Publications by authors named "Pu Yi"

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  • Lateralization refers to the specialization of brain functions in the left and right hemispheres, which are often studied through comparing specific regions between both sides.
  • While localized approaches highlight the differences in individual brain areas, a broader integrative perspective considers how these hemispheric differences fit into overall patterns across the whole brain.
  • Understanding brain asymmetry requires looking at both the specific local differences and how they contribute to the global functioning of the brain.
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NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophages is involved in paraquat-induced acute lung injury (ALI). MANF exerts an inhibitory effect against inflammation and cell death. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of MANF in paraquat-stimulated alveolar macrophages and the potential mechanism.

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The innovation of advanced high-rate anodes is of great significance for the development of high-power and fast-charging lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). In this work, self-supported LiTiO@carbon (LTO@C) nanotube arrays as a high-quality anode are fabricated anodizing and hydrothermal processes. Owing to the structure having a high contact surface area and good stability, as well as the incorporation of carbon, the LTO@C exhibits a remarkable rate capability (a reversible capability of 290 mA h g, 251.

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  • Trichoderma reesei is a highly efficient producer of cellulases, and the effective secretion of these enzymes relies on the role of Rab GTPases, specifically Rab7, in the secretory pathway.
  • The study identified TrRab7's critical functions in T. reesei's growth and vacuole structure, revealing that knocking it down significantly reduces cellulase production due to impaired gene transcription.
  • Overexpression of transcriptional activators like Xyr1 or energy sensors like Snf1 can partially restore cellulase production in strains with reduced TrRab7, highlighting its role in managing energy adaptation and stress responses.
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  • Early warning signs (EWSs) can detect significant changes in a system's state, like critical transitions, through various statistical measures, with no clear consensus on the best method among several proposed EWSs.
  • In a study of 763 hemodialyzed patients, 15 different EWSs were compared based on their ability to predict mortality, revealing that variance-based EWSs were more effective than autocorrelation-based ones in indicating trends before death.
  • Although combining multiple indices improved predictive accuracy slightly, the overall effectiveness of individual indicators remained questionable, suggesting that the variety of signals could be reflecting either measurement errors or the complexity of the underlying system dynamics.
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Background: An inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine made from Sabin strains (sIPVs) has widely been used in China since 2015. However, the quantitative data on the instant and persistent inhibition effects of maternal poliovirus antibodies on the immune response to sIPV priming and booster vaccination have not been available yet.

Objective: In this study, we aim to explore and quantify the instant and persistent inhibition effect of maternal poliovirus antibodies on the immune response elicited by sIPV primary and booster vaccination.

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Background: There has been no data on the immunogenicity and safety of the 4 booster dose of the sIPV immunization in 18-24 months old children in post-marketing studies of large cohort providing with robust results.

Method: In a phase Ⅳ randomized, double-blinded clinical trial, 1200 participants aged 2 months were immunized with three consecutive doses of sIPV at 2, 3, and 4 months old to complete primary immunization. Out of the 1200 participants, 1129 received the 4 dose of sIPV as booster immunization.

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Acting as a "second skin", clothing plays an indispensable role in providing comfort and protection in the wide range of environments in which we live. However, comfort and protection are often competing requirements and are difficult to improve simultaneously. By mimicking the exceptional thermoresponsive one-way liquid transport property of human skin, here we developed a scalable and ecofriendly skin-like fabric that has a tunable directional water transport rate while having excellent water repellency.

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To investigate the potential role and molecular mechanism of circ_0005015 in GBM progression. Circ_0005015, microRNA-382-5p (miR-382-5p), and BTB domain and CNC homolog 1 (BACH1) levels were measured by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Cell proliferation was determined by MTT, colony formation, and EdU assays.

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Spatial navigation is a complex function involving the integration and manipulation of multisensory information. Using different navigation tasks, many promising results have been achieved on the specific functions of various brain regions (e.g.

