Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Shien Ren, Chao Fan, Liangzhi Zhang, Xianjiang Tang, Haibo Fu, Chuanfa Liu, Shangang Jia, Yanming Zhang
Summary: This study found that PSCs have significant effects on the gut microbiota of small herbivorous mammals, increasing alpha diversity, and impacting core bacteria abundance, bacterial functions, and co-occurrence network structure.
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Jonguk Park, Hiroto Bushita, Ayatake Nakano, Ai Hara, Hiroshi M. Ueno, Naoki Ozato, Koji Hosomi, Hitoshi Kawashima, Yi-An Chen, Attayeb Mohsen, Harumi Ohno, Kana Konishi, Kumpei Tanisawa, Hinako Nanri, Haruka Murakami, Motohiko Miyachi, Jun Kunisawa, Kenji Mizuguchi, Michihiro Araki
Summary: This study examined the relationship between ramen intake, gut microbiota diversity, and blood biochemistry. The results showed an inverse association between ramen intake and gut microbiome diversity, as well as associations with dietary nutrients and blood chemistry markers.
Article
Microbiology
Haibo Fu, Liangzhi Zhang, Chao Fan, Wenjing Li, Chuanfa Liu, He Zhang, Qi Cheng, Yanming Zhang
Summary: The plateau pika and the yak have coexisted on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau for over 1 million years, with their gut microbiota diversity and similarity increasing through symbiosis. The horizontally transmitted bacteria between them enrich specific metabolic pathways for mutual benefit.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Gang Liu, Chao Li, Yan Liu, Chang-ming Zheng, Yu Ning, Hong-guo Yang, Lang Suo, Xin-zhang Qi, Hui-xin Li, Wan-yu Wen, Yu-hang Wang, Hong-yun Qi, Ping Cai, Ming-hao Gong
Summary: By comparing the gut microbiota of crane species, researchers found that black-necked crane developed unique bacteria to adapt to high-altitude environments. There are significant differences in microbial composition and function between low- and high-altitude black-necked cranes.
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Qiaoling Yu, Guoliang Li, Huan Li
Summary: Studies on gut microbial sequencing data of wild plateau pikas revealed 2 distinct gut microbial community types, with high-elevation regions dominated by Firmicutes and low-elevation regions predominated by Bacteroidetes. These types showed significant differences in alpha diversity, predicted functional diversity, beta diversity, functional profiles, microbial interactions and environmental filtering effects. The deterministic processes played a major role in shaping the gut bacterial community assemblies, with a higher percentage in the high-elevation Cluster I compared to the low-elevation Cluster II.
INTEGRATIVE ZOOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
David K. Jacobson, Tanvi P. Honap, Andrew T. Ozga, Nicolas Meda, Therese S. Kagone, Helene Carabin, Paul Spicer, Raul Y. Tito, Alexandra J. Obregon-Tito, Luis Marin Reyes, Luzmila Troncoso-Corzo, Emilio Guija-Poma, Krithivasan Sankaranarayanan, Cecil M. Lewis
Summary: The study found that non-industrial populations have higher genus-level resilience in their gut microbiomes, while industrial populations have low resilience potential in SCFA production, driven by a few phylogenetically closely related species. Additionally, database biases affect resilience estimates, with a higher likelihood of identifying SCFA-encoding species in industrial microbiomes compared to non-industrial populations. Overall, non-industrial gut microbiomes show high phylogenetic diversity, richness, and evenness in bacteria encoding SCFAs, indicating high potential for resilience in SCFA production.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Immunology
Manlian Zhu, Xia Liu, Yiru Ye, Xiumei Yan, Yiwen Cheng, Longyou Zhao, Feng Chen, Zongxin Ling
Summary: Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor dysfunction. Gut dysbiosis is involved in the development and progression of PD, and the gut microbiota can be considered as a potential diagnostic and therapeutic target. Gut dysbiosis influences the progression and onset of PD by increasing intestinal permeability, aggravating neuroinflammation, aggregating abnormal levels of alpha-synuclein fibrils, increasing oxidative stress, and decreasing neurotransmitter production.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Chao Fan, Liangzhi Zhang, Shangang Jia, Xianjiang Tang, Haibo Fu, Wenjing Li, Chuanfa Liu, He Zhang, Qi Cheng, Yanming Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the seasonal variations in gut microbiota of wild plateau pikas and found significant differences in the relative abundance of specific microbial taxa across different seasons. The study also revealed that diet had a greater impact on microbial variation than climatic factors.
