Background Salpingitis is one of the common diseases in laying hen production, which greatly decreases the economic outcome of laying hen farming. Lactiplantibacillus plantarum was effective in preventing local or sys...Background Salpingitis is one of the common diseases in laying hen production, which greatly decreases the economic outcome of laying hen farming. Lactiplantibacillus plantarum was effective in preventing local or systemic inflammation, however rare studies were reported on its prevention against salpingitis. This study aimed to investigate the preventive molecular regulatory network of microencapsulated Lactiplantibacillus plantarum(MLP) against salpingitis through multi-omics analysis, including microbiome, transcriptome and metabolome analyses.Results The results revealed that supplementation of MLP in diet significantly alleviated the inflammation and atrophy of uterus caused by lipopolysaccharide(LPS) in hens(P < 0.05). The concentrations of plasma IL-2 and IL-10 in hens of MLP-LPS group were higher than those in hens of LPS-stimulation group(CN-LPS group)(P < 0.05). The expression levels of TLR2, MYD88, NF-κB, COX2, and TNF-α were significantly decreased in the hens fed diet supplemented with MLP and suffered with LPS stimulation(MLP-LPS group) compared with those in the hens of CN-LPS group(P < 0.05). Differentially expressed genes(DEGs) induced by MLP were involved in inflammation, reproduction, and calcium ion transport. At the genus level, the MLP supplementation significantly increased the abundance of Phascolarctobacterium, whereas decreased the abundance of Candidatus_Saccharimonas in LPS challenged hens(P < 0.05). The metabolites altered by dietary supplementation with MLP were mainly involved in galactose, uronic acid, histidine, pyruvate and primary bile acid metabolism. Dietary supplementation with MLP inversely regulates LPSinduced differential metabolites such as Lyso PA(24:0/0:0)(P < 0.05).Conclusions In summary, dietary supplementation with microencapsulated Lactiplantibacillus plantarum prevented salpingitis by modulating the abundances of Candidatus_Saccharimonas, Phascolarctobacterium, Ruminococcus_torques_group and Eubacterium_hallii_group while downregulating the levels of plasma metabolites, p-tolyl sulfate, o-cresol and N-acetylhistamine and upregulating S-lactoylglutathione, simultaneously increasing the expressions of CPNE4, CNTN3 and ACAN genes in the uterus, and ultimately inhibiting oviducal inflammation.展开更多
Background The quality and yield of cashmere fibre are closely related to the differentiation and development of secondary hair follicles in the skin of cashmere goats.The higher the density of secondary hair follicle...Background The quality and yield of cashmere fibre are closely related to the differentiation and development of secondary hair follicles in the skin of cashmere goats.The higher the density of secondary hair follicles,the higher the quality and yield of cashmere from the fleece.Development of secondary hair follicles commences in the embryonic stage of life and is completed 6 months after birth.Preliminary experimental results from our laboratory showed that melatonin(MT)treatment of goat kids after their birth could increase the density of secondary hair follicles and,thus,improve the subsequent yield and quality of cashmere.These changes in the secondary hair follicles resulted from increases in levels of antioxidant and expression of anti-apoptotic protein,and from a reduction in apoptosis.The present study was conducted to explore the molecular mechanism of MT-induced secondary hair follicle differentiation and development by using whole-genome analysis.Results MT had no adverse effect on the growth performance of cashmere kids but significantly improved the character of the secondary hair follicles and the quality of cashmere,and this dominant effect continued to the second year.Melatonin promotes the proliferation of secondary hair follicle cells at an early age.The formation of secondary hair follicles in the MT group was earlier than that in the control group in the second year.The genome-wide data results involved KEGG analysis of 1044 DEmRNAs,91 DElncRNAs,1054 DEcircRNAs,and 61 DEmiRNAs which revealed that the mitogen-activated protein kinase(MAPK)signaling pathway is involved in the development of secondary hair follicles,with key genes(FGF2,FGF21,FGFR3,MAPK3(ERK1))being up-regulated and expressed.We also found that the circMPP5 could sponged miR-211 and regulate the expression of MAPK3.Conclusions We conclude that MT achieves its effects by regulating the MAPK pathway through the circMPP5 sponged the miR-211,regulating the expression of MAPK3,to induce the differentiation and proliferation of secondary hair follicle cells.In addition there is up-regulation of expression of the anti-apoptotic protein causing reduced apoptosis of hair follicle cells.Collectively,these events increase the numbers of secondary hair follicles,thus improving the production of cashmere from these goats.展开更多
