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1. Effect of bovine lactoferricin on the growth performance, digestive capacity, immune responses and disease resistance in Pacific white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei

Author:
Xue-Liang Liu,   et al.   ; Yi Zhuang; He Huang; Nu-An Wang; Guo-Fang Zhong;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Fish & shellfish immunology 2022 v.123 pp. 282-289
ISSN:
1050-4648
Subject:
Litopenaeus vannamei; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; acid phosphatase; alkaline phosphatase; carboxylic ester hydrolases; cattle; disease resistance; enzyme activity; feed conversion; fish; growth performance; hepatopancreas; shellfish; shrimp; specific growth rate; trypsin; weight gain
Abstract:
... The present study evaluated the growth performance, digestive enzyme activity, non-specific immunity, immunity and growth genes in Penaeus vannamei fed diets supplemented with Bovine lactoferricin (the basal diet without Bovine lactoferricin, the control; 1.0‰ Bovine lactoferricin，LCB1; 1.5‰ Bovine lactoferricin，LCB1.5; 2.0‰ Bovine lactoferricin, LCB2; 2.5‰ Bovine lactoferricin, LCB2.5) for 56 day ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fsi.2022.03.012

2. Mini Review on Electrocatalyst Design for Seawater Splitting: Recent Progress and Perspectives

Author:
Xue-Liang Ma,   et al.   ; Shan-Chao Ke; Rui Chen; Gang-Hua Chen;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Energy & fuels 2021 v.35 no.16 pp. 12948-12956
ISSN:
1520-5029
Subject:
carbon; catalysts; corrosion; electrolysis; energy; freshwater; hydrogen; hydrogen production; raw materials; seawater
Abstract:
... Production of renewable hydrogen energy by water electrolysis is an effective method to reduce carbon emissions. In comparison to freshwater, seawater is a more suitable raw material for electrolysis thanks to its abundant reserves. However, the reported catalysts are not suitable for large-scale commercial application as a result of the reduction of catalyst stability and activity within complex ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c02056

3. Hyperbranched epoxy resin-grafted graphene oxide for efficient and all-purpose epoxy resin modification

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Xiaojie Li; Yong Tang; Xiyu Zhang; Wei Wei; Xiaoya Liu;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Journal of colloid and interface science 2022 v.611 pp. 105-117
ISSN:
0021-9797
Subject:
epoxides; glass transition temperature; graphene oxide; impact strength; modulus of rupture; storage modulus; tensile strength; thermal expansion; thermal stability
Abstract:
... Despite great efforts have been made on epoxy resins modification, development of additives that can be used to efficiently and universally modify epoxy composites remains a challenging task. Herein, graphene oxide (GO) sheets were covalently linked with hyperbranched epoxy resin (HBPEE-epoxy) to form HBPEE-epoxy functionalized GO (HPE-GO), which was then incorporated into epoxy resin (EP) matrix ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jcis.2021.12.068

4. Microarray analysis of gene expression differences in microglia after exposure to graphene quantum dots

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Tianshu Wu; Meng Tang;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Science of the total environment 2020 v.749 pp. 141385
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
DNA damage; Western blotting; calcium; cell cycle checkpoints; central nervous system; comet assay; endocytosis; environment; gene expression; gene ontology; graphene; ion channels; medicine; microarray technology; neuroglia; neurotoxicity
Abstract:
... Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have been broadly applied in biomedicine in recent years. So far, researches have reported that GQDs might contribute to the injury of the central nervous system (CNS), yet the latent toxicological mechanism is not clear. This study aims to investigate the underlying biological mechanism responsible for the neurotoxicity of nitrogen-doped GQDs (N-GQDs) and amino-functi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141385

5. Targeted removal of mitochondrial DNA from mouse and human extrachromosomal circular DNA with CRISPR-Cas9

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Weijia Feng; Gerard Arrey; Egija Zole; Wei lv; Peng Han; Marghoob Mohiyuddin; Henriette Pilegaard; Birgitte Regenberg;     Show all 9 Authors
Source:
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 2022 v.20 pp. 3059-3067
ISSN:
2001-0370
Subject:
CRISPR-Cas systems; biotechnology; carcinogenesis; circular DNA; colorectal neoplasms; human cell lines; humans; mice; mitochondrial DNA; oncogenes; phenotype; somatic cells
Abstract:
... Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) of chromosomal origin is common in eukaryotic cells. Amplification of oncogenes on large eccDNA (ecDNA) can drive biological processes such as tumorigenesis, and identification of eccDNA by sequencing after removal of chromosomal DNA is therefore important for understanding their impact on the expressed phenotype. However, the circular mitochondrial DNA (mtDN ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.csbj.2022.06.028

6. Development of red apple pomace extract/chitosan-based films reinforced by TiO2 nanoparticles as a multifunctional packaging material

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Weijie Lan; Shuyao Wang; Zhijun Zhang; Xuwei Liu; Jing Zhang;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
International journal of biological macromolecules 2021 v.168 pp. 105-115
ISSN:
0141-8130
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; antimicrobial properties; antioxidants; apple pomace; apple pomace extracts; color; freshness; salmon; strength (mechanics); thermal stability; titanium dioxide; water vapor
Abstract:
... A chitosan-based (CS) film was developed with nanosized TiO₂ and red apple pomace extract (APE). The intermolecular interactions of CS, TiO₂ and APE were evaluated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. TiO₂ nanoparticles remarkably improved the water vapor and UV–Vis light barrier properties, mechanical strength and thermal stability of CS- ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.12.051

