MaEIL4-MaMADS36-MaACS7 module transcriptionally regulates ethylene biosynthesis during banana fruit ripening.

The present research examined the regulatory function of MaEIL4 in the ripening process of banana. The findings demonstrated that MaEIL4 is a transcription factor with activity in the nucleus. The transient modulation of MaEIL4 expression in banana fruit slices has been found to exert a significant impact on maturation, either enhancing or inhibiting its progression, as shown by phenotype and endogenous gene expression, and were coexpressed in bananas.

Hi-SAM: Marrying Segment Anything Model for Hierarchical Text Segmentation.

The Segment Anything Model (SAM), a profound vision foundation model pretrained on a large-scale dataset, breaks the boundaries of general segmentation and sparks various downstream applications. This paper introduces Hi-SAM, a unified model leveraging SAM for hierarchical text segmentation. Hi-SAM excels in segmentation across four hierarchies, including pixel-level text, word, text-line, and paragraph, while realizing layout analysis as well.

Lung Cancer Biomarkers Associated with Increased Peripheral Arterial Stiffness in Middle-aged Chinese Adults.

Aims: Previous evidence suggests that serum lung cancer biomarkers are associated with inflammatory conditions; however, their relationship with peripheral arterial stiffness remains unclear. Therefore, the present study investigated the relationship between serum lung cancer biomarkers and peripheral arterial stiffness in middle-aged Chinese adults.

Methods: In total, 3878 middle-aged Chinese adults were enrolled in this study.

Identification and analysis of lignin biosynthesis genes related to fruit ripening and stress response in banana ( L. AAA group, cv. Cavendish).

Background: Lignin is a key component of the secondary cell wall of plants, providing mechanical support and facilitating water transport as well as having important impact effects in response to a variety of biological and abiotic stresses.

Results: In this study, we identified 104 genes from ten enzyme gene families related to lignin biosynthesis in genome and found the number of gene family was the largest, while s had only two members. s retained the original members, and the number of s in lignin biosynthesis was significantly less than that of flavonoids.

MaDREB1F confers cold and drought stress resistance through common regulation of hormone synthesis and protectant metabolite contents in banana.

Adverse environmental factors severely affect crop productivity. Improving crop resistance to multiple stressors is an important breeding goal. Although ss extensively participate in plant resistance to abiotic stress, the common mechanism underlying s that mediate resistance to multiple stressors remains unclear.

Elucidating the role of MaBAM9b in starch degradation.

Banana is a typical starch conversion fruit. The high content of starch at harvest is quickly digested and converted to soluble sugars during the postharvest ripening process, ultimately contributing to fruit flavor. This process is regulated in a complex manner by genes and environmental factors.

Genome-Wide Analysis of the Banana WRKY Transcription Factor Gene Family Closely Related to Fruit Ripening and Stress.

WRKY transcription factors (TFs) play an important role in plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress as well as in plant growth and development. In the present study, bioinformatics methods were used to identify members of the WRKY transcription factor family in the (DH-Pahang) genome (version 2). A total of 164 were identified and phylogenetic analysis showed that MaWRKYs could be categorized into three subfamilies.

FCL-Net: Towards accurate edge detection via Fine-scale Corrective Learning.

Integrating multi-scale predictions has become a mainstream paradigm in edge detection. However, most existing methods mainly focus on effective feature extraction and multi-scale feature fusion while ignoring the low learning capacity in fine-level branches, limiting the overall fusion performance. In light of this, we propose a novel Fine-scale Corrective Learning Net (FCL-Net) that exploits semantic information from deep layers to facilitate fine-scale feature learning.

Overexpression of a Banana Aquaporin Gene Enhances Tolerance to Multiple Abiotic Stresses in Transgenic Banana and Analysis of Its Interacting Transcription Factors.

Aquaporins can improve the ability of plants to resist abiotic stresses, but the mechanism is still not completely clear. In this research, overexpression of in banana improved tolerance to multiple stresses. The transgenic plants resulted in lower ion leakage and malondialdehyde content, while the proline, chlorophyll, soluble sugar, and abscisic acid (ABA) contents were higher.

Association of serum uric acid with biventricular myocardial dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background And Aims: Increased serum uric acid (SUA) is common in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and is associated with left ventricular (LV) myocardial dysfunction. Nonetheless the association of SUA with right ventricular (RV) function in T2DM has not been studied. This study aimed to investigate the association of SUA with biventricular myocardial function in patients with T2DM.

