Publications by authors named "Xixiang Li"

Benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH) is a common disease in middle-aged and elderly men, with lower urinary tract symptoms as the main manifestation, severely affecting the quality of life of patients. The pathogenesis of BPH is not yet fully understood, and there are still some challenges and limitations in western medicine treatment for BPH. Therefore, finding new and more effective treatment strategies is urgent.

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With the increasing prevalence of mental illness, accurate clinical diagnosis of mental illness is crucial. Compared with MRI, CT has the advantages of wide application, low price, short scanning time, and high patient cooperation. This study aims to construct a deep learning (DL) model based on CT images to make identification of bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia (SZ).

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  • Cytokinins (CKs) are essential phytohormones in plants, influencing growth, development, and disease resistance, with IPT and CKX being key enzymes in their biosynthesis and degradation.
  • The study identified and characterized 13 IPT and 12 CKX genes in radish, revealing that these genes have duplications and contain elements responsive to hormones and stress.
  • Results showed that some genes are heavily involved in clubroot disease resistance, particularly in resistant radish materials, highlighting their potential for improving disease resistance through further research.
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Vegetables, as indispensable non-staple foods in people's daily diet, provide a variety of essential vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, as well as special phytochemicals, which are recognized as functional components for human nutritional balance or medicinal purposes [...

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Ligustilide is the main active component of the volatile oil from Angelica sinensis and Ligusticum chuanxiong in the Umbelliferae family. It is a phthalein compound with anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, anti-tumor, anti-atherosclerosis, neuroprotective, and other pharmacological effects. It can improve the permeability of the blood-brain barrier and has important potential in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and other nervous system diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, ischemic stroke, Parkinson's disease, vascular dementia, and depression.

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  • The Xishuangbanna (XIS) cucumber is a unique semiwild variety with distinct agronomic traits, and researchers used Nanopore sequencing technology to assemble a high-quality genome for the landrace XIS49.
  • A comparison with the Chinese Long (CL) variety identified over 10,000 structural variations, confirming key traits related to spine, tubercle, and carpel number in XIS49.
  • Two quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for hypocotyl elongation under low light were fine-mapped: SH3.1, linked to the Phytochrome B gene, and SH6.1, linked to a zinc finger protein, displaying how specific genetic elements influence cucumber growth in
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The effect of microwave treatment on the content of glucosinolates (GSL) in radish seeds and volatile odor compounds in the microwaved radish seed oils (MRSO) is still unclear. In this study, a total of 13 GSL were identified and quantified in five radish seed varieties by UPLC-IMS-QTOF-MS, among which glucoraphenin, glucoraphasatin, glucoerucin accounting for up to 90 %. Total GSL decreased by 47.

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Although rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (RAS) mutations occur in about 30% of solid tumors, targeting RAS mutations other than KRAS-G12C is still challenging. As an alternative approach, developing inhibitors targeting RAF, the downstream effector of RAS signaling, is currently one of the main strategies for cancer therapy. Selective v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF)-V600E inhibitors Vemurafenib, Encorafenib, and Dabrafenib have been approved by FDA and received remarkable clinical responses, but these drugs are ineffective against RAS mutant tumors due to limited inhibition on dimerized RAF.

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Radish is an important taproot crop with medicinal and edible uses that is cultivated worldwide. However, the differences in metabolites and the underlying molecular bases among different radish types remain largely unknown. In the present study, a combined analysis of liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) and RNA-Seq data was conducted to uncover important differentially accumulated metabolites (DAMs) among radish accessions with green, white and red taproot flesh colours.

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Pepper (Capsicum spp.) is an important vegetable crop that provides a unique pungent sensation when eaten. Through construction of a pepper variome map, we examined the main groups that emerged during domestication and breeding of C.

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Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) originated from the South Asian subcontinent, and most of them are fragile to cold stress. In this study, we evaluated the cold tolerance of 115 cucumber accessions and screened out 10 accessions showing high resistance to cold stress.

