Alloy-typed anode materials,endowed innately with high theoretical specific capacity,hold great promise as an alternative to intercalation-typed counterparts for alkali-ion batteries.Despite tremendous efforts devoted...Alloy-typed anode materials,endowed innately with high theoretical specific capacity,hold great promise as an alternative to intercalation-typed counterparts for alkali-ion batteries.Despite tremendous efforts devoted to addressing drastic volume change and severe pulverization issues of such anodes,the underlying mechanisms involving dynamic phase evolutions and reaction kinetics have not yet been fully comprehended.Herein,taking antimony(Sb)anode as a representative paradigm,its microscopic operating mechanisms down to the atomic scale during live(de)potassiation cycling are systematically unraveled using in situ transmission electron microscopy.Highly reversible phase transformations at single-particle level,that are Sb←→KSb_(2)←→KSb←→K_5Sb_(4)←→K_(3)Sb,were revealed during cycling.Meanwhile,multiple phase interfaces associated with different reaction kinetics coexisted and this phenomenon was properly elucidated in the context of density functional theory calculations.Impressively,previously unexplored unidirectional circulation of reaction interfaces within individual Sb particle is confirmed for both potassiation and depotassiation.Based on the empirical results,the surface diffusion-mediated potassiation-depotassiation pathways at single-particle level are suggested.This work affords new insights into energy storage mechanisms of Sb anode and valuable guidance for targeted optimization of alloy-typed anodes(not limited to Sb)toward advanced potassium-ion batteries.展开更多
Basic helix–loop–helix(bHLH)proteins play pivotal roles in plant growth,development,and stress responses.However,the molecular and functional properties of bHLHs have not been fully characterized.In this study,a nov...Basic helix–loop–helix(bHLH)proteins play pivotal roles in plant growth,development,and stress responses.However,the molecular and functional properties of bHLHs have not been fully characterized.In this study,a novel XI subgroup of the bHLH protein gene RcbHLH59 was isolated and identified in rose(Rosa sp.).This gene was induced by salinity stress in both rose leaves and roots,and functioned as a transactivator.Accordingly,silencing RcbHLH59 affected the antioxidant system,^(Na+/K+)balance,and photosynthetic system,thereby reducing salt tolerance,while the transient overexpression of RcbHLH59 improved salinity stress tolerance.Additionally,RcbLHLH59 was found to regulate the expression of sets of pathogenesis-related(PR)genes in RcbHLH59-silenced(TRV-RcbHLH59)and RcbHLH59-overexpressing(RcbHLH59-OE)rose plants.The RcPR4/1 and RcPR5/1 transcript levels showed opposite changes in the TRVRcbHLH59 and RcbHLH59-OE lines,suggesting that these two genes are regulated by RcbHLH59.Further analysis revealed that RcbHLH59 binds to the promoters of RcPR4/1 and RcPR5/1,and that the silencing of RcPR4/1 or RcPR5/1 led to decreased tolerance to salinity stress.Moreover,callose degradation-and deposition-related genes were impaired in RcPR4/1-or RcPR5/1-silenced plants,which displayed a salt tolerance phenotype by balancing the ^(Na+/K+)ratio through callose deposition.Collectively,our data highlight a new RcbLHLH59-RcPRs module that positively regulates salinity stress tolerance by balancing Na^(+)/K^(+)and through callose deposition in rose plants.展开更多
