Publications by authors named "Mingli Yang"

Background: Over a century ago, Virchow proposed that cancer represents a chronically inflamed, poorly healing wound. Normal wound healing is represented by a transitory phase of inflammation, followed by a pro-resolution phase, with prostaglandin (PGE2/PGD2)-induced 'lipid class switching' producing inflammation-quenching lipoxins (LXA4, LXB4).

Objective: We explored if lipid dysregulation in colorectal cancers (CRCs) is driven by a failure to resolve inflammation.

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The short lifetime of blue quantum dots (QDs) in the electroluminescence process is indeed one of the main obstacles that hinder their applications in new display technologies. One of the speculations about the short lifespan is believed to be the reduction reactions at the interface between the QD and the ligand caused by electron injection, but little is known about how the reactions proceed. The evolution of geometrical and electronic structures of ligated (CdSe) is simulated with the real-time time-dependent density functional theory (rt-TDDFT) method.

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In this study, we report the development of a novel electrochemical sensor capable of the simultaneous detection of catechol (CC) and hydroquinone (HQ) through differential pulse voltammetry. The sensor is constructed using carbon fiber (CF) that has been intricately modified with bimetallic PtAu nanoparticles. The fabrication process involves subjecting CF to ultrasound treatment in an acidic mixture, resulting in the formation of activated carbon fiber (ACF).

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How to accurately design a personalized matching implant that can induce skull regeneration is the focus of current research. However, the design space for the porous structure of implants is extensive, and the mapping relationships between these structures and their mechanical and osteogenic properties are complex. At present, the forward design of skull implants mainly relies on expert experience, leading to high cost and a lengthy process, while the existing inverse design approaches face challenges due to data dependence and manufacturing process errors.

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Biomaterials with osteoinductivity are widely used for bone defect repair due to their unique structures and functions. Machine learning (ML) is pivotal in analyzing osteoinductivity and accelerating new material design. However, challenges include creating a comprehensive database of osteoinductive materials and dealing with low-quality, disparate data.

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The application of nanomaterials in different plants exerts varying effects, both positive and negative. This study aimed to investigate the influence of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) on the growth and development of Bur. plant.

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The efficient and stable electroluminescence of quantum dots (QDs) is of great importance in their applications in new display technologies. The short service life of blue QDs, however, hinders their development and commercialization. Different mechanisms have been proposed for the destabilization of QDs in electroluminescent processes.

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Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a key colon biomarker, demands a precise detection method for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. This study introduces a novel electrochemical aptasensor using a triblock polyadenine probe for ultra-sensitive detection of CEA. The method leverages Exonuclease III (Exo III)-assisted target recycling and hybridization chain reaction.

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Resulting from the solubility reduction of elemental sulfur during the development of high sulfur gas formations, sulfur deposition often occurs to reduce the gas production and threaten the safety of gas wells. Understanding the dissolution mechanism of elemental sulfur in natural gas is essential to reduce the risk caused by sulfur deposition. Because of the harsh conditions in the high-sulfur formations, it remains challenging to characterize the dissolution-precipitation processes, making deficient the knowledge of sulfur dissolution mechanism.

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Context: The solubility variations of elemental sulfur are of great importance in the prevention of sulfur deposition during the development of high-sulfur gas formations. It has been observed that the solubility varies with HS content, which is the main solvent of elemental sulfur in natural gas. Moreover, the addition of small amounts of CH and/or CO in HS leads to a dramatic solubility reduction of which the mechanism remains unclear.

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Porous biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) ceramics are widely used in bone tissue engineering, and the mechanical properties of BCP implants must be reliable. However, the effects of pore structure (e.g.

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The dielectric properties in semiconductor quantum dots are crucial for exciton formation, migration, and recombination. Different from 3D bulk materials, the dielectric response is, however, ambiguous for the small-sized 0D dots in which the effect of outer atoms on the inner atoms is usually described qualitatively. Based on the first-principles calculated electron density, the polarizability of the core-shell CdSe@ZnS wurtzite quantum dots is decomposed into the distributional contributions among which the dipole polarizability of the core is proposed to measure the shell effect on the dielectric properties of core-shell quantum dots.

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Background: Although the transplantation of tissue-engineered cardiac patches with adult bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can enhance cardiac function after acute or chronic myocardial infarction (MI), the recovery mechanism remains controversial. This experiment aimed to investigate the outcome measurements of MSCs within a tissue-engineered cardiac patch in a rabbit chronic MI model.

