Publications by authors named "Ruitong Cai"

The study aimed to assess the impacts of ionic liquids (ILs) as innovative alternatives to traditional organic solvents on aquatic environments and human health. Five machine learning methods, including multiple linear regression (MLR), partial least squares regression (PLS), random forest regression (RF), support vector regression (SVR), and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), were used to construct the prediction models of the toxicity of ILs to D. magna, D.

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  • Ultraviolet absorbents (UVs) are chemicals used in products like sunscreens and cosmetics, but they have been found in the environment and may negatively affect human health.
  • The study analyzed the levels of nine different UVs in 87 sunscreen and isolation cosmetic products, revealing high concentrations of UV-P and UV-531, as well as significant skin absorption of UV-328.
  • Additionally, the research explored how UVs interact with skin transport proteins and highlighted concerning levels of UVs absorbed through the skin, suggesting a need for further investigation.
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A computational framework based on placental gene networks was proposed in this work to improve the accuracy of the placental exposure risk assessment of environmental compounds. The framework quantitatively characterizes the ability of compounds to cross the placental barrier by systematically considering the interaction and pathway-level information on multiple placental transporters. As a result, probability scores were generated for 307 compounds crossing the placental barrier based on this framework.

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As the one of the most important protein of placental transport of environmental substances, the identification of ABCG2 transport molecules is the key step for assessing the risk of placental exposure to environmental chemicals. Here, residue interaction network (RIN) was used to explore the difference of ABCG2 binding conformations between transportable and non-transportable compounds. The RIN were treated as a kind of special quantitative data of protein conformation, which not only reflected the changes of single amino acid conformation in protein, but also indicated the changes of distance and action type between amino acids.

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Synopsis of recent research by authors named "Ruitong Cai"

  • - Ruitong Cai's research primarily focuses on environmental health and the assessment of risks associated with chemical exposure, particularly in relation to sunscreens and placental barriers.
  • - Recent findings highlight the potential health risks posed by ultraviolet absorbents in cosmetic products and introduce a novel computational framework for evaluating the risk of placental exposure to environmental chemicals.
  • - His work also employs machine learning techniques to enhance the identification of ABCG2 transportable compounds, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of how environmental substances interact with the placental transport system.*