Publications by authors named "Ruike Ding"

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and its advanced stage, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), are increasingly recognized as a global health issue. This study examines the role of small RNAs in the spleen of MASH using a non-human primate model. We performed high-throughput small RNA sequencing on spleen tissues from MASH-primates, revealing significant alterations in the expression of small non-coding RNAs, especially miRNAs.

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  • - The study aimed to explore how a high-fat diet (HFD) affects a specific gut bacterium, Roseburia intestinalis, and butyric acid levels, as well as their implications for ovarian function and gene regulation in female mice.
  • - Mice fed an HFD for 36 weeks experienced increased body weight, reduced levels of Roseburia intestinalis and butyric acid, decreased intestinal goblet cells, and signs of inflammation, along with impaired development of ovarian follicles and altered epigenetic markers.
  • - The findings suggest that a long-term high-fat diet can harm female reproductive health by disrupting gut bacteria and inflammation, which negatively influences both ovarian function and epigenetic processes.
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Obesity is accompanied by multiple known health risks and increased morbidity, and obese men display reduced reproductive health. However, the impact of obesity on the testes at the molecular levels remain inadequately explored. This is partially attributed to the lack of monitoring tools for tracking alterations within cell clusters in testes associated with obesity.

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Background: Obese patients have been found to be susceptible to iron deficiency, and malabsorption of dietary iron is the cause of obesity-related iron deficiency (ORID). Divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) and ferroportin (FPN), are two transmembrane transporter proteins expressed in the duodenum that are closely associated with iron absorption. However, there have been few studies on the association between these two proteins and the increased susceptibility to iron deficiency in obese patients.

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SummaryRabbits play an important role in people's lives due to their high nutritional value and high-quality hair that can be used as raw material for textiles. Furthermore, rabbits are an important animal model for human disease, as genome-edited animals are particularly valuable for studying gene functions and pathogenesis. Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is an important technique for producing genome-edited animals and it has great value in saving endangered species and in clone stem cell therapy.

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