Genome-Wide Identification and Transcript Analysis of TCP Gene Family in Banana (Musa acuminata L.).

Plant-specific TEOSINTE-BRANCHED1/CYCLOIDEA/PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR1 (TCP) gene family has versatile functions in diverse aspects of plants. However, less research on banana TCPs was done comprehensively. Accordingly, 48 banana TCP genes were characterized on aspects of gene structure, conserved motifs, phylogenetic relationship, and expression patterns.

Identification and expression of the BAHD family during development, ripening, and stress response in banana.

The BAHD family is involved in different biological roles in plants, including secondary metabolite synthesis, improving abiotic/biotic stress resistance, and influencing fruit quality. However, the knowledge about BAHD in banana, an important fruit crop, is limited. In this study, 46 banana BAHD genes (MaBAHDs) were identified and divided into four groups according to phylogenetic analysis.

Characteristics of banana B genome MADS-box family demonstrate their roles in fruit development, ripening, and stress.

MADS-box genes are critical regulators of growth and development in flowering plants. Sequencing of the Musa balbisiana (B) genome has provided a platform for the systematic analysis of the MADS-box gene family in the important banana ancestor Musa balbisiana. Seventy-seven MADS-box genes, including 18 type I and 59 type II, were strictly identified from the banana (Pisang Klutuk Wulung, PKW, 2n = 2x = 22) B genome.

Relation of infection to peripheral arterial stiffness and 10-year cardiovascular risk in subjects with diabetes mellitus.

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the relation of HP infection to peripheral arterial stiffness and 10-year cardiovascular risk in diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods: DM subjects who underwent the C13-breath test were enrolled and divided into DMHP+ and DMHP- groups. Peripheral arterial stiffness was measured using brachial to ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV).

[Effect of catgut implantation at "Yingxiang"(LI20) on lower airway remodeling in allergic rhinitis rats].

Objective: To observe the effect of catgut implantation at "Yingxiang"(LI20) on lower airway remodeling and levels of osteopon-tin (OPN) protein in allergic rhinitis (AR) rats, so as to reveal its mechanisms underlying improvement of AR.

Methods: Male SD rats were randomly divided into control, model and catgut implantation groups, with 10 rats in each group. The AR model was established by intraperitoneal injection and nasal drip of ovalbumin.

Molecular identification of the key starch branching enzyme-encoding gene and its interacting transcription factors in banana fruits.

Starch branching enzyme (SBE) has rarely been studied in common starchy banana fruits. For the first time, we report here the molecular characterization of seven () and six () genes in the banana A- and B-genomes, respectively, which could be classified into three distinct subfamilies according to genome-wide identification. Systematic transcriptomic analysis revealed that six s and six s were expressed in the developing banana fruits of two different genotypes, BaXi Jiao (BX, AAA) and Fen Jiao (FJ, AAB), among which and were highly expressed.

Genome-Wide Analysis of Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors to Elucidate Candidate Genes Related to Fruit Ripening and Stress in Banana ( L. AAA Group, cv. Cavendish).

The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins are a superfamily of transcription factors (TFs) that can bind to specific DNA target sites, playing a central role in a wide range of metabolic, physiological, and developmental processes in higher organisms. However, no systemic analysis of bHLH TFs has been reported in banana, a typical climacteric fruit in tropical and subtropical regions. In our study, 259 MabHLH TF genes were identified in the genome of (A genome), and phylogenetic analysis indicated that these MabHLHs could be classified into 23 subfamilies with the bHLHs from rice and .

ASTS: A Unified Framework for Arbitrary Shape Text Spotting.

Arbitrary shape text spotting remains a challenging computer vision task. In this paper, we propose an end-to-end trainable unified framework for arbitrary shape text spotting to overcome the limitations inherent in the existing methods. Specifically, we propose to perceive and understand text based on different levels of semantics, i.

Genomic and Transcriptional Analysis of Banana Ovate Family Proteins Reveals Their Relationship with Fruit Development and Ripening.

Ovate Family Proteins (OFPs) belong to a plant-specific transcription factor family. They have been found to have significant roles in growth and development in Arabidopsis and tomato; however, little is known regarding their role in banana. Thus, a genome-wide study of OFP genes in banana was conducted for the first time in the present study.