Publications by authors named "Hong-Na Li"

Objective: This study investigated relationships between Neuropeptide Y levels and severity of psychiatric symptoms in first-episode schizophrenia patients, and explore the sexual heterogeneity in them.

Methods: We recruited 115 first-episode schizophrenia patients and 58 matched healthy controls, and measured serum Neuropeptide Y levels of them at baseline and again after 10 weeks of risperidone treatment in patient group. Patients were also evaluated with the Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS) to reveal the severity of symptoms.

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Antibiotics are widely used in animal husbandry, planting, and aquaculture in agricultural industries. A large amount of the parent antibiotics used are released into the environment through discharge via feces and urine, posing potential risks to human health and ecosystems. It is thus very important to understand how antibiotics in the agricultural environment threaten the ecological environment and human health.

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  • V. parahaemolyticus is a pathogen mainly found in seafood but can also be present in other foods like dairy products, making it important to detect its harmful toxins.
  • The study focuses on creating a method to identify thermostable direct hemolysins (TDHs) using HPLC-ESI-TOF, confirming the technique's effectiveness through specific detection and quantitation limits.
  • This research aims to establish a reliable tool for monitoring TDHs contamination in food samples, ultimately benefiting food safety regulations.
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Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) secreted by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) can cause foodborne disease, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and even death. Regulation of SE expression is related to accessory gene regulators (Agr).

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Oxidative stress is an important pathogenic factor in ulcerative colitis (UC) and colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC), further impairing the entire colon. Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) are crucial components of innate immunity and play an important role in maintaining intestinal barrier function. Recent studies have indicated that microRNA-222-3p (miR-222-3p) is increased in colon of UC and colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, and miR-222-3p is a crucial regulator of oxidative stress.

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Antibiotic residues in farmland soils resulting from the application of livestock manure poses risks to the soil and water ecology associated with the spread of antibiotic resistance, thereby threatening environmental safety and human health. Here, a leaching experiment was carried out using soil(CK-T), pig manure(PM-T), cow manure(CM-T), and chicken manure(CHM-T) with the addition of tetracyclines(tetracycline, oxytetracycline, and chlortetracycline) and a control group(without antibiotics). The effects of different sources of manure on soil physical and chemical indicators and bacterial abundance under simulated leaching conditions were studied, while the migration of tetracyclines in the different treatments were also determined.

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Objective: Cognitive impairment is prevalent in schizophrenia. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor which is released into the circulation under stress or inflammation, is associated with cognition and also plays an important role in immunity. However, no study has investigated the relationship between macrophage migration inhibitory factor and cognitive function in first-episode schizophrenia patients at baseline or after treatment.

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The contribution of crop planting to agricultural non-point source pollution should not be underestimated in China. Although many modern technologies have been developed to prevent non-point source pollution in recent decades, their impacts on pollution control in farmland are far from expectation. The application of technologies for non-point source pollution control for crop farming has been delayed due to unclear technical parameters and application effectiveness.

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  • The Hengduan Mountains are a biodiversity hotspot known for their unique alpine plant variety, particularly the Cushion willow (Salix brachista).
  • Researchers conducted a study on this species to understand the genetic diversity, population structure, and evolutionary patterns by analyzing genomes from various locations.
  • They discovered that isolated habitats and fluctuating population sizes since the late Miocene have influenced population divergence, which may contribute to the overall high species diversity in the region.
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Based on the typical greenhouse vegetable production system in Siping City, Jilin Province, 124 soil samples were collected from greenhouse soils growing vegetables (GSGV), fields growing maize (FGM), and forest soil (FS) under different land utilization patterns. In addition, other samples including greenhouse vegetables (81), fertilizers (50), and irrigation water (10) were also collected in the studied region. To illustrate the accumulation characteristics of heavy metals in GSGV and greenhouse vegetables, the heavy metal content of different samples was measured using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) technology.

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Staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) was the major virulence factor of Staphylococcus aureus and a biomarker of S. aureus. To establish a fast, low cost, high accuracy, reliable, and simple method for detecting S.

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  • A new, fast and easy method was developed to measure crocin, crocetin, and geniposide in products like soft drinks, pastries, and instant noodles using ultrasound-assisted extraction and liquid chromatography.
  • The method showed high accuracy with strong correlation coefficients (over 0.995), and low limits of detection and quantitation for each compound in the samples tested.
  • This validated technique revealed varying average concentrations of the compounds in the collected samples from Beijing, providing useful data for regulatory oversight of gardenia yellow pigments in food.
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A bovine serum albumin (BSA)-monolayer-based probe carrier platform is shown to improve the performance of a conventional thiolated single-stranded DNA probe self-assembled-monolayer-based electrochemical DNA hybridization biosensor. A detection limit of 0.5 fM can be obtained in a very reproducible manner (relative standard deviation <5%), along with high specificity.

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An ultrasensitive electrochemical impedance spectroscopic deoxyribonucleic acid biosensor has been developed based on the conformational change of the deoxyribonucleic acid recognition interface with lodging probes. Pairing process leads to desorption of deoxyribonucleic acid bases from the gold surface, leading to a significant change of the interfacial conformation and the charge transfer resistance. Remarkably low detection limits down to 40 fM are thus obtained without any additional amplification step.

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