Publications by authors named "Xinshan Zhang"
Article Synopsis
- Leaf flattening is vital for maximizing light capture and improving photosynthesis, with earlier research focusing on its initial stages, but the maintenance in mature leaves is less understood.
- The study investigates the role of sly-miR398b in tomatoes, finding it crucial for maintaining leaf flattening by being predominantly expressed on the abaxial side of the leaf.
- Disruption of sly-miR398b using CRISPR/Cas9 leads to increased levels of Cu/Zn-SOD (SlCSD1) and altered auxin signaling, resulting in leaf epinasty; however, treatment with 1-naphthalacetic acid (NAA) successfully restores the flat leaf structure in mutants.
Objective: To evaluate the association between the rs5015480 single-nucleotide polymorphism of hematopoietically expressed homeobox (HHEX) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) via meta-analysis.
Methods: A comprehensive electronic search was performed of the PubMed, Springer, Science Direct, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang, and VIP databases for studies worldwide on the relationship between HHEX rs5015480 and GDM published up to July 2019. Rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria were developed, and the quality of studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale, followed by heterogeneity evaluation using the Q test and I statistic and data pooling.