Publications by authors named "Zhao W"

DNA damage is considered to be a potentially unifying driver of ageing, and the stalling of DNA damage repair accelerates the cellular senescence. However, augmenting DNA repair has remained a great challenge due to the intricate repair mechanisms specific for multiple types of lesions. Herein, we miniaturized our modified detecting system for homologous recombination (HR) into a 96-well-based platform and performed a high-throughput chemical screen for FDA-approved drugs.

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  • - The study focused on a swallowing training program (SSTP) designed to help older adults with oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) improve their swallowing function and quality of life through a randomized controlled trial involving 248 participants.
  • - Participants were split into an intervention group that practiced the SSTP and a control group that engaged in light physical activities for 21 days, with various swallowing and quality of life assessments conducted at the start and end of the trial.
  • - Results showed significant improvements in swallowing function and quality of life metrics for the intervention group compared to the control group, indicating the effectiveness of the SSTP program.
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  • A new leaf spot disease affecting Stevia rebaudiana was reported in Hongxing county, Anhui province, with symptoms including dark brown leaf spots, foliar wilting, and occasional plant death, impacting 10-15% of the plants in three nursery beds.
  • To identify the pathogen, diseased leaves were sterilized and cultured, resulting in twenty-five Stagonosporopsis-like isolates characterized by gray-green, cottony colonies and a growth rate of 9.5 mm/day.
  • Molecular identification of two representative isolates was performed using various gene sequences, which were submitted to GenBank, revealing a 99% similarity to known sequences.
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In response to the problems of low entity recognition accuracy, low user satisfaction, and weak interactivity in the construction of knowledge graph for digital display of museum cultural relics, this article studied the application of supergroup algorithms and knowledge graph construction in museum digital display platforms to solve the existing problems. By utilizing the K-means algorithm in the supergroup algorithm to conduct a survey of visitors to Museum A and analyze the behavior of 180 selected visitors, the display effect and audience satisfaction can be improved. Various knowledge graph technologies were utilized to construct a knowledge graph of museum cultural relics.

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Background: For patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have received frontline immunochemotherapy, subsequent treatment options are limited. As the first dual programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 bispecific antibody approved globally, cadonilimab demonstrated potential antitumor activity in advanced NSCLC patients resistant to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies.

Methods: We retrospectively collected efficacy and safety data from advanced NSCLC patients treated with cadonilimab-based regimens in later therapy lines.

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The virtually imaged phased array (VIPA) spectrometer uses the orthogonal dispersion method and has the advantages of compact structure, high spectral resolution, and wide wavelength coverage. It has been widely used in different fields. However, due to the non-linear dispersion of the VIPA etalon and the cross-dispersion structure of the VIPA spectrometer, simple and high-accuracy wavelength calibration remains a challenge.

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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: While the seasonal variations in the human immune function and many infectious diseases are well-known, to develop therapeutic strategies regarding such seasonality is quite challenging. However, some traditional medical practices have already taken the seasonality into account, such as the "Season Tea" (ST) decoctions investigated in the present study.

Aim Of The Study: We present a study of the ST decoctions from traditional Chinese medicine, which include four formulae designed for the four seasons, aiming to investigate their pharmacological commonality and distinction.

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  • Metabolites are crucial for monitoring health and therapeutic targets, yet their genetic influences during pregnancy remain largely unexplored.
  • A genome-wide association study was conducted using genetic data from 34,394 pregnant Chinese women, identifying 53 metabolite-gene associations, with 23 being new findings.
  • The research uncovered significant gene-environment interactions during pregnancy, with half of the associations showing pleiotropy and potential causal links between maternal metabolites and various human traits and diseases.
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Carcinogenic nitrosamines have been widely studied due to their risk to human health. However, the universality and evolutionary processes of their generation, particularly concerning their secondary sources, remain unclear at present. We demonstrated through laboratory flow tube experiments that corresponding nitrosamines were generated from heterogeneous reactions of nitrous acid (HONO) with five structurally diverse amines commonly found indoors, including diphenylamine (DPhA), dibenzylamine (DBzA), dioctylamine (DOtA), -(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-'-phenyl--phenylenediamine (6PPD), and -phenyl-1-naphthylamine (PANA).

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  • A study explored the effectiveness of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors (CDK4/6i) and everolimus (EVE) for treating hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer in 146 patients in China.
  • Patients were divided into two groups based on the order of treatment: those who received CDK4/6i first (Group A) and those who received it after EVE (Group B).
  • The study found no significant differences in progression-free survival or overall survival between the two groups, suggesting that either treatment sequence could be a viable option for patients.
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Homologous recombination (HR) is a highly conserved tool for the removal of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and the preservation of stalled and damaged DNA replication forks. Successful completion of HR requires the tumor suppressor BRCA2. Germline mutations in BRCA2 lead to familial breast, ovarian, and other cancers, underscoring the importance of this protein for maintaining genome stability.

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  • Cystic echinococcosis, caused by Echinococcus granulosus, is a serious zoonotic disease with no current vaccine available for its canine hosts, making disease management critical.
  • This study focused on developing a DNA vaccine using the EgM123 antigen, which is known to provoke a strong immune response against the infection in dogs.
  • Results demonstrated that the pVAX1-EgM123 DNA vaccine significantly increased IgG levels, boosted essential cytokines, and reduced worm burden by 87.85%, suggesting its potential effectiveness in controlling echinococcosis in canines.
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Regulating the coupled relationship among water, nitrogen, and biochar is an effective strategy for increasing production and reducing emissions in greenhouse agriculture. However, a comprehensive evaluation model remains lacking. Toward this end, we aimed to evaluate the emission patterns of greenhouse gases and greenhouse tomato yield during the spring and autumn cultivation seasons as influenced by irrigation water use efficiency, nitrogen fertilizer partial productivity, and soil organic carbon (SOC).

