Publications by authors named "Zheng Li"

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Elevated expression of TAM receptor tyrosine kinase in synovial fluid and synovial tissue of rheumatoid arthritis.

Authors:
Li Zheng Liling Xu Fanlei Hu Jimeng Xue Mingxin Bai Ranran Yao Huaqun Zhu Hua Zhong Yin Su

Clin Exp Immunol 2022 Aug 11. Epub 2022 Aug 11.

Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital.

To investigate the expression and roles of TAM (Tyro3/Axl/Mer) receptor tyrosine kinases (TK) in synovial fluid and synovial tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The expression of TAM TKs in the synovial fluid and synovial tissues of RA and osteoarthritis (OA) patients was measured by ELISA and immunohistochemistry. The relationships between soluble TAM TKs (sTAM TKs) levels and the clinical features, laboratory parameters and disease activity were analysed in RA. The concentrations of sTAM TK in the synovial fluids of RA patients were increased in comparison to those of OA patients. Compared with OA patients, the expression of membrane Tyro3 TK (mTyro3 TK) and mMer TK in RA patient synovial tissue were significantly increased, which may partly explain the possible mechanism of elevated levels of sTAM TK in RA patient synovial fluid. sAxl TK levels were decreased in RA patients under sulfasalazine treatment and elevated in patients under Iguratimod treatment. Furthermore, sTyro3 TK levels positively correlated with erythrocyte sedimentation Rate (ESR) and negatively correlated with white blood cells (WBCs), red blood cells (RBCs) and Hemoglobin (HB) in RA patients. The levels of sMer TK were positively associated with disease duration and rheumatoid factor (RF) and negatively correlated with HB, complement 3 (C3), and C4. Taken together, TAM TKs might be involved in RA synovial tissue inflammation.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cei/uxac071DOI Listing
August 2022

Dual risk-aversion programming for regional industrial structure adjustment with water-energy nexus: A case study of Tianjin, China.

Authors:
Yang Zhang Yulei Xie Jincheng Li Zheng Li Yanxiao Liu Jinbo Zhang Zhenghui Fu Huaicheng Guo

J Environ Manage 2022 Sep 1;318:115644. Epub 2022 Jul 1.

College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. Electronic address:

The water-energy nexus (WEN) system is a large-scale complex system that comes with diverse forms of risks owing to many challenges in the process of maintaining economic-resource-environmental sustainability. First, the rapidly increasing demand for water and energy subjects many regions to the high risk of water and energy shortages. Second, decision makers face difficulties in weighing system benefits and loss risks under a series of stricter water-energy policies. To handle the aforementioned dual risks of WEN, in this study we propose copula-based stochastic downside risk-aversion programming (CSDP) for regional water-energy management. CSDP integrates the superiority of the copula analysis method and downside risk-aversion programming into a framework, which can not only reveal the risk interactions between water resources and energy demand by using copula functions under different probability distributions, even previously unknown correlations, but also control economic risk, tackle systemic uncertainties, and provide an effective linkage between system stability and conflicting economic benefits. The proposed model was applied to a water-energy system case study in Tianjin City, China. Optimal solutions for various water resources and energy demand copulas associated with different scenarios and hierarchical risk levels were examined in the CSDP model. The results showed that water resources have a greater influence than energy on industrial structure adjustment in Tianjin, with consequent effects on system benefits, optimal output value schemes, and environmental protection strategies. In addition, the tertiary industry provides a new opportunity for economic growth based on a large amount of water-energy consumption, and its potential resources and water-air pollution risks also deserve extensive attention.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115644DOI Listing
September 2022

Dimensional Transformation of Molecular Magnetic Materials.

Authors:
Yulong Huang Weiyi Gong Gengyi Zhang Zheng Li Haiqing Lin Qimin Yan Shenqiang Ren

ACS Nano 2022 Aug 8. Epub 2022 Aug 8.

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.

Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic layered materials have revolutionized size dependent magnetism to manipulate spin-based devices. However, it has been challenging to artificially create 2D magnetic materials from three-dimensional (3D) crystal structures with a variety of material groups. Here, we present the dimensionality manipulation via cation exchange of a 3D Prussian blue analogue [RbMnFe(CN)] toward a 2D magnetic sheet [(K,Rb)(V,Mn)(Cr,Fe)(CN)] with the magnetic ordering temperature rising from 12 to 330 K. Such a 2D magnetic sheet achieves crystalline V-Cr coordination in the Prussian blue lattice with pronounced anisotropy and stimuli responsiveness. The pressure dependent magnetic tunability of such 2D networks is predicted using first-principles calculations and demonstrated using the phase transitions of the hydrogel. This previously unobserved phenomenon of dimensional manipulation of a bulk crystal structure provides a rational strategy to expand the diversity and chemical compositions of 2D molecular magnetic material libraries.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c06912DOI Listing
August 2022

Changes on the conformational and functional properties of soybean protein isolate induced by quercetin.

Authors:
Yating Zhang Ruiyang Hou Beibei Zhu Guangwei Yin Jian Zhang Wenqi Zhao Junxi Zhang Taoran Li Zifan Zhang Hongwu Wang Zheng Li

Front Nutr 2022 22;9:966750. Epub 2022 Jul 22.

College of Chinese Medicine Pharmaceutical Engineering, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.

The conformational changes and functional properties of SPI induced by quercetin was investigated via fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and molecular docking. A decrease in the fluorescence intensity and a blue shift in the maximum wavelength were observed due to the binding process with fluorescent residues. The analysis of Stern-Volmer equation showed that the fluorescence quenching induced by quercetin took the form of static quenching, and the binding stoichiometry between SPI and quercetin was 1:1. The values of ΔH and ΔS were both positive illustrating that hydrophobic interaction was the primary binding force between quercetin and SPI. Results of FTIR and CD indicated that the binding with quercetin changed the secondary structure of SPI, resulting in a partially unfolded and more flexible structure. SDS-PAGE confirmed there was no covalent interaction between the two constituents. Molecular docking demonstrated that there were stable configurations and high matching degrees in both 11S and 7S proteins with quercetin via hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions. Meanwhile, modification by quercetin enhanced the foaming and emulsifying capacities of SPI. These findings might provide theory reference for elucidation the mechanism of polyphenols-proteins interaction and development of related food additive products in future.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.966750DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9354261PMC
July 2022

Does Abnormal Preoperative Coagulation Status Lead to More Perioperative Blood Loss in Spinal Deformity Correction Surgery?

