Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Q. Wang, X. F. Wang, T. Xing, J. L. Li, X. D. Zhu, L. Zhang, F. Gao
Summary: The combination of XOS and IAPS can enhance intestinal mucosal immunity and barrier function in broilers by increasing cytokine gene expression, IgA-producing cell production, and modulating cecal microbiota. Additionally, the combination effect of XOS and IAPS is superior to the individual effects of CTC, XOS, or IAPS in the current study.
Article
Fisheries
Yong Shi, Yuanxiang Liu, Kai Xie, Jihong Dai, Ya Wang, Shouqi Xie, Yi Hu, Lei Zhong
Summary: High cottonseed meal diets have negative effects on the growth and intestinal health of aquatic animals. Sanguinarine supplementation in these diets can improve growth, enhance intestinal antioxidant ability, alleviate intestinal barrier damage, and ameliorate intestinal microbiota homeostasis.
Article
Immunology
Fei Shi, Yao Huang, Mingxuan Yang, Zhijie Lu, Yanan Li, Fanbin Zhan, Li Lin, Zhendong Qin
Summary: This study investigated the changes in gut microbiota and immune response of grass carp under antibiotic administration. The results showed that antibiotics can induce oxidative stress in the intestine, reduce digestive enzyme activity, alter gut microbiota diversity, affect immune-related pathways, and induce apoptosis in grass carp.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Shina Lu, Xiaojue Peng, Shanshan Zeng, Hang Deng, Zhiqing Feng, Qing Zeng, Xining Cheng, Jihuan Hu, Zuocheng Ye, Meifeng Li, Xiaowen Xu, Gang Lin, Chengyu Hu
Summary: Two mammalian PIAS1 orthologs, CiPIAS1a and CiPIAS1b, were identified in Ctenopharyngodon idellus. They are suggested to participate in IFN-mediated antiviral and antibacterial immune response by interacting with STAT1 to inhibit its phosphorylation.
DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Shulin Liu, Shaodan Wang, Xuewei Liu, Liufa Wen, Jixing Zou
Summary: This study finds that dietary antimicrobial peptides have positive effects on intestinal morphology, digestive and antioxidant capacities, immunity, and intestinal microbiota in grass carp.
MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Guojing Xu, Jinlu Zhang, Rufang Ma, Chao Wang, Huizhong Cheng, Junxia Gong, Zhizhong Wang, Qinglei Meng
Summary: The study demonstrated that both bath and intraperitoneal immunization up-regulated pIgR and secretory Ig expression in secretions, providing more insights into the role of pIgR in immunity and offering insight into ways of protecting teleost against pathogen invasion.
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Xiao-Lin Meng, Hui Cao, Heng Li, Ke-ke Li, Guo-kun Yang, Yan-Ming Zhang, Xu-lu Chang, Xin-dang Zhang, Jian-xin Zhang
Summary: The study found that dietary honeysuckle extract could enhance the intestinal mucosal barrier, improve lipid metabolism and immunity, and reshape the intestinal microbiota of grass carp.
AQUACULTURE REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Mingkui Wei, Xiaocheng Huang, Chenchen Bian, Jian Sun, Hong Ji
Summary: Research shows that DGAT1 and DGAT2, catalyzing TAG synthesis, generate different LDs through distinct signaling pathways, providing separate signaling platforms for innate TLR7 signaling.
DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Fenglin Li, Ying Tang, Lixiang Wei, Minxuan Yang, Zhijie Lu, Fei Shi, Fanbin Zhan, Yanan Li, Wenchong Liao, Li Lin, Zhendong Qin
Summary: In grass carp, dietary supplementation of AOS increases the number of goblet cells in the intestine, activates fat metabolism-related pathways and genes, and alters the gut bacterial assembly. AOS diets also enhance the antioxidant resistance, down-regulate inflammatory cytokines, and up-regulate anti-inflammatory cytokines in the gut of grass carp. Moreover, AOS supplementation slightly reduces mortality in Aeromonas hydrophila infection.
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Zhijie Lu, Fanbin Zhan, Minxuan Yang, Fenglin Li, Fei Shi, Yanan Li, Menglan Zhang, Lijuan Zhao, Kai Zhang, Jun Li, Li Lin, Zhendong Qin
Summary: This study cloned and characterized the HO-1 gene of grass carp, showing that GcHO-1 is widely expressed in healthy grass carp and significantly up-regulated in the liver and head-kidney tissues after infection of Staphylococcus aureus and Aeromonas hydrophila. Overexpression of GcHO-1 in kidney cell line cells could reduce the expression of inflammatory cytokines, indicating an anti-inflammatory role in innate immunity.
