Synergistic effect of β-ocimene on Hyphantria cunea sex pheromone and its potential attraction mechanism related to Ca stimulation.

Hyphantria cunea, a globally significant quarantine pest, causes severe ecological and economic impacts in invaded regions. Attractants are environment-friendly and valuable pest management tools for H. cunea control.

Herbal micelles-loaded ROS-responsive hydrogel with immunomodulation and microenvironment reconstruction for diabetic wound healing.

Persistent inflammation is a major cause of diabetic wounds that are difficult to heal. This is manifested in diabetic wounds with excessive reactive oxygen clusters (ROS), advanced glycation end products (AGE) and other inflammatory factors, and difficulty in polarizing macrophages toward inhibiting inflammation. Berberine is a natural plant molecule that inhibits inflammation; however, its low solubility limits its biological function through cytosis.

GMMID: genetically modified mice information database.

Genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) are vital for elucidating gene function and disease mechanisms. An overwhelming number of GEMM lines have been generated, but endeavors to collect and organize the information of these GEMMs are seriously lagging behind. Only a few databases are developed for the information of current GEMMs, and these databases lack biological descriptions of allele compositions, which poses a challenge for nonexperts in mouse genetics to interpret the genetic information of these mice.

Palladium-Catalyzed Decarbonylative Michaelis-Arbuzov Reaction of Carboxylic Acids and Triaryl Phosphites.

A Pd-catalyzed decarbonylative Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction of carboxylic acids and triaryl phosphites for preparing aryl phosphonates under anhydride-free conditions has been reported. In this context, triaryl phosphites serve as both reagents for activating the carboxylic acids and substrates for the reaction. There have been no reports to date of efficient and direct methods for the activation of carboxylic acids using triaryl phosphites.

The GM-JMNS-CPHD Filtering Algorithm for Nonlinear Systems Based on a Generalized Covariance Intersection.

Some fusion criteria in multisensor and multitarget motion tracking cannot be directly applied to nonlinear motion models, as the fusion accuracy applied in nonlinear systems is relatively low. In response to the above issue, this study proposes a distributed Gaussian mixture cardinality jumping Markov-cardinalized probability hypothesis density (GM-JMNS-CPHD) filter based on a generalized inverse covariance intersection. The state estimation of the JMNS-CPHD filter combines the state evaluation of traditional CPHD filters with the state estimation of jump Markov systems, estimating the target state of multiple motion models without knowing the current motion models.

Genome-wide identification and characterization of genes in .

WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) proteins are plant-specific transcription factors that are profoundly involved in regulation of plant development and stress responses. In this study, we totally identified 11 WOX transcription factor family members in cucumber (, CsWOX) genome and classified them into three clades with nine subclades based on phylogenetic analysis results. Alignment of amino acid sequences revealed that all WOX members in cucumber contained the typical homeodomain, which consists of 60-66 amino acids and is folded into a helix-turn-helix structure.

Overexpression of SlMYB75 enhances resistance to Botrytis cinerea and prolongs fruit storage life in tomato.

SlMYB75 increased the accumulation of JA and improved the scavenging of excess HO to resist B. cinerea. Overexpression of SlMYB75 greatly prolongs tomato fruit storage life.

Comprehensive analysis of multiprotein bridging factor 1 family genes and SlMBF1c negatively regulate the resistance to Botrytis cinerea in tomato.

Background: Multiprotein bridging factor 1 s (MBF1s) are members of the transcriptional co-activator family that have involved in plant growth, development and stress responses. However, little is known about the Solanum lycopersicum MBF1 (SlMBF1) gene family.

Results: In total, five SlMBF1 genes were identified based on the tomato reference genome, and these genes were mapped to five chromosomes.

Analysis of PM-induced cytotoxicity in human HaCaT cells based on a microfluidic system.

Human exposure to PM causes several adverse health effects. Skin is the first barrier against harmful environmental substances and can directly contact with PM, but there is no study about PM-induced cytotoxicity in human skin cells on the molecular level partially due to the shortcomings of traditional research methods. In present study, we established a microfluidic system including a cell culture chip integrated with a high-throughput protein microarray chip to investigate the mechanism of PM-mediated cytotoxicity in human HaCaT cells.

A microfluidic chip for studying the reproduction of Enteromorpha prolifera.

In recent years, green tides caused by water eutrophication, has brought serious environmental problems. Enteromorpha prolifera (E. prolifera), an opportunistic macroalgae, is one of the main source contributing to the formation of green tides.

[Studying the biocompatibility of implant titanium alloy after surface treatment by sandblasting and etching].

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro effect of cell behavior on a new titanium alloy and coarsening surface with sandblasting and duplicate treated by sandblasting and acid etching (SLA), including cell proliferation, morphology as well as alkaline phosphatase expression.

Methods: The cell derived from calvarial bone of neonate and co-cultured with the surface treated titanium alloys in vitro. The samples were treated by mechanical polishing, the sandblasting and the SLA.

Synthesis and cellular biocompatibility of two kinds of HAP with different nanocrystal morphology.

Two kinds of hydroxyapatite (HA) with different nanocrystal morphology were obtained via a simple aqueous precipitation method under different reactants molar ratios. Under Ca/P molar ratio of 1.67/1, rod-like crystal was produced, while under Ca/P molar ratio of 1.