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Radish ( L.) is rich in specific glucosinolates (GSLs), which benefit human health and special flavor formation. Although the basic GSLs metabolic pathway in Brassicaceae plants is clear, the regulating mechanism for specific glucosinolates content in radish fleshy taproots is not well understood.

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Oncogene HER2 is amplified in 20%-25% of human breast cancers and 6.1%-23.0% of gastric cancers, and HER2-directed therapy significantly improves the outcome for patients with HER2-positive cancers.

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Three-amino acid loop extension (TALE) transcription factors play important roles in plant growth and cell differentiation. There are plenty of studies on transcription factors in several model plants, but not in radish (). A genome-wide bioinformatics analysis identified 33 family genes in the Xiang-Ya-Bai (XYB) radish, These genes, are distributed on nine chromosomes and all contain 4-6 exons.

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has undergone a lengthy evolutionary process and has rich diversity. However, the inter- and intraspecific phylogenetic relationships and genetic diversity of this genus are not well understood. Through SSR-sequencing and multi-analysis of 939 wild, semi-wild and cultivated accessions, we discovered that the European wild radish (EWR) population is separated from cultivated radishes and has a higher genetic diversity.

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Post-polyploid diploidization associated with descending dysploidy and interspecific introgression drives plant genome evolution by unclear mechanisms. Raphanus is an economically and ecologically important Brassiceae genus and model system for studying post-polyploidization genome evolution and introgression. Here, we report the de novo sequence assemblies for 11 genomes covering most of the typical sub-species and varieties of domesticated, wild and weedy radishes from East Asia, South Asia, Europe, and America.

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As the critical driving force for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), BCR gene fused ABL kinase has been extensively explored as a validated target of drug discovery. Although imatinib has achieved tremendous success as the first-line treatment for CML, the long-term application ultimately leads to resistance, primarily via various acquired mutations occurring in the BCR-ABL kinase. Although dasatinib and nilotinib have been approved as second-line therapies that could overcome some of these mutants, the most prevalent gatekeeper T315I mutant remains unconquered.

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Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is an economically important vegetable crop which is used worldwide for culinary and medicinal purposes. Soil salinity constrains the yield components of garlic.

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Ibrutinib is an FDA-approved drug to treat B-lymphoid malignancies, which functions mechanistically as a covalent inhibitor for Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). During the course of screening more potent and selective BTK inhibitors, we discovered that MM2-48, an ibrutinib analogue that contains the alkynyl amide functional group in place of the acrylamide warhead, exhibits a much stronger cytotoxicity. Comparative chemoproteomic profiling of the targets of ibrutinib and MM2-48 revealed that the alkynyl amide warhead exhibits much higher reactivity in proteomes.

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High callus production is a feasible way to improve the propagation coefficient of garlic. It remains unknown how genotypes and explants affect garlic callus formation. In the present investigation, we found that there were significant differences in callus formation among garlic varieties.

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Taproot skin color is a crucial visual and nutritional quality trait of radish, and purple skin is most attractive to consumers. However, the genetic mechanism underlying this character is unknown. Herein, F segregating populations were constructed to investigate radish genomic regions with purple skin genes.

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Background: Barbarea vulgaris is a wild cruciferous plant and include two distinct types: the G- and P-types named after their glabrous and pubescent leaves, respectively. The types differ significantly in resistance to a range of insects and diseases as well as glucosinolates and other chemical defenses. A high-density linkage map was needed for further progress to be made in the molecular research of this plant.

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Background: Garlic is the second largest allium crop after onion and is grown all over the world. The onion maggot (Delia antiqua M.) is a pest that seriously affects the yield and quality of garlic.

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The color of radish (Raphanus sativus) taproot skin is an important visual quality. 'Xinlimei' radish is a red-fleshed cultivar with skin that changes color from red to white and finally to green at the mature stage, and appearance quality is strongly affected if the red color does not fade completely on a single taproot or simultaneously among different taproots. In the present study, anthocyanin and chlorophyll contents and the transcriptome of radish taproot skin at three distinct coloration stages were analyzed to explore the mechanism of color changes.

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