Filtration Performance and Fiber Shedding Behavior in Common Respirator and Face Mask Materials by Qingfeng Cao, Seong Chan Kim, Qisheng Ou, Hoo Young Chung, Weiqi Chen, William Durfee, Susan Arnold, Marc A. Hillmyer, Linsey A. Griffin, David Y. H. Pui

“…No broken fibers from by the seven tested respirator and face mask materials were discovered; however, dendrite structures likely shed by the SHEMA97 face mask with a size comparable to its nanoscale fibers were identified. …”
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Folate alleviated skin inflammation and fibrosis resulting from impaired homocysteine metabolism by Jiefeng Huang, Wuyan Lu, Shenli Zhao, Zixin Cai, Linxiao Li, Zihao Hu, Yu Jiang, Jinyi Deng, Yiming Tang, Chenzhang Shi, Chen Wang, Guangpeng Liu, Shuaijun Li

“…Skin fibrosis, characterized by uncontrolled secretion of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins such as collagen, can lead to excessive scarring and compromised tissue function. …”
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The association between body roundness index and new-onset hyperuricemia in Chinese population: the Kailuan cohort study by Xi Cai, Naihui Zhao, Xuemei Yang, Jiajia Ma, Yajing Liang, Yicheng Liao, Ruiyue Liu, Xinran Wen, Shuohua Chen, Guodong Wang, Na Li, Shouling Wu, Liufu Cui

“…At the same time, the restricted cubic spline was applied to solve the dose-response relationship between BRI and the risk of hyperuricemia.Then, stratified analysis was carried out using multivariate Cox regression according to age, sex, hs-CRP level, TG level, education level, smoking status and hypertension status. …”
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Efficacy of Tui Na in idiopathic constipation in children with cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Huijuan Wang, Bichan Chen, Qian Long, Qiuping Yang, Jiawen Mao, Qinghua Ma, Xingqian Yi, Ying Wang, Yinghan Liu, Zhiliang Cao, Jianda Xu, Yong Ye, Wei Tang

“…The following parameters were compared: the Bristol stool form scale (BSFS), the Constipation Assessment Scale (CAS) and the improvement in constipation. In addition, adverse effects were recorded.ResultsAt 4 weeks after the final treatment, the percentage of infants whose constipation improved was 23 (76.7%) in the Tuina group and 21 (70.0%) in the control group (P = 0.771). …”
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Causal role of plasma liposome in diabetic retinopathy: mendelian randomization (MR) study by Kai Yin, Lu Ding, Xueyan Li, Yuqi Zhang, Siyu Song, Liyuan Cao, Ruixue Deng, Min Li, Zirui Li, Qinjing Xia, Daqing Zhao, Xiangyan Li, Zeyu Wang

“…We conducted a two-sample MR analysis, and statistical analysis were performed using the inverse variance weighted (IVW) with the addition of the MR-Egger, weighted median (WM), constrained maximum likelihood and model averaging (cML-MA) to test for causal associations between lipid levels and DR. …”
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Progress in the Study of Intratumoral Microorganisms in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Song Y, Tian S, Li Z, Miao J, Wu M, Xu T, Wu X, Qiao J, Zhang X, Zhao H, Kang L, Cao L, Zhu P, Miao M

“…Yagang Song,1,2 Shuo Tian,1,2 Zhanzhan Li,1,2 Jinxin Miao,1,2 Mingming Wu,1,2 Tingli Xu,1,2 Xiangxiang Wu,1,2 Jingyi Qiao,1,2 Xialei Zhang,1,3 Hui Zhao,1,2 Le Kang,1,3 Lihua Cao,1,2 Pingsheng Zhu,4 Mingsan Miao1 1Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450046, People’s Republic of China; 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Research and Development on the Whole Industry Chain of Yu-Yao, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450046, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450046, People’s Republic of China; 4College of Chinese Medicine, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450046, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Mingsan Miao, Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450046, People’s Republic of China, Tel/Fax +86-371-65962546, Email miaomingsan@163.comAbstract: The intratumoral microbiota, an integral part of liver tumors, has garnered significant attention from researchers due to its role in tumor development regulation and impact on cancer treatment. …”
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The Application of Bioreactors for Cartilage Tissue Engineering: Advances, Limitations, and Future Perspectives by Liwei Fu, Pinxue Li, Hao Li, Cangjian Gao, Zhen Yang, Tianyuan Zhao, Wei Chen, Zhiyao Liao, Yu Peng, Fuyang Cao, Xiang Sui, Shuyun Liu, Quanyi Guo

“…Tissue engineering (TE) has brought new hope for articular cartilage regeneration, as TE can provide structural and functional substitutes for native tissues. …”
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Ginseng polysaccharides circumvent acquired resistance to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer by Jumin Huang, Ziming Wang, Feng Li, Huiting Wang, Yang Xiang, Runze Li, Chun Xie, Yuwei Wang, Zhihong Jiang, Yabing Cao, Wenhua Liang, Elaine Lai-Han Leung

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Influence of Stress Sensitivity on Water-Gas Flow in Carbonate Rocks by Shuaishi Fu, Lianjin Zhang, Yingwen Li, Xuemei Lan, Roohollah Askari, Junjie Wang, Wen Wen, Xinze Li, Shaobin Cai, Ke Wang, Jie Liu, Yushu Wang, Yongfei Yang

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Comparative transcriptomics and metabolomics provide insight into degeneration‐related physiological mechanisms of Morchella importuna after long‐term preservation by Ying Chen, Xuelian Cao, Liyuan Xie, Jie Tang, Lixu Liu, Di Wang, Xiang Wu, Tianhai Liu, Yang Yu, Yong Wang, Francis Martin, Weihong Peng, Hao Tan