7. Discovering the Mechanisms of Wikstroelide E as a Potential HIV-Latency-Reversing Agent by Transcriptome Profiling

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Shi-Fei Li; Xing-Kang Wu; Xiang Gao; Li-Wei Zhang;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Journal of natural products 2021 v.84 no.4 pp. 1022-1033
ISSN:
1520-6025
Subject:
Chamaedaphne; HIV infections; Wikstroemia; diterpenoids; drugs; therapeutics; transcriptome; transcriptomics
Abstract:
... The discovery of efficient and specific HIV-latency-reversing agents is critical for HIV therapy. Here, we developed wikstroelide E, a daphnane diterpene from the buds of Wikstroemia chamaedaphne, as a potential HIV-latency-reversing agent that is 2500-fold more potent than the drug prostratin. Based on transcriptome analysis, the underlying mechanism was that wikstroelide E regulated the MAPK, PI ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01039

8. Recent progress in aqueous zinc-ion batteries: a deep insight into zinc metal anodes

Author:
Xue Liang Li,   et al.   ; Tian Chen Li; Daliang Fang; Jintao Zhang; Mei Er Pam; Zhi Yi Leong; Juezhi Yu; Dong Yan; Hui Ying Yang;     Show all 9 Authors
Source:
Journal of materials chemistry A 2021 v.9 no.10 pp. 6013-6028
ISSN:
2050-7496
Subject:
anodes; cathodes; commercialization; corrosion; electrochemistry; electrolytes; hydrogen production; longevity; thermodynamics; zinc
Abstract:
... Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) have recently sparked an enormous surge of research attention, due to their environmental benignity, natural abundance, negligible safety issue, and exceptional electrochemical performance. Despite the rapid progress in designing a kind of exceptional cathode material with high compatibility to the aqueous electrolyte, the potential issues on the zinc anode side ...
DOI:
10.1039/d0ta09111a

9. The role of surfactants in colloidal biliquid aphrons and their transport in saturated porous medium

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Chaoge Yang; Nnanake-Abasi Offiong; Xiaochen Chen; Chunpeng Zhang; Kyongsu Sonu; Jun Dong;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Environmental pollution 2020 v.265 pp. 114564
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
anionic surfactants; aquifers; dense nonaqueous phase liquids; groundwater contamination; models; particle size distribution; porous media; remediation; sodium dodecyl sulfate
Abstract:
... In remediation of dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs), colloidal biliquid aphrons (CBLAs) could be added to produce a lower density nonaqueous phase which mitigate downward migration of DNAPL to non-polluted aquifers. There is still a big gap in the application of CBLAs in the remediation of actual polluted sites, especially the absence of relevant studies on its transport behavior in the sit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114564

10. Toxoplasma invasion delayed by TgERK7 eradication

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Zhong-Yuan Li; Hai-Ting Guo; Jie Tan; Xing-Quan Zhu; Quan Liu;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Parasitology research 2020 v.119 no.11 pp. 3771-3776
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Toxoplasma gondii; genes; parasites; parasitology; phenotype; plasmids; research; tachyzoites; toxoplasmosis; transfection; virulence
Abstract:
... Toxoplasma gondii causes serious clinical toxoplasmosis in humans mostly due to its asexual life cycles, which can be artificially divided into five tightly coterminous stages. Any radical or delay for the stage will result in tremendous changes immediately behind. We previously demonstrated that TgERK7 is associated with the intracellular proliferation of T. gondii, but during the process, other ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-020-06881-3

11. Properties of 3D printed dough and optimization of printing parameters

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Yaowen Liu; Ahmed Saeed; Weijie Lan; Wen Qin;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Innovative food science & emerging technologies 2019 v.54 pp. 9-18
ISSN:
1466-8564
Subject:
deformation; dough; freeze drying; mangoes; olive oil; texture; wheat flour
Abstract:
... Customization of food using the three-dimensional (3D) printing technique is an extremely convenient and healthy way to cook food with maximum utilization of materials, and consequently, this technique has received considerable attention from the public in recent years. In this study, we explored the effect of material composition on the quality of 3D-printed food using wheat flour, freeze-dried m ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ifset.2019.03.008

12. Three-Dimensional (3D) Nanostructured Skeleton Substrate Composed of Hollow Carbon Fiber/Carbon Nanosheet/ZnO for Stable Lithium Anode

Author:
Xue-Liang Zhang,   et al.   ; Zhi-Qin Ruan; Qiao-Tong He; Xu-Jia Hong; Xin Song; Qi-Feng Zheng; Jia-Hui Nie; Yue-Peng Cai; Hongxia Wang;     Show all 9 Authors
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2021 v.13 no.2 pp. 3078-3088
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
anodes; carbon; carbon fibers; cathodes; electric potential difference; hysteresis; lithium; nanosheets; skeleton
Abstract:
... The practical applications of Li metal batteries (LMBs) have long been limited by the obstacles of low Coulombic efficiency (CE) and formation of dendrites on Li metal electrode. Herein, we demonstrated the synthesis of a novel three-dimensional (3D) nanostructured skeleton substrate composed of nitrogen-doped hollow carbon fiber/carbon nanosheets/ZnO (NHCF/CN/ZnO) using 2-methylimidazole (2-MIZ)- ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.0c21747

13. Harnessing landfill gas (LFG) for electricity: A strategy to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Jakarta (Indonesia)

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan; Deepak Singh; Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman; Hui Hwang Goh; Petros Gikas; Axel Olaf Kern; Tutuk Djoko Kusworo; Jawad A. Shoqeir;     Show all 9 Authors
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2022 v.301 pp. 113882
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
carbon dioxide; economic development; electricity; electricity generation; environmental assessment; environmental protection; greenhouse gases; income; landfills; markets; methane; municipal solid waste; power generation; primary energy; socioeconomics; Indonesia
Abstract:
... Due to its increasing demands for fossil fuels, Indonesia needs an alternative energy to diversify its energy supply. Landfill gas (LFG), which key component is methane (CH₄), has become one of the most attractive options to sustain its continued economic development. This exploratory study seeks to demonstrate the added value of landfilled municipal solid waste (MSW) in generating sustainable ene ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113882

14. The effects of soil properties, cropping systems and geographic location on soil prokaryotic communities in four maize production regions across China

Author:
Xue-liang TIAN,   et al.   ; Jia-jia LIU; Quan-cheng LIU; Xin-yao XIA; Yong PENG; Alejandra I. HUERTA; Jian-bing YAN; Hui LI; Wen-de LIU;     Show all 9 Authors
Source:
Journal of integrative agriculture 2022 v.21 no.7 pp. 2145-2157
ISSN:
2095-3119
Subject:
Acidobacteria; Actinobacteria; Gemmatimonadetes; agriculture; agroecosystems; alpha-Proteobacteria; beta-Proteobacteria; carbon dioxide fixation; corn; gamma-Proteobacteria; latitude; longitude; metabolism; metagenomics; prokaryotic cells; soil pH; China
Abstract:
... The diversity of prokaryotic communities in soil is shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors. However, little is known about the major factors shaping soil prokaryotic communities at a large scale in agroecosystems. To this end, we undertook a study to investigate the impact of maize production cropping systems, soil properties and geographic location (latitude and longitude) on soil prokaryotic ...
DOI:
10.1016/S2095-3119(21)63772-3

15. Colloidal biliquid aphron demulsification using polyaluminum chloride and density modification of DNAPLs: optimal conditions and common ion effect

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Jun Dong; Gaoliang Wei; Nnanake-Abasi Offiong; Chaoge Yang;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Environmental science 2020 v.22 no.9 pp. 1908-1915
ISSN:
2050-7895
Subject:
calcium; chlorides; groundwater; groundwater contamination; magnesium; organic matter; remediation; sodium; solubility; sulfates; trichloroethylene
Abstract:
... Dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) entrapped and pooled in aquifers serve as a long term source of groundwater contamination because of their low solubility and high density. Density modification displacement (DMD) with colloidal biliquid aphrons (CBLAs) is a promising approach to prevent DNAPL downward migration during surfactant-based remediation processes. CBLA demulsification and quick r ...
DOI:
10.1039/d0em00248h

16. Caenorhabditis elegans as a complete model organism for biosafety assessments of nanoparticles

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Tianshu Wu; Hongsheng Xu; Meng Tang;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Chemosphere 2019 v.221 pp. 708-726
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
Caenorhabditis elegans; animal models; biosafety; ecosystems; immune response; intestines; nanoparticles; neurons; oxidative stress; quantitative analysis; reproduction; signal transduction; toxicity
Abstract:
... The number of biosafety evaluation studies of nanoparticles (NPs) using different biological models is increasing with the rapid development of nanotechnology. Thus far, nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), as a complete model organism, has become an important in vivo alternative assay system to assess the risk of NPs, especially at the environmental level. According to results of qualita ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.01.021

17. Human DUBs’ gene expression and regulation in antiviral signaling in response to poly (I:C) treatment

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Kunpeng Liu; Dongbo Qiu; Yingqi Huang; Jingyuan Zhao; Xiusheng Qiu; Qi Zhang; Zhen-Dong Xiao; Yunfei Qin;     Show all 9 Authors
Source:
Molecular immunology 2021 v.129 pp. 45-52
ISSN:
0161-5890
Subject:
cytokines; gene expression; humans; ubiquitin-protein ligase; ubiquitination
Abstract:
... Type I interferons (IFNs) play a central role in host defense against viral infection. Multiple posttranslational modifications including ubiquitination and deubiquitination regulate the function of diverse molecules in type I IFN signaling. Many ubiquitin ligase enzymes, such as those of the TRAF and TRIM families, have been shown to participate in the production of type I IFNs and inflammatory c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.molimm.2020.11.006

18. Preparation of polylactic acid/TiO2/GO nano-fibrous films and their preservation effect on green peppers

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Xiaorong Dong; Yuting Zhou; Kaiwen Bao; Dur E. Sameen; Saeed Ahmed; Jianwu Dai; Wen Qin; Yaowen Liu;     Show all 9 Authors
Source:
International journal of biological macromolecules 2021 v.177 pp. 135-148
ISSN:
0141-8130
Subject:
Escherichia coli; Staphylococcus aureus; ambient temperature; chlorophyll; hardness; polylactic acid; sensory properties; spoilage; sweet peppers; tensile strength; ultrasonics; ultraviolet radiation
Abstract:
... Polylactic acid (PLA)/nano-TiO₂(TiO₂ NPs)/Graphene oxide (GO) nano-fibrous films were prepared by ultrasonic assisted electrostatic spinning technology, and the effects of TiO₂ NPs:GO mass ratio and ultrasonic power on film morphology and mechanical, thermal, barrier and antibacterial properties were investigated. The addition of TiO₂ NPs and GO can significantly increase the tensile strength and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.02.125

19. KAgX (X = S, Se): High-Performance Layered Thermoelectric Materials for Medium-Temperature Applications

Author:
Xue-Liang Zhu,   et al.   ; Hengyu Yang; Wu-Xing Zhou; Baotian Wang; Ning Xu; Guofeng Xie;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2020 v.12 no.32 pp. 36102-36109
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
density functional theory; equations; heat transfer; selenium; sulfur; thermal conductivity
Abstract:
... Monolayer KAgX are a class of novel two-dimensional (2D) layered materials with efficient optical absorption and superior carrier mobility, signifying their potential application prospect in photovoltaic (PV) and thermoelectric (TE) fields. Motivated by the recent theoretical studies on the KAgX monolayer, we carried out systematic investigations on the TE performance of KAgS and KAgSe monolayers, ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.0c08843

20. Effects of streptozotocin on pancreatic islet β-cell apoptosis and glucose metabolism in zebrafish larvae

Author:
Xue-liang Yang,   et al.   ; Xue Wang; Ke-chun Liu; Wen-long Sheng; Qing Xia; Rong-chun Wang; Xi-qiang Chen; Yun Zhang;     Show all 8 Authors
Source:
Fish physiology and biochemistry 2020 v.46 no.3 pp. 1025-1038
ISSN:
0920-1742
Subject:
Danio rerio; animal models; apoptosis; blood glucose; drugs; fish larvae; gene expression; gene expression regulation; glucose; hyperglycemia; immunohistochemistry; insulin; insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; islets of Langerhans; metabolism; pericardium; streptozotocin; toxicity
Abstract:
... Type 1 diabetes is characterized by an increase in blood glucose levels resulting from damage to β cells in pancreatic islets and the consequent absolute insufficiency of insulin. Animal models of type 1 diabetes were usually established using drugs toxic to β cells, such as streptozotocin (STZ). To assess the application of zebrafish larvae in diabetes research, we explore the effects of STZ on p ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10695-020-00769-w

21. Methyl jasmonate improves tolerance to high salt stress in the recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Fang Yuan; Ying Li; Shanshan Yin; Baoshan Wang;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Functional plant biology 2019 v.46 no.1 pp. 82-92
ISSN:
1445-4408
Subject:
Limonium; biomass production; electrical conductivity; jasmonic acid; membrane permeability; methyl jasmonate; photosynthesis; plasma membrane; salt glands; salt stress; salt tolerance; secretion; sodium chloride
Abstract:
... Limonium bicolor is a typical recretohalophyte with salt glands in the epidermis, which shows maximal growth at moderate salt concentrations (100mM NaCl) but reduced growth in the presence of excess salt (more than 200mM). Jasmonic acid (JA) alleviates the reduced growth of L. bicolor under salt stress; however, the underlying mechanism is unknown. In this study we investigated the effects of exog ...
DOI:
10.1071/FP18120

22. Conformal coating of lithium-zinc alloy on 3D conducting scaffold for high areal capacity dendrite-free lithium metal batteries

Author:
Xue Liang Li,   et al.   ; Haobin Song; Tingting He; Jiayan Liu; Ye Wang; Jing Liu; Daohong Zhang; Hui Ying Yang; Junping Hu; Shaozhuan Huang;     Show all 10 Authors
Source:
Carbon 2021 v.181 pp. 99-106
ISSN:
0008-6223
Subject:
alloys; anodes; carbon; carbon fibers; cathodes; electric potential difference; hysteresis; lithium; zinc
Abstract:
... Li metal anode holds great promise to realize high-energy battery systems. However, the uncontrollable Li dendrites formation and infinite volume changes of Li severely hinder its practical applications. Herein, a 3D conductive carbon fibre with conformal lithiophilic Zn coating (CF@Zn) is developed to guide uniform Li plating/stripping and accommodate a large amount of Li metal. Phase evolution m ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.carbon.2021.05.002

23. Efficient adsorption of diclofenac sodium from aqueous solutions using magnetic amine-functionalized chitosan

Author:
Xue Xue Liang,   et al.   ; A.M. Omer; Zhao-hong Hu; Yang–guang Wang; Di Yu; Xiao-kun Ouyang;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Chemosphere 2019 v.217 pp. 270-278
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; adsorbents; adsorption; aqueous solutions; chitosan; diclofenac; drugs; iron oxides; kinetics; magnetism; models; pH; personal care products; scanning electron microscopy; sorption isotherms; surface water; thermodynamics; thermogravimetry; transmission electron microscopy
Abstract:
... In this study, we prepared a magnetic composite based on amine-functionalized chitosan (aminochitosan; AmCS) and Fe3O4 to remove diclofenac sodium (DS) from water. The fabricated AmCS@Fe3O4 composite was characterized using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, vibrating sample magnetometry, X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.11.023

24. High Thermoelectric Performance of New Two-Dimensional IV–VI Compounds: A First-Principles Study

Author:
Xue-Liang Zhu,   et al.   ; Cai-Hong Hou; Ping Zhang; Peng-Fei Liu; Guofeng Xie; Bao-Tian Wang;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Journal of physical chemistry 2019 v.124 no.3 pp. 1812-1819
ISSN:
1932-7455
Subject:
acoustics; ambient temperature; germanium; heat transfer; lead; physical chemistry; selenides; thermal conductivity; tin
Abstract:
... Based on first-principles calculations, we explore the electronic and phonon transport properties of a new-type two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal material XSe (X = Ge, Sn, and Pb), which can be prepared by atomic isovalent substitutions of the recently synthesized crystal Ge₄Se₃Te. Among them, 2D PbSe possesses a large Seebeck coefficient of ∼1150 μV/K and an ultralow lattice thermal conductivity of ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09787

25. Grimmia orbicularis from China — a Species New to East Asia

Author:
Xue-Liang Bai,   et al.   ; Sulayman Mamtimin; Dong-Ping Zhao;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Herzogia 2017 v.30 no.1 pp. 300-303
ISSN:
0018-0971
Subject:
Grimmiaceae; digital images; China
Abstract:
... Grimmia orbicularis (Grimmiaceae) is reported for East Asia from China for the first time. A brief description and digital photographs of the species are provided, and the characters that distinguish it from the similar G. pulvinata are discussed. ...
DOI:
10.13158/heia.30.1.2017.300

26. Efficient adsorption of Pb(II) from aqueous solutions using aminopropyltriethoxysilane-modified magnetic attapulgite@chitosan (APTS-Fe3O4/APT@CS) composite hydrogel beads

Author:
Xue Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Xiao-Kun Ouyang; Songyan Wang; Li-Ye Yang; Fangfang Huang; Chao Ji; Xiaohong Chen;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
International journal of biological macromolecules 2019 v.137 pp. 741-750
ISSN:
0141-8130
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; adsorbents; adsorption; aqueous solutions; chitosan; heat tolerance; hydrogels; iron oxides; lead; magnetic properties; magnetism; models; nanoparticles; recycling; scanning electron microscopy; sorption isotherms
Abstract:
... The performance of Fe3O4/attapulgite (APT) nanoparticles in Pb(II) adsorption from aqueous solutions could be improved by modifying the particles with aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTS) and then combining with chitosan (CS) into beads. After preparing the APTS-Fe3O4/APT@CS beads, their surface morphology and crystal phases were analyzed by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.06.244

27. Genome-wide identification, evolution and expression analysis of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.)

Author:
Xue-liang Ren,   et al.   ; Zarqa Nawaz; Kaleem U. Kakar; Raqeeb Ullah; Shizou Yu; Jie Zhang; Qing-Yao Shu;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Genomics 2019 v.111 no.2 pp. 142-158
ISSN:
0888-7543
Subject:
Cucumber mosaic virus; Nicotiana sylvestris; Nicotiana tabacum; Nicotiana tomentosiformis; Potato virus Y; biotic stress; cadmium; cold; cold stress; drought; genes; growth and development; microRNA; phosphorylation; phylogeny; plant tissues; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; regulatory sequences; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; temperature; tobacco
Abstract:
... Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) serve as the top leading commercial, non-food, and model crop worldwide. Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNGCs) are ligand-gated, calcium-permeable, divalent, cation-selective channels, involved in important biological functions. Here, we systematically characterized thirty-five CNGC genes in the genome of Nicotiana tabacum, and classified into four phylogenetic group ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ygeno.2018.01.010

28. Highly Enantioselective and Helix-Sense-Controlled Synthesis of Stereoregular Helical Polycarbenes Using Chiral Palladium(II) Catalysts

Author:
Xue-Liang Li,   et al.   ; Nian-Nian Li; Lei Xu; Na Liu; Zong-Quan Wu;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Macromolecules 2019 v.52 no.19 pp. 7260-7266
ISSN:
1520-5835
Subject:
atomic force microscopy; catalysts; circular dichroism spectroscopy; enantiomers; enantioselectivity; molecular weight; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; optical properties; palladium; polymerization; polymers
Abstract:
... Living polymerization of diazoacetate monomers bearing an R- or S-methylbenzyl ester (1r or 1s) substituent by a chiral allylPdCl/Lᴿ catalyst gives polycarbenes with well-defined molecular weights and low polydispersity. Remarkably, these polymers exhibited unexpectedly high stereoregularity, as revealed by NMR studies. Moreover, the polymerization showed high enantioselectivity on the polymerizat ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01682

29. Multi-electron reactions for the synthesis of a vanadium-based amorphous material as lithium-ion battery cathode with high specific capacity

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Fanhou Kong; Lanlin Yi; Xiaohui Fang; Zhongbin Yin; Yulong Wang; Ruixiang Zhang; Longyang Liu; Qing Chen; Minghan Li; Changjiu Li; Hong Jiang; Yongjun Chen;     Show all 13 Authors
Source:
Energy 2021 v.219 pp. 119513
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
cathodes; crystal structure; electrochemistry; energy; glass; lithium batteries; vanadium
Abstract:
... The vanadium-based amorphous electrode material can realize the valence state conversion and increase its specific capacity through the multi-electron reaction. We have obtained V₂O₅–Li₃PO₄ glass with a strong reducing agent CaC₂, realizing a multi-electron reaction of V⁵⁺ to V⁴⁺ and then to V³⁺ in the model system. Moreover, we have explored the relationship between valence state, crystallinity, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2020.119513

30. Profiling of phospholipid molecular species in human breast milk of Chinese mothers and comprehensive analysis of phospholipidomic characteristics at different lactation stages

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Shuang Song; Ting-Ting Liu; Zhao-Yan Liu; Dinuerguli Yishake; Xiao-Ting Lu; Meng-Tao Yang; Qing-Qing Man; Jian Zhang; Hui-Lian Zhu;     Show all 10 Authors
Source:
Food chemistry 2021 v.348 pp. 129091
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
breast milk; digestion; food chemistry; infant development; lactation; lysophosphatidylcholine; milk; phosphatidylethanolamines; phosphatidylglycerols; phosphatidylinositols; phosphatidylserines; quantitative analysis; sphingomyelins
Abstract:
... Phospholipids are critical for milk digestion and infant development. But the profile of phospholipid molecular species in human milk and its dynamic changes during the lactation period have never been reported. The present study elucidated precise qualitative and quantitative analysis of 258 phospholipid molecular species in 486 human milk samples. Phosphatidylcholine is the most abundant class, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129091

31. Proteomic Analysis Identifies Prolonged Disturbances in Pathways Related to Cholesterol Metabolism and Myocardium Function in the COVID-19 Recovery Stage

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Yang Chen; Hangping Yao; Nan Zhang; Jie Wu; Shuaixin Gao; Jiangtao Guo; Xiangyun Lu; Linfang Cheng; Rui Luo; Catherine C. L. Wong; Min Zheng;     Show all 12 Authors
Source:
Journal of proteome research 2021 v.20 no.7 pp. 3463-3474
ISSN:
1535-3907
Subject:
COVID-19 infection; biomarkers; blood serum; cholesterol metabolism; complications (disease); decision making; myocardium; pathogenesis; prognosis; proteome; proteomics; research
Abstract:
... The COVID-19 pandemic has become a worldwide health crisis. So far, most studies have focused on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of this infectious disease. Little attention has been given to the disease sequelae in patients recovering from COVID-19, and nothing is known about the mechanisms underlying these sequelae. Herein, we profiled the serum proteome of a cohort of COVID-19 patients in the ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00054

32. Bryoerythrophyllum latinervium var. rotundatum X.L.Bai, D.M.Ren & L.Q.Yang (Pottiaceae), a New Moss Variety from Northern China

Author:
Xue-Liang Bai,   et al.   ; Li-Qun Yang; Dong-Mei Ren; Dong-Ping Zhao;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Cryptogamie 2018 v.39 no.4 pp. 459-465
ISSN:
1776-0992
Subject:
Pottiaceae; leaves; light microscopes; mosses and liverworts; new variety; photographs; China
Abstract:
... The moss Bryoerythrophyllum latinervium var. rotundatum X.L.Bai, D.M.Ren et L.Q.Yang is described as a new variety from Inner Mongolia, China. It is distinguished from Bryoerythrophyllum latinervium (Holmen) Fedosov et Ignatova by its rounded leaf apex. Light microscope photographs of the significant characters are provided and its distinctions from closely related taxa are discussed. A key to the ...
DOI:
10.7872/cryb/v39.iss4.2018.459

33. Identification and characterization of circular RNAs in rapid atrial pacing dog atrial tissue

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Wenfeng Shangguan; Wen Shi; Tong Liu; Manman Wang; Guangping Li;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2018 v.506 no.1 pp. 1-6
ISSN:
0006-291X
Subject:
animal tissues; cytoskeleton; dogs; gene expression regulation; genes; heart; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; ion channels; messenger RNA; microRNA; non-coding RNA; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
Abstract:
... Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have emerged as novel molecules of interest in gene regulation as other noncoding RNAs, and participating in the process of many diseases. However, the expression and functions of circRNAs in Rapid atrial pacing (RAP) dog atrial tissue still unknown. 12 canines were randomly assigned to control and pacing group. RAP at 500 beats per minute was maintained 14 days in the pac ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.05.082

34. A membrane-less desalination battery with ultrahigh energy efficiency

Author:
Xue Liang Li,   et al.   ; Lu Guo; Yang Shang; Guangzhao Wang; Jun Jin; Zhi Yi Leong; Shaozhuan Huang; Chengding Gu; Meng Ding; Mei Er Pam; Sareh Vafakhah; Shengyuan A. Yang; Hui Ying Yang;     Show all 13 Authors
Source:
Journal of materials chemistry A 2021 v.9 no.11 pp. 7216-7226
ISSN:
2050-7496
Subject:
batteries; capital; cathodes; coordination polymers; desalination; electrical conductivity; electrolytes; energy efficiency; energy recovery; graphene oxide; nanosheets; nanosilver; phosphorus; physiological transport; seawater; sodium
Abstract:
... Seawater desalination is the most promising solution to a sustainable water future. However, state-of-the-art desalination technologies suffer from energy intensiveness and high capital expenditure. To address these issues, we have developed a novel, membrane-less desalination battery comprising negatively charged redox-active electrodes. A two-dimensional (2D) Ni and Co bimetallic metal–organic f ...
DOI:
10.1039/d0ta12547d

35. Fabrication of chitosan-based MCS/ZnO@Alg gel microspheres for efficient adsorption of As(V)

Author:
Xue Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Songyan Wang; Yuqing Lu; Xiao-kun Ouyang; Di Yu; Li-Ye Yang; Fangfang Huang;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
International journal of biological macromolecules 2019 v.139 pp. 886-895
ISSN:
0141-8130
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; adsorbents; adsorption; arsenic; calcium; chitosan; composite materials; coprecipitation; crosslinking; gels; groundwater; ions; iron oxides; magnetism; microparticles; nanoparticles; scanning electron microscopy; sodium alginate; sorption isotherms; water pollution; zinc oxide
Abstract:
... Groundwater contaminated by arsenic endangers our health. Therefore, in this work, a novel composite adsorbent consisting of magnetic chitosan (MCS), zinc oxide (ZnO), and sodium alginate (Alg) was prepared to remove arsenic from groundwater. First, chitosan was coated on the surface of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles by coprecipitation. Then, MCS/ZnO@Alg gel beads were fabricated by combining MCS with ZnO an ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.08.070

36. Moso bamboo invasion into broadleaf forests is associated with greater abundance and activity of soil autotrophic bacteria

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Yongchun Li; Caixian Tang; Yongfu Li; Zhihao Chen; Scott X. Chang; Zhiying Guo; Ying Shen; Qiufang Xu;     Show all 9 Authors
Source:
Plant and soil 2018 v.428 no.1-2 pp. 163-177
ISSN:
0032-079X
Subject:
Phyllostachys edulis; Rhizobiales; autotrophic bacteria; bacterial communities; bamboos; carbon; carbon cycle; carbon dioxide fixation; correlation; deciduous forests; ecological invasion; environmental factors; enzyme activity; genes; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; restriction fragment length polymorphism; ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase; soil; soil microorganisms; terrestrial ecosystems
Abstract:
... AIMS: Plant invasion can alter the soil microbial community and carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems; however, shifts in soil autotrophic bacterial communities and their driving environmental factors after plant invasion remain largely unknown. This study examined the relationship between Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubscens) invasion into broadleaf forests and autotrophic bacterial community c ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11104-018-3648-z

37. A metabolomics study: CdTe/ZnS quantum dots induce polarization in mice microglia

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Keyu He; Tingting Wei; Na Liu; Yan Wang; Linyue Zou; Changcun Bai; Ying Yao; Tianshu Wu; Lu Kong; Ting Zhang; Yuying Xue; Meng Tang;     Show all 13 Authors
Source:
Chemosphere 2020 v.246 pp. 125629
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
aerobiosis; biochemical pathways; caudal vein; cell lines; databases; fluorescent antibody technique; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; glucose; glycolysis; hippocampus; image analysis; in vitro studies; in vivo studies; interleukin-1beta; metabolomics; mice; neuroglia; neurons; neurotoxicity; nitric oxide; quantum dots; risk; spectrometers; tumor necrosis factor-alpha; zinc sulfide
Abstract:
... In this study, a metabolomic analysis was used to reveal the neurotoxicity of the CdTe/ZnS QDs via microglia polarization. A gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) was applied to uncover the metabonomic changes in microglia (BV-2 cell line) after exposure to 1.25 μM CdTe/ZnS QDs. 11 annotated metabolic pathways (KEGG database) were significantly changed in all exposed groups (3 h, 6 h, 12 h) ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125629

38. Heavy chain (LvH) and light chain (LvL) of lipovitellin (Lv) of zebrafish can both bind to bacteria and enhance phagocytosis

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Yu Hu; Shuoqi Feng; Shicui Zhang; Yu Zhang; Chen Sun;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Developmental and comparative immunology 2016 v.63 pp. 47-55
ISSN:
0145-305X
Subject:
Campylobacter coli; Danio rerio; Escherichia coli; Gram-negative bacteria; Gram-positive bacteria; Micrococcus luteus; Staphylococcus aureus; Vibrio anguillarum; apoproteins; binding capacity; energy; fish; genes; immune response; larvae; macrophages; phagocytosis
Abstract:
... Lipovitellin (Lv) is an apoprotein in oviparous animals. Lv consists of a heavy chain (LvH) and a light chain (LvL) which are traditionally regarded as energy reserves for developing embryos. Recently, Lv has been shown to be involved in immune defense of developing embryos in fish. However, it remains unknown if each of LvH and LvL possesses immune activity; and if so, whether or not they functio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dci.2016.05.007

39. Synthesis of HKUST-1 and zeolite beta composites for deep desulfurization of model gasoline

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Ying Zhang; Yuanyuan Qu; Yang Han; Xilong Wang; Achao Cheng; Aijun Duan; Liang Zhao;     Show all 8 Authors
Source:
RSC advances 2018 v.8 no.25 pp. 13750-13754
ISSN:
2046-2069
Subject:
adsorption; composite materials; desulfurization; gasoline; models; oils; sulfur; thiophene; zeolites
Abstract:
... Composites of zeolite beta microspheres@nanosized HKUST-1 and micro-octahedron-shaped HKUST-1@nanosized zeolite beta were fabricated to remove thiophene from model oil. The two composite materials exhibited a higher adsorption capacity and faster adsorption rate than their corresponding mechanical mixture of HKUST-1 and zeolite beta when the sulfur concentration was at around 100 ppmw. ...
DOI:
10.1039/c8ra01490f

40. Preliminary serological evidence for Schmallenberg virus infection in China

Author:
Xue-Liang Zhu,   et al.   ; Shao-Lun Zhai; Dian-Hong Lv; Xiao-Hui Wen; Yan-Qiu Yang; Qin-Ling Chen; Wen-Kang Wei;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Tropical animal health and production 2018 v.50 no.2 pp. 449-453
ISSN:
0049-4747
Subject:
quantitative polymerase chain reaction; buffaloes; blood serum; antibodies; goats; subtropics; Schmallenberg orthobunyavirus; arboviruses; dairy cattle; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; pathogenesis; RNA; West Asia; Africa; Europe; China
Abstract:
... Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is an emerging and rampant arbovirus in Europe, and even Africa and West Asia. Investigating whether SBV existed in new regions or countries, it was very helpful for the early warning and control of SBV. In this study, we collected 317 serum samples (n = 242 for dairy cattle, n = 13 for yellow cattle, n = 21 for buffalo, and n = 41 for goats) from Guangdong province of so ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11250-017-1433-2

41. Application of TCM constitution in lifetime health maintenance

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Qi Wang; Minghua Bai; Yin Yang; Pengcheng Sun; Junwen Han; Taiping Fan; Chunsu Yuan;     Show all 8 Authors
Source:
Journal of traditional Chinese medical sciences 2018 v.5 no.1 pp. 6-15
ISSN:
2095-7548
Subject:
Oriental traditional medicine; conception; death; evolution; health services; human health; infancy; personal development
Abstract:
... Healthy full life cycle has become an important national strategy, which indicates that attention needs to be given to human health throughout the life course. The full life cycle includes the whole process of conception and birth, development, growth, aging, and death, which has been recorded in Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jtcms.2018.02.006

42. Grimmia grevenii (Grimmiaceae), a new species from the Wudalianchi volcanoes in northeast China and its comparison with G. maido and G. longirostris

Author:
Bai Xue-Liang,   et al.   ; Feng Chao; Kou Jin;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Bryologist 2014 v.117 no.1 pp. 43-49
ISSN:
0007-2745
Subject:
Grimmiaceae; leaves; new species; plant morphology; plant taxonomy; scientific illustration; taxon descriptions; volcanoes; China
Abstract:
... A new species, Grimmia grevenii C. Feng, X.L. Bai & J. Kou, endemic to the Wudalianchi volcanoes in the province of Heilongjiang in northeast China, is described and illustrated. It is characterized by low, white-hoary cushions, ovate-lanceolate leaves clearly contracted to the base and with rounded apex, both margins slightly recurved at the base but otherwise plane, basal and upper laminal cells ...
DOI:
10.1639/0007-2745-117.1.043

43. Ubiquitin Extension Protein UEP1 Modulates Cell Death and Resistance to Various Pathogens in Tobacco

Author:
Xue-Liang Ren,   et al.   ; You-Ping Xu; Yuan Zhao; Xiao-Yi Song; Yun-Feng Ye; Ren-Gang Wang; Zi-Li Wang; Xin-Zhong Cai;     Show all 8 Authors
Source:
Phytopathology 2019 v.109 no.7 pp. 1257-1269
ISSN:
0031-949X
Subject:
Cucumber mosaic virus; Meloidogyne incognita; Nicotiana benthamiana; Pythium aphanidermatum; RNA interference; Tobacco mosaic virus; autophagy; disease resistance; ethylene; genes; glycine (amino acid); jasmonic acid; leaves; lipid metabolism; proteasome endopeptidase complex; ribosomal proteins; tobacco; ubiquitin; vacuoles; viruses
Abstract:
... Ubiquitin (Ub) extension proteins (UEPs) are fusion proteins of a Ub at the N terminus to a ribosomal protein. They are the main source of Ub and the only source of extension ribosomal protein. Although important roles of the Ub-26S proteasome system in various biological processes have been well established, direct evidence for the role of UEP genes in plant defense is rarely reported. In this st ...
DOI:
10.1094/PHYTO-06-18-0212-R

44. Didymodon rufidulus New to Mongolia

Author:
Bai Xue-Liang,   et al.   ; Wang Li-Hong; Tsegmed Tsogiin; Zhao Dong-Ping; Chen Gui-Lin;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Herzogia 2016 v.29 no.2 pp. 798-800
ISSN:
0018-0971
Subject:
Pottiaceae; digital images; new geographic records; new species; plant morphology; taxon descriptions; Mongolia
Abstract:
... Didymodon rufidulus (Pottiaceae) is reported for the first time from Mongolia. A brief description and digital photographs of the species are provided, and its relationship with some closely related species within the genus is discussed. ...
DOI:
10.13158/heia.29.2.2016.798

45. A multi-emissive fluorescent probe for the discrimination of glutathione and cysteine

Author:
Xue-Liang Liu,   et al.   ; Li-Ya Niu; Yu-Zhe Chen; Yunxu Yang; Qing-Zheng Yang;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Biosensors & bioelectronics 2017 v.90 pp. 403-409
ISSN:
0956-5663
Subject:
aqueous solutions; color; coumarin; cysteine; fluorescence; fluorescent dyes; glutathione; image analysis
Abstract:
... Glutathione (GSH) and cysteine (Cys) play different roles in biological systems, thus the discrimination between them is of great importance. Herein we report a multi-emissive fluorescent probe for the selective detection of GSH and Cys. The probe was composed of covalently linked BODIPY and coumarin fluorophores. The BODIPY fluorophore was designed to react with GSH and Cys and generate different ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.bios.2016.06.076

46. Morphology and taxonomy of leaf papillae and mammillae in Pottiaceae of China

Author:
Xue‐Liang BAI,   et al.   ; Jin KOU; Chao FENG; Hui CHEN;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Journal of systematics and evolution 2014 v.52 no.4 pp. 521-532
ISSN:
1674-4918
Subject:
Pottiaceae; leaves; scanning electron microscopy; taxonomy; China
Abstract:
... Both papillae and mammillae are important structural characteristics for Pottiaceae classification, but these characters are diverse and their nomenclature is confused, hindering the classification of Pottiaceae. So, we selected representative species that cover all types of papillae and mammillae of Chinese Pottiaceae and observed and compared differences between them using light and scanning ele ...
DOI:
10.1111/jse.12074

47. Linking soil fungal community structure and function to soil organic carbon chemical composition in intensively managed subtropical bamboo forests

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Yongchun Li; Yongfu Li; Scott X. Chang; Hua Qin; Junhui Chen; Qiufang Xu;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Soil biology & biochemistry 2017 v.107 pp. 19-31
ISSN:
0038-0717
Subject:
plantations; ribosomal RNA; soil organic carbon; saprotrophs; Trichoderma; Phyllostachys violascens; bamboos; biogeochemical cycles; forests; correlation; plant residues; Mortierellales; cellulose; internal transcribed spacers; ecosystems; Scheffersomyces; chronosequences; restriction fragment length polymorphism; intensive forestry; community structure; fungal communities; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; mulching; soil fungi; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; soil nutrients; topsoil
Abstract:
... Intensive forest management practices such as organic mulching and heavy fertilization can affect soil microbial composition and function, and soil organic carbon (SOC) forms. However, the linkage between soil microbial community composition and SOC forms is poorly understood in bamboo (Phyllostachys praecox) plantations under intensive management (mulching and fertilization). We examined the rela ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.12.024

48. Bryoerythrophyllum neimonggolicum X.-L.Bai & C.Feng (Pottiaceae), a new species from Inner Mongolia, China

Author:
Xue-Liang Bai,   et al.   ; Chao Feng; Jin Kou; Dong-Ping Zhao;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Journal of bryology 2014 v.36 no.1 pp. 81-83
ISSN:
1743-2820
Subject:
Pottiaceae; bryology; ecology; indigenous species; leaves; new species; China
Abstract:
... A new Inner Mongolian endemic species, Bryoerythrophyllum neimonggolicum X.-L.Bai & C.Feng is described and illustrated from China. It is characterized by lingulate to broad-lanceolate leaves with obtuse or rounded apex, leaf margins broadly recurved to revolute to near the apex, bulging laminal cells, basal cells with thickened walls and the absence of lax and enlarged basal cells. This species i ...
DOI:
10.1179/1743282013Y.0000000087

49. Bamboo invasion of broadleaf forests altered soil fungal community closely linked to changes in soil organic C chemical composition and mineral N production

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Yongchun Li; Yongfu Li; Scott X. Chang; Qiufang Xu; Zhiying Guo; Qun Gao; Ziyan Qin; Yunfeng Yang; Junhui Chen;     Show all 10 Authors
Source:
Plant and soil 2017 v.418 no.1-2 pp. 507-521
ISSN:
0032-079X
Subject:
Phyllostachys edulis; deciduous forests; broadleaved evergreen forests; mineralization; ribosomal RNA; community structure; soil fungi; nitrogen; soil organic carbon; fungal communities; nitrification; nutrient uptake; soil; nitrates; species diversity; soil sampling; ecological invasion; bamboos; biogeochemical cycles
Abstract:
... AIMS: Soil fungi play an important role in decomposing soil organic matter and facilitating nutrient uptake by plants, however, the relationship between fungal community and soil biogeochemical cycling during plant invasion is poorly understood. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) invasion into broadleaf forests on the soil organic C (SO ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11104-017-3313-y

50. Time in Motion: The Molecular Clock Meets the Microbiome

Author:
Xue Liang,   et al.   ; Frederic D. Bushman; Garret A. FitzGerald;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Cell 2014 v.159 pp. 469-470
ISSN:
0092-8674
Subject:
circadian rhythm; intestinal microorganisms; metabolic diseases; microbiome
Abstract:
... Thaiss et al. report that the intestinal microbiota undergoes diurnal oscillation, which is controlled by host feeding time. Disruption of the host circadian clock induces dysbiosis, which is associated with host metabolic disorders. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cell.2014.10.020