Publications by authors named "Yang Guofeng"

Multiprotein bridging factor 1 (MBF1) is a transcription factor family playing crucial roles in plant development and stress responses. In this study, we analyzed MBF1 genes in and under abiotic stresses, revealing evolutionary patterns and functional differences. Four genes were identified in and two in , with conserved MBF1 and HTH domains, similar exon/intron structures, and stress-related -elements in their promoters.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Oral mucosal injuries are commonly caused by factors such as trauma, infection, or inflammation, especially in diabetic patients where healing is difficult and significantly affects quality of life. In this study, a nanocarrier system based on DNA tetrahedrons (TDN) is developed, which serve as ideal vectors due to their excellent intracellular uptake and drug delivery capabilities. By efficiently delivering miR132 into cells, the proliferation and migration of human oral mucosal fibroblasts (HOMFs) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) are regulated, along with the modulation of inflammation and antioxidant processes.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

is a hypermetamorphic insect that mainly forage soybeans during the adult stage. However, the lack of appropriate references hinders our studying of the gene function in . In this study, referring to five computational tools (Ct value, geNorm, NormFinder, BestKeeper and RefFinder), the stability of 10 housekeeping genes (, , , , , , , , and ) was assessed by qRT-PCR under three different conditions (adult ages, tissues/organs and temperatures).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Parkinson's disease (PD) is typically marked by motor dysfunction accompanied by loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons and aggravated oxidative stress in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). Atractylenolide-I (ATR-I) is a potent antioxidant sesquiterpene with neuroprotective properties. However, whether ATR-I plays a neuroprotective role against oxidative stress in PD remains unclear.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Introduction: Amid sudden public health crises, preserving the well-being and optimal working states of frontline healthcare professionals is imperative for efficaciously managing the emergences. However, there is a paucity of research investigating the health status of frontline healthcare professionals through the perspective of work-family conflict. This study sought to elucidate the complex interrelations between work-family conflict, work engagement, job burnout, and self-rated health among public health emergency responders within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Due to their excellent alkali resistance and chemical stability, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) fabric membranes are widely used in alkaline water electrolysis (AWE) for hydrogen production. However, traditional PPS membranes suffer from poor hydrophilicity, low airtightness, and high area resistance, resulting in high energy consumption and reduced safety in industrial applications. This study addresses the aforementioned issues by coupling 3-(2,3-epoxy propoxy) propyl trimethoxy silane (KH560) via self-condensation to the PPS membrane and blending it with self-synthesized yttrium-stabilized zirconia nanoparticles (YSZNPs).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • Parkinson's disease is linked to inflammation in the substantia nigra and spinal cord, which affects motor skills.
  • Atractylenolide-I (ATR-I) shows potential as a treatment, improving motor function and reducing neuroinflammation in MPTP-induced PD mice.
  • ATR-I's benefits may be connected to increasing SIRT1 and PGC-1α levels, suggesting a promising direction for PD therapies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • This study uses a first-principles approach to explore how strain and electrostatic doping impact the electronic and magnetic characteristics of the GaN/VTe van der Waals heterostructure.
  • It finds that doping with 0.1/0.2 electrostatic charge causes the magnetization to switch from out-of-plane to in-plane orientation, and examines the role of electron orbitals on magnetic properties.
  • Additionally, as strain varies between -1% and 1%, the area of 100% spin polarization decreases, while a doping level of 0.1 results in a Curie temperature of 30 K above room temperature, offering insights into low-dimensional materials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are important intracellular enzymes that hydrolyze the second messengers cAMP and/or cGMP. Now several studies have shown that PDE4 received particular attention due to which it represents the most prominent cAMP-metabolizing enzyme involved in many diseases. In this study, we performed prescreening of our internal compound library and discovered the compound (PTC-209) with moderate PDE4 inhibitory activity (IC of 4.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • Extracellular vesicles (EVs) facilitate the spread of toxic Aβ and tau proteins in Alzheimer's disease, showing promise as biomarkers alongside cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) measurements.
  • A study analyzed plasma-derived EV proteins from 9 AD patients and 9 healthy controls, identifying 12 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) with potential clinical significance.
  • S100A8 was notably downregulated in EVs from AD patients; its suppression in an Aβ-influenced cell model led to reduced Aβ levels, suggesting its role in AD pathology and as a diagnostic marker.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

In this study, we investigate the unidirectional self-imaging phenomenon in the shifted photonic crystal (PC) heterostructure. A spin-locked topological edge state, which originates from the mismatch of the Wannier center positions, can propagate along the shifted PC interface without backscattering. When the neighboring shifted PC interfaces are close enough, the coupling between the edge states happens, and coupled edge states (CES) can be found.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

