxiang Yu; Yan Jiang; Yingeng Wang; Meijie Liao; Xiaojun Rong; Qian Liu (Archives of Microbiology, 2020)

Divergence in flowering time is a major component contributing to reproductive isolation between two wild rice species (Oryza rufipogon and O. nivara) - Xun Xu; Qing-Lin Meng; Mu-Fan Geng; Ning-Ning Ren; Lian Zhou; Yu-Su Du; Zhe Cai; Mei-Xia Wang; Xin Wang; Xiu-Hua Wang; Jing-Dan Han; Shuai Jiang; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Small grain and semi-dwarf 3, a WRKY transcription factor, negatively regulates plant height and grain size by stabilizing SLR1 expression in rice - Jie Lan; Qibing Lin; Chunlei Zhou; Yakun Ren; Xi Liu; Rong Miao; Ruonan Jing; Changling Mou; Thanhliem Nguyen; Xingjie Zhu; Qian Wang; Xin Zhang; et al. (Plant Molecular Biology, 2020)

Influence of soil moisture content on pullout properties of Hippophae rhamnoides Linn. roots - Chao-bo Zhang; Ya-ting Liu; Dong-rong Li; Jing Jiang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

PSD-93 Interacts with SynGAP and Promotes SynGAP Ubiquitination and Ischemic Brain Injury in Mice - Qingxiu Zhang; Hui Yang; Hong Gao; Xiaomei Liu; Qingjie Li; Rong Rong; Zhenqian Liu; Xiu-e Wei; Liping Kong; Yun Xu; Liangqun Rong (Translational Stroke Research, 2020)

Model test of the stability degradation of a prestressed anchored rock slope system in a corrosive environment - Cong Li; Rong-tang Zhang; Jie-bing Zhu; Zhi-jun Liu; Bo Lu; Bin Wang; Yu-zhou Jiang; Jie-sheng Liu; Ping Zeng (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

Ecological analysis of gamasid mites on the body surface of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Yunnan Province, Southwest China - Zhe Liu; Xian-Guo Guo; Rong Fan; Cheng-Fu Zhao; Ke-Yu Mao; Zhi-Wei Zhang; Yue Zhao (Biologia, 2020)

Responses of Primary Afferent Fibers to Acupuncture-Like Peripheral Stimulation at Different Frequencies: Characterization by Single-Unit Recording in Rats - Ran Huo; Song-Ping Han; Feng-Yu Liu; Xiao-Jing Shou; Ling-Yu Liu; Tian-Jia Song; Fu-Jun Zhai; Rong Zhang; Guo-Gang Xing; Ji-Sheng Han (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2020)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Fibrauretine reduces ischemia/reperfusion injury via RISK/eNOS activation - Chunsheng Wang; Rong Chang; Gan Gao; Xing Liu; Yingwei Zhang (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2020)

Two novel pleiotropic loci associated with osteoporosis and abdominal obesity - Lu Liu; Xiao-Lin Yang; Hong Zhang; Zi-Jia Zhang; Xin-Tong Wei; Gui-Juan Feng; Ju Liu; Hui-Ping Peng; Rong Hai; Hui Shen; Qing Tian; Hong-Wen Deng; et al. (Human Genetics, 2020)

Removal of boron from water by GO/ZIF-67 hybrid material adsorption - Guangzhuang Hu; Wei Zhang; Yuantao Chen; Cheng Xu; Rong Liu; Zhen Han (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Biochemical Toxicity and Potential Detoxification Mechanisms in Earthworms Eisenia fetida Exposed to Sulfamethazine and Copper - Hong Rong; Chengrun Wang; Haitao Liu; Min Zhang; Yueting Yuan; Yanjie Pu; Jin Huang; Jinyu Yu (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2020)

Genotoxins exaggerate the stressed state of aneuploid embryonic stem cells via activation of autophagy - Meili Zhang; Rong Xiao; Guang Liu; Yue Huang (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Genetic diversity analysis for narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) by SSR markers - Yishan Ji; Rong Liu; Jinguo Hu; Yuning Huang; Dong Wang; Guan Li; Md. Mosiur Rahman; Hongyan Zhang; Chenyu Wang; Mengwei Li; Tao Yang; Xuxiao Zong (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Identification of Ala2Thr mutation in insulin gene from a Chinese MODY10 family - Juan Zhang; Yanjun Liu; Ming Li; Xiaoxu Ge; Ying Wang; Xin Huang; Di Yang; Rong Zhang; Yating Chen; Ming Lu; Jun Yin; Mingqiang Song; et al. (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2020)

A review of progress in coupled ocean-atmosphere model developments for ENSO studies in China - Rong-Hua Zhang; Yongqiang Yu; Zhenya Song; Hong-Li Ren; Youmin Tang; Fangli Qiao; Tongwen Wu; Chuan Gao; Junya Hu; Feng Tian; Yuchao Zhu; Lin Chen; et al. (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2020)

The isolation and culture of giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) breast milk cells - Chen Yijiao; Wang Donghui; Liu Yuliang; Li Feiping; He Ping; Cai Zhigang; Zhang Hao; Chen Min; Hou Rong; An Junhui (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2020)

Effects of streptozotocin on pancreatic islet β-cell apoptosis and glucose metabolism in zebrafish larvae - Xue Wang; Xue-liang Yang; Ke-chun Liu; Wen-long Sheng; Qing Xia; Rong-chun Wang; Xi-qiang Chen; Yun Zhang (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2020)

Molecular evolution of GII.P17-GII.17 norovirus associated with sporadic acute gastroenteritis cases during 2013–2018 in Zhoushan Islands, China - Can Chen; Bing Wu; Hui Zhang; Ke-Feng Li; Rong Liu; Hong-Ling Wang; Jian-Bo Yan (Virus Genes, 2020)

