Article
Environmental Sciences
Yufen Li, Ruixue Tong, Zeyuan Li, Xin Zhang, Luqing Pan, Yaobing Li, Ning Zhang
Summary: In this study, RNA interference was used to investigate the effects of ammonia exposure on haematopoiesis and apoptosis in Litopenaeus vannamei. The results showed that ammonia stress reduced the total haemocytes count and knock-down of astakine (AST) further decreased it. Additionally, ammonia stress induced oxidative stress, leading to DNA damage and up-regulated expression of death receptor, mitochondrial, and endoplasmic reticulum stress pathways. Overall, this study enhances our understanding of risk management in shrimp aquaculture.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Bo Shi, Xinyue Tao, Monica B. Betancor, Jingjing Lu, Douglas R. Tocher, Fanyi Meng, Claudia Figueiredo-Silva, Qicun Zhou, Lefei Jiao, Min Jin
Summary: The study demonstrated that optimal dietary supplementation of chromium had beneficial effects on glucose homeostasis and growth in shrimp, while excess caused oxidative damage and impaired growth.
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Yongxiong Huang, Qi Li, Yunhao Yuan, Zhiqiang Zhang, Baijian Jiang, Shiping Yang, Jichang Jian
Summary: This study elucidated the role of Nrf2 in the regulation of antioxidant capacity, oxidative stress, apoptosis, and autophagy in shrimp. Evidence of gene expression and enzymatic activity was provided.
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Xiaofei Zhang, Qin Hu, Xuesong He, Xinyue Cui, Zhaoyuan Liang, Li Wang, Xiongwei Deng, Ze Zhang, Wang Sheng, Xiaodong D. D. Han
Summary: Combinatorial immunotherapy strategies using engineered nanoformulations and toll-like receptor 9 agonist CpG ODN have shown great promise for cancer therapy. In this study, a self-assembled nanoparticle called CNPs was developed to deliver CpG ODN into dendritic cells, effectively stimulating immune response. Additionally, the CNPs-adjuvanted vaccine based on melanoma antigens and neoantigens exhibited both cellular and humoral immune responses, inhibiting tumor growth. CD16 CAR-T cells showed potential as a synergistic strategy for solid tumor immunotherapy.
JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Zhaoyuan Liang, Xinyue Cui, Liqun Yang, Qin Hu, Danyang Li, Xiaofei Zhang, Lu Han, Siwei Shi, Yurong Shen, Weijian Zhao, Qi Ju, Xiongwei Deng, Yan Wu, Wang Sheng
Summary: Synthetic peptides show potential for neoantigen vaccines, but face limitations in immunogenicity. By modifying neoantigen peptides and co-assembling them with CpG ODN, PCNPs were created to improve immune response and antitumor effects in colorectal cancer immunotherapy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Roushon Jamal
Summary: The commercial cultivation of Litopenaeus vannamei has greatly benefited the global shrimp industry in the past decade. However, there are no academic sources supporting its commercial farming in Bangladesh, which is an important player in the global shrimp industry. The declining shrimp industry in Bangladesh, caused by the low production of traditionally cultivated black tiger shrimp and its susceptibility to diseases, calls for immediate policy measures to introduce high-yielding Litopenaeus vannamei species.
AQUACULTURE INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Xuechun Li, Shihao Li, Yang Yu, Xiaojun Zhang, Jianhai Xiang, Fuhua Li
Summary: The NLR-like gene LvNLRPL1 in Litopenaeus vannamei plays a crucial role in immune response by regulating apoptosis of hemocytes during Vibrio infection, demonstrating its importance in crustaceans' immune defense against pathogens.
DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Weiliang Guan, Xiaobo Wei, Wenqian Nong, Yelin Shao, Linchun Mao
Summary: The study reveals that HSP70 induced by cold shock can enhance the tolerance of shrimp to air exposure, inhibit the apoptosis pathway in cells, and decrease ROS content, cytochrome c expression, release from mitochondria, and caspase-3 activity in shrimp hemocytes.
DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hui Guo, Zhi Liang, Peihua Zheng, Ling Li, Jian'an Xian, Xiaowen Zhu
Summary: Exposure to nonylphenol caused significant histological changes and apoptosis in Pacific white shrimp, resulting in the generation of numerous differentially expressed genes. The study demonstrated that nonylphenol exposure impairs the immune, antioxidant, DNA repair, and anti-apoptosis abilities of shrimp, leading to severe histopathological changes and eventual apoptosis.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Zoology
Rui-Feng Zou, Xing-Chao Ren, Qing-Hui Liu
Summary: The study cloned the full-length cDNA sequence of LvSPARC-L from shrimp, and indicated that LvSPARC-L might play an antiviral role by regulating apoptosis.
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Acoustics
Tong Zhang, Jie Wang, Jiaqi Feng, Yaqiong Liu, Ran Suo, Jingyu Jin, Wenxiu Wang
Summary: This study investigated the effects of different ultrasonic pretreatments on the gel properties of shrimp surimi. The results showed that proper ultrasound treatment could improve the gel properties by expanding the protein and exposing more functional groups. The study provides a new technical means to improve the gel properties of shrimp surimi.
ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yufen Li, Luqing Pan, Ruixue Tong, Yaobing Li, Zeyuan Li, Yuanjing Chen
Summary: High concentrations of ammonia-N inhibit the immune defense of aquatic animals. This study investigated the immune factors of Litopenaeus vannamei exposed to different levels of ammonia-N and found significant changes in complement components, C-type lectins, and signal transduction pathway. Furthermore, phagocytosis and exocytosis were affected by complement components and C-type lectins through intracellular signal transduction pathway under ammonia-N stress.
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Yanling Wang, Wei Liu, Miaomiao Liu, Hongxian Wang, Lin Zhou, Jian Chen, Hao Sun, Xihang Wei, Meihua Fan, Mingru Yang, Zhi 'ang Liu, Zishan Yang, Jiateng Zhong, Chengbiao Lu, Tiesuo Zhao, Huijie Jia
Summary: The combination therapy using nifuroxazide and CpG ODN showed significant therapeutic effects on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Nifuroxazide inhibited proliferation and migration of HCC cells in vitro, while CpG ODN enhanced the antitumor effects. In vivo experiments demonstrated that the combination therapy effectively suppressed tumor growth and induced tumor cell apoptosis.
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Nasser Hashemi Goradel, Babak Negahdari, Nasir Mohajel, Ziba Veisi Malekshahi, Maryam Mashhadi Abolghasem Shirazi, Arash Arashkia
Summary: The study demonstrates that cationic epitope-coated nanostructured adjuvants can enhance immune responses and suppress tumor growth. Treatment with nanocomplexes under a heterologous prime-boost regimen shows higher cellular immunogenicity and therapeutic efficacy.
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Guson Boonyoung, Tanate Panrat, Amornrat Phongdara, Warapond Wanna
Summary: The study discovered interactions between 14-3-3 proteins and LvRab11 in shrimp, revealing their involvement in immune response against WSSV infection. LvRab11 may play different roles at different stages of the WSSV infection process, while the binding of 14-3-3 epsilon and LvRab11 could impact the immune response against WSSV invasion.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jiankun Huang, Jingbin Zeng, Xue Zhang, Gengchen Guo, Rui Liu, Zifeng Yan, Yadong Yin
Summary: This study introduces a hybrid aerogel/hydrogel sensor with high sensitivity and broad sensing range, integrating polypyrrole aerogel with PAAm hydrogel. The sensor demonstrates linear response, high sensitivity, and stable performance over a wide pressure range, making it ideal for monitoring pressures from human physiological signals to significant stress exerted by vehicles.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Rui Liu, Cuihong Xu, Yanan Chen, Huachao Zhao, Jiefang Sun, Zuoliang He, Wanyu Shan, Gang Li, Qiantao Shi, Liping Fang, Jingfu Liu, Guibin Jiang