Authors:
Zheng Li Bin Yu Jianguo Zhang Jianxiong Shen Yipeng Wang Guixing Qiu Xinqi Cheng

Front Surg 2022 22;9:841680. Epub 2022 Jul 22.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

This study aims to analyze the potential association between the preoperative coagulation status and perioperative blood loss in spinal deformity correction surgery. The preoperative coagulation status and estimated blood loss (EBL) during operation, postoperative wound drainage, and allogeneic transfusion during and after operation were recorded and analyzed. Among the 164 patients, 26 had a longer prothrombin time (PT), 13 had a lower fibrinogen level, 55 had a longer activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), and 2 had a longer thrombin time (TT), and the platelet count (PLT) was all normal or higher than the normal level. The mean EBL per surgical level was 77.8 ml (range, 22-267 ml), and the mean drainage per surgical level was 52.7 ml (range, 7-168 ml). Fifty-five patients and 12 patients underwent allogeneic transfusion during and after the operation, respectively. The differences in EBL per surgical level, mean drainage per surgical level, the occurrences of allogeneic transfusion during and after operation between the patients with a longer PT, lower fibrinogen level, longer APTT or longer TT, and the normal controls were not significant (all 's > 0.05). The Spearman correlation analysis showed that there was no correlation between PT, fibrinogen, APTT, TT or PLT with EBL per surgical level, mean drainage per surgical level, or allogeneic transfusion during and after the operation (all 's > 0.05). The abnormal preoperative coagulation status but not hemophilia does not lead to more perioperative blood loss or a higher rate of perioperative allogeneic transfusion in spinal deformity correction surgery.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.841680DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9354489PMC
July 2022

Salvianolic acid B ameliorates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by inhibiting hepatic lipid accumulation and NLRP3 inflammasome in ob/ob mice.

Authors:
Ling-Cui Meng Jia-Yi Zheng Yu-Hui Qiu Li Zheng Jue-Yan Zheng Yu-Qing Liu Xiao-Lu Miao Xin-Yi Lu

Int Immunopharmacol 2022 Aug 3;111:109099. Epub 2022 Aug 3.

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China; Biological Resource Centre, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Lab on Chinese Medicine and Immune Disease Research. Electronic address:

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has high occurrence in the global world, which poses serious threats to human health. Salvianolic acid B (SalB), an extract of the root of Salvia miltiorrhiza, has the protective effect on metabolic homeostasis. However, the mechanism is still unknown. In this study, we used ob/ob mice, a model of NAFLD, to explore the hepatoprotective effects of SalB. The results showed that SalB significantly reduced the body weights and liver weights, and ameliorated plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), triglyceride (TG), hepatic free fatty acid (FFA), total cholesterol (TC) levels, and hepatic TG and TC levels in ob/ob mice. SalB reduced the number of lipid droplets and inhibited hepatic lipogenesis by regulating peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), fatty acid synthase (FASN), stearoyl-Co A desaturase 1 (SCD1), and cluster of differentiation 36 (CD36). Compared to ob/ob mice, the lower expressions of the pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and F4/80, were observed after SalB treatment. Importantly, SalB treatment inhibited the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome and reduced the severity of liver inflammation. Our findings suggested that SalB improved NAFLD pathology in ob/ob mice by reducing hepatic lipid accumulation and NLRP3 inflammasome activation, which might be the potential hepatoprotective mechanism of SalB.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intimp.2022.109099DOI Listing
August 2022

Simultaneous determination and pharmacokinetics study of valsartan, sacubitril and its major metabolite in human plasma, urine and peritoneal dialysis fluid in patients with end-stage renal disease by UPLC-MS/MS.

Authors:
Ying Jin Yi He Xiangjie Di Lisha Fu Xiaohui Qi Runhan Liu Li Zheng Yongsheng Wang Hui Zhong Zhenlei Wang

J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2022 Jul 30;1208:123402. Epub 2022 Jul 30.

Clinical Trial Center/NMPA Key Laboratory for Clinical Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drug, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. Electronic address:

Sacubitril/valsartan was indicated for the treatment of heart failure and hypertension in patients with end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis therapy. Herein, a rapid, sensitive and robust method based on ultra-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) was developed and validated for the determination of the concentrations of valsartan, sacubitril and its major metabolite LBQ657 in plasma, urine and peritoneal dialysis fluid. Samples were extracted from various biological fluids using protein precipitation. Extracts were subjected to UPLC-MS/MS with electrospray ionization in positive-ion mode. The developed method was fully validated over a concentration range of 8.00-8000 ng/mL for valsartan, 2.00-2000 ng/mL for sacubitril and 30.0-30,000 ng/mL for LBQ657 in plasma, 2.00-1000 ng/mL for valsartan, 1.00-500 ng/mL for sacubitril and 20.0-10000 ng/mL for LBQ657 in urine, and 0.200-100 ng/mL for valsartan, 0.0400-20.0 ng/mL for sacubitril and 2.00-1000 ng/mL for LBQ657 in peritoneal dialysis fluid. The intra- and inter-day precisions for all analytes in various matrices were less than 12.3%, and the intra- and inter-day accuracies results were all between 88.0% and 109.2%. All analytes were stable for at least 8 h at room temperature (25°C), five freeze-thaw cycles, and 37 days at -40°C and -80°C in plasma, urine and peritoneal dialysis fluid. In conclusion, this developed method is reliable, sensitive and specific for determining the concentrations of valsartan, sacubitril and LBQ657 in plasma, urine and peritoneal dialysis fluid. The assay was available to pilot the pharmacokinetics study of sacubitril/valsartan in patients with end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis, and it could provide evidence that peritoneal dialysis had an effect on the clearance of sacubitril/valsartan.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchromb.2022.123402DOI Listing
July 2022

BASS: multi-scale and multi-sample analysis enables accurate cell type clustering and spatial domain detection in spatial transcriptomic studies.

Authors:
Zheng Li Xiang Zhou

Genome Biol 2022 Aug 4;23(1):168. Epub 2022 Aug 4.

Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.

Spatial transcriptomic studies are reaching single-cell spatial resolution, with data often collected from multiple tissue sections. Here, we present a computational method, BASS, that enables multi-scale and multi-sample analysis for single-cell resolution spatial transcriptomics. BASS performs cell type clustering at the single-cell scale and spatial domain detection at the tissue regional scale, with the two tasks carried out simultaneously within a Bayesian hierarchical modeling framework. We illustrate the benefits of BASS through comprehensive simulations and applications to three datasets. The substantial power gain brought by BASS allows us to reveal accurate transcriptomic and cellular landscape in both cortex and hypothalamus.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-022-02734-7DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9351148PMC
August 2022

Vitamin C Sensitizes Pancreatic Cancer Cells to Erastin-Induced Ferroptosis by Activating the AMPK/Nrf2/HMOX1 Pathway.