Physiological and proteomic responses of mangrove plant Avicennia marina seedlings to simulated periodical inundation - Huan Li; Zan Li; Zhi-Jun Shen; Mei-Rong Luo; Yi-Ling Liu; Ming-Yue Wei; Wen-Hua Wang; Ying-Ying Qin; Chang-Hao Gao; Ke-Ke Li; Qian-Su Ding; Shan Zhang; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2020)

Composition and functional diversity of fecal bacterial community of wild boar, commercial pig and domestic native pig as revealed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing - Jinqing Huang; Wenjuan Zhang; Rong Fan; Zhanggen Liu; Tao Huang; Junyi Li; Tonghao Du; Tao Xiong (Archives of Microbiology, 2020)

Reduced mineral fertilization coupled with straw return in field mesocosm vegetable cultivation helps to coordinate greenhouse gas emissions and vegetable production - Rong Huang; Jiang Liu; Xinhua He; Deti Xie; Jiupai Ni; Chang Xu; Yarong Zhang; En Ci; Zifang Wang; Ming Gao (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020)

Cell membrane damage induced by continuous stress of artemisinin sustained-release microspheres (ASMs) on Microcystis aeruginosa at different physiological stages - Lixiao Ni; Feifei Yue; Jianhua Zhang; Shiyi Rong; Xuanyu Liu; Yifei Wang; Peifang Wang; Danye Li; Na Wang; Hanqi Wu; Shiyin Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Comparative profiling of roots small RNA expression and corresponding gene ontology and pathway analyses for low- and high-cadmium–accumulating genotypes of wheat in response to cadmium stress - Min Zhou; Shigang Zheng; Yunfang Li; Rong Liu; Lei Zhang; Yu Wu (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2020)

Analysis of nicotine-induced metabolic changes in Blakeslea trispora by GC-MS - Yang Liu; You-ran Shao; Xiang-yu Li; Zhi-ming Wang; Li-rong Yang; Yu-zhou Zhang; Mian-bin Wu; Jian-ming Yao (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2020)

Developing stripe rust resistant wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) lines with gene pyramiding strategy and marker-assisted selection - Rong Liu; Jing Lu; Min Zhou; Shigang Zheng; Zehou Liu; Chihong Zhang; Mei Du; Minxiu Wang; Yunfang Li; Yu Wu; Lei Zhang (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2020)

Characterization and diagnostic marker development for Yr28-rga1 conferring stripe rust resistance in wheat - Shigang Zheng; Yu Wu; Min Zhou; Lian Zeng; Rong Liu; Yunfang Li; Zehou Liu; Chihong Zhang; Lu Lu; Lei Zhang (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020)

Sky islands as foci for divergence of fig trees and their pollinators in southwest China - Jun‐Yin Deng; Rong‐Hua Fu; Stephen G. Compton; Mei Liu; Qin Wang; Chuan Yuan; Lu‐Shui Zhang; Yan Chen (Molecular Ecology, 2020)
The dynamics of populations and their divergence over time have shaped current levels of biodiversity and in the case of the “sky islands” of mountainous southwest (SW) China have resulted in an area of exceptional botanical diversity. Ficus tikoua is a prostrate fig tree subendemic to the area that displays unique intraspecific diversity, producing figs typical of different pollination modes in different parts of its range. By combining climate models, genetic variation in populations of the tree's obligate fig wasp pollinators and distributions of the different plant phenotypes, we examined how this unusual situation may have developed. We identified three genetically distinct groups of a single Ceratosolen pollinator species that have largely parapatric distributions. The complex topography of the region contributed to genetic divergence among the pollinators by facilitating geographical isolation and providing refugia. Migration along elevations in response to climate oscillations further enhanced genetic differentiation of the three pollinator groups. Their distributions loosely correspond to the distributions of the functionally significant morphological differences in the male figs of their host plants, but postglacial expansion of one group has not been matched by spread of its associated plant phenotype, possibly due to a major river barrier. The results highlight how interplay between the complex topography of the “sky island” complex and climate change has shaped intraspecies differentiation and relationships between the plant and its pollinator. Similar processes may explain the exceptional botanical diversity of SW China.

Effects of shallow groundwater table fluctuations on nitrogen in the groundwater and soil profile in the nearshore vegetable fields of Erhai Lake, southwest China - Dan Zhang; Maopan Fan; Hongbin Liu; Rong Wang; Jixia Zhao; Yanxian Yang; Rongyang Cui; Anqiang Chen (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020)

One bis-indole alkaloid-voacamine from Voacanga africana Stapf: biological activity evaluation of PTP1B in vitro utilizing enzymology method based on SPRi expriment - Yan-Qiu Wang; Hong-Xiang Li; Xiao-Chun Liu; Jin-Shuang Zhao; Rong-Qiang Liu; Wen-ying Huai; Wei-Jun Ding; Tian-E Zhang; Yun Deng (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Zizania aquatica–duck ecosystem with recycled biogas slurry maintained crop yield - Guiliang Wang; Jianghong Zhang; Xiangming Kou; Shouhong Wang; Jianfeng Liu; Rong Xu; Guangming Han; Leiming Wu; Lingyu Zhu (Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2019)

Paramyxoviruses respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, and human metapneumovirus infection in pediatric hospitalized patients and climate correlation in a subtropical region of southern China: a 7-year survey - Wen-Kuan Liu; De-Hui Chen; Wei-Ping Tan; Shu-Yan Qiu; Duo Xu; Li Zhang; Shu-Jun Gu; Rong Zhou; Qian Liu (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2019)

Interception of sulfate deposition from a closed canopy to a forest gap edge canopy in a subalpine dragon spruce plantation - Yu Zhang; Fu-zhong Wu; Bo Tan; Zhen-feng Xu; Han Li; Jun-cheng Liu; Hai-rong Zhao; Si-yi Tan; Cheng-ming You; Wan-qin Yang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2019)