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiao Chen, Jinfeng Yang, Zhenmin Ling, Tuoyu Zhou, Bojian Zhou, Haoyang Wang, Xiangkai Li, Pu Liu
Summary: The study found that introducing a recombinant Escherichia coli strain expressing Pb2+-specific surface-binding protein into grass carp gut can reduce Pb2+ concentration, increase the residual level of Pb2+ in feces, and alleviate oxidative stress, histological alterations, and gut microbiota dysbiosis induced by Pb2+ exposure.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiao Liang, Yin Wang, Lu Liu, Xi Zhang, Li Li, Rong Tang, Dapeng Li
Summary: This study investigated the effects of nitrite exposure on thyroid hormone levels and intestinal iodothyronine deiodinases activity in grass carp. The results showed that nitrite exposure altered thyroid hormone levels, morphology of thyroid follicles, and gene expressions related to thyroid hormone metabolism.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yanan Li, Junping Zheng, Yao Wang, Huabing Yang, Lu Cao, Shuiyong Gan, Jun Ma, Hongtao Liu
Summary: This study investigates the role of gut microbiota in the immune-enhancing activity of Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) in mice. The results show that APS can ameliorate immunosuppression in mice and activate Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways. APS treatment also reverses gut microbiota dysbiosis in immunocompromised mice.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Ke Ming, Shen Zhuang, Ning Ma, Sha Nan, Qiuhua Li, Mingxing Ding, Yi Ding
Summary: Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) have preventive effects on inflammatory lung injury by improving lung tissue pathology, reducing neutrophil infiltration, inhibiting inflammation, and altering intestinal microbiota composition leading to increased levels of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in the serum.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yumei Zhang, Xinyi Duan, Teketay Wassie, Hai-Hua Wang, Tiejun Li, Chunyan Xie, Xin Wu
Summary: The study found that EP-Zn has immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects in mice, stimulating cytokine secretion and regulating intestinal microbiota under physiological conditions, while alleviating inflammation, improving intestinal barrier function, and attenuating intestinal inflammation under inflammatory conditions.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ying Yan, Kai Niu, Wenbo Zhang, Weiming Sun, Yue Jiang, Zhonghao Jiang, Lijuan Zhao, Ming Yang, Baosheng Li, Ying Hou, Guangshe Li, Ming Yang, Shouhua Feng
Summary: Hard materials usually lack energy dissipation mechanism and self-healing ability, but nature solves this problem by creating multiscale interfaces between high-contrast materials like minerals and biopolymers. Inspired by the enamel-dentin junction in nature, researchers have developed an enamel-like crown with beta-FeOOH nanocolumns and a flexible self-healing layer. The top iron oxide layer has high modulus and hardness, while the bottom layer allows for energy dissipation and self-healing. The biomimetic tooth replicate shows promising adhesive properties and inhibits tooth decay-causing bacteria, making it a potential dental material.
Article
Polymer Science
Guang-Bing Luo, Bo Pang, Xing-Qi Luo, Yi Wang, Hong Zhou, Li-Juan Zhao
Summary: This study incorporated 4-tert-butylpyridine into brominated butyl rubber polymer networks to form a reversible ionic bond, preparing a robust self-healing anticorrosive coating. The TBP-BIIR coating showed a protection efficiency of over 94% in strong acid, strong base, and high salt solutions, with a repaired efficiency exceeding 89%. It demonstrated excellent self-healing abilities.
CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lijuan Zhao, Qiang Cheng
Summary: The pattern recognition receptor AtRLP23 in Arabidopsis thaliana can recognize and trigger pattern-triggered immunity in hybrid poplar cultivar Shanxin in response to flagellin epitope. The heterologous expression of AtRLP23 confers increased broad-spectrum fungal disease resistance in transgenic Shanxin.