Authors:
Yawen Liu Pu Huang Zheng Li Chunhui Xu Huizhi Wang Baoqing Jia Aihua Gong Min Xu

Oxid Med Cell Longev 2022 19;2022:5361241. Epub 2022 Jul 19.

Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China 212001.

Ferroptosis is a type of regulated cell death that displays a promising therapeutic pathway for drug-resistant tumor cells. However, some pancreatic cancer (PC) cells are less sensitive to erastin-induced ferroptosis, and normal pancreatic cells are susceptible to this newly discovered cell death. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find drugs to enhance the sensitivity of these PC cells to erastin while limiting side effects. Here, we found that the oxidized form of vitamin C-dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) can be transported into PC cells expressing high levels of GLUT1, resulting in ferroptosis. Moreover, pharmacological vitamin C combined with erastin can synergistically induce ferroptosis of PC cells involving glutathione (GSH) reduction and ferrous iron accumulation while inhibiting the cytotoxicity of normal cells. Mechanistically, as a direct system Xc inhibitor, erastin can directly suppress the synthesis of GSH, and the recycling of vitamin C and DHA is performed through GSH consumption, which is denoted as the classical mode. Furthermore, oxidative stress induced by erastin and vitamin C could enhance the expression of HMOX1 via the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) pathway to increase the labile iron level, which is named the nonclassical mode. In vivo experiments showed that erastin and vitamin C can significantly slow tumor growth in PC xenografts. In summary, the combination of erastin and vitamin C exerts a synergistic effect of classical and nonclassical modes to induce ferroptosis in PC cells, which may provide a promising therapeutic strategy for PC.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5361241DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9338737PMC
August 2022

High-content imaging of human hepatic spheroids for researching the mechanism of duloxetine-induced hepatotoxicity.

Authors:
Juan Liu Ruihong Li Tingting Zhang Rui Xue Tingting Li Zheng Li Xiaomei Zhuang Qi Wang Yu Ann Chen Jiahong Dong Youzhi Zhang Yunfang Wang

Cell Death Dis 2022 Aug 1;13(8):669. Epub 2022 Aug 1.

Hepato-pancreato-biliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, 102218, Beijing, China.

Duloxetine (DLX) has been approved for the successful treatment of psychiatric diseases, including major depressive disorder, diabetic neuropathy, fibromyalgia and generalized anxiety disorder. However, since the usage of DLX carries a manufacturer warning of hepatotoxicity given its implication in numerous cases of drug-induced liver injuries (DILI), it is not recommended for patients with chronic liver diseases. In our previous study, we developed an enhanced human-simulated hepatic spheroid (EHS) imaging model system for performing drug hepatotoxicity evaluation using the human hepatoma cell line HepaRG and the support of a pulverized liver biomatrix scaffold, which demonstrated much improved hepatic-specific functions. In the current study, we were able to use this robust model to demonstrate that the DLX-DILI is a human CYP450 specific, metabolism-dependent, oxidative stress triggered complex hepatic injury. High-content imaging analysis (HCA) of organoids exposed to DLX showed that the potential toxicophore, naphthyl ring in DLX initiated oxidative stress which ultimately led to mitochondrial dysfunction in the hepatic organoids, and vice versa. Furthermore, DLX-induced hepatic steatosis and cholestasis was also detected in the exposed EHSs. We also discovered that a novel compound S-071031B, which replaced DLX's naphthyl ring with benzodioxole, showed dramatically lower hepatotoxicities through reducing oxidative stress. Thus, we conclusively present the human-relevant EHS model as an ideal, highly competent system for evaluating DLX induced hepatotoxicity and exploring related mechanisms in vitro. Moreover, HCA use on functional hepatic organoids has promising application prospects for guiding compound structural modifications and optimization in order to improve drug development by reducing hepatotoxicity.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41419-022-05042-xDOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9343405PMC
August 2022

Identification and quality control strategy of impurities in Zhengqing Fengtongning injection.

Authors:
Yuru Chen Le Peng Honggen Wu Chaoliang Jia Yongbo Zhu Ping Qiu Pengfei Tu Zheng Li Wenlong Li

J Pharm Biomed Anal 2022 Jul 27;219:114970. Epub 2022 Jul 27.

College of Pharmaceutical Engineering of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China. Electronic address:

Zhengqing Fengtongning injection is the sterile aqueous solution of Sinomenine Hydrochloride extracted from the root and stem of Sinomenium acutum, and is widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Due to the processes of extraction, separation, purification, preparation and storage, some related impurities might be formed, which may cause side effects on patients. It is important to rapidly separate and identify the related impurities to ensure the safe use of Zhengqing Fengtongning injection. However, there are few literatures about the impurity in Zhengqing Fengtongning injection. In this work, ultra-high performance liquid chromatography- quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTOF/MS) was developed to analyze impurities in both Zhengqing Fengtongning injection and its drug substance, with Sinomenine Hydrochloride as its active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). Six impurities of the Zhengqing Fengtongning injection were found. Structures of impurities 1 and 6 were confirmed by NMR and other impurities were identified from the fragmentation pattern of Sinomenine, the similarity of molecular weight and fragment ions in references. Finally, the HPLC analytical technique was developed to achieve the quantification of impurities 1 and 6. In addition, some reasonable suggestions are put forward on the quality control of Zhengqing Fengtongning injection and its drug substance based on the processes and structural characteristics of the related substances. The technical system established in this paper is helpful to strengthen the quality control of Zhengqing Fengtongning injection and improve production, and can also provide references for the production and quality control of similar drugs.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2022.114970DOI Listing
July 2022

Clavien-Dindo classification and risk prediction model of complications after robot-assisted radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer.

Authors:
Hao Ling Guohui Wang Bo Yi Zheng Li Shaihong Zhu

J Robot Surg 2022 Aug 1. Epub 2022 Aug 1.

The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, People's Republic of China.

