Publications by authors named "Junyi Yang"

The subventricular zone (SVZ) is a region surrounding the lateral ventricles that contains neural stem cells and neural progenitor cells, which can proliferate and differentiate into various neural and glial cells. SVZ cells play important roles in neurological diseases like neurodegeneration, neural injury, and glioblastoma multiforme. Investigating the anatomy, structure, composition, physiology, disease associations, and related mechanisms of SVZ is significant for neural stem cell therapy and treatment/prevention of neurological disorders.

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Kidney stones constitute a common condition impacting the urinary system. In clinical diagnosis and management, traditional surgical interventions and pharmacological treatments are primarily utilized; however, these methods possess inherent limitations. Presently, the field of nanomedicine is undergoing significant advancements.

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Structural colors find wide applications for color printing, intelligent display, filtering imaging, etc., owing to their benefits, including high resolution, stable properties, and dynamic tunability. This review first illustrates the mechanisms of structural color generation, such as surface plasmon resonances, localized surface plasmon resonances, Fabry-Perot resonances, Mie resonances, etc.

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Analog In-memory Computing (IMC) has demonstrated energy-efficient and low latency implementation of convolution and fully-connected layers in deep neural networks (DNN) by using physics for computing in parallel resistive memory arrays. However, recurrent neural networks (RNN) that are widely used for speech-recognition and natural language processing have tasted limited success with this approach. This can be attributed to the significant time and energy penalties incurred in implementing nonlinear activation functions that are abundant in such models.

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Butterflies are highly sensitive to climate change, and , as an endangered butterfly species, is also affected by these changes. To enhance the conservation of and effectively plan its protected areas, it is crucial to understand the potential impacts of climate change on its distribution. This study utilized a MaxEnt model in combination with ArcGIS technology to predict the global potential suitable habitats of under current and future climate conditions, using the species' distribution data and relevant environmental variables.

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Xylooligosaccharides (XOS) ameliorate insulin resistance (IR) in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) probably by propagating Akkermansia muciniphila (Akk). This study aimed to investigate the effects and mechanisms of XOS, Akk and combination on IR in GDM mice/pseudo-germ-free (PGF) mice. Female mice were fed with AIN-93 (n = 19) and high fat diet (HFD) (n = 206).

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Real-time monitoring of estrogenic activity in the aquatic environment is a challenging task. Current biosensors face difficulties due to their limited response speed and environmental tolerance, especially for detecting wastewater, the major source of estrogenic compounds in aquatic environments. To address these difficulties, this study developed a single fluorescent protein (FP) -based whole-cell bacterial biosensor named ER-Light, which was achieved by inserting the sensing domain of the estrogen receptor (ER) into the FP Citrine and expressing it in the periplasm of Escherichia coli.

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Background: Flexible and semirigid ureteroscopy are two often used modalities in treating for upper ureteral stone. How about the outcome of each procedure?

Methods: A retrospective cohort study among 167 patients who underwent flexible or semirigid ureteroscopic lithotripsy was performed. The pre-, intra-, postoperative and one-year follow-up outcomes were taken into comparison.

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Understanding surface collective dynamics in quantum materials is crucial for advancing quantum technologies. For example, surface phonon modes in quantum paraelectrics are thought to be essential in facilitating interfacial superconductivity. However, detecting these modes, especially below 1 terahertz, is challenging because of limited sampling volumes and the need for high spectroscopic resolution.

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Sophisticated multispectral detectors have made single-band camouflage materials ineffective, consequently leading to significant advancements in metasurfaces that possess both infrared (IR), radar, and visible stealth capabilities. However, the mutual constraints of stealth principles across different bands and the demand for environment-adaptive camouflage raise challenges to existing multispectral compatible stealth solutions. Here a multifunctional-hierarchical flexible metasurface (MHFM) including an infrared suppression layer (IRSL), three microwave absorbing layers (MAL), an environmental adaptation layer (EAL), and a total reflective sheet (TRS), was designed to simultaneously achieve IR, radar, and dynamic visible stealth.

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Background: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) can be incorporated into exosomes to mediate the intercellular communication, regulating the occurrence, development, and immunosuppression of cancers. T cell dysfunction has been a hallmark of many cancers, including melanoma, which enables cancer cells escape from host immune surveillance. However, the molecular mechanism of exosome-transmitted lncRNAs in CD8 T cell dysfunction in melanoma remains largely unclear.

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To achieve flexible control over terahertz beams, vanadium dioxide (VO) with phase transition temperatures of 60 °C and 72 °C is selected. The effects of VO in its two states-insulator (before phase transition) and metallic (after phase transition)-on the amplitude and phase of the unit structure are analyzed. A terahertz beam reconfigurable phase gradient metasurface based on VO with different phase transition temperatures is designed.

