Publications by authors named "Chen Cao"

Objective: To analyze the relationship between Chemokine IP10 and its receptor CXCR3 during prion infection.

Methods: We investigated the increases in IP10 signals, primarily localized in neurons within the brains of scrapie-infected mice, using western blotting, ELISA, co-immunoprecipitation, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence assays, and RT-PCR.

Results: Both CXCR3 levels and activation were significantly higher in the brains of scrapie-infected mice and prion-infected SMB-S15 cells.

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  • - The study analyzes the global sharing of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences from 2020 to 2023, focusing on China's participation in terms of quantity, timeliness, and quality of shared data.
  • - From 2020 to 2023, European nations led in data sharing, while China improved notably in 2023, ranking highly for the amount (top 3.89%), timeliness (22.78%), and quality (17.78%) of genome sharing.
  • - The findings highlight China's advancements in comprehensive genome coverage, with a notable increase in data from older populations, emphasizing the importance of data sharing for effective pandemic responses.
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Among type I photosensitizers, stable organic radicals are superior candidate molecules for hypoxia-overcoming photodynamic therapy. However, their wide applications are limited by complicated preparation processes and poor stabilities. Herein, a nitroxide radical was simply synthesized by introducing a commercially available "TEMPO" moiety.

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Transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) has successfully identified numerous complex disease susceptibility genes in the post-genome-wide association study (GWAS) era. Over the past 3 years, the focus of TWAS algorithms has shifted from merely identifying associations to understanding how single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) regulate gene expression, with a growing emphasis on incorporating fine-mapping techniques. Additionally, the rapid increase in GWAS summary statistics, driven largely by the UK Biobank and other consortia, has made it essential to update our webTWAS resource.

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Three mononuclear Dy compounds [DyL(PhSiO)][BPh]·MeCN·2HO (), [DyL(PhSiO)][BPh]·CHOH·HO (), and [DyL(PhSiO)(OAc)][BPh]·CHOH·3HO () and their corresponding Y diluted analogues [DyYL(PhSiO)][BPh]·MeCN·2HO (), [DyYL(PhSiO)][BPh]·CHOH·HO (), and [DyYL(PhSiO)(OAc)][BPh]·CHOH·3HO () were synthesized with hexaazamacrocyclic Schiff base ligands as an equatorial ligand. The substituents in the equatorial hexaazamacrocyclic Schiff base ligand show a significant effect on the replacement of the axial ligands. Compounds , , and are typical zero dc field single-molecule magnets with effective energy barriers () of 1092(6), 946.

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With the increase in mining depth and intensity, dynamic disasters such as rockburst in mines are becoming more severe. Deep resource extraction is characterized by a high in-situ stress geological environment, closely associated with geological dynamic disasters. However, there is currently no quantitative analysis method for the correlation between the two.

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Background: Through its extensive connection with the cortex, the thalamus constitutes the hub of cortico-subcortical circuits and participants in multi-dimensional functions. However, the differential involvements of thalamic functional connectivity in chronic capsular and pontine stroke are still unknown.

Methods: The research recruited 66 left-lesion chronic stroke patients, including 46 capsular strokes (CS) and 20 pontine stroke (PS) patients, and 67 normal controls (NC).

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Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders characterized by neuron damage and loss. Growth-associated protein 43 (GAP43) functions in neuronal plasticity and synaptic function, but its role in prion diseases is not fully elucidated. In this study, we investigated the changes of GAP43 in the central nerve system (CNS) of several prion-infected rodent models and explored the potential relationship of GAP43 with PrP deposit and neuron loss using various methods.

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Toxicity is paramount for comprehending compound properties, particularly in the early stages of drug design. Due to the diversity and complexity of toxic effects, it became a challenge to compute compound toxicity tasks. To address this issue, we propose a multimodal representation learning model, termed multimodal graph isomorphism network (MMGIN), to address this challenge for compound toxicity multitask learning.

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Background: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is an acute brain injury caused by sudden occlusion of a blood vessel. Endovascular therapy is the most effective way to restore blood flow. However, despite the restoration of blood flow in some patients, their clinical prognosis often remains unsatisfactory.

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  • The text discusses the importance of a shared genetic basis in understanding complex traits and highlights the absence of comprehensive resources for accessible summary statistics.
  • It introduces GWAShug, a standardized platform that offers a best-practice pipeline for analyzing shared genetic information, featuring methods at both trait and molecular levels.
  • GWAShug provides access to 539 quality-controlled GWAS summary statistics for various populations, allows users to search and visualize genetic data interactively, and includes a module for analyzing custom summary statistics, all available for free online.
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To accurately estimate the 6D pose of objects, most methods employ a two-stage algorithm. While such two-stage algorithms achieve high accuracy, they are often slow. Additionally, many approaches utilize encoding-decoding to obtain the 6D pose, with many employing bilinear sampling for decoding.