Drought(water shortage)can substantially limit the yield and economic value of rose plants(Rosa spp.).Here,we characterized the effect of exogenous calcium(Ca^(2+))on the antioxidant system and photosynthesis-related ...Drought(water shortage)can substantially limit the yield and economic value of rose plants(Rosa spp.).Here,we characterized the effect of exogenous calcium(Ca^(2+))on the antioxidant system and photosynthesis-related properties of rose under polyethylene glycol 6000(PEG6000)-induced drought stress.Chlorophyll levels,as well as leaf and root biomass,were significantly reduced by drought;drought also had a major effect on the enzymatic antioxidant system and increased concentrations of reactive oxygen species.Application of exogenous Ca^(2+)increased the net photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance of leaves,enhanced water-use efficiency,and increased the length and width of stomata following exposure to drought.Organ-specific physiological responses were observed under different concentrations of Ca^(2+).Application of 5 mmol·L^(-1)Ca^(2+)promoted photosynthesis and antioxidant activity in the leaves,and application of 10 mmol·L^(-1)Ca^(2+)promoted antioxidant activity in the roots.Application of exogenous Ca^(2+)greatly enhanced the phenotype and photosynthetic capacity of potted rose plants following exposure to drought stress.Overall,our findings indicate that the application of exogenous Ca^(2+)enhances the drought resistance of roses by promoting physiological adaptation and that it could be used to aid the cultivation of rose plants.展开更多
A method to tighten the cloud screening thresholds based on local conditions is used to provide more stringent schemes for Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2(OCO-2)cloud screening algorithms.Cloud screening strategies are ...A method to tighten the cloud screening thresholds based on local conditions is used to provide more stringent schemes for Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2(OCO-2)cloud screening algorithms.Cloud screening strategies are essential to remove scenes with significant cloud and/or aerosol contamination from OCO-2 observations,which helps to save on the data processing cost and ensure high quality retrievals of the column-averaged CO2 dry air mole fraction(XCO2).Based on the radiance measurements in the 0.76μm O2A band,1.61μm(weak),and 2.06μm(strong)CO2 bands,the current combination of the A-Band Preprocessor(ABP)algorithm and Iterative Maximum A Posteriori(IMAP)Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy(DOAS)Preprocessor(IDP)algorithm passes around 20%-25%of all soundings,which means that some contaminated scenes also pass the screening process.In this work,three independent pairs of threshold parameters used in the ABP and IDP algorithms are sufficiently tuned until the overall pass rate is close to the monthly clear-sky fraction from the MODIS cloud mask.The tightened thresholds are applied to observations over land surfaces in Europe and Japan in 2016.The results show improvement of agreement and positive predictive value compared to the collocated MODIS cloud mask,especially in summer and fall.In addition,analysis indicates that XCO2 retrievals with more stringent thresholds are in closer agreement with measurements from collocated Total Carbon Column Observing Network(TCCON)sites.展开更多
目的:探究生物钟相关基因在原发性肝细胞癌(简称肝癌)中的表达及意义。方法:从美国癌症和肿瘤基因图谱数据库(The Cancer Genome Atlas,TCGA)中下载肝癌数据424例,包括374例肝癌患者样本及50例正常对照样本。运用DECenter软件对51个生...目的:探究生物钟相关基因在原发性肝细胞癌(简称肝癌)中的表达及意义。方法:从美国癌症和肿瘤基因图谱数据库(The Cancer Genome Atlas,TCGA)中下载肝癌数据424例,包括374例肝癌患者样本及50例正常对照样本。运用DECenter软件对51个生物钟相关基因进行差异表达分析,比较生物钟基因在肝癌患者及正常样本之间的表达情况。运用DAVID在线工具分析差异基因的GO及KEGG功能富集通路,并通过STRING数据库构建差异基因之间蛋白质相互作用网络。了解生物钟基因肝癌发生发展过程中的主要作用。结果:在374例肝癌患者样本的51个生物钟相关基因中,有21个基因在肝癌样本中表达上调(P<0.05),3个基因表达下调(P<0.05)。生物钟基因高表达样本主要富集于Wnt信号通路、Hedgehog信号通路及Hippo信号通路(P<0.001)。参与调节昼夜节律和细胞代谢的10个生物钟基因在蛋白质相互作用网络中相关性最为紧密(P<0.001)。GO分析差异基因集中作用于调节昼夜节律、细胞代谢过程、基因表达等通路(P<0.001)。结论:生物钟相关基因通过调节人体昼夜节律和细胞代谢参与原发性肝细胞癌的发生发展。展开更多
