Publications by authors named "Shupei Yu"

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  • Three isoforms of collagen prolyl 4-hydroxylases (C-P4Hs) are linked to cancer progression, with higher expression correlating to better prognoses in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC) patients.
  • Unexpectedly, patients with elevated levels of all three C-P4HAs often have longer survival rates, suggesting potential protective factors against tumor growth.
  • The study identifies LLGL2 as a key molecule that counteracts the negative effects of high C-P4HA levels, indicating that targeting the relationship between LLGL2 and C-P4HAs could help reduce HNSC tumor progression.
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Mycoplasma synoviae (MS) is an essential pathogenic mycoplasma in poultry worldwide, posing a serious threat to the poultry industry's health. Timely detection is imperative for early diagnosis, prevention, and control of MS infection. Current laboratory methods for MS detection are generally complicated, time-consuming, and require sophisticated equipment.

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Neutral rhodol-based red emitters are shown to efficiently localize in mitochondria, as demonstrated by confocal microscopy and co-localization studies. A simple model is proposed to explain the localization mechanism of neutral molecules. The model takes into account the strong coupling between the molecular dipole moment and the electric field of the inner mitochondrial membrane.

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In recent years, cationic polymer vectors have been viewed as a promising method for delivering nucleic acids. With the advancement of synthetic polymer chemistry, we can control chemical structures and properties to enhance the efficacy of gene delivery. Herein, a facile, cost-effective, and scalable method was developed to synthesize PEGylated PDMAEMA polymers (PEO-PDMAEMA-PEO), where PEGylation could enable prolonged polyplexes circulation time in the blood stream.

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In this study, we investigated a complex optically computed phase microscopy (complex-OCPM) technology. Based on a low coherence interferometer and an innovative optical computation approach, the complex-OCPM imaging system achieves depth resolved quantitative phase measurement. Particularly, the complex-OCPM imaging system directly measures the complex amplitude of the optical field emerging from the sample, extracts the phase as the argument of a complex signal, and achieves a high spatial resolution in phase imaging.

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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an effective and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved treatment for cancer and other diseases.

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  • Researchers designed far-red BODIPY-based oxime esters to release specific carboxylic acid molecules when exposed to low power red LED light.
  • The breakdown of the N-O oxime ester bond under light activates the release of these caged compounds, which was analyzed using H NMR spectroscopy for mechanism and kinetics.
  • The approach was tested for drug delivery to release valproic acid (VPA) on demand, aiming to trigger apoptosis in tumor cells through this photo-uncaging strategy.
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Photobase generators (PBGs) are compounds that utilize light-sensitive chemical-protecting groups to offer spatiotemporal control of releasing organic bases upon targeted light irradiation. PBGs can be implemented as an external control to initiate anionic polymerizations such as thiol-ene Michael addition reactions. However, there are limitations for common PBGs, including a short absorption wavelength and weak base release that lead to poor efficiency in photopolymerization.

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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and unfolded protein response are cells' survival strategies to thwart disruption of proteostasis. Tumor cells are continuously being challenged by ER stress. The prion protein, PrP, normally a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein exists as a pro-PrP retaining its GPI-peptide signal sequence in human pancreatic ductal cell adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

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Hypochlorous acid (HClO) is produced by white blood cells to defend against injury and bacteria. However, as one of the reactive oxygen species, high intracellular HClO concentration could lead to chronic diseases that affect the cardiovascular and nervous systems. To monitor HClO concentrations in bio-samples, the fluorescent probe is preferred to have: a) absorbability in the far-red window with reduced light-toxicity and improved tissue penetration depth, b) ratiometric feature for accurate analysis.

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The capability to image subtle mechanical motion at cellular and sub-cellular scales can be used to study how extracellular particles interact with cultured cells and, more generally, how cells interact with their environment. However, current technologies need to provide sufficient spatial resolution, temporal resolution, and motion sensitivity to image cellular and sub-cellular motion in the en face plane. To address this unmet need, we investigate a full-field Doppler phase microscopy (FF-DPM) technology based on an innovative optical computation strategy that enables depth-resolved imaging and phase quantification.

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Supercapacitors (SCs) are short-term energy storage elements that find many applications, , electronic charging devices and suppressors of power fluctuations in grids that are interfaced with sustainable sources. The capacitance of an ordinary capacitor increases when dispersing metallic colloids in its dielectric. A similar strategy for SCs means deployment of nano-scale metal colloids (in our case, Au nanoparticles, or AuNPs) at the very narrow interface between an electrolyte and a porous electrode (here, active carbon film, AC, on a grafoil current collector).

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A new PEGylated macroiniferter was prepared based on the polycondensation reaction of polyethylene oxide (PEO), methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI), and 1,1,2,2-tetraphenyl-1,2-ethanediol (TPED). The macroiniferter consists of PEO end groups and readily reacts with acrylamides (such as -isopropylacrylamide, NIPAM) and forms ABA block copolymers (PEO-PNIPAM-PEO). This approach of making amphiphilic ABA block copolymers is robust, versatile, and useful, particularly for the development of polymers for biomedical applications.

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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is one of the most important diseases that has brought significant economic losses to the swine industry worldwide. Rapid and accurate PRRS virus (PRRSV) detection is one of the key factors for PRRS prevention and control. This study developed a real-time fluorescence-based reverse transcription recombinase-aided amplification (RF-RT-RAA) method for type 2 PRRSV (PRRSV-2) detection.

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• Seven monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein are produced, which can be applied in ELISA, WB, and IF assays. • A pair of mAbs, 2G11/bio-1C7, can detect SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein as low as 15 pg/well in the double sandwich ELISA. • The mAb, 2G11, shows 97.

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  • Mycoplasma synoviae (MS) is a significant avian pathogen causing major economic losses in the poultry industry, highlighting the need for quick and accurate diagnosis.
  • A new detection method combining recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) and lateral flow dipstick (LFD) was developed, achieving results in just 25 minutes at 38°C, with no cross-reaction to other pathogens.
  • The RAA-LFD method demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity, matching results from traditional PCR methods in 95.3% of cases, making it a promising tool for rapid MS detection in clinical settings.
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To develop an attenuated vaccine candidate against K88ac enterotoxigenic (ETEC), a novel () K88ac Δ with mutation and deletion was generated using site mutagenesis and λ-Red homologous recombination based on wild paternal ETEC strain C83902. K88ac Δ showed very similar fimbriae expression and growth kinetics to the wild strain C83902, but it was significantly attenuated according to the results of a rabbit ligated ileal loop assay and mouse infection study. Oral inoculation with K88ac Δ stimulated the mucosa immune response and induced the secretion of IgA to K88ac in the intestines in mice.

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Chemoresistance is one of the major challenges for cancer treatment, more recently ascribed to defective mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP), significantly diminishing chemotherapeutic agent-induced apoptosis. A boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) chromophore-based triarylsulfonium photoacid generator (BD-PAG) was used to target mitochondria with the aim to regulate mitochondrial pH and further depolarize the mitochondrial membrane. Cell viability assays demonstrated the relative biocompatibility of BD-PAG in the dark while live cell imaging suggested high accumulation in mitochondria.

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Introduction: Marek's disease virus (MDV) can cause malignant T-cell lymphomas and immunosuppression in chickens. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) not only plays a critical role in inhibiting T-cell responses, but also contributes to multiple aspects of tumour progression. The aim of this study was to reveal the potential role of MIF in the pathogenesis of MDV infection.

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