In Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), the genomic region around the gene is a "hotspot" locus, repeatedly implicated in generating intraspecific melanic wing color polymorphisms across 100 million years of evolution. However, the identity of the effector gene regulating melanic wing color within this locus remains unknown. We show that none of the four candidate protein-coding genes within this locus, including , serve as major effectors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a serious life-threatening pathogen. The rise in P. aeruginosa resistance rates has renewed interest in phages as an alternative therapeutic approach for treating bacterial infections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOvarian cancer is a common malignant tumor in the female reproductive system, and Granulosa cell tumor (GCT) of the ovary is a rare type of ovarian cancer, which significantly threatens women's reproductive health. It has been reported that dysregulation of thyroid hormones (THs) may be closely related to the progression and prognosis of ovarian cancer. Moreover, THs regulate phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT3) and Octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (OCT4) expression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and immune senescence are important pathologic factors in diabetic wound nonhealing. This study loads taurine (Tau) into cerium dioxide (CeO) to develop CeO@Tau nanoparticles with excellent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-aging properties. To enhance the drug penetration efficiency in wounds, CeO@Tau is encapsulated in gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogel to prepare CeO@Tau@Hydrogel@Microneedle (CTH@MN) patch system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi
September 2024
Online medical consultation is a form of medical service that facilitates interactions between patients and doctors online, offering significant utility and value. This review aims to retrieve, screen, and analyze articles related to online medical consultations, formulating a theoretical framework and proposing future research directions. According to PRISMA guidelines, a systematic search was conducted in Web of Science, EBSCO, ScienceDirect, PubMed, and Scopus, retrieving a total of 4072 English records on 16 December 2023.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAm J Physiol Renal Physiol
November 2024
Proximal tubule endocytosis is essential to produce protein-free urine as well as to regulate system-wide metabolic pathways, such as the activation of Vitamin D. We have determined that the proximal tubule expresses an endolysosomal membrane protein, protein spinster homolog1 (Spns1), which engenders a novel iron conductance that is indispensable during embryonic development. Conditional knockout of Spns1 with a novel Cre-LoxP construct specific to megalin-expressing cells led to the arrest of megalin receptor-mediated endocytosis as well as dextran pinocytosis in proximal tubules.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron subvariants raises concerns regarding the effectiveness of immunity acquired from previous Omicron subvariants breakthrough infections (BTIs) or reinfections (RIs) against the current circulating Omicron subvariants. In this study, we prospectively investigate the dynamic changes of virus-specific antibody and T cell responses among 77 adolescents following Omicron BA.2.
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January 2025
Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi
August 2024
Objectives: To study the correlation of anti-C1q antibodies with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (LN) in children, as well as their diagnostic value for active SLE and LN.
Methods: A retrospective selection of 90 hospitalized children with SLE at the Children's Medical Center of Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University from January 2016 to March 2019 as the SLE group, all of whom were tested for anti-C1q antibodies. A control group was formed by collecting 70 hospitalized children with other autoimmune diseases (OAD) during the same period.
Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi
August 2024
Objectives: To study the clinical characteristics of children with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV).
Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 25 children diagnosed with AAV at the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University from January 2010 to June 2022.
Results: Among the AAV children, there were 5 males and 20 females, with a median age of onset of 11.
Infect Genet Evol
September 2024
Melioidosis is a zoonotic disease, with its outbreaks being rare and indicative of an unusual concurrence of extreme climate and natural environmental factors. An outbreak of melioidosis cases emerged in Hainan following Typhoon "Dianmu" from October to December 2021, presenting an opportunity to identify the environmental sources of infection for these cases due to its nature as a well-defined point-source cluster. To investigate the relationship between the occurrence of these melioidosis cases and the environment, we extracted the entire genome of 25 clinical strains and conducted MLST typing, followed by whole genome sequencing and analysis of molecular genetic information for four ST46 genotypes from these strains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn a clinical isolate of Burkholderia pseudomallei from Hainan, the association between the emergence of ceftazidime resistance and a novel PenA P174L allele was identified for the first time, providing an understanding of one mechanism by which ceftazidime resistance arises in B. pseudomallei.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA miniaturized photoacoustic spectroscopy-based gas sensor is proposed for the purpose of detecting sub-ppm-level carbonyl sulfide (OCS) using a tunable mid-infrared interband cascade laser (ICL) and a Helmholtz photoacoustic cell. The tuning characteristics of the tunable ICL with a center wavelength of 4823.3 nm were investigated to achieve the optimal driving parameters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), the genomic region around the gene is a 'hotspot' locus, repeatedly used to generate intraspecific melanic wing color polymorphisms across 100-million-years of evolution. However, the identity of the effector gene regulating melanic wing color within this locus remains unknown. Here, we show that none of the four candidate protein-coding genes within this locus, including , serve as major effectors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe introduction of cantilever-based fiber-optic microphones (FOMs) has proven to be effective in acoustic sensing. Further improvements in cantilevers face two key constraints: the challenge of achieving minimal sizes with sufficient reflective area and the trade-off between sensitivity and response bandwidth. Herein, we present a geometry optimization framework for a cantilever-based FOM that addresses this issue.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiofuel production from lignocellulose feedstocks is sustainable and environmentally friendly. However, the lignocellulosic pretreatment could produce fermentation inhibitors causing multiple stresses and low yield. Therefore, the engineering construction of highly resistant microorganisms is greatly significant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: IFN-induced protein 44-like (IFI44L) promoter methylation has been demonstrated to serve as an effective blood diagnostic biomarker for adult-onset SLE. However, its utility as a diagnostic marker for childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) remains to be verified.
Methods: Initially, we conducted a differential analysis of gene methylation and mRNA expression patterns in cSLE whole blood samples obtained from the public GEO database to determine IFI44L gene expression and assess the methylation status at its CpG sites.
We report a high-quality genome draft assembly of the dark-branded bushbrown, Mycalesis mineus, a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of nymphalid butterflies. This species is emerging as a promising model organism for investigating the evolution and development of phenotypic plasticity. Using 45.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLatent thermal energy storage (LTES) devices can efficiently store renewable energy in thermal form and guarantee a stable-temperature thermal energy supply. The gravity-driven motion melting (GDMM) process improves the overall melting rate for packaged phase-change material (PCM) by constructing an enhanced flow field in the liquid phase. However, due to the complex mechanisms involved in fluid-solid coupling and liquid-solid phase transition, numerical simulation studies that demonstrate physical details are necessary.
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