Search Results - Rong Xu

Pleosporalean fungi play significant roles as plant pathogens, saprobes, and endophytes in a wide variety of economically important plant hosts. During an investigation of saprobic fungi from Jilin and Hebei, China, five pleosporalean isolates were obtained from the dead stems of <i>Xanthocera...

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To date, few studies have been carried out on the influence of the mixing effects of soils and remediation agents on the remediation effects of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) in contaminated soils. In this study, the mixing effects of soils and remediation agents and the degradation effects of B[a]P under d...

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During a survey of ascomycetous fungi associated with plant litter and submerged wood in Jilin Province, China, two hyphomycetous fungi were discovered. Morphological examination and molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed that these isolates represent two species within the genus <i>Torula&l...

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BackgroundCytokines play a crucial role in instigating inflammation and generating pathogenic autoantibodies at the neuromuscular junction in individuals suffering from myasthenia gravis (MG). The objective of this study is to investigate the cytokine profiles among patients grappling with MG.Method...

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<h4>Objective</h4>Fibromyalgia, a chronic pain disorder, impacts approximately 2% of adults in the US. Gabapentin and pregabalin are common treatments to manage fibromyalgia-related pain. Our recent study showed the risk of adverse cardiovascular events increased in diabetic neuropathy p...

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Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CaLas), an uncultured Gram-negative alphaproteobacterium, is the causal agent of Huanglongbing (HLB) in citrus. CaLas resides in phloem sieve tubes and has been shown to be unequally distributed in different tissues. Although HLB is a disease of citrus plants, it h...

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We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, have retracted the following article:Dongtao Li, Yan Liu, Rong Xu, Xin Jia, Xing Li, Cong Huo & Xiaoming Wang (2019) Astragalus polysaccharide alleviates H2O2-triggered oxidative injury in human umbil...

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Drought stress is one of the primary environmental factors affecting plant survival rates and productivity, and it is a key bottleneck restricting the development of the world kiwifruit industry. Therefore, studying the drought resistance-related genes and drought resistance mechanisms of kiwifruit...

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Objective To investigate the consistency between CT-derived fat fraction (CT-FF) based on photon-counting CT material decomposition under different scanning conditions and magnetic resonance imaging proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF), thereby developing a CT-based method for liver fat quantifica...

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BackgroundStructural alterations and functional reorganizations related to motor dysfunction after stroke remain unclear. This study aims to investigate alterations in structural connectivity (SC) and functional connectivity (FC) in non-acute post-stroke patients, and their associations with motor p...

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Background: GRAS transcription factors are crucial for plant development and stress responses but remain poorly characterized in citrus. Soil salinization increasingly threatens sweet orange (<i>Citrus sinensis</i>) yield. Identifying salt-responsive <i>GRAS</i> genes could r...

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Psoriasis is considered a systemic inflammatory disorder. Previous studies have reported conflicting positive or negative correlations between psoriasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We performed a meta-analysis to determine whether there is an associated risk between psoriasis and chro...

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Recent studies have demonstrated that the human antimicrobial peptide LL37 plays a critical role in immune regulation under both normal physiological conditions and during disease progression, as evidenced by its elevated levels observed in various chronic inflammatory diseases. A deeper understandi...

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Nitrate reductase (NR) is a key enzyme for nitrogen assimilation in plants, and its activity is regulated by posttranslational phosphorylation. To investigate the effects of dephosphorylation of the NIA1 protein on the growth and the physiological and biochemical characteristics of rice under differ...

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Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) strands offer superior flexibility and broad application potential, yet conventional anchoring systems face challenges such as structural complexity, high costs, and specialized tools. This paper introduces a crimped anchorage system for CFRP strands, character...

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hMLH1 is one of the mismatch genes closely related to the occurrence of gastric cancer. Epigenetic regulation may play more important roles than gene mutations in DNA damage repair genes to drive carcinogenesis. In this article, we discuss the role of epigenetic changes, especially histone modificat...

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