Publications by authors named "Yuxin Liu"

Ready-to-eat (RTE) abalones, scallops and oysters were prepared through a process of cooking, drying, vacuum packaging, and high-temperature sterilization, and were subjected to accelerated storage. Upon storage, the three RTE shellfishes all showed color deterioration, as indicated by darker color, decreased L* and W* values, and increased a* value. In contrast, the color deterioration of RTE oysters was more pronounced.

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Background: Monocyte-derived macrophages and microglia initially adopt an anti-inflammatory phenotype following stroke but later transition to a pro-inflammatory state. The mechanisms underlying this phenotypic shift remain unclear. This study investigates the activation dynamics of molecular signaling pathways in macrophages and microglia after stroke.

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The introduction of microplastics (MPs) into soil ecosystems via compost application has emerged as a critical environmental concern. However, the ecological risks and degradation behavior of MPs in compost remain insufficiently understood. This review addresses these gaps by synthesizing recent findings on MPs in composting systems, focusing on their sources, impacts on compost quality, ecological risks, and degradation mechanisms.

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Axillary osmidrosis (AO) affects a large number of young people in Asia, resulting from a combination of body and bacterial metabolism. This study aimed to explore the pathogenesis of AO through proteomics. Apocrine gland tissues from 3 mild and 3 severe AO patients were analyzed using 4D label-free proteomics, followed by bioinformatics analysis.

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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) pose a significant threat to aquatic ecosystems, prompting efforts to predict their occurrence for swift action by water management agencies. Despite the potential for high-precision forecasting through machine learning, the effectiveness of these models is often compromised by data quality issues, such as incomplete data sets, inaccuracies in historical records, inconsistencies in sampling methods, and the dynamic nature of environmental factors, leading to temporal and spatial variability. This study develops an early warning system for HABs using water quality data from a freshwater lake prone to such blooms.

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Background: Urothelial carcinoma is a common malignant tumor of the urinary system, with prognosis linked to pathological grade and TNM stage. Alterations in chromosomes 3, 7, and 17, along with the P16 locus on chromosome 9 (CSP3, CSP7, CSP17, and GLPp16), are associated with cancer progression and may serve as important biomarkers. This study aimed to explore the relationships between these chromosomal factors and the pathological grade and TNM stage of UCC, potentially leading to a novel diagnostic approach that enhances patient stratification and treatment planning.

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Two new species of the genus Scirtetellus Reuter, 1890 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Halticini) are described as new to science from China: Scirtetellus qinghaiensis sp. nov. and Scirtetellus shanxiensis sp.

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Wireless and battery-free radio-frequency (RF) sensors can be used to create physical spaces that ambiently sense and respond to human activities. Making such sensors ultra-flexible and transparent is important to preserve the aesthetics of living environments, accommodate daily activities, and functionally integrate with objects. However, existing RF sensors are unable to simultaneously achieve high transparency, flexibility, and the electrical conductivity required for remote room-scale operation.

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No comprehensive meta-analysis has evaluated the efficacy and safety of the protective effect of Jiedu Tongluo Therapy on the kidney of DKD until now. This meta-analysis covers this gap in knowledge. We have conducted an extensive search of databases, including CNKI, Wanfang, PubMed, and Web of Science.

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  • * Researchers analyzed 586 cattle, focusing on 17 traits categorized into five groups using genomic data from a SNP chip, aiming to identify significant gene variants.
  • * The findings revealed 24 significant SNPs related to single traits and 54 associated with multiple traits, highlighting candidate genes in specific chromosomal regions that could assist in dairy cattle breeding improvements.
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Owing to superior strength-ductility combination and great potential for applications in extreme conditions, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with the face-centered cubic (FCC) structure have drawn enormous attention. However, the FCC structure limits yield strength and makes the alloys unable to meet ever-increasing demands for exploring the universe. Here, we report a strategy to obtain FCC materials with outstanding mechanical properties in both ambient and cryogenic environments, via exploiting dynamic development of the interstitial-driven local chemical order (LCO).

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is an obligate gut bacterium in stinkbugs that belong to Plataspidae family (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). It is vertically transmitted to newborn nymphs through capsules laid on eggs by maternal stinkbugs. Previous research has established a pattern of strict cospeciation between Plataspidae stinkbugs and .

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The synthesis of efficient and stable peroxymonosulfate (PMS) catalysts by doping naturally degradable and functional group-rich chitosan (CS) with nonmetallic atoms remains challenging. In this study, an environmentally friendly electron-rich S-doped CS ferrocarbon material (Fe-S-CN) was synthesized via the sol-gel method, and the resulting material exhibited excellent catalytic activity (up to 98.6 % diclofenac sodium (DCF) removal in 5 min), wide pH applicability, environmental tolerance and renewability.

