Publications by authors named "Xiucai Hu"

Rahnella aquatilis as an emerging pathogen can cause bacterial enteritis in cyprinid fish such as crucian carp Carassius auratus. Currently, the characterisation of immune function and gut microbiome composition in C. auratus orally challenged by R.

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Objective: To investigate the effects of dexmedetomidine on renal function, inflammatory markers, and cognitive outcome, and to identify factors influencing early postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in elderly patients undergoing hip replacement surgery.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 162 elderly patients who underwent hip replacement surgery at Cangzhou Central Hospital from March 2022 to May 2023. Patients were divided into a control group (without dexmedetomidine) and an experimental group (with dexmedetomidine).

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Infection by an emerging bacterial pathogen caused enteritis and septicemia in fish. However, the molecular pathogenesis of enteritis induced by infection and its interacting mechanism of the intestinal microflora associated with microRNA (miRNA) immune regulation in crucian carp are still unclear. In this study, intraperitoneally injected with KCL-5 was used as an experimental animal model, and the intestinal pathological changes, microflora, and differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) were investigated by multi-omics analysis.

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In teleost fish, kidney is an important immune and hematopoietic organ with multiple physiological functions. However, the immune cells and cellular markers of kidney require further elucidation in crucian carp (C. auratus).

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  • This study investigates the role of focal adhesion (FA) in the immune response of the half-smooth tongue sole fish after infection with Vibrio vulnificus.
  • Using iTRAQ analysis, various immune-related proteins involved in the FA signaling pathway were identified, including ITGA6, FN, and several collagen types.
  • The findings demonstrate a correlation between the expression of FA-related genes and protein levels, suggesting a specific involvement of FA signaling in marine fish skin immunity.
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The gill of fish is an important immune organ for pathogen defense, but its microRNA (miRNA) expression and regulatory mechanism remain unclear. In this study, we report on the histopathological and immunohistochemical features of the gills of the crucian carp challenged with . Small RNA libraries of the gills were constructed and sequenced on the Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform.

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As one of the mucosal barriers, fish gills represent the first line of defense against pathogen infection. However, the exact mechanism of gill mucosal immune response to bacterial infection still needs further investigation in fish. Here, to investigate pathological changes and molecular mechanisms of the mucosal immune response in the gills of crucian carp () challenged by , the transcriptomics and proteomics were performed by using multi-omics analyses of RNA-seq coupled with iTRAQ techniques.

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Fish skin is an essential protective barrier and functions as the first line of immune defense against pathogens. However, the molecular mechanism at the proteome-level remains unclear in the skin of fish. In this study, the comparative proteomics of skin immune responses of crucian carp Carassius auratus infected with Aeromonas hydrophila was investigated by isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ), two-dimensional gel electrophoresis combined with mass spectrometry (2-DE/MS) as well as high-throughput transcriptome (RNA-seq) techniques.

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A dominant bacterium, ZYL-12, isolated from the liver of a diseased orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides, was identified as Vibrio sinaloensis, based on phenotypic and molecular analysis. The median lethal dosage of ZYL-12 was calculated as 1.6 × 105 CFU g-1 fish weight.

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  • This study reports the first identification of Pseudomonas alcaligenes in koi fish in China, a rare occurrence in aquaculture.
  • The bacterium, named KCP-516, was confirmed through various tests, including genetic sequencing.
  • The optimal conditions for its growth were found to be 25°C, 2.5% NaCl, and pH 8, with a lethal dose identified for koi fish infection, providing valuable insights for diagnosis and treatment.
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  • The study focuses on a non-AHPND strain of bacteria, TJA114, which causes high mortality in shrimp and can grow well in various environmental conditions.
  • Whole-genome sequencing and phenotypic analysis revealed TJA114's ability to adapt to high salinity, temperature, and pH levels while utilizing diverse nutrients.
  • The findings also indicate that TJA114 is multidrug-resistant and contains many functional genes related to pathogenicity and environmental resilience, highlighting its significant threat to shrimp health and the aquaculture industry.
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Carp edema virus disease (CEVD) has resulted in great economic losses in koi (Cyprinus carpio koi) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio) populations in the world. In this study, the diseased koi were diagnosed as CEV infection based on 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) and 4a protein genes by the conventional PCR, nested PCR and quantitative PCR (qPCR) analyses. Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that the TJ201708 strain was classified into the genogroup IIa.

