Publications by authors named "Qiuyan Yan"

Instant adhesion to wet biological surfaces and reduced swelling of tissue adhesives are crucial for rapid wound closure and hemostasis. However, previous strategies to reduce swelling were always accompanied by a decrease in the tissue bonding strength of the adhesive. Moreover, the irreducibility of the covalent bonds in currently reported adhesives results in the adhesives losing their tissue adhesive ability.

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Nitrogen (N) is a key factor for plant growth and affects anthocyanin synthesis. This study aimed to clarify the potential mechanisms of N levels (LN, 0 kg·ha; MN, 150 kg·ha; HN, 225 kg·ha) in anthocyanin synthesis and grain quality of colored grain wheat. HN increased the yield component traits and grain morphology traits in colored grain wheat while decreasing the processing and nutrient quality traits.

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Colored wheats have drawn attention due to their nutritional compounds. However, limited information is obtained on the effects of nitrogen fertilizer on crucial metabolites and grain quality of wheats with different color grain. In the study, the pot experiment was conducted with white (W), blue (B), and purple (P) grain wheats treated with three levels of N (LN, 0 g kg; MN, 0.

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Hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogels have arisen as candidate materials to simulate the extracellular matrix and restore the functions of both cartilage and hard bones. However, integration of bone tissue adhesion and long-term osteogenic properties in one hydrogel is often ignored. Herein, a strategy to construct nanocomposite hydrogel with host tissue adhesive properties, enhanced mechanical strength, improved stability and osteogenic effects was developed.

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In order to investigate the effects of ammonium sulfate, an industrial by-product, on soil nutrients and microbial community when applied in different proportions instead of using urea as nitrogen fertilizer, a pot corn experiment was conducted. A completely randomized block experimental design was used, with a total of five treatments:CK (no fertilization), US (100 % urea), US (80 % urea + 20 % ammonium sulfate), US(60 % urea + 40 % ammonium sulfate), and US (100 % ammonium sulfate). The basic physical and chemical properties of soil and the dry weight of maize plants were determined by conventional methods, and microbial sequencing was performed using the Illumina NovaSeq platform.

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Injectable adhesive hydrogels combining rapid gelling with robust adhesion to wet tissues are highly required for fast hemostasis in surgical and major trauma scenarios. Inspired by the cross-linking mechanism of mussel adhesion proteins, we developed a bionic double-crosslinked (BDC) hydrogel of poly (γ-glutamic acid) (PGA)/poly (N-(2-hydroxyethyl) acrylamide) (PHEA) fabricated through a combination of photo-initiated radical polymerization and hydrogen bonding cross-linking. The BDC hydrogel exhibited an ultrafast gelling process within 1 s.

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Article Synopsis
  • Trichoderma spp. produce secondary metabolites that help them communicate with plants and influence root development, although the specifics of how they do this are not well understood.
  • The compound anthranilic acid (2-AA), found in T. guizhouense NJAU4742, promotes the formation of lateral roots by enhancing auxin signaling and transport.
  • This study highlights 2-AA's role in lateral root development, showing that it works through mechanisms distinct from its known involvement in indole-3-acetic acid biosynthesis.
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Bone glue with robust adhesion is crucial for treating complicated bone fractures, but it remains a formidable challenge to develop a "true" bone glue with high adhesion strength, degradability, bioactivity, and satisfactory operation time in clinical scenarios. Herein, inspired by the hydroxyapatite and collagen matrix composition of natural bone, we constructed a nanohydroxyapatite (nHAP) reinforced osteogenic backbone-degradable superglue (O-BDSG) by radical ring-opening polymerization. nHAP significantly enhances adhesive cohesion by synergistically acting as noncovalent connectors between polymer chains and increasing the molecular weight of the polymer matrix.

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Massive bleeding and wound infection due to severe traumas pose a huge threat to the life and health of sufferers; therefore, it is of clinical importance to fabricate adhesives with rapid hemostatic and superior antibacterial capabilities. However, the weak wet adhesion and insufficient function of existing bioadhesives limits their practical application. In this study, a sandcastle worm protein inspired polyelectrolyte self-coacervate adhesive of poly-γ-glutamic acid (PGA) and lysozyme (LZM) was developed.

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Combined photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a novel and effective antibacterial strategy. In order to endow titanium (Ti) with antibacterial properties, the Ti-PDA-Cur composite was prepared using the excellent adhesion properties of polydopamine (PDA) to load curcumin (Cur) on the surface of Ti. The Ti-PDA-Cur coating can produce singlet oxygen (O) and heat under 405 + 808 nm light irradiation, which can effectively kill Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

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Background: Video health education has been increasingly adopted in the clinic to expand patient guidance and improve perioperative outcomes. To date, however, it is unclear whether the use of short-form videos and web-based clinician-created forums actually improve the perioperative experience of patients.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of application of short-form video health education on the health knowledge and satisfaction with nursing care of patients with lower extremity fractures.

