Publications by authors named "Yibing Jia"

Oral diseases such as dental caries, periodontitis, and oral cancer are prevalent and present significant challenges to global public health. Although these diseases are typically treated through procedures like dental preparation and resin filling, scaling and root planning, or surgical excision, these interventions are often not entirely effective, and postoperative drug therapy is usually required. Traditional drug treatments, however, are limited by factors such as poor drug penetration, significant side effects, and the development of drug resistance.

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This work describes the synthesis of C@BiOBr using glucose as the carbon precursor by a repeatable one-step hydrothermal method. Characterization studies indicate that the structure of BiOBr did not change after the carbon layer was encapsulated on the surface. The highest activity is achieved at 1.

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In this paper, N-doped TiO mixed crystals are prepared via direct calcination of TiN for highly selective oxidation of CH to HCHO at room temperature. The structures of the prepared TiO samples are characterized to be N-doped TiO of anatase and rutile mixed crystals. The crystal structures of TiO samples are determined by XRD spectra and Raman spectra, while N doping is demonstrated by TEM mapping, ONH inorganic element analysis, and high-resolution XPS results.

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Sleep disorders are common clinical psychosomatic disorders that can co-exist with a variety of conditions. In humans and animal models, sleep deprivation (SD) is closely related with gastrointestinal diseases. Shu-Xie Decoction (SX) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with anti-nociceptive, anti-inflammatory, and antidepressant properties.

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  • Female mammals have two X chromosomes, but to keep things balanced with males (who have one), one X usually gets inactive.
  • In early mouse embryos and stem cells, both X chromosomes stay active for a while before one gets turned off, leading to a mix of cells with different active X chromosomes.
  • Rhesus monkey stem cells show a similar pattern, but their early embryos keep both Xs active for longer and show different ways of regulating these genes compared to mice.
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  • The binding of nicotine and acetylcholine to their respective receptors stimulates the growth of lung cancers, particularly small cell and non-small cell carcinomas, indicating a potential target for new treatments.
  • Analysis of squamous cell lung carcinomas revealed increased levels of nicotinic receptor mRNA and acetylcholine, alongside decreased inhibitors, suggesting that cholinergic signaling is heightened in these cancers.
  • Testing with the M3 muscarinic antagonist darifenacin showed it can successfully block the growth of cancer cells stimulated by nicotine, providing evidence that targeting cholinergic signaling may be an effective therapeutic approach for lung cancers.
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Background: Rhesus macaques serve a critical role in the study of human biomedical research. While both Indian and Chinese rhesus macaques are commonly used, genetic differences between these two subspecies affect aspects of their behavior and physiology, including response to simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can play an important role in both establishing ancestry and in identifying genes involved in complex diseases.

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Background: Nonhuman primates (NHPs) are essential for biomedical research due to their similarities to humans. The utility of NHPs will be greatly increased by the application of genomics-based approaches such as gene expression profiling. Sequence information from the 3' end of genes is the key resource needed to create oligonucleotide expression arrays.

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The expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) in fetal lung suggests maternal smoking during pregnancy effects newborn lung structure and function by the direct interaction of nicotine with nAChR in the developing lung. The recent identification of the lynx1 nAChR modulator protein in nicotinic neurons in the brain suggests that lynx1 may be similarly expressed in the lung. To study this, cDNAs encoding lynx1 were cloned from rhesus monkey lung.

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Smoking during pregnancy leads to decreased pulmonary function and increased respiratory illness in offspring. Our laboratory has previously demonstrated that many effects of smoking during pregnancy are mediated by nicotine. We now report that vitamin C supplementation can prevent some of the effects of maternal nicotine exposure on pulmonary function of offspring.

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The role of acetylcholine (ACh) as a key neurotransmitter in the central and peripheral nervous system is well established. However, the role of ACh may be broader because ACh may also function as an autocrine or paracrine signaling molecule in a variety of nonneuronal tissues. To begin to establish ACh of nonneuronal origin as a paracrine hormone in lung, we have examined neonatal and adult monkey bronchial epithelium for the components involved in nicotinic cholinergic signaling.

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  • Small cell lung carcinomas (SCLCs) have special receptors that can be stimulated by substances like nicotine, which makes the cancer cells grow.
  • The study aimed to see if SCLC cells can make and use a chemical called acetylcholine (ACh) to help themselves grow.
  • Results showed that a specific SCLC cell line, H82, produced ACh and using drugs that blocked ACh reduced its growth, showing ACh helps these cancer cells grow.
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