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xin Yan, Si Chen, Zhengyan Pan, Weichen Zhao, Yukui Rui, Lijuan Zhao
Summary: Seeds are facing more difficult conditions due to climate change. Enhancing seeds' stress resilience is crucial for reducing yield loss. In this study, researchers propose using ROS-generating nanoparticles (NPs) to stimulate seeds, which can enhance their stress resilience by triggering stress/immune responses. The results show that pre-stimulated seeds with AgNPs exhibit faster germination, increased seedling vigor, biomass, and root length compared to seeds treated with hydropriming. Additionally, the researchers found that AgNPs stimulation activated stress signaling and defense-related pathways in rice seeds, and this stress memory can last weeks, providing protection to rice seedlings against salt stress and rice blast fungus. This simple nanobiostimulant-based strategy can contribute to sustainable agriculture by maintaining agricultural production and reducing the use of pesticides.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yi Wang, Yuanjie Xie, Xiangyan Xie, Di Wu, Haitao Wu, Xingqi Luo, Qi Wu, Lijuan Zhao, Jinrong Wu
Summary: A novel strategy of ferric ion-induced salting out and coordination cross-linking is proposed to prepare a hierarchical hydrogel network with tissue-like mechanical properties. The hydrogel shows low elastic modulus, high strength, high toughness, excellent self-recovery ability, fatigue resistance, high water content, good biocompatibility, and multi-sensory capabilities.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yunlong Cao, Fanchong Jian, Jing Wang, Yuanling Yu, Weiliang Song, Ayijiang Yisimayi, Jing Wang, Ran An, Xiaosu Chen, Na Zhang, Yao Wang, Peng Wang, Lijuan Zhao, Haiyan Sun, Lingling Yu, Sijie Yang, Xiao Niu, Tianhe Xiao, Qingqing Gu, Fei Shao, Xiaohua Hao, Yanli Xu, Ronghua Jin, Zhongyang Shen, Youchun Wang, Xiaoliang Sunney Xie
Summary: Continuous evolution of Omicron has led to the emergence of multiple variants with growth advantages, and mutations in their receptor-binding domain have converged on several hotspots, allowing them to evade neutralizing antibody drugs and convalescent plasma. Breakthrough infections of BA.2 and BA.5 have reduced the diversity of neutralizing antibody binding sites and promoted convergent evolution in the RBD.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Guangbing Luo, Bo Pang, Xingqi Luo, Xianguang Zeng, Yi Wang, Lijuan Zhao
Summary: A self-healing anticorrosion coating based on graphene-reinforced brominated butyl rubber is proposed. The coating exhibits high protection efficiency and self-healing effectiveness, providing excellent corrosion protection for steel substrates in strong acid, strong alkali, or high salt corrosive solutions, thus improving the service life of metallic equipment and components.
PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Si Chen, Zhao Kang, Jose R. Peralta-Videa, Lijuan Zhao
Summary: Research has found that molybdenum disulfide nanosheets have toxic effects on maize seedlings, including inhibiting plant growth and interfering with nutrient uptake. Additionally, the nanosheets have been shown to alter the structure of soil microbial communities.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Si Chen, Xin Yan, Jose R. Peralta-Videa, Ziyao Su, Jie Hong, Lijuan Zhao
Summary: The use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in agriculture has been explored as an alternative pesticide, with potential benefits to crop plants. However, further research is needed to understand the mechanisms of interaction between AgNPs and plants. The environmental implications of AgNPs as a replacement for pesticides also need to be assessed.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-NANO
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Lindan Sun, Feng Lin, Binbin Sun, Zhendong Qin, Keping Chen, Lijuan Zhao, Jun Li, Yulei Zhang, Li Lin
Summary: This study found that Scutellaria polysaccharide (SPS) extracted from the Chinese medicinal herb Scutellaria baicalensis can regulate the immune capacity and enhance the antioxidant capacity of the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), thus improving its survival rate.
DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Xing-Jie Dai, Li-Juan Zhao, Long-Hua Yang, Ting Guo, Lei-Peng Xue, Hong-Mei Ren, Zhi-Li Yin, Xiao-Peng Xiong, Ying Zhou, Shi-Kun Ji, Hui-Min Liu, Hong-Min Liu, Ying Liu, Yi-Chao Zheng
Summary: In this study, the antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine was identified as an LSD1 inhibitor, and a series of chlorpromazine derivatives were synthesized. Among them, compound 3s showed the most potent inhibitory activity. Compound 3s inhibited LSD1 at the cellular level, downregulated PD-L1 expression in gastric cancer cells, and enhanced T-cell killing response. Animal studies confirmed that compound 3s can inhibit gastric cancer cell proliferation without significant toxicity in immunocompetent mice. These findings suggest that compound 3s may serve as a lead compound for further development to activate T-cell immunity in gastric cancer.
