48 results on '"Cheng, Yaqi"'
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2. How liquids charge the superhydrophobic surfaces
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Jin, Yuankai, Yang, Siyan, Sun, Mingzi, Gao, Shouwei, Cheng, Yaqi, Wu, Chenyang, Xu, Zhenyu, Guo, Yunting, Xu, Wanghuai, Gao, Xuefeng, Wang, Steven, Huang, Bolong, and Wang, Zuankai
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- 2024
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3. A case report of youth-onset lipoprotein glomerulopathy with APOE Chicago mutation
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Liu, Yuhao, Cheng, Yaqi, Wen, Yubing, Li, Chao, Chen, Gang, and Li, Mingxi
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- 2024
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4. Mass transfer and mixing performance in jet-to-counterflow micromixer
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Ruan, Da, Cheng, Yaqi, Hou, Jingjing, Xue, Shidong, Yang, Siyan, and Ma, Xuehu
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- 2024
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5. Atomic metal–non-metal catalytic pair drives efficient hydrogen oxidation catalysis in fuel cells
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Wang, Qilun, Wang, Huawei, Cao, Hao, Tung, Ching-Wei, Liu, Wei, Hung, Sung-Fu, Wang, Weijue, Zhu, Chun, Zhang, Zihou, Cai, Weizheng, Cheng, Yaqi, Tao, Hua Bing, Chen, Hao Ming, Wang, Yang-Gang, Li, Yujing, Yang, Hong Bin, Huang, Yanqiang, Li, Jun, and Liu, Bin
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- 2023
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6. A Survey of Advanced Information Fusion System: from Model-Driven to Knowledge-Enabled
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Zhu, Di, Yin, Hailian, Xu, Yidan, Wu, Jiaqi, Zhang, Bowen, Cheng, Yaqi, Yin, Zhanzuo, Yu, Ziqiang, Wen, Hao, and Li, Bohan
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- 2023
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7. MSCohi-O lenses for long-term retention of mesenchymal stem cells on ocular surface as a therapeutic approach for chronic ocular graft-versus-host disease
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Liu, Yuanyue, Song, Siqi, Liu, Youyu, Fu, Ting, Guo, Yanzheng, Liu, Ruoqing, Chen, Jiexing, Lin, Yanchun, Cheng, Yaqi, Li, Yun, Guan, Tian, Ling, Shiqi, and Zeng, Haoyu
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- 2023
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8. Low-pressure steam dropwise condensation on durable PFA-coated horizontal tube: Droplet dynamics in active region
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Liu, Yuanbo, Cheng, Yaqi, Du, Bingang, Lan, Zhong, Wen, Rongfu, and Ma, Xuehu
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- 2023
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9. Embryonic stem cell extracellular vesicles reverse the senescence of retinal pigment epithelial cells by the p38MAPK pathway
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Liu, Yurun, Gu, Simin, Su, Yaru, Wang, Shoubi, Cheng, Yaqi, Sang, Xuan, Jin, Lin, Liu, Ying, Li, Chaoyang, Liu, Weiqin, Chen, Minghao, Wang, Xiaoran, and Wang, Zhichong
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- 2023
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10. Biocompatible polysaccharide ionic hydrogel as ultra-stretchable and multifunctional wearable sensor
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Zhou, Yuchen, Dai, Tianyi, Cheng, Yaqi, Deng, Qingchen, Li, Xueyu, Wu, Hao, Han, Wenjiao, and Jia, Hongbing
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- 2022
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11. Efficient synthesis 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxaldehyde by an engineered alcohol oxidase
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Cheng, Yaqi, Song, Wei, Chen, Xiulai, Gao, Cong, Liu, Jia, Guo, Liang, Zhu, Meng, Liu, Liming, and Wu, Jing
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- 2022
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12. High-strength, biocompatible and multifunctional hydrogel sensor based on dual physically cross-linked network
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Li, Xueyu, Wang, Jing, Lin, Yankun, Cheng, Yaqi, Han, Wenjiao, Yuan, Guoliang, and Jia, Hongbing
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- 2022
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13. Macrotextures-enabled self-propelling of large condensate droplets
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Cheng, Yaqi, Liu, Yuanbo, Ye, Xuan, Liu, Minjie, Du, Bingang, Jin, Yuankai, Wen, Rongfu, Lan, Zhong, Wang, Zuankai, and Ma, Xuehu
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- 2021
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14. The effects of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F on renal outcomes in type 2 diabetic kidney disease patients with severe proteinuria: a single-center cohort study.
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Cheng, Yaqi, Liu, Yuhao, Lin, Liling, Li, Danni, Peng, Liying, Zheng, Ke, Tao, Jianling, and Li, Mingxi
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DIABETIC nephropathies , *TYPE 2 diabetes , *PROTEINURIA , *CHRONIC kidney failure , *GLOMERULAR filtration rate , *DISEASE progression - Abstract
Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) has been shown to substantially reduce proteinuria in patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD); however, the effect of TwHF on renal outcomes in DKD remains unknown. Accordingly, we aimed to establish the effects of TwHF on renal outcomes in patients with DKD. Overall, 124 patients with DKD, induced by type 2 diabetes mellitus, with 24-h proteinuria > 2 g, and an estimated glomerular filtration rate > 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 were retrospectively investigated. The renal outcomes were defined as doubling serum creatinine levels or end-stage kidney disease. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression analyses were performed to analyze prognostic factors for renal outcomes. By the end of the follow-up, renal outcomes were observed in 23 and 11 patients in the non-TwHF and TwHF groups, respectively (p = 0.006). TwHF significantly reduced the risk of renal outcomes (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 0.271, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.111–0.660, p = 0.004) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) G3 (adjusted HR 0.274, 95%CI 0.081–0.932, p = 0.039). Based on the Kaplan-Meier analysis, 1- and 3-year proportions of patients without renal outcomes were significantly lower in the non-TwHF group than those in the TwHF group (92.8% vs. 95.5% and 47.2% vs. 76.8%, respectively; p = 0.0018). In DKD patients with severe proteinuria, TwHF could prevent DKD progression, especially in patients with CKD G3. A randomized clinical trial is needed to elucidate the benefits of TwHF on renal outcomes in patients with DKD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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15. A novel lncRNA–miRNA–mRNA competitive endogenous RNA network for uveal melanoma prognosis constructed by weighted gene co-expression network analysis
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Yu, Huan, Cheng, Yaqi, Li, Weihua, Li, Zhiquan, Wu, Peixin, Qiu, Sujuan, Zeng, Baozhu, and Huang, Bing
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- 2020
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16. Ecological Risk Assessment of Land Use Change in the Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang, China.