Interaction Between Planetary Boundary Layer and PM2.5 Pollution in Megacities in China: a Review - Yucong Miao; Jing Li; Shiguang Miao; Huizheng Che; Yaqiang Wang; Xiaoye Zhang; Rong Zhu; Shuhua Liu (Current Pollution Reports, 2019)
Purpose of Review During the past decades, the number and size of megacities have been growing dramatically in China. Most of Chinese megacities are suffering from heavy PM 2.5 pollution. In the pollution formation, the planetary boundary layer (PBL) plays an important role. This review is aimed at presenting the current state of understanding of the PBL-PM 2.5 interaction in megacities, as well as to identify the main gaps in current knowledge and further research needs. Recent Findings The PBL is critical to the formation of urban PM 2.5 pollution at multiple temporal scales, ranging from diurnal change to seasonal variation. For the essential PBL structure/process in pollution, the coastal megacities have different concerns from the mountainous or land-locked megacities. In the coastal cities, the recirculation induced by sea-land breeze can accumulate pollutants, whereas in the valley/basin, the blocking effects of terrains can lead to stagnant conditions and thermal inversion. Within a megacity, although the urbanization-induced land use change can cause thermodynamic perturbations and facilitate the development of PBL, the increases in emissions outweigh this impact, resulting in a net increase of aerosol concentration. Moreover, the aerosol radiative effects can modify the PBL by heating the upper layers and reducing the surface heat flux, suppressing the PBL and exacerbating the pollution. Summary This review presented the PBL-PM 2.5 interaction in 13 Chinese megacities with various geographic conditions and elucidated the critical influencing processes. To further understand the complicated interactions, long-term observations of meteorology and aerosol properties with multi-layers in the PBL need to be implemented.

The complete chloroplast genome of the daimyo oak, Quercus dentata Thunb. - Hua-Lei Hu; Jing-Yu Zhang; Yu-Ping Li; Lu Xie; Dong-Bin Chen; Qun Li; Yan-Qun Liu; Shu-Rong Hui; Li Qin (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2019)

Root diversity in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.): insights into the morphological, anatomical and gene expression profiles - Ruqi Su; Rong Zhou; Marie Ali Mmadi; Donghua Li; Lu Qin; Aili Liu; Jianqiang Wang; Yuan Gao; Mengyuan Wei; Lisong Shi; Ziming Wu; Jun You; et al. (Planta, 2019)

METTL1 overexpression is correlated with poor prognosis and promotes hepatocellular carcinoma via PTEN - Qiu-Hong Tian; Mei-Fang Zhang; Jin-Sheng Zeng; Rong-Guang Luo; Yang Wen; Jun Chen; Liu-Gen Gan; Jian-Ping Xiong (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019)

Genetic dissection of stalk lodging-related traits using an IBM Syn10 DH population in maize across three environments (Zea mays L.) - Yanling Zhang; Tianhu Liang; Min Chen; Yinchao Zhang; Tao Wang; Haijian Lin; Tingzhao Rong; Chaoying Zou; Peng Liu; Michael Lee; Guangtang Pan; Yaou Shen; et al. (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2019)

Genetic diversity of Haemaphysalis longicornis from China and molecular detection of Rickettsia - Tingting Liu; Xuejiao Feng; Yadi Zhang; Jingze Liu; Rong Bao (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2019)

Viral load and histological distribution of atypical porcine pestivirus in different tissues of naturally infected piglets - Jianxin Liu; Zhenbiao Li; Xujiao Ren; Huizi Li; Rong Lu; Yuan Zhang; Zhangyong Ning (Archives of Virology, 2019)

Endophytic Pseudomonas fluorescens induced sesquiterpenoid accumulation mediated by gibberellic acid and jasmonic acid in Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz plantlets - Hu-Rong Yang; Jie Yuan; Lian-Hong Liu; Wei Zhang; Fei Chen; Chuan-Chao Dai (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2019)

Trends of sea surface wind energy over the South China Sea - Bo Jiang; Yongliang Wei; Jie Ding; Rong Zhang; Yuxin Liu; Xiaoyong Wang; Yizhou Fang (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2019)

A molecular survey of Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Bartonella and Theileria in ticks collected from southeastern China - Juan Hou; Feng Ling; Ying Liu; Rong Zhang; Xiuping Song; Ruting Huang; Yuyan Wu; Jinna Wang; Jimin Sun; Zhenyu Gong (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2019)

Identification of cis-regulatory regions responsible for developmental and hormonal regulation of HbHMGS1 in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana - Xiao-Xiao Gong; Bing-Yu Yan; Yu-Rong Tan; Xuan Gao; Dan Wang; Heng Zhang; Peng Wang; Shuang-Jiang Li; Yi Wang; Lu-Yao Zhou; Jin-Ping Liu (Biotechnology Letters, 2019)

Salinity effects on the 2014 warm “Blob” in the Northeast Pacific - Hai Zhi; Pengfei Lin; Rong-Hua Zhang; Fei Chai; Hailong Liu (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019)

Species with moderate intraspecific trait variability are locally abundant within an environmentally heterogeneous subtropical forest - Guochun Shen; En-Rong Yan; Avi Bar-Massada; Jian Zhang; Heming Liu; Xihua Wang; Mingshan Xu (Oecologia, 2019)

QTL analysis of delayed maize flowering in response to low phosphate across multi-environments - Zhiyong Ren; Xiao Zhang; Hailan Liu; Wenjun Liu; Zhi Nie; Dan Liu; Ling Wu; Haijian Lin; Shunzong Su; Duojiang Gao; Bowen Luo; Peng Ma; et al. (Euphytica, 2019)

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi abundance was sensitive to nitrogen addition but diversity was sensitive to phosphorus addition in karst ecosystems - Dan Xiao; Rongxiao Che; Xin Liu; Yongjun Tan; Rong Yang; Wei Zhang; Xunyang He; Zhihong Xu; Kelin Wang (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2019)

