Publications by authors named "Ling-yun Hao"

Chronic inflammatory pain caused by neuronal hyperactivity is a common and refractory disease. Kv3.1, a member of the Kv3 family of voltage-dependent K channels, is a major determinant of the ability of neurons to generate high-frequency action potentials.

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  • * A spinal-specific super enhancer (SS-SE) was identified that regulates pain-related genes NTMT1 and PRRX2, particularly in response to nerve injury in mice.
  • * Inhibiting the BRD4 protein or deleting the SS-SE decreased the expression of these genes and reduced pain sensitivity, suggesting that targeting BRD4 could be a potential therapy for managing neuropathic pain.
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Nerve injury-induced aberrant changes in gene expression in spinal dorsal horn neurons are critical for the genesis of neuropathic pain. N6-methyladenine (m 6 A) modification of DNA represents an additional layer of gene regulation. Here, we report that peripheral nerve injury significantly decreased the level of m 6 A-specific DNA methyltransferase 1 ( N6amt1 ) in dorsal horn neurons.

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Circular RNAs (ciRNAs) are emerging as new players in the regulation of gene expression. However, how ciRNAs are involved in neuropathic pain is poorly understood. Here, we identify the nervous-tissue-specific ciRNA-Fmn1 and report that changes in ciRNA-Fmn1 expression in spinal cord dorsal horn neurons play a key role in neuropathic pain after nerve injury.

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  • - The combustion of polymer materials produces harmful heat, smoke, and toxic gases, posing health risks, while traditional flame retardants like halogen and phosphorus compounds are not effective at reducing toxic fumes.
  • - Zinc hydroxystannate (ZHS) is a promising eco-friendly flame retardant known for its efficiency, safety, and smoke suppression abilities, but it often needs to be combined with other retardants for improved effectiveness.
  • - This review highlights the current research on ZHS in fire safety, aiming to provide insights into its potential applications in flame retardancy and smoke suppression for various polymer blends, and discusses its mechanisms in detail.
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Chronic inflammatory pain seriously affects patients' quality of life because of a paucity of effective clinical treatments caused, at least in part, by lack of full understanding of the underlying mechanisms. miRNAs are known to be involved in inflammatory pain via silencing or degrading of target mRNA in the cytoplasm. The present study provides a novel mechanism by which miRNA-22 positively regulates metal-regulatory transcription factor 1 () in the nuclei of neurons in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord.

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The methyltransferase-like 3 (Mettl3) is a key component of the large N6-adenosine-methyltransferase complex in mammalian responsible for RNA N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification, which plays an important role in gene post-transcription modulation. Although RNA m6A is enriched in mammalian neurons, its regulatory function in nociceptive information processing remains elusive. Here, we reported that Complete Freund's Adjuvant (CFA)-induced inflammatory pain significantly decreased global m6A level and m6A writer Mettl3 in the spinal cord.

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Dysfunctions of gene transcription and translation in the nociceptive pathways play the critical role in development and maintenance of chronic pain. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are emerging as new players in regulation of gene expression, but whether and how circRNAs are involved in chronic pain remain elusive. We showed here that complete Freund's adjuvant-induced chronic inflammation pain significantly increased circRNA-Filip1l (filamin A interacting protein 1-like) expression in spinal neurons of mice.

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A Gram-stain-negative, non-flagellated, short rod-shaped bacterium, designated XY-R6, was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of a mangrove plant, Kandelia candel (L.) Druce, in Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong. Growth of strain XY-R6 was observed at pH 5.

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Background: Ten-eleven translocation methylcytosine dioxygenase converts 5-methylcytosine in DNA to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, which plays an important role in gene transcription. Although 5-hydroxymethylcytosine is enriched in mammalian neurons, its regulatory function in nociceptive information processing is unknown.

Methods: The global levels of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and ten-eleven translocation methylcytosine dioxygenase were measured in spinal cords in mice treated with complete Freund's adjuvant.

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S-nitrosylation, the nitric oxide-derived post-translational modification of proteins, plays critical roles in various physiological and pathological functions. In this present study, a rat model of cerebral ischemia and reperfusion by four-vessel occlusion was generated to assess MKK4 S-nitrosylation. Immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting were performed to evaluate MKK4 S-nitrosylation and phosphorylation.

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Unlabelled: DNA 5-hydroxylmethylcytosine (5hmC) catalyzed by ten-eleven translocation methylcytosine dioxygenase (TET) occurs abundantly in neurons of mammals. However, the in vivo causal link between TET dysregulation and nociceptive modulation has not been established. Here, we found that spinal TET1 and TET3 were significantly increased in the model of formalin-induced acute inflammatory pain, which was accompanied with the augment of genome-wide 5hmC content in spinal cord.

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Chronic pain is still a basic science and clinical challenge. Unraveling of the neurobiological mechanisms involved in chronic pain will offer novel targets for the development of therapeutic strategies. It is well known that central sensitization in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) plays a critical role in initiation, development, and maintenance of chronic pain.

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  • Recent research indicates that microRNA (miRNA) plays a role in chronic pain, but how it works is still unclear.
  • In a study, mice with chronic inflammation showed lower levels of miR-219 in their spinal neurons, and higher levels of CaMKIIγ, a target of miR-219.
  • Boosting miR-219 levels helped reduce pain sensitivity and reverse changes in spinal neuron behavior, suggesting that changes in miR-219 due to DNA methylation influence chronic pain management through CaMKIIγ regulation.
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3-Methyl-benzene-1,2-diamine.

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online

December 2012

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  • The compound C7H10N2 was created by reducing 2-methyl-6-nitro-aniline.
  • In its crystal structure, molecules are connected through N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming two-dimensional networks that are oriented parallel to the (100) plane.
  • These networks are further stabilized by interactions involving C-H⋯π and N-H⋯π connections.
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In the title compound, C(14)H(11)Cl(2)NO, the two benzene rings are non-coplanar [dihedral angle = 60.9 (3)°]. In the crystal, an amide N-H⋯O hydrogen bond links the mol-ecules into chains which extend along (001).

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Contaminated fresh produce has become the number one vector of nontyphoidal salmonellosis to humans. However, Salmonella enterica genes essential for the life cycle of the organism outside the mammalian host are for the most part unknown. Screening deletion mutants led to the discovery that an aroA mutant had a significant root colonization defect due to a failure to replicate.

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The title compound, C(6)H(5)Cl(2)N, is almost planar, with an r.m.s.

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Nontyphoid salmonellosis caused by Salmonella enterica is the most common bacterial food-borne illness in humans, and fresh produce, including tomatoes, is a common vehicle. Accumulating data indicate that human enteric pathogenic bacteria, including S. enterica, interact actively with plants.

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The title mol-ecule, C(14)H(10)N(4)O(6), crystallizes with one half-mol-ecule in the asymmetric unit; the mid-point of the N-N bond lies on an inversion centre. The nitro and amide groups are twisted with respect to the benzene ring, making dihedral angles of 14.6 (5) and 31.

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