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Cheng, Yaqi, Zhang, Xuyang, and Song, Wei
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ECOLOGICAL risk assessment ,LANDSCAPE assessment ,WATERSHEDS ,LAND use ,CLIMATE change ,FORESTS & forestry - Abstract
In recent years, global climate change and human alterations to land use have led to a decrease in ecosystem services, making ecosystems more vulnerable. However, unlike the well-established risk assessment frameworks used in natural disaster research, the concept of ecological risks arising from changes in land use is still in its early stages, with its nuances and assessment methodologies yet to be clearly defined. This study proposes a new framework for assessing ecological risks resulting from changes in land use in the Tarim River Basin. The framework employs a coupled PLUS and Invest model to evaluate the ecological risks of land use change under three development scenarios projected for the Tarim River Basin in Xinjiang by 2035. The findings indicate that: (1) Between 2000 and 2020, the predominant land use types in the Tarim River Basin in Xinjiang were primarily unused land, followed by grassland and cropland. Conversely, grassland, water, and construction land were relatively less prevalent. During this period, the area of unused land and cultivated land increased, while grassland, forest land, and water exhibited a declining trend. Moving forward, under the three scenarios from 2020 to 2035, land use changes in the study area are characterized by the expansion of cropland and unused land, coupled with a significant decrease in grassland area, while other land categories demonstrate minor fluctuations. (2) From 2020 to 2035, across various scenarios, the total ecosystem service within the study area demonstrates an overall increasing trend in both the northern and southern marginal zones. Specifically, under the baseline scenario, the total amount of ecosystem services in the study area decreased by 15.247% compared to 2020. Similarly, under the economic development scenario, this decrease amounted to 13.358% compared to 2020. Conversely, under the ecological protection scenario, the decrease reached 19.852% compared to 2020. (3) The structure of ecological risk levels from 2020 to 2035, across multiple scenarios, demonstrates a consistent pattern, characterized by a predominant proportion of moderate risk. Conversely, other risk levels occupy relatively smaller proportions of the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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17. Embryonic stem cell microenvironment enhances proliferation of human retinal pigment epithelium cells by activating the PI3K signaling pathway
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Liu, Jiahui, Yang, Liu, Wang, Xiaoran, Wang, Shoubi, Huang, Zheqian, Li, Chaoyang, Liu, Ying, Cheng, Yaqi, Liu, Chengxiu, and Wang, Zhichong
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- 2020
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18. Induction of reactive oxygen species and the potential role of NADPH oxidase in hyperhydricity of garlic plantlets in vitro
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Tian, Jie, Cheng, Yaqi, Kong, Xiangyu, Liu, Min, Jiang, Fangling, and Wu, Zhen
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- 2017
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19. Nanoscale Management of CO Transport in CO2 Electroreduction: Boosting Faradaic Efficiency to Multicarbon Products via Nanostructured Tandem Electrocatalysts.
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Wei, Chaolong, Yang, Yuehua, Ma, Haibin, Sun, Guangxin, Wang, Xin, Cheng, Yaqi, Zhang, Caiwei, Yeo, Boon Siang, He, Chunnian, and Wong, Andrew Barnabas
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ELECTROCATALYSTS ,SILVER catalysts ,ELECTROLYTIC reduction ,RAMAN spectroscopy ,FINITE element method ,SILVER nanoparticles ,CARBON dioxide reduction - Abstract
Tandem catalysis presents a promising strategy to improve the selectivity toward multicarbon products in the electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR). For CO2RR, CO is a critical intermediate for producing multicarbon products. However, the management of CO localization and CO diffusion remains underexplored despite its critical role. Herein, a 3D tandem catalyst electrode with silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) is designed to generate CO as an intermediate product within a copper (Cu) nanoneedle array. Via this nanostructured design, CO2 forms C2+ products with a high Faradaic efficiency (FEC2+) of 64% in an H‐cell and 70% in a flow cell with a current density of 350 mA cm−2. These figures‐of‐merit are currently among the top literature reports. More importantly, in situ Raman spectroscopy and finite‐element method calculations are employed to elucidate the origins of enhanced selectivity. These approaches reveal the crucial role of prolonging the CO diffusion path length for improving CO utilization during CO2 conversion with tandem catalyst systems. The favorable CO2RR FEC2+ in two distinct environments (H‐cell and flow cell) further corroborates that this effect is not limited to a particular reactor environment. Overall, this study provides new insights for designing tandem catalysts for improved CO2RR selectivity to C2+ products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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20. Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell‐derived exosomes promote axon regeneration during optic nerve injury through microRNA‐dependent mTORC1 signalling.
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Sang, Xuan, Tang, Lei, Zhao, Liang, Xu, Nana, Liu, Feng, Shen, Yuhui, Wei, Wei, Cheng, Yaqi, Huang, Wanjing, Liu, Yurun, Su, Yaru, Xu, Chao, Li, Yongsheng, Wang, Zhichong, and Liu, Sheng
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OPTIC nerve injuries ,CHONDROITIN sulfate proteoglycan ,UMBILICAL cord ,SKIN regeneration ,REGENERATION (Biology) ,EXOSOMES ,NERVOUS system regeneration - Published
- 2023
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21. Assessment and Prediction of Landscape Ecological Risk from Land Use Change in Xinjiang, China.