INTEGRATIVE ZOOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Haibo Fu, Wenjing Li
Summary: The study examined the microbial communities in the hard and soft feces of plateau pikas and found that Firmicutes were more abundant in hard feces, while Akkermansia were more abundant in soft feces. Soft feces showed advancements in microbial metabolism compared to hard feces, particularly in energy, vitamin, and amino acid metabolism. This study provides valuable insights into the differences in microbial structure and function between hard and soft feces, and opens up avenues for future research on cecotrophy.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Aleisha Bliesner, Jade Eccles-Smith, Claire Bates, Olivia Hayes, Jet Yee Ho, Catia Martins, Helen Truby, Marloes Dekker Nitert
Summary: This systematic review investigates the effect of food-based weight loss diets on microbiota outcomes in individuals who have successfully lost weight. The results show minimal changes in alpha- and beta-diversity and faecal SCFA concentrations following weight loss, while changes in relative bacterial abundance at the phylum and genus level were inconsistent. Further research is needed to understand the effect of diet-induced weight loss on the gut microbiota.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Ning Sun, Jie Zhang, Jizhi Wang, Zhifen Liu, Xin Wang, Pengli Kang, Chunxia Yang, Penghong Liu, Kerang Zhang
Summary: In this study, the gut microbiota and bile acids metabolism were found to be disrupted in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), and there was a correlation between gut microbiota and bile acids metabolism. The interaction between them may be related to the pathophysiological mechanism of MDD.
PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Bahtiyar Yilmaz, Lisa Ruckstuhl, Beat Mullhaupt, Lorenzo Magenta, Melanie Harrer Kuster, Olivier Clerc, Ralph Torgler, Nasser Semmo
Summary: In this small pilot sub-study, researchers analyzed longitudinal gut microbiota changes in patients with HCV after successful treatment with GLE/PIB. Surprisingly, no statistically significant differences in gut microbiota diversity were found post-treatment, hinting at a potential trend towards decreased richness over time. Further investigation is needed to understand the role of HCV treatment on gut microbiota.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Kalina Sikorska-Zimny, Luciano Beneduce
Summary: Glucosinolates and their derivatives are secondary plant metabolites abundant in Brassicaceae, with benefits for human health such as anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects. However, their formation requires enzymatic reactions catalyzed by myrosinase enzyme. The human gut microbiome can provide myrosinase activity, potentially enhancing the beneficial effects of these compounds.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xiaowei Chen, Dawei Zhang, Haixiang Sun, Fei Jiang, Yan Shen, Pingmin Wei, Xiaobing Shen
Summary: The study found a decrease in gut microbiota abundance with increasing body weight. There were notable differences in gut microbial composition between children of normal weight and obesity, while overweight children showed similarities to both.
Article
Microbiology
Viviana J. Mancilla, Allison E. Mann, Yan Zhang, Michael S. Allen
Summary: This study revealed differences in gut bacterial communities between phenylketonuria (PKU) patients and non-PKU controls, with lower diversity and statistically differentially abundant genera in PKU individuals. Furthermore, metabolic pathways also differed between the two groups, highlighting the need for further research on the effects of dietary restrictions.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Jia-Bao Liu, Sunny Kumar Sharma, Vijay Kumar Bhat, Hassan Raza
Summary: This paper investigates two chemical structures and computes their multiset dimension and mixed metric dimension. The mixed metric dimension refers to the cardinality of the minimum set of elements that can distinguish different elements in chemical structures through recognition.