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CASC8 activates the pentose phosphate pathway to inhibit disulfidptosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma though the c-Myc-GLUT1 axis by Hong-Fei Yao, Jieqiong Ge, Jiahao Chen, Xiaoyan Tang, Chunjing Li, Xiao Hu, Abousalam Abdoulkader Ahmed, Yunlong Pu, Guihua Zhou, Tongyi Zhang, Zhiwei Cai, Chongyi Jiang

“…Mechanistically, CASC8 interacted with c-Myc to enhance the stability of c-Myc protein, leading to the activation of the pentose phosphate pathway, a reduction of the NADP+/NADPH ratio and ultimately inhibiting disulfidptosis under glucose starvation conditions. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the pine wood nematode carrier Arhopalus unicolor by Xiangying Zou, Liqiong Zeng, Xingzao You, Jinghui Zhong, Chensheng Tang, Zhaofei Zheng, Xiaochun Lin, Biaoqiang Zhang, Xinliang Zhang, Yu Fang, Yanli Sun, Shouping Cai, Jun Su

“…A total of 98.77% of the assembled sequences mapped to 10 pseudochromosomes, and BUSCO analysis revealed high completeness, with 97.15% gene coverage. …”
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Efficient nonlinear function approximation in analog resistive crossbars for recurrent neural networks by Junyi Yang, Ruibin Mao, Mingrui Jiang, Yichuan Cheng, Pao-Sheng Vincent Sun, Shuai Dong, Giacomo Pedretti, Xia Sheng, Jim Ignowski, Haoliang Li, Can Li, Arindam Basu

“…However, recurrent neural networks (RNN) that are widely used for speech-recognition and natural language processing have tasted limited success with this approach. This can be attributed to the significant time and energy penalties incurred in implementing nonlinear activation functions that are abundant in such models. …”
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Association of multiple environmental exposures with rhinitis and asthma symptoms in preschool children: Identifying critical risk factor by Shuang Du, Hao Tang, Han Chen, Yang Shen, Zhiping Niu, Tianyi Chen, Jing Wei, Xia Meng, Wen Su, Qun Wu, Yongqiang Tan, Jing Cai, Zhuohui Zhao

“…This study aimed to evaluate associations of environmental exposures with alone and co-morbid symptoms of rhinitis and asthma and identify critical risk factor. …”
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Guanosine enhances the bactericidal effect of ceftiofur sodium on Streptococcus suis by activating bacterial metabolism by Yue Dong, Xiaona Liu, Shanshan Xiong, Mingyu Cao, Haojie Wu, Long Chen, Mengmeng Zhao, Yadan Zheng, Zhiyun Zhang, Yanyan Liu, Yanhua Li, Qianwei Qu, Chunliu Dong

“…Exogenous guanosine promoted the antibacterial effects of ceftiofur sodium (CEF) in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, we demonstrated that exogenous guanosine promoted the biosynthesis of purine pathway, TCA cycle and bacterial respiration, which make bacteria more sensitive to the killing effect of antibacterial. …”
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Donafenib combined with sintilimab for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a single arm phase II trial by Xiaoyang Hong, Yongjian Guo, Wenbo Shi, Kangshun Zhu, Licong Liang, Liteng Lin, Ye Chen, Jingwen Zhou, Jingjun Huang, Jiabai Huang, Yaozhu Wu, Wensou Huang, Mingyue Cai

“…The objective response rate was 23.3% per mRECIST and 16.7% per RECIST 1.1, while the disease control rate reached 76.7% per mRECIST/RECIST 1.1. …”
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USP20 mediates malignant phenotypic changes in bladder cancer through direct interactions with YAP1 by Wensun Chen, Siqi Wu, Yifan Chen, Weijian Li, Yiqing Cao, Yingchun Liang, Xiyu Dai, Xinan Chen, Yilin Chen, Tian Chen, Shenghua Liu, Chen Yang, Haowen Jiang

“…Hippo pathway activity is controlled by the phosphorylation cascade in the MST1/2-LATS1/2-YAP1 axis, in addition to other modifications such as ubiquitination of the Hippo pathway proteins through the co-regulation of E3 ligases and deubiquitinases. …”
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Efficacy and safety of acupuncture with moxibustion for knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Rui-Xin Zhu, Xing Li, Zhao-Bo Yan, Cheng Chen, Wei Zhai, Heng-Cai Zhang, Wen-Juan Ma, Fu-Kun Wang, Mi Liu, Ge-Shu Du

“…The analysis utilized pooled weighted mean differences (WMD) and risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to assess the superior treatment modality. …”
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A Chemically Defined Culture for Tooth Reconstitution by Ziwei Zhang, Hong Hu, Zhiheng Xu, Ce Shan, Hanyi Chen, Kun Xie, Kun Wang, Yifu Wang, Qing Zhu, Yike Yin, Haoyang Cai, Yunqiu Zhang, Zhonghan Li

“…Abstract It is known for decades that dental epithelium and mesenchyme can reconstitute and regenerate a functional tooth. …”
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Controllable synthesis of nonlayered high-κ Mn3O4 single-crystal thin films for 2D electronics by Jiashuai Yuan, Chuanyong Jian, Zhihui Shang, Yu Yao, Bicheng Wang, Yixiang Li, Rutao Wang, Zhipeng Fu, Meng Li, Wenting Hong, Xu He, Qian Cai, Wei Liu

“…However, high dielectric constant (κ) materials, which can be integrated with 2D semiconductors, are still rare. …”
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