Microbiota in colorectal cancer related to liver metastasis.

The prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is increasing annually and metastasis is the principal cause of death in patients with CRC, with the liver being the most frequently affected site. Many studies have shown a strong interplay between the gut flora, particularly (), , and , and the development of gut tumors. Some strains can induce gut inflammation and produce toxins that directly harm gut epithelial cells, ultimately accelerating the onset and progression of CRC.

Influences of piezoelectric positive-negative junction on the multi-field coupled waves propagation in the piezoelectric semiconductor.

The influences of the piezoelectric positive-negative junction (PN junction) between two semiconductors with different doping types on the multi-field coupled wave propagation are studied in the present work. The layered structures of semiconductors are often used in intelligent devices, and the PN junction plays an important role for performance improvement. Due to the migration and diffusion of carriers, the electric potential and concentration of the carrier are graded distribution in the PN junction.

Attachment of Ferredoxin: NADP Oxidoreductase to Phycobilisomes Is Required for Photoheterotrophic Growth of the Cyanobacterium sp. PCC 7002.

Two types of cyanobacterial phycobilisomes (PBS) are present: the hemidiscoidal PBS (CpcG-PBS) and the membrane-bound PBS (CpcL-PBS). Both types of PBS have ferredoxin:NADP oxidoreductase (FNR) attached to the termini of their rods through a CpcD domain. To date, the physiological significance of the attachment remains unknown.

Reflection and transmission of coupled elastic waves by a semiconduction interlayer with consideration of photothermal effects.

The wave propagation problem through an inhomogeneous semiconduction slab sandwiched between two thermoelastic half-spaces is studied in this paper. Due to the photothermal effects and photoacoustic effects, the multiple physical fields coupled waves are generated in the semiconduction interlayer. For the inhomogenous semiconduction slab of finite thickness, the multiple physical fields coupled waves cannot be expressed explicitly.

A risk scoring system based on tumor microenvironment cells to predict prognosis and immune activity in triple-negative breast cancer.

The tumor microenvironment (TME) interacting with the malignant cells plays a vital role in cancer development. Herein, we aim to establish and verify a scoring system based on the characteristics of TME cells for prognosis prediction and personalized treatment guidance in patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). 158 TNBC samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) were included as the training cohort, and Molecular Taxonomy of Breast Cancer International Consortium (METABRIC) (N = 297), as well as GSE58812 (N = 107), were included as the validation cohort.

Structural insight into the mechanism of energy transfer in cyanobacterial phycobilisomes.

Phycobilisomes (PBS) are the major light-harvesting machineries for photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and red algae and they have a hierarchical structure of a core and peripheral rods, with both consisting of phycobiliproteins and linker proteins. Here we report the cryo-EM structures of PBS from two cyanobacterial species, Anabaena 7120 and Synechococcus 7002. Both PBS are hemidiscoidal in shape and share a common triangular core structure.

The dispersion and attenuation of the multi-physical fields coupled waves in a piezoelectric semiconductor.

The dispersion and attenuation features of the multi-physical fields coupled waves propagating in an infinite piezoelectric semiconductor and the reflection problem at a boundary which is mechanically free, electrically insulation and the dielectrically open circuit are studied in this paper. Different from the classic dielectric piezoelectric medium, there are four kinds of coupled elastic waves, i.e.

Reflection and transmission of thermo-elastic waves without energy dissipation at the interface of two dipolar gradient elastic solids.

The reflection and transmission of thermal elastic waves at the interface between two different dipolar gradient elastic solids are studied based on the generalized thermo-elastic theory of Green and Naghdi [(1993). J. Elasticity 31, 189-208] (type II of no energy dissipation).

Wave propagation through a flexoelectric piezoelectric slab sandwiched by two piezoelectric half-spaces.

Reflection and transmission of plane waves through a flexoelectric piezoelectric slab sandwiched by two piezoelectric half-spaces are studied in this paper. The secular equations in the flexoelectric piezoelectric material are first derived from the general governing equation. Different from the classical piezoelectric medium, there are five kinds of coupled elastic waves in the piezoelectric material with the microstructure effects taken into consideration.

Wave propagation through an inhomogeneous slab sandwiched by the piezoelectric and the piezomagnetic half spaces.

Wave propagation through a gradient slab sandwiched by the piezoelectric and the piezomagnetic half spaces are studied in this paper. First, the secular equations in the transverse isotropic piezoelectric/piezomagnetic half spaces are derived from the general dynamic equation. Then, the state vectors at piezoelectric and piezomagnetic half spaces are related to the amplitudes of various possible waves.

Surface/interface effects on the effective propagation constants of coherent waves in composites with random parallel nanofibers.

The effective propagation constants of elastic waves in an inhomogeneous medium with randomly distributed parallel cylindrical nanofibers are studied. First, the surface energy theory proposed by Huang and Wang (Handbook of Micromechanics and Nanomechanics, 2013) is used to derive the nontraditional boundary conditions on the surfaces of the nanoholes and the interfaces between the nanofibers and the host. Then, the scattering matrix of individual scatterer (cylindrical hole or nanofiber) is derived from the nontraditional boundary condition.

Dispersion relations of elastic waves in one-dimensional piezoelectric/piezomagnetic phononic crystal with functionally graded interlayers.

The effects of functionally graded interlayers on dispersion relations of elastic waves in a one-dimensional piezoelectric/piezomagnetic phononic crystal are studied in this paper. First, the state transfer equation of the functionally graded interlayer is derived from the motion equation by the reduction of order (from second order to first order). The transfer matrix of the functionally graded interlayer is obtained by solving the state transfer equation with the spatial-varying coefficient.

Dispersion relations of elastic waves in one-dimensional piezoelectric/piezomagnetic phononic crystal with initial stresses.

The dispersion relations of elastic waves in a one-dimensional phononic crystal formed by periodically repeating of a pre-stressed piezoelectric slab and a pre-stressed piezomagnetic slab are studied in this paper. The influences of initial stress on the dispersive relation are considered based on the incremental stress theory. First, the incremental stress theory of elastic solid is extended to the magneto-electro-elasto solid.