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Jia-Bao Liu, Haidar Ali, Muhammad Kashif Shafiq, Ghulam Dustigeer, Parvez Ali
Summary: The research focuses on the applications of topological indices in analyzing the bio-compatibility of chemical compounds in the context of QSAR and QSPR correlations. By combining Chemistry and Graph theory, Chemical graph theory deals with topology and plays a significant role in the development of topological indices. The article specifically explores the use of degree based topological indices in Octahedron networks.
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
M. Arulperumjothi, S. Prabhu, Jia-Bao Liu, P. Yakkana Rajasankar, V Gayathri
Summary: Polya was the first to introduce the concept of counting polynomials in chemistry. Although the characteristic polynomials of graphs have been extensively studied through quantitative methods to determine the molecular orbitals of unsaturated hydrocarbons, this field has not received much attention from chemists for several decades. Polynomials can be used to calculate various important topological indices, either explicitly or implicitly, including the related Theta, Omega, PI, and Sadhana polynomials. These polynomials play a significant role in computing the corresponding topological indices by considering the equidistant and non-equidistant edges of structural graphs. Topological indices are numerical values associated with networks that are used to predict chemical, physical, and biological activities. This article investigates the application of these polynomials in three classes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, including hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene, hexa-cata-hexabenzocoronene, and dodeca-benzo-circumcoronene, and proposes closed formulas for the corresponding indices.
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jia-Bao Liu, Jiao-Jiao Gu, Kang Wang
Summary: In this paper, the explicit analytical formulas for expected values and variances of various indices in a random cyclooctane chain are introduced. It is proven that these indices asymptotically follow a normal distribution. Additionally, unexpected findings regarding the expected values of Sombor index and its variations in the cyclooctane chain are reported.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Jia-Bao Liu, D. Antony Xavier, Eddith Sarah Varghese, Annmaria Baby, Deepa Mathew
Summary: Molecular descriptors are numerical quantities that provide information and characteristics of chemical structures. Dendrimers are hyperbranched macromolecules with a constraint size that plays a major role in medicine, especially nanomedicine. This paper derives distance-based topological indices for porphyrin dendrimer and provides a graphical comparison of the indices.
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Qing You, Fang Wang, Rong Du, Jingnan Pi, Huayi Wang, Yue Huo, Jingyi Liu, Chen Wang, Jia Yu, Yanlian Yang, Ling Zhu
Summary: Engineered small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) with high CD47 expression and cyclic arginine-glycine-aspartic (c(RGDyC)) modification are developed to deliver short interfering RNA against m(6)A reader YTH N6-methyladenosine RNA binding protein 1 (YTHDF1) for gastric cancer treatment. This nanosystem efficiently depletes YTHDF1 expression, suppresses cancer progression and metastasis, and enhances immune responses. The CD47 expression on the sEVs enhances phagocytosis of tumor cells by tumor-associated macrophages.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Jia-bao Liu, N. A. D. E. E. M. Salamat, M. U. H. A. M. M. A. D. Kamran, S. H. A. H. Z. A. I. B. Ashraf, Riaz hussain Khan
Summary: Diminished estimate techniques focus on image quality assessment by using partially retrieved features from the reference image. The goal is to create an objective evaluation method that can adapt to new visual distortions. This study proposes a rapid approach for quality assessment of color photographs by modifying the structural similarity index measure (SSIM) in a neutrosophic environment. The use of Single-Valued Neutrosophic Sets (SVNSs) and the construction of neutrosophic divergence show a correlation with SSIM and provide accurate information on image convergence and divergence. Additionally, a trustworthy Image Quality Assessment based on generalized exponential fuzzy entropy is proposed.