The application of unmanned driving in the Internet of Things is one of the concrete manifestations of the application of artificial intelligence technology.Image semantic segmentation can help the unmanned driving sy...The application of unmanned driving in the Internet of Things is one of the concrete manifestations of the application of artificial intelligence technology.Image semantic segmentation can help the unmanned driving system by achieving road accessibility analysis.Semantic segmentation is also a challenging technology for image understanding and scene parsing.We focused on the challenging task of real-time semantic segmentation in this paper.In this paper,we proposed a novel fast architecture for real-time semantic segmentation named DuFNet.Starting from the existing work of Bilateral Segmentation Network(BiSeNet),DuFNet proposes a novel Semantic Information Flow(SIF)structure for context information and a novel Fringe Information Flow(FIF)structure for spatial information.We also proposed two kinds of SIF with cascaded and paralleled structures,respectively.The SIF encodes the input stage by stage in the ResNet18 backbone and provides context information for the feature fusionmodule.Features from previous stages usually contain rich low-level details but high-level semantics for later stages.Themultiple convolutions embed in Parallel SIF aggregate the corresponding features among different stages and generate a powerful global context representation with less computational cost.The FIF consists of a pooling layer and an upsampling operator followed by projection convolution layer.The concise component provides more spatial details for the network.Compared with BiSeNet,our work achieved faster speed and comparable performance with 72.34%mIoU accuracy and 78 FPS on Cityscapes Dataset based on the ResNet18 backbone.展开更多
Background: Mastitis in dairy cows caused by Staphylococcus aureus is a major problem hindering economic growth in dairy farms worldwide. It is difficult to prevent or eliminate due to its asymptomatic nature and long...Background: Mastitis in dairy cows caused by Staphylococcus aureus is a major problem hindering economic growth in dairy farms worldwide. It is difficult to prevent or eliminate due to its asymptomatic nature and long persistence of infection. Although transcriptomic responses of bovine mammary gland cells to pathogens that cause mastitis have been studied, the common responses of peripheral blood leukocytes to S. aureus infection across two consecutive generations of dairy cattle have not been investigated.Methods: In the current study, RNA-Seq was used to profile the transcriptomes of peripheral blood leukocytes sampled from S. aureus-infected mothers and their S. aureus-infected daughters, and also healthy non-infected mothers and their healthy daughters. Differential gene expression was evaluated as follows: 1) S. aureus-infected cows versus healthy non-infected cows(S vs. H, which include all the mothers and daughters), 2) S. aureus-infected mothers versus healthy non-infected mothers(SM vs. HM), and 3) S. aureus-infected daughters versus healthy noninfected daughters(SMD vs. HMD).Results: Analysis of all identified expressed genes in the four groups(SM, SMD, HM, and HMD) showed that EPOR,IL9, IFNL3, CCL26, IL26 were exclusively expressed in both the HM and HMD groups, and that they were significantly(P < 0.05) enriched for the cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction pathway. A total of 17, 13 and 10 differentially expressed genes(DEGs)(FDR Padj. < 0.1 and |FC| > 1.2) were detected in the three comparisons, respectively. DEGs with P < 0.05 and |FC| > 2 were used for functional enrichment analyses. For the S vs. H comparison, DEGs detected included CCL20, IL13 and MMP3, which are associated with the IL-17 signaling pathway. In the SM vs. HM and SMD vs. HMD comparisons, five(BLA-DQB, C1 R, C2, FCGR1 A, and KRT10) and six(BLA-DQB, C3 AR1, CFI, FCAR, FCGR3 A, and LOC10498484) genes, respectively, were involved in the S. aureus infection pathway.Conclusions: Our study provides insights into the transcriptomic responses of bovine peripheral blood leukocytes across two generations of cattle naturally infected with S. aureus. The genes highlighted in this study could serve as expression biomarkers for mastitis and may also contain sequence variation that can be used for genetic improvement of dairy cattle for resilience to mastitis.展开更多
Background: Implantation of goats with melatonin can induce cashmere growth and significantly increase cashmere production performance. However, the impact of melatonin implantation on the carcass characteristics,meat...Background: Implantation of goats with melatonin can induce cashmere growth and significantly increase cashmere production performance. However, the impact of melatonin implantation on the carcass characteristics,meat quality and related hormone levels in muscle and viscera of cashmere goats has not been studied. This experiment was conducted to determine the effects of melatonin implantation of cashmere goats during the nongrowing period on meat quality and related hormone levels in the tissues. It aimed to provide a theoretical basis for the practical application of melatonin in cashmere goat production systems.Results: Melatonin implantation(2 mg/kg live weight) had no influence(P > 0.05) on daily weight gain, carcass weight, dressing percentage, loin muscle area, or the p H, moisture level, crude fat(except for Gluteus muscle) and amino acid content of muscles of cashmere goats. After implantation for 1 month, shear force of Longissimus dorsi and water loss rate of Longissimus dorsi and Biceps femoris of cashmere goats were increased(P < 0.05), whereas the cooking yield of Gluteus muscle was reduced(P < 0.05). The melatonin treatment decreased(P < 0.05) muscle crude protein, Gluteus muscle crude fat and ∑n-3 PUFA content and decreased(P < 0.05) ∑n-6 PUFA content.However, after 2 months of implantation most of these effects had resolved. Melatonin implantation had no effect(P >0.05) on the melatonin or prolactin contents of kidney, heart, spleen, liver, Longissimus dorsi, Biceps femoris and Gluteus muscles. Melatonin content of lung tissue was lowered(P < 0.05) and that of prolactin was elevated(P < 0.05) by the melatonin implantation.Conclusion: This study has shown little impact of melatonin implantation of cashmere goats on carcass quality. A few meat quality indices i.e., shear force, water loss rate, ∑n-3 PUFA, ∑n-6 PUFA, and crude protein content of Longissimus dorsi;water loss rate, cooking yield and crude protein content of Biceps femoris;ether extract, crude protein content of Gluteus;were affected briefly(at 1 month of implantation) but these effects were not evident after 2 months of implantation.There was little effect of the melatonin treatments on tissue levels of melatonin or prolactin except in lung.展开更多
