Publications by authors named "Zejian Li"

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  • Chiral organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite nanocrystals are emerging as effective materials for producing circularly polarized light due to their high photoluminescence efficiency and charge-carrier mobility.
  • * Researchers developed bichiral formamidinium lead bromide (FAPbBr) nanocrystals that successfully create circularly polarized LEDs at room temperature, utilizing the collaboration between a chiral interior spacer and surface ligand.
  • * The resulting LEDs show increased luminescence asymmetry and external quantum efficiency, highlighting the potential for these nanocrystals in future chiroptoelectronic technologies.
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Periodontitis is one of the chronic diseases that have the greatest impact on human health, and it is associated with several other chronic diseases. Tissue damage associated with periodontitis is often connected with immune response. Immune cells are a crucial component of the human immune system and are directly involved in periodontitis during the inflammatory phase of the disease.

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The practical development of Li | |S batteries is hindered by the slow kinetics of polysulfides conversion reactions during cycling. To circumvent this limitation, researchers suggested the use of transition metal-based electrocatalytic materials in the sulfur-based positive electrode. However, the atomic-level interactions among multiple electrocatalytic sites are not fully understood.

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  • Alkaline water electrolysis is an effective, cost-efficient method for producing clean hydrogen, but it struggles with a slow oxygen production reaction and hydrogen-oxygen separation issues.
  • Researchers have discovered a new oxygen generation technique involving the oxidation and reduction of nickel hydroxides, which reduces the energy needed for this process compared to traditional methods.
  • They also propose a hybrid device that can produce hydrogen and oxygen separately while storing energy, leveraging the properties of nickel hydroxides for enhanced efficiency.
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Background: Malnutrition has emerged as main side effects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) which might also affect the prognosis of IBD. However, whether these associations are causal remains unclear. We aimed to identify the causality of IBD on malnutrition and explore the causal relationship of malnutrition and nutrients intake on IBD by using Mendelian randomization (MR).

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Precise healing of wounds in the oral and maxillofacial regions is usually achieved by targeting the entire healing process. The rich blood circulation in the oral and maxillofacial regions promotes the rapid healing of wounds through the action of various growth factors. Correspondingly, their tissue engineering can aid in preventing wound infections, accelerate angiogenesis, and enhance the proliferation and migration of tissue cells during wound healing.

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  • The study investigates how enteric neural crest cells (ENCCs) develop and migrate to colonize the gut, using advanced techniques like single-cell RNA sequencing.
  • It identifies specific transcription factors and key signaling pathways (ephrin-Eph, Wnt-Frizzled, and Sema3a-Nrp1) that guide ENCC interactions with surrounding cells.
  • The findings also connect disruptions in these pathways to conditions like Hirschsprung's disease, highlighting their importance in gut development and potential disorders.
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  • The study investigates the use of Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as a therapy for Hirschsprung disease-associated enterocolitis (HAEC), a serious complication of Hirschsprung disease.
  • It involved experiments on HSCR and HAEC patients, along with a mouse model, to assess how effective and safe MSCs are in reducing inflammation and improving intestinal condition.
  • Results showed that MSCs reduced harmful M1 macrophages and pro-inflammatory cytokines while increasing anti-inflammatory cytokines, suggesting a COX-2 dependent mechanism that could lead to new treatments for HAEC.
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Objective: Osteoporosis is a common clinical bone disease that occurs most frequently in middle-aged and elderly people. Various traditional herbal medicine formulations have shown significant benefits in models of osteoporosis. In this study, we aim to investigate the osteogenic efficacy of naringin (NRG) in the osteoporotic state.

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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have become contaminants widely distributed in the environment due to improper disposal and discharge. Previous study has found several components might involve in impairing enteric nervous system (ENS) development of zebrafish, including NSAIDs cinchophen. Deficient ENS development in fetal could lead to Hirschsprung disease (HSCR), a congenital neurocristopathy characterized by absence of enteric neurons in hindgut.

