Rice wine, well known for its unique flavor, rich nutritional value, and health benefits, has potential for extensive market development. Rhizopus and Aspergillus are among several microorganisms used in rice wine brewing and are crucial for determining rice wine quality. The strains were isolated via Rose Bengal and starch as a combined separation medium, followed by oenological property and sensory evaluation screening.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has received considerable attention as a potential risk factor for depressive symptoms. The systematic review was conducted to confirm the dose‒response connection between OSA severity and depression risk. A systematic literature search of English and Chinese articles published in PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and SinoMed databases from their inception to 28 August 2023 was conducted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChemokines are critical molecules involved in immune reaction and immune system homeostasis, and some chemokines play a role in antiviral immunity. It is not known if the C-C motif chemokine ligand 3 (CCL3), a member of the CC chemokine family, possesses antiviral properties in fish. In this study, a ccl3 was cloned from the mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi), and it has an open reading frame (ORF) of 276 base pairs, which are predicted to encode a 91-amino acid peptide.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Sport help promote healthy physical and mental development of high school students. To date, there have been few studies on the effect of sport on school adaptability, resilience and cell phone addiction tendency of high school students.
Aim: To explore the effects of sports on school adaptability, resilience and cell phone addiction of high school students.
Type III secretion system (T3SS) facilitates survival and replication of . Identifying novel T3SS effectors and elucidating their functions are critical in understanding the pathogenesis of T3SS effector EseG and EseJ was highly secreted when T3SS gatekeeper-containing protein complex EsaB-EsaL-EsaM was disrupted by EsaB deficiency. Based on this observation, concentrated secretomes of Δ strain and ΔΔ strain were purified by loading them into SDS-PAGE gel for a short electrophoresis to remove impurities prior to the in-the gel digestion and mass spectrometry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a common inflammatory disease in otolaryngology, mainly manifested as nasal congestion, nasal discharge, facial pain/pressure, and smell disorder. CRS with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), an important phenotype of CRS, has a high recurrence rate even after receiving corticosteroids and/or functional endoscopic sinus surgery. In recent years, clinicians have focused on the application of biological agents in CRSwNP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHusks are the main source of bran and furfural flavor in traditional Chinese light-aroma Baijiu, but they negatively affect its smell and taste. Here, bran husks were replaced with fresh bamboo to brew light-aroma Baijiu. Flavor components in Jiupei and Baijiu were detected through headspace solid-phase microextraction with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and physicochemical properties were assessed; flavor results were obtained from correlation, principal component, and cluster analyses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhoton absorption and nonreciprocal photon transmission are studied in a rotating optical resonator coupled with an atomic ensemble. It is demonstrated that the perfect photon absorption is accompanied by optical bistability when the resonator is static. If the spinning detune is adjusted to some particular values, we find that the amplified unidirectional photon transmission can be realized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInnervation and extracellular vesicle secretion co-exist in the local tissue microenvironment for message transfer, but whether they are interconnected to regulate organ homeostasis remains unknown. Sympatho-adrenergic activation is implicated in stress-induced depression and leads to bone loss, but the mechanisms and therapeutics are incompletely elucidated. Here, it is revealed that sympathetic neurostress through the β -adrenergic receptor (β1/2-AR) signaling triggers the transcription response of a microRNA, miR-21, in osteoblasts, which is transferred to osteoclast progenitors via exosomes for dictating osteoclastogenesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA novel Gram-stain-positive, strictly anaerobic, elliptical, non-motile and non-flagellated bacterium, designed LZLJ-2, was isolated from the mud in a fermentation cellar used for the production of Chinese Luzhou-flavour Baijiu. Growth occurred at 28-45 °C (optimum, 37 °C), at pH 6.0-7.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Syst Evol Microbiol
October 2021
A novel Gram-positive, non-motile, non-flagellated, strictly anaerobic, non-spore-forming and dumbbell-shaped, coccoid- or chain-shaped bacterium, designated strain LZLJ-3, was isolated from a mud fermentation cellar which has been used for the production of Chinese strong-flavour liquor for over 100 years. Strain LZLJ-3 grew at 20-40 °C (optimum, 37 °C), at pH 6.0-8.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: We sought to unravel the role of hydrogen sulfide (HS) in the development of hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Methods: The study sample included 80 patients with OSA and 45 healthy controls. All subjects underwent measurement of blood pressure (BP) and serum HS level in the morning.
Senescence of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and the related functional decline of osteogenesis have emerged as the critical pathogenesis of osteoporosis in aging. Resveratrol (RESV), a small molecular compound that safely mimics the effects of dietary restriction, has been well documented to extend lifespan in lower organisms and improve health in aging rodents. However, whether RESV promotes function of senescent stem cells in alleviating age-related phenotypes remains largely unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao
February 2018
Objective To assess the value of internal carotid artery stenosis in differentiating invasive pituitary adenoma (IPA) from invasive meningiomas (IM). Methods The clinical and imaging data of 28 IPA patients and 15 IM patients who were treated in our center from January 2012 to December 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Ag monolayer facilitates the deposition of isolated Pd atoms rather than continuous ones on ultrathin Au nanowires. During the hydrogenation of nitrophenol and the electrooxidation of ethanol, these two groups of Pd atoms show distinctive but geometry-dependent catalytic activity. This new atomic geometry maneuvering strategy is ready for the atomically precise design of nanocatalysts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To develop an endoscopic transnasal approach to atlas tumors and study its practicability.
Methods: This article comprises two components: an illustrative case report and observational data on 50 volunteers. As to the case report, a 34 year old man presented with occipital pain for more than 3 months and underwent systematic investigation in Qilu Hospital of Shandong University.
In this report, we propose and demonstrate the fabrication of a highly-specific SERS substrate, which was achieved by the co-precipitation of functional materials, such as nanosorbents and nanocatalysts, into Ag nanoporous films. Based on the nanostructures developed, we performed the ultrasensitive detection of arsenic ions by SERS and monitored the catalyzed reactions using real-time SERS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore clinical effects of manipulative reduction with minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis in treating distal tibiofibular fractures.
Methods: From 2009 to 2011, 60 patients with distal tibiofibular fractures were treated by manipulative reduction with minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis. Among them, there were 32 males and 28 females aged from 14 to 70 years old with an average of 41.
For their unique properties, core-shell bimetal nanostructures are currently of immense interest. However, their synthesis is not a trivial work, and most works have been conducted on nanoparticles. We report herein a new synthetic tactic for submonolyer-Pt coated ultrathin Au nanowires (NWs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhonghua Zheng Xing Wai Ke Za Zhi
September 2013
Objective: To investigate the optimal surgical timing and treatment of congenital duplication of the thumb in children.
Methods: A clinical study was performed on 154 fingers of the 132 patients (including 85 males, 47 females;mean age (1.53 +/- 2.