Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I:c) is a synthesized analogue of viral double-strand RNA and considered as a potential immunostimulant in aquaculture. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been reported to play important rol...
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Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I:c) is a synthesized analogue of viral double-strand RNA and considered as a potential immunostimulant in aquaculture. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been reported to play important roles in the development of the immune system and in regulation of host antiviral responses. In our earlier study, it was found that poly I:c pre-treatment could stimulate the resistance against cyprinid herpesvirus 2 (cyHV-2) infection and enhance the antiviral immune response in gibel carp. To understand the role of miRNAs in regulating the host response to poly I:c treatment, we investigated the expression profiles of miRNAs in the head kidney of poly I:c-treated gibel carp with small RNA sequencing technology. When compared with the untreated group, a total of 24 differentially expressed miRNAs were identified in the poly I:c-stimulated fish, among which, 7 and 17 miRNAs were upregulated and downregulated, respectively. Analysis of target genes of these differentially expressed miRNAs found that most targeted mRNAs were involved in catalytic activity, peptidase activity and endopeptidase activity, and were enriched in the metabolic, protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum and oxidative phosphorylation signaling pathways, suggesting that poly I:ccould alter the expression of metabolism-related miRNAs in the kidney of gibel carp. Besides, it was noted that some immune-related miRNAs, including inflammation-related miRNAs (miR-192 and miR-731) and interferon-related miRNAs (miR-194a and miR-122), were downregulated after poly I:c treatment. In summary, it was found that poly I:ccould regulate the cellular levels of specific miRNAs involved in metabolism and immune responses in the head kidney of gibel carp, which may increase the capacity of the immune cells to fight against pathogens infection.
Two new seco-prezizaane-type sesquiterpenes, 2 beta-hydroxy-6-deoxyneoanisatin (1) and 3,4-anhydro-2-oxo-1 alpha-hydroxy-6-deoxyneoanisatin (2), and two new prenylated c-6-c-3 compounds, illilanceofunones A (3) and B ...
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Two new seco-prezizaane-type sesquiterpenes, 2 beta-hydroxy-6-deoxyneoanisatin (1) and 3,4-anhydro-2-oxo-1 alpha-hydroxy-6-deoxyneoanisatin (2), and two new prenylated c-6-c-3 compounds, illilanceofunones A (3) and B (4), were obtained from the fruits of Illicium lanceolatum, along with four known prenylated c-6-c-3 compounds (5-8). Their structures were proposed through HR-ESI-MS, H-1, c-13, and 2D NMR data interpretation. Moreover, the absolute configuration of 1 and 2 were further assigned by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and electroniccircular dichroism (EcD) calculations, respectively. Illihenryipyranol A (6) exhibited neuroprotective activity against MPP+-induced Pc12 cell damage in a dose-dependent manner.
Background Tumor cells exhibited phenotypic and molecular characteristics similar to their lineage progenitor cells. Liver developmental signaling pathways are showed to be associated with Hcc development and oncogene...
