Publications by authors named "Weibo Sun"

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a complex and perplexing medical disorder primarily characterized by persistent and debilitating fatigue, often accompanied by a constellation of symptoms, including weakness, dyspnea, arthromyalgia, sore throat, and disrupted sleep patterns. CFS is defined by its persistent or recurrent manifestation for a minimum duration of six months, marked by an enduring and unrelenting fatigue that remains refractory to rest. In recent decades, this condition has garnered significant attention within the medical community.

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New energy sources are transforming the automotive market. This shift has also expanded the possibilities for in-vehicle interaction. Through a literature review, this study categorizes the in-vehicle interaction activities into three types: driving tasks, comfort tasks, and entertainment tasks.

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Objectives: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on behavior and hippocampal protein phosphorylation in rats with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), so as to explore its mechanisms underlying improvement of CFS.

Methods: Male SD rats were randomly divided into control, model and EA groups (=12 rats in each group). The CFS model was established by chronic multifactor combined with stress stimulation (treadmill training + restraint stress + sleep disturbance + crowded environment).

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Pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PGPG) is a rare neuroendocrine tumor. Amino acid metabolism is crucial for energy production, redox balance, and metabolic pathways in tumor cell proliferation. This study aimed to build a risk model using amino acid metabolism-related genes, enhancing PGPG diagnosis and treatment decisions.

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Objectives: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on the changes of behavior and hippocampal inflammatory factors in rats with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), so as to explore its possible mechanisms in the treatment of CFS.

Methods: Twenty-seven SD rats were randomly divided into control, model and electroacupuncture (EA) groups (=9 rats in each group). The CFS model was established by multi-factor compound stress stimulation method.

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Fusarium graminearum is a dominant phytopathogenic fungus causing Fusarium head blight (FHB) in cereal crops. Heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF) is a polycyclic tetramate macrolactam (PoTeM) isolated from Lysobacter enzymogenes that exhibits strong antifungal activity against F. graminearum.

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The CRISPR genome editing technology is a crucial tool for enabling revolutionary advancements in plant genetic improvement. This review shows the latest developments in CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system variants, discussing their benefits and limitations for plant improvement. While this technology presents immense opportunities for plant breeding, it also raises serious biosafety concerns that require careful consideration, including potential off-target effects and the unintended transfer of modified genes to other organisms.

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Background: Disulfidptosis and the disulfidptosis-related gene SLC7A11 have recently attracted significant attention for their role in tumorigenesis and tumour management. However, its association with adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is rarely discussed.

Methods: Differential analysis, Cox regression analysis, and survival analysis were used to screen for the hub gene SLC7A11 in the TCGA and GTEx databases and disulfidptosis-related gene sets.

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Article Synopsis
  • Heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF) is being studied as a biocontrol agent against phytopathogenic fungi, specifically targeting the fungus causing fatal pear Valsa canker.
  • Researchers identified 31 proteins that bind to HSAF and created 11 deletion mutants, finding that one mutant showed decreased sensitivity and reduced virulence in the fungus.
  • The study revealed that HSAF binds to specific amino acids in a protein (VpVeb1) crucial for its ATPase activity, which correlates with the reduced ability of the fungus to cause disease.
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The pathogen-associated protein 1 (PR1) plays an important role in plant response to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, 17 PtPR1 genes were identified in Populus trichocarpa genome. The 17 PtPR1 genes were distributed on 7 chromosomes, and divided into A, B subfamilies by evolutionary tree analysis.

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Article Synopsis
  • The heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF) produced by a biocontrol bacterium displays strong antifungal properties, making it valuable for agricultural and medical applications.
  • Currently, there is a lack of efficient methods to obtain high yields and purity of HSAF, which hinders its development as a new drug.
  • The study introduces a successful technique using high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) in combination with other methods to isolate and purify HSAF, achieving a yield of 42 mg with 97.6% purity, paving the way for its industrial production.
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Fire blight, caused by the plant-pathogenic bacterium , is a devastating disease that occurs on rosaceous plants, including pears and apples. is indigenous to North America and was spread to the Eurasian continent in the second half of the 20th century through contaminated plant materials. In 2016, fire blight was first observed in Yili, Xinjiang Province, in Northwestern China.