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  • Seawater intrusion (SWI) significantly enhances the movement of microplastics into coastal aquifers, raising environmental concerns in Laizhou Bay.
  • The study found that microplastics migrate from nearshore marine areas to groundwater along the SWI flow, with additional transport to brine from past saltwater intrusion.
  • A risk assessment revealed moderate ecological risks linked to microplastics from SWI, identifying local fisheries, tourism, and agriculture as key sources contributing to groundwater pollution.
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  • Understanding chronic pain (CP) development is complex, especially its link to child maltreatment (CM), which affects over one-third of people and leads to lasting consequences.
  • The study uses a large dataset of 150,989 individuals to show that most types of CM increase CP risk and that those with CM histories are more likely to experience multiple CP conditions.
  • Findings highlight that over 60% of the CM-CP connection is explained by biopsychosocial factors, particularly psychological ones, suggesting the need for focused treatment and prevention strategies for chronic pain.
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Efficient management of crop diseases and yield enhancement are essential for addressing the increasing food demands due to global population growth. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which have rapidly evolved throughout the 21st century, are notable for their vast surface area, porosity, and adaptability, establishing them as highly effective vehicles for controlled drug delivery. This review methodically categorizes common MOFs employed in crop disease management and details their effectiveness against various pathogens.

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Aiming at the fabrication of circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (CP-OLEDs) with high dissymmetry factors (g) and color purity through the employment of novel chiral source, topologically chiral [2]catenanes were first utilized as the key chiral skeleton to construct novel multi-resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) emitters. Impressively, the efficient chirality induction and unique switchable feature of topologically chiral [2]catenane not only lead to a high |g| value up to 1.6×10 but also facilitate in situ dynamic switching of the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL).

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  • - This study addresses the complexity of diagnosing pituitary adenomas by creating a detailed annotated dataset (TCPA) from clinical notes, which includes 2000 documents and over half a million words filled with diagnosis and treatment information.
  • - The corpus construction employed a semi-automatic approach, achieving high-quality annotations with a strong inter-annotator agreement, highlighting the dataset's reliability for research purposes.
  • - Experiments with large language models (LLMs) demonstrated that TCPA can automatically extract clinical information from unstructured text and effectively reduce the amount of training data needed, saving labor costs in medical research.
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  • Researchers have found that the Tibetan Plateau (TP) has been experiencing increased vegetation greening and productivity, but the exact link between these two processes and the impact of long-term changes is still uncertain.
  • An assessment of various satellite-derived products for leaf area index (LAI) and gross primary productivity (GPP) identified PML-V2 GPP and MODIS LAI as the most reliable indicators for measuring vegetation changes in the region.
  • Over the past two decades, GPP has grown significantly more than LAI, indicating that factors like water availability and vegetation complexity play important roles in productivity, with only a small portion of the TP linking greening directly to productivity increases.
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  • The study aimed to create a reliable gastric cancer (GC) screening score system for urban residents and assess its effectiveness using data from two groups: a derivation cohort of 3,406 individuals and a validation cohort of 868.
  • Three distinct GC-risk scoring systems were developed, incorporating various risk factors like age, plateletocrit, and carcinoembryonic antigen, with different scoring ranges and optimal cut-off points for each system, demonstrating strong discrimination capabilities.
  • The results confirmed that the scoring systems significantly aid in identifying individuals at higher risk for GC, with the third scoring system showing the highest screening efficiency among urban residents.
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Plant viral diseases cause great losses in agricultural production. Virus cross-protection is a strategy in which a mild virus is employed to shield plants against subsequent infections by severe viral strains. However, this approach is restricted to protection against the same viruses.

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Reproducing human nervous systems with endogenous mechanisms has attracted increasing attention, driven by its great potential in streamlining the neuro-electronic interfaces with bilateral signaling. Here, an artificial aquatic autonomic nervous system (ANS) with switchable excitatory/inhibitory characteristics and acetylcholine (ACh)-mediated plasticity is reported based on the newly emerged organic photoelectrochemical transistor (OPECT). Under the modulation of spatial light and ACh, the system exhibits an immediate switch between excitation and inhibition, and many pulse patterns as well as advanced ANS functions are mimicked.

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  • Pb-based chalcogenides are diverse in structure and properties, leading to the design of a new compound, PbBaSiSI, using a method that combines mixed anion and dimensional reduction.
  • PbBaSiSI features a unique quasi-two-dimensional structure formed by [SiS] tetrahedra and [PbIS] polyhedral units, with specific cell parameters indicating its crystallographic properties.
  • The compound has an experimental optical band gap of 2.80 eV, the largest among known Pb-based thiohalides, showcasing the potential of using Ba atoms to influence the structural characteristics of thiohalides.
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  • Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and trisomy 21 are both uncommon conditions, but there's evidence suggesting people with trisomy 21 can develop vascular issues, particularly in the portal system.* -
  • This case study discussed an adult patient with trisomy 21 who had pelvic iliac AVMs, underwent successful treatment, and showed a positive prognosis.* -
  • The findings highlight the need for improved screening for vascular malformations in trisomy 21 patients and emphasize the effectiveness of interventional treatments for managing AVMs.*
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