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Cheng, Yaqi, Song, Wei, Yu, Hao, Wei, Xi, Sheng, Shuangqing, Liu, Bo, Gao, He, Li, Junfang, Cao, Congjie, and Yang, Dazhi
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URBAN growth ,LANDSCAPE assessment ,LAND use ,ECOLOGICAL risk assessment ,REGIONAL differences ,CONSERVATION of natural resources ,FORESTS & forestry ,SPECIES distribution - Abstract
Land use change has significant impacts on the regional and global environment; thus, in-depth research on the associated ecological risks is necessary for promoting ecological restoration and sustainable development. Xinjiang, China, is characterized by a fragile ecological environment, and this study aimed to predict the land use change in the region in 2030 under different scenarios, including natural development, ecological conservation, and urban development, by using the PLUS model based on land use data from 2000, 2010, and 2020. Based on the landscape structure of regional ecosystems, we developed a comprehensive ecological risk assessment framework by utilizing a combination of landscape disturbance index, vulnerability index, and loss index. This framework allowed us to evaluate the spatiotemporal patterns and variations of landscape ecological risks under different scenarios in 2030. The study results indicate the following: (1) During the period from 2000 to 2020, the primary landscape type in Xinjiang was unused land. However, significant changes were observed in the area of cultivated land, mainly due to the conversion of grassland and construction land. The expansion of construction land during the urbanization process resulted in a decline in ecological landscapes, such as grassland, thereby weakening the ecosystem's stability. (2) Under different simulation scenarios, the urban development scenario primarily led to the conversion of unused land into construction land, which is beneficial for economic development. On the other hand, the ecological conservation scenario resulted in a modest increase in construction land and a transformation of unused land into forest and grassland, which aligns with the principles of sustainable development. (3) Different scenarios in 2030 result in varying degrees of changes in each landscape type in Xinjiang, with the spatial distribution characteristics of landscape ecological risks remaining similar to those observed in 2020. Notably, under the urban development scenario, the area of lowest and medium risk areas decreases significantly while the area of higher and highest risk areas increases substantially. Conversely, under the ecological conservation scenario, the area of the lowest risk areas experiences a more significant increase. (4) Overall, the spatial differences in the ecological risk of Xinjiang's landscape are significant, with HH and LL clustering types predominating and presenting a polarization pattern. The distribution pattern is low in the north and high in the central and southern parts of the study area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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22. Long‐Term Stability Challenges and Opportunities in Acidic Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis.
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Wang, Qilun, Cheng, Yaqi, Tao, Hua Bing, Liu, Yuhang, Ma, Xuehu, Li, Dong‐Sheng, Yang, Hong Bin, and Liu, Bin
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ELECTROCATALYSIS , *OXYGEN evolution reactions , *WATER electrolysis , *POLYMERIC membranes , *POLYELECTROLYTES , *STABILITY criterion , *HYDROGEN evolution reactions - Abstract
Polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) has been regarded as a promising technology for renewable hydrogen production. However, acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts with long‐term stability impose a grand challenge in its large‐scale industrialization. In this review, critical factors that may lead to catalyst's instability in couple with potential solutions are comprehensively discussed, including mechanical peeling, substrate corrosion, active‐site over‐oxidation/dissolution, reconstruction, oxide crystal structure collapse through the lattice oxygen‐participated reaction pathway, etc. Last but not least, personal prospects are provided in terms of rigorous stability evaluation criteria, in situ/operando characterizations, economic feasibility and practical electrolyzer consideration, highlighting the ternary relationship of structure evolution, industrial‐relevant activity and stability to serve as a roadmap towards the ultimate application of PEMWE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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23. Recent Advances in Carbon‐Supported Noble‐Metal Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Syntheses, Structures, and Properties.
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Liu, Yuhang, Wang, Qilun, Zhang, Jincheng, Ding, Jie, Cheng, Yaqi, Wang, Tian, Li, Jing, Hu, Fangxin, Yang, Hong Bin, and Liu, Bin
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ELECTROCATALYSTS ,PLATINUM group ,WATER use ,CHEMICAL properties ,HYDROGEN production ,HYDROGEN evolution reactions ,ENERGY shortages - Abstract
The electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) that converts renewable electricity into storable hydrogen, a sustainable and clean energy carrier, provides a promising method to mitigate the energy crisis and environmental pollution. In general, noble‐metal‐based nanomaterials (including Pt, Rh, Ru, Ir, etc.) have drawn tremendous research attention in the context of the HER because of their nearly optimal bindings to hydrogen, robust stability and tunable physical/chemical properties. Particularly, carbon as a substrate not only offers a stabilizing and conductive matrix, but also impacts the electronic structure of the supported metal by interfacial interaction, necessitating a detailed understanding. To speed up the sluggish kinetics of the HER, the design and construction of efficient electrocatalysts is of crucial importance. Herein, a comprehensive review of the recent advances in carbon‐supported noble‐metal electrocatalysts is presented, focusing on their synthetic strategies, structural analyses, and applications in HER electrocatalysis. Specifically, the correlation between the electronic structure and activity is discussed. Furthermore, a perspective is offered highlighting the challenges and opportunities for development of highly efficient HER electrocatalysts, with the aim for widespread utilization of practical water electrolyzers toward green hydrogen production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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24. Autophagy Dysfunction, Cellular Senescence, and Abnormal Immune-Inflammatory Responses in AMD: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Potential
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Wang, Shoubi, Wang, Xiaoran, Cheng, Yaqi, Ouyang, Weijie, Sang, Xuan, Liu, Jiahui, Su, Yaru, Liu, Ying, Li, Chaoyang, Yang, Liu, Jin, Lin, and Wang, Zhichong
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genetic structures ,Article Subject ,sense organs ,eye diseases - Abstract
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a blinding disease caused by multiple factors and is the primary cause of vision loss in the elderly. The morbidity of AMD increases every year. Currently, there is no effective treatment option for AMD. Intravitreal injection of antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) is currently the most widely used therapy, but it only aims at neovascularization, which is an intermediate pathological phenomenon of wet AMD, not at the etiological treatment. Anti-VEGF therapy can only temporarily delay the degeneration process of wet AMD, and AMD is easy to relapse after drug withdrawal. Therefore, it is urgent to deepen our understanding of the pathophysiological processes underlying AMD and to identify integrated or new strategies for AMD prevention and treatment. Recent studies have found that autophagy dysfunction in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, cellular senescence, and abnormal immune-inflammatory responses play key roles in the pathogenesis of AMD. For many age-related diseases, the main focus is currently the clearing of senescent cells (SNCs) as an antiaging treatment, thereby delaying diseases. However, in AMD, there is no relevant antiaging application. This review will discuss the pathogenesis of AMD and how interactions among RPE autophagy dysfunction, cellular senescence, and abnormal immune-inflammatory responses are involved in AMD, and it will summarize the three antiaging strategies that have been developed, with the aim of providing important information for the integrated prevention and treatment of AMD and laying the ground work for the application of antiaging strategies in AMD treatment.
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- 2019
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25. Few-layer graphene on nickel enabled sustainable dropwise condensation.
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Chang, Wei, Peng, Benli, Egab, Karim, Zhang, Yunya, Cheng, Yaqi, Li, Xiaodong, Ma, Xuehu, and Li, Chen
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- 2021
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26. Explosive Pancake Bouncing on Hot Superhydrophilic Surfaces.