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Background: The gut-microbiome-brain axis (GMBA) implies the connection between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). We aimed to comprehensively explore the relation between IBD (and its subtypes) and AD, early-onset AD (EOAD) and late-onset AD (LOAD) from a genetic pleiotropy perspective.

Methods: Relying on summary statistics (N = 472,868 for AD, 185,204 for EOAD, 191,061 for LOAD, 59,957 for IBD, 45,975 for CD, and 40,266 for UC), we first performed Mendelian Randomization to examine the causal association between IBD and AD by leveraging vertical pleiotropy.

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  • The shape phase transition in nuclear physics, particularly for isotopes like xenon (Xe), involves a change in structure from a γ-soft rotor to a spherical vibrator, especially around the isotopes ^{128-130}Xe.
  • In this study, researchers explore the γ-soft deformation of the isotope ^{129}Xe during ultrarelativistic collisions, using a model called iEBE-VISHNU to analyze how elliptic flow and transverse momentum relate to this deformation.
  • The authors introduce new correlators that can effectively differentiate between γ-soft and rigid triaxial deformations of ^{129}Xe during collisions, furthering the understanding of shape phase transitions in finite nuclei.
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With the resource development gradually into the deep, rock explosion phenomenon is more and more frequent. The suddenness and harmfulness of rockbursts threaten the safe development of underground resources. In order to more accurately predict the possible intensities of rockbursts in specific rock conditions and stress environments, the rock mechanical and stress parameters between different intensities of rockbursts are further explored, an AdaBoost model considering the differences in the hierarchy is established, and a Flash Hill-Climbing method is proposed to optimize the hyperparameters in the classification model.

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Background And Objectives: Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients are at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a common complication and leading cause of death. Persistent micro-inflammation is a unique feature of MHD. Given the established role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, this study aims to explore whether novel inflammatory markers (inflammation index) can serve as independent risk factors for CVD in MHD patients.

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  • The study explores the effects of lancao decoction (LC), a traditional Chinese medicine, on cognitive impairment related to Alzheimer's disease (AD), suggesting its potential therapeutic benefits based on previous findings.
  • The aim is to investigate the neuronal mechanisms of LC treatment in APP/PS1 mice, using behavioral tests and network pharmacology to identify relevant pathways and targets.
  • Results show that LC significantly improves cognitive performance and engages specific signaling pathways (PI3K/AKT and MAPK), indicating its effectiveness similar to donepezil, with noticeable changes in protein expression in the hippocampus.
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Background: Although breakthroughs have been achieved in gastric cancer (GC) therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting programmed death-1 (PD-1) and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), the acquisition of high response rate remains a huge challenge for clinicians. It is imperative to identify novel biomarkers for predicting response to immunotherapy and explore alternative therapeutic strategy for GC.

Methods: The transcriptomic profiles and clinical information of GC patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)-stomach adenocarcinoma (STAD) database was used to screen differentially expressed lncRNAs between the tumor specimens and the paracancerous tissues.

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In recent years, the importance of microorganisms for plant survival has been increasingly recognized. Endophytic fungi, as part of holobiont, can confer growth advantages to plants. Most studies have shown that the endophytic fungi of forest trees can promote host plant growth, increase adversity resistance, and thus improve the survival competitiveness of forest trees.

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Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase5 (GPAT5) is the key enzyme in suberin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis, tomato and Sarracenia purpurea. However, little is known about whether GPAT5 function is conserved in halophytes. In this study, we identified two GPAT5 homologs, CqGPAT5a and CqGPAT5b, in Chenopodium quinoa, the typical halophyte.

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Water-free transportation (WFT) causes shrimp () flesh quality deterioration. However, the roles of endogenous protease-induced protein hydrolysis have been neglected in the research. In the present study, calpain zymography, gelatinase zymography, the hematoxylin-eosin staining method, and other methods were applied to investigate the response of various endogenous proteases (cathepsin, calpain, and gelatinase), the myofibril fragmentation index (MFI), and the microscopic morphology of shrimp muscle during WFT in comparison with the shrimp under the conventional water transportation strategy (WT).

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The existing remediation technologies for Cr(VI) contamination soil suffer from long processing times. Microwave catalysis is an efficient environmental remediation technology, and the reasonable design of microwave catalysts can enable a microwave catalytic system to rapidly complete the remediation of Cr(VI). In this study, a microwave catalyst, NRFC-3, with high microwave absorption performance and electron density was designed via a nitrogen enrichment strategy.

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