Objective To study the passive immunization with human monoclonal antibodies as for prophylaxis of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. Methods Fab monoclonal antibodies to HCMV were recovered by repertoire cloni...Objective To study the passive immunization with human monoclonal antibodies as for prophylaxis of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. Methods Fab monoclonal antibodies to HCMV were recovered by repertoire cloning of mRNA from a HCMV infected individual. Antigen binding specificity, CDR sequence of VH and VL and neutralizing activity on HCMV AD169 stain were analyzed in vitro. The light and heavy chain Fd fragment genes of Fab antibodies were further cloned into a recombinant baculovirus expression vector pAC-K-Fc to express intact IgG. Secreted products were purified with affinity chromatography using protein G. Results SDS-PAGE and Western blot confirmed the expression of the intact IgG. Immuno-blotting and -precipitation were used to identify HCMV proteins. One Fab monoclonal antibody recognized a conformational HCMV protein. Conclusion IgG antibodies can neutralize the HCMV AD169 strain efficiently at a titer of 2.5 μg/mL and may prove valuable for passive immunoprophylaxis against HCMV infection in humans.展开更多
We propose a novel scheme of simultaneous polarization separation and switching, based on the orthogonallypolarized four-wave mixing(FWM) effect, for ultra-high-speed polarization multiplexing(Pol-MUX) fiber networks ...We propose a novel scheme of simultaneous polarization separation and switching, based on the orthogonallypolarized four-wave mixing(FWM) effect, for ultra-high-speed polarization multiplexing(Pol-MUX) fiber networks such as 100-Gbps and 400-Gbps backbone networks. We use theoretical and experimental analysis of the vector theory of FWM to successfully achieve polarization separation and all-optical switching by utilizing a 100-Gbps dual polarizationquadrature phase shift keying(DP-QPSK) signal and two orthogonally-polarized pumps. Both of the polarization-separated QPSK signals have clear constellation diagrams, with root mean square(RMS) error vector magnitudes(EVMs) of 14.32%and 14.11% respectively. The wavelengths of idlers can be created at 30 different wavelengths, which are consistent with International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication(ITU-T) wavelengths, by flexibly changing the wavelength of the pump light. Moreover, the idlers that have distinct wavelengths have power distributed in a range from-10 dBm to-15 dBm, which can support error-free transmission. The power penaltyis 5 d B lower than that of back-to-back(BTB)signal for both the X-and Y-polarization components measured at a bit error ratio(BER) of 3.8×10^(-3). Our experimental results indicate that this scheme has promising applications in future backbone networks.展开更多
Safe and efficient capturing of volatile radioiodine is of extremely important significance in the treatment of spent fuel.Herein,the flake channels in gelatin-hydroxyapatite(HAP@Ge)cryogel with excellent flame retard...Safe and efficient capturing of volatile radioiodine is of extremely important significance in the treatment of spent fuel.Herein,the flake channels in gelatin-hydroxyapatite(HAP@Ge)cryogel with excellent flame retardant properties were constructed by immobilizing hydroxyapatite nanorods(HAP)on Gelatin(Ge)cryogel for enhancing the capturing of iodine.The immobilization of HAP nanorods enhanced thermal stability,provided low rates of dynamic heat transfer and dissipation,and remarkably improved the flame retardant and smoke suppression properties of the Ge cryogel,which can effectively prevent the occurrence of safety incidents caused by further thermal degradation or combustion of this cryogel.More importantly,it was effective in improving the rapid enrichment of iodine,resulting in a high adsorption capacity.The maximum adsorption capacity of HAP@Ge cryogel for iodine vapor reached 2693 mg/g at equilibrium.The high adsorption capacity for iodine was attributed to the multi-scale porous structure in HAP@Ge cryogel,which offered effective channels for iodine diffusion,whereas the numerous complex and irregular flakes provided sufficient number of active sites for iodine capture.The adsorption process was chemical in nature and involved the-PO_(4)^(3-),-OH,-C=O,and-NHR groups on HAP@Ge cryogel.Moreover,the complex porous structure of HAP@Ge cryogel enhanced the physical capturing of iodine.These advantages,such as low-cost raw material,simple preparation method,good flame retardancy,and excellent capturing performance for iodine indicated that HAP@Ge cryogel is a potential candidate for the removal of radioactive iodine in the exhaust gas stream of post-treatment plants.展开更多
Re-extracting environmentally transportable hexavalent uranium from wastew-ater produced by spent fuel reprocessing using the photocatalytic technology is a crucial strategy to avoid uranium pollution and recover nucl...Re-extracting environmentally transportable hexavalent uranium from wastew-ater produced by spent fuel reprocessing using the photocatalytic technology is a crucial strategy to avoid uranium pollution and recover nuclear fuel strategic resources.Here,we have designed S-scheme 2D/0D C_(3)N_(5)/Fe_(2)O_(3)heterojunction photocatalysts based on the built-in electric field and the energy band bend-ing theory,and have further revealed the immobilization process of hexavalent uranium conversion into relatively insoluble tetravalent uranium in terms of thermodynamics and kinetics.According to the results,the hexavalent uranium removal and recovery ratios in wastewater are as high as 93.38%and 83.58%,respectively.Besides,C_(3)N_(5)/Fe_(2)O_(3)heterojunctions also exhibit satisfactory cat-alytic activity and selectivity even in the presence of excessive impurity cations(including Na^(+),K^(+),Ca^(^(2+)),Mg^(2+),Sr^(2+),and Eu^(3+))or various organics(such as xylene,tributylphosphate,pyridine,tannic acid,citric acid,and oxalic acid).It is believed that this work can provide a potential opportunity for S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts to re-enrich uranium from spent fuel wastewater.展开更多
