Publications by authors named "Mingchao Xu"

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is typically characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication, which may be associated with a failure to naturally orient to social stimuli, particularly in recognizing and responding to facial emotions. As most previous studies have used nonsocial stimuli to investigate inhibitory control in children and adults with ASD, little is known about the behavioral and neural activation patterns of emotional inhibitory control in adolescent with ASD. Functional neuroimaging studies have underscored the key role of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in inhibitory control and emotional face processing.

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TGA transcription factors belong to Group D of the bZIP transcription factors family and play vital roles in the stress response of plants. is an oil crop with rich economic value. However, a systematic analysis of gene family members in has not yet been reported.

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Purpose: A systematic evaluation and Meta-analysis were performed to determine the relationship between IL-17A levels in ocular aqueous and peripheral venous serum samples and diabetic retinopathy (DR).

Methods: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and CNKI databases were searched from the time of library construction to 2023-09-20.The results were combined using a random-effects model, sensitivity analyses were performed to determine whether the arithmetic was stable and reliable, and subgroup analyses were used to look for possible sources of heterogeneity.

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Physical exercise plays a crucial role in the development of cognition and brain functions in children. Inhibitory control is an advanced cognition that affects children's life and learning. In the current study, the relationship between physical training and inhibitory control was explored.

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The wall-associated kinase family contributes to plant cell elongation and pathogen recognition. Nine Cruciferous species were studied for identification and molecular evolution of the gene family. Firstly, 178 genes were identified.

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Objective: To observe the distribution characteristics of peripheral blood inflammatory indexes and retinal macular area optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging biomarkers in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) with or without diabetic nephropathy (DN), in order to seek clinical biomarkers that can predict the development of DR and DN.

Methods: A total of 169 inpatients with DR who visited the ophthalmology department of the Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from October 2020 to June 2022 and had complete clinical data were collected, and the patients with DR were divided into two major groups, DR and DR/DN, according to whether they had DN, and then further divided into four subgroups, Non-proliferative DR(NPDR), proliferative DR(PDR), NPDR/DN and PDR/DN, according to the stage of DR. The distribution characteristics of peripheral blood inflammatory indexes [Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio(NLR) and Platelet to neutrophil ratio(PLR)], renal function indexes [Cystatin-C(CYS-C), Creatinine(Crea), Uric acid(UA)and Urinary albumin to creatinine ratio(UACR)] and OCT imaging indexes [Hyperreflective foci(HRF), Disorgnization of retinal inner layers(DRIL), Outer retinal tubulations(ORTs), Central retinal thickness(CRT), Retinal nerve fiber layer(RNFL) and Ganglion cell layer(GCL)] were analyzed between the above subgroups.

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Objective: To visualize and analyze the published literature on diabetes mellitus and pyroptosis based on a bibliometric approach, so as to provide a comprehensive picture of the hot research directions and dynamic progress in this field.

Methods: This study was based on the web of science core collection database to conduct a comprehensive search of the published literature in the field of diabetes mellitus and Pyroptosis from January 1985 to August 2022, including the published research literature in this field, as well as a visual analysis of the number of citations, year of publication, journal, author, research institution, country, and research topic.

Results: A total of 139 literature on research related to diabetes mellitus and cellular scorch from 2011 to 2022 were retrieved, with a total of 3009 citations and a maximum of 255 citations for a single article, which had a first author Schmid-Burgk, JL The first author of this article is from Germany; among 20 publishing countries, China leads with 100 articles; among 222 publishing institutions, Harbin Medical University leads with 18 articles and 184 citations; among 980 authors, Chen, X from China tops the list of high-impact authors with 5 articles and 29 citations.

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Six facultative anaerobic, Gram-stain-positive, oxidase-negative, rod-shaped bacteria (strains zg-B89, zg-B12, zg-Y338, zg-Y138, zg-Y908 and zg-Y766), were isolated from the intestinal contents of in Qinghai Province, PR China. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that zg-B89 showed highest similarity to NBRC 101100 (99.5 %), zg-Y338 to DSM 20118 (98.

