Occurrence of Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus in Cucurbit Plants in China.

In August 2022, melon (), cucumber () and luffa () plants showed virus-like symptoms characteristic of geminiviruses (yellowish green, mosaic patterns and severe curling of leaves, short internodes, and stunting) in 10 greenhouses in Fengxian district and 20 greenhoues in Jiading district of Shanghai, China. Fifty symptomatic leaf samples were randomly collected: 28 from melon, 17 from cucumber, and 5 from luffa. To investigate the etiology of the observed disease, total DNA and RNA was extracted via a DNA extraction kit (Tiangen, Not: DP350) and TRIzol reagent (Sigma-Aldrich, Not: T9424), respectively.

Concurrence of novel mutations causing Gilbert's and Dubin-Johnson syndrome with poor clinical outcomes in a Han Chinese family.

Dual-hereditary jaundice (Dubin-Johnson syndrome (DJS) and Gilbert's syndrome (GS)) is a rare clinical entity resulting from defects of the ATP binding cassette subfamily C member 2 (ABCC2) and UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A1 (UGT1A1) genes with autosomal recessive inheritance. In this study, we aimed to investigate the mutation profiles and characterize the phenotypes in a Han Chinese family with DJS and GS. Genetic screening for variants in the ABCC2 and UGT1A1, immunohistochemistry for expression of ABCC2, and histopathological examination were carried out.

Corrigendum: Xanthomatous Hypophysitis: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review.

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Solitary vaginal paraganglioma with mature sacrococcygeal teratoma: a rare case report.

Background: Vaginal paraganglioma are rare, atypical, solitary tumors which originate from the female genital tract. Sacrococcygeal teratoma are also rare neoplasms which derive from one (or more) primordial germ cell layers. Here we report a unique case of vaginal paraganglioma with sacrococcygeal teratoma.

The association of the heterogeneity of HBV reverse transcriptase quasispecies with antiviral efficacy after treatment with nucleos(t)ide analogues for 10 years.

To assess the heterogeneity of HBV reverse transcriptase (RT) quasispecies during 10 years of antiviral therapy and their association with antiviral efficacy. Nineteen patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection receiving nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) were enrolled. Based on the antiviral efficacy after 1 year of treatment, 5 patients were grouped into an early virologic response (EVR) group, while 8 patients were grouped into a late virologic response (LVR) group.

Long Noncoding RNA CCAT1 Functions as a Competing Endogenous RNA to Upregulate ITGA9 by Sponging MiR-296-3p in Melanoma.

Background: Melanoma is aggressive and lethal melanocytic neoplasm, and its incidence has increased worldwide in recent decades. Accumulating evidence has showed that various long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) participated in occurrence of malignant tumors, including melanoma. The present study was designed to investigate function of lncRNA colon cancer-associated transcript-1 (CCAT1) in melanoma.

XRCC3 T241M polymorphism and melanoma skin cancer risk: A meta-analysis.

Although the T241M polymorphism in the X-ray cross-complementing group 3 (XRCC3) gene has been implicated in the pathogenesis of melanoma, the results have been inconsistent. In this study, a meta-analysis was performed to assess the association of XRCC3 T241M polymorphism with melanoma. Published literature from PubMed and Embase databases was retrieved.

[Pathological grading analysis of liver biopsies in chronic hepatitis B virus carriers of different age ranges].

Objective: To study the best time of taking liver biopsy for chronic HBV carriers of age ranges and then guiding antiretroviral treatment.

Method: The liver biopsy pathologic results of 292 cases of chronic HBV carriers were collected from the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical College. The patients were divided into three groups according to ages.

Calcium water treatment residue reduces copper phytotoxicity in contaminated sandy soils.

Calcium water treatment residue (Ca-WTR), an industrial by-product, was found to be effective in decreasing Cu availability in contaminated soils and transport to the environment. In this study, a greenhouse study was conducted to test the ability of Ca-WTR to reduce the toxicity and uptake of Cu by ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.

Effects of lead and zinc mining contamination on bacterial community diversity and enzyme activities of vicinal cropland.

In the process of mining activity, many kinds of heavy metals enter into soils with dust, causing serious contamination to the environment. In this study, six soils were sampled from cropland at different distances from a lead/zinc mine in Heilongjiang Province, China. The total contents of lead and zinc in the vicinal cropland exceeded the third level of environmental quality standard for soil in China, which indicated that soils in this area were moderately contaminated.

Immobilization of copper in contaminated sandy soils using calcium water treatment residue.