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Background Tumor cells exhibited phenotypic and molecular characteristics similar to their lineage progenitor cells. Liver developmental signaling pathways are showed to be associated with Hcc development and oncogenesis. The similarities of expression profiling between liver progenitors (LPs) and Hcc suggest that understanding the molecular mechanism during liver development could provide insights into Hcc. Methods To profile the dynamic gene expression during liver development, cells from an in vitro liver differentiation model and two paired hepatocellular carcinoma (Hcc) samples were analyzed using deep RNA sequencing. The expression levels of selected genes were analyzed by qRT-PcR. Moreover, the role of a key transcription factor, pituitary homeobox 2 (PITX2), was characterized via in vitro and vivo functional assays. Furthermore, molecular mechanism studies were performed to unveil how PITX2c regulate the key developmental factors in LPs, thereby increasing the stemness of Hcc. Results PITX2 was found to exhibit a similar expression pattern to specific markers of LPs. PITX2 consists of three isoforms (PITX2A/B/c). The expression of PITX2 is associated with tumor size and overall survival rate, whereas only PITX2c expression is associated with AFP and differentiation in clinical patients. PITX2A/B/c has distinct functions in Hcc tumorigenicity. PITX2c promotes Hcc metastasis, self-renewal and chemoresistance. Molecular mechanism studies showed that PITX2ccould up-regulate RALYL which could enhance Hcc stemness via the TGF-beta pathway. Furthermore, chIP assays confirmed the role of PITX2c in regulating key developmental factors in LP. conclusion PITX2c is a newly discovered transcription factor involved in hepatic differentiation and could increase Hcc stemness by upregulating key transcriptional factors related to liver development.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (Hcc) is a highly malignant tumor and its progression is associated with altered lipid metabolism in precancerous lesions, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Here, we identified sperm ...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (Hcc) is a highly malignant tumor and its progression is associated with altered lipid metabolism in precancerous lesions, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Here, we identified sperm associated antigen 4 (SPAG4), and explored its oncogenic role in Hcc progression. Database analysis and immunohistochemistry indicated increased level of SPAG4 in Hcc tissues which was of prognostic value. Gain/loss-offunction experiments showed that SPAG4 exerted oncogenic roles in Hcc growth both in vitro and in vivo. RNA sequencing revealed activation of a lipogenic state and SREBP1-mediated pathway following SPAG4 overexpression. Mechanistically, the N-terminal region of SPAG4 bound to lamin A/c, which increased SREBP1 expression, nuclear translocation, and transcriptional activity. Treatment with orlistat, a lipid synthesis inhibitor, reversed SPAG4-mediated oncogenic effects, and its efficacy varied with SPAG4 level. The effect of orlistat was further amplified when combined with sorafenib in tumor xenograft mouse models. Our study provides evidence that SPAG4 mediates Hcc progression by affecting lipid metabolism. Administration of orlistat combined with sorafenib reverses SPAG4-mediated oncogenesis in Hcccells and ectopic xenograft tumors in mice, suggesting that this pathway represents a potential target for Hcc treatment.
The mechanism and effect of c/N ratios on the aerobic granules simultaneous nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal (SNDPR) system are still unclear. The reactor performance and microbial community dynam...
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The mechanism and effect of c/N ratios on the aerobic granules simultaneous nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal (SNDPR) system are still unclear. The reactor performance and microbial community dynamics of the system were investigated under variable c/N ratios (20, 10 and 5). The cOD, TP and NH4+-N removal remained unaffected with variable c/N ratios. The decreased c/N ratio of five strongly influenced the nitrogen removal. Further investigations revealed that candidatus_Accumulibacter, Acinetobacter, candidatus_competibacter were the predominant genera. classification of key groups involved in nitrogen and phosphorus removal indicated the lowest c/N ratio resulting in a large microbial community shift. This study might contribute to the application of SNDPR system for the treatment of wastewater. Different c/N ratios led to shift on the microbial community and the dominant was phosphorus-accumulating bacteria. The nitrogen removal efficiency decreased while the removal of cOD, TP and NH4+-N remained remarkable with the decreased c/N ratios.
In this paper, the temperature-dependent vibration damping in c/Sic fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites (cMcs) with different fiber preforms under different vibration frequencies is investigated. A micromechani...
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In this paper, the temperature-dependent vibration damping in c/Sic fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites (cMcs) with different fiber preforms under different vibration frequencies is investigated. A micromechanical temperature-dependent vibration damping model is developed to establish the relationship between composite damping, material properties, internal damage mechanisms, and temperature. The effects of fiber volume, matrix crack spacing, and interface properties on temperature-dependent composite vibration damping of cMcs and interface damage are analyzed. The experimental temperature-dependent composite damping of 2D and 3D c/Siccomposites is predicted for different loading frequencies. The damping of the c/Siccomposite increases with temperature to the peak value and then decreases with temperature. When the vibration frequency increases from f = 1 to 10 Hz, the peak value of composite damping and corresponding temperature both decrease due to the decrease of interface debonding and slip range, and the damping of 2D c/Sic is much higher than that of 3D c/Sic at temperature range from room temperature to 400 degrees c. When the fiber volume and interface debonding energy increase, the peak value of composite damping and the corresponding temperature decreases, mainly attributed to the decrease of interface debonding and slip range.