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Liu, Minjie, Du, Hanheng, Cheng, Yaqi, Zheng, Huanxi, Jin, Yuankai, To, Suet, Wang, Steven, and Wang, Zuankai
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- 2021
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27. Tumor Microenvironmental Competitive Endogenous RNA Network and Immune Cells Act as Robust Prognostic Predictor of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
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Cheng, Yaqi, Wang, Xiaoran, Qi, Peiyan, Liu, Chengxiu, Wang, Shoubi, Wan, Qi, Liu, Yurun, Su, Yaru, Jin, Lin, Liu, Ying, Li, Chaoyang, Sang, Xuan, Yang, Liu, Liu, Chang, Duan, Hucheng, and Wang, Zhichong
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ACUTE myeloid leukemia ,T helper cells ,RNA ,STROMAL cells ,B cells - Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is malignant hematologic tumors with frequent recurrence and cause high mortality. Its fate is determined by abnormal intracellular competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network and extracellular tumor microenvironment (TME). This study aims to build a ceRNA network related to AML TME to explore new prognostic and therapeutic targets. The RNA expression data of AML were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. First, we used the ESTIMATE algorithm to calculate the immune cells and stromal cells infiltration scores in the TME and found that all scores were highly correlated with AML's prognostic characteristics. Subsequently, differentially expressed mRNAs and lncRNAs between high and low score groups were identified to construct a TME-related ceRNA network. Further, the Cox-lasso survival model was employed to screen out the hub prognostic ceRNA network composed of two mRNAs (EPB41L3, COL2A1), three miRNAs (hsa-mir-26a-5p, hsa-mir-148b-3p, hsa-mir-148a-3p), and two lncRNAs (CYP1B1-AS1, C9orf106), and construct nomograms. Finally, we used CIBERSORT algorithm and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis to identify the prognostic TME immune cells and found that naive B cells, M2-type macrophages, and helper follicular T cells were related to prognosis, and the hub ceRNAs were highly correlated with immune cell infiltration. This study provided a new perspective to elucidate how TME regulates AML process and put forward the new therapy strategies combining targeting tumor cells with disintegrating TME. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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28. Microcavity-Enabled Local Oscillation of Taylor Bubbles in a Microchannel.
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Ye, Xuan, Cheng, Yaqi, Chen, Yansong, Hao, Tingting, Lan, Zhong, Wen, Rongfu, and Ma, Xuehu
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- 2021
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29. Preferential Vapor Nucleation on Hierarchical Tapered Nanowire Bunches.
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Du, Bingang, Cheng, Yaqi, Yang, Siyan, Xu, Wei, Lan, Zhong, Wen, Rongfu, and Ma, Xuehu
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- 2021
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30. Development and validation of a predictive model for the progression of diabetic kidney disease to kidney failure.
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Cheng, Yaqi, Shang, Jin, Liu, Dong, Xiao, Jing, and Zhao, Zhanzheng
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DIABETIC nephropathies , *KIDNEY failure , *KIDNEY diseases , *PREDICTION models , *MODEL validation - Abstract
A good prediction model plays an important role in determining the progression to diabetic kidney disease. We aimed to create a model to predict progression to kidney failure in patients with diabetic kidney disease. We retrospectively assessed 641 patients with type 2 diabetic kidney disease as derivation cohort and 280 patients as external out time validation cohort. We used a combination of clinical guidance and univariate logistic regression to select the relevant variables. We calculated the discrimination and calibration of different models. The best model was selected according to the optimal combination of discrimination and calibration. During the 3 years follow up, there were 272 outcomes (42%) in derivation cohort and 138 outcomes (49%) in external validation cohort. The final variables selected in the multivariate logistics regression were age, gender, hemoglobin, NLR, serum cystatin C, eGFR, 24-h urine protein, and the use of oral hypoglycemic drugs. We developed four different models as clinical, laboratory, lab-medication, and full models according to these independent risk factors. Laboratory model performed well in both discrimination and calibration among all the models (C-statistics: external validation 0.863; p value of the Hosmer–Lemeshow,.817). There was no significant difference in NRI among laboratory model, lab-medication model, and full model (p >.05). So, we chose the laboratory model as the optimal model. We constructed a nomogram which contained hemoglobin, NLR, serum cystatin C, eGFR, and 24-h urine protein to predict the risk of patients with diabetic kidney disease initiating renal replacement in 3 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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31. Immune Microenvironment Related Competitive Endogenous RNA Network as Powerful Predictors for Melanoma Prognosis Based on WGCNA Analysis.
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Cheng, Yaqi, Liu, Chengxiu, Liu, Yurun, Su, Yaru, Wang, Shoubi, Jin, Lin, Wan, Qi, Liu, Ying, Li, Chaoyang, Sang, Xuan, Yang, Liu, Liu, Chang, Wang, Xiaoran, and Wang, Zhichong
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PROGNOSIS ,TUMOR markers ,RNA ,GENE regulatory networks ,TIME perspective ,MELANOMA - Abstract
Cutaneous melanoma is the most life-threatening skin malignant tumor due to its increasing metastasis and mortality rate. The abnormal competitive endogenous RNA network promotes the development of tumors and becomes biomarkers for the prognosis of various tumors. At the same time, the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) is of great significance for tumor outcome and prognosis. From the perspective of TIME and ceRNA network, this study aims to explain the prognostic factors of cutaneous melanoma systematically and find novel and powerful biomarkers for target therapies. We obtained the transcriptome data of cutaneous melanoma from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, 3 survival-related mRNAs co-expression modules and 2 survival-related lncRNAs co-expression modules were identified through weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WCGNA), and 144 prognostic miRNAs were screened out by univariate Cox proportional hazard regression. Cox regression model and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis were employed to identify 4 hub prognostic mRNAs, and the prognostic ceRNA network consisting of 7 lncRNAs, 1 miRNA and 4 mRNAs was established. After analyzing the composition and proportion of total immune cells in cutaneous melanoma microenvironment through CIBERSORT algorithm, it is found through correlation analysis that lncRNA-TUG1 in the ceRNA network was closely related to the TIME. In this study, we first established cutaneous melanoma's TIME-related ceRNA network by WGCNA. Cutaneous melanoma prognostic markers have been identified from multiple levels, which has important guiding significance for clinical diagnosis, treatment, and further scientific research on cutaneous melanoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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32. Preparation of a Magnetic Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube-Gold Nanoparticle Hybrid Material for the Efficient Extraction of Triazine Herbicides from Rice.
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Wang, Qing, Wu, Xiaolu, Zhang, Yanqing, Hu, Mengxuan, Chen, Jinyu, Gao, Jinghan, and Cheng, Yaqi
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TRIAZINES ,ATRAZINE ,HERBICIDES ,HIGH performance liquid chromatography ,RICE ,SOLID phase extraction ,TRANSMISSION electron microscopy ,HYBRID materials - Abstract
A facile and efficient analytical method for determination of four triazine herbicides (atrazine, ametryn, terbutryn, and terbuthylazine) from rice was developed by employing a magnetic multiwalled carbon nanotube-gold nanoparticle material (mMWCNT@Au) as the solid-phase extraction adsorbent, followed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) detection. The mMWCNT@Au was fabricated based on a simple solvothermal reduction method. The prepared material was characterized by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy. Parameters influencing the extraction efficiency (the type and volume of extraction solvent, mass of mMWCNT@Au, extraction time, volume of desorption solvent and desorption time) were systematically investigated and optimized. Under the optimal extraction and determination conditions, the calibration curves were linear over the concentration range of 2.5 to 1000 μg kg
−1 with correlation coefficients in the range of 0.9980 to 0.9998. The limits of detection for atrazine, ametryn, terbutryn, and terbuthylazine were 1.05, 0.97, 1.19, and 1.22 μg kg−1 , respectively. The intra-day and inter-day recoveries were in the ranges from 88.3 to 105.4% and 88.2 to 101.8%, respectively. The relative standard deviations ranged from 4.3 to 9.0% and 4.5 to 9.1%, respectively. The proposed method has been shown to be a reliable alternative approach for the determination of triazine herbicides in rice samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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33. Inhibiting Random Droplet Motion on Hot Surfaces by Engineering Symmetry‐Breaking Janus‐Mushroom Structure.
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Liu, Minjie, Li, Jing, Zhou, Xiaofeng, Li, Jiaqian, Feng, Shile, Cheng, Yaqi, Wang, Steven, and Wang, Zuankai
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- 2020
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34. Six-gene-based prognostic model predicts overall survival in patients with uveal melanoma.
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Wan, Qi, Tang, Jing, Lu, Jianqun, Jin, Lin, Su, Yaru, Wang, Shoubi, Cheng, Yaqi, Liu, Ying, Li, Chaoyang, and Wang, Zhichong
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UVEA cancer ,RNA splicing ,GENE expression ,MELANOMA ,SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry) ,MULTIVARIATE analysis - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular tumor in adults, which has a high mortality rate and worse prognosis. Therefore, early potential molecular detection and prognostic evaluation seem more important for early diagnosis and treatment. METHODS: Gene expression data were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas-Uveal melanomas database. Survival genes were identified by univariate analysis and were regarded to be associated with the overall survival of UM patients. Then, pathway enrichment analysis of these survival genes was performed. Robust likelihood-based survival model and multivariate survival analysis were conducted to identify more reliable genes and the prognostic signature for UM survival prediction. Two internal datasets and another two UM datasets from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) were used for the validation of prognostic signature. RESULTS: Firstly, 2,010 survival genes were screened by univariate survival analysis. GO and KEGG analysis revealed that these genes were mainly involved in pathways such as mRNA processing, RNA splicing, spliceosome and ubiquitin mediated proteolysis. Secondly, a six-gene signature was identified by Robust likelihood-based survival model approach. The gene expression of the six genes can successfully divide UM samples into high- and low-risk groups and have strong survival prediction ability. What's more, the expression of six genes was compared in 80 healthy adipose tissue samples obtained from GTEx (Genotype-Tissue Expression) database and further validated in internal datasets and GEO datasets, which also can predict UM patient survival. CONCLUSIONS: The six genes (SH2D3A, TMEM201, LZTS1, CREG1, NIPA1 and HIST1H4E) model might play a vital role in prognosis of UM, which should be helpful for further insight into the treatment of uveal melanoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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35. Macrotextures-induced jumping relay of condensate droplets.
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Cheng, Yaqi, Du, Bingang, Wang, Kai, Chen, Yansong, Lan, Zhong, Wang, Zuankai, and Ma, Xuehu
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DROPLETS , *HEAT transfer , *WATER harvesting , *COALESCENCE (Chemistry) , *SUPERHYDROPHOBIC surfaces - Abstract
Self-propelled droplet jumping plays a crucial role in numerous applications such as condensation heat transfer, self-cleaning, and water harvesting. Compared to individual droplet jumping, the coalescence-induced droplet jumping in a domino manner has attracted more attention due to its potential for the high performance of droplet mobility and heat transfer. However, there is an apparent gap in the current literature regarding the demonstration of the advantage of this preferred droplet transport in a well-controlled way. In this study, we report the attainment of droplet jumping relay by designing a nanosheet-covered superhydrophobic surface with V-shaped macrogrooves (Groove-SHS). We find that the macrogroove arrays can significantly modify the droplet dynamics in the presence of a non-condensable gas (NCG) by coupling rapid droplet growth and efficient droplet removal by jumping relay. The condensate droplets formed through the NCG diffusion layer on top of the cones and between the grooves serve as more efficient conduits for heat transfer. The droplets with higher mobility formed on the bottom of the grooves can undergo a series of coalescence which results in the preferred droplet jumping relay. Such a droplet jumping relay can induce a considerable vibration for triggering the removal of droplets on top of the cones. The condensation performance of the Groove-SHS is increased by 60% compared to that of the flat superhydrophobic surface due to the synergistic effect of rapid droplet growth and efficient droplet removal facilitated by the integration of the droplet jumping relay. The mechanisms revealed in this work pave the way for dropwise condensation enhancement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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36. A New Direct Decimation Algorithm for Digital Down-Conversion of GPS Satellite Signal.
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Li Hui, Hao Jianjun, He Qiusheng, and Cheng Yaqi
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37. Study on the Morphologies of Covalent Organic Microporous Polymers: the Role of Reaction Solvents.