Summary: This study demonstrates that the Pd3Cu intermetallic compound, which does not leach Pd ions, can be used as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst with comparable activity to monometallic Pd ions in cross-coupling reactions. The combination of plasmonic catalysis and intermetallic compounds is a promising strategy for designing robust nanocatalysts.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Nuanfei Zhu, Chengbin Liu, Rui Liu, Xiangheng Niu, Dinghui Xiong, Kun Wang, Daqiang Yin, Zhen Zhang
Summary: Encapsulating the coassembly of hemin/bovine serum albumin (BSA) in zeolite imidazolate frameworks (ZIF-8) can achieve controllable tailoring and enhancement of peroxidase-like activity in biomimic nanozymes. The use of ZIF-8 as the outer layer can accelerate substrate transport and achieve internal circulation, significantly improving the peroxidase-like activity and stability of the nanozymes.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Changhui Wang, Chenghao Huang, Huacheng Xu, Nannan Yuan, Xin Liu, Leilei Bai, Xiaosong He, Rui Liu
Summary: Recycling drinking water treatment residue (DWTR) to make ceramsite can provide environmental and economic benefits in water environment remediation. The key parameter for ceramsite production is the sintering temperature. Ceramsites made from different DWTR have varying properties and require specific ingredients preparation. DWTR based ceramsite is identified as non-hazardous material and has the ability to adsorb heavy metals.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Zelin Wu, Zhaokun Xiong, Rui Liu, Chuanshu He, Yang Liu, Zhicheng Pan, Gang Yao, Bo Lai
Summary: Metal leaching and catalytic stability are important issues in Fenton-like reactions. In this study, a hollow yolk-shell nanoreactor (HYSCN) was fabricated to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the degradation of carbamazepine (CBZ). The HYSCN showed reduced metal leaching and improved catalytic stability compared to a solid structure (SCSCN). The mechanism of the HYSCN/PMS system was investigated and the degradation pathway of CBZ was proposed using UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Mengfan Luo, Heng Zhang, Peng Zhou, Zhaokun Xiong, Bingkun Huang, Jiali Peng, Rui Liu, Wen Liu, Bo Lai
Summary: Current research is focused on enhancing the oxidation activity of ferrate (Fe(VI)) by introducing additional energy or reducing agents. Interestingly, colloid manganese dioxide (cMnO(2)) is found to promote Fe(VI) removal of various contaminants through a surface-promoted pathway. The study suggests that high-valent Fe species are the main oxidants in the cMnO2-Fe(VI) system, and Fe(VI) can combine with vacancies in cMnO(2) to generate Fe(IV)/Fe(V). The decay products of Fe(VI) play a vital role in further enhancing the formation of Fe(IV) and Fe(V). Furthermore, cMnO(2) shows superior catalytic stability in complex waters, making it a promising reductant for Fe(VI) activation.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Zhimin Fan, Huachao Zhao, Kaifeng Wang, Wei Ran, Jie-Fang Sun, Jingfu Liu, Rui Liu
Summary: Electrochemical reduction (ER) is a promising method for pollutant removal, but its application is limited by slow reaction kinetics and side reactions. In this study, the role of interfacial hydrophilicity in determining ER performance was investigated. It was found that a hydrophobic Pd/C electrocatalyst hindered the diffusion of water and pollutants, leading to decreased mass transfer and decontamination efficiency. However, this dilemma could be overcome by increasing hydrophilicity with hydrophilic polymers, resulting in a significant improvement in the activity and efficiency of the electrocatalyst.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zongshan Zhao, Yanhen Wu, Wei Ran, Huachao Zhao, Xiaotian Yu, Jie-fang Sun, Guangzhi He, Jingfu Liu, Rui Liu, Guibin Jiang
Summary: In this study, AuFe3@Pd/gamma-Fe2O3 nanosheets were developed as an in situ regenerable and highly active hydrogenation catalyst. The Pd monolayer sites could be fully regenerated under ambient conditions, initiated by center dot OH radicals from gamma-Fe2O3 nanosheets. The nanosheets exhibited high activity in hydrogenating the carbon-halogen bond and withstand ten rounds of regeneration.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Hai -Yuan Chi, Xiao-Xia Zhou, Min-Rong Wu, Wan-yu Shan, Jing-fu Liu, Jin-quan Wan, Bing Yan, Rui Liu