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  • Emerging zoonoses from wildlife, like the plateau pika virus (PPV), pose significant threats to human health, especially in unique ecosystems like the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
  • Researchers identified PPV through virome analysis and found that it can replicate in various mammalian cells, causing serious health issues in animal models, including trembling and sudden death.
  • PPV is distinct from other known mammarenaviruses, with an estimated divergence time of 77-88 million years, indicating its long-standing presence before other similar viruses.
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Hyperlipidemia is a risk factor and key indicator for cardiovascular diseases, and the gut microbiota is highly associated with hyperlipidemia. Bacteroides vulgatus is a prevalent mutualist across human populations and confers multiple health benefits such as immunoregulation, antiobesity, and coronary artery disease intervention. However, its role in antihyperlipidemia has not been systematically characterized.

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Six Gram-stain-positive, aerobic and irregular-rod-shaped actinobacteria (ZJ1313, ZJ1307, MC1495, Y192, 603 and X2025) were isolated from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China and were characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic method. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the six new strains formed three distinct clusters within the genus , and strains ZJ1313 and ZJ1307 were most closely related to JCM 31492 (16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, 98.0 %), MC1495 and Y192 to 78 (98.

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The enteroinvasive bacterium is known as a highly host-adapted human pathogen. There had been no known other reservoirs reported until recently. Here 34 isolates obtained from animals (yaks, dairy cows and beef cattle) from 2016 to 2017 and 268 human isolates from China were sequenced to determine the relationships between animal and human isolates and infer the evolutionary history of animal-associated .

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Two facultatively anaerobic, short rod-shaped, non-motile, Gram-stain-positive, unknown bacterial strains (JY-X040 and JY-X174) were isolated from fluvial sediments of Tongtian River in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, China. Cells formed translucent, gray, round and convex colonies, with a diameter of less than 0.5 mm after 5 days of incubation at 30°C on brain heart infusion-5% sheep blood agar.

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Two pairs of aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped strains (HY164/HY044, HY168/HY211) were isolated from bat faecal samples. Strains HY164 and HY044 were motile with a polar flagellum, and had 16S rRNA gene similarity of 95.1-98.

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  • Researchers isolated six new strains (ZJ34, ZJ561, ZJ750, ZJ1629, zg-993, zg-987) from feces and respiratory tracts in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, revealing they represent three novel species of a specific genus.
  • Genetic analysis showed these strains share high similarity (94.9-98.7%) with existing species but have low DNA-DNA hybridization values (less than 30.1%) compared to their closest relatives.
  • All strains had unique fatty acid and polar lipid profiles, with specific amino acid and sugar compositions leading to the proposed classification of the new species, complete with type strains for each.
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Four aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped bacteria (HY60, HY54, HY82 and HY89) were isolated from bat faeces of and species collected in PR China. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the four novel strains formed two separate but adjacent subclades close to CGMCC 1.12260 (97.

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The re-emerging outbreak of COVID-19 in Beijing, China, in the summer of 2020 originated from a SARS-CoV-2-infested wholesale food supermarket. We postulated that the Xinfadi market outbreak has links with food-trade activities. Our Susceptible to the disease, Infectious, and Recovered coupled Agent Based Modelling (SIR-ABM) analysis for studying the diffusion of SARS-CoV-2 particles suggested that the trade-distancing strategy effectively reduces the reproduction number (R0).

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Four Gram-stain-positive, non-motile and asporous bacilli (strains ZJ-599, ZJ-621, MC1420 and MC1482), isolated from animal tissue and environmental samples collected on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, PR China, were taxonomically characterized. Based on the results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses, the closest relatives of strains ZJ-599 and ZJ-621 were LMM-1653 (97.5 %), M408/89/1 (96.

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We found a new in vivo route to produce maternal doubled haploid of Brassica napus . The pollen donor, an allooctaploid rapeseed, acts as a DH inducer. Inbred line has a powerful advantage in cultivar breeding and genetic analysis.

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