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Providencia rettgeri infection has occurred occasionally in aquaculture, but is rare in turtles. Here, a pathogenic P. rettgeri strain G0519 was isolated from a diseased slider turtle (Trachemys scripta) in China, and qPCR assay was established for the RTX toxin (rtxD) gene.

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Vibrio vulnificus is a major pathogen of cultured Cynoglossus semilaevis and results in skin ulceration and haemorrhage, but the proteomic mechanism of skin immunity against V. vulnificus remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the histopathology and skin immune response in C.

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Crucian carp (Carassius auratus) is one of the major freshwater species and important food fish in China. Fish skin acts as the first line of defence against pathogens, yet its molecular and immune mechanism remains unclear. In this study, a de novo transcriptome assembly of C.

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Rahnella aquatilis is an important pathogen of several aquatic organisms and is found widely distributed in the freshwater, soil, fish and human clinical samples. Our previously published study reported a novel pathogenic R. aquatilis strain KCL-5 to crucian carp (Carassius auratus).

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Fish intestine is an important constituent of the mucosal immune system. The gut and gut-associated lymphoid tissue construct a local immune environment. A Shewanella algae strain was previously reported to be a pathogen causing ascitic disease accompanied with intestinal inflammation in Cynoglossus semilaevis.

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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression in fish, but its regulatory mechanism of the skin mucosal immune response remains poorly understood. In order to investigate the immunological role of miRNAs, three sRNA libraries (mSC, mST1, mST2) from skin samples of crucian carp (Carassiusauratus) infected with Aeromonas hydrophila at three time points (0, 6 and 12 hpi) were constructed and examined using Illumina Hiseq 2000 platform. All of the identified miRNA, rRNA and tRNA were 69444 (13.

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Aeromonas salmonicida is one of the most important pathogens in salmonids and non-salmonids species. Nevertheless, very little was reported in cyprinids about A. salmonicida infection.

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Spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV) causes the skin hemorrhagic disease in cyprinid species, but its molecular mechanism of skin immune response remains unclear at the protein level. In the present study, the differential proteomics of the zebrafish () skin in response to SVCV infection were examined by isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays. A total of 3999 proteins were identified, of which 320 and 181 proteins were differentially expressed at 24 and 96 h postinfection, respectively.

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In the present study, a Gram-positive bacterium was isolated from the intestine of healthy crucian carp Carassius auratus and named strain R8. It was initially identified as Enterococcus faecium according to its morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics. Further identification by using 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis confirmed the R8 strain (Genbank accession no.

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  • * Six virulence genes associated with the pathogen's ability to cause disease were identified, and the median lethal dosage for the fish was established at 1.31 × 10 CFU/mL.
  • * The isolate demonstrated significant harmful effects on fish tissues, but was found to be susceptible to certain antibiotics and showed a high level of adaptability to environmental conditions, aiding in future treatment strategies for infected fish.
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Skin plays an important role in the innate immune responses of fish, particularly towards bacterial infection. To understand the molecular mechanism of mucosal immunity of fish during bacterial challenge, a de novo transcriptome assembly of crucian carp Carassius auratus skin upon Aeromonas hydrophila infection was performed, the latter with Illumina Hiseq 2000 platform. A total of 118111 unigenes were generated and of these, 9693 and 8580 genes were differentially expressed at 6 and 12 h post-infection, respectively.

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Two DNA extraction methods, the Zirmil-beating cell disruption method (ZBC) and the QIAamp fast DNA stool mini kit (QIA), were used to extract DNA from the intestinal flora of the penaeid shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei, and their microbial communities were analyzed using 16S rDNA high-throughput sequencing. Results were obtained in terms of the number of reads, alpha diversity indexes, beta diversity indexes and taxonomic composition. The alpha diversity indexes of the community, according to the ZBC method, were higher than those according to the QIA method.

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To better understand gene expression in the intestine after Shewanella algae infection and provide insights into its immune roles in the tongue sole, Cynoglossus semilaevis, sequencing-based high-throughput RNA analysis (RNA-Seq) for the intestines between the control group and 12 h post-injection group was performed. After assembly, there was an average of 23,957,159 raw sequencing reads, and 23,943,491 clean reads were obtained after filtering out low-quality reads. Then, 383 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the intestines in response to S.

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