Publications by authors named "Pengjuan Wang"

Regulatory immune cells regulate immune responses through various mechanisms, affecting the occurrence, development, and therapeutic effects of tumors. In this article, we reviewed the important roles of regulatory immune cells, such as regulatory T cells (Tregs), regulatory B cells (Bregs), myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), regulatory dendritic cells (DCregs), and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), in the tumor microenvironment (TME). The immunomodulatory effects of natural products, such as polysaccharides, polyphenols, glycosides, alkaloids, terpenoids, quinones, and other compounds, which affect the functions of regulatory immune cells through molecular signaling pathways, thereby enhancing the potential of the antitumor immune response, are discussed.

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Floral fragrance is an important trait that contributes to the ornamental properties and pollination of crabapple. However, research on the physiological and molecular biology of the floral volatile compounds of crabapple is rarely reported. In this study, metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses of the floral volatile compounds of standard flowers (Mr), and progeny with strongly and weakly fragrant flowers (SF and WF, respectively), were conducted.

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Background: Current chromatographic methods applied for the forensic analysis of methamphetamine are costly, time-consuming, and require complicated pretreatment procedures. Thus, the rapid detection of methamphetamine is a critical and unmet need. In this study, a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) system based on indirect inhibitive immunoassay was designed for the analysis of methamphetamine in forensic oral fluid samples.

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Herein, an aptamer-initiated on-particle template-independent enzymatic polymerization (aptamer-OTEP) strategy for electrochemical aptasensor (E-aptasensor) is developed for analysis of cancer biomarker carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA). A pair of DNA aptamers is employed which can be specifically bond with CEA simultaneously. One of the aptamer is thiolated at 3'-terminal and immobilized onto the gold electrode as a capture probe, while the other one has a thiol group at its 5'-terminal and is modified onto the gold nanoparticles surface to form a nanoprobe.

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Electrochemical DNA (E-DNA) sensors have been greatly developed and play an important role in early diagnosis of different diseases. To determine the extremely low abundance of DNA biomarkers in clinical samples, scientists are making unremitting efforts toward achieving highly sensitive and selective E-DNA sensors. Here, a novel E-DNA sensor was developed taking advantage of the signal amplification efficiency of nanoprobe-initiated enzymatic polymerization (NIEP).

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A label-free and selective aptamer beacon-based Love-wave biosensing device was developed for prostate specific antigen (PSA) detection. The device consists of the following parts: LiTaO3 substrate with SiO2 film as wave guide layer, two set of inter-digital transducers (IDT), gold film for immobilization of the biorecongniton layer and a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic channels. DNA aptamer, or "artificial antibody", was used as the specific biorecognition probe for PSA capture.

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In this work, two electrochemical DNA sensors was developed based on the target induced structural switching of stem-loop probe (SLP) and surface initiated enzymatic polymerization (SIEP). Both of the electrochemical DNA sensors employed SLPs with the same sequence. However, one had a thiol label at its 3' terminal (the probe was named 3-SLP and the sensor was named 3-SLP-SENS) and the other at its 5' terminal (the probe was named 5-SLP and the sensor was named 5-SLP-SENS).

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