Publications by authors named "Min-Jie Zhao"

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  • The study investigates how Oridonin (Ori), an inhibitor of NLRP3, affects liver ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) by targeting macrophage pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death.
  • In experiments using mice and liver macrophages, Ori was found to reduce pyroptosis and liver damage by disrupting the interaction between PKM2 and NLRP3 during hypoxia/reoxygenation conditions.
  • The results suggest that Ori has protective qualities against liver IRI, making it a possible new treatment option by targeting the PKM2/NLRP3 pathway.
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Background: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) poses a significant challenge to liver transplantation (LT). The underlying mechanism primarily involves overactivation of the immune system. Heat shock protein 110 (HSP110) functions as a molecular chaperone that helps stabilize protein structures.

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Acute rejection (AR) is an important factor that leads to poor prognosis after liver transplantation (LT). Macrophage M1-polarization is an important mechanism in AR development. MicroRNAs play vital roles in disease regulation; however, their effects on macrophages and AR remain unclear.

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Glycerol monolaurate (GML) has been widely used as an effective antibacterial emulsifier in the food industry. A total of 360 44-week-old Hy-Line brown laying hens were randomly distributed into four groups each with six replicates of 15 birds, and fed with corn-soybean-meal-based diets supplemented with 0, 0.15, 0.

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An extracellular lipase from Aureobasidium pullulans was obtained and purified with a specific activity of 17.7 U/mg of protein using ultrafiltration and a DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow column. Characterization of the lipase indicated that it is a novel finding from the species A.

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The aim of this study was to develop a quantitative analytical method to measure the effective components in the left cetirizine hydrochloride tablets using near infrared spectroscopy combining with a partial least square (PLS) analysis model. The method was internal cross-validated to determine the best wavelength range, spectral preprocessing methods and the optimal number of principal components. The concentration of validation set samples was predictable by PLS model.

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The effect of stereoscopic cultivation on the growth, photosynthetic characteristics and yield of Tulipa edulis was studied to explore the feasibility of stereoscopic cultivation on efficient cultivation of T.edulis. Total leaf area and photosynthetic parameters of T.

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Quartz Volume Diffuser(QVD) is used in the observing system of Space-Borne differential optical absorption spectrometer. The precision of observed solar spectrum directly influences the accuracy of the gas retrievals. Therefore the QVD is required for well Lambert feature to ensure the accuracy of full field solar spectrum, and it can provide uniformity source in the observing view of the instrument.

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Spectral calibration of space-born imaging spectrometers based on spectrum-matching technique is presented, which adopts atmospheric absorption lines as the matching lines, and chooses correlation coefficient method as the criteria. In order to simulation the onboard spectral calibration, the spectrum-matching technique is applied on the imaging spectrometers that after the vibration test. The vibration test is able to simulation the launching.

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Space-borne differential optical absorption spectrometer is a nadir viewing wide field imaging spectrometer, which adopts two-dimensional CCD detector arrays. The pixel response non-uniformity exists in each column of spatial dimension, which will introduce high-frequency instrument-related spectral structures in the measurement data. However, the non-uniformity calibration of space-born imaging spectrometer is difficulty due to two factors: the spectral smile effect and the large field of view.

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Eleven novel ursolic acid (UA) derivatives were designed and synthesized with modification at positions of C-2, C-3, and C-28 of UA. Their structures were confirmed by MS, (1)H NMR, and elemental analysis. Their in vitro cytotoxicities against various cancer cell lines (HeLa, HepG2, and BGC-823) were evaluated by MTT assay.

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This study compared the decoction's HPLC figures of the different processed rhizomes of Cibotium barometz including the raw, the sand-baked, the wined, the steamed and the salted, on the basis of which, with the sand-baked Drynaria fortunei decoction as the positive control group, comparingall groups' decoction, concentration of which was 104.2 g x L(-1), for 4 weeks, by their effects (s-TRAP and total scores of OPG, Ca, P, IL-6, TNF-alpha and IL-1) on retinoic acid induced male rats osteoporosis. The experiment results showed the sand-baked and the wined were better than the steamed, the salted and the raw;in the processing methods' selection, the sand-baked was a better heating method than the steamed and the rice wine was the better excipient than the salt.

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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: RW-Cb, the first processed product of Cibotium barometz (L.) J. Sm.

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A new monitoring method of NO2 concentration near ground with the target difference absorption spectrum technology (Target DOAS) is introduced in the present paper. This method is based on the passive difference absorption spectrum technology. The instrument collects solar reflection spectrum of remote objectives, such as wall of building and mountain, and a specific reference spectrum is chosen to subtract the influence of trace gases from the target to atmospheric top, then integrated concentration of NO2 along the path between the target and instrument can be calculated through the differential absorption spectra inversion algorithm.

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Space-borne differential optical absorption spectrometer is used for remote sensing of atmospheric trace gas global distribution. This instrument acquires high accuracy UV/Vis radiation scattered or reflected by air or earth surface, and can monitor distribution and variation of trace gases based on differential optical absorption spectrum algorithm. Spectral calibration is the premise and base of quantification of remote sensing data of the instrument, and the precision of calibration directly decides the level of development and application of the instrument.

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