A physical map of Aegilops geniculata chromosome 7M was constructed, and a novel purple coleoptile gene was localized at 7MS bin FL 0.60-0.65 by development of wheat-Ae.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Due to its rarity, it is challenging to predict the survival of patients with synchronous multiple primary esophageal squamous carcinomas (SMPESCs). We aimed to construct nomograms to predict survival outcomes and help to make therapeutic strategy for patients with SMPESCs.
Materials And Methods: The clinical and survival data of 135 patients with SMPESCs were analyzed retrospectively.
Background: Understanding the psychosocial factors influencing self-management behaviors among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is crucial for effective medical interventions and improving their quality of life. However, few studies have explored the psychosocial mechanisms influencing self-management behaviors among PLWHA in China. This study, conducted in accordance with STROBE guidelines, uses SEM to explore the roles of social support, self-efficacy, and self-esteem in predicting self-management behaviors among Chinese PLWHA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Women have a higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), potentially due to hormonal factors. Elevated testosterone levels, common in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), might influence MS risk.
Objective: To investigate the relationship between PCOS, as a proxy for elevated testosterone levels, and MS risk through phenotypic and genomic analysis.
Zinc (Zn)-based materials are cost-effective and promising single-metal catalysts for CO electroreduction to CO but is still challenged by low selectivity and long-term stability. Undercoordinated Zn (Zn) sites have been demonstrated to be powerful active centers with appropriate COOH affinity for efficient CO production However, electrochemical reduction conditions generally cause the inevitable reduction of Zn, resulting in the decline of CO efficiency over prolonged operation. Herein, a Zn cyanamide (ZnNCN) catalyst is constructed for highly selective and durable CO electroreduction, wherein the delocalized Zn d-electrons and resonant structure of cyanamide ligand prevent the self-reduction of ZnNCN and maintain Zn sites under cathodic conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In Sjögren's syndrome (SS)-an autoimmune disease characterized by dry mouth and eyes-salivary gland epithelial cells (SGECs) undergo ferroptosis, which disrupts their integrity and impairs saliva secretion. Apigenin, a phytoestrogen, is known to activate estrogen signalling and alleviate xerostomia in ovariectomized mice; however, its effect on SGEC survival and function in SS remains unclear. We hypothesized that apigenin alleviates SS symptoms and progression by inhibiting ferroptosis in SGECs and aimed to elucidate the underlying mechanism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Colloid Interface Sci
January 2025
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
September 2024
The objective of this study was to construct a concise prediction model for serious adverse events (SAEs) in order to assess the likelihood of SAE occurrence among hospitalized patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy. An electronic database of a Cancer Centre was utilized to conduct a cross-sectional review survey. Our research involved the recruitment of 239 patients who were undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy in the Department of Nasopharynx and Radiotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnderstanding the psychosocial factors influencing self-management behaviors among people with HIV (PWH) is crucial for effective medical interventions and improving their quality of life. However, there has been limited research exploring the psychosocial mechanisms influencing self-management behaviors among PWH in China. Our study examined the relationship between stigma, social support, self-esteem, and self-management behaviors among PWH, as well as whether social support and self-esteem mediate these relationships.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Identifying pediatric eye diseases at an early stage is a worldwide issue. Traditional screening procedures depend on hospitals and ophthalmologists, which are expensive and time-consuming. Using artificial intelligence (AI) to assess children's eye conditions from mobile photographs could facilitate convenient and early identification of eye disorders in a home setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough bidirectional associations between parenting and adolescents' social and emotional outcomes have been investigated, how parental warmth and harsh parenting as two different parenting dimensions, adolescents' prosocial behaviors, and emotional problems were longitudinally and bidirectionally related at between- and within-person levels remains unclear. With a three-wave longitudinal design, the present study examined these associations by employing the random-intercept cross-lagged panel model. Data from 606 Chinese adolescents (M = 13.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFElectrochemical CO reduction reaction (eCORR) to value-added multicarbon (C) products offers a promising approach for achieving carbon neutrality and storing intermittent renewable energy. Copper (Cu)-based electrocatalysts generally play the predominant role in this process. Yet recently, more and more non-Cu materials have demonstrated the capability to convert CO into C, which provides impressive production efficiency even exceeding those on Cu, and a wider variety of C compounds not achievable with Cu counterparts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicrobially mediated Fe(II) oxidation has a great potential for attenuating arsenic (As) mobility in an anoxic groundwaters. Green rust (GR), a common Fe(II)-bearing phase in such environments, could be easily oxidized into Fe (oxyhydr)oxides through microbial activity. This study focused on Acidovorax sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNucleus-encoded chloroplast proteins can be transported via the secretory pathway. The molecular mechanisms underlying the trafficking of chloroplast proteins between the intracellular compartments are largely unclear, and a cargo sorting receptor has not previously been identified in the secretory pathway. Here, we report a cargo sorting receptor that is specifically present in Viridiplantae and mediates the transport of cargo proteins to the chloroplast.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDistant metastasis remains the primary cause of morbidity in patients with breast cancer. Hence, the development of more efficacious strategies and the exploration of potential targets for patients with metastatic breast cancer are urgently needed. The data of six patients with breast cancer brain metastases (BCBrM) from two centres were collected, and a comprehensive landscape of the entire tumour ecosystem was generated through the utilisation of single-cell RNA sequencing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArsenic (As) cycling in groundwater is commonly coupled to the biogeochemical cycling of iron (Fe) and the associated transformation of Fe minerals present. Numerous laboratory studies suggested that Fe minerals can act as nucleation sites for further crystal growth and as catalysts for abiotic Fe(II) oxidation. In view of the widespread existence of magnetite in anoxic environments where As is often dissolved, we firstly exploited magnetite to enhance As immobilization during nitrate-reducing Fe(II) oxidation (NRFO) induced by Acidovorax sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA poly (ionic liquid) enhanced poly(acrylamide-acrylic acid) (PIL-PAM/AA) hydrogel-based colorimetric sensor was designed to detect zearalenone (ZEN). Different AuPt nanoparticles were synthesized via the on-pot method. Through the kinetic analysis and the theoretical calculation, AuPt possessed the relatively low energy barriers to adsorb and decompose HO so that it exhibited relatively better catalytic activity (K = 2.
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