Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses of Sea Cucumbers Apostichopus japonicus in Southern China During the Summer Aestivation Period - Qiuhua Yang; Xusheng Zhang; Zhen Lu; Ruifang Huang; Ngoc Tuan Tran; Jianshao Wu; Fuyuan Yang; Hui Ge; Chenhui Zhong; Qian Sun; Chen Zhou; Qi Lin (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2021)

miR-23a-3p regulated by LncRNA SNHG5 suppresses the chondrogenic differentiation of human adipose-derived stem cells via targeting SOX6/SOX5 - Zhen Yang; Zhijing Ren; Rongfeng She; Jun Ao; Qingde Wa; Zeyu Sun; Bo Li; Xiaobin Tian (Cell and Tissue Research, 2021)

Identification through fine mapping and verification using CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis for a minor QTL controlling grain weight in rice - Aye Nyein Chan; Lin-Lin Wang; Yu-Jun Zhu; Ye-Yang Fan; Jie-Yun Zhuang; Zhen-Hua Zhang (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)
Key message A minor QTL for grain weight in rice, qTGW1.2b , was fine-mapped. Its casual gene OsVQ4 was confirmed through CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis, exhibiting an effect that was larger than the original QTL effect. Abstract The CRISPR/Cas system exhibits a great potential for rice improvement, but the application was severely hindered due to insufficient target genes, especial the lack of validated genes underlying quantitative trait loci having small effects. In this study, a minor QTL for grain weight, qTGW1.2b , was fine-mapped into a 44.0 kb region using seven sets of near isogenic lines (NILs) developed from the indica rice cross (Zhenshan 97) 3 /Milyang 46, followed by validation of the causal gene using CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis. In the NIL populations, 1000-grain weight of the Zhenshan 97 homozygous lines decreased by 0.9–2.0% compared with the Milyang 46 homozygous lines. A gene encoding VQ-motif protein, OsVQ4 , was identified as the candidate gene based on parental sequence differences. The effect of OsVQ4 was confirmed by creating CRISPR/Cas9 knockout lines, whose 1000-grain weight decreased by 2.8–9.8% compared with the wild-type transgenic line and the recipient. These results indicate that applying genome editing system could create novel alleles with large phenotypic variation at minor QTLs, which is an effective way to validate causal genes of minor QTLs. Our study establishes a strategy for cloning minor QTLs, which could also be used to identify a large number of potential target genes for the application of CRISPR/Cas system.

Advances in intervention methods and brain protection mechanisms of in situ and remote ischemic postconditioning - Chun-Yan Li; Wei Ma; Kuang-Pin Liu; Jin-Wei Yang; Xian-Bin Wang; Zhen Wu; Tong Zhang; Jia-Wei Wang; Wei Liu; Jie Liu; Yu Liang; Xing-Kui Zhang; et al. (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2021)

Critical roles of macrophages in pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling - Dan Yang; Han-Qing Liu; Fang-Yuan Liu; Nan Tang; Zhen Guo; Shu-Qing Ma; Peng An; Ming-Yu Wang; Hai-Ming Wu; Zheng Yang; Di Fan; Qi-Zhu Tang (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2021)

High bioremediation potential of strain Chenggangzhangella methanolivorans CHL1 for soil polluted with metsulfuron-methyl or tribenuron-methyl in a pot experiment - Ting-Ting Yang; Hui-Wen Zhang; Jian Wang; Xin-Yu Li; Xu Li; Zhen-Cheng Su (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

The disruption of the MAPKK gene triggering the synthesis of flavonoids in endophytic fungus Phomopsis liquidambaris - Qian Yang; Mei Wu; Ya-Li Zhu; Ya-Qiong Yang; Yan-Zhen Mei; Chuan-Chao Dai (Biotechnology Letters, 2021)

Late Pennsylvanian carbonate platform facies and coral reef: new insights from southern China (Guizhou Province) - Marine Maillet; Wen-Tao Huang; Xiao Li; Zhen-Yuan Yang; Chang-Qing Guan; Yong-Li Zhang; En-Pu Gong; Katsumi Ueno; Elias Samankassou (Facies, 2021)
The Pennsylvanian is characterized by intense paleoenvironmental changes related to glacio-eustatic sea-level fluctuations and major tectonic events, which affected the evolution of biocommunities. Most known Pennsylvanian tropical reefs and mounds are predominantly composed of calcareous algae (e.g. phylloid algae, Archaeolithophyllum ), calcareous sponges, fenestrate bryozoans, Tubiphytes , and microbialites. However, in Houchang (southern China), the Late Pennsylvanian carbonate platform records a large coral reef lacking any analogs in age (Gzhelian), size (80–100 m thick) and composition (high biodiversity). The large coral reef developed at the border of the Luodian intraplatform basin. The intraplatform basin is characterized by the deposition of green algal grainstone, coated grain grainstone and bioclastic packstone, grainstone, floatstone and rudstone in shallow-waters. In the deep-water shelf, lithofacies are composed of burrowed bioclastic wackestone, microbioclastic peloidal packstone, grainstone, and fine-grained burrowed wackestone and packstone. In this context, the coral reef developed on a deep-shelf margin, in a moderate to low energy depositional environment, below the FWWB. The scarcity of Pennsylvanian coral reefs suggests global unfavorable conditions, which can be attributed to a complex pattern of several environmental factors, including seawater chemistry (aragonite seas), paleoclimatic cooling related to continental glaciation, and the biological competition with the more opportunistic and adaptive phylloid algal community that occupied similar platform margin paleoenvironments. The existence of the large Bianping coral reef in southern China, as well as a few additional examples of Pennsylvanian coralliferous bioconstructions, provides evidence that coral communities were able to endure the Late Paleozoic fluctuating paleoenvironmental conditions in specific settings. One of such settings appears to have been the deep shelf margin, where low light levels decreased competition with the phylloid algal community.

Advances of intra‐species molecular typing analysis of aquatic probiotics approved by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture - Juan Hu; Yuanyuan Yao; Yalin Yang; Chenchen Gao; Fengli Zhang; Rui Xia; Chao Ran; Zhen Zhang; Jihong Liu Clarke; Zhigang Zhou (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2021)
Probiotics confer a health benefit on the host and could be used as a good alternative to antibiotics. Probiotics are strain‐specific when exerting their function, so it is necessary to identify them to strain level. In recent years, intra‐species molecular typing and identification methods have developed rapidly, which commonly are used for typing the main pathogenic bacteria and rare for studies on probiotic typing, whilst it is imperative. This article describes molecular typing methods including AFLP, RAPD, PFGE, ribotyping, MLST, rep‐PCR and whole‐genome sequencing to identity some aquatic probiotics approved by the Ministry of Agriculture of China, which are Bifidobacterium , Enterococcus , Lactobacillus , Pediococcus , Aspergillus , Bacillus , Rhodopseudomonas palustris and Streptococcus thermophilus . In addition, the principles, applications, advantages and disadvantages of these typing methods are also discussed.

Research progress on gut health of farmers teleost fish: a viewpoint concerning the intestinal mucosal barrier and the impact of its damage - Hongling Zhang; Chao Ran; Tsegay Teame; Qianwen Ding; Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar; Mingxu Xie; Zhen Zhang; Yalin Yang; Rolf Erik Olsen; Delbert M. Gatlin; Einar Ringø; Ming Duan; et al. (Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2020)

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

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 1,5-disubstituted isatin derivatives as antitumor agents - Huijun Zhuo; Zhen Zhang; Yang Liu; Jingya Zhang; Guisen Zhao (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2020)

Effects of Compound Microbial Fertilizer on Soil Characteristics and Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) - Wenling Yang; Tao Gong; Jiwen Wang; Guanjie Li; Yingying Liu; Jing Zhen; Meng Ning; Dandan Yue; Zhimin Du; Guocan Chen (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2020)

Characterizing the variation of particles in varied sizes from a container truck in a port area - Hong-mei Zhao; Hong-di He; Wei-zhen Lu; Yang-yang Hao (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Influence Factors on Photochemical Production of Methyl Iodide in Seawater - Yan Chen; Shanshan Liu; Guipeng Yang; Zhen He (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2020)

2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales - Jens H. Kuhn; Scott Adkins; Daniela Alioto; Sergey V. Alkhovsky; Gaya K. Amarasinghe; Simon J. Anthony; Tatjana Avšič-Županc; María A. Ayllón; Justin Bahl; Anne Balkema-Buschmann; Matthew J. Ballinger; Tomáš Bartonička; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2020)

Application of multi-component joint inversion in oil and gas exploration: A case study of reservoir and gas saturation prediction of the Xujiahe formation in the PLN area of the central Sichuan Basin - Dong Wang; Zhen-Hua He; Xu-Ben Wang; Le Li; Hai-Tao Yang; Zhi-Guo Fu; Hong-Yan Wang (Applied Geophysics, 2020)

Are population isolations and declines a threat to island endemic water striders? A lesson from demographic and niche modelling of Metrocoris esakii (Hemiptera: Gerridae) - Zhen Ye; Danyang Chen; Juanjuan Yuan; Chenguang Zheng; Xin Yang; Wenwu Wang; Yaoyao Zhang; Siqi Wang; Kun Jiang; Wenjun Bu (Molecular Ecology, 2020)
Genetic stochasticity and bottlenecking in the course of Pleistocene glaciations have been identified as threatening the survival of local endemics. However, the mechanisms by which local endemic species balance the influences of these two events remain poorly understood. Here, we generated a double‐digest restriction site‐associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD‐seq) data set, mined mitochondrial sequences and constructed ecological niche models for the island endemic water strider Metrocoris esakii (Hemiptera: Gerridae). We found that M . esakii comprised three divergent lineages (i.e., north, central and south) isolated by geographical barriers and generally experienced population declines with the constriction of suitable areas during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Further demographic model testing and stairway plots revealed a history of recent gene flow among the neighbouring lineages and rapid recovery at the end of the LGM, indicating that M. esakii at least had the potential for an adaptive response to population fragmentation and bottlenecking. The northern lineage did not show genetic bottlenecking during the LGM, which was probably due to its large effective population size ( N e ) from migration, which improved its adaptive potential. Relative to the ddRAD‐seq data set, the demographic results based on mitochondrial sequences were less conclusive, showing weak differentiation and oversimplified demographic trajectories for the three genetic lineages. Overall, this study provides some degree of optimism for the survival of island endemic water striders from a demographic perspective, but further evaluation of their extinction risk under the impacts of human activities is required.

Chemical constituents from common vetch ( Vicia sativa L.) and their antioxidant and cytotoxic activities - Li-Fang Liu; Wen-Hai Li; Man-Yu Li; Xiao-Zhen Wu; Fan Yang; Jia-Nan Xu; Cheng-Shan Yuan (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Long-term follow-up of optic neuropathy in chronic low cerebrospinal fluid pressure monkeys: the Beijing Intracranial and Intraocular Pressure (iCOP) Study - Jing Li; Diya Yang; Jacky M. K. Kwong; Jidi Fu; Ruowu Hou; Jost B. Jonas; Huaizhou Wang; Zheng Zhang; Weiwei Chen; Zhen Li; Jinghong Sang; Xiaobin Xie; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Bacterial Diversity in the Rhizosphere of Anabasis aphylla in the Gurbantunggut Desert, China - Yalin Jiao; Guangming Chu; Zhen’an Yang; Ying Wang; Mei Wang (Current Microbiology, 2020)

Surface display system for probiotics and its application in aquaculture - Yuan‐Yuan Yao; Ya‐Lin Yang; Chen‐Chen Gao; Feng‐Li Zhang; Rui Xia; Dong Li; Juan Hu; Chao Ran; Zhen Zhang; Jihong Liu‐Clarke; Zhi‐Gang Zhou (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2020)
Aquaculture is a fast‐growing and rapidly expanding industry in the world. Probiotics are widely used in aquaculture and have provided benefits to aquatic animal health, and it is also a promising alternative to antibiotics for control of fish diseases. With the development of biotechnology, new expression systems and novel techniques for the surface display of heterologous proteins in surface of probiotics cells have been developed. This review provides an overview of the systems and strategies for displaying functional proteins on the surface of probiotics commonly used in aquaculture, which are Bacillus subtilis , Bacillus thuringiensis , lactic acid bacteria represented by Lactococcus lactis and yeast. Their applications in aquaculture especially for oral vaccine development afforded by this technology and prospects and challenges associated with this technology are also highlighted.

Isopimarane-type diterpenoids from Croton laevigatus - Man-Yu Li; Zheng-Zhi Han; Li-Fang Liu; Xiao-Zhen Wu; Wen-Jun Huang; Kai Wang; Fan Yang; Cheng-Shan Yuan (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Screening and evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis diagnostic antigens - Zhongchen Ma; Xiang Ji; Hang Yang; Jinke He; Qian Zhang; Yong Wang; Zhen Wang; Chuangfu Chen (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2020)

Facile preparation of L-cysteine–modified cellulose microspheres as a low-cost adsorbent for selective and efficient adsorption of Au(III) from the aqueous solution - Xin Yang; Qi Pan; Yinyong Ao; Jifu Du; Zhen Dong; Maolin Zhai; Long Zhao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Preparation and characterization of dissolving hyaluronic acid composite microneedles loaded micelles for delivery of curcumin - Ziting Cheng; Hua Lin; Zhen Wang; Xiaoyu Yang; Mei Zhang; Xuechun Liu; Bingjie Wang; Zhenfeng Wu; Daquan Chen (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2020)

Piperine inhibits colorectal cancer migration and invasion by regulating STAT3/Snail-mediated epithelial–mesenchymal transition - Lingyu Song; Yan Wang; Yunhuan Zhen; Dengke Li; Xidong He; Hong Yang; Huayang Zhang; Qi Liu (Biotechnology Letters, 2020)

Dietary cadmium exposure causes elevation of blood ApoE with triglyceride level in mice - Haitao Liu; Yanwei Wang; Zhen Ren; Xingqi Ji; Frank Addai Peprah; Xiuwen Zhang; Shuya Dai; Yang Zhou; Jie Gu; Haifeng Shi (BioMetals, 2020)

Phaeocystis globosa Bloom Monitoring: Based on P. globosa Induced Seawater Viscosity Modification Adjacent to a Nuclear Power Plant in Qinzhou Bay, China - Zhenjun Kang; Bin Yang; Junxiang Lai; Yi Ning; Qiuping Zhong; Dongliang Lu; Riquan Liao; Pei Wang; Solomon Felix Dan; Zhicai She; Zhen Jia; Yanling Lao; et al. (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2020)

Small RNA profiling reveal regulation of microRNAs in field peanut pod rot pathogen infection - Mian Wang; Chao-xin Zhang; Li-juan Pan; Tong Wang; Na Chen; Ming-na Chen; Zhen Yang; Xin-gang Guo; Shan-lin Yu; Xiao-yuan Chi (Biologia, 2020)

Suppression of miR-30a-3p Attenuates Hepatic Steatosis in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - De-Run Wang; Bing Wang; Ming Yang; Zhen-lu Liu; Jing Sun; Yan Wang; Hui Sun; Liang-Jun Xie (Biochemical Genetics, 2020)

Improvement of precipitable water vapour and water vapour mixing ratio profile in atmospheric infrared sounder retrievals: differential linear adjustment model - Liang Chang; Yanxing Li; Zhen Han; Guiping Feng; Yangdong Li; Yang Zhang (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020)

Evaluation and mining the applicable methods of roughage digestibility determination for buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - Zhen Wang; Yong Wu; Liujie Shi; Luncheng Cui; Xiang Li; Changjiu He; Liguo Yang; Xiang Li (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2020)

Combining ability analysis on rhizomatousness via incomplete diallel crosses between perennial wild relative of rice and Asian cultivated rice - Zhiquan Fan; Kai Wang; Yourong Fan; Li-Zhen Tao; Jiangyi Yang (Euphytica, 2020)

Occurrence of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in typical used mineral oil from China: implications for risk management - Zhen Xie; Jinzhong Yang; Qifei Huang; Yufei Yang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Differing mechanisms for the 2008 and 2016 wintertime cold events in southern China - Zhen Liao; Panmao Zhai; Yang Chen; Hong Lu (International Journal of Climatology, 2020)
Southern China was hit by a severe cold event during January 21–25, 2016, characteristic of a drastic and sudden temperature drop, with new records of low temperatures set in widespread areas. This cold event was dynamically linked to the activity of the Arctic oscillation (AO) whose evolution led the event by about 2 weeks. Different from this short lasting but intense cold event in 2016, another cold event in the 2008 winter lasted much longer and occurred in tandem with freezing precipitation. Their differences in the duration and precipitation are essentially determined by differing behaviours of blocking highs at mid–high latitudes, the India–Burma Trough and the western Pacific subtropical high. The rapid southward invasion of cold air masses during the 2016 event resulted from the rapid decay of the blocking high, which emanated wave energies downstream and likewise lost wave energies to the local mean flow. By contrast, during the 2008 cold event, continuous upstream wave energy dispersion recurrently stimulated disturbances in the blocking domain, which then extracted energies from the mean flow efficiently to survive markedly longer. Moreover, in the 2008 case, the deepening of the India–Burma Trough and the westward extension of the western Pacific subtropical high jointly enhanced the moisture transport, leading to the freezing rain. This favourable configuration for precipitation was absent in the 2016 case, dictating its dry nature accordingly.

Intrusion of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Sugarcane and Its Control by Drone in China - Xiu-Peng Song; Yong-Jian Liang; Xiao-Qiu Zhang; Zhen-Qiang Qin; Jin-Ju Wei; Yang-Rui Li; Jian-Ming Wu (Sugar Tech, 2020)

Effects of Spray Parameters of Drone on the Droplet Deposition in Sugarcane Canopy - Xiao-Qiu Zhang; Xiu-Peng Song; Yong-Jian Liang; Zhen-Qiang Qin; Bao-Qing Zhang; Jin-Ju Wei; Yang-Rui Li; Jian-Ming Wu (Sugar Tech, 2020)

Atractylodes lancea volatiles induce physiological responses in neighboring peanut plant during intercropping - Xiaogang Li; Zhen Yang; Ya’nan Zhang; Li Yu; Changfeng Ding; Yangwenke Liao; Chuanchao Dai; Xingxiang Wang (Plant and Soil, 2020)

Nitrogen and phosphorus co-starvation inhibits anthocyanin synthesis in the callus of grape berry skin - Hui-Zhen Zheng; Huan Wei; Shui-Huan Guo; Xin Yang; Ming-Xin Feng; Xu-Qiao Jin; Yu-Lin Fang; Zhen-Wen Zhang; Teng-Fei Xu; Jiang-Fei Meng (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2020)

Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilization promotes Zanthoxylum armatum ‘Hanyuan Putao Qingjiao’ flower bud differentiation in Sichuan, China - Chaobin Zhou; Yu Cai; Zhen’an Yang; Hongmin Wang; Fang Deng; Zeping Bai; Wei Gong; Jingyan Wang (Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, 2020)

Naphthalene exerts non-target effects on the abundance of active fungi by stimulating basidiomycete abundance - Li-ying Lan; Li Zhang; Ya Shen; Jian Zhang; Wan-qin Yang; Zhen-feng Xu; Yang Liu; Shu-qin He; Wei Zhou; Han Li; Li-xia Wang; Si-ning Liu; et al. (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

Ecological impact assessment method of highways in Tibetan Plateau: A Case study of Gonghe-Yushu Expressway - Hong-zhi Yang; Zhen-feng Wang; Qing-miao Dai (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

Exploring Temporal Activity Patterns of Urban Areas Using Aggregated Network-driven Mobile Phone Data: A Case Study of Wuhu, China - Shanqi Zhang; Yu Yang; Feng Zhen; Tashi Lobsang (Chinese Geographical Science, 2020)

Automatic Identification of Clear-Air Echoes Based on Millimeter-wave Cloud Radar Measurements - Ling Yang; Yun Wang; Zhongke Wang; Qian Yang; Xingang Fan; Fa Tao; Xiaoqiong Zhen; Zhipeng Yang (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2020)

Thin interbed AVA inversion based on a fast algorithm for reflectivity - Zhen Yang; Jun Lu (Acta Geophysica, 2020)

Association of Polygenic Risk Score with Age at Onset and Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease in a Chinese Cohort - Wei-Wei Li; Zhen Wang; Dong-Yu Fan; Ying-Ying Shen; Dong-Wan Chen; Hui-Yun Li; Ling Li; Heng Yang; Yu-Hui Liu; Xian-Le Bu; Wang-Sheng Jin; Fan Zeng; et al. (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2020)

Effect of phosphorus-coupled nitrogen fertigation on clogging in drip emitters when applying saline water - Zhen Wang; Xiaoqi Yang; Jiusheng Li (Irrigation Science, 2020)

Radiation grafting of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate on cotton linter and subsequent quaternization as new eco-friendly adsorbent for phosphate removal - Jifu Du; Zhen Dong; Xin Yang; Long Zhao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Tubular reactor-enhanced ecological floating bed achieves high nitrogen removal from secondary effluents of wastewater treatment - Yinchuan Yang; He Cui; Guangyin Zhen; Minsheng Huang; Cong Li (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2020)

A 5D simulation method on post-earthquake repair process of buildings based on BIM - Xu Zhen; Zhang Furong; Jin Wei; Wu Yingying; Qi Mingzhu; Yang Yajun (Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2020)

Changes in Starch Synthesis and Metabolism Within Developing Bulbs of Lycoris radiata During the Vegetative Growth Stage - Jun-xu Xu; Qing-zhu Li; Liu-yan Yang; Xin Li; Zhen Wang; Zhen Yang; Yong-chun Zhang (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2020)

Diffusion mechanism and sensitivity analysis of slurry while grouting in fractured aquifer with horizontal injection hole - Yang Hu; Weiqun Liu; Zhen Shen; Kun Gao; Dongxu Liang; Shixing Cheng (Carbonates and Evaporites, 2020)

Three-dimensional simulation of rock breaking efficiency under various impact drilling loads - Yandong Yang; Hualin Liao; Jilei Niu; Zhen Wang; Junhai Chen (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020)

Pure qP-wave least-squares reverse time migration in vertically transverse isotropic media and its application to field data - Jian-Ping Huang; Xin-Ru Mu; Zhen-Chun Li; Qing-Yang Li; Shuang-Qi Yuan; Yun-Dong Guo (Applied Geophysics, 2020)

Excess DHA Induces Cell Cycle Arrest by Activating the P53/Cycling Pathway in Blunt Snout Bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) - Cong-cong Wang; Wen-bin Liu; Xiu-fei Cao; Yang-yang Huang; Xi Wang; Kang Xiao; Xiang-fei Li; Ding-dong Zhang; Guang-zhen Jiang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020)

Time-resolved black carbon aerosol vertical distribution measurements using a 356-m meteorological tower in Shenzhen - Tianlin Sun; Cheng Wu; Dui Wu; Ben Liu; Jia Yin Sun; Xia Mao; Honglong Yang; Tao Deng; Lang Song; Mei Li; Yong Jie Li; Zhen Zhou (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2020)
Black carbon (BC) is an essential climate forcer in the atmosphere. Large uncertainties remain in BC’s radiative forcing estimation by models, partially due to the limited measurements of BC vertical distributions near the surface layer. We conducted time-resolved vertical profiling of BC using a 356-m meteorological tower in Shenzhen, China. Five micro-aethalometers were deployed at different heights (2, 50, 100, 200, and 350 m) to explore the temporal dynamics of BC vertical profile in the highly urbanized areas. During the observation period (December 6–15, 2017), the average equivalent BC (eBC) concentrations were 6.6 ± 3.6, 5.4 ± 3.3, 5.9 ± 2.8, 5.2 ± 1.8, and 4.9 ± 1.4 μg m −3 , from 2 to 350 m, respectively. eBC temporal variations at different heights were well correlated. eBC concentrations generally decreased with height. At all five heights, eBC diurnal variations exhibited a bimodal pattern, with peaks appearing at 09:00–10:00 and 19:00–21:00. The magnitudes of these diurnal peaks decreased with height, and the decrease was more pronounced for the evening peak. eBC episodes were largely initiated by low wind speeds, implying that wind speed played a key role in the observed eBC concentrations. eBC wind-rose analysis suggested that elevated eBC events at different heights originate from different directions, which suggested contributions from local primary emission plumes. Air masses from central China exhibited much higher eBC levels than the other three backward trajectory clusters found herein. The absorption Ångström exponent (AAE 375–880 ) showed clear diurnal variations at 350 m and increased slightly with height.

Possible aerosol transmission of COVID-19 and special precautions in dentistry - Zi-yu Ge; Lu-ming Yang; Jia-jia Xia; Xiao-hui Fu; Yan-zhen Zhang (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2020)

Magnetic properties indicate the sources of hadal sediments in the Yap Trench, northwest Pacific Ocean - Yu Chen; Jichao Yang; Olusegun A. Dada; Yaomin Yang; Zhen Lin; Zhen Cui; Yue Xu; Hongjun Yu; Baohua Liu (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2020)

Adsorption-desorption and co-migration of vanadium on colloidal kaolinite - Jin-yan Yang; Hou-qiao Luo; Yan-yuan Zhu; Ya-qi Yu; Wen-yan He; Zhen-zhong Wu; Bin Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Controls on geomorphic characteristics of the Xiaohei River basin in the upper Lancang-Mekong, China - Zhen-kui Gu; Hui Fan; Jun-peng Lou; Kun Yang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

Exogenous spermidine improves salt tolerance of pecan-grafted seedlings via activating antioxidant system and inhibiting the enhancement of Na+/K+ ratio - Zhiwei Wu; Junfeng Wang; Daoliang Yan; Huwei Yuan; Yang Wang; Yi He; Xiaofei Wang; Zhen Li; Jiaqi Mei; Mengyao Hu; Tingting Zhou; Sun-Li Chong; et al. (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2020)

Local environmental selection and lineage admixture act as significant mechanisms in the adaptation of the widespread East Asian pond skater Gerris latiabdominis to heterogeneous landscapes - Zhen Ye; Juanjuan Yuan; Yahui Zhen; Jakob Damgaard; Kazutaka Yamada; Xiuxiu Zhu; Kun Jiang; Xin Yang; Wenwu Wang; Shujing Wang; Jingyu Liang; Siying Fu; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2020)
Aim Local environmental selection and lineage admixture have long been accepted as important adaptive mechanisms in adjusting widespread taxa to new environments. We studied a pond skater, Gerris latiabdominis , to explore the relative roles played by these two mechanisms in its process of adaptation to heterogeneous landscapes. Location East Asia. Taxon Gerris latiabdominis Miyamoto, 1958. Methods Mitochondrial (COI, COII) and nuclear (ddRAD‐seq) markers were sequenced from 202 individuals. Phylogenetic and phylogeographical analyses were conducted to reveal the population genetic structure. The demographical history was simulated by approximate Bayesian computation (ABC). The single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that may have been subjected to natural divergent selection among the populations were assessed, and the recent migration rates were estimated. Finally, shifts in suitable habitat from the last interglacial (LIG) to the present were predicted through ecological niche modelling (ENM). Results We found population structures inferred from both mitochondrial and nuclear genomes to be almost coincident and to correspond to temporal or spatial heterogeneity. The early Pliocene splitting event between the northern (NO) and southeastern (SE) groups is consistent with the ‘arid belt hypothesis’, followed by local environmental selection. Approximate Bayesian computation and gene flow estimation strongly suggested that the southwestern (SW) groups originated from a lineage admixture event between the SE and western (WE) groups and subsequently underwent ongoing gene flow from the SE group during the Pleistocene. The mito‐nuclear discordance pattern in the SW group was probably due to the ancient mitochondrial differentiation. Main conclusion Our results suggest that both local environmental selection and lineage admixture acted as significant mechanisms of G. latiabdominis adaptation to heterogeneous landscapes in East Asia. Furthermore, this study showed that conclusions based exclusively on mitochondrial data might mislead taxonomic, phylogenetic and phylogeographical studies.

Topological Shape Changes Weaken the Innate Defensive Response to Visual Threat in Mice - Yan Huang; Lei Li; Kun Dong; Hongsi Tang; Qingning Yang; Xianglian Jia; Yundan Liao; Wenbo Wang; Zhen Ren; Lin Chen; Liping Wang (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2020)

Erratum to: Catalpol ameliorates LPS-induced endometritis by inhibiting inflammation and TLR4/NF-κB signaling - Hua Zhang; Zhi-min Wu; Ya-ping Yang; Aftab Shaukat; Jing Yang; Ying-fang Guo; Tao Zhang; Xin-ying Zhu; Jin-xia Qiu; Gan-zhen Deng; Dong-mei Shi (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2020)

Blumea hunanensis (Asteraceae: Inuleae), a new species from Hunan, China - Lin-Dong Duan; Yun Lin; Zhi-Rong Yang; Zhen Lu (Kew Bulletin, 2020)

Development of a sensitive and reliable reverse transcription-droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (RT-ddPCR) assay for the detection of Citrus tristeza virus - Yingli Wang; Zhen Yang; Jinfa Zhao; Ruhui Li; Qin Wang; Jifen Li; Zhengwen Li; Yan Zhou (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020)

In situ monitoring of temperature and deformation fields of a tunnel cross passage in Changzhou Metro constructed by AGF - Zhi-Xiang Zhan; Zhen-Dong Cui; Ping Yang; Ting Zhang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020)

Litorilituus lipolyticus sp. nov., isolated from intertidal sand of the Yellow Sea in China, and emended description of Colwellia asteriadis - Ang Liu; Yan-Jiao Zhang; Qing-Jie Xue; Hui Wang; Yuan-Yuan Yang; Feng Du; Long-Yu Zhao; Hong-Hua Zhang; Yun-Qing Li; Xiu-Zhen Li (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2020)

Seismic signal de-noising using time–frequency peak filtering based on empirical wavelet transform - Naihao Liu; Yang Yang; Zhen Li; Jinghuai Gao; Xiudi Jiang; Shulin Pan (Acta Geophysica, 2020)

CircMYC Regulates Glycolysis and Cell Proliferation in Melanoma - Cheng Jin; Dake Dong; Zhen Yang; Rushan Xia; Shiqin Tao; Meishan Piao (Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2020)

Anomalies and genetic mechanism of ethane carbon isotope in the Ordovician carbonate reservoirs in the Jingbian gas field, Ordos Basin, China - Wen-xue Han; Xiang-chun Chang; Shi-zhen Tao; Wei-wei Yang; Jing-li Yao (Carbonates and Evaporites, 2020)

Inulin catabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is affected by some key glycosylation sequons of invertase Suc2 - Fan Yang; Xinyu Zhang; Yuting Lu; Biying Wang; Xiaoyi Chen; Zhen Sun; Xianzhen Li (Biotechnology Letters, 2020)

Developmental basis for flower sex determination and effects of cytokinin on sex determination in Plukenetia volubilis (Euphorbiaceae) - Yan Luo; Bang-Zhen Pan; Lu Li; Chen-Xuan Yang; Zeng-Fu Xu (Plant Reproduction, 2020)
Key message Cytokinin might be an important factor to regulate floral sex at the very early stage of flower development in sacha inchi. Abstract Sacha inchi ( Plukenetia volubilis , Euphorbiaceae) is characterized by having female and male flowers in a thyrse with particular differences. The mechanisms involved in the development of unisexual flowers are very poorly understood. In this study, the inflorescence and flower development of P. volubilis were investigated using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. We also investigated the effects of cytokinin on flower sex determination by exogenous application of 6-benzyladenine (BA) in P. volubilis . The floral development of P. volubilis was divided into eight stages, and the first morphological divergence between the male and female flowers was found to occur at stage 3. Both female and male flowers can be structurally distinguished by differences in the shape and size of the flower apex after sepal primordia initiation. There are no traces of gynoecia in male flowers or of androecia in female flowers. Exogenous application of BA effectively induced gynoecium primordia initiation and female flower development, especially at the early flower developmental stages. We propose that flower sex is determined earlier and probably occurs before flower initiation, either prior to or at inflorescence development due to the difference in the position of the female and male primordia in the inflorescence and in the time of the female and male primordia being initiated. The influence of cytokinin on female primordia during flower development in P. volubilis strongly suggests a feminization role for cytokinin in sex determination. These results indicate that cytokinin could modify the fate of the apical meristem of male flower and promote the formation of carpel primordia in P. volubilis.

Land subsidence induced by the engineering-environmental effect in Shanghai, China - Li Yuan; Zhen-Dong Cui; Jia-Qiang Yang; Ya-Jie Jia (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020)

Sparse constrained encoding multi-source full waveform inversion method based on K-SVD dictionary learning - Yun-dong Guo; Jian-Ping Huang; Cui Chao; Zhen-Chun Li; Qing-Yang Li; Wei Wei (Applied Geophysics, 2020)

Impact of Sugarcane–Legume Intercropping on Diazotrophic Microbiome - Manoj Kumar Solanki; Fei-Yong Wang; Chang-Ning Li; Zhen Wang; Tao-Ju Lan; Rajesh Kumar Singh; Pratiksha Singh; Li-Tao Yang; Yang-Rui Li (Sugar Tech, 2020)

Aldehyde dehydrogenase-positive melanoma stem cells in tumorigenesis, drug resistance and anti-neoplastic immunotherapy - Simin Zhang; Zhen Yang; Fazhi Qi (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

The giant Zaozigou Au-Sb deposit in West Qinling, China: magmatic- or metamorphic-hydrothermal origin? - Kun-Feng Qiu; Hao-Cheng Yu; Jun Deng; Duncan McIntire; Zong-Yang Gou; Jian-Zhen Geng; Zhao-Shan Chang; Rui Zhu; Kang-Ning Li; Richard Goldfarb (Mineralium Deposita, 2020)

The effects of seawater temperature and irradiance on the sexual reproduction of Sargassum ilicifolium (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyta) - Han-Yang Yeh; Meng-Chou Lee; Mary Joy Halog Libatique; Zhen-Hao Liao (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2020)

v301, a new allele of BRITTLE CULM 12, and its regulation of the early senescence of the leaf blade in rice - Ji-le Ni; Xiao-zhu Wen; Cheng-bing Tang; Wei-jiang Tian; Wen-jing Yang; Jia Xie; Xiao-bo Zhang; Yang-yang Li; Yu-zhen Xiong; Ying Sun; Zhu Zhu; Ying Wang; et al. (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2020)

Characterizing the spatial distribution of typical natural disaster vulnerability in China from 2010 to 2017 - Qian Wang; Qi-peng Zhang; Yang-yang Liu; Lin-jing Tong; Yan-zhen Zhang; Xiao-yu Li; Jian-long Li (Natural Hazards, 2020)

Study on landslide-induced wave disasters using a 3D coupled SPH-DEM method - Wen-Jie Xu; Zhen-Guo Yao; Yan-Ting Luo; Xue-Yang Dong (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2020)

Correction to: Land surface characterization using BeiDou signal-to-noise ratio observations - Ting Yang; Wei Wan; Xiuwan Chen; Tianxing Chu; Zhen Qiao; Hong Liang; Jiahua Wei; Guangqian Wang; Yang Hong (GPS Solutions, 2020)

Characteristics, Expression Pattern and Intracellular Localisation of Sugarcane Cytoplasmic Hexokinase Gene ShHXK8 - Jun-gang Wang; Ting-ting Zhao; Ben-peng Yang; Wen-zhi Wang; Cui-lian Feng; Xiao-yan Feng; Lin-bo Shen; Shu-zhen Zhang (Sugar Tech, 2019)

Knockdown of CaHSP60-6 confers enhanced sensitivity to heat stress in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) - Saeed ul Haq; Abid Khan; Muhammad Ali; Wen-Xian Gai; Huai-Xia Zhang; Qing-Hui Yu; Sheng-Bao Yang; Ai-Min Wei; Zhen-Hui Gong (Planta, 2019)

Age- and Nicotine-Associated Gene Expression Changes in the Hippocampus of APP/PS1 Mice - Jie Yang; Yan Long; De-Mei Xu; Bing-Lin Zhu; Xiao-Juan Deng; Zhen Yan; Fei Sun; Guo-Jun Chen (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2019)