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Controlling the packing of olefinic molecules in crystals is essential for triggering solid-state [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reactions and the synthesis of photocontrolled smart materials. Herein, we report the stepwise photodimerization-triggered photopolymerization of two triene coordination polymers (CPs), {[Zn(2-BBA)(tpeb)]·0.5CHCN} (, 2-HBBA = 2-bromobenzoic acid, tpeb = 1,3,5-tri-4-pyridyl-1,2-ethenylbenzene) and {[Zn(3-BBA)(tpeb)]·CHCN)} (, 3-HBBA = 3-bromobenzoic acid).

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  • - The study aimed to determine the blood type of a patient with conflicting ABO blood typing results using serological and molecular methods.
  • - Serological testing revealed that the patient had a rare Bel subtype blood type, while genetic analysis showed specific variations in the ABO gene that corresponded with this subtype.
  • - The findings indicated that the genetic variations identified are inherited and contribute to the Bel subtype in the patient's blood group.
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Deficiency of endogenous hydrogen peroxide and insufficient intracellular acidity are usually two important factors limiting chemodynamic therapy (CDT). Here we report a glutathione-responsive nanomedicine that can provide a suitable environment for CDT by inhibiting dual-enzymes simultaneously. The nanomedicine is constructed by encapsulation of a novel hydrogen sulfide donor in nanomicelle assembled by glutathione-responsive amphiphilic polymer.

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CH has become the most attractive fuel for solid oxide fuel cells due to its wide availability, narrow explosion limit range, low price, and easy storage. Thus, we present the concept of on-cell reforming via SOFC power generation, in which CH and CO can be converted into H and the formed H is electrochemically oxidized on a Ni-BZCYYb anode. We modified the porosity and specific surface area of a perovskite reforming catalyst via an optimized electrostatic spinning method, and the prepared LCMN nanofibers, which displayed an ideal LaMnO-type perovskite structure with a high specific surface area, were imposed on a conventional Ni-BZCYYb anode for on-cell CH reforming.

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  • Ascorbic acid (AA) is essential for human health, and there's a need for effective ways to detect it rapidly and on-site.
  • A new fluorescent organic compound named HBTBC has been developed, capable of detecting Fe ions and linear amines through fluorescence changes, and has a low detection limit of 0.015 μM.
  • A stable metal-organic framework called JXUST-39 has been created, which can selectively detect AA in biological fluids with a detection limit of 0.077 μM, utilizing a fluorescence enhancement mechanism and has been adapted for portable detection methods.
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Cistrome-wide association studies (CWAS) are pivotal for identifying genetic determinants of diseases by correlating genetically regulated cistrome states with phenotypes. Traditional CWAS typically develops a model based on cistrome and genotype data to associate predicted cistrome states with phenotypes. The random effect cistrome-wide association study (RECWAS), reevaluates the necessity of cistrome state prediction in CWAS.

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Research on drug-drug interaction (DDI) prediction, particularly in identifying DDI event types, is crucial for understanding adverse drug reactions and drug combinations. This work introduces a Bidirectional Recurrent Neural Network model for DDI event type prediction (BiRNN-DDI), which simultaneously considers structural relationships and contextual information. Our BiRNN-DDI model constructs drug feature graphs to mine structural relationships.

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With the shift of coal seam mining to the deep, the in-situ stress of coal and rock mass increases gradually. High ground stress can limit the generation of rock cracks caused by blasting, and blasting usually shows different crushing states than low stress conditions. In order to study the blasting expansion rule of rock mass with cavity under high ground stress and the rock mass fracture state under different side stress coefficients.

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Gene expression plays a pivotal role in various diseases, contributing significantly to their mechanisms. Most GWAS risk loci are in non-coding regions, potentially affecting disease risk by altering gene expression in specific tissues. This expression is notably tissue-specific, with genetic variants substantially influencing it.

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  • Human prion diseases (PrD) are fatal, transmissible neurodegenerative conditions, including CJD and vCJD, that have raised global health concerns, especially following the BSE outbreak.
  • A comprehensive analysis from 1993 to 2020 of PrD case numbers was conducted using data from various international surveillance programs, revealing a growing trend in reported cases worldwide.
  • The findings showed over 27,000 PrD cases, predominantly in higher-income countries, highlighting a lack of surveillance in many low-income nations, suggesting underreporting of these diseases globally.
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In recent years, the application of single-cell transcriptomics and spatial transcriptomics analysis techniques has become increasingly widespread. Whether dealing with single-cell transcriptomic or spatial transcriptomic data, dimensionality reduction and clustering are indispensable. Both single-cell and spatial transcriptomic data are often high-dimensional, making the analysis and visualization of such data challenging.

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