乙型肝炎病毒(hepatitis B virus,HBV)感染是中国重大公共卫生问题。2014年全国流行病学调查结果显示,0~4岁、4~15岁、15~29岁人群HBV感染率分别为0.32%、0.94%和4.38%,较2006年的调查结果明显下降,但育龄女性HBV感染率仍然在6%~8%[1]...乙型肝炎病毒(hepatitis B virus,HBV)感染是中国重大公共卫生问题。2014年全国流行病学调查结果显示,0~4岁、4~15岁、15~29岁人群HBV感染率分别为0.32%、0.94%和4.38%,较2006年的调查结果明显下降,但育龄女性HBV感染率仍然在6%~8%[1]。另一方面,随着国家二胎生育政策的放开,如何正确处理HBV感染的育龄女性以及如何进一步减少HBV母婴垂直传播的问题仍是我们必须面对的重大课题。展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12174049,51972058)the Big Data Computing Center of Southeast University。
文摘Alloy-typed anode materials,endowed innately with high theoretical specific capacity,hold great promise as an alternative to intercalation-typed counterparts for alkali-ion batteries.Despite tremendous efforts devoted to addressing drastic volume change and severe pulverization issues of such anodes,the underlying mechanisms involving dynamic phase evolutions and reaction kinetics have not yet been fully comprehended.Herein,taking antimony(Sb)anode as a representative paradigm,its microscopic operating mechanisms down to the atomic scale during live(de)potassiation cycling are systematically unraveled using in situ transmission electron microscopy.Highly reversible phase transformations at single-particle level,that are Sb←→KSb_(2)←→KSb←→K_5Sb_(4)←→K_(3)Sb,were revealed during cycling.Meanwhile,multiple phase interfaces associated with different reaction kinetics coexisted and this phenomenon was properly elucidated in the context of density functional theory calculations.Impressively,previously unexplored unidirectional circulation of reaction interfaces within individual Sb particle is confirmed for both potassiation and depotassiation.Based on the empirical results,the surface diffusion-mediated potassiation-depotassiation pathways at single-particle level are suggested.This work affords new insights into energy storage mechanisms of Sb anode and valuable guidance for targeted optimization of alloy-typed anodes(not limited to Sb)toward advanced potassium-ion batteries.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program(2018YFD1000400)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32002084).
文摘Basic helix–loop–helix(bHLH)proteins play pivotal roles in plant growth,development,and stress responses.However,the molecular and functional properties of bHLHs have not been fully characterized.In this study,a novel XI subgroup of the bHLH protein gene RcbHLH59 was isolated and identified in rose(Rosa sp.).This gene was induced by salinity stress in both rose leaves and roots,and functioned as a transactivator.Accordingly,silencing RcbHLH59 affected the antioxidant system,^(Na+/K+)balance,and photosynthetic system,thereby reducing salt tolerance,while the transient overexpression of RcbHLH59 improved salinity stress tolerance.Additionally,RcbLHLH59 was found to regulate the expression of sets of pathogenesis-related(PR)genes in RcbHLH59-silenced(TRV-RcbHLH59)and RcbHLH59-overexpressing(RcbHLH59-OE)rose plants.The RcPR4/1 and RcPR5/1 transcript levels showed opposite changes in the TRVRcbHLH59 and RcbHLH59-OE lines,suggesting that these two genes are regulated by RcbHLH59.Further analysis revealed that RcbHLH59 binds to the promoters of RcPR4/1 and RcPR5/1,and that the silencing of RcPR4/1 or RcPR5/1 led to decreased tolerance to salinity stress.Moreover,callose degradation-and deposition-related genes were impaired in RcPR4/1-or RcPR5/1-silenced plants,which displayed a salt tolerance phenotype by balancing the ^(Na+/K+)ratio through callose deposition.Collectively,our data highlight a new RcbLHLH59-RcPRs module that positively regulates salinity stress tolerance by balancing Na^(+)/K^(+)and through callose deposition in rose plants.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2018YFD1000400)Innovative Program for Graduate Student of Qingdao Agricultural University(Grant No.QNYCX22045).
文摘Drought(water shortage)can substantially limit the yield and economic value of rose plants(Rosa spp.).Here,we characterized the effect of exogenous calcium(Ca^(2+))on the antioxidant system and photosynthesis-related properties of rose under polyethylene glycol 6000(PEG6000)-induced drought stress.Chlorophyll levels,as well as leaf and root biomass,were significantly reduced by drought;drought also had a major effect on the enzymatic antioxidant system and increased concentrations of reactive oxygen species.Application of exogenous Ca^(2+)increased the net photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance of leaves,enhanced water-use efficiency,and increased the length and width of stomata following exposure to drought.Organ-specific physiological responses were observed under different concentrations of Ca^(2+).Application of 5 mmol·L^(-1)Ca^(2+)promoted photosynthesis and antioxidant activity in the leaves,and application of 10 mmol·L^(-1)Ca^(2+)promoted antioxidant activity in the roots.Application of exogenous Ca^(2+)greatly enhanced the phenotype and photosynthetic capacity of potted rose plants following exposure to drought stress.Overall,our findings indicate that the application of exogenous Ca^(2+)enhances the drought resistance of roses by promoting physiological adaptation and that it could be used to aid the cultivation of rose plants.
基金the National Key Research Program of China(Grant No.2016YFC0200900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant No.41775023)+1 种基金the Excellent Young Scientists Program of the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.LR19D050001)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,and the State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation Innovation Program.
文摘A method to tighten the cloud screening thresholds based on local conditions is used to provide more stringent schemes for Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2(OCO-2)cloud screening algorithms.Cloud screening strategies are essential to remove scenes with significant cloud and/or aerosol contamination from OCO-2 observations,which helps to save on the data processing cost and ensure high quality retrievals of the column-averaged CO2 dry air mole fraction(XCO2).Based on the radiance measurements in the 0.76μm O2A band,1.61μm(weak),and 2.06μm(strong)CO2 bands,the current combination of the A-Band Preprocessor(ABP)algorithm and Iterative Maximum A Posteriori(IMAP)Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy(DOAS)Preprocessor(IDP)algorithm passes around 20%-25%of all soundings,which means that some contaminated scenes also pass the screening process.In this work,three independent pairs of threshold parameters used in the ABP and IDP algorithms are sufficiently tuned until the overall pass rate is close to the monthly clear-sky fraction from the MODIS cloud mask.The tightened thresholds are applied to observations over land surfaces in Europe and Japan in 2016.The results show improvement of agreement and positive predictive value compared to the collocated MODIS cloud mask,especially in summer and fall.In addition,analysis indicates that XCO2 retrievals with more stringent thresholds are in closer agreement with measurements from collocated Total Carbon Column Observing Network(TCCON)sites.
文摘目的:探究生物钟相关基因在原发性肝细胞癌(简称肝癌)中的表达及意义。方法:从美国癌症和肿瘤基因图谱数据库(The Cancer Genome Atlas,TCGA)中下载肝癌数据424例,包括374例肝癌患者样本及50例正常对照样本。运用DECenter软件对51个生物钟相关基因进行差异表达分析,比较生物钟基因在肝癌患者及正常样本之间的表达情况。运用DAVID在线工具分析差异基因的GO及KEGG功能富集通路,并通过STRING数据库构建差异基因之间蛋白质相互作用网络。了解生物钟基因肝癌发生发展过程中的主要作用。结果:在374例肝癌患者样本的51个生物钟相关基因中,有21个基因在肝癌样本中表达上调(P<0.05),3个基因表达下调(P<0.05)。生物钟基因高表达样本主要富集于Wnt信号通路、Hedgehog信号通路及Hippo信号通路(P<0.001)。参与调节昼夜节律和细胞代谢的10个生物钟基因在蛋白质相互作用网络中相关性最为紧密(P<0.001)。GO分析差异基因集中作用于调节昼夜节律、细胞代谢过程、基因表达等通路(P<0.001)。结论:生物钟相关基因通过调节人体昼夜节律和细胞代谢参与原发性肝细胞癌的发生发展。
文摘乙型肝炎病毒(hepatitis B virus,HBV)感染是中国重大公共卫生问题。2014年全国流行病学调查结果显示,0~4岁、4~15岁、15~29岁人群HBV感染率分别为0.32%、0.94%和4.38%,较2006年的调查结果明显下降,但育龄女性HBV感染率仍然在6%~8%[1]。另一方面,随着国家二胎生育政策的放开,如何正确处理HBV感染的育龄女性以及如何进一步减少HBV母婴垂直传播的问题仍是我们必须面对的重大课题。