Four new dammarane-type triterpenes derivatives from hydrolyzate of total Gynostemma pentaphyllum saponins and their bioactivities - Xiaoshu Zhang; Guohui Shi; Mingbing Liu; Rong Chen; Xiaojun Wu; Yuqing Zhao (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Effects of different substrates on nitrogen and phosphorus removal in horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands - Rui Xu; Yong Zhang; Rong Liu; Yun Cao; Guoxiang Wang; Lingchen Ji; Yifan Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Calcium intake and colon cancer risk subtypes by tumor molecular characteristics - NaNa Keum; Li Liu; Tsuyoshi Hamada; Zhi Rong Qian; Jonathan A. Nowak; Yin Cao; Annacarolina da Silva; Keisuke Kosumi; Mingyang Song; Daniel Nevo; Molin Wang; Andrew T. Chan; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 2019)

Interleukin-26 upregulates interleukin-22 production by human CD4+ T cells in tuberculous pleurisy - Min Zhang; Yi-Ran Niu; Jing-Yuan Liu; Xiao-Shan Wei; Xiao-Rong Wang; Lin-Lin Ye; Wen-Bei Peng; Jian-Chu Zhang; Xiao-Nan Tao; Qiong Zhou (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019)

MEG3 modulates TIGIT expression and CD4 + T cell activation through absorbing miR-23a - Jianhong Wang; Xiangxiang Liu; Caixia Hao; Yingjuan Lu; Xiaohui Duan; Rong Liang; Guangxun Gao; Tao Zhang (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2019)

A study of the characteristics of energy flux and its relationship with the summer monsoon over alpine wetlands in the source region of the Yellow River - Dongyu Jia; Jun Wen; Yaoming Ma; Juan Zhou; Jinlei Chen; Rong Liu; Xin Wang; Tangtang Zhang; Xin Lai; ZuoLiang Wang (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2019)

Incidence and clinical correlates of anger attacks in Chinese patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder - Ying-ying Zhang; Heng-fen Gong; Xiao-li Zhang; Wen-juan Liu; Hai-yan Jin; Fang Fang; Sophie Schneider; Elizabeth McIngvale; Chen-cheng Zhang; Wayne K. Goodman; Xi-rong Sun; Eric A. Storch (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2019)

A B-box zinc finger protein, MdBBX10, enhanced salt and drought stresses tolerance in Arabidopsis - Xin Liu; Rong Li; Yaqing Dai; Li Yuan; Qinghua Sun; Shizhong Zhang; Xiaoyun Wang (Plant Molecular Biology, 2019)

Comparative analysis of root transcriptome profiles between low- and high-cadmium-accumulating genotypes of wheat in response to cadmium stress - Min Zhou; Shigang Zheng; Rong Liu; Jing Lu; Lu Lu; Chihong Zhang; Zehou Liu; Congpei Luo; Lei Zhang; Yu Wu (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2019)

Linking soil N2O emissions with soil microbial community abundance and structure related to nitrogen cycle in two acid forest soils - Hongling Qin; Xiaoyi Xing; Yafang Tang; Haijun Hou; Jie Yang; Rong Shen; Wenzhao Zhang; Yi Liu; Wenxue Wei (Plant and Soil, 2019)

Angiogenesis in pancreatic cancer: current research status and clinical implications - Shuo Li; Hua-Xiang Xu; Chun-Tao Wu; Wen-Quan Wang; Wei Jin; He-Li Gao; Hao Li; Shi-Rong Zhang; Jin-Zhi Xu; Zi-Hao Qi; Quan-Xing Ni; Xian-Jun Yu; et al. (Angiogenesis, 2019)

Establishment and application of distant hybridization technology in fish - Shi Wang; Chenchen Tang; Min Tao; Qinbo Qin; Chun Zhang; Kaikun Luo; Rurong Zhao; Jing Wang; Li Ren; Jun Xiao; Fangzhou Hu; Rong Zhou; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2019)

The Role of miR-150 in Stress-Induced Anxiety-Like Behavior in Mice - Wen-Juan Zhang; Wen-Yu Cao; Yan-Qing Huang; Yan-Hui Cui; Bo-Xuan Tu; Lai-Fa Wang; Guang-Jing Zou; Yu Liu; Zhao-Lan Hu; Rong Hu; Chang-Qi Li; Xiao-Wei Xing; et al. (Neurotoxicity Research, 2019)

Insights into the effect of chemical treatment on the physicochemical characteristics and adsorption behavior of pig manure-derived biochars - Rong-Zhong Wang; Dan-Lian Huang; Chen Zhang; Yun-Guo Liu; Guang-Ming Zeng; Cui Lai; Xiao-Min Gong; Min Cheng; Jia Wan; Qing Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Independent losses and duplications of autophagy‐related genes in fungal tree of life - Qinhu Wang; Huiquan Liu; Huaijian Xu; Ruonan Hei; Shijie Zhang; Cong Jiang; Jin‐Rong Xu (Environmental Microbiology, 2019)
Summary Autophagy is important for growth, development and pathogenesis in fungi. Although autophagic process is generally considered to be conserved, the conservation and evolution of ATG genes at kingdom‐wide remains to be conducted. Here we systematically identified 41 known ATG genes in 331 species and analyzed their distribution across the fungal kingdom. In general, only 20 ATG genes are highly conserved, including most but not all the yeast core‐autophagy‐machinery genes. Four functional protein groups involved in autophagosome formation had conserved and non‐conserved components, suggesting plasticity in autophagosome formation in fungi. All or majority of the key ATG genes were lost in several fungal groups with unique lifestyles and niches, such as Microsporidia, Pneumocystis and Malassezia . Moreover, majority of ATG genes had A‐to‐I RNA editing during sexual reproduction in two ascomycetes and deletion of FgATG11 , the ATG gene with the most editing sites in Fusarium affected ascospore releasing. Duplication and divergence also was observed to several core ATG genes, such as highly divergent ATG8 paralogs in dermatophytes and multiple ATG15 duplications in mushrooms. Taken together, independent losses and duplications of ATG genes have occurred throughout the fungal kingdom and variations in autophagy exist among different lineages and possibly different developmental stages.