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  • The study investigates the relationship between the monocytes to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR) and carotid artery disease (CAD), focusing on factors like carotid atherosclerotic plaque (CAP) and carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) in middle-aged and elderly participants.
  • Conducted in Tianjin with 2109 participants, results showed a significant association between MHR and the prevalence of CAP, particularly in females, but no significant link was found between CIMT and MHR after adjustments.
  • The research highlights the importance of early screening and targeted interventions for CAD in rural low-income populations to enhance cardiovascular health outcomes.
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The integrated repair of cartilage and bone involves the migration and differentiation of cells, which has always been a difficult problem to be solved. We utilize the natural biomaterial gelatin to construct gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA), a hydrogel scaffold with high cell affinity. GelMA is mixed with different components to print a bi-layer porous hydrogel scaffold with different modulus and composition in upper and lower layers through three-dimensional (3D) printing technology.

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The electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction (SRR) would allow the production of renewable high-capacity rechargeable lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries using sustainable and nontoxic elemental sulfur as a cathode material, but its slow reaction rate causes a serious shuttle effect and dramatically reduces the capacity. We found that a catalyst composed of Pd nanoparticles supported by ordered mesoporous carbon (Pd/OMC) had a high reaction rate in the SRR, and a Li-S battery assembled with this catalyst had a low shuttle constant of 0.031 h and a high-rate performance with a specific capacity of 1527 mAh g at 0.

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The complete mitochondrial genome of Stein, 1876 collected from Sivas, Turkey, is described. The circled genome is 20,393 bp in length and contains a typical set of 37 genes. The missing control regions, and in previously reported (KX907846) were obtained in this precise assembly based on a considerable amount of raw data.

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The swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus, is one of the main aquaculture species in Chinese coastal regions due to its palatability and high economic value. To obtain a better understanding of the genetic diversity of P. trituberculatus in the Bohai Sea, the present study used 40 SSR loci to investigate the genetic diversity and population structure of 420 P.

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Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a group of unconventional T cells that are abundant in the human body, recognize microbial-derived vitamin B metabolites presented by MHC class I-related protein 1 (MR1), and rapidly produce proinflammatory cytokines, which are widely involved in the immune response to various infectious diseases. In the oral mucosa, MAIT cells tend to accumulate near the mucosal basal lamina and are more inclined to secrete IL-17 when activated. Periodontitis is a group of diseases that manifests mainly as inflammation of the gums and resorption of the alveolar bone due to periodontal tissue invasion by plaque bacteria on the dental surface.

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Background: Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) is one of the most common congenital digestive tract malformations and can cause stubborn constipation or gastrointestinal obstruction after birth, causing great physical and mental pain to patients and their families. Studies have shown that more than 20 genes are involved in HSCR, and most cases of HSCR are sporadic. However, the overall rate of familial recurrence in 4331 cases of HSCR is about 7.

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Background: Arterial stiffness is closely associated with the occurrence of many cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. However, the risk factors and mechanisms related to arterial stiffness development have only been partially elucidated. We aimed to describe arterial elastic function and its influencing factors in middle-aged and elderly people in rural China.

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Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease characterized by the destruction of periodontal tissues, and its etiology is related to several systemic factors. At present, the destruction of periodontal tissues is considered to be the result of inflammation resolution disorders. Efferocytosis plays an important role in the resolution of inflammation, and defective efferocytosis is an essential factor in the persistence of many chronic inflammatory diseases.

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Nuclear factor E2-related factor 2(Nrf2) is a transcription factor that mainly regulates oxidative stress in the body. It initiates the expression of several downstream antioxidants, anti-inflammatory proteins and detoxification enzymes through the Kelch-like ECH-associating protein 1 (Keap1) -nuclear factor E2-related factor 2(Nrf2) -antioxidant response element (ARE) signaling pathway. Its anti-apoptosis, anti-oxidative stress and anti-inflammatory effects have gradually become the focus of periodontal disease research in recent years.

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Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with bacterial biofilm. It is characterized by loss of periodontal support tissue and has long been considered as a "silent disease". Because it is difficult to prevent and has a health impact that can not be ignored, researchers have been focusing on a mechanism-based treatment model.

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The development of the smartphone and computer vision technique provides customers with a convenient approach to identify tea species, as well as qualities. However, the prediction model may not behave robustly due to changes in illumination conditions. Fluorescence imaging can induce the fluorescence signal from typical components, and thus may improve the prediction accuracy.

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Hartig, 1837 is a small genus of Tenthredinidae and its systematic position has never been fully assessed. The complete mitochondrial genome of Linné, 1760 was described. The circular genome is 16,293 bp in length with an A + T content of 80.

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