Repellent activities of essential oils rich in sesquiterpenoids from Saussurea amara (L.) DC. and Sigesbeckia pubescens Makino against two stored-product insects - Zhi-Hua Li; Yang Wang; Jian-Sheng Sun; Ji-Gang Li; Ke-Xing Zou; Hong Liu; Gui-Xiang Li; Zhi-Zhong Hu; Li-Zheng Nong; Zhen-Xing Ning; Yan Wu; Shu-Shan Du (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 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)

Capability of Fengyun-3D Satellite in Earth System Observation - Zhongdong Yang; Peng Zhang; Songyan Gu; Xiuqin Hu; Shihao Tang; Leiku Yang; Na Xu; Zhaojun Zhen; Ling Wang; Qiong Wu; Fangli Dou; Ruixia Liu; et al. (Journal of Meteorological Research, 2019)

Yeast cell walls stimulate viability, respiratory burst, and phagocytosis in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) head-kidney macrophages - Jianjun Zhou; Zhen Gao; Wenbiao Wang; Feng Huang; Junpeng Hu; Aqiong Gong; Rui Wang; Wumin Yang; Jie Li; Xianqin Hu; Xuedong Wang (Aquaculture International, 2019)

Petrogenesis, geochemistry and geological significance of Paleocene Granite in South Gangdese, Tibet - Chengzhi Li; Wenguang Yang; Lidong Zhu; Zhen Yang; Limin Lin; Xin Su; Hongliang Zhang (Acta Geochimica, 2019)

Rapid diversification of alpine bamboos associated with the uplift of the Hengduan Mountains - Xia‐Ying Ye; Peng‐Fei Ma; Guo‐Qian Yang; Cen Guo; Yu‐Xiao Zhang; Yun‐Mei Chen; Zhen‐Hua Guo; De‐Zhu Li (Journal of Biogeography, 2019)
Aim The Hengduan Mountains (HDM) of southwest China is a biodiversity hotspot and harbours one of the world's richest temperate floras. However, the origin and evolution of its biota remain largely unresolved. Here we explore the impact of mountain uplift on the diversification process of biodiversity in this hotspot using alpine bamboos. Location The HDM region, southwest China. Taxon Alpine bamboos. Methods We used ddRAD‐seq data from the most complete sampling of alpine bamboos undertaken to date (79% of the species diversity), to investigate their evolutionary history. The ancestral area of these bamboos was reconstructed using a time‐calibrated phylogeny in BioGeoBEARS and diversification rates were inferred using BAMM analyses. In addition, the impact of mountain uplift on the divergence of alpine bamboos was evaluated using trait‐dependent models of diversification. Results The alpine bamboos were strongly supported as monophyletic, and the relationships within them were robustly resolved. Fargesia was found to be polyphyletic and Yushania was resolved as monophyletic. Alpine bamboos originated outside the HDM region during the late Miocene, and spread to this region in the Pliocene, undergoing a significant acceleration in net diversification, which is temporally congruent with the orogeny. The speciation rate increased with altitude and a high diversification rate, estimated to be 0.75 species per million years, was detected for alpine bamboos distributed in high elevations. Main Conclusions Our study demonstrates that heterogeneous mountain habitats and geographical isolation of alpine bamboos, which have limited dispersal ability, are important drivers for their rapid diversification. This study also highlights the power of complementary analyses in revealing the link between species diversification and past geological changes.

Three new labdane-type diterpenoids from Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl. - Zhen-Hui Wang; Huan-Jun Xu; Yang-Yang Zhai; Lan-Ping Yang; Qiang Li; Mei Huang; Xing-Ying Chen; Wen-Kui Zhang; Yue-Li Meng; Qing-Ling Zhang; Chao Niu; Yan-Ru Zhang (Natural Product Research, 2019)

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

Application of Multi-rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Application in Management of Stem Borer (Lepidoptera) in Sugarcane - Xiao-Qiu Zhang; Yong-Jian Liang; Zhen-Qiang Qin; De-Wei Li; Chun-Yan Wei; Jin-Ju Wei; Yang-Rui Li; Xiu-Peng Song (Sugar Tech, 2019)

Catalpol ameliorates LPS-induced endometritis by inhibiting inflammation and TLR4/NF-κB signaling - Hua Zhang; Zhi-min Wu; Ya-ping Yang; Aftab Shaukat; Jing Yang; Ying-fang Guo; Tao Zhang; Xin-ying Zhu; Jin-xia Qiu; Gan-zhen Deng; Dong-mei Shi (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2019)

Study on Mechanism of Segmental Lining-Bolt Combined Support for Deep-Buried Tunnel - Ming-yang Ren; Qiang-yong Zhang; Zhen-jie Zhang; Long-yun Zhang; Qiang Gao (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2019)

Regulation of growth performance and lipid metabolism in juvenile grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) with honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) extract - Xiao-Lin Meng; Zhen-Xiang Zhu; Rong-Hua Lu; Shuai Li; Wen-Pan Hu; Chao-Bin Qin; Xiao Yan; Guo-kun Yang; Guo-Xing Nie (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2019)

Assessing the influence of the minimum measured diameter on forest spatial patterns and nearest neighborhood relationships - Yuan-fa Li; Hai-peng Yang; Hong-xiang Wang; Shao-ming Ye; Wen-zhen Liu (Journal of Mountain Science, 2019)

Late Triassic-Cenozoic Thermochronology in the Southern Sanjiang Tethys, SW China, New Insights from Zircon Fission Track Analysis - Li Yang; Wanming Yuan; Xiaoyong Zhu; Zhen Shi (Journal of Earth Science, 2019)

The impact and mechanism of quaternary ammonium compounds on the transmission of antibiotic resistance genes - Yue Han; Zhen-Chao Zhou; Lin Zhu; Yuan-Yuan Wei; Wan-Qiu Feng; Lan Xu; Yang Liu; Ze-Jun Lin; Xin-Yi Shuai; Zhi-Jian Zhang; Hong Chen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Combined allelopathic effects of Spirogyra (Zygnematales: Zygnemataceae) and Ceratophyllum demersum (Ceratophyllales: Ceratophyllaceae) on the growth of Microcystis aeruginosa (Chroocolales: Microcystaceae) - Hui Liu; Xiaochao Li; Huang Lei; Guihua Zeng; Hualin Li; Li Liu; Rentai Xiao; Juanhong Zhang; Zhen Sun; Fang Zhou; Qingru Zeng; Liping Yang (Biologia, 2019)

Proteomic Analysis of Shoot Tips from Two Alfalfa Cultivars with Different Florescence - Hao Sun; Ruicai Long; Fan Zhang; Tiejun Zhang; Junmei Kang; Zhen Wang; Chunyu Cao; Jie Yu; Qingchuan Yang (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2019)

Spatio-temporal Pattern Characteristics of Relationship Between Urbanization and Economic Development at County Level in China - Zhen Yang; Xiaolei Zhang; Jun Lei; Zuliang Duan; Jiangang Li (Chinese Geographical Science, 2019)

Expression of autophagy-modulating genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from familial clustering patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection - Zhen Tian; Meifang Wang; Naijuan Yao; Shujuan Yang; Jinfeng Liu; Yuan Yang; Tianyan Chen; Yingren Zhao; Yingli He (Archives of Virology, 2019)

Pseudoxanthomonas composti sp. nov., isolated from compost - Jun Lin; Guiqin Yang; Jia Tang; Zhen Li; Zhen Yu; Li Zhuang (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2019)

Psychometric properties of Youth Self-Rating Insomnia Scale (YSIS) in Chinese adolescents - Xianchen Liu; Yanyun Yang; Zhen-Zhen Liu; Yachen Luo; Fang Fan; Cun-Xian Jia (Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 2019)

Impact of lower and higher alcohol additions to diesel on the combustion and emissions of a direct-injection diesel engine - Xinling Li; Chun Guan; Ke Yang; Chun Shun Cheung; Zhen Huang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Late Cretaceous magmatism and porphyry Mo–Cu polymetallic mineralization in the Tongchanggou Intrusion, Geza Arc, Southwestern China - Xue-long Liu; Jian-hang Chen; Wen-chang Li; Na Zhang; Shuai-shuai Wang; Chang-zhen Zhang; Ying Luo; Zhen-huan Li; Fu-cheng Yang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

High-level secretive expression of a novel achieved Talaromyces cellulolyticus endo-polygalacturonase in Pichia pastoris by improving gene dosage for hydrolysis of natural pectin - Xiao-Bo Peng; Guang-Jun Chen; Zhen-Gang Han; Jiang-Ke Yang (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2019)

Bacterial degradation of anthraquinone dyes - Hai-hong Li; Yang-tao Wang; Yang Wang; Hai-xia Wang; Kai-kai Sun; Zhen-mei Lu (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2019)

Efficacy of bornyl acetate and camphene from Valeriana officinalis essential oil against two storage insects - Yi-Xi Feng; Yang Wang; Zhen-Yang Chen; Shan-Shan Guo; Chun-Xue You; Shu-Shan Du (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Chitooligosaccharide plays essential roles in regulating proline metabolism and cold stress tolerance in rice seedlings - Yang Zhang; Liqiang Fan; Mengyao Zhao; Qiming Chen; Zhen Qin; Zhihang Feng; Toru Fujiwara; Liming Zhao (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2019)