Although significant progress has been made with surgical methods, the incidence of complications after minimally invasive surgery in patients with cervical cancer remains high. Established as a standardized system, Clavien-Dindo classification (CDC) has been applied in a variety of surgical fields. This study is designed to evaluate the complications after robot-assisted radical hysterectomy (RRH) for cervical cancer using CDC and further establish a prediction model. This is a study on the development of prediction model based on retrospective data. Patients with cervical cancer who received RRH treatment in our hospital from January 2016 to April 2019 were invited to participate in the study. The demographic data, laboratory and imaging examination results and postoperative complications were collected, and the logistic regression model was applied to analyze the risk factors possibly related to complications to establish a prediction model. 753 patients received RRH. The overall incidence of complications was 32.7%, most of which were grade I and grade II (accounting for 30.6%). The results of multivariate analysis showed that the preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy (OR = 1.693, 95%CI: 1.210-2.370, P = 0.002), preoperative ALT (OR = 1.028, 95%CI: 1.017-1.039, P < 0.001), preoperative urea nitrogen (OR = 0.868, 95%CI: 0.773-0.974, P = 0.016), preoperative total bilirubin (OR = 0.958, 95%CI: 0.925-0.993, P = 0.0.018), and preoperative albumin (OR = 0.937, 95%CI: 0.898-0.979, P = 0.003) were related to the occurrence of postoperative complications. The area under the curve (AUC) of receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) in the prediction model of RRH postoperative complications established based on these five factors was 0.827 with 95% CI of 0.794-0.860. In patients undergoing robot-assisted radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer, preoperative ALT level, urea nitrogen level, total bilirubin level, albumin level, and neoadjuvant chemotherapy were significantly related to the occurrence of postoperative complications. The regression prediction model established on this basis showed good prediction performance with certain clinical promotion and reference value.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11701-022-01450-5DOI Listing
August 2022

Multifunctional chitosan/[email protected] acid cryogels decorated with reduced silver nanoparticles for wound healing.

Authors:
Na Xu Yucheng Yuan Liangping Ding Jiangfeng Li Jiezhi Jia Zheng Li Dengfeng He Yunlong Yu

Burns Trauma 2022 27;10:tkac019. Epub 2022 Jul 27.

Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.

Background: Most traditional wound dressings only partially meet the needs of wound healing because of their single function. Patients usually suffer from the increasing cost of treatment and pain resulting from the frequent changing of wound dressings. Herein, we have developed a mutifunctional cryogel to promote bacterial infected wound healing based on a biocompatible polysaccharide.

Methods: The multifunctional cryogel is made up of a compositive scaffold of chitosan (CS), gelatin (Gel) and tannic acid (TA) and formed silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). A liver bleeding rat model was used to evaluate the dynamic hemostasis performance of the various cryogels. In order to evaluate the antibacterial properties of the prepared cryogels, gram-positive bacterium () and gram-negative bacterium () were cultured with the cryogels for 12 h. Meanwhile, was introduced to cause bacterial infection . After treatment for 2 days, the exudates from wound sites were dipped for bacterial colony culture. Subsequently, the anti-inflammatory effect of the various cryogels was evaluated by western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Finally, full-thickness skin defect models on the back of SD rats were established to assess the wound healing performances of the cryogels.

Results: Due to its porous structure, the multifunctional cryogel showed fast liver hemostasis. The introduced Ag NPs endowed the cryogel with an antibacterial efficiency of >99.9% against both and . Benefited from the polyphenol groups of TA, the cryogel could inhibit nuclear factor-κB nuclear translocation and down-regulate inflammatory cytokines for an anti-inflammatory effect. Meanwhile, excessive reactive oxygen species could also be scavenged effectively. Despite the presence of Ag NPs, the cryogel did not show cytotoxicity and hemolysis. Moreover, experiments demonstrated that the biocompatible cryogel displayed effective bacterial disinfection and accelerated wound healing.

Conclusions: The multifunctional cryogel, with fast hemostasis, antibacterial and anti-inflammation properties and the ability to promote cell proliferation could be widely applied as a wound dressing for bacterial infected wound healing.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/burnst/tkac019DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327735PMC
July 2022

Disruption of REC8 in Meiosis I led to watermelon seedless.

Authors:
Lihong Cao Chuang Li Hewei Li Zheng Wang Yanxin Jiang Yalu Guo Piaoyun Sun Xi Chen Qingqing Li Haoran Tian Zheng Li Li Yuan Junjun Shen

Plant Sci 2022 Jul 26:111394. Epub 2022 Jul 26.

State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. Electronic address:

In triploid watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), the homologous chromosomes of germ cells are disorder during meiosis, resulting in the failure of seeds formation and producing seedless fruit. Therefore, mutating the genes specifically functioning in meiosis may be an alternative way to achieve seedless watermelon. REC8, as a key component of the cohesin complex in meiosis, is dramatically essential for sister chromatid cohesion and chromosome segregation. However, the role of REC8 in meiosis has not yet been characterized in watermelon. Here, we identified ClREC8 as a member of RAD21/REC8 family with a high expression in male and female flowers of watermelon. In situ hybridization analysis showed that ClREC8 was highly expressed at the early stage of meiosis during pollen formation. Knocking out ClREC8 in watermelon led to decline of pollen vitality. After pollinating with foreign normal pollen, the ovaries of ClREC8 knockout lines could inflate normally but failed to form seeds. We further compared the meiosis chromosomes of pollen mother cells in different stages between the knockout lines and the corresponding wild type. The results indicated that ClREC8 was required for the monopolar orientation of the sister kinetochores in Meiosis I. Additionally, transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis between WT and the knockout lines revealed that the disruption of ClREC8 caused the expression levels of mitosis-related genes and meiosis-related genes to decrease. Our results demonstrated ClREC8 has a specific role in Meiosis I of watermelon germ cells, and loss-of-function of the ClREC8 led to seedless fruit, which may provide an alternative strategy to breed cultivars with seedless watermelon.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111394DOI Listing
July 2022

CC chemokine receptor 7 promotes macrophage recruitment and induces M2-polarization through CC chemokine ligand 19&21 in oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Authors:
Wan-Hang Zhou Yao Wang Cong Yan Wei-Dong Du Maged Ali Al-Aroomi Li Zheng Shan-Feng Lin Jia-Xing Gao Sheng Jiang Zeng-Xu Wang Chang-Fu Sun Fa-Yu Liu

Discov Oncol 2022 Jul 29;13(1):67. Epub 2022 Jul 29.

Department of Oral Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Stomatology, China Medical University, Oral Diseases Laboratory of Liaoning, 117 Nanjing North Road, Heping District, Shenyang, 110000, Liaoning, China.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the impact of CC chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) on the recruitment and polarization of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).

