Publications by authors named "Xia Jun"

Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Per., named as May Cang, is a rare deciduous evergreen tree and cultivated for its ethnopharmacological properties and medicinal uses.

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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which is most common in adults, is a challenging hematological malignancy. The occurrence and the progression of AML are often accompanied by various gene fusions and/or mutations. Herein, we report the first case of a fusion transcript with a translocation of (1;12)(q25;p13) in AML progressed from myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) combined with an -ITD (internal tandem duplication) mutation.

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Agricultural soils face severe challenges, including water scarcity and heavy metal contamination. Optimizing soil remediation efficiency while minimizing inputs is essential. This study assessed the water retention and heavy metal adsorption properties of L-PH hydrogel through aqueous experiments.

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Giant viruses are crucial for marine ecosystem dynamics because they regulate microeukaryotic community structure, accelerate carbon and nutrient cycles, and drive the evolution of their hosts through co-evolutionary processes. Previously reported long-term observations revealed that these viruses display seasonal fluctuations in abundance. However, the underlying genetic mechanisms driving such dynamics of these viruses remain largely unknown.

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Hairy vetch ( Roth) and smooth vetch ( Roth var. ) are important cover crops and legume forage with great economic and ecological values. Due to the large and highly heterozygous genome, full-length transcriptome reconstruction is a cost-effective route to mining their genetic resources.

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  • - The study examines how MRI-visible perivascular spaces (PVS) relate to the effectiveness of levodopa treatment in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), aiming to improve personalized treatment approaches.
  • - Analyzed data from 327 PD patients who underwent MRI and levodopa response testing revealed no significant differences in PVS characteristics between those who responded well to the medication and those who did not.
  • - The findings conclude that MRI-visible PVS do not serve as reliable indicators for predicting how well patients with PD will respond to levodopa treatment.
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Temperature accelerates the deterioration processes affecting grotto temples. As such, studies of the temperature distribution characteristics of grotto temples can provide an important basis for their protection. In this paper, the hourly surface temperatures of 123 grotto temples in China were studied using ERA5-Land hourly data from 1981 to 2020, obtained through the AI Earth platform.

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  • Magnetic bead-assisted extraction technology was developed for analyzing 13 bile acid profiles in human serum, aiming to automate mass spectrometry processes.
  • A validated method involving liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) demonstrated strong analytical performance and stability, with recovery rates for bile acids within acceptable limits.
  • The new method showed comparable results to traditional protein precipitation methods and holds promise for routine clinical diagnosis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP).
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Microeukaryotes are critical components of sinking particles contributing to carbon export from the surface to deep oceans. However, the knowledge of the sinking microeukaryotic communities and their dynamics is currently limited. In this study, we applied 18S rRNA gene metabarcoding to investigate the microeukaryotic communities in sinking and suspended particles distinguished by marine snow catchers during spring in the Oyashio region.

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As a highly contagious acute respiratory disease, influenza A virus (A/WSN/1933) poses a huge threat to human health and public health. influenza A virus proliferation relies on glucose metabolism in host cells, yet the effects of influenza A virus on glucose metabolism and the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we created models of WSN virus-infected mice and A549 cells, along with analyzing metabolomics and transcriptomics data, to investigate how WSN virus infection affects host cell glucose metabolism and specific mechanisms.

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Global streamflow, crucial for ecology, agriculture, and human activities, can be influenced by elevated atmospheric CO (eCO) though direct regulation of vegetation physiology and structure, which can either decrease or increase streamflow. Despite a 21.8% rise in CO over 40 years, its impact on streamflow is not obvious and remains highly debated.

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Rationale: Congenital butyrylcholinesterase deficiency (BCHED) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by a pathogenic mutation in the BCHE gene. Patients with BCHED may experience prolonged apnea or even death after the application of drugs such as succinylcholine. We aimed to identify the genetic basis of disease in a patient presenting with butyrylcholinesterase deficiency in order to confirm the diagnosis, expand BCHE gene mutation spectrum, and elucidate potential genotype-phenotype associations to inform management.

