Publications by authors named "Yi-Fan Duan"

Hu represents the first woody genus described by Chinese botanists, with all species classified as endangered ornamental plants endemic to China. Their characteristic spindle-shaped fruits confer high ornamental value to the plants, making them favored in gardens and parks. Nevertheless, the fruits likely pose a germination obstacle, contributing to the endangered status of this lineage.

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The properties of nanopipettes largely rely on the materials introduced onto their inner walls, which allow for a vast extension of their sensing capabilities. The challenge of simultaneously enhancing the sensitivity and selectivity of nanopipettes for pH sensing remains, hindering their practical applications. Herein, we report insulin-modified nanopipettes with excellent pH response performances, which were prepared by introducing insulin onto their inner walls via a two-step reaction involving silanization and amidation.

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Objective: To investigate the influence of genetic susceptibility genes for myeloid tumors on the clinical characteristics of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN).

Methods: Two hundred and thirty-two patients with MPN diagnosed at the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University from September 2017 to December 2021 were collected, myeloid neoplasm-related genes were detected by targeted next-generation sequencing, and germline mutations were verified. The clinical characteristics and prognosis of MPN patients with germlines mutations in the genetic susceptibility gene for myeloid neoplasm were analyzed.

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Objective: This study aimed to assess the relationship between the body composition of children aged 3-5 years and breastfeeding status and duration.

Methods: The study was conducted using data from the National Nutrition and Health Systematic Survey for children 0-17 years of age in China (CNHSC), a nationwide cross-sectional study. Breastfeeding information and potential confounders were collected using standardized questionnaires administered through face-to-face interviews.

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A new spikemoss species, , is described and illustrated based on materials collected from Fujian Province, East China. The new species can be distinguished from Koidzumi and P. S.

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The L. (hollies) genus of Aquifoliaceae shows high species diversity in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and South America. Throughout the range of the genus, species have been widely used in beverage and medicine production and as ornamentals.

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Rhizobia are soil-dwelling bacteria that can form N-fixing symbioses with legume plant species (Fabaceae). These bacteria are globally distributed; however, few studies have examined the genomics of rhizobia that live in cold environments. Here, we isolated and characterized three rhizobial strains from legume nodules collected at a pair of distant low Arctic tundra and boreal forest sites in northern Canada.

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(scientific name: (Thunb.) Lour.) is a species of the genus in the family Oleaceae, and it has a long history of cultivation in China.

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Background: The fragrant flower plant Osmanthus fragrans has an extremely rare androdioecious breeding system displaying the occurrence of males and hermaphrodites in a single population, which occupies a crucial intermediate stage in the evolutionary transition between hermaphroditism and dioecy. However, the molecular mechanism of androdioecy plant is very limited and still largely unknown.

Results: Here, we used SWATH-MS-based quantitative approach to study the proteome changes between male and hermaphroditic O.

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(Bertrand) Beissner 1891 (Pinaceae) is a rare tertiary relict plant endemic to China. However, since the main morphological characteristics used for identifying are variable, some taxonomic treatments within the species are still controversial. Here a complete chloroplast genome of representing a special genotype was assembled, which could provide more information for the taxonomic study of this species.

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Ellis is a traditional aromatic and medicinal plant in China. Here, the complete chloroplast genome of a wild-type gardenia adapted to island climate was assembled. The assembled genome was 155,247 bp in length, with four typical regions, i.

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(Rosaceae) is an important flowering cherry resource which is valuable for developing new cultivars of flowering cherries. It is broadly distributed and possesses abundant variations. In this study, phylogeographic analysis was conducted to reveal the evolutionary history to better understand the genetic diversity and genetic structure of so as to provide more accurate molecular insights into better conservation and utilization of the germplasm resources.

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is a flowering cherry germplasm resource for ornamental purposes. In this work, we present a de novo chromosome-scale genome assembly of by the use of Nanopore and Hi-C sequencing technologies. The assembled genome is 265.

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Tectaria (Tectariaceae) is one of the most confusing fern genera in terms of its circumscription and phylogeny. Since its original description, a number of genera had been moved into or related with this genus, while others had been segregated from it. Tectaria is also among the largest fern genera, comprising 150-210 mostly tropical species.

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The diverse and pantropical genus Ctenitis, in the Dryopteridaceae, has been largely ignored in phylogenetic studies until now. In this study, we fill in this gap by reconstructing the first comprehensive phylogeny of the genus including 53 species currently recognized in the genus Ctenitis, among which seven species formerly were assigned to the genus Pseudotectaria and one to Heterogonium. Special emphasis was given to the sampling of species occurring in the African-Indian Ocean region.

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Microbial contamination in karst groundwater continually increases and tracing the source researches has become a hot topic for international researchers. In this study, Laolongdong underground river at Nanshan, Chongqing was chosen as an example to adopt filter membrane methods to monitor the fecal microbial contaminations including the total bacterial concentration (TB), the total E. coli concentration (TE), the total fecal coliform (FC) and the total fecal Streptocoocci (FS).

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We took Xuchang section of Qingyihe River Basin as study object to explore biodiversity in Qingyihe River. On the basis of field survey and in-laboratory analysis, community characteristics of aquatic macrophytes, riparian zone plants and macrobenthos, with environmental characteristics of water and surface sediment were investigated. Results showed that a total of 12 species of aquatic macrophytes, 66 species of riparian zone plants, and 10 species of macrobenthos were found.

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To analyze the influencing factors of karstification and karst carbon cycle, a simulation experiment was carried out and 6 soil columns were designed. The results showed that the content of H2O4, hydrodynamic condition and thickness of the soil had important influence on karstification and karst carbon cycle. For the soil columns which were covered by the same thickness of soil, the concentrations of Ca2+ + Mg2+ and SO4(2-) followed the order of B20-2 > B20-1 > B20-3, B50-2 > B50-1 > B50-3.

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Background: KRAS mutation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer. However, the role of wild-type KRAS in the progression of pancreatic cancer remains unknown. The present study was to investigate the expression of the Ras GTPase activating protein (DAB2IP) in pancreatic cancer and its clinical significance.

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Objective: To study the association between vitamin D status and bone mineral density(BMD) in urban postmenopausal women in Beijing.

Methods: A total of 400 community-dwelling women older than 60 (median age 67.8 years) were selected randomly from 17 community of 3 districts in Beijing by cluster sampling method from May to July, 2008.

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