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Drug-tolerant persister (DTP) cell populations were originally discovered in antibiotic-resistant bacterial biofilms. Similar populations with comparable features have since been identified among cancer cells and have been linked with treatment resistance that lacks an underlying genomic alteration. Research over the past decade has improved our understanding of the biological roles of DTP cells in cancer, although clinical knowledge of the role of these cells in treatment resistance remains limited.

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Glioma is the most aggressive malignant tumor of the central nervous system, and most patients suffer from a recurrence. Unfortunately, recurrent glioma often becomes resistant to established chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments. Immunotherapy, a rapidly developing anti-tumor therapy, has shown a potential value in treating recurrent glioma.

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Stretchable wearable thermoelectric (TE) generators (WTEGs) without compromising output performance for real wearables have attracted much attention recently. Herein, a 3D thermoelectric generator with biaxial stretchability is constructed on the device level. Ultraflexible inorganic Ag/Ag Se strips are sewn into the soft purl-knit fabric, in which the thermoelectric legs are aligned in the direction of vertical heat flux.

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Objectives: To evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of an anti-rabies monoclonal antibody (mAb), ormutivimab, compared with human rabies immunoglobulin (HRIG).

Methods: This phase III trial was designed as a randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority clinical trial in patients aged ≥18 years with suspected World Health Organization category Ⅲ rabies exposure. The participants were randomized 1:1 to ormutivimab and HRIG groups.

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Understanding the evolutionarily conserved feature of functional laterality in the habenula has been attracting attention due to its potential role in human cognition and neuropsychiatric disorders. Deciphering the structure of the human habenula remains to be challenging, which resulted in inconsistent findings for brain disorders. Here, we present a large-scale meta-analysis of the left-right differences in the habenular volume in the human brain to provide a clearer picture of the habenular asymmetry.

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Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 80-85% of all lung cancers, which has the highest cancer-related mortality worldwide. Regardless of the therapeutic effects of chemotherapy or targeted therapy, drug resistance will occur after 1 year. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a class of molecular chaperones participated in protein stability and multiple intracellular signaling pathways.

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As a central node of protein synthesis, the cap-binding complex, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4 F (eIF4F), is involved in cell homeostasis, development and tumorigenesis. A large body of literature exists on the regulation and function of eIF4F in cancer cells, however the intracellular localization patterns of this complex are largely unknown. Since different subsets of mRNAs are translated in distinct subcellular compartments, understanding the distribution of translation initiation factors in the cell is of major interest.

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Ammonia is important, both as a fertilizer and as a carrier of clean energy, mainly produced by the Haber-Bosch process, which consumes hydrogen and emits large amounts of carbon dioxide. The ENRR (Electronchemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction) is considered a promising method for nitrogen fixation owing to their low energy consumption, green and mild. However, the ammonia yield and Faraday efficiency of the ENRR catalysts are low due to the competitive reaction between HER and NRR, the weak adsorption of N2 andthe strong N≡N triple bond.

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Lateralization is a fundamental characteristic of many behaviors and the organization of the brain, and atypical lateralization has been suggested to be linked to various brain-related disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. Right-handedness is one of the most prominent markers of human behavioural lateralization, yet its neurobiological basis remains to be determined. Here, we present a large-scale analysis of handedness, as measured by self-reported direction of hand preference, and its variability related to brain structural and functional organization in the UK Biobank (N = 36,024).

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Multiple approaches are used to treat acne scars, but some are expensive, ineffective, and cause complications. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ultra-pulsed CO fractional laser combined with 30% supramolecular salicylic acid in the treatment of acne scars in a prospective split-face control study. Twenty patients with facial symmetrical acne scars were enrolled.

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In memory, our continuous experiences are broken up into discrete events. Boundaries between events are known to influence the temporal organization of memory. However, how and through which mechanism event boundaries shape temporal order memory (TOM) remains unknown.

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Typhimurium is widely distributed in food. It can colonise the gastrointestinal tract after ingestion, causing lamina propria edema, inflammatory cell infiltration, and mucosal epithelial decomposition. A high-fat diet (HFD) can induce an inflammatory response, but whether HFD can increase the infection level of Typhimurium is unknown.

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