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Hematopoietic Progenitor Kinase 1 (HPK1, also known as MAP4K1) is a hematopoiesis-specific serine/threonine kinase that belongs to the MAP4K family of Ste20-related protein kinases. HPK1 has been identified as a negative regulator of T-cell receptor signaling. Recent studies have indicated that the inhibition or knockout of HPK1 kinase function can effectively alleviate T cell exhaustion, enhance T cell functionality, and improve the therapeutic efficacy of tumor immunotherapy.

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Idioms play an important role in language; however, little research has examined idioms in children's natural language settings. This study explored idioms usage in maternal talk during mother-child shared book reading and its relation to children's vocabulary development. Thirty-three Chinese children in Norway (aged 3;0-5;5) and their mothers participated.

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Supercritical , known for its non-toxic, non-flammable and abundant properties, is well-perceived as a green alternative to hazardous organic solvents. It has attracted considerable interest in food, pharmaceuticals, chromatography, and catalysis fields. When supercritical is integrated into microfluidic systems, it offers several advantages compared to conventional macro-scale supercritical reactors.

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Guer is a major pest affecting bamboo forests economically, causing significant damage to bamboo forests in Sichuan Province, China. To understand how responds to future climate conditions, an optimized Maximum Entropy Model (Maxent) was used to simulate the potential global distribution patterns of under current climate conditions and three different future climate scenarios and to analyze the dominant factors influencing its distribution. The results indicate that Bio18 (precipitation of the warmest quarter), Bio04 (temperature seasonality), Bio06 (minimum temperature of the coldest month), and Bio02 (mean diurnal temperature range) are the main environmental factors affecting the distribution of this species.

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Methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) is an RNA methyltransferase that catalyzes the -methyladenosine (m6A) modification of mRNA in eukaryotic cells. Past studies have shown that METTL3 is highly expressed in various cancers and is closely related to tumor development. Therefore, METTL3 inhibitors have received widespread attention as effective treatments for different types of tumors.

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Dominant species occupy a pivotal role in plant community, influencing the structure and function of the ecosystem. The spatial distributions of dominant species can react to the effect of different grazing intensities, thereby reflecting their tolerance and adaptive strategies toward grazing. In this study, geostatistical methods were mainly used to study the spatial distribution characteristics of Stipa krylovii Roshev.

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Article Synopsis
  • Benth. (OSB), known for making "Shen tea," has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and liver-protective properties, but its effects on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) hadn't been thoroughly explored.
  • The study focused on optimizing the extraction of its key phytochemicals, especially flavonoids and polyphenols, finding flavonoids to be more closely linked to antioxidant activity.
  • The flavonoid-rich fraction was shown to improve weight, lipid metabolism, and liver health, acting as a powerful antioxidant that could lead to new applications for OSB in treating liver conditions.
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Objective: Among postmenopausal women, oral, ultra-low-dose continuous combined estradiol (E0.5 mg) plus dydrogesterone (D2.5 mg) reduces vasomotor symptoms (VMS).

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Background: posterior pedicle screw fixation is common method, one of the most severe complications is iatrogenic vascular damage, no report investigated association of different introversion angles (INTAs) and length of pedicle screw. The aims were to investigate the optimal introversion angle and length of pedicle screw for improving the safety of the operation, and to analyze the differences of vascular damage types at L1-S1.

Methods: Lumbar CT imaging data from110 patients were analyzed by DICOM software, and all parameters were measured by new Cartesian coordinate system, INTAs (L1-L5:5°,10°,15°,S1: 0°, 5°,10°,15°), D (the distance between the origin (O) with anterior vertebral cortex (AVC)), D (the distance between AVC and the prevertebral great vessels (PGVs)), D (the distance between the O and PGVs).

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  • The study focuses on a surgical method to address aging signs in the upper eyelid, specifically dermatochalasis, by removing excess skin and repositioning orbital fat for rejuvenation.
  • A total of 34 eyelids from 17 patients were treated, with successful outcomes indicating improved aesthetics and restored fullness without major complications.
  • Patients experienced positive results after the procedure, including better visual fields and satisfaction with cosmetic improvements during follow-up evaluations.
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It is significant to investigate the calcium carbonate (CaCO3) precipitation mechanism during the carbon capture process; nevertheless, CaCO3 precipitation is not clearly understood yet. Understanding the carbonation mechanism at the atomic level can contribute to the mineralization capture and utilization of carbon dioxide, as well as the development of new cementitious materials with high-performance. There are many factors, such as temperature and CO2 concentration, that can influence the carbonation reaction.

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Purpose: Previous studies have reported the potential impact of immune cells on kidney stone disease (KSD), but definitive causal relationships have yet to be established. The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the potential causal association between immune cells and KSD by Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.

Methods: In our study, a thorough two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed by us to determine the potential causal relationship between immune cell traits and kidney stone disease.

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Purpose: Previous studies have reported a complex relationship between inflammatory cytokines and kidney stone disease (KSD). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential causal impact of inflammatory cytokines on KSD by Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.

Methods: In our study, a thorough two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed by us to determine the potential causal relationship between inflammatory cytokines and kidney stone disease.

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