The rational design of materials at atomic scale as efficient and stable electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)is critical for energy conversion.Herein,we report a novel hybrid nanostructure with iridiu...The rational design of materials at atomic scale as efficient and stable electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)is critical for energy conversion.Herein,we report a novel hybrid nanostructure with iridium(Ir)and cobalt(Co)atomic pair configuration anchored in porous nitrogen-doped carbon(pNC)nanosheets(denoted as IrCo-pNC)for electrocatalytic HER.Experimental investigations and theoretical calculations reveal that the interaction between Ir and Co species in pNC promotes electron accumulation and depletion around isolated Ir and Co atoms,respectively,resulting in a local asymmetry electron density distribution.Density functional theory calculations also suggest that the electrons transfer from Co to adjacent Ir atom causing the down shift of the d-band center of Ir 5d in IrCo-pNC catalyst,thus optimizing the adsorption of hydrogen on Ir sites.The as-prepared IrCo-pNC exhibits significant HER performance with an overpotential of 21 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA·cm^(−2)in 0.5 M H2SO4.This work provides insight into the role of asymmetry electron density distribution in nanomaterials in regulating HER electrocatalysis.展开更多
The concept of perinatology was first brought up by Dr.Erich Saling in the 1970s[1].It bridges between prenatal and postnatal periods and commonly covers from 28 weeks of gestation to 28 days postpartum.The formation ...The concept of perinatology was first brought up by Dr.Erich Saling in the 1970s[1].It bridges between prenatal and postnatal periods and commonly covers from 28 weeks of gestation to 28 days postpartum.The formation of perinatology has led to close collaboration between obstetricians and neonatologists for the wellbeing of the mother and newborn.Despite the close ties,the role of a neonatologist tends to be passive until a baby is born.展开更多
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy(ICP)is a cholestatic disorder with potentially deleterious consequences for fetuses.Although a clear correlation between the elevated levels of maternal serum bile acids and defic...Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy(ICP)is a cholestatic disorder with potentially deleterious consequences for fetuses.Although a clear correlation between the elevated levels of maternal serum bile acids and deficient fetal outcome has been established in clinical practice,the underlying mechanisms remain elusive.Herein,we report that bile acids induce NF-κB pathway activation via G protein-coupled bile acid receptor 1(Gpbar1),with consequent upregulation of inflammatory genes in trophoblasts,leading to aberrant leukocyte infiltration and inflammation in placenta.Ursodeoxycholic acid(UDCA),a drug used clinically to treat ICP,competes with other bile acids for binding with Gpbar1 and thus inhibits bile acid-induced inflammatory response in trophoblasts and improves fetal survival in pregnant rats with obstructive cholestasis.Notably,inhibition of NF-κB by andrographolide is more effective than UDCA in benefiting placentas and fetuses.Thus,anti-inflammation therapy targeting Gpbar1/NF-κB pathway could be effective in suppressing bile acid-induced inflammation and alleviating ICP-associated fetal disorders.展开更多
2019 novel coronavirus disease has resulted in thousands of critically ill patients in China,which is a serious threat to people’s life and health.Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)was report...2019 novel coronavirus disease has resulted in thousands of critically ill patients in China,which is a serious threat to people’s life and health.Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)was reported to share the same receptor,angiotensin-converting enzyme 2(ACE2),with SARS-CoV.Here,based on the public single-cell RNA-sequencing database,we analyzed the mRNA expression profile of putative receptor ACE2 and AXL receptor tyrosine kinase(AXL)in the early maternal-fetal interface.The result indicates that the ACE2 has very low expression in the different cell types of early maternal-fetal interface,except slightly high in decidual perivascular cells cluster 1(PV1).Interestingly,we found that the Zika virus(ZIKV)receptor AXL expression is concentrated in perivascular cells and stromal cells,indicating that there are relatively more AXL-expressing cells in the early maternal-fetal interface.This study provides a possible infection route and mechanism for the SARS-CoV-2-or ZIKV-infected mother-to-fetus transmission disease,which could be informative for future therapeutic strategy development.展开更多
C/C-HfC-SiC composites prepared by precursor infiltration and pyrolysis process were ablated by oxyacetylene torch under two different flame conditions. The ablation performance of the composites was investigated in t...C/C-HfC-SiC composites prepared by precursor infiltration and pyrolysis process were ablated by oxyacetylene torch under two different flame conditions. The ablation performance of the composites was investigated in the heat flux of 2.38 MW/m2 (HF-L) and 4.18 MW/m2 (HF-H) for 60 s. The mechanical denudation in 4.18 MW/m2 (HF-H) was higher than that in 2.38 MW/m2 (HF-L), while the results indicated that the composites had a similar and good ablation property under two different flame conditions. C/C- HfC-SiC composites can adapt the heat flux from 2.38 MW/m2 to 4.18 MW/m2. The Hf02 was not melted completely in the heat flux of 2.38 MW/m2 (HF-L). So, both Hf02 and Si02 layers acted as an effective barrier to the transfer of heat and oxidative gases into the underlying carbon substrate. SiO2 was severely consumed in 4.18 MW/m2 (HF-H), where the HfO2 molten layer played a more important role in protecting the inner composite.展开更多