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Adhesives with both robust adhesion and tunable degradability are clinically and ecologically vital, but their fabrication remains a formidable challenge. Here we propose an in situ radical ring-opening polymerization (rROP) strategy to design a backbone-degradable robust adhesive (BDRA) in physiological environment. The hydrophobic cyclic ketene acetal and hydrophilic acrylate monomer mixture of the BDRA precursor allows it to effectively wet and penetrate substrates, subsequently forming a deep covalently interpenetrating network with a degradable backbone via redox-initiated in situ rROP.

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Adhesives with strong underwater adhesion performance are urgently needed in diverse areas. However, designing adhesives with long-term stability to diverse materials underwater in a facile way is challenging. Here, inspired by aquatic diatoms, a series of novel biomimetic universal adhesives is reported that shows tunable performance with robust and long-lasting stable underwater adhesion to various substrates, including wet biological tissues.

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Effective bleeding control and wound protecting from infection play critical roles in the tissue healing process. However, local hemostats are not involved in the whole healing processes to promote the final healing efficiency. Here, a multi-functional mussel-inspired polysaccharide-based sponge with hemostatic, antibacterial and adhesive properties was fabricated via cryopolymerization of oxidized dextran (OD), carboxymethyl chitosan (CC) and polydopamine nanoparticles (PDA-NPs), followed by lyophilization.

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Isolating dominant strains for the degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is of great practical significance for the restoration of ecosystem polluted by PAHs. A total of 11 strains with capacity of degrading PAHs were obtained from soil polluted by PAHs around a coking plant, by enrichment culture, acclimation, and plate isolation. Three of them with effective PAH-degrading capability were identified and screened out by morphological observation, physiobiochemical characterization, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and respectively, named as DJ-3, DJ-8 and DJ-10.

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Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) is a member of the epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) family that is involved in various biological processes such as cell proliferation, survival, differentiation, migration and invasion. It generally functions in the form of homo-/hetero-dimers or oligomers with other HER family members. Although its essential roles in cellular activities have been widely recognized, questions concerning the spatial distribution of HER2 on the membranes and the interactions between it and other ErbB family members remain obscure.

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Five coal samples obtained from Chinese coal-producing areas were oxidized by hydrogen peroxide (HO), and humic acids (HAs) were derived from original coal and its oxidizition samples. HAs were characterized by physical and chemical methods, between which was also comparison. Yield, ash, aromaticity, molecular weight and functional group of HAs showed variance between original coals.

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Protein tyrosine kinase-7 (PTK7), as an important membrane receptor, regulates various cellular activities, including cell polarity, movement, migration, and invasion. Although lots of research studies focused on revealing its functions from the aspect of the expression of the gene and protein are present, the relationship between the spatial distribution at the single-molecule level and the function remains unclear. Through combining aptamer probe labeling and super-resolution imaging technology, after verifying the specificity and superiority of the aptamer probe, a more significant clustering distribution of PTK7 is found on the MCF10A cell basal membrane than on the apical membrane, which is thought to be related to their specific functions on different membranes.

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Surface-tethered hierarchical polymer brushes find wide applications in the development of antibacterial surfaces due to the well-defined spatial distribution and the separate but complementary properties of different blocks. Existing methods to achieve such polymer brushes mainly focused on inorganic material substrates, precluding their practical applications on common medical devices. In this work, a hierarchical polymer brush system is proposed and facilely constructed on polymeric substrates via light living graft polymerization.

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Polymer viscoelastic solution is the non-Newtonian fluid and widely used in oil production. In the process of seepage, the mechanism of the polymer solution with different molecular coil dimensions (Dh) flooding on remaining oil is unknown. By using the dynamic light scattering instrument, the molecular coil dimension of the polymer solution is tested.

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The organization of a cell membrane is vital for various functions, such as receptor signaling and membrane traffic. However, the understanding of membrane organization remains insufficient, especially the localizations of specific proteins in the cell membrane. Here, we used correlative super-resolution fluorescence/atomic force microscopy to correlate the distributions of specific proteins Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA, an integral membrane protein) and ankyrin G (AnkG, a scaffolding protein) with the topography of the cytoplasmic side of human bronchial epithelium membranes.

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Super-resolution imaging technology has been a powerful tool for revealing fine biological structures and functions. Its high-quality imaging always needs highly accurate labeling. Here, by exploiting the high specificity and affinity of natural substrates to transporters, we developed one set of substrate-based small molecule fluorescent probes for labeling membrane transporters.

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  • This text addresses a correction made to a previously published article identified by the DOI 10.1039/C8NA00143J.
  • The correction likely clarifies or rectifies errors in the original research findings or conclusions.
  • Such corrections are important for maintaining the accuracy and reliability of scientific literature.
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