Publications by authors named "Ruiqi Zhao"

fabricated gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs), characterized with superior interfacial properties and large-scale processibility, represent a promising electrolyte system for high-performance lithium metal batteries (LMBs). Herein, we propose an fabricated high-voltage GPE featuring a localized high-concentration solvation structure (LHCE-GPE). This tailored special solvation structure within a polymer matrix promotes the formation of an electrochemically robust electrode-electrolyte interphase.

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Background/objectives: The BZR gene family, a critical transcription factor in the brassinosteroid (BR) signaling pathway, regulates plant growth and development. Despite its significance, the BZR gene family in , a valuable forage grass renowned for its stress tolerance and nutritional quality, remains uncharacterized, and its functional roles are largely unexplored.

Methods: Employing advanced bioinformatics tools, we conducted a genome-wide survey to identify members of the BZR gene family in .

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Background: In recent years, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown significant efficacy in treating various malignancies and have become a key therapeutic approach in cancer treatment. However, while ICIs activate the immune system, they can also induce immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Due to the variability in the frequency and severity of irAEs, clinical management faces a significant challenge in balancing antitumor efficacy with the risk of irAEs.

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Background: The four-drug regimen for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) significantly reduces the risks of hospitalization and mortality. To identify key adverse drug events (ADEs) warranting attention with this regimen, we conducted a real-world pharmacovigilance analysis based on the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) events.

Research Design And Methods: We collected ADE reports of the four-drug regimen from FAERS that matched this regimen over a 10-year period.

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Polymer electrolytes are crucial for advancing safe, high-energy-density lithium batteries. Therefore, such electrolytes must possess stability with high-voltage cathodes and lithium metal, ensuring efficient interfacial contact and high room-temperature ionic conductivity. In this study, we present a novel main-chain fluorinated polymer electrolyte, FEOP, synthesized through cationic ring-opening polymerization.

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Introduction: T helper 17 (Th17) cells have a significant effect in the pathogenesis of asthma, and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) pathway activation is critical for Th17 cell differentiation. Timosaponin A-III (TA3) was reported to inhibit the STAT3 pathway. Here, we investigated whether TA3 improved asthma by inhibiting the STAT3 pathway.

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  • - Distant metastasis is a major cause of cancer deaths, and targeting mast cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) offers a promising approach for improving systemic therapy outcomes.
  • - Research analyzed mast cell infiltration in primary and metastatic tumors using advanced techniques, revealing that activated mast cells are linked to poor patient survival and play a role in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).
  • - Simvastatin was identified as a potential drug to counteract EMT induced by specific mast cells, with findings suggesting it inhibits cancer cell changes by suppressing mast cell activation pathways.
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Pseudouridine (Ψ) is one of the most abundant RNA modifications, playing crucial roles in various biological processes. Identifying Ψ sites is vital for understanding their functions. In this study, we proposed a novel method for identifying Ψ sites with an improved signal-to-noise ratio.

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  • * It finds that certain demographics, particularly non-Hispanic White individuals and those with higher age, education, and income levels, show a higher incidence of BC, while having more live births decreases this risk significantly.
  • * Interestingly, the research indicates that hepatitis B infection is associated with a lower risk of BC, while receiving the hepatitis B vaccine may actually correlate with a higher incidence of the disease.
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This paper addresses the challenge of identifying causes for functional dynamic targets, which are functions of various variables over time. We develop screening and local learning methods to learn the direct causes of the target, as well as all indirect causes up to a given distance. We first discuss the modeling of the functional dynamic target.

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Background: Fluorouracil (5-FU) is widely used to treat metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), but real-world safety data is limited. Our study aimed to evaluate 5-FU's safety profile in a large mCRC population using the FAERS database.

Research Design And Methods: We conducted disproportionality analyses to identify adverse drug events associated with 5-FU use in mCRC patients from 2004 to 2023.

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Background And Objective: Heavy metals, ubiquitous in the environment, pose a global public health concern. The correlation between these and diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remains unclear. Our objective was to explore the correlation between heavy metal exposures and the incidence of DKD.

