Publications by authors named "Guo-Qi Xu"
Chronic liver disease or repeated damage to hepatocytes can give rise to hepatic fibrosis. Hepatic fibrosis (HF) is a pathological process of excessive sedimentation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins such as collagens, glycoproteins, and proteoglycans (PGs) in the hepatic parenchyma. Changes in the composition of the ECM lead to the stiffness of the matrix that destroys its inherent mechanical homeostasis, and a mechanical homeostasis imbalance activates hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) into myofibroblasts, which can overproliferate and secrete large amounts of ECM proteins.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFungal Diversity in the Soil of the Root System on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Front Microbiol
February 2022
Article Synopsis
- Swainonine-producing endophytic fungi are significant poisonous weeds negatively affecting grasslands in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, contributing to grassland degradation.
- * The study involved sequencing the Internally Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region of soil fungal communities to analyze their diversity and relationship with soil physical and chemical properties, finding diversity influenced mainly by soil pH and organic matter.
- * The detection of swainonine-producing fungi in the root system soil suggests a potential horizontal spread, and a stable core flora network may help this fungus become a dominant species in alpine ecosystems.
Background: Kinesin (KIN) as a motor protein is a versatile nano-machine and involved in diverse essential processes in plant growth and development. However, the kinesin gene family has not been identified in watermelon, a valued and nutritious fruit, and yet their functions have not been characterized. Especially, their involvement in early fruit development, which directly determines the size, shape, yield and quality of the watermelon fruit, remains unclear.
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