Publications by authors named "Lian Zheng"

Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) is a redox-sensitive transcriptional factor that enables cells to resist oxidant responses, ferroptosis and inflammation. Here, we set out to probe the effects of NRF2 on cardiomyocyte injury under acute myocardial infarction (AMI) condition and its potential mechanism. Human cardiomyocytes were exposed to hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) to induce cell injury.

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Objectives: Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common degenerative spinal disease in clinical practice. This study aims to investigate the impact of Modic changes (MCs) on postoperative recovery and disease recurrence following percutaneous endoscopic lumbar disc discectomy (PELD), providing important insights for improving the management of chronic low back pain. This study investigates the 1-year progression rate of MCs after PELD and their impact on surgical outcomes and recurrence.

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  • - The "Rural Revitalization Strategy" in China encourages businesses to expand into rural areas, but profits often come at the cost of local environmental protection.
  • - The paper develops a game model to explore how village committees, grassroots governments, and farmers influence the environmental behaviors of these enterprises.
  • - Key findings indicate that village committees struggle to promote positive environmental practices without government oversight, enhancing their coordination can ease this burden, and farmers' awareness of environmental issues can incentivize businesses to act more responsibly.
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  • * Researchers conducted a genome-wide screen on ECL8, an endemic bacterial strain, to identify essential genes for growth in various environments, including laboratory media and human bodily fluids.
  • * They discovered 427 essential genes for growth in lab conditions, along with additional genes critical for survival in human urine and serum, highlighting potential new antimicrobial targets for treating these infections.
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The efficiency of photocatalytic Nitric Oxide(NO) oxidation is limited by the lack of oxygen(O) active sites and poor charge carrier separation. To address this challenge, we developed a molecular Cobalt Phthalocyanine modified MIL-68(In)-NH photocatalyst with a robust Built-in electric field(BIEF). In the 2 % CoPc-MIN sample, the BIEF strength is increased by 3.

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It has been found that progression from leukoplakia to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a long-term process that may involve changes in the multicellular ecosystem. We acquired scRNA-seq samples information from gene expression omnibus and UCSC Xena database. The BEAM function was used to construct the pseudotime trajectory and analyze the differentially expressed genes in different branches.

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Radiotherapy is pivotal in treating head and neck cancers including nasopharyngeal, tongue, hypopharyngeal, larynx, maxillary sinus, parotid gland, and oral cancers. It holds the potential for curative effects and finds application in conjunction with chemotherapy, either as a radical method to preserve organ function or as an adjuvant postoperative treatment. We used bioinformatics analysis to investigate the effects of radiotherapy on head and neck cancer tissues in patients who had received radiotherapy.

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Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) represents a persistent degenerative joint ailment. As OA advances, profound joint pain coupled with diminished joint function inflicts substantial physical distress and psychological strain on patients. Presently, pharmacological solutions for arthritis remain limited, primarily encompassing analgesics and joint replacement surgical procedures.

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Background: Several clinical studies have suggested that the early administration of statins could reduce the risk of in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. Recently, some studies have identified that stimulating lymphangiogenesis after AMI could improve cardiac function by reducing myocardial edema and inflammation. This study aimed to identify the effect of rosuvastatin on postinfarct lymphangiogenesis and to identify the underlying mechanism of this effect.

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Catalytic ozone (O) decomposition at ambient temperature is an efficient method to mitigate O pollution. However, practical application is hindered by the poor water resistance of catalysts. Herein, Ag-Hollandite (Ag-HMO) with varying Ag content was synthesized.

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Background: Early recurrent intussusception (ERI) in children is common and seriously affects the physical and mental health of the children. There are few reports discussing risk factors for ERI in children, and this study aims to identify risk factors for ERI in children and build predictive models.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 787 children with no relapse intussusception (NRI) and 82 children with ERI between January 2011 and December 2021.

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The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT signaling pathway plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of cancer. The dysregulation of this pathway has been linked to the development and initiation of various types of cancer. Recently, epigenetic modifications, particularly N6-methyladenosine (m6A), have been recognized as essential contributors to mRNA-related biological processes and translation.

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Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia that is associated with heart failure and stroke, leading sometimes to death. But the pathogenesis of AF remains unclear. Numerous studies have investigated whether the connexin 40 (Cx40) polymorphisms influences the risk of AF, but the results are controversial.