Chemical and physical pretreatments of fruits and vegetables: Effects on drying characteristics and quality attributes – a comprehensive review - Li-Zhen Deng; Arun S. Mujumdar; Qian Zhang; Xu-Hai Yang; Jun Wang; Zhi-An Zheng; Zhen-Jiang Gao; Hong-Wei Xiao (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2019)

Thermal and saline tolerance of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba under controlled in-situ aquarium conditions - Guoping Zhu; Zijun Liu; Yang Yang; Zhen Wang; Wenjie Yang; Liuxiong Xu (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2019)

Neuroprotective Influence of miR-301a Inhibition in Experimental Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Rat Models Through Targeting NDRG2 - Tao Feng; Bang-Hua Han; Gong-Li Yang; Chao-Jie Shi; Zhen-Wen Gao; Ming-Zhi Cao; Xiao-Lei Zhu (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2019)

miR-363-3p is activated by MYB and regulates osteoporosis pathogenesis via PTEN/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway - Mingyi Li; Ruolan Luo; Wenjian Yang; Zhen Zhou; Chenxia Li (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2019)

Genome sequencing of Aureobasidium pullulans P25 and overexpression of a glucose oxidase gene for hyper-production of Ca2+-gluconic acid - Shou-Feng Zhao; Hong Jiang; Zhe Chi; Guang-Lei Liu; Zhen-Ming Chi; Tie-Jun Chen; Guang Yang; Zhong Hu (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2019)

Identification of critical stage responding to consecutive monoculture obstacle in Rehmannia glutinosa L. - Xiaoran Wang; Zhen Li; Lu Yang; Weixi Li; Yuhong Wang; Mingjie Li; Zhongyi Zhang; Xinjian Chen (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2019)

An efficient method of monitoring slow-moving landslides with long-range terrestrial laser scanning: a case study of the Dashu landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China - Ronggang Huang; Liming Jiang; Xiang Shen; Zhen Dong; Qiaoli Zhou; Bisheng Yang; Hansheng Wang (Landslides, 2019)

Rhizospheric and endospheric diazotrophs mediated soil fertility intensification in sugarcane-legume intercropping systems - Manoj Kumar Solanki; Fei-Yong Wang; Zhen Wang; Chang-Ning Li; Tao-Ju Lan; Rajesh Kumar Singh; Pratiksha Singh; Li-Tao Yang; Yang-Rui Li (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2019)

Transplantation of umbilical cord–derived mesenchymal stem cells on a collagen scaffold improves ovarian function in a premature ovarian failure model of mice - Yanjun Yang; Lei Lei; Shanshan Wang; Xiaoqiang Sheng; Guijun Yan; Lu Xu; Jingyu Liu; Mengyuan Liu; Xin Zhen; Lijun Ding; Haixiang Sun (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2019)

Five new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 from the endangered Tibetan antelope Pantholops hodgsonii (Abel) (Artiodactyla: Bovidae: Caprinae) in the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve Area of Qinghai Province, China - Yi-Fan Cao; Yan-Bin Yang; Donald W. Duszynski; Ya-Hui Zhu; Tong-Zuo Zhang; Guo-Zhen Shang; Jiang-Hui Bian (Systematic Parasitology, 2019)

Land surface characterization using BeiDou signal-to-noise ratio observations - Ting Yang; Wei Wan; Xiuwan Chen; Tianxing Chu; Zhen Qiao; Hong Liang; Jiahua Wei; Guangqian Wang; Yang Hong (GPS Solutions, 2019)

Ochratoxin A causes mitochondrial dysfunction, apoptotic and autophagic cell death and also induces mitochondrial biogenesis in human gastric epithelium cells - Qian Li; Zhen Dong; Weiguang Lian; Jinfeng Cui; Juan Wang; Haitao Shen; Wenjing Liu; Jie Yang; Xianghong Zhang; Hongjuan Cui (Archives of Toxicology, 2019)

Anticancer and antibacterial activity in vitro evaluation of iridium(III) polypyridyl complexes - Qiao-Yan Yi; Wen-Yao Zhang; Miao He; Fan Du; Xiu-Zhen Wang; Yang-Jie Wang; Yi-Ying Gu; Lan Bai; Yun-Jun Liu (JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2019)

Differential proteomic analysis reveals the mechanism of Musa paradisiaca responding to salt stress - Fu-Sang Ji; Lu Tang; Yuan-Yuan Li; Wen-Chang Wang; Zhen Yang; Xin-Guo Li; Chuansheng Zeng (Molecular Biology Reports, 2019)

Effects of partial replacement of fish meal by yeast hydrolysate on antioxidant capability, intestinal morphology, and inflammation-related gene expression of juvenile Jian carp (Cyprinus carpio var. Jian) - Xiang-Yang Yuan; Guang-Zhen Jiang; Cong-Cong Wang; Kenneth Prudence Abasubong; Qing Zou; Yu-Yan Zhou; Wen-Bin Liu (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2019)

Sema4D expression and secretion are increased by HIF-1α and inhibit osteogenesis in bone metastases of lung cancer - Wu-gui Chen; Jing Sun; Wei-wei Shen; Si-zhen Yang; Ying Zhang; Xu Hu; Hao Qiu; Shang-cheng Xu; Tong-wei Chu (Clinical & Experimental Metastasis, 2019)

Adult oviposition preferences and larval performance of rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis on rice and non-rice graminaceous plants - Feng-Xian Zhang; Zhen-Fei Zhang; Yang Zhang; Wei-Jian Wu (Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2019)

A new dimeric secoiridoids derivative, japonicaside E, from the flower buds of Lonicera japonica - Wen Ge; Hai-Bo Li; Hui Fang; Biao Yang; Wen-Zhe Huang; Wei Xiao; Zhen-Zhong Wang (Natural Product Research, 2019)

CaHSP16.4, a small heat shock protein gene in pepper, is involved in heat and drought tolerance - Liu-Jun Huang; Guo-Xin Cheng; Abid Khan; Ai-Min Wei; Qing-Hui Yu; Sheng-Bao Yang; De-Xu Luo; Zhen-Hui Gong (Protoplasma, 2019)

Macrophage-derived CCL18 promotes osteosarcoma proliferation and migration by upregulating the expression of UCA1 - Yang Su; Yan Zhou; Yuan-jue Sun; Ya-Ling Wang; Jun-yi Yin; Yu-jing Huang; Jian-jun Zhang; Ai-na He; Kun Han; Hui-zhen Zhang; Yang Yao; Xiao-Bin Lv; et al. (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019)

Efficiency of sequential UV/H2O2 and biofilm process for the treatment of secondary effluent - Peng-Fei Yan; Shoujun Yuan; Wei Wang; Zhen-Hu Hu; Yang Mu; Han-Qing Yu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Cloning and Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with Smut in Sugarcane - Xiu-Peng Song; Dan-Dan Tian; Ming-Hui Chen; Zhen-Qiang Qin; Jin-Ju Wei; Chun-Yan Wei; Xiao-Qiu Zhang; De-Wei Li; Li-Tao Yang; Yang-Rui Li (Sugar Tech, 2018)

The Cotton GhRac6 Gene Encoding a Plant ROP/RAC Protein Improves the Plant Defense Response to Aphid Feeding - Zhen Yang; Jianjian Liu; Liang Luo; Sui Ye; Yazhen Yang; Guohui Zhang; Xiangping Wang; Jianmin Zhang (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2018)

Offspring sex ratio and reproductive tactics of Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): testing the effect of environmental characteristics - Xia-Lin Zheng; Kai Lin; Zong-You Huang; Jun Li; Zhen-De Yang; Xiu-Hao Yang; Wen Lu (International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2018)

Effect of lead on plant availability of phosphorus and potassium in a vegetable–soil system - Wen-yan He; Xiao-e Yang; Jin-yan Yang; Zhen-li He (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Generation of Cas9 transgenic zebrafish and their application in establishing an ERV-deficient animal model - Zhe Yang; Shihao Chen; Songlei Xue; Xinxiu Li; Zhen Sun; Yu Yang; Xuming Hu; Tuoyu Geng; Hengmi Cui (Biotechnology Letters, 2018)

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

Experimental Study on the Pore Structure Fractals and Seepage Characteristics of a Coal Sample Around a Borehole in Coal Seam Water Infusion - Zhen Liu; He Yang; Wenyu Wang; Weimin Cheng; Lin Xin (Transport in Porous Media, 2018)

Impacts of small woody debris on slurrying, persistence, and propagation in a low-gradient channel of the Dongyuege debris flow in Nu River, Southwest China - Yong-Jun Tang; Ze-Min Xu; Tai-Qiang Yang; Zhen-Hua Zhou; Kun Wang; Zhe Ren; Kui Yang; Lin Tian (Landslides, 2018)

Boron Affects the Development of the Kidney Through Modulation of Apoptosis, Antioxidant Capacity, and Nrf2 Pathway in the African Ostrich Chicks - Haseeb Khaliq; Wang Jing; Xiao Ke; Yang Ke-Li; Sun Peng-peng; Lei Cui; Qiu Wei-wei; Lei Zhixin; Liu Hua-Zhen; Song Hui; Zhong Ju-Ming; Peng Ke-Mei (Biological Trace Element Research, 2018)