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yue Hong, Wei Xu, Lijuan Zhao
Summary: This study examined the internal influencing mechanism of grandchild care on the depression levels of Chinese grandparents. It found that the experience of caring for grandchildren had a significant negative correlation with the depression level of Chinese grandparents. Furthermore, children's support played an important mediating role in the relationship between caregiving experience and grandparents' depression.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Optics
Zhao Lijuan, Wu Yujing, Xu Zhiniu, Liu Qi
Summary: Optical fiber sensors are highly valued for their simplicity and resistance to interference. Sagnac interferometer based temperature sensors are widely used due to their high sensitivity and ease of production. Special fiber design in Sagnac rings can improve the sensing performance of Sagnac-type temperature sensors.
ACTA PHOTONICA SINICA
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Li-Juan Zhao, Ying LI, Hong-Fei Duan
Summary: To solve the dust treatment problem of the Permian extra thick coal seam mined by Tashan Coal Mine, a comprehensive dust treatment technology research was conducted focusing on the 8106 and 8210 comprehensive discharge faces of the mine. The research analyzed and studied four aspects, including coal seam water injection process, determination of water injection parameters, inspection of water injection and dust reduction effect, and application promotion prospects.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lijuan Zhao, Liguo Han, Haining Zhang, Zifeng Liu, Feng Gao, Shijie Yang, Yadong Wang
Summary: In this study, a coal gangue recognition method based on modal fusion of RGB and infrared is proposed to improve the accuracy of coal gangue recognition and the recognition of mixed gangue rate. A fully mechanized coal gangue transportation test bed is built, and RGB and infrared images are obtained. Classification networks including AlexNet, VGG-16, and ResNet-18 are constructed with modal feature fusion. The results show that ResNet networks achieve higher classification accuracy on RGB and infrared image data compared to AlexNet and VGG-16 networks. The feasibility of the modal fusion method in coal gangue recognition is verified with a recognition rate of 97.92%.
Article
Fisheries
Hunter S. Bailey, Ashley N. Fincannon, Lee A. Fuiman
Summary: This study investigated the transfer of fatty acids from broodstock diets to eggs and the time needed for the eggs to equilibrate to the diet in Southern flounder. The findings indicate that different diet treatments significantly affect the fatty acid composition of eggs, and it takes 8-16 weeks for the eggs to adapt to changes in the adult diet. These results are important for improving broodstock diets and feeding protocols in stock-enhancement programs.
Article
Fisheries
Yu Liu, Mingtao Lei, Hector Victor, Yan Wang
Summary: This study confirms the feasibility of replacing raw fish diet with a formulated diet in commercial farming of large yellow croaker, which can increase fish survival and yield, and reduce feed cost and body lipid deposition.
Article
Fisheries
Xiaoyan Zhang, Lize San, Yucong Yang, Yuehong Tao, Jiangong Ren, Yufeng Liu, Zhongwei He, Jiashuo Di, Ziteng Pei, Guixing Wang, Jilun Hou
Summary: Gynogenesis is an effective technique for establishing homogeneous lines and confirming potential chromosomal mechanisms of sex determination in fish. This study successfully induced gynogenetic families in Thamnaconus modestus and established a complete method for gynogenesis induction.
Article
Fisheries
Julieta C. Martinelli, Megan Considine, Helen R. Casendino, Carolyn M. Tarpey, Isadora Jimenez-Hidalgo, Jacqueline L. Padilla-Gamino, Teri L. King, Lorenz Hauser, Steven Rumrill, Chelsea L. Wood
Summary: Shell-boring polychaetes have caused significant damage to mariculture operations worldwide, particularly in the US Pacific region. This study provides a comprehensive dataset on the prevalence, species distribution, and environmental associations of these parasites, highlighting the impact of season, culturing methods, and environmental factors on infestation.
Article
Fisheries
Juan Gao, Xueshan Li, Kangle Lu, Kai Song, Jian Zhang, Ling Wang, Chunxiao Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the effects of dietary protein levels on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, digestive enzyme activity, and metamorphosis rate of bullfrog tadpoles. The optimal dietary protein level for bullfrog tadpoles was estimated to be 42.49%-46.50% of the diet.
Article
Fisheries
Qiang Li, Lijun Duan, Dongsheng Jin, Yuxin Chen, Yirong Lou, Qianjin Zhou, Zhongjie Xu, Fangjie Chen, Hongxian Chen, Guizong Xu, Maocang Yan, Guanjun Yang, Jianfei Lu, Yanjun Zhang, Jiong Chen
Summary: This study developed a centrifugal microfluidic chip with on-chip RPA to detect five pathogenic microorganisms. The chip enabled the parallel analysis of six genetic markers from a single sample and allowed for the highly automated detection of multiple samples. Compared with PCR and DNA sequencing, the on-chip RPA assay showed high sensitivity and specificity for detecting multiple pathogens in shrimp aquaculture.
