Publications by authors named "Xue Feng Mu"
Unlabelled: In recent years, most studies on the gut microbiome have primarily focused on feces samples, leaving the microbial communities in the intestinal mucosa relatively unexplored. To address this gap, our study employed shotgun metagenomics to analyze the microbial compositions in normal rectal mucosa and matched feces from 20 patients with colonic polyps. Our findings revealed a pronounced distinction of the microbial communities between these two sample sets.
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- Unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (URSA) is linked to dysfunction in trophoblasts and macrophages, with recent research investigating the role of profilin1 (PFN1) in this condition.
- PFN1 levels were assessed using various techniques, revealing reduced expression in villous tissue of URSA patients, and its manipulation significantly affected trophoblast proliferation, migration, and apoptosis.
- PFN1 regulates trophoblast functions through specific signaling pathways and influences macrophage behavior, suggesting it may have therapeutic potential for URSA treatment.
In this letter, a sub-pm linewidth, high pulse energy and high beam quality microsecond-pulse 766.699 nm Ti:sapphire laser pumped by a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser is demonstrated. At an incident pump energy of 824 mJ, the maximum output energy of 132.
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- The health of ovarian granulosa cells is crucial for ovarian function, and oxidative damage to these cells can result in various ovarian diseases.
- Pterostilbene, a compound with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, was evaluated for its ability to protect ovarian granulosa cells from oxidative damage.
- The study found that pterostilbene enhances cell viability and reduces oxidative stress by activating the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway, suggesting it could be a potential therapeutic option for ovarian dysfunction.
In the present study, comparative effects of the single and binary probiotics of Lacticaseibacillus casei Zhang (L. casei Zhang) and Bifidobacterium lactis V9 (B. lactis V9) on the growth and metabolomic profiles during milk fermentation and storage has been analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS).
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