Summary: This study investigates the effect of constructing a magnetic mesoporous SiO2 shell on the surface of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI). The results show that this structure can regulate the electron transfer pattern, avoid the formation of iron oxide layers, and improve the efficiency of active hydrogen production.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xiaoyu Zhao, Wei Ran, Zixuan Wang, Jiefang Sun, Rui Liu, Jingfu Liu
Summary: This article investigated the structural transformation of Pd shells on Au nanocubes in different electrolytes at various electrochemical windows. It was found that Pd sites are stable under basic and neutral conditions but experience severe structure evolution under acidic conditions. Pd atoms react with H+ under acidic conditions to form Pd ions, which are easily coreduced with Au ions into surface alloys.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiaotian Hua, Wenxuan Wang, Wei Ran, Guangzhi He, Jingfu Liu, Rui Liu
Summary: Metal nitrides, especially TiN, can effectively modulate the electronic states of Pd sites and enhance their catalytic performance in hydrodechlorination reactions, making them promising supports for highly efficient Pd catalysts.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Huachao Zhao, Wei Ran, Guangzhi He, Hongxin Wei, Jiefang Sun, Xiaoxia Zhou, Shiwei Li, Jingfu Liu, Bing Yan, Rui Liu, Guibin Jiang
Summary: Bond length is an important structural parameter that can affect the activity of catalysts. In core-shell gold-palladium (Au@Pd) nanocatalysts, elongated Pd-Pd bonds resulting from lattice mismatches between Au and Pd are found to exhibit distinct catalytic activity. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra of chemisorbed 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide (2,6-DMPI) were used to investigate the elongated Pd-Pd bonds on Au@Pd. The study revealed that strained sites with elongated Pd bonds are more than 100 times more active in a catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Zelin Wu, Zhaokun Xiong, Wen Liu, Rui Liu, Xuezhen Feng, Bingkun Huang, Xinhao Wang, Yixuan Gao, Hong Chen, Gang Yao, Bo Lai
Summary: Accurate control of catalytic activity and mechanism, as well as understanding the correlation between structure, activity, and selectivity in Fenton-like chemistry, is crucial for designing efficient catalysts for sustainable water decontamination. In this study, size-dependent catalysts with single cobalt atoms, atomic clusters, and nanoparticles were prepared to investigate the change in catalytic activity and mechanism in peroxymonosulfate-based Fenton-like chemistry. The results showed that the catalytic activity and durability varied with the size of the metal active centers, and the contributions of radical and nonradical mechanisms were modulated by reducing the metal size. Density functional theory calculations revealed the evolution of catalytic mechanisms in size-dependent systems at different Gibbs free energies for reactive oxygen species generation. The findings of this study provide an in-depth understanding of the effects of metal size in Fenton-like chemistry and can guide the design of intelligent catalysts for specific water purification applications.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Zhenpeng Huang, Jihang Yu, Wenbo Li, Xuan Tang, Yanglong Guo, Yun Guo, Li Wang, Sheng Dai, Rui Liu, Wangcheng Zhan
Summary: This study focuses on the surface structure of PtFe nanoparticles on PtFe/CeO2-x catalysts and its impact on the activity and water resistance for propane oxidation. The PtFe/CeO2-O catalyst exhibited superior performance due to the cooperation among metallic Pt sites, active oxygen species, and FeOx nanoclusters. The findings of this study provide valuable insights for the development of efficient bimetallic catalysts to eliminate volatile organic compound pollutants.
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shiwei Li, Huachao Zhao, Wei Ran, Jingfu Liu, Rui Liu
Summary: Au@RhPd ultrathin nanowires serve as a highly reactive and selective catalyst for the hydrogenation of phenol at ambient conditions. The interaction between Au NWs and Rh atoms enhances the adsorption and desorption processes, while Pd acts as a cocatalyst to activate H2 and transfer it to Rh sites. This catalyst exhibits a turnover frequency of up to 560 h(-1) with over 80% selectivity towards cyclohexanones.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
