Publications by authors named "Ailin Chen"

Reactive carbonyl species (RCS) are important biomarkers of oxidative stress-related diseases because of their highly reactive electrophilic nature. Despite their potential as triggers for prodrug activation, selective labeling approaches for RCS remain limited. Here, we utilized triphenylphosphonium groups to chemoselectively capture RCS via an aqueous Wittig reaction, forming α,β-unsaturated carbonyls that enable further functionalization.

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  • Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are emerging as a key therapeutic strategy, but synthesizing multi-functional PROTACs is complex due to traditional methods being limited to two-component reactions.
  • Researchers developed a new multi-component assembly method using strain-promoted alkyne-nitrone cycloaddition (SPANC), which allows for the creation of more complex structures, including trifunctional PROTACs.
  • This innovative approach not only aids in targeted protein degradation but also enhances the ability to develop biological probes and control PROTAC activity through added functional moieties.
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  • Hemangioblastoma is a rare type of spinal cord tumor, making up only 1-5% of such cases, particularly notable in this report is the cervical intradural extramedullary hemangioblastoma without Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, which has never been documented in China before.
  • A 53-year-old male presented with symptoms including mild right hemiplegia, and imaging confirmed the tumor at the cervical spine; pre-surgery angiography helped minimize bleeding during the complete resection of the tumor.
  • Post-surgery, the patient showed improved motor and sensory functions, and pathology confirmed the tumor type; findings aligned with literature indicating combined surgical approaches are best for managing this rare condition while reducing risks associated with
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  • The study investigates how pH levels (3.0-10.0) affect the structure and emulsification properties of tilapia protein isolate (TPI), focusing on its stability in emulsions.
  • Findings indicate that TPI achieves better solubility and emulsifying abilities when pH is away from its isoelectric point (around pH 5.0), with enhanced emulsion stability observed at both acidic (pH 3.0) and alkaline (pH 10.0) conditions.
  • The research highlights the relationship between the protein's secondary structure, particularly the transformation of α-helix to β-sheet, and emulsion stability, suggesting that maintaining specific pH levels can improve TPI emuls
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Euarthropods are an extremely diverse phylum in the modern, and have been since their origination in the early Palaeozoic. They grow through moulting the exoskeleton (ecdysis) facilitated by breaking along lines of weakness (sutures). Artiopodans, a group that includes trilobites and their non-biomineralizing relatives, dominated arthropod diversity in benthic communities during the Palaeozoic.

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Objective: To characterize the gas production phenomenon in the animal model of left ventricular assist device (LVAD), and study its mechanism.

Methods: An bubble precipitation experiment was conducted, and the blood samples of Parma spp. animals were divided into ordinary group and oxygen-enriched group according to whether they were oxygenated or not at the time of blood collection, and a static control group was set up respectively.

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Lobopodians represent a key step in the early history of ecdysozoans since they were the first animals to evolve legs within this clade. Their Cambrian representatives share a similar body plan with a typically cylindrical annulated trunk and a series of non-jointed legs. However, they do not form a monophyletic group and likely include ancestors of the three extant panarthropod lineages (Tardigrada, Onychophora, Euarthropoda).

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Green and low-carbon development is an important part of global sustainable development. Green power trading provides strong support and assurance for promoting green and low-carbon development. Due to the long cycle of green power data chains and their susceptibility to malicious tampering, the integrity and traceability of data are difficult to guarantee.

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Background: Keyhole surgery has been widely used to clip various intracranial aneurysms. Here, the feasibility of microsurgical clipping of multiple intracranial aneurysms via the keyhole approach was further investigated.

Methods: The clinical data of 80 patients with multiple intracranial aneurysms treated with keyhole surgery were retrospectively analyzed.

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With the swift advancement of cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT), to address the issue of massive data storage, IoT devices opt to offload their data to cloud servers so as to alleviate the pressure of resident storage and computation. However, storing local data in an outsourced database is bound to face the danger of tampering. To handle the above problem, a verifiable database (VDB), which was initially suggested in 2011, has garnered sustained interest from researchers.

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AURKA is an established target for cancer therapy; however, the efficacy of its inhibitors in clinical trials is hindered by differential response rates across different tumor subtypes. In this study, we demonstrate AURKA regulates amino acid synthesis, rendering it a vulnerable target in KEAP1-deficient non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Through CRISPR metabolic screens, we identified that KEAP1-knockdown cells showed the highest sensitivity to the AURKA inhibitor MLN8237.

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Purpose: To investigate the correlation between tumor volume reduction rate (TVRR) and prognosis in patients with diverse clinical types of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) undergoing chemoradiotherapy, thereby aptly categorizing risks and directing the personalized treatment of NPC.

Materials And Methods: A total of 605 NPC patients with varying clinical types were enrolled in this study and subsequently segregated into six subgroups based on their clinical types and TVRR. To accentuate the efficacy of grouping, Groups 1-6 underwent clustered analysis of hazard atio (HR) values pertaining to progression-free survival (PFS), forming three risk clusters denoted as low, intermediate, and high.