Thermo-elastoplastic Model for Soft Rock Considering Effects of Structure and Overconsolidation - Yong-lin Xiong; Qi-lai Yang; Sheng Zhang; Guan-lin Ye; Gan-bin Liu; Rong-yue Zheng; Feng Zhang (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2018)

Toxicity responses of bacterial community as a biological indicator after repeated exposure to lead (Pb) in the presence of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE209) - Bo Liu; Rong Zhang; Xiaoqian Xia; Wei Zhang; Mengwen Gao; Qiang Lu; Kuangfei Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Is Moss Stoichiometry Influenced by Microtopography in a Boreal Peatland of Northeast China? - Xinhou Zhang; Rong Mao; Changchun Song; Yan Liu; Zhaojie Ren (Chinese Geographical Science, 2018)

Plant-mediated competition facilitates a phoretic association between a gall mite and a psyllid vector - Jianling Li; Sai Liu; Kun Guo; Fan Zhang; Haili Qiao; Jianmin Chen; Mengke Yang; Xiu Zhu; Rong Xu; Changqing Xu; Jun Chen (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2018)

The warm season characteristics of the turbulence structure and transfer of turbulent kinetic energy over alpine wetlands at the source of the Yellow River - Dongyu Jia; Jun Wen; Yaoming Ma; Xin Wang; Tangtang Zhang; Rong Liu; Xin Lai (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2018)

Development of a TaqMan probe-based quantitative reverse transcription PCR assay for detection of Getah virus RNA - Ning Shi; Hao Liu; Li-xia Li; Bo Hu; Lei Zhang; Chuan-fang Zhao; Xiao-yu Deng; Xin-tong Li; Xiang-hong Xue; Xue Bai; Hai-ling Zhang; Rong-guang Lu; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2018)

Comparison of gene co-networks reveals the molecular mechanisms of the rice (Oryza sativa L.) response to Rhizoctonia solani AG1 IA infection - Jinfeng Zhang; Wenjuan Zhao; Rong Fu; Chenglin Fu; Lingxia Wang; Huainian Liu; Shuangcheng Li; Qiming Deng; Shiquan Wang; Jun Zhu; Yueyang Liang; Ping Li; et al. (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2018)

Diversity of herbaceous plants and bacterial communities regulates soil resistome across forest biomes - Hang‐Wei Hu; Jun‐Tao Wang; Brajesh K. Singh; Yu‐Rong Liu; Yong‐Liang Chen; Yu‐Jing Zhang; Ji‐Zheng He (Environmental Microbiology, 2018)
Summary Antibiotic resistance is ancient and prevalent in natural ecosystems and evolved long before the utilization of synthetic antibiotics started, but factors influencing the large‐scale distribution patterns of natural antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) remain largely unknown. Here, a large‐scale investigation over 4000 km was performed to profile soil ARGs, plant communities and bacterial communities from 300 quadrats across five forest biomes with minimal human impact. We detected diverse and abundant ARGs in forests, including over 160 genes conferring resistance to eight major categories of antibiotics. The diversity of ARGs was strongly and positively correlated with the diversity of bacteria, herbaceous plants and mobile genetic elements (MGEs). The ARG composition was strongly correlated with the taxonomic structure of bacteria and herbs. Consistent with this strong correlation, structural equation modelling demonstrated that the positive effects of bacterial and herb communities on ARG patterns were maintained even when simultaneously accounting for multiple drivers (climate, spatial predictors and edaphic factors). These findings suggest a paradigm that the interactions between aboveground and belowground communities shape the large‐scale distribution of soil resistomes, providing new knowledge for tackling the emerging environmental antibiotic resistance.

Regulation of myostatin expression is associated with growth and muscle development in commercial broiler and DMC muscle - Tengfei Dou; Zhengtian Li; Kun Wang; Lixian Liu; Hua Rong; Zhiqiang Xu; Ying Huang; Dahai Gu; Xiaobo Chen; Wenyuan Hu; Jiarong Zhang; Sumei Zhao; et al. (Molecular Biology Reports, 2018)

Co-targeting PLK1 and mTOR induces synergistic inhibitory effects against esophageal squamous cell carcinoma - Ting-Ting Liu; Kai-Xia Yang; Jing Yu; Ying-Ya Cao; Jian-Song Ren; Jia-Jie Hao; Bei-Qing Pan; Sai Ma; Li-Yan Yang; Yan Cai; Ming-Rong Wang; Yu Zhang (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2018)

Modern pollen distribution in the northeastern Indian Ocean and its significance - Chuanxiu Luo; Weiming Jiang; Chixin Chen; Huanhuan Peng; Rong Xiang; Jianguo Liu; Jun Lu; Xiang Su; Qiang Zhang; Mingxi Yang (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2018)

The environmental characteristics and applications of biochar - Chaosheng Zhang; Li Liu; Meihua Zhao; Hongwei Rong; Ying Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

An integrated assessment of INDCs under Shared Socioeconomic Pathways: an implementation of C3IAM - Yi-Ming Wei; Rong Han; Qiao-Mei Liang; Bi-Ying Yu; Yun-Fei Yao; Mei-Mei Xue; Kun Zhang; Li-Jing Liu; Juan Peng; Pu Yang; Zhi-Fu Mi; Yun-Fei Du; et al. (Natural Hazards, 2018)

Selective and novel cyclin-dependent kinases 4 inhibitor: synthesis and biological evaluation - Qingxiang Guo; Yongtao Li; Chao Zhang; Zhi Huang; Xin Wang; Yongwei Nie; Yao Li; Yanhua Liu; Shengyong Yang; Rong Xiang; Yan Fan (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2018)

