Publications by authors named "Jiajing Wu"

Background: Existing literature supports the efficacy of PAOO in augmenting alveolar bone volume and facilitating orthodontic tooth movement. However, there is a paucity of literature addressing its application in the treatment of adults with skeletal Class III malocclusion. This retrospective clinical study aimed to compare the clinical efficacy of camouflage orthodontic treatment combined with and without PAOO in adult patients presenting with skeletal Class III malocclusion.

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Introduction: Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are stages 2 and 3, respectively, of the Alzheimer's continuum. The Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-cog's) ten-words recall test is a validated method for the early detection of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease. However, limited studies have investigated its ability to differentiate between SCD and MCI.

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Background: Apolipoproteins and cortical morphology are closely associated with memory complaints, and both may contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Objective: To examine whether apolipoprotein B (ApoB), apolipoprotein A-1 (ApoA1), and their ratio (ApoB/ApoA1) are associated with cortical morphology in patients with memory complaints.

Methods: Ninety-seven patients underwent neuropsychological testing, measurements of ApoB, ApoA1, ApoB/ApoA1, plasma Alzheimer's biomarker, apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotyping, and 3T structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) scans.

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Recently, chiral organic-inorganic hybrid metal halides have attracted considerable interest as promising multifunctional materials, benefiting from their diverse structures and tunable photophysical properties. Herein, by introducing the chiral ligand methylbenzylamine (-/-MBA) and alloying Sn cation, a series of tellurium-based halides -/ ( = 0, 0.125, 0.

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Aluminum (Al) stress is a dominant obstacle for plant growth in acidic soil, which accounts for approximately 40-50% of the world's potential arable land. The identification and characterization of Al stress response (Al-SR) genes in , rice, and other plants have deepened our understanding of Al's molecular mechanisms. However, as a crop sensitive to acidic soil, only eight Al-SR genes have been identified and functionally characterized in maize.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to noninvasively explore the glymphatic system (GS) in glioma and its association with glioma characteristics and prognosis by using diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space (ALPS).

Methods: In the period from April 2015 to November 2021, all patients with pathologically confirmed unihemispheric glioma who had not undergone surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or stereotactic biopsy; who did not have severe brain deformation; who had undergone preoperative conventional and advanced whole-brain diffusion-weighted imaging; and whose data were available and uncompromised were included in this study. Age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs) who had undergone diffusion-weighted imaging were also included.

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Background: Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and caudate nucleus volume alterations have been linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD), but their relationship remains unclear under the context of subjective cognitive decline (SCD).

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between EDS and caudate nucleus volume in patients with SCD.

Methods: The volume of entire brain was measured in 170 patients with SCD, including 37 patients with EDS and 133 non-EDS, from the Sino Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Decline (SILCODE).

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Understanding the mechanism of cancer immune surveillance is crucial for precision medicine and effective immunotherapy. We report here that ZNF408, encoded by a gene linked to familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) and autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (RP), is physically associated with the SETD1A/COMPASS complex mediating histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methylation in breast cancer cells. Integrative epigenomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal that ZNF408 and SETD1A share overlapped chromatin landscape and coordinately activate a cohort of genes, among which is critical in innate immune responses.

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The lack of fat in yogurt can lead to alterations in taste and whey separation, reducing consumer acceptance. In this study, the feasibility of enhancing the quality of skim milk yogurt through a combination of transglutaminase (TG) and protein-glutaminase (PG) was investigated. The combination of TG and PG resulted in simultaneous cross-linking and deamidation of CN micelles, with PG deamidation taking priority over TG cross-linking, leading to higher solubility and lower turbidity of milk proteins compared with TG alone.

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Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is often accompanied by sleep disturbances, impacting patients' quality of life. While repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) shows promise in improving self-reported sleep quality, its effects on objective sleep architecture in PD remain understudied. Sleep disturbances, including rapid eye movement (REM) and slow-wave sleep disturbances, correlate with cognitive decline and motor symptoms.

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Designing and synthesizing multifunctional hybrid copper halides with near ultraviolet (NUV) light-excited high-energy emission (<500 nm) remains challenging. Here, a pair of broadband-excited high-energy emitting isomers, namely, α-/β-(MePhP)CuI (MePhP=methyltriphenylphosphonium), were synthesized. α-(MePhP)CuI with blue emission peaking at 475 nm is firstly discovered wherein its structure contains regular [CuI] triangles and crystallizes in centrosymmetric space group P2/c.