Methane was converted into c2 and c3 products under mild conditions using a single stage solid electrolyte reactor, using a proton exchange membrane fuel cell as a SER-Fc and Pd/c as an electrocatalyst prepared by the...
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Methane was converted into c2 and c3 products under mild conditions using a single stage solid electrolyte reactor, using a proton exchange membrane fuel cell as a SER-Fc and Pd/c as an electrocatalyst prepared by the reduction method of sodium borohydride. This electrocatalyst has a cubic pattern of palladium centered on the face and an average size of nanoparticles close to 6.4 nm, according to the literature. Differential mass spectrometry reveals the chemical profile of species obtained from the oxidation of methane with ioniccurrents (Ii) at m/z=16, 28, 30, 32, 44, 46 and 60. In many cases, Ii can be assigned to more than one species;therefore, complementary ATR-FTIR experiments were performed. The ATR-FTIR spectra confirmed the presence of c2 and c3 compounds such as ethane, ethanol, acetaldehyde, acetic acid and propane. considering the low amount of water in the reaction medium, these results may be associated with the use of Pd/c electrocatalysts responsible for the activation of the water molecule.
The present contribution applies a modified version of a well-known weak-scatter scintillation model to the propagation paths between an Earth station and two geostationary satellites, as they are affected by drifting...
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The present contribution applies a modified version of a well-known weak-scatter scintillation model to the propagation paths between an Earth station and two geostationary satellites, as they are affected by drifting ionospheric irregularities detected by the planar Langmuir probe onboard the communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (c/NOFS) satellite. This study considers one year of data from a limited altitude range, two longitude sectors and frequencies to analyze the mitigation effects from the angular distance between the geostationary satellites on the space diversity gain, considering the statistical distributions of the amplitude scintillation index S-4. The results indicate that the space diversity gain increases with the angular distance between geostationary satellites. However, once the angular distance between the geostationary satellites reaches a certain limit (approximately 20 degrees), the space diversity gain no longer increases. Additionally, these gains are high at the L1 frequency and less impressive at an Ultra High Frequency (UHF). It is shown that these observations are consistent with the South American and Indian-Asian equatorial and low-latitude ionospheric environments, also characterized through the same data and the scintillation formulation.
We present clog, a declarative language for describing staticcode checkers for c. Unlike other extensible state-of-the-art checker frameworks, clog enables powerful interprocedural checkers without exposing the under...
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We present clog, a declarative language for describing staticcode checkers for c. Unlike other extensible state-of-the-art checker frameworks, clog enables powerful interprocedural checkers without exposing the underlying program representation: clog checkers consist of Datalog-style recursive rules that access the program under analysis via syntactic pattern matching and control flow edges only. We have implemented clog on top of clang, using a custom Datalog evaluation strategy that piggy-backs on clang's AST matching facilities while working around clang's limitations to achieve our design goal of representation independence. Our experiments demonstrate that clog can concisely express a wide variety of checkers for different security vulnerabilities, with performance that is similar to clang's own analyses and highly competitive on real-world programs.
In this study, biomass carbon-modified coZn-ZIF-8 was firstly fabricated through a hybridization approach. The coZn/c was prepared by directly carbonizing a coZn-ZIF-8/c at the designed temperature and investigated by...
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In this study, biomass carbon-modified coZn-ZIF-8 was firstly fabricated through a hybridization approach. The coZn/c was prepared by directly carbonizing a coZn-ZIF-8/c at the designed temperature and investigated by multiple techniques including XRD, XPS, SEM, and TEM analyses. After carbonization, coZn/c shows a high capacitance of 757.8 F/g at 5 mV/s, which is an outstanding characteristiccompared with that of recently reported supercapacitor. As a consequence, the improved electrochemical performance of coZn/c attributed to the biomass carbon can significantly enhance the mass transport channels of electron-hole pairs. Remarkably, the composite shows excellent capacitive performances originating from the abundant reservoir for the charge storage derived from ZIF-derived porous and electroactive species exposure as well as high ion diffusion rate. coZn/ccan be regarded as a promising material for practical supercapacitor, and this work also provides a valuable reference for the preparation and application of high-performance electrode materials which greatly promote the supercapacitor development.
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