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Poplar is one of the most widely used tree species in afforestation projects. CCR4 associated factor 1 (CAF1) is a major member of CCR4-NOT and plays an important role in eukaryotic mRNA deadenylation. However, its role in poplar remains unclear.

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Background: CRISPR has been increasingly used for plant genetic improvements because of its high efficiency and precision. Recently, the authors have reported the possibility of homology-directed repair (HDR) using CRISPR/Cas9 through woody plants such as poplar. HDR often replaces nucleotides with one donor DNA template (DDT), including homologous sequences.

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Phosphorus is a very important resource, and dewatered cyanobacteria contains a large amount of it. Basic additives, such as KOH, are often used to promote hydrogen production during supercritical water gasification (SCWG) of biomass, but their effects phosphorus transformation have rarely been investigated. In this study, SCWG of dewatered cyanobacteria with potassium salt and KOH was conducted in autoclave at 400 °C for 10 min, to investigate the effect of K on the transformation of phosphorus under neutral and alkaline conditions.

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Osteoporosis (ops) is a systemic degenerative bone disease characterized by bone mass reduction, bone mineral density loss, bone microstructure destruction, bone fragility, and increased fracture susceptibility. Thus far, drug therapy is the main method used to prevent and treat osteoporosis. However, long-term drug treatment will inevitably lead to drug resistance and certain side effects.

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is a genus of globally significant plantation trees used widely in industrial and agricultural production. Poplars are easily damaged by and , resulting in decreasing quality. toxin-encoded by the gene has been widely adopted in poplar breeding because of its strong insect resistance.

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CRISPR-mediated genome editing has become a powerful tool for the genetic modification of biological traits. However, developing an efficient, site-specific, gene knock-in system based on homology-directed DNA repair (HDR) remains a significant challenge in plants, especially in woody species like poplar. Here, we show that simultaneous inhibition of non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) recombination cofactor XRCC4 and overexpression of HDR enhancer factors CtIP and MRE11 can improve HDR efficiency for gene knock-in.

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Intestinal flora dysbiosis may play an important role in the occurrence and development of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), which may induce the inflammatory response and metabolic disturbance of patients with CFS. Acupuncture and moxibustion may achieve anti-fatigue effect by affecting the diversity and quantity of intestinal flora, improving intestinal barrier function, and regulating brain-gut peptides.

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Sheep testes undergo a dramatic rate of development with structural changes during pre-sexual maturity, including the proliferation and maturation of somatic niche cells and the initiation of spermatogenesis. To explore this complex process, 12,843 testicular cells from three males at pre-sexual maturity (three-month-old) were sequenced using the 10× Genomics Chromium single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) technology. Nine testicular somatic cell types (Sertoli cells, myoid cells, monocytes, macrophages, Leydig cells, dendritic cells, endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and leukocytes) and an unknown cell cluster were observed.

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Background: Rotigotine transdermal patch (TP) is a useful dopaminergic medication for Parkinson's disease (PD). This meta-analysis attempted to evaluate the effects of rotigotine TP on motor performance, activities of daily living (ADL) limitations, and sleep disturbances in patients with PD.

Methods: Only randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) with placebo design were included in this study.

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Lignins and lignans are important for plant resistance to pathogens. Dirigent (DIR) proteins control the regio- and stereo-selectivity of coniferyl alcohol in lignan and lignin biosynthesis. DIR genes have been implicated in defense-related responses in several plant species, but their role in poplar immunity is unclear.

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Under the background of "Internet + Ice and Snow Tourism," the tourism industry has ushered in new development opportunities and external challenges. "Internet + tourism" breeds a new huge tourism market. This new market consists of netizens + purchasing power + purchasing desire.

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Dorper sheep () (DPS), developed in the 1930s by crossing Dorset Horn and Blackhead Persian sheep in South Africa, is a world-famous composite breed for mutton production. The genetic basis underlying this breed is yet to be elucidated. Here, we report the sequencing and assembly of a highly contiguous Dorper sheep genome via integration of Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) sequencing and Hi-C (chromatin conformation capture) approaches.

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Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an important enzyme that serves as the first line of defense in the plant antioxidant system and removes reactive oxygen species (ROS) under adverse conditions. The SOD protein family is widely distributed in the plant kingdom and plays a significant role in plant growth and development. However, the comprehensive analysis of the gene family has not been conducted in Cucurbitaceae.

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