Methods: We analyzed CCR7 expression pattern, clinicopathological significance, and its association with M2 macrophage infiltration in OSCC by bioinformatic methods. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) was utilized to silence CCR7 in OSCC cells. Conditioned media (CM) was harvested from transfected OSCC cells to establish a co-culture model of THP-1 derived macrophages and OSCC cells. Transwell assay and cell adhesion assay were performed to examine the effect of CCR7 on macrophages recruitment and adhesion. Cytoskeleton was labelled by phalloidin to observe macrophage morphological changes. Moreover, phenotypic alteration of macrophages was measured using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), flow cytometry, and immunofluorescence (IF) staining. Ultimately, recombinant human CCL19 and CCL21 were added into the medium of THP-1 derived macrophages to explore their effects on polarization in vitro.

Results: In OSCC patients, the overexpression of CCR7 positively correlated with lymph node metastasis and M2 macrophage infiltration. Macrophage not only exhibited enhanced migration, invasion and adhesion abilities, but also appeared more spindle and branched in vitro when treated with CM from OSCC cells. However, these phenomena were abrogated with knockdown of CCR7. We also discovered that inhibition of CCR7 in OSCC cells suppressed TAMs polarization to an M2 phenotype. In addition, recombinant human CCL19 and CCL21 promoted macrophage M2-polarization in vitro.

Conclusion: CCR7 in OSCC cells promoted recruitment and M2-polarization of THP-1 derived macrophages in vitro by regulating production of CCL19 and CCL21.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12672-022-00533-xDOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9338204PMC
July 2022

Ultra high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to ion mobility quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry profiling and unveiling the transformation of ginsenosides by the dual conditions of citric acid and high-pressure steaming.

Authors:
Wei Li Xinlong Wu Mengfan Wu Jiaxin Yin Hui Ding Tong Wu Songtao Bie Fangyi Li Yongzhi He Lifeng Han Wenzhi Yang Xinbo Song Heshui Yu Zheng Li

Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2022 Jul 28:e9363. Epub 2022 Jul 28.

College of Pharmaceutical Engineering of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine No.10 Poyanghu Road, West Tuanbo New Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin, P. R. China.

Rationale: Many methods have been reported to produce rare ginsenosides, including heat treatment, acid hydrolysis, alkaline hydrolysis, enzymatic hydrolysis, and microbial transformation. However, the conversion of original ginsenosides to rare ginsenosides in the dual conditions of citric acid and high-pressure steam sterilization pot was rarely reported.

Methods: In this study, an UHPLC/IM-QTOF-MS method was developed for analysis of chemical transformation of PPT-type ginsenosides Rg , Re, PPD-type ginsenoside Rb and total ginsenosides in the dual conditions of citric acid and high-pressure steam sterilization pot. An internal ginsenoside database containing 126 known ginsenosides and 18 ginsenoside reference compounds was established to identify the transformation products and explore possible transformation pathways and mechanisms.

Results: A total of 54 ginsenosides have been preliminarily identified in the transformation products of PPD-type ginsenosides Rg , Re, PPD-type ginsenoside Rb and total ginsenosides, and the possible transformation pathways were as follows: Rg , Re→20(S)-Rh , 20(R)-Rh ; Rg , Re→20(S)-Rh , 20(R)-Rh →Rk , Rh , Rh ; Rb →gypenoside LXXV; Rb →20(S)-Rg , 20(R)-Rg →Rk , Rg ; Re→20(S)-Rg , 20(R)-Rg →20(S)-Rf , 20(R)-Rf , Rg , F .

Conclusions: The results elucidated the possible transformation pathways and mechanisms of ginsenosides in the dual conditions of citric acid and high-pressure steam sterilization pot, which was helpful to reveal the mechanisms of ginsenosides and enhanced safety and quality control of pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. Meanwhile, as a simple, efficient and practical method was developed for the production of rare ginsenosides, which has the potential to produce diverse rare ginsenosides on an industrial scale.
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July 2022

Discrimination and Characterization of the Volatile Organic Compounds in from Six Regions of China Using HS-GC-IMS and HS-SPME-GC-MS.

Authors:
Chao Li Huiying Wan Xinlong Wu Jiaxin Yin Limin Zhu Hanjiang Chen Xinbo Song Lifeng Han Wenzhi Yang Heshui Yu Zheng Li

Molecules 2022 Jul 8;27(14). Epub 2022 Jul 8.

College of Pharmaceutical Engineering of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the main chemical components of (SS), which have positive effects on the quality evaluation of SS. In this study, HS-SPME-GC-MS (headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry) and HS-GC-IMS (headspace-gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry) were performed to characterize the VOCs of SS from six different regions. A total of 82 VOCs were identified. In addition, this work compared the suitability of two instruments to distinguish SS from different habitats. The regional classification using orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) shows that the HS-GC-IMS method can classify samples better than the HS-SPME-GC-MS. This study provided a reference method for identification of the SS from different origins.
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July 2022

Tailoring thermal insulation architectures from additive manufacturing.

Authors:
Lu An Zipeng Guo Zheng Li Yu Fu Yong Hu Yulong Huang Fei Yao Chi Zhou Shenqiang Ren

Nat Commun 2022 Jul 25;13(1):4309. Epub 2022 Jul 25.

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.

Tailoring thermal transport by structural parameters could result in mechanically fragile and brittle networks. An indispensable goal is to design hierarchical architecture materials that combine thermal and mechanical properties in a continuous and cohesive network. A promising strategy to create such a hierarchical network targets additive manufacturing of hybrid porous voxels at nanoscale. Here we describe the convergence of agile additive manufacturing of porous hybrid voxels to tailor hierarchically and mechanically tunable objects. In one strategy, the uniformly distributed porous silica voxels, which form the basis for the control of thermal transport, are non-covalently interfaced with polymeric networks, yielding hierarchic super-elastic architectures with thermal insulation properties. Another additive strategy for achieving mechanical strength involves the versatile orthogonal surface hybridization of porous silica voxels retains its low thermal conductivity of 19.1 mW mK, flexible compressive recovery strain (85%), and tailored mechanical strength from 71.6 kPa to 1.5 MPa. The printed lightweight high-fidelity objects promise thermal aging mitigation for lithium-ion batteries, providing a thermal management pathway using 3D printed silica objects.
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July 2022

Single-cell transcriptome atlas of the human corpus cavernosum.

