Publications by authors named "XiaoDan Yang"

Background: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) is a common malignancy with a very low survival rate. More and more studies have shown that SPTAN1 may be involved in the development and progression of a variety of tumors, including rectal cancer, Pancreatic adenocarcinoma, etc., and may affect their prognosis.

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Introduction: Pancreatic carcinoma (PC) is a highly malignant digestive tumor. Nanotechnology-based minimally invasive techniques have been proposed to provide a new opportunity for PC treatment.

Methods: A minimally invasive nanoplatform (named HA/DOX-AuNRs) is fabricated by HA modifying and DOX loading Au nanorings (AuNR).

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Atherosclerosis (AS) is a major cause of mortality worldwide. Geniposide (GP) has lipolytic and anti-inflammatory effects and is widely administered for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. There is considerable evidence for the importance of autophagy in the cardiovascular system, and GP can promote autophagy and improve AS.

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The thickness of film materials is a critical factor influencing properties such as energy density, optical performance, and mechanical strength. However, the long-standing challenge of the intrinsic thermodynamic limit on maximum thickness often leads to detrimental cracking, compromising these desirable properties. In this study, we present an approach called the stress-eliminated liquid-phase fabrication (SELF) method.

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Background: Stroke is one of the major chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with high morbidity, disability and mortality. The key to preventing stroke lies in controlling risk factors. However, screening risk factors and quantifying stroke risk levels remain challenging.

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Shaping of ceramics is crucial. Current techniques cannot easily and rapidly shape ceramics without weakening their properties, especially for piezoceramics. We present an ultrafast ceramic shaping method that leverages thermomechanical fields to deform and sinter ceramic powder compacts into complex-shaped ceramics.

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Background: Cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a serious vascular disease with extremely high mortality and disability rate. Bakuchiol (BAK) was found in leaves and seeds of Psoralea corylifolia Linn and has been shown to decrease inflammation and reduce oxidative stress, while the mechanism of BAK in ameliorating cerebral I/R injury remains unclear.

Methods: Middle cerebral artery occlusion reperfusion (MACO/R) was used to establish mouse model.

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Piezoelectric biomaterials hold a pivotal role in the progression of bioelectronics and biomedicine, owing to their remarkable electromechanical properties, biocompatibility, and bioresorbability. However, their technological potential is restrained by certain challenges, including precise manipulation of nanobiomolecules, controlling their growth across nano-to-macro hierarchy, and tuning desirable mechanical properties. We report a high-speed thermal-electric driven aerosol (TEA) printing method capable of fabricating piezoelectric biofilms in a singular step.

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  • Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 25 (USP25) is an important enzyme that regulates key biological processes, particularly in cancer and immune responses.
  • The study found that USP25 expression increases in macrophages during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, especially in patients with tuberculosis.
  • USP25 is crucial for effective immune responses against M tuberculosis, as its deficiency leads to lower proinflammatory cytokine levels and impairments in the ERK signaling pathway.
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Autoreactive CD4 T helper cells are critical players that orchestrate the immune response both in multiple sclerosis (MS) and in other neuroinflammatory autoimmune diseases. Ubiquitination is a posttranslational protein modification involved in regulating a variety of cellular processes, including CD4 T cell differentiation and function. However, only a limited number of E3 ubiquitin ligases have been characterized in terms of their biological functions, particularly in CD4 T cell differentiation and function.

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  • HLA-DRB5*01:01:01:07 and HLA-DRB5*01:01:01:01 are two variations of the same gene.
  • The differences between them are due to two specific changes in their DNA sequences located in intron 1 and intron 2.
  • These changes can potentially affect how the genes are expressed, impacting immune system functions.
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The intriguing biomineralization process in nature endows the mineralized biological materials with intricate microarchitected structures in a facile and orderly way, which provides an inspiration for processing ceramics. Here, we propose a simple and efficient manufacturing process to fabricate cellular ceramics in programmed cell-based 3D configurations, inspired by the biomineralization process of the diatom frustule. Our approach separates the ingredient synthesis from architecture building, enabling the programmable manufacturing of cellular ceramics with various cell sizes, geometries, densities, metastructures, and constituent elements.