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The late Ediacaran Jiangchuan biota, from the Dengying Formation in eastern Yunnan, is well-known for its diverse macroalgal fossils, opening a window onto eukaryotic-dominated ecosystems from the late Neoproterozoic of South China. Although multiple lines of evidence suggest that metazoans had already evolved by the late Ediacaran, animal fossils have not yet been formally described from this locality. Here, we report a putative disc-shaped macrofossil from the Jiangchuan biota, gen.

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Objective: To investigate the therapeutic effect of intra-arterial microguidewire electrocoagulation on intracranial vascular diseases.

Methods: Data from 10 patients with cerebral aneurysms between May 2018 and September 2022 were analysed. Patients were treated with endovascular coil embolisation and microguidewire electrocoagulation.

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Detecting visual features in the environment is crucial for animals' survival. The superior colliculus (SC) is implicated in motion detection and processing, whereas how the SC integrates visual inputs from the two eyes remains unclear. Using in vivo electrophysiology, we show that mouse SC contains many binocular neurons that display robust ocular dominance (OD) plasticity in a critical period during early development, which is similar to, but not dependent on, the primary visual cortex.

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Drought monitoring is crucial for assessing and mitigating the impacts of water scarcity on various sectors and ecosystems. Although traditional drought monitoring relies on soil moisture data, remote sensing technology has have significantly augmented the capabilities for drought monitoring. This study aims to evaluate the accuracy and applicability of two temperature vegetation drought indices (TVDI), TVDI and TVDI, constructed using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) vegetation indices for drought monitoring.

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Objective: In this study, we evaluated the role of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) in clinical practice for cervical cancer by analyzing the development of a single-case multidisciplinary consultation for cervical cancer.

Methods: Patients in MDT consultations for cervical cancer were retrospectively analyzed for clinical information, decision content of MDT discussion, implementation, and follow-up results.

Results: Of the 392 patients who met the inclusion criteria, 359 had a first episode, of which 284 were stage IA-IIA2 (79.

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Tian . (Research Articles, 8 July 2022, abm2708) hypothesized that yunnanozoans are stem-group vertebrates on the basis of "cellular cartilage", "fibrillin microfibers", and "subchordal rod" associated with the branchial arches of yunnanozoans. However, we reject the presence of cellular cartilage, fibrillin, and the phylogenetic proposal of vertebrate affinities based on ultrastructure and morphology of yunnanozoans from more than 8000 specimens.

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Cancer cell receives extracellular signal inputs to obtain a stem-like status, yet how tumor microenvironmental (TME) neural signals steer cancer stemness to establish the hierarchical tumor architectures remains elusive. Here, a pan-cancer transcriptomic screening for 10852 samples of 33 TCGA cancer types reveals that cAMP-responsive element (CRE) transcription factors are convergent activators for cancer stemness. Deconvolution of transcriptomic profiles, specification of neural markers and illustration of norepinephrine dynamics uncover a bond between TME neural signals and cancer-cell CRE activity.

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  • * The study introduces a method for analyzing protein expression differences between neighboring cells using photocaged molecules and photomasks to manipulate conditions.
  • * Results reveal distinct protein profiles between targeted cells and their surrounding bystanders, enhancing tools for understanding how intercellular differences arise.
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Objectives: This study aimed to discuss the clinical characteristics and emergent endovascular treatment of carotid cavernous fistulas presenting as intracranial hemorrhage.

Methods: The clinical data of five patients with carotid cavernous fistulas, who presented with intracranial hemorrhage and who were admitted from January 2010 to April 2017, were analyzed retrospectively, and the diagnoses were confirmed by head computed tomography. Digital subtraction angiography was carried out in all the patients for the diagnosis and further emergent endovascular procedures.

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The diagnosis and classification of soft tissue sarcomas (STS) remain challenging because of the rarity and overlapping morphologic manifestations of diverse STS subtypes. Characteristic gene fusions are commonly detected in STS and represent useful diagnostic markers. This study established and validated a custom-designed RNA sequencing panel that identified 64 gene fusions in STS.

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Objectives: Sarcopenia is associated with significantly higher mortality risk, and earlier detection of sarcopenia has remarkable public health benefits. However, the model that predicts sarcopenia in the community has yet to be well identified. The study aimed to develop a nomogram for predicting the risk of sarcopenia and compare the performance with 3 sarcopenia screen models in community-dwelling older adults in China.

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Forest fires are one of the significant disturbances in forest ecosystems. It is essential to extract burned areas rapidly and accurately to formulate forest restoration strategies and plan restoration plans. In this work, we constructed decision trees and used a combination of differential normalized burn ratio (dNBR) index and OTSU threshold method to extract the heavily and mildly burned areas.

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