Publications by authors named "Zhongyuan Shen"

Nosema bombycis, the causative agent of pebrine disease, poses a significant threat to the silkworm industry due to its negative impact on silkworm health and productivity. The chaperonin-containing tailless complex polypeptide (CCT) plays a crucial role in protein folding, and its β subunit (CCTβ) is essential for the proper folding of cytoskeletal proteins, such as actin and tubulin. In this study, we cloned and expressed the NbCCTβ gene from N.

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Chaperonin containing tailless complex polypeptide 1 (CCT) functions as a molecular chaperone and is essential for ensuring proper protein folding. Glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78/Bip), also a type of chaperone, not only assists in folding of proteins, but also facilitates the transportation of proteins into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) via the Sec protein complex. In this study, we identified the CCTη of N.

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  • Designed a device to measure and adjust axial pressure at fracture sites in real-time during experiments.
  • Implemented the device in a study involving canine tibial fractures, using a pressure sensor for comparison.
  • Found a strong correlation between the device's readings and the sensor, confirming its effectiveness for animal experiments on fracture healing.
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Microsporidia Nosema bombycis (Nb) is a cellular parasite responsible for pébrine disease in silkworms, significantly impacting the sericulture industry. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), which are RNA fragments longer than 200 nucleotides, are pivotal in a range of cellular and physiological functions. However, the potential role of silkworm lncRNAs in response to Nb infection remains unknown.

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Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is a very common and infectious virus that affects silkworms and hinders silk production. To investigate the intestinal flora of BmNPV-resistant and BmNPV-sensitive silkworm varieties, 16 S rDNA high-throughput sequencing was performed. The results of the cluster analysis showed that the intestinal flora of the resistant silkworm variety was more abundant than that of the sensitive silkworm variety.

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Chaperonin containing tailless complex polypeptide 1 (CCT) is a molecular chaperone protein that consists of eight completely different subunits and assists in the folding of newly synthesized peptides. The zeta subunit of CCT is a regulatory factor for the folding and assembly of cytoskeletal proteins as individuals or complexes. In this study, the zeta subunit of (NbCCTζ) is identified for the first time.

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  • The study focuses on osteosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer, aiming to identify immune-related prognostic biomarkers and create a model for predicting patient outcomes.
  • Researchers analyzed data from 84 osteosarcoma samples, leading to the identification of a seven-gene TIMErisk model that correlates with patient survival, immune cell activity, and drug sensitivity.
  • The findings emphasize the relevance of the tumor immune microenvironment in osteosarcoma and suggest that the TIMErisk model could assist in evaluating prognosis and immunotherapy responses.
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The suppression of recombination is considered a hallmark of sex chromosome evolution. However, previous research has identified undifferentiated sex chromosomes and sex determination by single SNP in the greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili). We observed the same phenomena in the golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) of the same family Carangidae and discovered a different sex-determining SNP within the same gene Hsd17b1.

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Sensory brand experience is a fundamental and central brand experience. Its influencing mechanism on brand outcome variables still needs to be clarified. This study proposed a new SEM model to explore the influencing mechanism from sensory brand experience to brand loyalty and tested it using SmartPLS 4 software.

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Nosema bombycis, an obligate intracellular parasite, is a single-celled eukaryote known to infect various tissues of silkworms, leading to the manifestation of pebrine. Trehalase, a glycosidase responsible for catalyzing the hydrolysis of trehalose into two glucose molecules, assumes a crucial role in thermal stress tolerance, dehydration, desiccation stress, and asexual development. Despite its recognized importance in these processes, the specific role of trehalase in N.

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  • Infection by Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) leads to significant economic losses in silkworm farming, necessitating a quick and efficient detection method.
  • The study developed a recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) technique that can amplify BmNPV DNA in just 30 minutes at 37°C, which is then coupled with a lateral flow dipstick (LFD) for rapid results.
  • The RAA-LFD method offers high sensitivity, specifically detects BmNPV without interfering with other pathogens, and is more cost-effective and suitable for on-site detection compared to traditional PCR methods.
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  • Microsporidia is a pathogen that causes pebrine disease in silkworms and infects host cells by injecting its polar tube.
  • The study focused on the Ssn6 protein, which is characterized by a 1182 bp gene encoding a 393 amino acid polypeptide, primarily located in the cytoplasm and nucleus during cell proliferation.
  • Interactions between Ssn6, polar tube protein 2, and a transcriptional repressor were confirmed through various assays, indicating that Ssn6 plays a crucial role in regulating the infection and proliferation of Microsporidia.
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Afidopyropen has strong insecticidal toxicity to sucking pests by silencing the vanilloid-type transient receptor potential (TRPV) channels. However, the toxicity of afidopyropen to the Lepidoptera model insect silkworm remain unknown. In this study, the LC of afidopyropen to the silkworm at 72 h exposure was 256.