Chemical remediation has attracted increasing attention for heavy metal contaminated soils because of its relatively low cost and high efficiency. In this study laboratory incubation and column leaching experiments were conducted to understand the mechanisms of copper (Cu) immobilization by calcium water treatment residue (Ca-WTR) and to estimate the optimal rate for remediating Cu-contaminated soils. The results showed that Ca-WTR amendment significantly raised soil pH and decreased water soluble and exchangeable Cu by 62-90% in the contaminated soils.

Kinetic analysis and modeling of daptomycin batch fermentation by Streptomyces roseosporus.

In this study, Streptomyces roseosporus was subjected to helium-neon (He-Ne) laser (632.8 nm) irradiation to improve the production ability of extracellular antibiotic daptomycin. Under the optimum irradiation dosage of 18 mW for 22 min, a stable positive mutant strain S.

Resveratrol restores lysophosphatidylcholine-induced loss of endothelium-dependent relaxation in rat aorta tissue coinciding with inhibition of extracellular-signal-regulated protein kinase activation.

To investigate whether resveratrol could restore the lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC)-induced loss of endothelium-dependent relaxation in in vitro cultured rat aorta tissue, first the effect of resveratrol on the loss of EDR was examined in this preparation. The results showed that resveratrol effectively attenuated the inhibition of LPC (10 μM) on both endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) in a concentration-dependent manner (1, 10, 100 μM). In addition, resveratrol inhibited elevated K+-induced vascular contracture, but had no significant effects on ACh (1 μM)-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation (EDR).

Modified Si-Miao-San extract inhibits the release of inflammatory mediators from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated mouse macrophages.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Modified Si-Miao-San (mSMS) is a prescription modified from Si-Miao-San which is an ancient Chinese prescription used to treat various ailments.

Aim Of The Study: Modified Si-Miao-San (mSMS) has been used for the treatment of infectious and inflammatory disorders in the clinic. This study was aimed to investigate its anti-inflammatory activity and underlying mechanism at cellular and molecular levels.

Performance of a novel vertical-flow settler: a comparative study.

By increasing particle concentration and G value (root-mean-square velocity gradient) to enhance flocculation, a novel vertical-flow settler was designed to increase sedimentation effectiveness, and to simultaneously improve operational stabilization. Due to the gradual decrease in upward flow-rate of raw water, a flocs blanket would form and suspend in the middle section of the settler, not at the bottom as in a conventional clarifier. Enough large flocs, resulted from flocculation or filtration, would continuously settle out of the flocs blanket, and simultaneously, the flocs in raw water or those forming above the blanket would ceaselessly enter the flocs blanket.

[Electrochemical hydrodehalogenation of pentachloraphenol in aqueous solution by porous titanium loaded Pd cathode].

A study on electrochemical hydrodehalogenation of pentachloraphenol in aqueous solutions was conducted on porous titanium loaded Pd cathode and the operational parameters were investigated. Chloride ions and phenol is the main products analyzed by GC-MS. Up to 100% electrochemical hydrodehalogenation can be achieved with more than 90% conversion to phenol.

[Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate from drinking water by porous titanium loaded Pd-Cu cathode].

We investigated performances as well as influencing factors of electrocatalytic denitrification of a porous titanium loaded Pd-Cu (4:1) cathode, from drinking water. Up to 96.9% of NO3(-)-N may be reduced to N2 with electrocatalytic activity as 16.

Phosphate removal from aqueous solutions using raw and activated red mud and fly ash.

The effect of acidification and heat treatment of raw red mud (RM) and fly ash (FA) on the sorption of phosphate was studied in parallel experiments. The result shows that a higher efficiency of phosphate removal was acquired by the activated samples than by the raw ones. The sample prepared by using the RM stirred with 0.

Evaluation of Al30 polynuclear species in polyaluminum solutions as coagulant for water treatment.

Polyaluminum coagulant with a content of 76.8% of Al30 (PACAl30) was prepared. Its coagulation behaviors were compared with high Al13 content polyaluminum coagulant (PACAl13) and AlCl3.

[Relationship between genetic lineage and pathotype of Pyricularia grisea in Yunnan Plateau].

Rice blast caused by Pyricularia grisea is the most destructive disease in Yunnan Plateau, China. In order to elucidate the relationship between genetic lineage and pathotype of P. grisea of Yunnan Plateau as well as the variability of the fungus at DNA level,the repetitive element-based PCR (rep-PCR) of Pot2, an element found in approximately 100 copies in the fungus genome,was exploited.