Publications by authors named "Piao Liu"

Background: DNA walker-based strategies have gained significant attention in nucleic acid analysis. However, they face challenges related to balancing design complexity, sequence dependence, and amplification efficiency. Furthermore, most existing DNA walkers rely on walking and lock probes, requiring optimization of various parameters like DNA probe sequence, walking-to-lock probe ratio, lock probe length, etc.

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The increasing prevalence and growing resistance of fungi present a significant peril to public health. There are only four classes of antifungal medicines available today, and few candidates are in clinical trials. Rapid and sensitive diagnostic techniques are lacking for most fungal pathogens, and those that do exist are expensive or hard to obtain.

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  • MicroRNA (miRNA) plays a significant role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression, making it a potential biomarker and therapeutic target, highlighting the need for effective detection methods.
  • A new dual-signal amplification method combining rolling circle amplification and APE1-assisted amplification was developed to analyze miRNA for early AD diagnosis, utilizing a dumbbell-shaped probe and a modified reporter probe.
  • This method demonstrates high sensitivity with a detection limit of 1.82 fM and improved specificity, successfully distinguishing levels of miR-206 in serum samples from AD patients compared to healthy individuals, suggesting strong clinical diagnostic potential.
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Background: There has been an increase in the number of women suffering from breast cancer in recent years, and discovering new therapeutic targets and efficacy predictive markers is critical for comprehensive breast cancer treatment.

Methods: First, we used bioinformatics methods to analyze TARS1(encoding cytoplasmicthreonyl-tRNA synthetase) expression, prognosis, and clinicopathological characteristics in TCGA database breast cancers, and then we collected breast cancer specimens from our center for validation. TARS1 was then subjected to GSEA (Gene Set Enrichment Analysis) enrichment analysis, GO/KEGG pathway enrichment analysis, and breast cancer immune infiltration characterization.

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The pivotal role of dysregulated miRNAs in development of papillary thyroid carcinoma has been emphasized in recent research. miR-671-5p was previously documented to function as a tumor suppressor. However, the role and mechanism of miR-671-5p in progression of papillary thyroid carcinoma remain to be further studied.

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Background: The spider Trichonephila antipodiana (Araneidae), commonly known as the batik golden web spider, preys on arthropods with body sizes ranging from ∼2 mm in length to insects larger than itself (>20‒50 mm), indicating its polyphagy and strong dietary detoxification abilities. Although it has been reported that an ancient whole-genome duplication event occurred in spiders, lack of a high-quality genome has limited characterization of this event.

Results: We present a chromosome-level T.

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Heterostructure engineering of electrode materials, which is expected to accelerate the ion/electron transport rates driven by a built-in internal electric field at the heterointerface, offers unprecedented promise in improving their cycling stability and rate performance. Herein, carbon nanotubes with Co S /ZnS heterostructures embedded in a N-doped carbon framework (Co S /ZnS@NC) have been rationally designed via an in-situ vapor chemical transformation strategy with the aid of thiophene, which not only acted as carbon source for the growth of carbon nanotubes but also as sulfur source for the sulfurization of metal Zn and Co. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation shows an about 3.

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A simple and green method for fabrication of nano silver conductive ink was developed for use in frequency selective surface (FSS). The hydrogen peroxide and ethyl cellulose were used as reducing agents and dispersants to synthesize silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs), and the ethyl cellulose was be used as binders of nano silver conductive ink eventually. The reaction byproducts of hydrogen peroxide are water and oxygen, the synthesized Ag NPs were be cleaned using purified water and alcohol without centrifugation and drying process.

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Printed-electronics inks belong to a class of novel functional conductive inks that can be used to form high-precision conducting lines or circuits on various flexible substrates. Previous studies have reported conductive inks produced by the reduction and membrane separation method for use in flexible devices. However, it remains a challenge to synthesize conductive inks with high electrical properties at low sintering temperatures, which restricts their range of applications.

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Thin film CdS/CdTe heterojunction device is a leading technology for the solar cells of the next generation. We report on two novel device configurations for these cells where the traditional CdS window layer is replaced by nanowires (NW) of CdS, embedded in an aluminum oxide matrix or free-standing. An estimated 26.

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Nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) has been used widely as a template for device fabrication. In many nanostructured electro-optical device designs, AAO grown on an ITO substrate is the desired configuration. However, a residual thin aluminum oxide barrier layer between ITO and the AAO pores remains and process non-uniformities during the template fabrication can cause serious problems in the quality of nanowires deposited later in these pores.

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