Diagenetic differences in tight sandstone reservoirs in two delta fronts: an example from the Chang 4 and 5 members of the Yanchang Formation in the Longdong area, Ordos Basin, China - Shifa Zhu; Xiaomin Zhu; Jiahao Chen; Zhen Yang; Ye Jia; Hang Cui (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2018)

Genesis of Early Cretaceous porphyrite-type iron deposits and related sub-volcanic rocks in the Ningwu Volcanic Basin, Middle-Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, Southeast China - Zhen Liu; Xiaoyong Yang; Chunming Liu; Dezhi Huang; Weijian Zhou; Xia Teng; Enyun Liang; Tagen Dai (International Geology Review, 2018)

Parasitoids of the eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe spp.: a global review - Zong-You Huang; Jun Li; Wen Lu; Xia-Lin Zheng; Zhen-De Yang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Removal of tetracycline from aqueous solution by biochar derived from rice straw - Shisuo Fan; Yi Wang; Yang Li; Zhen Wang; Zhengxin Xie; Jun Tang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Role of AGEs in the progression and regression of atherosclerotic plaques - Zhong-qun Wang; Le-le Jing; Jin-chuan Yan; Zhen Sun; Zheng-yang Bao; Chen Shao; Qi-wen Pang; Yue Geng; Li-li Zhang; Li-hua Li (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2018)

Simultaneous nitrification–denitrification and microbial community profile in an oxygen-limiting intermittent aeration SBBR with biodegradable carriers - Lijuan Feng; Rong Jia; Zhen Zeng; Guangfeng Yang; Xiangyang Xu (Biodegradation, 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)

Transcriptome analysis of sweet Sorghum inbred lines differing in salt tolerance provides novel insights into salt exclusion by roots - Zhen Yang; Hongxiang Zheng; Xiaocen Wei; Jie Song; Baoshan Wang; Na Sui (Plant and Soil, 2018)

Facile fabrication of sodium styrene sulfonate-grafted ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer as adsorbent for ammonium removal from aqueous solution - Jifu Du; Zhen Dong; Xin Yang; Long Zhao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Arsenic removal from water by metal-organic framework MIL-88A microrods - Hao Wu; Meng-Dan Ma; Wei-Zhuo Gai; Hongxun Yang; Jian-Ge Zhou; Zhenxiang Cheng; Pingguang Xu; Zhen-Yan Deng (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Redox properties of humic substances under different environmental conditions - Wenyu Tian; Zhen Yang; Xue Zhang; Weifang Ma; Jie Jiang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

High genetic variability and complex population structure of the native Chinese hazelnut - Zhen Yang; Lujun Wang; Tiantian Zhao (Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2018)

Identification of Neoscytalidium dimidiatum causing canker disease of pitaya in Hainan, China - Min Xu; Yun Peng; Zhao Qi; Zhen Yan; Lu Yang; Meng-Die He; Qing-Xiu Li; Cheng-Li Liu; Yun-Ze Ruan; Shuang-Shuang Wei; Jun Xie; You-Quan Xia; et al. (Australasian Plant Pathology, 2018)

Differences in gut microbiota composition in finishing Landrace pigs with low and high feed conversion ratios - Zhen Tan; Yuan Wang; Ting Yang; Hong Ao; Shaokang Chen; Kai Xing; Fengxia Zhang; Xitong Zhao; Jianfeng Liu; Chuduan Wang (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2018)

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

Decreased plasma levels of gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide in patients with schizophrenia: correlation with psychopathology and cognition - Jian-wen Xiong; Bo Wei; Yan-kun Li; Jin-qiong Zhan; Shu-zhen Jiang; Hai-bo Chen; Kun Yan; Bin Yu; Yuan-jian Yang (Psychopharmacology, 2018)

Novel ethanocycloheptono [3,4,5-kl]benzo[a]xanthene induces apoptosis in BEL-7402 cells - Zhi Jia; Hui-Hui Yang; Yun-Jun Liu; Xiu-Zhen Wang (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2018)

Petrogenesis and Ore Genesis of the Late Yanshanian Granites and Associated Porphyry-Skarn W-Mo Deposits from the Yunkai Area of South China: Evidence from the Zircon U-Pb Ages, Hf Isotopes and Sulfide S-Fe Isotopes - Xinyu Wang; Zhen Yang; Nengsong Chen; Rui Liu (Journal of Earth Science, 2018)

Genetic mapping and salt tolerance of a novel D1-allelic mutant of rice (Oryza sativa L.) - Wei-jiang Tian; Xiao-qiong Zhang; Xiao-wen Wang; Jia Xie; Yang-yang Li; Ying Sun; Yi-ran Tao; Yu-zhen Xiong; Xian-chun Sang (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2018)

Atmospheric circulation patterns associated with persistent wet‐freezing events over southern China - Zhen Liao; Panmao Zhai; Yang Chen; Hong Lu (International Journal of Climatology, 2018)
Persistent wet‐freezing events (PWFEs), a typical type of compound extremes, combine adverse effects from both its precipitation and temperature components, thereby posing great threats to human society and ecosystem. Atmospheric circulation patterns that govern the occurrence and persistence of PWFEs over southern China are identified and classified, based on cases during 1980–2010. There are two dominating types of large‐scale atmospheric circulation patterns responsible for PWFEs: a single blocking high type and a double blocking high type. The single blocking high type tends to occur under positive Arctic Oscillation (AO) phase, characteristics of a long‐lived blocking high over the Lake Baikal in the middle troposphere favouring lower‐level cold air masses penetrate southwards along a northeast–southwest route. Likewise, abundant water vapour advances northwards from the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea, meeting cold air masses over southern China under the upper‐level divergence caused by the intensified upper‐level subtropical jet which prevails on top of the western Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Locally, a stable temperature inversion structure is anchored in the lower troposphere. The double blocking high type features blocking highs over the Ural Mountains and the Sea of Okhotsk, along with an intensified trough between them. The upper‐level subtropical jet over mid‐latitude East Asia strengthens, providing divergence fields at upper troposphere. Low‐level cold air masses move southwards from the Lake Baikal along a north route, converging with the water vapour transported from the Bay of Bengal to southern China by a low‐level southwesterly jet. By contrast, the inversion layer is absent atop the region experiencing double blocking PWFEs. Regardless of event types, the duration of PWFEs is dedicated by Rossby wave energy dispersion through its role in maintaining blocking patterns during the PWFEs.

Haploid plant regeneration from hardy kiwifruit (Actinidia arguta Planch.) anther culture - Guang-Fu Wang; Hong-Yan Qin; Dan Sun; Shu-Tian Fan; Yi-Ming Yang; Zhen-Xing Wang; Pei-Llei Xu; Ying Zhao; Ying-Xue Liu; Jun Ai (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2018)

Exploring inhibition mechanism and nature of lipase by Ligupurpuroside A extracted from Ku-Ding tea - Yu Fan; Yang Xu; Qing-Guo Han; Liang-Liang Shen; Hong Xu; Zhi-Bing Wu; Xu Xu; Ming Ying; Zhen-Dan He; Zhang-Li Hu (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2018)

Ionospheric responses to typhoons in Australia during 2005–2014 using GNSS and FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC measurements - Wang Li; Jianping Yue; Suqin Wu; Yang Yang; Zhen Li; Jingxue Bi; Kefei Zhang (GPS Solutions, 2018)

A denoising method for inter-annual NDVI time series derived from Landsat images - Zhen Yang; Jing Li; Yingying Shen; Hui Miao; Xiaoxiao Yan (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2018)

Geochemistry and zircon Hf isotopes of the Early Mesozoic intrusive rocks in the south Hunchun, Yanbian area, Northeast China: petrogenesis and implications for crustal growth - Dong-Guang Yang; De-You Sun; Xue-Gang Hou; An-Qi Mao; Zong-Yuan Tang; Zhen Qin (International Geology Review, 2018)

Immunogenicity of adenovirus and DNA vaccines co-expressing P39 and lumazine synthase proteins of Brucella abortus in BALB/c mice - Guo-Zhen Lin; Ju-Tian Yang; Suo-Cheng Wei; Shi-En Chen; Sheng-Dong Huo; Zhong-Ren Ma (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2018)

Photokinetic Drug Delivery: Near infrared (NIR) Induced Permeation Enhancement of Bevacizumab, Ranibizumab and Aflibercept through Human Sclera - Steven A. Giannos; Edward R. Kraft; Zhen-Yang Zhao; Kevin H. Merkley; Jiyang Cai (Pharmaceutical Research, 2018)

Real-time hydrogen mud logging during the Wenchuan earthquake fault scientific drilling project (WFSD), holes 2 and 3 in SW China - Zhen Fang; Yaowei Liu; Duoxing Yang; Lishuang Guo; Lei Zhang (Geosciences Journal, 2018)

Least squares reverse-time migration in the pseudodepth domain and reservoir exploration - Xiao-Dong Sun; Yan-Rui Jia; Min Zhang; Qing-Yang Li; Zhen-Chun Li (Applied Geophysics, 2018)

Petrogenesis of an early Eocene gabbro–granite complex in Kachang (SW Yunnan) and its implications for Eocene magmatism in the Tengchong terrane of SW China - Xingchen Yang; Peisheng Ye; Mengni Ye; Zhen Wang; Yangfan Luzhou; Fuchao Na; Pengyuan Chang (International Geology Review, 2018)