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Reducing friction is of great interest, and an external potential applied to the friction pair can regulate lubricity. Electrochemical atomic force microscopy (EC-AFM) is used to study the tribological and adsorption behavior of monovalent and trivalent ionic solutions between charged surfaces. An opposite trend of coefficient of friction (COF) and normal force that varies with the applied electric potential is witnessed.

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(Trin.) Tzvel., also known as the "Alkali Grass", is a major forage grass in the eastern and northeastern steppe vegetation in the Songnen Prairie.

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Over 150 types of chemical modifications have been identified in RNA to date, with pseudouridine (Ψ) being one of the most prevalent modifications in RNA. Ψ plays vital roles in various biological processes, and precise, base-resolution detection methods are fundamental for deep analysis of its distribution and function. In this study, we introduced a novel base-resolution Ψ detection method named pseU-TRACE.

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Background: Liver metastasis (LM) stands as a primary cause of mortality in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), posing a significant impediment to long-term survival benefits from targeted therapy and immunotherapy. However, there is currently a lack of comprehensive investigation into how senescent and exhausted immune cells contribute to LM.

Methods: We gathered single-cell sequencing data from primary colorectal cancer (pCRC) and their corresponding matched LM tissues from 16 mCRC patients.

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Diclofop-methyl, an aryloxyphenoxypropionate (AOPP) herbicide, is a chiral compound with two enantiomers. Microbial detoxification and degradation of various enantiomers is garnering immense research attention. However, enantioselective catabolism of diclofop-methyl has been rarely explored, especially at the molecular level.

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Solid-state lithium metal batteries (LMBs), constructed through the in situ fabrication of polymer electrolytes, are considered a critical strategy for the next-generation battery systems with high energy density and enhanced safety. However, the constrained oxidation stability of polymers, such as the extensively utilized polyethers, limits their applications in high-voltage batteries and further energy density improvements. Herein, an in situ fabricated fluorinated and crosslinked polyether-based gel polymer electrolyte, FGPE, is presented, exhibiting a high oxidation potential (5.

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The collaborative utilization of solid waste through cement kiln represents a highly effective approach in the current era for harnessing solid waste resources. In this paper, density functional theory simulations is used to predict the substitution tendency of tungsten (W) in Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) clinker. By employing experimental design, X-ray diffraction testing, and element distribution spectrum analysis, the doping preference of W ions in OPC clinker was comprehensively investigated.

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PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs), as a recently identified technique in the field of new drug development, provide new concepts for disease treatment and are expected to revolutionize drug discovery. With high specificity and flexibility, PROTACs serve as an innovative research tool to target and degrade disease-relevant proteins that are not currently pharmaceutically vulnerable to eliminating their functions by hijacking the ubiquitin-proteasome system. To date, PROTACs still face the challenges of low solubility, poor permeability, off-target effects, and metabolic instability.

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Background: Extensive local invasion of glioblastoma (GBM) cells within the central nervous system (CNS) is one factor that severely limits current treatments. The aim of this study was to uncover genes involved in the invasion process, which could also serve as therapeutic targets. For the isolation of invasive GBM cells from non-invasive cells, we used a three-dimensional organotypic co-culture system where glioma stem cell (GSC) spheres were confronted with brain organoids (BOs).

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The challenge of systemic treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) stems from the development of drug resistance, primarily driven by the interplay between cancer stem cells (CSCs) and the tumor microenvironment (TME). However, there is a notable dearth of comprehensive research investigating the crosstalk between CSCs and stromal cells or immune cells within the TME of HCC. We procured single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) data from 16 patients diagnosed with HCC.

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Oxeiptosis is a recently discovered caspase-independent, non-inflammatory programmed cell death modality. Current studies suggest that oxeiptosis has crucial effects on biological processes in a variety of diseases. However, the mechanism of oxeiptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear and no relevant studies have been published.

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The objective of this study was to explore the causal relationship between the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and 16 types of digestive system tumors. We utilized a 2-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach to investigate this relationship. We obtained exposure and outcome data from the UK Biobank and the Finland Biobank, respectively.

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