Influence of cryogenic thermal cycling treatment (from -120 ℃ to 120 ℃ at 1.3 × 10^-3 Pa) on the thermo- physical properties including thermal conductivity (TC), thermal diffusivity (TD), specific heat ...Influence of cryogenic thermal cycling treatment (from -120 ℃ to 120 ℃ at 1.3 × 10^-3 Pa) on the thermo- physical properties including thermal conductivity (TC), thermal diffusivity (TD), specific heat (SH) and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) ranging from room temperature to 1900 ℃ of carbon/carbon (C/C) composites in x-y and z directions were studied. Test results showed that fiber/matrix interracial debonding, fiber pull-out and microcracks occurred after the cryogenic thermal treatment and they increased significantly with the cycle number increasing, while cycled more than 30 times, the space ofmicrodefects reduced obviously due to the accumulation of cyclic thermal stress. TC, TD, SH and CTE of the cryogenic thermal cycling treated C/C composites were first decreased and then increased in both directions (x-y and z directions) with the increase of thermal cycles. A model regarding the heat conduction in cryogenic thermal cycling treated C/C composites was proposed.展开更多
Nitrogen enrichment and increased nitrogen content is an effective strategy for enhancing adsorption of uranium by carbon nitride polymers.Herein,we reported the uranium absorption by using a structurally well-defined...Nitrogen enrichment and increased nitrogen content is an effective strategy for enhancing adsorption of uranium by carbon nitride polymers.Herein,we reported the uranium absorption by using a structurally well-defined and nitrogen-rich carbon nitride polymer with C_(3)N_(5) stoichiometry for the first time.In comparison with the adsorption performance of g-C_(3)N_(4) for U(Ⅵ),the conjugation system of the material was increased by connecting the heptazine unit through the azo bridge in the structure of C_(3)N_(5),so that C_(3)N_(5) exhibited several times higher adsorption performance than that of g-C_(3)N_(4).The C_(3)N_(5) has high kinetics for uranyl ions,which can adsorb100 mg/g U(Ⅵ)in only 10 min and reach complete adsorption equilibrium in 60 min;the theoretical maximum adsorption capacity is 207 mg/g,meanwhile,the material exhibits high selectivity.The results of spectral analysis and theoretical calculations indicate that the process of uranyl ion capture by C3N5is a combination of physical and chemical adsorption,and its higher density of electronic states makes the electrostatic binding ability enhanced,which is favorable to the adsorption of uranyl ions by C_(3)N_(5).This work indicates that C_(3)N_(5) has great promise and application in the separation and enrichment of uranyl ions,and also provides a reference for the systematic investigation of the adsorption ability of nitrogenrich carbon nitrogen polymers on uranyl ions.展开更多
基金funded by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No.32002192)Research Fund for National Non-profit Research Institution (grant number JY2016)China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA (CARS-40-S20)。
文摘Background Salpingitis is one of the common diseases in laying hen production, which greatly decreases the economic outcome of laying hen farming. Lactiplantibacillus plantarum was effective in preventing local or systemic inflammation, however rare studies were reported on its prevention against salpingitis. This study aimed to investigate the preventive molecular regulatory network of microencapsulated Lactiplantibacillus plantarum(MLP) against salpingitis through multi-omics analysis, including microbiome, transcriptome and metabolome analyses.Results The results revealed that supplementation of MLP in diet significantly alleviated the inflammation and atrophy of uterus caused by lipopolysaccharide(LPS) in hens(P < 0.05). The concentrations of plasma IL-2 and IL-10 in hens of MLP-LPS group were higher than those in hens of LPS-stimulation group(CN-LPS group)(P < 0.05). The expression levels of TLR2, MYD88, NF-κB, COX2, and TNF-α were significantly decreased in the hens fed diet supplemented with MLP and suffered with LPS stimulation(MLP-LPS group) compared with those in the hens of CN-LPS group(P < 0.05). Differentially expressed genes(DEGs) induced by MLP were involved in inflammation, reproduction, and calcium ion transport. At the genus level, the MLP supplementation significantly increased the abundance of Phascolarctobacterium, whereas decreased the abundance of Candidatus_Saccharimonas in LPS challenged hens(P < 0.05). The metabolites altered by dietary supplementation with MLP were mainly involved in galactose, uronic acid, histidine, pyruvate and primary bile acid metabolism. Dietary supplementation with MLP inversely regulates LPSinduced differential metabolites such as Lyso PA(24:0/0:0)(P < 0.05).Conclusions In summary, dietary supplementation with microencapsulated Lactiplantibacillus plantarum prevented salpingitis by modulating the abundances of Candidatus_Saccharimonas, Phascolarctobacterium, Ruminococcus_torques_group and Eubacterium_hallii_group while downregulating the levels of plasma metabolites, p-tolyl sulfate, o-cresol and N-acetylhistamine and upregulating S-lactoylglutathione, simultaneously increasing the expressions of CPNE4, CNTN3 and ACAN genes in the uterus, and ultimately inhibiting oviducal inflammation.
