Plants and their symbionts, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, are increasingly subjected to various environmental stressors due to climate change, including drought. As a response to drought, plants generally allocate more biomass to roots over shoots, thereby facilitating water uptake. However, whether this biomass allocation shift is modulated by AM fungi remains unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough positive effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on plant performance under drought have been well documented, how AM fungi regulate soil functions and multifunctionality requires further investigation. In this study, we first performed a meta-analysis to test the potential role of AM fungi in maintaining soil functions under drought. Then, we conducted a greenhouse experiment, using a pair of hyphal ingrowth cores to spatially separate the growth of AM fungal hyphae and plant roots, to further investigate the effects of AM fungi on soil multifunctionality and its resistance against drought.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLand plants play a key role in global carbon cycling, but the potential role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the responses of a wide range of plant species to global change factors (GCFs) remains limited. Based on 1100 paired observations from 181 plant species, we conducted a meta-analysis to test the role of AMF in plant responses to four GCFs: drought, warming, nitrogen (N) addition and elevated CO . We show that AMF significantly ameliorate the negative effects of drought on plant performance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransport and Golgi organization 1 (TANGO1) also known as MIA3, belongs to the melanoma inhibitory activity gene (MIA) family together with MIA, MIA2 and OTOR; these members play different roles in different tumors, but the mechanism underlying TANGO1s effect on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. Our study confirmed that TANGO1 is a promoter of HCC, In HCC cells, TANGO1 can promote proliferation, inhibit apoptosis, promote EMT. These changes were reversed after TANGO1 inhibition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study intended to discover the effect of education and muscle relaxation (EMR) program on anxiety, depression and care burden among caregivers of acute stroke survivors.This randomized, controlled study enrolled a total of 110 caregivers of first-ever acute stroke patients, and randomly assigned to EMR (N = 55) and control (N = 55) groups. The caregivers in the EMR group received 12-month health education and progressive muscle relaxation, and those in control group were provided common rehabilitation advices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Poststroke depression is common and includes depressive and somatic symptoms. However, few studies have confirmed the influence of family functioning on poststroke depression or explored the association among daily activities, family functioning, and poststroke depression.
Objectives: We examined the independent risk factors of daily activities and family functioning for poststroke depression and identified the mediating effect of family functioning on the association between daily activities and poststroke depression.
An ultrasensitive photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensor was constructed based on gold nanoparticles (Au NPs)/tungsten sulfide nanorod array (WS NA) photoelectrode as the PEC matrix and silver nanoparticles/flake-like zinc metal-organic framework (Ag/ZnMOF) nanozyme with the peroxidase mimetic enzyme property for sensitive detection of bleomycin (BLM). In particular, Au/WS and Ag/ZnMOF were linked by thiolate DNA and DNA strand, respectively, and the Au/WS-Ag/ZnMOF probe was prepared via hybridization reaction between the two DNAs. The introduction of Ag/ZnMOF in the probe offers two functions: i) the steric hindrance effect can effectively impede electron transport and reduce the photocurrent; ii) Ag/ZnMOF nanozyme can also be used as mimic peroxidase to effectively catalyze 3,3-diaminobenzidine (DAB) to produce the relevant precipitation, which will further reduce photocurrent and eliminate false positive signals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArch Psychiatr Nurs
April 2018
Quality of life (QOL) throughout menopause has become an outcome variable requiring measurement in clinical care. Staff nurses can provide earlier nursing during the menopausal transition (MT) stage. The purpose of this study was to describe the changes of QOL in different stages of the MT according to The Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop (STRAW) in Chinese women in community settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims And Objectives: To investigate the relationship between quality of life and social support in female nurses.
Background: Nurses play an important role in providing care and managing patients' health in hospitals. However, limited studies have shown an association between quality of life and social support in female nurses in China.
The incidence of PSD patients is very high. To analyze the related factors and incidence of post-stroke depression (PSD). A total of 465 stroke patients were evaluated by a self-designed questionnaire, Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD).
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