Publications by authors named "Siqi Cai"

The brain is able to acquire and store memories of everyday experiences in real-time. It can also selectively forget information to facilitate memory updating. However, our understanding of the underlying mechanisms and coordination of these processes within the brain remains limited.

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This study assesses the performance of different cross-validation splits for brain-signal-based Auditory Attention Decoding (AAD) using deep neural networks on three publicly available Electroencephalography datasets. We investigate the effect of trial-specific knowledge during training and assess adaptability to diverse scenarios with a trial-independent split. Introducing a causal time-series split, and simulating online decoding, our results demonstrate a consistent performance increase for auditory attention classification.

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We report an elderly male with mucin-producing urothelial-type adenocarcinoma of the prostate (MPUAP) and oligometastatic lung involvement, initially diagnosed as benign prostatic hyperplasia and treated with transurethral plasma resection of the prostate (TURP). Postoperative pathology indicated mucinous adenocarcinoma, with immunohistochemistry positive for CK7, CK20, and CDX-2. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) identified genetic alterations similar to those found in intestinal adenocarcinoma.

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Copper is an essential micronutrient involved in various physiological processes in various cell types. Consequently, dysregulation of copper homeostasis-either excessive or deficient-can lead to pathological changes, such as heart failure (HF). Recently, a new type of copper-dependent cell death known as cuproptosis has drawn increasing attention to the impact of copper dyshomeostasis on HF.

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Background: Brain temperature signifies the thermal homeostasis of the tissue, and may serve as a marker for neuroprotective therapy. Currently, it remains challenging to map the human brain temperature with high spatial resolution. The thermal dependence of chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) effects of endogenous labile protons may provide a promising mechanism for the absolute brain temperature imaging.

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Recent advances in auditory attention detection from multichannel electroencephalography (EEG) signals encounter the challenges of the scarcity of available online EEG data and the detection of auditory attention with low latency. To this end, we propose a complete deep auditory generative adversarial network auxiliary, named auditory-GAN, designed to handle these challenges while generating EEG data and executing auditory spatial detection. The proposed auditory-GAN system consists of a spectro-spatial feature extraction (SSF) module and an auditory generative adversarial network auxiliary (AD-GAN) classifier.

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Biomass-derived hard carbon materials are attractive for sodium-ion batteries due to their abundance, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness. However, their widespread use is hindered by their limited specific capacity. Herein, a type of bamboo-derived hard carbon with adjustable pore structures is developed by employing a ball milling technique to modify the carbon chain length in the precursor.

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Background: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) combined with immunotherapy is increasingly used in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Tissue-resident memory T (T) cells are the primary subset responding to anti-cancer immunity. However, the immunomodulatory effects of NAC on T cells remain unknown.

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Background: The interplay between regulatory T cells (Tregs) and neighboring cells, which is pivotal for anti-tumor immunity and closely linked to patient prognosis, remains to be fully elucidated.

Methods: Tissue microarrays of 261 operable NSCLC patients were stained by multiplex immunofluorescence (mIF) assay, and the interaction between Tregs and neighboring cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) was evaluated. Employing various machine learning algorithms, we developed a spatial immune signature to predict the prognosis of NSCLC patients.

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  • - The study investigates how chemotherapy influences regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the tumor microenvironment of patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), aiming to improve neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy effectiveness.
  • - Specimens were collected from NSCLC patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery-only for comparison, revealing that NAC treatment correlated with increased Treg density and infiltration scores, especially in tumors ≤5 cm.
  • - Analysis showed that higher Treg metrics were linked to better chemotherapy responses and recurrence-free survival, while Tregs were negatively associated with cancer microvessels and fibroblasts, shedding light on chemotherapy's immune-modulating effects.
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: Decoding auditory attention from brain signals is essential for the development of neuro-steered hearing aids. This study aims to overcome the challenges of extracting discriminative feature representations from electroencephalography (EEG) signals for auditory attention detection (AAD) tasks, particularly focusing on the intrinsic relationships between different EEG channels.: We propose a novel attention-guided graph structure learning network, AGSLnet, which leverages potential relationships between EEG channels to improve AAD performance.

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Occult lymph node metastasis (OLNM) is one of the main causes of regional recurrence in inoperable N non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients following stereotactic ablation body radiotherapy (SABR) treatment. The integration of immunotherapy and SABR (I-SABR) has shown preliminary efficiency in mitigating this recurrence. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the functional dynamics of critical immune effectors, particularly CD8 T cells in the development of OLNM.