基金supported by the China Agriculture Research System(CARS-39)。
文摘Background The quality and yield of cashmere fibre are closely related to the differentiation and development of secondary hair follicles in the skin of cashmere goats.The higher the density of secondary hair follicles,the higher the quality and yield of cashmere from the fleece.Development of secondary hair follicles commences in the embryonic stage of life and is completed 6 months after birth.Preliminary experimental results from our laboratory showed that melatonin(MT)treatment of goat kids after their birth could increase the density of secondary hair follicles and,thus,improve the subsequent yield and quality of cashmere.These changes in the secondary hair follicles resulted from increases in levels of antioxidant and expression of anti-apoptotic protein,and from a reduction in apoptosis.The present study was conducted to explore the molecular mechanism of MT-induced secondary hair follicle differentiation and development by using whole-genome analysis.Results MT had no adverse effect on the growth performance of cashmere kids but significantly improved the character of the secondary hair follicles and the quality of cashmere,and this dominant effect continued to the second year.Melatonin promotes the proliferation of secondary hair follicle cells at an early age.The formation of secondary hair follicles in the MT group was earlier than that in the control group in the second year.The genome-wide data results involved KEGG analysis of 1044 DEmRNAs,91 DElncRNAs,1054 DEcircRNAs,and 61 DEmiRNAs which revealed that the mitogen-activated protein kinase(MAPK)signaling pathway is involved in the development of secondary hair follicles,with key genes(FGF2,FGF21,FGFR3,MAPK3(ERK1))being up-regulated and expressed.We also found that the circMPP5 could sponged miR-211 and regulate the expression of MAPK3.Conclusions We conclude that MT achieves its effects by regulating the MAPK pathway through the circMPP5 sponged the miR-211,regulating the expression of MAPK3,to induce the differentiation and proliferation of secondary hair follicle cells.In addition there is up-regulation of expression of the anti-apoptotic protein causing reduced apoptosis of hair follicle cells.Collectively,these events increase the numbers of secondary hair follicles,thus improving the production of cashmere from these goats.
基金supported in part by the National Key RD Program of China (2021YFF0602104-2,2020YFB1804604)in part by the 2020 Industrial Internet Innovation and Development Project from Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of Chinain part by the Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities (30918012204,30920041112).
文摘The application of unmanned driving in the Internet of Things is one of the concrete manifestations of the application of artificial intelligence technology.Image semantic segmentation can help the unmanned driving system by achieving road accessibility analysis.Semantic segmentation is also a challenging technology for image understanding and scene parsing.We focused on the challenging task of real-time semantic segmentation in this paper.In this paper,we proposed a novel fast architecture for real-time semantic segmentation named DuFNet.Starting from the existing work of Bilateral Segmentation Network(BiSeNet),DuFNet proposes a novel Semantic Information Flow(SIF)structure for context information and a novel Fringe Information Flow(FIF)structure for spatial information.We also proposed two kinds of SIF with cascaded and paralleled structures,respectively.The SIF encodes the input stage by stage in the ResNet18 backbone and provides context information for the feature fusionmodule.Features from previous stages usually contain rich low-level details but high-level semantics for later stages.Themultiple convolutions embed in Parallel SIF aggregate the corresponding features among different stages and generate a powerful global context representation with less computational cost.The FIF consists of a pooling layer and an upsampling operator followed by projection convolution layer.The concise component provides more spatial details for the network.Compared with BiSeNet,our work achieved faster speed and comparable performance with 72.34%mIoU accuracy and 78 FPS on Cityscapes Dataset based on the ResNet18 backbone.
基金financially supported by the NSFC-PSF Joint Project(31961143009)Beijing Natural Science Foundation (6182021)+2 种基金Beijing Dairy Industry Innovation Team (BAIC06)Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System (CARS-36)the Program for Changjiang Scholar and Innovation Research Team in University (IRT-15R62)。
文摘Background: Mastitis in dairy cows caused by Staphylococcus aureus is a major problem hindering economic growth in dairy farms worldwide. It is difficult to prevent or eliminate due to its asymptomatic nature and long persistence of infection. Although transcriptomic responses of bovine mammary gland cells to pathogens that cause mastitis have been studied, the common responses of peripheral blood leukocytes to S. aureus infection across two consecutive generations of dairy cattle have not been investigated.Methods: In the current study, RNA-Seq was used to profile the transcriptomes of peripheral blood leukocytes sampled from S. aureus-infected mothers and their S. aureus-infected daughters, and also healthy non-infected mothers and their healthy daughters. Differential gene expression was evaluated as follows: 1) S. aureus-infected cows versus healthy non-infected cows(S vs. H, which include all the mothers and daughters), 2) S. aureus-infected mothers versus healthy non-infected mothers(SM vs. HM), and 3) S. aureus-infected daughters versus healthy noninfected daughters(SMD vs. HMD).Results: Analysis of all identified expressed genes in the four groups(SM, SMD, HM, and HMD) showed that EPOR,IL9, IFNL3, CCL26, IL26 were exclusively expressed in both the HM and HMD groups, and that they were significantly(P < 0.05) enriched for the cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction pathway. A total of 17, 13 and 10 differentially expressed genes(DEGs)(FDR Padj. < 0.1 and |FC| > 1.2) were detected in the three comparisons, respectively. DEGs with P < 0.05 and |FC| > 2 were used for functional enrichment analyses. For the S vs. H comparison, DEGs detected included CCL20, IL13 and MMP3, which are associated with the IL-17 signaling pathway. In the SM vs. HM and SMD vs. HMD comparisons, five(BLA-DQB, C1 R, C2, FCGR1 A, and KRT10) and six(BLA-DQB, C3 AR1, CFI, FCAR, FCGR3 A, and LOC10498484) genes, respectively, were involved in the S. aureus infection pathway.Conclusions: Our study provides insights into the transcriptomic responses of bovine peripheral blood leukocytes across two generations of cattle naturally infected with S. aureus. The genes highlighted in this study could serve as expression biomarkers for mastitis and may also contain sequence variation that can be used for genetic improvement of dairy cattle for resilience to mastitis.