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  • Acne is a common skin condition that causes both inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions, affecting areas like the face and back, and can lead to scarring and mental health issues, particularly in severe cases.
  • The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of both non-systemic medications and non-pharmacological treatments for acne vulgaris.
  • Out of 733 examined studies, only six high-quality reviews were included in the analysis, covering over 40,000 individuals with acne and over 1,300 with acne scars, presenting a comprehensive evidence base.
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We explored the coadsorption and cotransport (single, binary, and ternary systems) of varying sized (50, 200, and 500 nm) Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) nanoplastics (NPs) with different concentration ratios in freshwater-saturated and seawater-saturated porous media. It was found that ripening effect occurred selectively, with ripening more likely to occur in seawater relative to freshwater, resulting in significantly different cotransport and coadsorption of varying sized NPs in freshwater-saturated and seawater-saturated porous media. In freshwater, there was no obvious ripening effect happening.

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Background And Aims: The red blood cell distribution width (RDW) to albumin (ALB) ratio (RAR) has been identified as a prognostic indicator for mortality in critically ill patients across various diseases. Nevertheless, the impact of RAR on clinical functional prognosis in Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) remains uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of RAR in AIS patients.

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  • Multiple myeloma (MM) is a type of blood cancer that's been studied to understand what affects how well patients do over time.
  • Researchers looked at how quickly the disease gets worse (called POD24) and found that if this happens within 2 years, it usually means the patient will have a harder time surviving.
  • They discovered that certain factors, like not having a transplant and having genetic changes, increase the chances of POD24 happening, and current prediction models aren't good enough to accurately forecast it, so they need to come up with better ways to predict this.
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In this study, we implemented an unsupervised deep learning method, the Noise2Noise network, for the improvement of linear-array-based photoacoustic (PA) imaging. Unlike supervised learning, which requires a noise-free ground truth, the Noise2Noise network can learn noise patterns from a pair of noisy images. This is particularly important for in vivo PA imaging, where the ground truth is not available.

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Background: Compared with conventional chemotherapy and targeted therapy, immunotherapy has improved the treatment outlook for a variety of solid tumors, including lung cancer, colorectal cancer (CRC), and melanoma. However, it is effective only in certain patients, necessitating the search for alternative strategies to targeted immunotherapy. The deubiquitinating enzyme USP18 is known to play an important role in various aspects of the immune response, but its role in tumor immunity in CRC remains unclear.

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  • NH-MIL-125(Ti) materials had low photocatalytic activity due to their narrow visible light absorption and exciton effects, but incorporating boron nitride quantum dots (BNQDs) helped address these issues despite limitations on load capacity.
  • A new hollow Ti-MOF material was created using tannic acid etching, enhancing visible light absorption and increasing surface area for BNQDs loading.
  • The optimal system (BNQDs-5@20-Ti-MOF + PMS) achieved 85.2% tetracycline removal efficiency across various pH levels, utilizing both free radical and non-free radical pathways for effective degradation, demonstrating its potential for environmental remediation.
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Prior research has indicated that the gut-lung-axis can be influenced by the intestinal microbiota, thereby impacting lung immunity. Rifaximin is a broad-spectrum antibacterial drug that can maintain the homeostasis of intestinal microflora. In this study, we established an influenza A virus (IAV)-infected mice model with or without rifaximin supplementation to investigate whether rifaximin could ameliorate lung injury induced by IAV and explore the molecular mechanism involved.

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Predictive real-time control (RTC) strategies are usually more effective than reactive strategies for the intelligent management of urban stormwater storage systems. However, it remains a challenge to ensure the practicality of RTC strategies that use accessible, non-idealized predictive information while improving their efficiency for successive rainfall events instead of specific phases. This study developed a predictive fuzzy logic and rule-based control (PFL-RBC) approach to address the continuous control of individual storage systems.

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  • * Chylothorax is linked to a condition called portal hypertension, which can cause serious complications like bleeding and fluid buildup.
  • * For patients with this issue, doctors suggest using a special treatment called TIPS to help lower the pressure in the blood vessels and prevent further problems.
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