Rhizospheric effects on atrazine speciation and degradation in laterite soils of Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng - Zhong Lin; Zhen Zhen; Changer Chen; Yongtao Li; Chunling Luo; Laiyuan Zhong; Hanqiao Hu; Jin Li; Yueqin Zhang; Yanqiu Liang; Jiewen Yang; Dayi Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Preparation and Denitration Performance of V-W/TiO2-SiO2 Nanotube Catalysts - Kezhi Zheng; Guohua Yang; Weijie Shen; Qingtao Xu; Fuxiang Hu; Zhen Li (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2018)

Formulation Stabilization and Disaggregation of Bevacizumab, Ranibizumab and Aflibercept in Dilute Solutions - Steven A. Giannos; Edward R. Kraft; Zhen-Yang Zhao; Kevin H. Merkley; Jiyang Cai (Pharmaceutical Research, 2018)

Update on Molecular Imaging in Parkinson’s Disease - Zhen-Yang Liu; Feng-Tao Liu; Chuan-Tao Zuo; James B. Koprich; Jian Wang (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2018)

Pond bank access as an approach for managing toxic cyanobacteria in beef cattle pasture drinking water ponds - Alan E. Wilson; Michael F. Chislock; Zhen Yang; Mário U. G. Barros; John F. Roberts (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018)

Effects of Boron Supplementation on Expression of Hsp70 in the Spleen of African Ostrich - Khaliq Haseeb; Jing Wang; Ke Xiao; Ke-li Yang; Peng-peng Sun; Xing-tong Wu; You Luo; Hui Song; Hua-zhen Liu; Ju-ming Zhong; Ke-mei Peng (Biological Trace Element Research, 2018)

Diurnal and Seasonal Variations of Thermal Stratification and Vertical Mixing in a Shallow Fresh Water Lake - Yichen Yang; Yongwei Wang; Zhen Zhang; Wei Wang; Xia Ren; Yaqi Gao; Shoudong Liu; Xuhui Lee (Journal of Meteorological Research, 2018)

Investigation of inducements and defenses of flash floods and urban waterlogging in Fuzhou, China, from 1950 to 2010 - Meihong Ma; Huixiao Wang; Pengfei Jia; Ronghua Liu; Zhen Hong; Laura Gabrielle Labriola; Yang Hong; Lijuan Miao (Natural Hazards, 2018)

Role of exosome-associated microRNA in diagnostic and therapeutic applications to metabolic disorders - Zhen-yu Yao; Wen-bin Chen; Shan-shan Shao; Shi-zhan Ma; Chong-bo Yang; Meng-zhu Li; Jia-jun Zhao; Ling Gao (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2018)

Exogenous Hydrogen Sulfide Ameliorates Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Cauliflower Under Lead Stress and Its Antioxidant Role - Zhen Chen; Beifen Yang; ZhiKui Hao; Jiaqian Zhu; Yan Zhang; Tiantian Xu (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2018)

Anti-oral common pathogenic bacterial active acetylenic acids from Thesium chinense Turcz - Chang Liu; Xiao-Tian Li; Rong-Rong Cheng; Zhu-Zhen Han; Li Yang; Zhong-Chen Song; Zheng-Tao Wang (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2018)

Geochronology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotopes of the Zhunsujihua granitoid intrusions associated with the molybdenum deposit, northern Inner Mongolia, China: implications for petrogenesis and tectonic setting - Xiaojun Zhang; David R. Lentz; Chunliang Yao; Rui Liu; Zhen Yang; Yanxiong Mei; Xianwang Fan; Fei Huang; Ying Qin; Kun Zhang; Zhenfei Zhang (International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2018)

A loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid and reliable detection of Anguina wevelli, a grass parasitic nematode - Lu-zhen Yu; Shao-yi Song; Cui Yu; Long-jun Qi; Zi-xiang Yu; Bin-bin Jiao; Juan Yang (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018)

Silicon alleviates cadmium toxicity in wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum L.) by reducing cadmium ion uptake and enhancing antioxidative capacity - Zhenya Shi; Suqin Yang; Dan Han; Zhen Zhou; Xuanzhen Li; Ye Liu; Biao Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

New triterpenoid saponins from the steaming treated roots of Panax notoginseng - Cheng-Zhen Gu; Yi-Jun Qiao; Dong Wang; Hong-Tao Zhu; Chong-Ren Yang; Min Xu; Ying-Jun Zhang (Natural Product Research, 2018)

Differential Effects of Cold Stress on Chloroplasts Structures and Photosynthetic Characteristics in Cold-Sensitive and Cold-Tolerant Cultivars of Sugarcane - Su-Li Li; Zhi-Gang Li; Li-Tao Yang; Yang-Rui Li; Zhen-Li He (Sugar Tech, 2018)

Surface Enrichment and Depletion of the Active Ingredient in Spray Dried Amorphous Solid Dispersions - Zhen Chen; Kuan Yang; Chengbin Huang; Alan Zhu; Lian Yu; Feng Qian (Pharmaceutical Research, 2018)

The macroscopic and microscopic effect of low-frequency whole-body vibration after cerebral ischemia in rats - Dan Huang; Zhen Yang; Zhenyu Wang; Pu Wang; Yun Qu (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2018)

Variations in cadmium and nitrate co-accumulation among water spinach genotypes and implications for screening safe genotypes for human consumption - Lin Tang; Wei-jun Luo; Zhen-li He; Hanumanth Kumar Gurajala; Yasir Hamid; Kiran Yasmin Khan; Xiao-e Yang (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2018)

Establishment and characterization of a kidney cell line from kelp grouper Epinephelus moara - Xiao-Feng Liu; Ya-Hong Wu; Shi-Na Wei; Na Wang; Peng-Fei Li; Yang-Zhen Li; Nian-Wei Zhang; Qi-Wei Qin; Song-Lin Chen (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018)

Echinacoside, a phenylethanoid glycoside from Cistanche deserticola, extends lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans and protects from Aβ-induced toxicity - Wei Chen; Hong-Ru Lin; Cong-Min Wei; Xiao-Hua Luo; Meng-Lu Sun; Zhen-Zhou Yang; Xin-Yan Chen; Hong-Bing Wang (Biogerontology, 2018)

Development of an immunochromatographic strip test for rapid detection of citrus yellow vein clearing virus - Yu Bin; Zhongan Li; Jianxiang Wu; Xuefeng Wang; Yan Zhou; Taisheng Li; Fangyun Yang; Changyong Zhou; Zhen Song (Archives of Virology, 2018)

Multiple microRNAs function as self-protective modules in acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in humans - Dianke Yu; Leihong Wu; Pritmohinder Gill; William H. Tolleson; Si Chen; Jinchun Sun; Bridgett Knox; Yaqiong Jin; Wenming Xiao; Huixiao Hong; Yong Wang; Zhen Ren; et al. (Archives of Toxicology, 2018)

Heterogeneous Mg isotopic composition of the early Carboniferous limestone: implications for carbonate as a seawater archive - Haoran Ma; Yihe Xu; Kangjun Huang; Yuanlin Sun; Shan Ke; Yang Peng; Xianguo Lang; Zhen Yan; Bing Shen (Acta Geochimica, 2018)

Serine/threonine kinase PpkA coordinates the interplay between T6SS2 activation and quorum sensing in the marine pathogen Vibrio alginolyticus - Zhen Yang; Xiaohui Zhou; Yue Ma; Mian Zhou; Matthew K. Waldor; Yuanxing Zhang; Qiyao Wang (Environmental Microbiology, 2018)
Summary Type VI secretion systems (T6SS) are multiprotein secretion machines that can mediate killing of bacterial cells and thereby modify the composition of bacterial communities. The mechanisms that control the production of and secretion of these killing machines are incompletely understood, although quorum sensing (QS) and the PpkA kinase modulate T6SS activity in some organisms. Here we investigated control the T6S in the marine organism Vibrio alginolyticus EPGS, which encodes two T6SS systems (T6SS1 and T6SS2). We found that the organism principally relies on T6SS2 for interbacterial competition. We further carried out a phosphoproteomic screen to identify substrates of the T6SS2‐linked PpkA2 kinase. Substrates of PpkA2 encoded within the T6SS2 cluster as well proteins that are apparently not linked to T6SS‐related processes were identified. Similar to other organisms, PpkA2 autophosphorylation was critical for T6SS2 function. Notably, phosphorylation of a polypeptide encoded outside of the T6SS2 cluster, VtsR, was critical for T6SS2 expression and function because it augments the expression of luxR , a key regulator of QS that also promotes T6SS2 gene expression. Thus, PpkA2 controls a phosphorylation cascade that mediates a positive regulatory loop entwining T6SS and QS, thereby coordinating these pathways to enhance the competitive fitness of V. alginolyticus .

Dihydromyricetin exerts a rapid antidepressant-like effect in association with enhancement of BDNF expression and inhibition of neuroinflammation - Zhaoxiang Ren; Pengju Yan; Liushuai Zhu; Huicui Yang; Yafei Zhao; Brian P. Kirby; John L. Waddington; Xuechu Zhen (Psychopharmacology, 2018)