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation inhibits Sirt1/MAO-A signaling in the prefrontal cortex in a rat model of depression and cortex-derived astrocytes - Zheng-wu Peng; Fen Xue; Cui-hong Zhou; Rui-guo Zhang; Ying Wang; Ling Liu; Han-fei Sang; Hua-ning Wang; Qing-rong Tan (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2018)

Protective effect of the total flavonoids from Apocynum venetum L. on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity in vitro and in vivo - Wei Zhang; Zheng Dong; Xiujuan Chang; Cuihong Zhang; Guanghua Rong; Xudong Gao; Zhen Zeng; Chunping Wang; Yan Chen; Yihui Rong; Jianhui Qu; Ze Liu; et al. (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018)

Highly efficient degradation of berberine chloride form wastewater by a novel three-dimensional electrode photoelectrocatalytic system - Rong Liu; Yonggang Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Anomalous gray matter structural networks in recent onset post-traumatic stress disorder - Shun Qi; Yun-Feng Mu; Long-Biao Cui; Jian Zhang; Fan Guo; Qing-Rong Tan; Mei Shi; Kang Liu; Yi-Bin Xi; Nan-Yin Zhang; Xiao-Liang Zhang; Yong He; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2018)

Continuous application of different organic additives can suppress tomato disease by inducing the healthy rhizospheric microbiota through alterations to the bulk soil microflora - Hongjun Liu; Wu Xiong; Ruifu Zhang; Xinnan Hang; Dongsheng Wang; Rong Li; Qirong Shen (Plant and Soil, 2018)

Differential Inhibition of Nav1.7 and Neuropathic Pain by Hybridoma-Produced and Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies that Target Nav1.7 - Sangsu Bang; Jiho Yoo; Xingrui Gong; Di Liu; Qingjian Han; Xin Luo; Wonseok Chang; Gang Chen; Sang-Taek Im; Yong Ho Kim; Judith A. Strong; Ma-Zhong Zhang; et al. (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2018)

A new diaryl 1, 2-diketone from the heartwood of Dalbergia latifolia - Rong-hua Liu; Ding-qing Wang; Pu-zhao Zhang; Feng Shao; Lan-ying Chen; Hui-lian Huang; Shuai Lin (Natural Product Research, 2018)

Arg913Gln of SLC12A3 gene promotes development and progression of end-stage renal disease in Chinese type 2 diabetes mellitus - Rong Zhang; Langen Zhuang; Ming Li; Juan zhang; Weijing Zhao; Xiaoxu Ge; Yating Chen; Feng Wang; Niansong Wang; Yuqian Bao; Limei Liu; Yanjun Liu; et al. (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2018)

β-Arrestin-1 deficiency ameliorates renal interstitial fibrosis by blocking Wnt1/β-catenin signaling in mice - Huiyan Xu; Quanxin Li; Jiang Liu; Jiaqing Zhu; Liang Li; Ziying Wang; Yan Zhang; Yu Sun; Jinpeng Sun; Rong Wang; Fan Yi (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2018)

Metabolic benefits of rivaroxaban in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients after radiofrequency catheter ablation - Jun Zhu; Rong-jun Gao; Qiang Liu; Ru-hong Jiang; Lu Yu; Ya-xun Sun; Pei Zhang; Jian-wei Lin; Yang Ye; Zu-wen Zhang; Shi-quan Chen; Hui Cheng; et al. (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2017)

Phenotypic variations and heritability of bearded iris breeding - Zhuping Fan; Yike Gao; Yanchao Guo; Rong Liu; Qixiang Zhang (Euphytica, 2017)

Protodioscin ameliorates oxidative stress, inflammation and histology outcome in Complete Freund’s adjuvant induced arthritis rats - Jia-Yu Liu; Ya-Ling Hou; Rong Cao; Hong Xia Qiu; Guo-Hua Cheng; Ran Tu; Li Wang; Jun-Li Zhang; Dan Liu (Apoptosis, 2017)

Nortirucallane A, a new tirucallane-type nortriterpenoid isolated from Lonicerae japonicae flos - Xu Wang; Jing Zhang; Ya-qun Li; Bao-xiang Du; Qi-hui Sun; Yun-jiao Cao; Hai-qiang Jiang; Yu-hong Liu; Hong-lei Zhou; Rong Rong (Natural Product Research, 2017)

Expression of HopAI interferes with MAP kinase signalling in Magnaporthe oryzae - Xue Zhang; Wende Liu; Yang Li; Guotian Li; Jin‐Rong Xu (Environmental Microbiology, 2017)
Summary The Pmk1 and Mps1 MAP kinases are essential for appressorium formation and plant infection in Magnaporthe oryzae . However, their exact roles during invasive growth are not clear because pmk1 and mps1 mutants are defective in penetration. To further characterize their functions after penetration, in this study we expressed the Pseudomonas syringae effector HopAI known to inactivate plant MAP kinases in M. oryzae . Constitutive expression of HopAI with the RP27 or TrpC promoter resulted in defects in hyphal growth, conidiation, appressorium penetration and pathogenicity, which is similar to the phenotype of the mps1 mutant. HopAI interacted strongly with Mps1 in vivo and expression of dominant active MKK2 partially suppressed the defects of P RP27 ‐HopAI transformants, which were significantly reduced in Mps1 phosphorylation. When the infection‐specific MIR1 ( Magnaporthe ‐infection‐related gene‐1) promoter was used to express HopAI, P MIR1 ‐HopAI transformants were defective in the spreading of invasive hyphae and elicited strong defense responses in penetrated plant cells. Expression of HopAI in Fusarium graminearum also mainly affected the activation of Mgv1, an Mps1 orthologue. Taken together, our results showed that Mps1 is the major intracellular target of HopAI when it is overexpressed, and MAP kinase signalling is important for cell‐to‐cell movement of invasive hyphae in M. oryzae .