Authors:
LiangYu Zhao Sha Han HengChuan Su JianYing Li ErLei Zhi Peng Li ChenCheng Yao RuHui Tian HuiXing Chen HuiRong Chen JiaQiang Luo ChenKun Shi ZhiYong Ji JianLin Hu Gang Wu WeiDong Zhou YuXin Tang YuZhuo Chen GuiTing Lin Tom F Lue DengLong Wu Zheng Li

Nat Commun 2022 Jul 25;13(1):4302. Epub 2022 Jul 25.

Department of Andrology, the Center for Men's Health, Urologic Medical Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China.

The corpus cavernosum is the most important structure for penile erection, and its dysfunction causes many physiological and psychological problems. However, its cellular heterogeneity and signalling networks at the molecular level are poorly understood because of limited access to samples. Here, we profile 64,993 human cavernosal single-cell transcriptomes from three males with normal erection and five organic erectile dysfunction patients. Cell communication analysis reveals that cavernosal fibroblasts are central to the paracrine signalling network and regulate microenvironmental homeostasis. Combining with immunohistochemical staining, we reveal the cellular heterogeneity and describe a detailed spatial distribution map for each fibroblast, smooth muscle and endothelial subcluster in the corpus cavernosum. Furthermore, comparative analysis and related functional experiments identify candidate regulatory signalling pathways in the pathological process. Our study provides an insight into the human corpus cavernosum microenvironment and a reference for potential erectile dysfunction therapies.
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July 2022

Okazaki fragment maturation: DNA flap dynamics for cell proliferation and survival.

Authors:
Haitao Sun Lingzi Ma Ya-Fang Tsai Tharindu Abeywardana Binghui Shen Li Zheng

Trends Cell Biol 2022 Jul 22. Epub 2022 Jul 22.

Department of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA. Electronic address:

Unsuccessful processing of Okazaki fragments leads to the accumulation of DNA breaks which are associated with many human diseases including cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Recently, Okazaki fragment maturation (OFM) has received renewed attention regarding how unprocessed Okazaki fragments are sensed and repaired, and how inappropriate OFM impacts on genome stability and cell viability, especially in cancer cells. We provide an overview of the highly efficient and faithful canonical OFM pathways and their regulation of genomic integrity and cell survival. We also discuss how cells induce alternative error-prone OFM processes to promote cell survival in response to environmental stresses. Such stress-induced OFM processes may be important mechanisms driving mutagenesis, cellular evolution, and resistance to radio/chemotherapy and targeted therapeutics in human cancers.
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July 2022

Cadmium exposure is associated with testosterone levels in men: A cross-sectional study from the China National Human Biomonitoring.

Authors:
Yidan Qiu Yuebin Lv Miao Zhang Saisai Ji Bing Wu Feng Zhao Yingli Qu Qi Sun Yanbo Guo Yuanduo Zhu Xiao Lin Xulin Zheng Zheng Li Hui Fu Yawei Li Haocan Song Yuan Wei Liang Ding Guangdi Chen Ying Zhu Zhaojin Cao Xiaoming Shi

Chemosphere 2022 Jul 21;307(Pt 2):135786. Epub 2022 Jul 21.

China CDC Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health, National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; Department of Big Data in Health Science, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address:

Background: Sex hormone disorders can cause adverse health consequences. While experimental data suggests that cadmium (Cd) disrupts the endocrine system, little is known about the link between Cd exposure and sex hormones in men.

Methods: We measured blood cadmium (B-Cd), urine cadmium (U-Cd), serum testosterone and serum estradiol in men aged ≥18 years old participating in the China National Human Biomonitoring program, from 2017 to 2018. Urine cadmium adjusted for creatinine (Ucr-Cd) and the serum testosterone to serum estradiol ratio (T/E) were calculated. The association of Cd exposure to serum testosterone and T/E in men was analyzed with multiple linear regression models.

Results: Among Chinese men ≥18 years old, the weighted geometric mean (95% CI) of B-Cd and Ucr-Cd levels were 1.23 (1.12-1.35) μg/L and 0.53 (0.47-0.59) μg/g, respectively. The geometric means (95% CI) of serum testosterone and T/E were 18.56 (17.92-19.22) nmol/L and 143.86 (137.24-150.80). After adjusting for all covariates, each doubling of B-Cd level was associated with a 5.04% increase in serum testosterone levels (β = 0.071; 95%CI: 0.057-0.086) and a 4.03% increase in T/E (β = 0.057; 95%CI: 0.040-0.075); similar findings were found in Ucr-Cd.

Conclusions: In Chinese men, Cd may be an endocrine disruptor, which is positively associated with serum testosterone and T/E.
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July 2022

Longitudinal Associations among Machiavellianism, Popularity Goals, and Adolescents' Cyberbullying Involvement: The Role of Gender.

Authors:
Michelle F Wright Sebastian Wachs Zheng Huang Shanmukh V Kamble Shruti Soudi Fatih Bayraktar Zheng Li Li Lei Chang Shu

J Genet Psychol 2022 Jul 22:1-12. Epub 2022 Jul 22.

Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.

Drawing on the social-ecological perspective, this longitudinal study investigated the potential moderating effect of gender in the relationships among Machiavellianism, popularity goals, and cyberbullying involvement (i.e. victimization, perpetration) among adolescents from China, Cyprus, India, and the United States. There were 2,452 adolescents ( = 14.85; = .53; 13-16 years old; 49.1% girls) from China, Cyprus, India, and the United States included in this study. They completed surveys on Machiavellianism, popularity goals, and cyberbullying victimization and perpetration during the fall of 2014 (Time 1). One year later, during the fall of 2015, adolescents completed surveys on cyberbullying victimization and perpetration. Findings revealed that Machiavellianism and popularity goals were both associated positively with Time 2 cyberbullying victimization and perpetration for all adolescents. The associations between Machiavellianism and Time 2 cyberbullying perpetration and between popularity goals and Time 2 cyberbullying perpetration were stronger for Chinese and Indian boys than girls. Opposite patterns were found for popularity goals and Time 2 cyberbullying perpetration for adolescents from the United States. Gender did not moderate any of the associations for Cypriot adolescents or for Time 2 cyberbullying victimization. The social-ecological perspective provides a useful understanding of how various contexts influence bullying.
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July 2022

T3 alleviates neuroinflammation and reduces early brain injury after subarachnoid haemorrhage by promoting mitophagy via PINK 1-parkin pathway.