JOURNAL/nrgr/04.03/01300535-202510000-00029/figure1/v/2024-11-26T163120Z/r/image-tiff Parkinson's disease is the second most common progressive neurodegenerative disorder, and few reliable biomarkers are available to track disease progression. The proteins, DNA, mRNA, and lipids carried by exosomes reflect intracellular changes, and thus can serve as biomarkers for a variety of conditions.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: Overweight and obesity among adolescents are grave public health issues around the world. Although the conditions that contribute to obesity have been extensively researched, little is known about how multiple conditions interact to cause overweight and obesity. The current study intends to investigate the histomorphic configuration pathways of several conditions of adolescent overweight and obesity by gender.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

All-inorganic metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have attracted increasing attention because of their high thermal stability and band gap tunability. Among them, CsPbCl is considered a promising semiconductor material for visible-ultraviolet dual-band photodetectors because of its excellent photoelectric properties and suitable band gap value. In this work, we fabricated a visible-ultraviolet dual-band photodetector based on a CsPbCl/p-GaN heterojunction using the spin coating method.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, and high mortality lung disease. Although the antifibrotic drugs pirfenidone and nintedanib could slow the rate of lung function decline, the usual course of the condition is inexorably to respiratory failure and death. Therefore, new approaches and novel therapeutic drugs for the treatment of IPF are urgently needed.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • Sweet yellow clover (Melilotus officinalis) is a European plant used as forage and for nitrogen fixation and medicine; its genome was sequenced and assembled using advanced techniques.
  • The assembly resulted in a genome size of 1,066 Mbp with high-quality gene models (47,873) aiding molecular breeding research, and showed gene family changes linked to stress responses.
  • This work enhances genomic resources for Melilotus officinalis, supporting future studies of this important plant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Various semiconductor devices have been developed based on 2D heterojunction materials owing to their distinctive optoelectronic properties. However, to achieve efficient charge transfer at their interface remains a major challenge. Herein, an alloy heterojunction concept is proposed.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The pursuit of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures with high Curie temperature and strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) is vital to the advancement of next generation spintronic devices. First-principles calculations are used to study the electronic structures and magnetic characteristics of GaN/VSvdW heterostructure under biaxial strain and electrostatic doping. Our findings show that a ferromagnetic ground state with a remarkable Curie temperature (477 K), much above room temperature, exists in GaN/VSvdW heterostructure and 100% spin polarization efficiency.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is one of the most widely cultivated forage crops in the world. However, alfalfa yield and quality are adversely affected by salinity stress. Nodulin 26-like intrinsic proteins (NIPs) play essential roles in water and small molecules transport and response to salt stress.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: To investigate the positivity rates and drug resistance characteristics of (MTB) among suspected tuberculosis (TB) patients in Shandong Province, the second-largest population province in China.

Methods: A prospective, multi-center study was conducted from April 2022 to June 2023. Pathogen and drug resistance were identified using nucleotide matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (nucleotide MALDI-TOF MS).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) plays an important role for root canal disinfection. Nevertheless, the effect of photosensitizers penetrating dentin tubules is limited, which ultimately impedes the disinfection effect of PDT. The study implements an Er: YAG laser to activate methylene blue, the photosensitizer, to determine the bactericidal impact of PDT on Enterococcus faecalis in vitro root canals.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a prevalent liver disorder, affecting approximately 25 % of the population. Coffee-drinking obese smokers exhibit lower body weights and decreased NAFLD rates, but the reasons behind this remain unclear. Additionally, the effect of nicotine, the main component of tobacco, on the development of NAFLD is still controversial.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The cardinal clinical features of Parkinson's disease (PD), a common neurodegenerative disease, include the irreversible impairment of movement coordination, such as tremors, gait rigidity, bradykinesia, and hypokinesia. Although various factors are associated with the pathological changes in PD, such as oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neuroinflammation, the availability of treatments to retard PD progression is limited. Therefore, novel biomarkers for PD diagnosis and therapeutic targets are urgently needed.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Two-dimensional (2D) organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites (OIPs) have exhibited ideal prospects for perovskite photodetectors (PDs) owing to their remarkable environmental stability, tunable band gap, and structural diversity. However, most perovskites face the great challenge of a narrow spectral response. Integrating 2D OIPs with a suitable wide band gap semiconductor gives opportunities to broaden the response spectra.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF