Article
Fisheries
Vernita Priya, Sudhakaran Raja
Summary: Shrimp aquaculture is booming because of high demand in developed countries, but the white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is causing massive mortality in shrimp population. Nanotechnology provides advantages in targeted drug delivery, altering charge of nanoparticles, and minimizing adverse effects. This review discusses antiviral activity of CS/TPP-coated nanoparticles encapsulating WSSV VP28, stimulation of innate immunity using polyamine-coated carbon quantum dots, and investigation of silver nanoparticles in inhibiting viral activity for effective cure of white spot syndrome.
AQUACULTURE INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Leonardo D. Martin Rios, Ernesto Betancourt Monteagudo, Yulaine Corrales Barrios, Lebisleidy Leyva Gonzalez, Yailen de la Caridad Valdes Vaillant, Peter Bossier, Amilcar Arenal
Summary: Biological flocs in aquaculture farming systems consist of diverse microbial communities and have the potential to improve water quality, reduce toxic inorganic species, and stimulate the immune system. However, the role of biological flocs as immunostimulants is still unclear. This study conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of biofloc technology (BFT) on water quality and immunological parameters. The analysis found that BFT stimulates the immune system and that certain factors, such as carbon sources and the carbon/nitrogen ratio, enhance this effect. The meta-analysis also highlighted the importance of settleable solids and suspended solids in the effectiveness of BFT on the immune system. Despite some publication biases, the quality of the data and approach used in this meta-analysis were deemed sound.
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Immunology
Zhaoxue Zhang, Jude Juventus Aweya, Defu Yao, Zhihong Zheng, Ngoc Tuan Tran, Shengkang Li, Yueling Zhang
Summary: Shrimp aquaculture is globally significant, but faces challenges such as pathogenic infections. Research has demonstrated the crucial role of ubiquitination in shrimp's immune response, with both hosts and pathogens utilizing this pathway as an immune strategy to combat each other.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Bashir Lawal, Sung-Hui Tseng, Janet Olayemi Olugbodi, Sitthichai Iamsaard, Omotayo B. Ilesanmi, Mohamed H. Mahmoud, Sahar H. Ahmed, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Alexander T. H. Wu
Summary: The study found that complement components are associated with tumor immune evasion, prognosis, and therapy response in various cancer types, primarily through impacting dysfunctional T-cell phenotypes, and are linked to context-dependent chemotherapy, lymphocyte-mediated tumor killing, and immunotherapy outcomes. The findings suggest that C3, C5, C3AR1, and C5AR1 could serve as potential targets for cancer immunotherapy and follow-up.
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Kishor Devalaraja-Narashimha, Karoline Meagher, Yifan Luo, Cong Huang, Theodore Kaplan, Anantharaman Muthuswamy, Gabor Halasz, Sarah Casanova, John O'Brien, Rebecca Peyser Boiarsky, John McWhirter, Hans Gartner, Yu Bai, Scott MacDonnell, Chien Liu, Ying Hu, Adrianna Latuszek, Yi Wei, Srinivasa Prasad, Tammy Huang, George Yancopoulos, Andrew Murphy, William Olson, Brian Zambrowicz, Lynn Macdonald, Lori G. Morton
Summary: A novel murine model of C3G was developed by replacing the mouse C3 gene with the human C3 homolog, leading to rapid disease progression and early mortality. The model demonstrated similar pathological features to human C3G, providing insights into disease mechanisms and potential therapeutic approaches.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Ali Jandal, Weixiong Zhong, Deepak Gopal, Vanessa Horner, Leah Frater-Rubsam, Arjang Djamali, Gauri Bhutani
Summary: We present a case of a female patient with mixed nephritic-nephrotic syndrome and recurrent pancreatitis. Kidney biopsy revealed crescentic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis with dominant C3 staining on immunofluorescence. Genetic testing revealed a rare C3 variant and a deletion of CFHR3CFHR1. The case highlights the challenges of treating complement-mediated kidney disease and suggests the existence of a C3G/aHUS overlap syndrome.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Yiwen Tao, Qingli Zhang, Huarong Guo
Summary: In this study, an improved AAV-2 expression system was developed and found to significantly increase infection and expression efficiencies in shrimp cells. The insertion of the P2 promoter yielded the best results, followed by the association of the WSSV tegument protein VP26, and the inclusion of the IHHNV nucleocapsid protein IHCP. This improved AAV-2 expression system provides a useful tool for efficient gene transfer and expression in shrimp cells.
AQUACULTURE REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Siyuan Zhang, Xumei Sun
Summary: The gut microbiota plays a key role in the immunity of shrimp, and changes in the core microbiota are observed during viral infection. Metabolomic analysis reveals nine significantly upregulated metabolites with antiviral potential after viral infection. These findings highlight the importance of the gut microbiota and metabolome in maintaining immune homeostasis and antiviral immunity in shrimp.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Fuxuan Wang, Shihao Li, Fuhua Li
Summary: The lymphoid organ is a vital part of the shrimp immune system, exhibiting different functions in response to different pathogens, providing new insights into the immune functions of the lymphoid organ in shrimp.
Article
Immunology
Yingbo Ma, Xueqing Ding, Mingxi Shao, Yichao Qiu, Shengjie Li, Wenjun Cao, Gezhi Xu
Summary: This study investigated the association between serum complement components and AMD. The results showed that higher levels of C1q and lower levels of C3 were associated with increased risk of AMD in female patients. This suggests that the complement classical pathway may be involved in the development of AMD, especially in females.
JOURNAL OF INFLAMMATION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Dermatology
William D. Jackson, Alessandro Gulino, Liliane Fossati-Jimack, Rocio Castro Seoane, Kunyuan Tian, Katie Best, Joerg Koehl, Beatrice Belmonte, Jessica Strid, Marina Botto
Summary: Research suggests that the complement system plays a role in cSCC, with C3 driving tumorigenesis during chronic skin inflammation independently of downstream generation of C5a or membrane attack complex.
JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Xiaoting Wu, Danyu You, Jiong Cui, Liyan Yang, Liyu Lin, Yi Chen, Changsheng Xu, Guili Lian, Jianxin Wan
Summary: C3 plays an important role in inflammation and kidney injury. This study found that ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) in the kidney leads to increased infiltration of neutrophils and formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Inhibiting neutrophil infiltration can reduce kidney injury and inflammation. C3 deficiency can ameliorate acute kidney injury (AKI) by reducing neutrophil infiltration and the formation of NETs.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Dinko Soic, Jerko Stambuk, Marko Tijardovic, Toma Keser, Gordan Lauc, Tomislav Bulum, Marijana Vucic Lovrencic, Sandra Vuckovic Rebrina, Martina Tomic, Mislav Novokmet, Lea Smircic-Duvnjak, Olga Gornik
Summary: This study investigated the association between C3 N-glycosylation and complications of type 1 diabetes, and found significant changes in C3 N-glycome in severe albuminuria and hypertension accompanying the disease. All C3 glycopeptides except one were associated with HbA1c levels, and one glycoform was associated with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The results suggest that C3 N-glycosylation is a potential novel marker for the progression and severity of type 1 diabetes.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
I-Ru Chen, Chiu-Ching Huang, Siang-Jyun Tu, Guei-Jane Wang, Ping-Chin Lai, Ya-Ting Lee, Ju-Chen Yen, Ya-Sian Chang, Jan-Gowth Chang
Summary: This single-cell sequencing study confirms the importance of immune cell dysregulation in the pathogenesis of aHUS, providing valuable insights into molecular mechanisms and potential new diagnostic and disease activity markers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Cell Biology
Marja Kovala, Minna Seppala, Anne Raisanen-Sokolowski, Seppo Meri, Eero Honkanen, Kati Kaartinen
Summary: Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is divided into immune-complex-mediated glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN) and C3 glomerulopathy (C3G). This study found that IC-MPGN and C3G have remarkably similar clinical characteristics, kidney and overall survival, indicating that the current classification of MPGN does not provide significant clinical value in assessing renal prognosis.
Review
Transportation
Yi-Chen Zhang
Summary: This paper proposes an algorithm for estimating the shape of the road using trails of leading vehicles. The algorithm utilizes a linear mixed model approach and a polynomial-based road model. The proposed method successfully captures the shape of the road with high accuracy, as demonstrated by the evaluation using NGSIM datasets.
JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Shuyang Ma, Yan Li, Liang Du, Jianzhong Wu, Yue Zhou, Yichen Zhang, Tao Xu
Summary: A programmable intrusion detection method is proposed to identify malicious attacks on distributed energy resources in networked microgrids. Due to limited resilience, microgrids are sensitive to attacks which can lead to catastrophic electricity supply failures. The method effectively detects, locates, and defends against malicious intrusions, providing a flexible and difficult-to-detect detection rule mechanism.