Authors:
Hanxiao Chang Chao Lin Zheng Li Yuqi Shen Guangjian Zhang Lei Mao Chencheng Ma Ning Liu Hua Lu

Exp Neurol 2022 Jul 19;357:114175. Epub 2022 Jul 19.

Department of Neurosurgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital and Nanjing Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital, China. Electronic address:

Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a common and devastating complication of haemorrhagic stroke. SAH is characterised by high mortality rates, permanent disabilities, and is often caused by the rupture of intracranial aneurysms. Low serum triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations have been associated with severe SAH and poor prognosis. T3 has been previously described as an inhibitor of lung fibrosis, and it acts by stimulating autophagy and mitophagy. Here, we indicated in vitro that T3 treatment suppressed neuronal apoptosis by reducing the release of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) decrease. Moreover, this preventative effect was reversed by PINK 1-siRNA treatment. We showed that in vivo T3 treatment promoted mitophagy, decreased microglial activation, alleviated neuroinflammation, and reduced neuronal apoptosis following SAH. Overall, this thyroid hormone (TH) exerts a protective effect on neurones after SAH via the PINK 1/PARKIN pathway. Considering the protective function of TH against neuronal damage, further research can establish TH treatment as a promising and effective therapeutic option for early brain injury (EBI) after SAH.
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July 2022

Micro-Hand Robot-Assisted Versus da Vinci Robot-Assisted Cholecystectomy: A Multi-centre, Randomized Controlled Trial.

Authors:
Guohui Wang Bo Yi Zheng Li Liyong Zhu Lin Hao Yijia Zeng Shaihong Zhu

World J Surg 2022 Jul 20. Epub 2022 Jul 20.

Department of General Surgery, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 138 Tongzipo Lu, Yuelu Qu, Changsha, 410000, Hunan, China.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of micro-hand robot-assisted cholecystectomy (MRC) by comparing the clinical outcomes of patients with benign gallbladder disease treated with micro-hand or da Vinci robot-assisted cholecystectomy (DRC).

Methods: This is a prospective, multi-centre, single-blind, and randomized controlled trial. In this study, 166 patients of benign gallbladder disease were randomized enrolled into two groups and received MRC or DRC (83 in the MRC group; 83 in the DRC group). The primary endpoint was surgical success rate. Secondary endpoints were the docking time, console time, total operation time, intraoperative blood loss, gallbladder breakage rate, postoperative pain, time of first flatus, the comprehensive complication index (CCI), and the hospital stay of the subjects. The duration of follow-up was 30 days.

Results: No conversion occurred. Compared with MRC, the DRC group showed longer docking time (12.04 min vs. 16.39 min, P = 0.025) and higher gallbladder breach rate (4.8% vs. 15.7%, P = 0.021). The MRC group showed higher postoperative pain scores compared to DRC (4.0 vs 3.0, P = 0.038). The console time, intraoperative blood loss, and gallbladder breach rate were comparable in these two groups (P > 0.05). No differences were observed in postoperative outcomes and complications between the two groups (P > 0.05).

Conclusions: In patients with benign gallbladder disease, the MRC showed no obvious clinical disadvantage compared with the da Vinci surgical robot. MRC is effective and safe and provides more options for surgical treatment.

Trial Registration: This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04122261). URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04122261.
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July 2022

Disrupted neural tracking of sound localization during non-rapid eye movement sleep.

Authors:
Yan Wang Lingxi Lu Guangyuan Zou Li Zheng Lang Qin Qihong Zou Jia-Hong Gao

Neuroimage 2022 Jul 16;260:119490. Epub 2022 Jul 16.

Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institution of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; National Biomedical Imaging Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. Electronic address:

Spatial hearing in humans is a high-level auditory process that is crucial to rapid sound localization in the environment. Both neurophysiological models with animals and neuroimaging evidence from human subjects in the wakefulness stage suggest that the localization of auditory objects is mainly located in the posterior auditory cortex. However, whether this cognitive process is preserved during sleep remains unclear. To fill this research gap, we investigated the sleeping brain's capacity to identify sound locations by recording simultaneous electroencephalographic (EEG) and magnetoencephalographic (MEG) signals during wakefulness and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep in human subjects. Using the frequency-tagging paradigm, the subjects were presented with a basic syllable sequence at 5 Hz and a location change that occurred every three syllables, resulting in a sound localization shift at 1.67 Hz. The EEG and MEG signals were used for sleep scoring and neural tracking analyses, respectively. Neural tracking responses at 5 Hz reflecting basic auditory processing were observed during both wakefulness and NREM sleep, although the responses during sleep were weaker than those during wakefulness. Cortical responses at 1.67 Hz, which correspond to the sound location change, were observed during wakefulness regardless of attention to the stimuli but vanished during NREM sleep. These results for the first time indicate that sleep preserves basic auditory processing but disrupts the higher-order brain function of sound localization.
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July 2022

Vacuum ultraviolet photodissociation of OCS the 2Σ state: the S(D) elimination channel.

Authors:
Zheng Li Hong Liao Wenshao Yang Xueming Yang Shengrui Yu

Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022 Jul 27;24(29):17870-17878. Epub 2022 Jul 27.

Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou, 311231, Zhejiang Province, P. R. China.

The photodissociation of OCS is necessary to model the primary photochemical processes of OCS in the global cycling of sulfur and interstellar photochemistry. Here, by combining the time-sliced velocity-map ion imaging technique with the single vacuum ultraviolet photon ionization method, we have studied the CO(Σ, ) + S(D) photoproduct channel from the OCS photodissociation the eight different vibrational resonances ( = 1-8) in the 2Σ(, 1, 0) ← XΣ(0, 0, 0) band. From the measured S(D) images, the wavelength-dependent CO(Σ, ) vibrational state populations have been obtained in the wavelength range of 142.98-154.37 nm. The majority of the CO(Σ, ) photoproducts are shown to abruptly populate from low vibrational states to high vibrational states as the photolysis wavelength decreases from 152.38 to 148.92 nm. The anisotropy parameters () for the CO(Σ, ) + S(D) channel have also been determined from the images of the S(D) photoproducts. It is found that the vibrational state-specific -values present a similar decreasing trend with increasing CO vibrational excitation for all the eight vibrational resonances of OCS*(2Σ). These observations indicate that there is a possibility that more than one non-adiabatic dissociation pathways with different dissociation lifetimes are involved in the formation of CO(Σ) + S(D) photoproducts from the initial vibronic levels of the 2Σ state to the final dissociative state.
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July 2022

[Construction of knowledge base of Chinese medicine manufacturing].