Article
Fisheries
Xingchen Huo, Pengxu Wang, Fengxia Zhao, Qian Liu, Qingqing Tian, Lingjie Tang, Maolin Lv, Zhaohui Wei, Chunrong Yang, Jianguo Su
Summary: Bacterial diseases in aquaculture ponds have negative effects on sustainable development. The use of composite I20 biotherapy has been shown to effectively treat bacterial diseases in bullfrog ponds, providing a new strategy for controlling bacterial diseases in aquaculture.
Article
Fisheries
Peng Yin, Takaya Saito, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, Bjorn Tharandur Bjornsson, Sofie Charlotte Remo, Sandeep Sharma, Rolf Erik Olsen, Kristin Hamre
Summary: This study aims to investigate the effect of seasonal changes in temperature and photoperiod on the redox metabolism of Atlantic salmon at the molecular level. The research findings suggest that the changing photoperiod and temperature influenced the redox metabolism of Atlantic salmon, highlighting the importance of oxidative status in the ecological implications.
Article
Fisheries
Nicholas Oppong Mensah, Jeffery Kofi Asare, Emmanuel Tetteh-Doku Mensah, Ernest Christlieb Amrago, Frank Osei Tutu, Anthony Donkor
Summary: This study investigates aquaculture farmers' preference for climate-smart aquaculture insurance products, the challenges they face, and their preferred insurance coverage. The results show that farmers prefer Climate-Induced Aquaculture Stock Mortality Insurance and the most significant constraint is the delay in claim settlement.
Article
Fisheries
Qiu-Ping Chai, Pei Wu, Wei-Dan Jiang, Yang Liu, Hong-Mei Ren, Xiao-Wan Jin, Lin Feng, Xiao-Qiu Zhou
Summary: The study found that appropriate levels of potassium diformate (KDF) can enhance the immune defense and mediate the inflammatory process in fish, possibly through the regulation of T cell differentiation via JAK-STAT and NF-kappa B signaling pathways.
Article
Fisheries
Tian Zhu, Haomin Jia, Haopeng Zhang, Yujing Xiao, Cui Han, Jiaxin Yang
Summary: Chicken manure has significant effects on the cultivation of Chlorella and rotifers. The optimal amount of chicken manure extract for continuous cultivation is 10 mLL-1. Chicken manure can promote the growth of Chlorella and improve the fatty acid composition, indirectly enhancing the growth condition and fatty acid content of rotifers.
Article
Fisheries
Zheng Luo, Yang Yu, Zhenning Bao, Fuhua Li
Summary: This study analyzed the heritability and genetic correlation of two growth traits in Pacific white shrimp and evaluated the genomic prediction using different genomic selection models. The results showed that the NeuralNet model had the highest prediction accuracy and better prospects for predicting shrimp growth traits.
Article
Fisheries
Alberto Ruiz, Ignasi Sanahuja, Karl B. Andree, Dolors Furones, Paul G. Holhorea, Josep A. Calduch-Giner, Jose J. Pastor, Marc Vinas, Jaume Perez-Sanchez, Sofia Morais, Enric Gisbert
Summary: Supplementing diets with a combination of spice oleoresins can reduce lipid accumulation and inflammation in farmed fish. The combination of spice oleoresins also has an immunomodulatory effect on the fish's intestinal immune system, potentially offering anti-inflammatory benefits.
Article
Fisheries
Beibei Zhao, Renhui Mei, Le Li, Di Hu, Lei Li
Summary: This study reveals that JfCXCL8_L1a and JfCXCL8_L1b have different immune pathways, and JfCXCL8_L1b plays a significant role in enhancing the adaptive immunity of T cell-dependent antigen.
Article
Fisheries
Yuhang Liu, Danying Cao, Nan Wu, Xuyang Zhao, Qingsong Zhu, Lian Su, Fatima Altaf, Qianqian Zhang, Haokun Liu, Yongming Li, Bruno Hamish Unger, Yingyin Cheng, Wanting Zhang, Aihua Li, Yaping Wang, Xiao-Qin Xia
Summary: Based on previous research, sinomenine has been found to protect mucosal immunity in farmed fish species by preventing intestinal pathological changes and regulating gene expression related to inflammation. It also enhances immune homeostasis and controls the growth of pathogenic bacteria.