The FgSRP1 SR‐protein gene is important for plant infection and pre‐mRNA processing in Fusarium graminearum - Yimei Zhang; Xuli Gao; Manli Sun; Huiquan Liu; Jin‐Rong Xu (Environmental Microbiology, 2017)
Summary The versatile functions of SR (serine/arginine‐rich) proteins in pre‐mRNA splicing and processing are modulated by reversible phosphorylation. Previous studies showed that FgPrp4, the only protein kinase among spliceosome components, is important for intron splicing and the FgSrp1 SR protein is phosphorylated at five conserved sites in Fusarium graminearum . In this study, we showed that the Fgsrp1 deletion mutant rarely produced conidia and caused only limited symptoms on wheat heads and corn silks. Deletion of FgSRP1 also reduced ascospore ejection and deoxynivalenol (DON) production. Interestingly, FgSRP1 had two transcript isoforms due to alternative splicing and both of them were required for its normal functions in growth and DON biosynthesis. FgSrp1 localized to the nucleus and interacted with FgPrp4 in vivo . Deletion of all four conserved phosphorylation sites but not individual ones affected the FgSRP1 function, suggesting their overlapping functions. RNA‐seq analysis showed that the expression of over thousands of genes and splicing efficiency in over 140 introns were affected. Taken together, FgSRP1 is important for conidiation, and pathogenesis and alternative splicing is important for its normal functions. The FgSrp1 SR protein is likely important for pre‐mRNA processing or splicing of various genes in different developmental and infection processes.

Effects of potassium deficiency on root morphology, ultrastructure and antioxidant enzyme system in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) during early growth - Ming Liu; Ai-Jun Zhang; Xiao-Guang Chen; Rong Jin; Hong-Min Li; Zhong-Hou Tang (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2017)

Phenotypic Variation and Genetic Diversity in the Collections of Erianthus Arundinaceus (Retz.) Jesw. - Xi-Hui Liu; Huan-Zhong Song; Ge-Min Zhang; Wei-Xing Duan; Rong-Hua Zhang; Yang-Rui Li (Sugar Tech, 2017)

Glucocorticoid-Potentiated Spinal Microglia Activation Contributes to Preoperative Anxiety-Induced Postoperative Hyperalgesia - Rao Sun; Zhibin Zhao; Jiying Feng; Jinhua Bo; Hui Rong; Yishan Lei; Cui’e Lu; Xiaobao Zhang; Bailing Hou; Yu’e Sun; Yue Liu; Zhengliang Ma; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Responses of soil nitrous oxide production and abundances and composition of associated microbial communities to nitrogen and water amendment - Qing Wang; Yu-Rong Liu; Cui-Jing Zhang; Li-Mei Zhang; Li-Li Han; Ju-Pei Shen; Ji-Zheng He (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2017)

A new pyridine alkaloid from Zingiberis rhizoma - Feng Shao; Ding-qing Wang; Wei Xiong; Pu-zhao Zhang; Guang-qiang Ma; Rong-hua Liu; Xue-lian Yao (Natural Product Research, 2017)

Globular adiponectin inhibits leptin-stimulated esophageal adenocarcinoma cell proliferation via adiponectin receptor 2-mediated suppression of UHRF1 - Jun Wang; Yan Cheng; Xiaoran Yin; Jie Wu; Yumei Luo; Jing Wu; Jia Di; Dong Liu; Yahui Huang; Rong Zhang; Jun Zhang (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2017)

Effect of Co-overexpression of Nisin Key Genes on Nisin Production Improvement in Lactococcus lactis LS01 - Zhi-Jian Ni; Xiao-yuan Zhang; Fei Liu; Miao Wang; Rong-hua Hao; Pei-xue Ling; Xi-Qiang Zhu (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2017)

Involvement of the miR-462/731 cluster in hypoxia response in Megalobrama amblycephala - Cui-Hong Huang; Nan Chen; Chun-Xiao Huang; Bao Zhang; Meng Wu; Lei He; Hong Liu; Rong Tang; Wei-Min Wang; Huan-Ling Wang (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2017)

Characterization of a Gallid herpesvirus 2 strain with novel reticuloendotheliosis virus long terminal repeat inserts - Yan-ping Zhang; Ke-yan Bao; Guo-rong Sun; Hong-chao Lv; Hong-yu Cui; Yu-long Gao; Xiao-mei Wang; Chang-jun Liu (Virus Genes, 2017)

Cerebral Activities in Rats within Different Periods after Experimental Unilateral Cerebral Ischemia - Y. Zhang; D. M. Hao; X. Н. Li; Z. H. Liu; Y. Rong; M. G. Li; Y. Q. Tian; Y. J. Zeng (Neurophysiology, 2017)

Population transcriptomes reveal synergistic responses of DNA polymorphism and RNA expression to extreme environments on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau in a predatory bird - Shengkai Pan; Tongzuo Zhang; Zhengqin Rong; Li Hu; Zhongru Gu; Qi Wu; Shanshan Dong; Qiong Liu; Zhenzhen Lin; Lucia Deutschova; Xinhai Li; Andrew Dixon; et al. (Molecular Ecology, 2017)
Low oxygen and temperature pose key physiological challenges for endotherms living on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau ( QTP ). Molecular adaptations to high‐altitude living have been detected in the genomes of Tibetans, their domesticated animals and a few wild species, but the contribution of transcriptional variation to altitudinal adaptation remains to be determined. Here we studied a top QTP predator, the saker falcon, and analysed how the transcriptome has become modified to cope with the stresses of hypoxia and hypothermia. Using a hierarchical design to study saker populations inhabiting grassland, steppe/desert and highland across Eurasia, we found that the QTP population is already distinct despite having colonized the Plateau cDNA level, but of only seventeen genes identified, three function in hypoxia and four in immune response. Our results show a significant role for RNA transcription: 50% of upregulated transcription factors were related to hypoxia responses, differentiated modules were significantly enriched for oxygen transport, and importantly, divergent EPAS 1 functional variants with a refined co‐expression network were identified. Conservative gene expression and relaxed immune gene variation may further reflect adaptation to hypothermia. Our results exemplify synergistic responses between DNA polymorphism and RNA expression diversity in coping with common stresses, underpinning the successful rapid colonization of a top predator onto the QTP . Importantly, molecular mechanisms underpinning highland adaptation involve relatively few genes, but are nonetheless more complex than previously thought and involve fine‐tuned transcriptional responses and genomic adaptation.