Methods: This experiment was divided into four groups: left anterior descending artery (LAD) sham-operation group (N = 7), sham-transplantation (control, N = 7), non-seeded patch group (N = 7), and MSCs-seeded patch group (N = 6).

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BCR-ABL1 kinase is a key driver of the pathophysiology of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Current treatments need to broaden the chemical diversity of BCR-ABL1 kinase inhibitors to overcome drug resistance. We designed and synthesized a series of aromatic amide derivatives based on several generations of BCR-ABL1 kinase inhibitors.

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Electrical stimulation was restrained by an external power supply and wires, despite its ability to promote nerve cell growth. Bismuth sulfide (BiS) offered a novel prospect for achieving wireless electrical stimulation due to its photoelectric effect. Herein, silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were in-situ grown on BiS surface (Ag/BiS) and then mixed with poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) powders to fabricate PLLA-Ag/BiS conduits.

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Magnesium (Mg) degrades too fast in human body, which limits its orthopedic application. Single-phase Mg-based supersaturated solid solution is expected to possess high corrosion resistance. In this work, rare earth scandium (Sc) was used as alloying element to prepare Mg(Sc) solid solution powder by mechanical alloying (MA) and then shaped into implant using selective laser melting (SLM).

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. The aim of the present study was to explore the expression level of tumor protein 73 (TP73) in highly malignant CRC tumors and how the long non-coding RNA tumor protein 73 antisense RNA 1 (TP73-AS1) influences that transcription. We found that TP73-AS1 was highly expressed in malignant CRC samples in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database.

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Colorectal cancer (CRC), a leading cause of cancer-related mortalities globally, results from the accumulation of multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations in the normal colonic and rectum epithelium, leading to the progression from colorectal adenomas to invasive carcinomas. Almost half of CRC patients will develop metastases in the course of the disease and most patients with metastatic CRC are incurable. Particularly, the 5-year survival rate of patients with stage 4 CRC at diagnosis is less than 10%.

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The RAS pathway is activated in more than 55% of CRC and has been targeted for therapeutic intervention with MEK inhibitors. Unfortunately, many patients have de novo resistance, or can develop resistance to this new class of drugs.

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Background: Over half of colorectal cancers (CRCs) are hard-wired to RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK pathway oncogenic signaling. However, the promise of targeted therapeutic inhibitors, has been tempered by disappointing clinical activity, likely due to complex resistance mechanisms that are not well understood. This study aims to investigate MEK inhibitor-associated resistance signaling and identify subpopulation(s) of CRC patients who may be sensitive to biomarker-driven drug combination(s).

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Biodegradable zinc (Zn) is expected to be used in clinical application like bone tissue engineering scaffolds, since it possesses favorable biocompatibility and suitable degradation rate. Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), which is a typical additive manufacturing technique, offers tremendous advantages in fabricating medical devices with personalized geometric shape and complex porous structure. Therefore, the combination of LPBF and biodegradable Zn has gained intensive attention and also achieved rapid development in recent years.

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Element doping is widely used to improve the performance of materials by changing their intrinsic properties. However, the lack of direct crystallographic structures for dopants has restricted the effective high-throughput design or refinement of materials using the doping strategy. Herein, Zn-doped hydroxyapatite (HAP) was selected as the template material.

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While multilayer graphene (MLG) possesses excellent intralayer electron mobility, its interlayer electrical conductance exhibits great diversity that results in exotic phenomena and various applications in electronic devices. Driven by a vertical electric field, electron flow occurs across the layers, and its current is tunable by controlling the interlayer stacking and distance, disc size and field strength. The electron rearrangement induced by the external field is appropriately described by the polarizability that measures the electronic response against the applied field.

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A too slow degradation of iron (Fe) limits its orthopedic application. In this study, calcium chloride (CaCl) was incorporated into a Fe-based biocomposite fabricated by laser additive manufacturing, with an aim to accelerate the degradation. It was found that CaCl with strong water absorptivity improved the hydrophilicity of the Fe matrix and thereby promoted the invasion of corrosive solution.

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Solid solutions of Zn as an alloy element in Mg matrixes are expected to show improved corrosion resistance due to the electrode potential being positively shifted. In this study, a supersaturated solid solution of Mg-Zn alloy was achieved using mechanical alloying (MA) combined with laser sintering. In detail, supersaturated solid solution Mg-Zn powders were firstly prepared using MA, as it was able to break through the limit of phase diagram under the action of forced mechanical impact.

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