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Tan, Dazhi, Fan, Wenjie, Xiong, Wannan, Sun, Hanxue, Cheng, Yaqi, Liu, Xiaoyu, Meng, Changgong, Li, An, and Deng, Wei-Qiao
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Two-dimensional conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) composed of alternative phenylene and ethynylene units are synthesized, by cross-coupling polymerization of 1,3,5-triethynylbenzene and 1,3,5-tribromobenzene with various solvents. Our work shows that the morphology of CMPs is greatly affected by the choice of solvents used in synthesis. Sphere, tubular, and plate-like structures are received by using the toluene, p-xylene, and mesitylene solvents, respectively. Our results demonstrate that the morphology of CMPs affects the storage capacity for organic solvents remarkably, with the plate-like CMP showing best performance. This work is expected to provide useful guidance to rationally design CMPs as absorbent materials for organic solvents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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38. New approach for efficient condensation heat transfer.
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Cheng, Yaqi and Wang, Zuankai
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HEAT transfer , *CONDENSATION , *LIQUID films , *CHEMICAL properties , *COPPER plating , *CONCEPTS - Published
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39. Identification of circRNA-lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA Competitive Endogenous RNA Network as Novel Prognostic Markers for Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
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Cheng, Yaqi, Su, Yaru, Wang, Shoubi, Liu, Yurun, Jin, Lin, Wan, Qi, Liu, Ying, Li, Chaoyang, Sang, Xuan, Yang, Liu, Liu, Chang, and Wang, Zhichong
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Background: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most common malignant and aggressive hematologic tumors, and its pathogenesis is associated with abnormal post-transcriptional regulation. Unbalanced competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) promotes tumorigenesis and progression, and greatly contributes to tumor risk classification and prognosis. However, the comprehensive analysis of the circular RNA (circRNA)-long non-coding RNA (lncRNA)-miRNA-mRNA ceRNA network in the prognosis of AML is still rarely reported. Method: We obtained transcriptome data of AML and normal samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), Genotype-tissue Expression (GTEx), and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) databases, and identified differentially expressed (DE) mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs. Then, the targeting relationships among lncRNA-miRNA, circRNA-miRNA, and miRNA-mRNA were predicted, and the survival related hub mRNAs were further screened by univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression. Finally, the AML prognostic circRNA-lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA ceRNA regulatory network was established. Results: We identified prognostic 6 hub mRNAs (TM6SF1, ZMAT1, MANSC1, PYCARD, SLC38A1, and LRRC4) through Cox regression model, and divided the AML samples into high and low risk groups according to the risk score obtained by multivariate Cox regression. Survival analysis verified that the survival rate of the high-risk group was significantly reduced (p < 0.0001). The prognostic ceRNA network of 6 circRNAs, 32 lncRNAs, 8 miRNAs, and 6 mRNAs was established according to the targeting relationship between 6 hub mRNAs and other RNAs. Conclusion: In this study, ceRNA network jointly participated by circRNAs and lncRNAs was established for the first time. It comprehensively elucidated the post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism of AML, and identified novel AML prognostic biomarkers, which has important guiding significance for the clinical diagnosis, treatment, and further scientific research of AML. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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40. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 14/2012.
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Tan, Dazhi, Fan, Wenjie, Xiong, Wannan, Sun, Hanxue, Cheng, Yaqi, Liu, Xiaoyu, Meng, Changgong, Li, An, and Deng, Wei-Qiao
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41. Tear film cytokines as prognostic indicators for predicting early recurrent pterygium.
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Wan, Qi, Wan, Pengxia, Liu, Weiqin, cheng, Yaqi, Gu, Simin, Shi, Qian, Su, Yaru, Wang, Xiaoran, Liu, Chang, and Wang, Zhichong
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Cytokine profiles in tears have become a noninvasive biomarker for various ocular surface diseases. Therefore, the preoperative profile of cytokines in tear samples of 89 primary pterygium patients were obtained from Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center during 2015–2017. Compared to the tear cytokines in primary groups, the concentrations of IL-8, MMP-1, MMP-9, bFGF and VEGF were generally higher in recurrent pterygium group. The five cytokines were used to build diagnostic models by multiple machine learning algorithms, which can accurately distinguish non-recurrent and recurrent samples of primary pterygium patients. Besides, these cytokines were significantly associated with Recurrent-free survival (RFS) time in pterygium patients and further applied to develop a prognostic model which can estimate the prognosis of pterygium after resection. Afterward, a novel nomogram combined risk score of cytokines related biomarker and clinical characteristics was constructed, which manifested ideal accuracies to predict the 1 and 2 years' probability of pterygium recurrent events. Thus, our finding provides a more simple and accurate prediction for early pterygium recurrence after resection. It also affords a useful tool for ophthalmologists to choose the optimal treatment strategies for pterygium patients. • Our study constructed a diagnostic model by naive Bayes (NB) algorithm, which could accurately distinguish primary and recurrent pterygium patients. • we constructed a prognostic model which can estimate the prognosis of pterygium after resection. • We also constructed a novel nomogram which could accurately predict the 1- and 2-year probability of pterygium recurrence events. • The 2-year AUC of the risk score was superior to that of each cytokine alone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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42. Integrative catalytic pairs for efficient multi-intermediate catalysis.
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Wang Q, Cheng Y, Yang HB, Su C, and Liu B
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted considerable research interest owing to their combined merits of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. However, the uniform and isolated active sites of SACs fall short in catalysing complex chemical processes that simultaneously involve multiple intermediates. In this Review, we highlight an emerging class of catalysts with adjacent binary active centres, which is called integrative catalytic pairs (ICPs), showing not only atomic-scale site-to-site electronic interactions but also synergistic catalytic effects. Compared with SACs or their derivative dual-atom catalysts (DACs), multi-interactive intermediates on ICPs can overcome kinetic barriers, adjust reaction pathways and break the universal linear scaling relations as the smallest active units. Starting from this active-site design principle, each single active atom can be considered as a brick to further build integrative catalytic clusters (ICCs) with desirable configurations, towards trimer or even larger multi-atom units depending on the requirement of a given reaction., (© 2024. Springer Nature Limited.)
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43. Mendelian randomization study and mediation analysis about the relation of inflammatory bowel disease and diabetic retinopathy: the further exploration of gut-retina axis.
