Publications by authors named "Junxia Wang"

is a well-known probiotic with beneficial effects, such as anti-insulin resistance, anti-inflammatory, and improvement of the intestinal barrier. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we found that gavage of improved the intestinal barrier and glucose homeostasis in HFD-fed mice.

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Herein, a "lab-on-an-AIE@Ln/ICP" sensor array was constructed by employing aggregation-induced emission carbon quantum dots (AIE-CQDs) as the guest and Eu/GMP ICP as the host. Based on the antenna effect (AE) and reductive photo-induced electron transfer (r-PET) between CQDs@Eu/GMP ICPs and tetracyclines (TCs), the as-constructed sensor produced satisfactorily dual-emitting fluorescence. By combining pH regulation with principal component analysis (PCA), the underlying fingerprinting patterns realized the specific identification and quantitation of six TCs in animal farm wastewater, milks and milk-derivative products.

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The trace-level detection of tetracyclines (TCs) in food products is essential to ensure food safety and public health. Herein, we prepared the methionine-doped carbon quantum dots (Met-CQDs) using citric acid as the precursor. Met-CQDs exhibited a Gaussian unimodal peak centered at 440 nm in the fluorescent excitation spectrum, along with a remarkable greenish-blue emission and a fluorescent quantum yield of 33.

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Macrophages in smoking environment exhibit a distinct immunosuppressive phenotype, but the mechanisms that allow nicotine to "educate" macrophages are incompletely understood. Here, we identified that nicotine transiently activates and subsequently deactivates monocytes, leading to reduced anti-infective capability of macrophages. This deactivation results in a suppression of IL-17-producing cell expansion through decreased IL-1β production.

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Background: Jasmonic acid (JA) is an important phytohormone used to defend against herbivores, but it does not respond to whitefly feeding. Conversely, another phytohormone, salicylic acid (SA), is induced when plants are fed upon by whiteflies. JA has a better anti-whitefly effect than SA; however, there is limited research on how to effectively improve plant resistance by utilizing the different responses of these phytohormones to whitefly feeding.

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Purpose: The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of three different doses of ropivacaine in Shang Ring circumcision in school-aged children.

Design: This is a prospective, randomized, controlled study.

Methods: A total of 148 American Society of Anesthesiologists I to II children were enrolled and randomly assigned into the R0.

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This study aimed at co-encapsulating borage seed oil (BSO)- and peppermint oil (PO) blends in ultrasound-assisted complex nanoparticles stabilized by soy protein isolate (SPI) and purity gum ultra (PGU) in different ratios: SPI/PGU-1:0 (NP), 0:1 (NP), 1:1 (NP), 1:3 (NP), and 3:1 (NP). The BSO- and PO-loaded SPI/PGU complex nanoparticles (BP-loaded SPNPs) coded as NP (SPI-PGU-1:3) revealed a zeta potential of -33.27 mV, a PDI of 0.

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Carbon dots (CDs) have garnered extensive interest in basic physical chemistry as well as in biomedical applications due to their low cost, good biocompatibility, and great aqueous solubility. However, the synthesis of multi-functional carbon dots has always been a challenge for researchers. Here, we synthesized novel CDs with a high quantum yield of 28.

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Nicotiana benthamiana, a widely acknowledged laboratory model plant for molecular studies, exhibits lethality to certain insect pests and can serve as a dead-end trap plant for pest control in the field. However, the underlying mechanism of N. benthamiana's resistance against insects remains unknown.

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Background: The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is one of the world's foremost agricultural pests. Recently, we found that a wild relative of tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana) demonstrates remarkable attractiveness and nearly 100% lethality towards whiteflies. Therefore, it can act as a dead-end trap crop for whitefly control in the field.

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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common metabolic and endocrine disorder characterized by abnormal elevation in hormone levels, with currently lacking effective treatment options. N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) have broad pharmacological activity and play a beneficial role in the development of PCOS. In this study, we observed that n-3 PUFA-eicosatrienoic acid (ETA) improves the estrous cycle and ovarian morphology in dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)-induced PCOS mice, particularly serum hormone levels.