FRACTALS-COMPLEX GEOMETRY PATTERNS AND SCALING IN NATURE AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Xuemei Zhao, Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui, Shazia Manzoor, Sarfraz Ahmad, Mehwish Hussain Muhammad, Jia-Bao Liu
Summary: Mathematical chemistry plays a crucial role in investigating the metal-insulator transition Superlattice (GST-SL) in 3D electrons with strong correlations due to quantum confinement. The development of epitaxial GST-SL thin films with heterogeneous opening design is of great interest for their wide applications. Thin-film deposition and the construction of well-arranged alloy accumulates are essential for phase transformation applications in non-volatile memory. The softening and crystalline elements of the multi-component GST composite have been explored. This paper focuses on determining topological properties, such as degree-based topological descriptors and their entropy measures, and analyzes the entropy and heat of formation of single crystals, monolayers, and various layers of Ge-Sb-Te.
IETE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lidan Bai, Chaojie Tan, Jing Ren, Jingyi Liu, Wenqi Zou, Guangchen Liu, Yu Sheng
Summary: Excessive exercise causes body fatigue and disrupts the oxidation/oxidation resistance system, leading to damage to the central nervous system and decreased learning and memory. The transcription factor Nrf2 plays a crucial role in regulating oxidative stress response in cells. Therefore, the development of natural antioxidants that can regulate Nrf2-related signaling pathways and improve central fatigue caused by body fatigue is of great application value.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Lu-Lu Fang, Jia-Bao Liu, Qian Zheng, Xin-Bei Peng
Summary: This paper introduces two different graphs in the linear octagonal-quadrilateral network, which identify opposite edges in different ways. It also provides explicit formulas for the Kirchhoff index and complexity of these graphs. The calculations show that the Kirchhoff index of these graphs is approximately a fraction of their Wiener index as n approaches infinity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Petr Hedenec, Haifeng Zheng, David Pessanha Siqueira, Yan Peng, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Tobias Guldberg Froslev, Rasmus Kjoller, Huan Li, Jan Frouz, Lars Vesterdal
Summary: Terrestrial isopods and millipedes have different feeding preferences and litter consumption rates based on the chemical composition of the litter. The microbial communities in their gut and feces are also influenced by litter chemistry. Litter quality plays a strong role in shaping the feeding preferences, consumption rates, and bacterial and fungal community compositions in these litter-feeding soil fauna in European forests.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shuyue Li, Dongxu Yu, Jingyi Liu, Nan Chen, Zexiang Shen, Gang Chen, Shiyu Yao, Fei Du
Summary: An in situ electrochemical strategy is proposed to regulate the interlayer distance of layered NH4V4O10, revealing a close relationship between optimal performances and interlayer space.
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Jia-Bao Liu, Xin-Bei Peng, Jing Zhao
Summary: In recent years, the energy consumption and carbon emissions from household consumption in China have been increasing rapidly. To evaluate the progress of building a low-carbon society, the information entropy of direct household consumption-induced carbon emissions structure (IDHCES) from 2005 to 2019 is calculated, and a spatial association network is constructed. The network analysis reveals that the IDHCES is not solely determined by geographical proximity, and the core provinces in the eastern region play a significant role. Factors such as per capita GDP differences, energy consumption per unit of GDP, family size, and government investment in science and technology contribute to the formation of the spatial association network, while differences in geographical distance, population density, and Engel coefficient act as barriers. Based on these findings, suggestions are proposed to optimize the IDHCES.
JOURNAL OF COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION
(2023)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Jia-Bao Liu, Ya-Qian Zheng, Xin-Bei Peng
Summary: This paper aims to establish the distribution of Sombor indices in random polygonal chain networks and derive expressions for their expected values and variances. The expected values and variances of the Sombor indices for different types of chains are obtained. As the number of polygons connected by the chain approaches infinity, the Sombor indices of any chain network follow a normal distribution due to the end connection of a random chain network following a binomial distribution.
DISCRETE APPLIED MATHEMATICS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Jia-Bao Liu, Muhammad Faisal Nadeem, Yilun Shang