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Introduction: Parkinson's disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) can improve motor symptoms in patients with middle and late Parkinson's disease, reduce the use of levodopa, and thus reduce drug-related side effects. Postoperative delirium can significantly reduce the short-term and long-term quality of life in elderly patients, which can be alleviated by dexmedetomidine (DEX).

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The silkworm (Bombyx mori) is a model species of lepidopteran insect. Microsporidium spp. are obligate intracellular eukaryotic parasites.

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The tachinid fly, Exorista sorbillans, is a notorious ovolarviparous endoparasitoid of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, causing severe damage to silkworm cocoon industry. Silkworm larvae show typically precocious wandering behavior after being parasitized by E. sorbillans; however, the underlying molecular mechanism remains unexplored.

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  • Postoperative delirium (POD) is a frequent issue in surgeries, especially in older patients undergoing neurological procedures, with a notable incidence of 19%. Research indicates that dexmedetomidine (DEX) may lower the risk of POD after non-cardiac surgeries in elderly patients, but its effects on POD in neurosurgery are not well-explored.
  • This study is a randomized, double-blind trial involving patients over 65 years scheduled for elective craniotomy, comparing DEX infusion against a control group receiving saline to assess the incidence of POD within the first five postoperative days using several evaluation methods.
  • Ethical approval has been secured, and the results will be published in a peer
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Spirotetramat is a novel insecticide and acaricide that can effectively control many species of piercing-sucking pests by inhibiting lipid synthesis. The silkworm is an economically important insect and a model organism for genetics and biochemical research. However, the toxic effect on their development and reproduction remain unclear.

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  • Microsporidia are unicellular eukaryotes with an endomembrane system similar to other eukaryotes, utilizing coat protein complex II (COPII) for protein transport from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus.
  • The study successfully cloned several genes related to the COPII component NbSar1, which was found mainly in the perinuclear cytoplasm of Nosema bombycis, and revealed interactions between different COPII subunits through yeast two-hybrid assays.
  • Silencing NbSar1 resulted in abnormal expressions of other COPII components and significantly inhibited the proliferation of N. bombycis, suggesting that these components are crucial for microsporidia’s protein transport and may serve as a target for preventing
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  • The Sec61 complex helps transport polypeptide chains across the endoplasmic reticulum, with Sec61α being the largest and most conserved subunit.
  • Researchers identified NbSec61α and NbSec61γ genes in the microsporidian Nosema bombycis for the first time, showing significant sequence similarity with related microsporidia proteins.
  • NbSec61α and NbSec61γ are primarily located in the perinuclear region of N. bombycis, with their expression peaking early in development, suggesting their vital role in the organism's intracellular growth.
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  • Montane systems are ideal for studying rapid species evolution influenced by geological and climatic factors.
  • Researchers found seven sublineages of a cold-adapted species in China, formed during the Mid Pleistocene, indicating significant evolutionary changes.
  • The study emphasizes the importance of Pleistocene climatic changes for species distribution and highlights the urgency of conserving high-elevation species in light of recent climate warming.
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Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites that can infect a wide range of vertebrates and invertebrates including humans and insects, such as silkworm and bees. The microsporidium can cause pebrine in , which is the most destructive disease in the sericulture industry. Although membrane proteins are involved in a wide range of cellular functions and part of many important metabolic pathways, there are rare reports about the membrane proteins of microsporidia up to now.

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Despite many research efforts devoted to the study of the effects of magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgO NPs) on cells or animals in recent years, data related to the potential long-term effects of this nanomaterial are still scarce. The aim of this study is to explore the subchronic effects of MgO NPs on silkworm, a complete metamorphosis insect with four development stages (egg, larva, pupa, month). With this end in view, silkworm larvae were exposed to MgO NPs at different mass concentrations (1%, 2%, 3% and 4%) throughout their fifth instar larva.

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Silkworm diseases caused by fungi infection occur frequently in sericulture and brought huge economic loss to sericulture. However, on the other hand, some fungi such as Beauveria bassiana, as an important entomological fungus, play an important role in biological control of insect pests. Here, two fungal pathogens causing yellow muscardine were isolated from the silkworm and named as SZY1 and SZY2.

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  • CCT is a chaperonin in eukaryotic cells that helps in folding cytoskeletal proteins like β-tubulin and actin, with the CCTα subunit being crucial in this process.
  • This study is the first to report on the cloning and characterization of CCTα from Nosema bombycis (NbCCTα), revealing its gene structure, size, and protein characteristics, as well as its cellular localization with actin and β-tubulin.
  • The expression levels of NbCCTα increase during the organism's life cycle, particularly after infection, and its knockdown leads to decreased expression of cytoskeletal proteins, indicating NbCCTα's essential role in N. bombycis's lifecycle
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