Publications by authors named "Zi Jiang Yang"

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  • - This study presents the first comprehensive genome assembly of a significant plant in traditional Chinese medicine, revealing its edible and medicinal traits while addressing the lack of genomic resources.
  • - The genome assembly is high-quality at 679.20 Mb, anchored to 8 pseudo-chromosomes with a 96.5% anchoring rate and demonstrates high completeness at 97.6%, indicating a well-structured genomic framework.
  • - The research highlights the evolutionary history of the plant, including its polyploidization and gene family expansions, providing critical insights for conservation and sustainable utilization of the species.
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  • * Results showed that children with CAP had higher white blood cell counts, more lung abnormalities detectable via ultrasound, and significant differences in lung ultrasound scores (LUS) compared to healthy children.
  • * The findings suggest that lung ultrasound is a reliable diagnostic tool for CAP, with its results closely linked to serum procalcitonin levels and pediatric critical illness scores, demonstrating high sensitivity and specificity.
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  • This research presents a novel method for diastereo- and enantioselective hydrophosphinylation of allenes, conjugated enynes, and 1,3-dienes using a dual Pd/Co catalyst and a new phosphinylating reagent.
  • The resulting allyl compounds feature both a tertiary carbon (C) stereocenter and a phosphorous (P) stereocenter, achieving high selectivity with over 20:1 ratios in diastereomers and enantiomers, along with 99% enantiomeric excess.
  • A unique aspect is the ability to create all four P-containing stereoisomers in one reaction and the process is efficient, requiring only 3 minutes
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Cultured fat is an important part of cultured meat, and the ability of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) to differentiate into mature adipose tissue affects the quality of cultured fat. Thus, the primary aim of this study was to screen for combinations of differentiation-inducing factors (DIF) using single-factor experiment and orthogonal experimental design under two-dimensional culture conditions for ADSCs. The results showed that a combination of DIF consisting of 1 μmol/L dexamethasone, 0.

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Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle, an evergreen shrub and small tree in the Phyllanthaceae family, holds significant potential in garden landscaping and pharmacological applications.

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Transition metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrofunctionalizations of unsaturated bonds via π-ƞ substitution have emerged as a reliable method to construct stereogenic centers, and mainly rely on the use of heteroatom-based or carbon nucleophiles bearing acidic C-H bonds. In comparison, sp carbon nucleophiles are generally not under consideration because of enormous challenges in cleaving corresponding inert sp C-H bonds. Here, we report a protocol to achieve asymmetric formal sp hydrocarbonations, including hydroalkenylation, hydroallenylation and hydroketenimination of both 1,3-dienes and alkynes via hydroalkylation and Wittig reaction cascade.

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Wireless sensor network (WSN) is inevitably subject to node failures due to their harsh operating environments and extra-long working hours. In order to ensure reliable and correct data collection, WSN node fault diagnosis is necessary. Fault diagnosis of sensor nodes usually requires the extraction of data features from the original collected data.

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A robust output feedback nonlinear control method is proposed for output tracking of an uncertain three-tank system by using only the level sensor of the target tank. By using a coordinate transformation, we first transform the system model into a canonical form with uncertainties. The canonical system's state variables are estimated by a higher-order sliding mode differentiator based on the measurement of the target tank's liquid level.

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The genus is a valuable natural medicinal source used worldwide that contains high levels of triterpenoid saponins with extensive pharmacological activities. In past decades, molecular biotechnology and breeding techniques have been respectively used to generate omics data and information on cultivars primarily from (ginseng), (American ginseng), and (Sanqi) to biosynthesize valuable saponins, improve product quality, and conduct cost-controlled cultivation. Although much data have been produced, there are concerns that redundant data might be generated and that relatively scattered data might be overlooked.

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Cadmium (Cd) is an important environmental pollutant present in soil, water, air, and food. Selenium (Se) can antagonize some metal element toxicity including Cd. To investigate the cytotoxicity of Cd and the protective effects of Se on bird immunocytes in vitro, chicken splenic lymphocytes with CdCl2 (10(-6) mol/L), Na2SeO3 (10(-7) mol/L), and the mixture (10(-7) mol/L Na2SeO3 and 10(-6) mol/L CdCI2) were incubated for 12, 24, 36, and 48 h, respectively.

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Selenoprotein T (SelT) is associated with the regulation of calcium homeostasis and neuroendocrine secretion. SelT can also change cell adhesion and is involved in redox regulation and cell fixation. However, the structure and function of chicken SelT and its response to selenium (Se) remains unclear.

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Objective: To explore the clinical effect of low dose pituitrin in children with septic shock.

Methods: A total of 48 pediatric cases with septic shock, in whom 6 hours, conventional treatment could not reverse shock from January 2008 to December 2010, were selected for this study. The patients were divided into two groups randomly (completely random design) (control group 24, remedial group 24).

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Both the sigmaC and sigmaB proteins of avian reovirus (ARV) can induce type- and group-specific neutralizing antibodies, respectively. In this study, the full-length of S1133 sigmaC, 1071-1 sigmaC, S1133 sigmaB, and S1133 sigmaC-sigmaB fusion genes of ARV were cloned into a secreted vector pPICZalphaA and then integrated into the chromosome of Pichia pastoris for induced expression. Western blot assay showed that ARV sigmaC, sigmaB, and sigmaC-sigmaB fusion proteins were expressed and secreted into the medium.

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