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Technology for spatial multi-omics aids the discovery of new insights into cellular functions and disease mechanisms. Here we report the development and applicability of multi-omics in situ pairwise sequencing (MiP-seq), a method for the simultaneous detection of DNAs, RNAs, proteins and biomolecules at subcellular resolution. Compared with other in situ sequencing methods, MiP-seq enhances decoding capacity and reduces sequencing and imaging costs while maintaining the efficacy of detection of gene mutations, allele-specific expression and RNA modifications.

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Background: The expression level of apolipoprotein E (APOE) in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and its effect on the prognosis of PDAC patients are not clear. The effect of APOE on the immune status of patients with PDAC has not been elucidated.

Methods: We obtained pancreatic cancer data from the TCGA and GETx databases.

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Introduction: Anti-sulfatide antibodies are key biomarkers for the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). However, case reports on anti-sulfatide antibody-related GBS are rare, particularly for atypical cases.

Case Description Case 1: A 63 years-old man presented with limb numbness and diplopia persisting for 2 weeks, with marked deterioration over the previous 4 days.

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The essence of difference between hemostasis and thrombosis is that the clotting reaction is a highly fine-tuned process. Vascular protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) represents a critical mechanism regulating the functions of hemostatic proteins. Herein we show that histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG) is a substrate of PDI.

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Correction for 'Exploring the Mpemba effect: a universal ice pressing enables porous ceramics' by Xiaodan Yang , , 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d3mh01869e.

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Background: Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is an immune-mediated liver disease of unknown etiology accompanied by intestinal dysbiosis and a damaged intestinal barrier. Berberine (BBR) is a traditional antibacterial medicine that has a variety of pharmacological properties. It has been reported that BBR alleviates AIH, but relevant mechanisms remain to be fully explored.

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a liver disease characterized by hepatic steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis, as well as gut dysbiosis. No approved effective therapeutic medicine is available to date for NAFLD. Helminth therapy is believed to be a novel direction and therapeutic strategy for NAFLD.

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Trichinella spiralis is recognized for its ability to regulate host immune responses. The serine protease inhibitor of T. spiralis (Ts-SPI) participates in T.

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  • Piezoelectric ceramics with specific porosity and compaction are important for leveraging mechanical and electrical properties, but creating them uniformly is a challenge due to limited techniques.
  • The "ice and fire" technique combines freezing and high-temperature sintering to develop ideal porous piezoceramics, introducing a new "ice pressing method" that applies uniform pressure through ice formation.
  • This innovative method achieves high compaction pressure while preserving pore structure, leading to significantly improved piezoelectric performance in ceramics, and opens up various applications in fields like sensors and energy harvesting.
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Objectives: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) at "Zusanli"(ST36) on intestinal mucosal damage, intestinal mucosal oxidative stress injury and apoptosis induced by 5-fluorouraeil (5-FU) chemotherapy in colorectal cancer-bearing mice.

Methods: Thirty male BALB/c mice were randomly divided into normal control, colorectal cancer (CT26), 5-FU, non-acupoint and ST36 groups, with 6 mice in each group. Except for those of the normal control group, mice of the remaining 4 groups received subcutaneous implantation of colorectal CT26 cell suspension (0.

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Sensor matrices are essential in various fields including robotics, aviation, health care, and industrial machinery. However, conventional sensor matrix systems often face challenges such as limited reconfigurability, complex wiring, and poor robustness. To address these issues, we introduce a one-wire reconfigurable sensor matrix that is capable of conforming to three-dimensional curved surfaces and resistant to cross-talk and fractures.

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Transition metal chalcogenide (TMD) electrodes in sodium-ion batteries exhibit intrinsic shortcomings such as sluggish reaction kinetics, unstable conversion thermodynamics, and substantial volumetric strain effects, which lead to electrochemical failure. This report unlocks a design paradigm of VSe /C in-plane heterojunction with built-in anion vacancy, achieved through an in situ functionalization and self-limited growth approach. Theoretical and experimental investigations reveal the bifunctional role of the Se vacancy in enhancing the ion diffusion kinetics and the structural thermodynamics of Na VSe active phases.

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Aim: This study sought to identify potential biomarkers and miRNA-mRNA networks within extracellular vesicles (EVs) for detecting severe acute pancreatitis-associated lung injury (SAPALI).

Methods: Blood-derived EVs were isolated, and their miRNA transcriptomic profiles were comprehensively analyzed using miRBase v.21 database along with miRDeep2 tool to predict novel miRNAs.

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