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  • Plasmids play a significant role in increasing antibiotic resistance, which highlights the need to understand their biology, especially I-complex plasmids found in harmful bacteria like E. coli.
  • The study identified four subgroups of I-complex plasmids, focusing on pMS7163B and revealing essential genes for processes like replication, stability, and conjugative transfer.
  • Researchers discovered that controlling the expression of certain genes is crucial, as overexpression negatively affects bacterial host growth, and these genes are highly conserved across many plasmid types, indicating their importance in spreading antibiotic resistance.
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Bacterial infections have become a serious threat to global public health. Nanomaterials have shown promise in the development of bacterial biosensing and antibiotic-free antibacterial modalities, but single-component materials are often less functional and difficult to achieve dual bacterial detection and killing. Herein, we report a novel strategy based on the effective integration of multi-modal bacterial detection and elimination, by constructing the versatile gold-silver-Prussian blue nanojujubes (GSP NJs) via a facile template etching method.

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Background: 1, 8-naphthimide is a novel tumor inhibitor targeting nuclear DNA, which makes it applicable to the design and development of anti-osteosarcoma drugs.

Objective: The aim of this study is to establish a satisfactory model based on 1, 8-naphthimide derivatives that makes reliable prediction as DNA-targeted chemotherapy agents for osteosarcoma.

Methods: All compounds are constructed using ChemDraw software and subsequently optimized using Sybyl software.

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The dipeptide-alkylated nitrogen-mustard compound is a new kind of nitrogen-mustard derivative with a strong anti-tumor activity, which can be used as a potential anti-osteosarcoma chemotherapy drug. 2D- and 3D-QSAR (structure-activity relationship quantification) models were established to predict the anti-tumor activity of dipeptide-alkylated nitrogen-mustard compounds. In this study, a linear model was established using a heuristic method (HM) and a non-linear model was established using the gene expression programming (GEP) algorithm, but there were more limitations in the 2D model, so a 3D-QSAR model was introduced and established through the CoMSIA method.

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Conversations have become a critical data format on social media platforms. Understanding conversation from emotion, content and other aspects also attracts increasing attention from researchers due to its widespread application in human-computer interaction. In real-world environments, we often encounter the problem of incomplete modalities, which has become a core issue of conversation understanding.

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Fault diagnosis of complex equipment has become a hot field in recent years. Due to excellent uncertainty processing capability and small sample problem modeling capability, belief rule base (BRB) has been widely used in the fault diagnosis. However, previous BRB models almost did not consider the diverse distributions of observation data which may reduce diagnostic accuracy.

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Quinazolines are an important class of benzopyrimidine heterocyclic compounds with a promising antitumor activity that can be used for the design and development of osteosarcoma target compounds. To predict the compound activity of quinazoline compounds by constructing 2D- and 3D-QSAR models, and to design new compounds according to the main influencing factors of compound activity in the two models. First, heuristic method and GEP (gene expression programming) algorithm were used to construct linear and non-linear 2D-QSAR models.

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In order to solve the problem of the quantification of detection signals in the magnetic flux leakage (MFL) of defective in-service oil and gas pipelines, a non-uniform magnetic charge model was established based on magnetic effects. The distribution patterns of magnetic charges under different stresses were analyzed. The influences of the elastic load and plastic deformation on the characteristic values of MFL signals were quantitatively assessed.

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Background: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a novel method of describing nerve structure, is a special form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This new imaging method can be used to locate the diseased nerve roots in lumbar disc herniation.

Objective: The objective of this study is to compare patient outcomes between single-level and doublesection percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) in the treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation with single nerve root compression, where single-sided PELD is guided by magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).

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It is significant to develop catalysts with high catalytic activity and durability to improve the electrochemical performances of lithium-oxygen batteries (LOBs). While electronic metal-support interaction (EMSI) between metal atoms and support has shown great potential in catalytic field. Hence, to effectively improve the electrochemical performance of LOBs, atomically dispersed Fe modified RuO nanoparticles are designed to be loaded on hierarchical porous carbon shells (Fe -RuO /HPCS) based on EMSI criterion.

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Types of nanozymes can produce free radicals and/or reactive oxygen species (ROS) to serve as broad spectrum antibacterial materials. Developing nanozyme-based antibacterial materials with good biocompatibility exhibits promising application prospects. In this study, we doped Mo to ZIF-8 (both components have good biocompatibility) to prepare a new nanozyme, Mo@ZIF-8, which can produce hydroxyl radicals (•OH) triggered by a low dosage of hydrogen peroxide (HO), exhibiting effective antibacterial capability against both Gram-negative bacteria () and Gram-positive bacteria ().

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The continuous evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with discovery of multiple mutants, has caused widespread panic and concern worldwide. The rapid antigen detection method via a single ligand recognition, although currently implemented in many countries, remains challenging for mutated antigens. Herein, we present a novel strategy using a dual recognition by two types of targeted ligands, based on photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensing for detection of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

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