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Lin J, Cheng Y, Gu S, Song S, Zhang H, Li J, and Ling S
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- Humans, Mediation Analysis, Retina metabolism, Retina pathology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Diabetic Retinopathy genetics, Diabetic Retinopathy epidemiology, Genome-Wide Association Study, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases genetics, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases epidemiology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases complications
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Background: The concept of the gut-retinal axis proposed by previous scholars primarily focused on the relationship between intestinal microbiota and retinal diseases, and few further expanded the relationship between intestinal diseases and retinal diseases. To further substantiate the concept of the gut-retinal axis, we analyzed inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and diabetic retinopathy (DR) using Mendelian randomization (MR), and use mediation analysis to further explore the potential substances that influence this causal relationship., Methods: The genome-wide association study's (GWAS) summary statistics for genetic variations were utilized in a Mendelian randomization (MR) investigation. GWAS data on IBD (including ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn's disease (CD), and IBD) for non-Finnish Europeans (NFE) were sourced from published articles. In contrast, data on DR (including DR and diabetic maculopathy (DMP)) were obtained from FinnGen R9. The causal relationship has been investigated using inverse variance weighted (IVW), MR-Egger, and weighted median and sensitivity analysis was applied to verify the stability of the results. In addition, we applied mediation analysis to investigate whether circulating inflammatory proteins and plasma lipids played a mediating role, and calculated its effect ratio., Results: The causal relationship between IBD and DR was discovered by employing the inverse variance weighted (IVW) method and weighted median method. In forward MR, UC was significantly associated with lower risk of DR (IVW: OR=0.874; 95%CI= 0.835-0.916; P value= 1.28E-08) (Weighted median: OR=0.893; 95%CI= 0.837-0.954; P value= 7.40E-04). In reverse MR, it was shown that DR (IVW: OR=0.870; 95%CI= 0.828-0.914; P value= 2.79E-08)(Weighted median: OR=0.857; 95%CI= 0.801-0.916; P value= 6.40E-06) and DMP (IVW: OR=0.900; 95%CI= 0.865-0.937; P value= 3.34E-07)(Weighted median: OR=0.882; 95%CI= 0.841-0.924; P value= 1.82E-07) could reduce the risk of CD. What's more, DR is associated with a lower risk of IBD according to genetic prediction (IVW: OR=0.922; 95%CI= 0.873-0.972; P value= 0.002) (Weighted median: OR=0.924; 95%CI= 0.861-0.992; P value= 0.029). Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), phosphatidylcholine (PC), and triacylglycerol (TG) serve as mediators in these relationships., Conclusions: Our research offers novel insights and sources for investigating the gut-retina axis in the genetic relationship between IBD and DR. We discover four mediators and more about the association between the intestine and retinal disorders and provide more evidence for the gut-retinal axis theory., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Lin, Cheng, Gu, Song, Zhang, Li and Ling.)
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44. Rapid and Persistent Suction Condensation on Hydrophilic Surfaces for High-Efficiency Water Collection.
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Cheng Y, Wang M, Sun J, Liu M, Du B, Liu Y, Jin Y, Wen R, Lan Z, Zhou X, Ma X, and Wang Z
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- Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions, Suction, Surface Properties, Wettability, Water
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Water collection by dew condensation emerges as a sustainable solution to water scarcity. However, the transient condensation process that involves droplet nucleation, growth, and transport imposes conflicting requirements on surface properties. It is challenging to satisfy all benefits for different condensation stages simultaneously. By mimicking the structures and functions of moss Rhacocarpus , here, we report the attainment of dropwise condensation for efficient water collection even on a hydrophilic surface gated by a liquid suction mechanism. The Rhacocarpus -inspired porous surface (RIPS), which possesses a three-level wettability gradient, facilitates a rapid, directional, and persistent droplet suction. Such suction condensation enables a low nucleation barrier, frequent surface refreshing, and well-defined maximum droplet shedding radius simultaneously. Thus, a maximum ∼160% enhancement in water collection performance compared to the hydrophobic surface is achieved. Our work provides new insights and a design route for developing engineered materials for a wide range of water-harvesting and phase-change heat-transfer applications.
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45. The Integrative Analysis Identifies Three Cancer Subtypes and Stemness Features in Cutaneous Melanoma.
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Wang X, Wan Q, Jin L, Liu C, Liu C, Cheng Y, and Wang Z
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Background: With the growing uncovering of drug resistance in melanoma treatment, personalized cancer therapy and cancer stem cells are potential therapeutic targets for this aggressive skin cancer. Methods: Multi-omics data of cutaneous melanoma were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Then, these melanoma patients were classified into different subgroups by performing "CancerSubtypes" method. The differences of stemness indices (mRNAsi and mDNAsi) and tumor microenvironment indices (immune score, stromal score, and tumor purity) among subtypes were investigated. Moreover, the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) and Support Vector Machine-Recursive Feature Elimination (SVM-RFE) algorithms were performed to identify a cancer cell stemness feature, and the likelihood of immuno/chemotherapeutic response was further explored. Results: Totally, 3 specific subtypes of melanoma with different survival outcomes were identified from TCGA. We found subtype 2 of melanoma with the higher immune score and stromal score and lower mRNAsi and tumor purity score, which has the best survival time than the other subtypes. By performing Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, we found that mRNAsi was significantly associated with the overall survival time of melanomas in subtype 2. Correlation analysis indicated surprising associations between stemness indices and subsets of tumor-infiltrating immune cells. Besides, we developed and validated a prognostic stemness-related genes feature that can divide melanoma patients into high- and low-risk subgroups by applying risk score system. The high-risk group has a significantly shorter survival time than the low-risk subgroup, which is more sensitive to CTLA-4 immune therapy. Finally, 16 compounds were screened out in the Connectivity Map database which may be potential therapeutic drugs for melanomas. Conclusion: Thus, our finding provides a new framework for classification and finds some potential targets for the treatment of melanoma., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2021 Wang, Wan, Jin, Liu, Liu, Cheng and Wang.)
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46. Common Genes Involved in Autophagy, Cellular Senescence and the Inflammatory Response in AMD and Drug Discovery Identified via Biomedical Databases.