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Fucoidans have attracted increasing attention due to their minimal toxicity and various biological activities, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and immunomodulatory effects. In this study, the antiviral effect and mechanism of fucoidan (FU) derived from Durvillaea antarctica were explored in vitro. The results demonstrated that FU effectively inhibited the infection of both RNA virus (VSV) and DNA virus (HSV-1).

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  • Five highly acidic and thermostable GH10 xylanases were identified, with optimal temperatures between 70-90°C and stability at pH 2.0.
  • Key amino acid sites responsible for acid stability were located in two main surface regions behind the enzyme's active center.
  • The study provides insights into the interactions of amino acids that can improve both acid stability and thermostability in GH10 xylanases, offering targets for future genetic modifications.
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Background: Tissue-resident memory T (T) cells can reside in the tumor microenvironment and are considered the primary response cells to immunotherapy. Heterogeneity in functional status and spatial distribution may contribute to the controversial role of T cells but we know little about it.

Methods: Through multiplex immunofluorescence (mIF) (CD8, CD103, PD-1, Tim-3, GZMB, CK), the quantity and spatial location of T cell subsets were recognized in the tissue from 274 patients with NSCLC after radical surgery.

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Humans are able to listen to one speaker and disregard others in a speaking crowd, referred to as the "cocktail party effect". EEG-based auditory attention detection (AAD) seeks to identify whom a listener is listening to by decoding one's EEG signals. Recent research has demonstrated that the self-attention mechanism is effective for AAD.

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The time-varying brain activity may parallel the disease progression of cerebral glioma. Assessment of brain dynamics would better characterize the pathological profile of glioma and the relevant functional remodeling. This study aims to investigate the dynamic properties of functional networks based on sliding-window approach for patients with left frontal glioma.

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The torque teno canis virus (TTCaV) was first reported in 2001 and it shares similarities with the known Torque teno virus (TTV) in terms of genomic organization and putative transcriptional features. It is a single-stranded DNA virus characterized by high rates of recombination and nucleotide substitution, like RNA viruses. Studies reported recombination events in torque teno virus; however, there is limited reporting of TTCaV reorganization events.

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Humans show a remarkable ability in solving the cocktail party problem. Decoding auditory attention from the brain signals is a major step toward the development of bionic ears emulating human capabilities. Electroencephalography (EEG)-based auditory attention detection (AAD) has attracted considerable interest recently.

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Objective: Despite recent advances, the decoding of auditory attention from brain signals remains a challenge. A key solution is the extraction of discriminative features from high-dimensional data, such as multi-channel electroencephalography (EEG). However, to our knowledge, topological relationships between individual channels have not yet been considered in any study.

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Background: Anti-PD-(L)1 immunotherapy has been recommended for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with lymph node metastases (LNM). However, the exact functional feature and spatial architecture of tumor-infiltrating CD8 + T cells remain unclear in these patients.

Methods: Tissue microarrays (TMAs) from 279 IA-IIIB NSCLC samples were stained by multiplex immunofluorescence (mIF) for 11 markers (CD8, CD103, PD-1, Tim3, GZMB, CD4, Foxp3, CD31, αSMA, Hif-1α, pan-CK).

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Purpose: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been widely adopted to investigate the neural activity in gray matter (GM) in the field of sleep research, but the neural activity in white matter (WM) has received much less attention. The current study set out to test our hypothesis that WM functional abnormality is associated with poor sleep quality.

Participants And Methods: K-means clustering analysis was performed on 78 healthy adults drawn from the Human Connectome Project dataset to extract stable WM functional networks (WM-FNs) and GM-FNs.

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Locusta migratoria manilensis is a major agricultural pest that causes severe direct and indirect damage to several crops. Thus, to provide a theoretical foundation for pest control, the role of CrebA in the reproduction and immune regulation of L. migratoria was investigated.

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Canine influenza virus (CIV) significantly threatens the canine population and public health. Tetherin, an innate immune factor, plays an important role in the defense against pathogen invasion and has been discovered to restrict the release of various enveloped viruses. Two isoforms of canine tetherin (tetherin-X1 and tetherin-X2) were identified in peripheral blood leukocytes of mixed-breed dogs using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).

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