基金supported by China Agriculture Research System(CARS-39)
文摘Background: Implantation of goats with melatonin can induce cashmere growth and significantly increase cashmere production performance. However, the impact of melatonin implantation on the carcass characteristics,meat quality and related hormone levels in muscle and viscera of cashmere goats has not been studied. This experiment was conducted to determine the effects of melatonin implantation of cashmere goats during the nongrowing period on meat quality and related hormone levels in the tissues. It aimed to provide a theoretical basis for the practical application of melatonin in cashmere goat production systems.Results: Melatonin implantation(2 mg/kg live weight) had no influence(P > 0.05) on daily weight gain, carcass weight, dressing percentage, loin muscle area, or the p H, moisture level, crude fat(except for Gluteus muscle) and amino acid content of muscles of cashmere goats. After implantation for 1 month, shear force of Longissimus dorsi and water loss rate of Longissimus dorsi and Biceps femoris of cashmere goats were increased(P < 0.05), whereas the cooking yield of Gluteus muscle was reduced(P < 0.05). The melatonin treatment decreased(P < 0.05) muscle crude protein, Gluteus muscle crude fat and ∑n-3 PUFA content and decreased(P < 0.05) ∑n-6 PUFA content.However, after 2 months of implantation most of these effects had resolved. Melatonin implantation had no effect(P >0.05) on the melatonin or prolactin contents of kidney, heart, spleen, liver, Longissimus dorsi, Biceps femoris and Gluteus muscles. Melatonin content of lung tissue was lowered(P < 0.05) and that of prolactin was elevated(P < 0.05) by the melatonin implantation.Conclusion: This study has shown little impact of melatonin implantation of cashmere goats on carcass quality. A few meat quality indices i.e., shear force, water loss rate, ∑n-3 PUFA, ∑n-6 PUFA, and crude protein content of Longissimus dorsi;water loss rate, cooking yield and crude protein content of Biceps femoris;ether extract, crude protein content of Gluteus;were affected briefly(at 1 month of implantation) but these effects were not evident after 2 months of implantation.There was little effect of the melatonin treatments on tissue levels of melatonin or prolactin except in lung.
文摘Objective To study the passive immunization with human monoclonal antibodies as for prophylaxis of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. Methods Fab monoclonal antibodies to HCMV were recovered by repertoire cloning of mRNA from a HCMV infected individual. Antigen binding specificity, CDR sequence of VH and VL and neutralizing activity on HCMV AD169 stain were analyzed in vitro. The light and heavy chain Fd fragment genes of Fab antibodies were further cloned into a recombinant baculovirus expression vector pAC-K-Fc to express intact IgG. Secreted products were purified with affinity chromatography using protein G. Results SDS-PAGE and Western blot confirmed the expression of the intact IgG. Immuno-blotting and -precipitation were used to identify HCMV proteins. One Fab monoclonal antibody recognized a conformational HCMV protein. Conclusion IgG antibodies can neutralize the HCMV AD169 strain efficiently at a titer of 2.5 μg/mL and may prove valuable for passive immunoprophylaxis against HCMV infection in humans.
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFC0803900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.9163801)
文摘We propose a novel scheme of simultaneous polarization separation and switching, based on the orthogonallypolarized four-wave mixing(FWM) effect, for ultra-high-speed polarization multiplexing(Pol-MUX) fiber networks such as 100-Gbps and 400-Gbps backbone networks. We use theoretical and experimental analysis of the vector theory of FWM to successfully achieve polarization separation and all-optical switching by utilizing a 100-Gbps dual polarizationquadrature phase shift keying(DP-QPSK) signal and two orthogonally-polarized pumps. Both of the polarization-separated QPSK signals have clear constellation diagrams, with root mean square(RMS) error vector magnitudes(EVMs) of 14.32%and 14.11% respectively. The wavelengths of idlers can be created at 30 different wavelengths, which are consistent with International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication(ITU-T) wavelengths, by flexibly changing the wavelength of the pump light. Moreover, the idlers that have distinct wavelengths have power distributed in a range from-10 dBm to-15 dBm, which can support error-free transmission. The power penaltyis 5 d B lower than that of back-to-back(BTB)signal for both the X-and Y-polarization components measured at a bit error ratio(BER) of 3.8×10^(-3). Our experimental results indicate that this scheme has promising applications in future backbone networks.
基金Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(2022NSFSC0303,2022NSFSC0388,2022NSFSC0293)NHC Key Laboratory of Nuclear Technology Medical Transformation(Mianyang Central Hospital)(2022HYX016)Doctoral Foundation of Southwest University of Science and Technology(20zx7131).