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Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) for the recovery of phosphorus (P) from biomass wastes has attracted considerable attention, while migration of P to the liquid phase greatly weakened P recovery efficiency and elevated the environmental risk. Therefore, a systematic scheme was proposed in this work to accomplish the complete reclamation of P from wetland plant (Ceratophyllum demersum) through coupling liquid-recirculated HTC mediated by HO or HSO with precipitation, and the migration and speciation of P during this process was determined by P K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure, P nuclear magnetic resonance, and the modified sequential extraction. The P concentration in the liquid phase increased with the recirculation of HTC process water, and reached up to 550.

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The non-coordination between the socio-economic systems and ecosystems of a region is a crucial obstacle to sustainable development. To reveal the relationships between complex urban systems and achieve the goal of sustainable and coordinated urban development, we constructed a coupling coordination degree model (CCDM) and coupling angle model (CAM) and analyzed the degree of coupling coordination and evolution process among the population, water resources, economy, and ecology (PWEE) system of the Tuha region for 2005-2020. The results indicated that: (1) During 2005-2020, the comprehensive development index (CDI) of the population, water resources and economy subsystems was 0.

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Gray matter changes are thought to be closely related to cognitive decline in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients. The study aimed to explore cortical and subcortical structural alterations in MCI and their association with cognitive assessment. 24 MCI patients and 22 normal controls (NCs) were included.

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M. japonicus is an important specie for factory farming, and factory farming requires an environment with sand at the bottom of the pond. However, the physiological responses as well as survival in the process of factory farming without laying sand are currently unknown.

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The second messenger cyclic diguanylate monophosphate (c-di-GMP) regulates a wide range of bacterial behaviours through diverse mechanisms and binding receptors. Single-domain PilZ proteins, the most widespread and abundant known c-di-GMP receptors in bacteria, act as trans-acting adaptor proteins that enable c-di-GMP to control signalling pathways with high specificity. This study identifies a single-domain PilZ protein, XAC3402 (renamed N5MapZ), from the phytopathogen Xanthomonas citri subsp.

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Leaf mustard ( L. Czern & Coss), an important vegetable crop, experiences pronounced adversity due to seasonal drought stress, particularly at the seed germination stage. Although there is partial comprehension of drought-responsive genes, the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in adjusting mustard's drought stress response is largely unexplored.

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AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 7 (ARF7)-mediated auxin signaling plays a key role in lateral root (LR) development by regulating downstream LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES DOMAIN (LBD) transcription factor genes, including LBD16, LBD18, and LBD29. LBD proteins are believed to regulate the transcription of downstream genes as homodimers or heterodimers. However, whether LBD29 forms dimers with other proteins to regulate LR development remains unknown.

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Background: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) is the most serious complication of diabetes mellitus, which has become a global health problem due to its high morbidity and disability rates and the poor efficacy of conventional treatments. Thus, it is urgent to identify novel molecular targets to improve the prognosis and reduce disability rate in DFU patients.

Results: In the present study, bulk RNA-seq and scRNA-seq associated with DFU were downloaded from the GEO database.

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The efficient utilization of organic solid waste resources can help reducing the consumption of conventional fossil fuels, mitigating environmental pollution, and achieving green sustainable development. Due to its dual nature of being both a resource and a source of pollution, it is crucial to implement suitable recycling technologies throughout the recycling and upgrading processes for plastics and biomass, which are organic solid wastes with complex mixture of components. The conventional pyrolysis and hydropyrolysis were summarized for recycling plastics and biomass into high-value fuels, chemicals, and materials.

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Probiotics are subjected to various edible coatings, especially proteins and polysaccharides, which serve as the predominant wall materials, with ultrasound, a sustainable green technology. Herein, sodium caseinate, inulin, and soy protein isolate composites were produced using multi-frequency ultrasound and utilized to encapsulateLactiplantibacillus plantarumto enhance its storage, thermal, and gastrointestinal viability. The physicochemical analyses revealed that the composites with 5 % soy protein isolate treated with ultrasound at 50 kHz exhibited enough repulsion forces to maintain stability, pH resistance, and the ability to encapsulate larger particles and possessed the highest encapsulation efficiency (95.

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Medical image segmentation is a crucial field of computer vision. Obtaining correct pathological areas can help clinicians analyze patient conditions more precisely. We have observed that both CNN-based and attention-based neural networks often produce rough segmentation results around the edges of the regions of interest.

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