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The potential application of stimuli-responsive hybrid copper halides in information storage and switch devices has generated significant interest. However, their transformation mechanism needs to be further studied deeply. Herein, two zero-dimensional (0D) organic-inorganic hybrids, namely, (TBA)CuBr () with linear [CuBr] units and (TBA)CuBr () with [CuBr] clusters (TBA = (CH)N), are synthesized using simple solvent evaporation approaches.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to create deep learning models utilizing four-dimensional computed tomography angiography (4D-CTA) images to automatically detect large vessel occlusions (LVO) that lead to acute ischemic strokes.
  • A total of 239 patients (104 with LVO and 105 without) were used to build and validate the models, with a focus on combining data from different 4D-CTA phases for improved diagnosis.
  • The best performing model achieved high accuracy and sensitivity rates, proving effective in alerting radiologists, thereby enhancing the speed of LVO diagnosis.
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2D WSe-based electronic devices have received much research interest. However, it is still a challenge to achieve high electronic performance in WSe-based devices. In this work, we report greatly enhanced performances of different thickness WSe ambipolar transistors and demonstrate homogeneous WSe inverter devices, which are obtained by using a semiconductor processing-compatible layer removal technique chemical removal of the surface top WO layer formed by O plasma treatment.

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Introduction: Hepatitis E virus (HEV), with heightened virulence in immunocompromised individuals and pregnant women, is a pervasive threat in developing countries. A globaly available vaccine against HEV is currently lacking.

Methods: We designed a multi-epitope vaccine based on protein ORF2 and ORF3 of HEV using immunoinformatics.

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Protein glutaminase (PG), originating from can catalyze the deamidation of glutamine residues in plant proteins into glutamic acid, thus enhancing its functional properties. However, the low yield of PG limits its industrial production. In this study, the yield of PG in TM1040 increased by 121 %, up to 7.

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Regarding the extensive global attention to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that constitutes an international public health emergency, pseudovirus neutralization assays have been widely applied due to their advantages of being able to be conducted in biosafety level 2 laboratories and having a high safety factor. In this study, by adding a blue fluorescent protein (AmCyan) gene to the HIV system pSG3-△env backbone plasmid I and truncating the C-terminal 21 amino acids of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S), high-titer SARS-CoV-2-Sdel21-AmCyan fluorescent pseudovirus was successfully packaged. The fluorescent pseudovirus was used to establish a neutralization assay in a 96-well plate using 293T cells stably transfected with the AF cells.

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SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals underscore the threat posed by continuous mutating variants, such as Omicron, to vaccine-induced immunity. This necessitates the search for broad-spectrum immunogens capable of countering infections from such variants. This study evaluates the immunogenicity relationship among SARS-CoV-2 variants, from D614G to XBB, through Guinea pig vaccination, covering D614G, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, BA.

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Chiral organic-inorganic hybrid metal halides are a promising class of nonlinear-optical materials with unique optical properties and flexible crystal structures. However, the structures and properties of chiral hybrid tellurium halides, especially second harmonic generation (SHG), have not been reported. Here, by introducing chiral organic molecule (/)-methylbenzylammonium (/-MBA), we synthesized a pair of novel zero-dimensional (0D) chiral tellurium-based hybrid halides with noncentrosymmetric space group 2, (/-MBA)TeCl ().

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Herein, we successfully synthesized a stable copper iodide hybrid with a 0D structure, (CHP)CuI, in which [CuI] dimers with a short Cu-Cu distance (2.64 Å) are isolated and surrounded by [CHP] organic cations. Bright broadband yellow emission (576 nm) featuring a wide excitation range from 240 to 450 nm was achieved, along with a large Stokes shift (211 nm), long-lived lifetime (1.

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Imaging and identifying target signatures and biomedical markers in the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum is broadly important to medical imaging, military target tracking, remote sensing, and industrial automation. However, current silicon-based imaging sensors are fundamentally limited because of the rapid absorption and attenuation of UV light, hindering their ability to resolve UV spectral signatures. Here, we present a bioinspired imaging sensor capable of wavelength-resolved imaging in the UV range.

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Regulator of chromosome condensation domain-containing protein 1 (RCCD1), previously reported as a partner of histone H3K36 demethylase KDM8 involved in chromosome segregation, has been identified as a potential driver for breast cancer in a recent transcriptome-wide association study. We report here that, unexpectedly, RCCD1 is also localized in mitochondria. We show that RCCD1 resides in the mitochondrial matrix, where it interacts with the mitochondrial contact site/cristae organizing system (MICOS) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to regulate mtDNA transcription, oxidative phosphorylation, and the production of reactive oxygen species.

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