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Yichen Zhang, Feng Qiu, Tianqi Hong, Zhaoyu Wang, Fangxing Li
Summary: This article proposes an intelligent agent training framework for self-healing distribution systems. The agent interacts with an expert to learn optimal strategies and uses a hybrid policy network to improve restoration performance. Experimental results show that this method outperforms traditional reinforcement learning algorithms.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Tianqi Hong, Yichen Zhang
Summary: This study proposes a data-driven optimization framework to address the challenges of model inaccuracy and parameter varying in voltage regulation problems. The integration of recursive kernel regression and interior point methods enables online voltage optimization. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated through comparison with a linear function based method.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER DELIVERY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Yichen Zhang, Hantao Cui, Jianzhe Liu, Feng Qiu, Tianqi Hong, Rui Yao, Fangxing Li
Summary: With the increasing penetration of renewable energy, ensuring frequency response and its security in power system operations has become a significant concern. This paper proposes a data-driven framework using deep neural networks to predict frequency response and incorporates it into unit commitment. The framework improves the accuracy of frequency constraints by considering all possible power injections and implementing a region-of-interest active sampling. The effectiveness of the proposed framework is demonstrated on the IEEE 39-bus system and validated through full-order dynamic model simulations using PSS/E.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Tianqi Hong, Dongbo Zhao, Yichen Zhang, Zhaoyu Wang
Summary: This paper proposes a bilevel formulation to model the operation of microgrids in distribution systems considering the interaction between different systems. To simplify the solution time, lower-level problems are modeled using deep neural networks and converted into a set of constraints. The proposed solution is validated and shown to be much faster than other methods in solving voltage regulation problems.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID
(2022)
Article
Thermodynamics
Yu-Peng Hu, Feng-Jun Wang, Yi-Chen Zhang, You -Rong Li, Ming-Hai Li
Summary: This paper presents a comprehensive numerical study on the oscillatory natural convection of Al2O3-water nanofluid near its density maximum. The influences of nanoparticle volume fraction, Rayleigh number and density inversion parameter on flow pattern evolution and heat transfer ability are analyzed. Results show that adding nanoparticles stabilizes the flow and enhances convective heat transfer. The flow regime evolves with increasing Rayleigh number at different nanoparticle volume fractions.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Shuang Zhang, Yichen Zhang, Lihong Wu, Lili Zhang, Song Wang
Summary: Sauerkraut is a traditionally fermented cabbage in northeast China, with diverse microbial composition and potential probiotic properties. Illumina MiSeq sequencing revealed that Lactobacillus was widely present in sauerkraut, with certain species more abundant in leaves than in broth. Additionally, beneficial lactic acid bacteria genera such as Pediococcus and Leuconostoc were detected, but harmful bacteria like Arcobacter and Acinetobacter were also found.
FOOD SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Jianzhe Liu, Yichen Zhang, Antonio J. Conejo, Feng Qiu
Summary: DC microgrids have potential applications in renewable integration, but the negative impedance effect of constant power loads (CPLs) can lead to instability. This paper proposes an innovative control synthesis algorithm to guarantee a theoretically guaranteed region of attraction (ROA) for a general DC microgrid, covering its entire operating range.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Shuang Zhang, Lihong Wu, Yichen Zhang, Jie Zhang, Hong Cheng, Jingjing Zhang, Yuexin Liu, Zimeng Kang, Lili Zhang
Summary: The purified cell-envelope proteinase (CEP) from L. bulgaricus has significant effects on the quality of fermented milk, increasing gel hardness and consistency while altering the particle size and surface charge of milk protein. CEP treatment also leads to changes in Ca2+ levels and produces fermented milk with a uniform and connected structure.
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yichen Zhang, Chen Chen, Tianqi Hong, Bai Cui, Zhe Xu, Bo Chen, Feng Qiu
Summary: Integration of grid supportive modes in inverter-based resources can enhance the frequency response of renewable-rich microgrids. To ensure frequency trajectory constraints under predefined disturbances, synthesis of grid supportive modes is challenging yet crucial. A numerical optimal control (NOC)-based control synthesis methodology is proposed to address this challenge. Linearized models are employed in control design, with linearization-induced errors analyzed and represented as interval uncertainties. The proposed control is validated on a modified 33-node microgrid, demonstrating its effectiveness and the significance of considering linearization-induced uncertainty.
Article
Thermodynamics
Chengxu Chen, Yichen Zhang, Zhihua Ge, Xiaoze Du, ELSaeed Saad ELsihy
Summary: This study proposed a novel combined heat and power system integrated with various flexible technologies to enhance the flexibility of coal-fired combined heat and power units. The EBSILON software was used to model the systems and analyze their thermal performance under different operating conditions. The results revealed that the thermal energy storage system had the best performance in balancing peak shaving demand and techno-economic performance.
APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Feng Qiu, Yichen Zhang, Rui Yao, Pengwei Du
Summary: Power system restoration requires sufficient initial power capacity for successful restoration. Black-start resources, which are scarce and expensive in areas without hydro power, are traditionally excluded from system restoration due to their uncertainty and variability. However, renewable energy, specifically variable renewable energy (VRE), is becoming a potential participant in system restoration as auxiliary black-start resources. This study explores the potential benefits of renewable energy in restoration and proposes dispatch models for wind participation to handle the uncertainty of wind generation.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Yichen Zhang, Jianzhe Liu, Feng Qiu, Tianqi Hong, Rui Yao
Summary: In this paper, a deep active learning framework is proposed for solvability prediction in power systems. Different sampling strategies are used to select informative instances to be labeled. Experimental results validate the effectiveness of the framework in power systems of different scales.
JOURNAL OF MODERN POWER SYSTEMS AND CLEAN ENERGY
(2022)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Mechanical
Yichen Zhang, Jianjun Yao, Gang Zhao, Zhijie Wang
Summary: Bio gel electric actuator, as a smart material, has wide application prospects and high academic value. By improving the preparation process and studying the effect of the electrically actuated film, the output performance of the electric actuator can be improved.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MECHANICAL DESIGN AND SIMULATION (MDS 2022)
(2022)