Bio-Inspired Thermal Conductive Fibers by Boron Nitride Nanosheet/Boron Nitride Hybrid.

With the innovation of modern electronics, heat dissipation in the devices faces several problems. In our work, boron nitride (BN) with good thermal conductivity (TC) was successfully fabricated by constructing the BN along the axial direction and the surface-grafted BN hybrid composite fibers via the wet-spinning and hot-pressing method. The unique inter-outer and inter-interconnected hybrid structure of composite fibers exhibited 176.

Mode of action exploration for prostate epithelial cell injury caused by bisphenol A.

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a typical food chemical contaminant with various detrimental effects, especially on reproductive system. Male prostate damage is also one of its major adverse health effects, of which mode of action (MOA) remains unclear. This study aims to explore the MOA for prostate toxicity of BPA using human normal prostate epithelial cell RWPE-1 for 28-day human-relevant-level exposure.

Synergistic effects of rhizosphere effect and combined organic and chemical fertilizers application on soil bacterial diversity and community structure in oilseed rape cultivation.

The combined application of chemical and organic fertilizers has been recognized to enhance soil fertility and foster the soil microbial ecosystem. However, the optimal ratio of chemical and organic fertilizers in oilseed rape cultivation is still uncertain, and the role of rhizosphere effect is still unclear. Thus, this study aimed to elucidate the impacts of varying ratios of chemical and organic fertilizers on the structure and potential functionalities of rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil microbial communities.

Immediate response of paddy soil microbial community and structure to moisture changes and nitrogen fertilizer application.

Water and fertilizer managements are the most common practices to maximize crop yields, and their long-term impact on soil microbial communities has been extensively studied. However, the initial response of microbes to fertilization and soil moisture changes remains unclear. In this study, the immediate effects of nitrogen (N)-fertilizer application and moisture levels on microbial community of paddy soils were investigated through controlled incubation experiments.

Extracellular vesicles derived from PPRV-infected cells enhance signaling lymphocyte activation molecular (SLAM) receptor expression and facilitate virus infection.

Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is an important pathogen that seriously influences the productivity of small ruminants worldwide. PPRV is lymphotropic in nature and SLAM was identified as the primary receptor for PPRV and other Morbilliviruses. Many viruses have been demonstrated to engage extracellular vesicles (EVs) to facilitate their replication and pathogenesis.

Epidemiological Features of Infection in the Hepatobiliary System of Patients in Yantai, China, Based on Clinical and Genetic Analyses.

Purpose: To investigate the epidemiological features of infection of the hepatobiliary system of patients in Yantai, China.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted from January to December 2019 in Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital. Patients for whom was isolated from the hepatobiliary system were considered for inclusion.

Diminished Susceptibility to Cefoperazone/Sulbactam and Piperacillin/Tazobactam in Due to Narrow-Spectrum β-Lactamases as Well as Omp Mutation.

Cefoperazone/sulbactam (CSL) and piperacillin/tazobactam (TZP) are commonly used in clinical practice in China because of their excellent antimicrobial activity. CSL and TZP-nonsusceptible are typically resistant to extended-spectrum cephalosporins such as ceftriaxone (CRO). However, 11 nonrepetitive strains, which were resistant to CSL and TZP yet susceptible to CRO, were collected from January to December 2020.

PPRV-Induced Autophagy Facilitates Infectious Virus Transmission by the Exosomal Pathway.

Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is an important pathogen that seriously influences the productivity of small ruminants worldwide. We showed previously that PPRV induced sustained autophagy for their replication in host cells. Many studies have shown that exosomes released from virus-infected cells contain a variety of viral and host cellular factors that are able to modulate the recipient's cellular response and result in productive infection of the recipient host.

Clinicopathologic significance of LAIR-1 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Aim: Leukocyte-associated immunoglobulin-like receptor-1 (LAIR-1) is an immune inhibitory receptor which is expressed within most types of hematopoietic cells and negatively regulates immune responses. Recently, we found LAIR-1 expression to be present within tumors of nonhematopoietic lineages. However, the roles of LAIR-1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have yet to be examined.