Microglia activation contributes to quinolinic acid-induced neuronal excitotoxicity through TNF-α - Wei Feng; Yan Wang; Zi-Qi Liu; Xuan Zhang; Rong Han; You-Zhu Miao; Zheng-Hong Qin (Apoptosis, 2017)

A Volumetric and Functional Connectivity MRI Study of Brain Arginine-Vasopressin Pathways in Autistic Children - Xiao-Jing Shou; Xin-Jie Xu; Xiang-Zhu Zeng; Ying Liu; Hui-Shu Yuan; Yan Xing; Mei-Xiang Jia; Qing-Yun Wei; Song-Ping Han; Rong Zhang; Ji-Sheng Han (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2017)

Zebrafish phosvitin-derived peptide Pt5 inhibits melanogenesis via cAMP pathway - Yuan-Yuan Liu; Xiu-Rong Su; Shou-Sheng Liu; Shuang-Shuang Yang; Cheng-Yan Jiang; Yu Zhang; Shicui Zhang (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2017)

Adsorption behavior and mechanism of ibuprofen onto BiOCl microspheres with exposed {001} facets - Jian Li; Shiye Sun; Rong Chen; Tuqiao Zhang; Bangxing Ren; Dionysios D. Dionysiou; Zhejian Wu; Xiaowei Liu; Miaomiao Ye (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

The genome sequence of Brassica campestris chrysovirus 1, a novel putative plant-infecting tripartite chrysovirus - Jun Zhang; Zhonghao Zhao; Rong Hu; Lingfang Guo; Limin Zheng; Zhenguo Du; Zujian Wu; Shouguo Fang; Songbai Zhang; Yong Liu (Archives of Virology, 2017)

Quinone/hydroquinone meroterpenoids with antitubercular and cytotoxic activities produced by the sponge-derived fungus Gliomastix sp. ZSDS1-F7 - Wei-Jun He; Xiao-Jiang Zhou; Xiao-Chu Qin; Yong-Xin Mai; Xiu-Ping Lin; Sheng-Rong Liao; Bin Yang; Tianyu Zhang; Zheng-Chao Tu; Jun-Feng Wang; Yonghong Liu (Natural Product Research, 2017)

Radiolarian biogeography in surface sediments of the Northwest Pacific marginal seas - Ling Liu; Qiang Zhang; MuHong Chen; LanLan Zhang; Rong Xiang (Science China Earth Sciences, 2017)

Artesunate Protected Blood–Brain Barrier via Sphingosine 1 Phosphate Receptor 1/Phosphatidylinositol 3 Kinase Pathway After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rats - Shilun Zuo; Hongfei Ge; Qiang Li; Xuan Zhang; Rong Hu; Shengli Hu; Xin Liu; John H. Zhang; Yujie Chen; Hua Feng (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Use of electroacupuncture and transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation in reproductive medicine: a group consensus - Fan Qu; Rong Li; Wei Sun; Ge Lin; Rong Zhang; Jing Yang; Li Tian; Guo-gang Xing; Hui Jiang; Fei Gong; Xiao-yan Liang; Yan Meng; et al. (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2017)

Outbreak of severe pseudorabies virus infection in pig-offal-fed farmed mink in Liaoning Province, China - Hao Liu; Xin-Tong Li; Bo Hu; Xiao-Yu Deng; Lei Zhang; Shi-Zhen Lian; Hai-Ling Zhang; Shuang Lv; Xiang-Hong Xue; Rong-Guang Lu; Ning Shi; Ming-Hao Yan; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2017)

Isolation, chemical characterization, and immunomodulatory activity of naturally acetylated hemicelluloses from bamboo shavings - Ju-qing Huang; Rui-ting Qi; Mei-rong Pang; Cong Liu; Guang-yu Li; Ying Zhang (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2017)

The effect of light on the cellular stoichiometry of Chlorella sp. in different growth phases: implications of nutrient drawdown in batch experiments - Jing Liu; Zhe Li; Jing-song Guo; Yan Xiao; Fang Fang; Rong-cong Qin; Ling-ling Zhang (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2017)

Evaluating the contribution of Yr genes to stripe rust resistance breeding through marker-assisted detection in wheat - Shigang Zheng; Yunfang Li; Lu Lu; Zehou Liu; Chihong Zhang; Donghui Ao; Lirong Li; Chunyan Zhang; Rong Liu; Congpei Luo; Yu Wu; Lei Zhang (Euphytica, 2017)

Accelerating Regulated Bioanalysis for Biotherapeutics: Case Examples Using a Microfluidic Ligand Binding Assay Platform - Rong Liu; Brian Hoffpauir; Shannon D Chilewski; Janice Gamberdella; Uma Kavita; Jia Duo; Carol Gleason; Yan Zhang; Renuka Pillutla; Binodh DeSilva; Lora Hamuro (The AAPS Journal, 2017)

Comparison of immune responses to attenuated rabies virus and street virus in mouse brain - Fa-ming Miao; Shou-feng Zhang; Shu-chao Wang; Ye Liu; Fei Zhang; Rong-liang Hu (Archives of Virology, 2017)

ApoA-I induces S1P release from endothelial cells through ABCA1 and SR-BI in a positive feedback manner - Xing Liu; Kun Ren; Rong Suo; Sheng-Lin Xiong; Qing-Hai Zhang; Zhong-Cheng Mo; Zhen-Li Tang; Yue Jiang; Xiao-Shan Peng; Guang-Hui Yi (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2016)