Authors:
Qi-Long Xue Bei-Xuan Wang Kun-Hong Miao Xiao-Ding Li Yang Yu Zheng Li

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2022 Jun;47(12):3402-3408

College of Pharmaceutical Engineering of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Tianjin 301617, China State Key Laboratory of Component Traditional Chinese Medicine Tianjin 301617, China Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine Tianjin 301617, China.

Chinese medicine pharmaceutical industry is in the process of digital and intelligent transformation. Intelligent methods are required for efficient analysis and mining of the valuable information in the history data including literature data, pharmaceutical big data, and expert knowledge. Therefore, it is urgent to establish a knowledge-driven intelligent system of pharmaceutical technologies of Chinese medicine for efficient supplying of high-quality Chinese medicinal products. The present study proposed the construction method of the knowledge base of Chinese medicine manufacturing, which was preliminarily established from literature mining, case-based reasoning, and real-time prediction based on vacuum belt drying process optimization. Integrating the technologies(such as deep learning, case-based reasoning, and simulation modeling), pharmaceutical mechanisms, and big data, the knowledge base of Chinese medicine manufacturing can realize knowledge automation and scientific decision-making. It provides an example for upgrading from experience-based manufacturing to intelligent Chinese medicine manufacturing.
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June 2022

Risk of device-related thrombosis following short-term oral anticoagulation with low-dose dabigatran versus warfarin after Watchman left atrial appendage occlusion.

Authors:
Heng Ge Chi Zhang Zhi-Qing Qiao Zi-Yong Hao Zheng Li Zhi-Chun Gu Li-Sheng Jiang Ben He Jun Pu

Sci Prog 2022 Jul-Sep;105(3):368504221113194

Department of Cardiology, Ren Ji Hospital, 71140Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Background: Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) provides an alternative for poor candidates for long-term oral anticoagulation (OAC). To prevent device-related thrombosis (DRT), OAC should be continued for the first 45 days to allow complete endothelialization post-LAAO implantation. Whereas, evidence is limited on the feasibility and safety of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) used after LAAO.

Methods: This was a retrospective observational single-center study of AF patients undergoing LAAO with a Watchman device and receiving either low-dose dabigatran (110mg twice daily) or warfarin in the peri- and post-procedural period for 45 days. Transesophageal echocardiography was scheduled to perform at 6 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months after the procedure to assess the stability of the device and to detect DRT. Incidence of thromboembolic and bleeding events were also evaluated during the follow-up period.

Results: There were a total of 84 patients who successfully underwent Watchman implantation, with 38 patients (45.2%) receiving low-dose dabigatran and 46 patients (54.8%) using warfarin post-LAAO. Peri-procedural complications occurred in 10 patients, with 3 patients in the dabigatran group and 7 patients in the warfarin group (7.9% vs. 15.2%,  = 0.30). During the 12-month follow-up, 1 patient experienced major bleeding and 16 patients suffered minor bleeding in the warfarin group, while 5 patients treated with dabigatran had minor bleeding (34.8% vs. 13.2%,  = 0.02). Besides, 6 DRT (15.8%) were detected in dabigatran groups, and the incidence was higher than in the warfarin group (15.8% vs. 2.2%,  = 0.03). No DRT-related ischemic events were found.

Conclusions: This study suggested that short-term low-dose dabigatran (110 mg twice daily) could significantly decrease the risk of bleeding compared with warfarin at the expense of increased risk of DRT post-LAAO. Therefore, low-dose dabigatran should be used with caution for post-implant anticoagulation of LAAO. Further studies are urgently needed on the feasibility and safety of DOACs post-LAAO.
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July 2022

Three-Component One-Pot Construction of 2-Aryl-4-benzo[4,5]thiazolo[3,2-]pyrimidines Using Solid Calcium Carbide as a Surrogate of Gaseous Acetylene.

Authors:
Zeshuai Zhang Zhiqiang Wang Zheng Li

Org Lett 2022 Jul 17;24(29):5491-5496. Epub 2022 Jul 17.

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730070, People's Republic of China.

A concise method for the construction of 2-aryl-4-benzo[4,5]thiazolo[3,2-]pyrimidines using solid calcium carbide instead of gaseous acetylene as an alkyne source and 2-aminobenzothiazoles and aromatic aldehydes as substrates through one-pot three-component cascade reactions is described. The salient features for this protocol are the use of an inexpensive and easy-to-handle alkyne source, noble-metal-free condition, wide substrate scope and functional tolerance, satisfactory yield, and simple workup procedure.
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July 2022

The E3 Ligase TRIM4 Facilitates SET Ubiquitin-Mediated Degradation to Enhance ER-α Action in Breast Cancer.

Authors:
Dianwen Han Lijuan Wang Li Long Peng Su Dan Luo Hanwen Zhang Zheng Li Bing Chen Wenjing Zhao Ning Zhang Xiaolong Wang Yiran Liang Yaming Li Guohong Hu Qifeng Yang

Adv Sci (Weinh) 2022 Jul 17:e2201701. Epub 2022 Jul 17.

Department of Breast Surgery, General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China.

Estrogen receptor alpha (ER-α) action is critical for hormone-dependent breast cancer, and ER-α dysregulation can lead to the emergence of resistance to endocrine therapy. Here, it is found that TRIM4 is downregulated in tamoxifen (TAM)-resistant breast cancer cells, while the loss of TRIM4 is associated with an unfavorable prognosis. In vitro and in vivo experiments confirm that TRIM4 increased ER-α expression and the sensitivity of breast cancer cells to TAM. Mechanistically, TRIM4 is found to target SET, and TRIM4-SET interactions are mediated by the RING and B-box domains of TRIM4 and the carboxyl terminus of SET. Moreover, it is determined that TRIM4 catalyzed the K48-linked polyubiquitination of SET (K150 and K172), promoting its proteasomal degradation and disassociation from p53 and PP2A. Once released, p53 and PP2A are able to further promote ESR1 gene transcription and enhance mRNA stability. Moreover, univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analyses confirm that TRIM4 expression is an independent predictor of overall survival and recurrence-free survival outcomes in patients with ER-α positive breast cancer. Taken together, the data highlights a previously undiscovered mechanism and suggest that TRIM4 is a valuable biomarker that can be analyzed to predict response to endocrine therapy in breast cancer patients.
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July 2022
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