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Wang S, Liu C, Ouyang W, Liu Y, Li C, Cheng Y, Su Y, Liu C, Yang L, Liu Y, and Wang Z
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- Autophagy, Cellular Senescence genetics, Databases, Factual, Humans, Drug Discovery, Macular Degeneration drug therapy
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Purpose: Retinal pigment epithelial cell autophagy dysfunction, cellular senescence, and the retinal inflammatory response are key pathogenic factors in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which has been reviewed in our previously work in 2019. This study aims to identify genes collectively involved in these three biological processes and target drugs in AMD., Methods: The pubmed2ensembl database was used to perform text mining. The GeneCodis database was applied to analyze gene ontology biological process and the KEGG pathway. The STRING database was used to analyze protein-protein interaction analysis and hub genes were identified by the Cytoscape software. The Drug Gene Interaction Database was used to perform drug-gene interactions., Results: We identified 62 genes collectively involved in AMD, autophagy, cellular senescence, and inflammatory response, 19 biological processes including 42 genes, 11 enriched KEGG pathways including 37 genes, and 12 hub genes step by step via the above biomedical databases. Finally, five hub genes (IL-6, VEGF-A, TP53, IL-1β, and transforming growth factor [TGF]-β1) and their specific interaction modes were identified, corresponding with 24 target drugs with therapeutic potential for AMD., Conclusions: IL-6, VEGF-A, TP53, IL-1β, and TGF-β1 are pivotal in autophagy, cellular senescence, and the inflammatory response in AMD, corresponding with 24 drugs with therapeutic potential for AMD, providing definite molecular mechanisms for further research and new possibilities for AMD treatment in the future., Translational Relevance: IL-6, VEGF-A, TP53, IL-1β, and TGF-β1 may be new targets for AMD gene therapy and drug development., Competing Interests: Disclosure: S. Wang, None; C. Liu, None; W. Ouyang, None; Y. Liu, None; C. Li, None; Y. Cheng, None; Y. Su, None; C. Liu, None; L. Yang, None; Y. Liu, None; Z. Wang, None, (Copyright 2021 The Authors.)
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47. Reversed Senescence of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell by Coculture With Embryonic Stem Cell via the TGFβ and PI3K Pathways.
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Wang S, Liu Y, Liu Y, Li C, Wan Q, Yang L, Su Y, Cheng Y, Liu C, Wang X, and Wang Z
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Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cellular senescence is an important etiology of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Aging interventions based on the application of stem cells to delay cellular senescence have shown good prospects in the treatment of age-related diseases. This study aimed to investigate the potential of the embryonic stem cells (ESCs) to reverse the senescence of RPE cells and to elucidate its regulatory mechanism. The hydrogen peroxide (H
2 O2 )-mediated premature and natural passage-mediated replicative senescent RPE cells were directly cocultured with ESCs. The results showed that the proliferative capacity of premature and replicative senescent RPE cells was increased, while the positive rate of senescence-associated galactosidase (SA-β-GAL) staining and levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) were decreased. The positive regulatory factors of cellular senescence (p53, p21WAF1/CIP1 , p16INK4a ) were downregulated, while the negative regulatory factors of cellular senescence (Cyclin A2, Cyclin B1, Cyclin D1) were upregulated. Furthermore, replicative senescent RPE cells entered the S and G2 /M phases from the G0 /G1 phase. TGFβ (TGFB1, SMAD3, ID1, ID3) and PI3K (PIK3CG, PDK1, PLK1) pathway-related genes were upregulated in premature and replicative senescent RPE cells after ESCs application, respectively. We further treated ESCs-cocultured premature and replicative senescent RPE cells with SB531542 and LY294002 to inhibit the TGFβ and PI3K pathways, respectively, and found that p53, p21WAF1/CIP1 and p16INK4a were upregulated, while Cyclin A2, Cyclin B1, Cyclin D1, TGFβ, and PI3K pathway-related genes were downregulated, accompanied by decreased proliferation and cell cycle transition and increased positive rates of SA-β-GAL staining and levels of ROS and MMP. In conclusion, we demonstrated that ESCs can effectively reverse the senescence of premature and replicative senescent RPE cells by a direct coculture way, which may be achieved by upregulating the TGFβ and PI3K pathways, respectively, providing a basis for establishing a new therapeutic option for AMD., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2020 Wang, Liu, Liu, Li, Wan, Yang, Su, Cheng, Liu, Wang and Wang.)- Published
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48. Embryonic Stem Cells Modulate the Cancer-Permissive Microenvironment of Human Uveal Melanoma.
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Liu J, Huang Z, Yang L, Wang X, Wang S, Li C, Liu Y, Cheng Y, Wang B, Sang X, He X, Wang C, Liu T, Liu C, Jin L, Liu C, Zhang X, Wang L, and Wang Z
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- Animals, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Embryonic Stem Cells metabolism, Humans, Male, Melanoma genetics, Melanoma metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases genetics, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases metabolism, Uveal Neoplasms genetics, Uveal Neoplasms metabolism, Embryonic Stem Cells cytology, Melanoma physiopathology, Tumor Microenvironment, Uveal Neoplasms physiopathology
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The currently used anti-cancer therapies work by killing cancer cells but result in adverse effects and resistance to treatment, which accelerates aging and causes damage to normal somatic cells. On one hand, chicken and zebrafish embryos can reprogram cancer cells towards a non-tumorigenic phenotype; however, they cannot be used in the clinical practice. On the other hand, embryonic stem cells (ESCs) mimic the early embryonic microenvironment and are easily available. We investigated the therapeutic efficacy of the ESC microenvironment (ESCMe) in human uveal melanoma in vitro and in vivo . Methods : Human uveal melanoma C918 cells co-cultured with ESCs were used to measure the levels of mRNA and protein of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway. Cell proliferation, invasiveness, and tumorigenicity of C918 cells were also analyzed. To mimic the tumor microenvironment in vivo , we co-cultured C918 cells and normal somatic cells with ESCs in a co-culture system and evaluated the therapeutic potential of ESCMe in both cell types. For an in vivo study, a mouse tumor model was used to test the safety and efficacy of the transplanted ESC. Elimination of the transplanted ESCs in mice was carried out by using the ESC-transfected with a thymidine kinase suicidal gene followed by administration of ganciclovir to prevent the formation of teratomas by ESCs. Results : In vitro studies confirmed that ESCMe inhibits the proliferation, invasiveness, and tumorigenicity of C918 cells, and the PI3K agonist abolished these effects. ESCMe suppressed the various malignant behaviors of uveal melanoma cells but enhanced the proliferation of normal somatic cells both in vitro and in vivo . Further, we demonstrated that ESCMe suppressed the PI3K pathway in tumor cells but activated in somatic cells. Conclusions : The ESCMe can effectively suppress the malignant phenotype of uveal melanoma cells and modulate the tumor-promoting aging environment by preventing the senescence of normal cells through the bidirectional regulation of the PI3K signaling. Our results suggest that ESC transplantation can serve as an effective and safe approach for treating cancer without killing cells., Competing Interests: Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.
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