文摘Safe and efficient capturing of volatile radioiodine is of extremely important significance in the treatment of spent fuel.Herein,the flake channels in gelatin-hydroxyapatite(HAP@Ge)cryogel with excellent flame retardant properties were constructed by immobilizing hydroxyapatite nanorods(HAP)on Gelatin(Ge)cryogel for enhancing the capturing of iodine.The immobilization of HAP nanorods enhanced thermal stability,provided low rates of dynamic heat transfer and dissipation,and remarkably improved the flame retardant and smoke suppression properties of the Ge cryogel,which can effectively prevent the occurrence of safety incidents caused by further thermal degradation or combustion of this cryogel.More importantly,it was effective in improving the rapid enrichment of iodine,resulting in a high adsorption capacity.The maximum adsorption capacity of HAP@Ge cryogel for iodine vapor reached 2693 mg/g at equilibrium.The high adsorption capacity for iodine was attributed to the multi-scale porous structure in HAP@Ge cryogel,which offered effective channels for iodine diffusion,whereas the numerous complex and irregular flakes provided sufficient number of active sites for iodine capture.The adsorption process was chemical in nature and involved the-PO_(4)^(3-),-OH,-C=O,and-NHR groups on HAP@Ge cryogel.Moreover,the complex porous structure of HAP@Ge cryogel enhanced the physical capturing of iodine.These advantages,such as low-cost raw material,simple preparation method,good flame retardancy,and excellent capturing performance for iodine indicated that HAP@Ge cryogel is a potential candidate for the removal of radioactive iodine in the exhaust gas stream of post-treatment plants.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:21976148,11705152National Key Research and Development Project of China,Grant/Award Number:2016YFC1402500+2 种基金Long Shan Talent Project,Grant/Award Numbers:18LZX304,18LZXT04Project of State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials,Grant/Award Number:18zxhk04Start-up Fund for Introducing Talents of Southwest University of Science and Technology,Grant/Award Number:23zx7171。
文摘Re-extracting environmentally transportable hexavalent uranium from wastew-ater produced by spent fuel reprocessing using the photocatalytic technology is a crucial strategy to avoid uranium pollution and recover nuclear fuel strategic resources.Here,we have designed S-scheme 2D/0D C_(3)N_(5)/Fe_(2)O_(3)heterojunction photocatalysts based on the built-in electric field and the energy band bend-ing theory,and have further revealed the immobilization process of hexavalent uranium conversion into relatively insoluble tetravalent uranium in terms of thermodynamics and kinetics.According to the results,the hexavalent uranium removal and recovery ratios in wastewater are as high as 93.38%and 83.58%,respectively.Besides,C_(3)N_(5)/Fe_(2)O_(3)heterojunctions also exhibit satisfactory cat-alytic activity and selectivity even in the presence of excessive impurity cations(including Na^(+),K^(+),Ca^(^(2+)),Mg^(2+),Sr^(2+),and Eu^(3+))or various organics(such as xylene,tributylphosphate,pyridine,tannic acid,citric acid,and oxalic acid).It is believed that this work can provide a potential opportunity for S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts to re-enrich uranium from spent fuel wastewater.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21902129)Sichuan Science and Technology Program(Nos.2022NSFSC0260 and 2021JDTD0019).
文摘The rational design of materials at atomic scale as efficient and stable electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)is critical for energy conversion.Herein,we report a novel hybrid nanostructure with iridium(Ir)and cobalt(Co)atomic pair configuration anchored in porous nitrogen-doped carbon(pNC)nanosheets(denoted as IrCo-pNC)for electrocatalytic HER.Experimental investigations and theoretical calculations reveal that the interaction between Ir and Co species in pNC promotes electron accumulation and depletion around isolated Ir and Co atoms,respectively,resulting in a local asymmetry electron density distribution.Density functional theory calculations also suggest that the electrons transfer from Co to adjacent Ir atom causing the down shift of the d-band center of Ir 5d in IrCo-pNC catalyst,thus optimizing the adsorption of hydrogen on Ir sites.The as-prepared IrCo-pNC exhibits significant HER performance with an overpotential of 21 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA·cm^(−2)in 0.5 M H2SO4.This work provides insight into the role of asymmetry electron density distribution in nanomaterials in regulating HER electrocatalysis.
文摘The concept of perinatology was first brought up by Dr.Erich Saling in the 1970s[1].It bridges between prenatal and postnatal periods and commonly covers from 28 weeks of gestation to 28 days postpartum.The formation of perinatology has led to close collaboration between obstetricians and neonatologists for the wellbeing of the mother and newborn.Despite the close ties,the role of a neonatologist tends to be passive until a baby is born.
基金supported by grants from the 973 Program(2014CB541905)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31525016,31471309,31190061)+2 种基金Personalized Medicines-Molecular Signature-based Drug Discovery and Development,the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA12000000)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(11JC1414200),SKLCB(KF2012002)the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams.
文摘Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy(ICP)is a cholestatic disorder with potentially deleterious consequences for fetuses.Although a clear correlation between the elevated levels of maternal serum bile acids and deficient fetal outcome has been established in clinical practice,the underlying mechanisms remain elusive.Herein,we report that bile acids induce NF-κB pathway activation via G protein-coupled bile acid receptor 1(Gpbar1),with consequent upregulation of inflammatory genes in trophoblasts,leading to aberrant leukocyte infiltration and inflammation in placenta.Ursodeoxycholic acid(UDCA),a drug used clinically to treat ICP,competes with other bile acids for binding with Gpbar1 and thus inhibits bile acid-induced inflammatory response in trophoblasts and improves fetal survival in pregnant rats with obstructive cholestasis.Notably,inhibition of NF-κB by andrographolide is more effective than UDCA in benefiting placentas and fetuses.Thus,anti-inflammation therapy targeting Gpbar1/NF-κB pathway could be effective in suppressing bile acid-induced inflammation and alleviating ICP-associated fetal disorders.
基金supported by the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81730039)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81671460,81871167)+4 种基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC1001401)Shanghai Municipal Medical and Health Discipline Constniction Projects(2017ZZ02015)the National Basic Research Program of China(2015CB943300)the Program for Shanghai leaders to Li-Ping Jinthe Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(18ZR1430000)to Qingliang Zheng.
文摘2019 novel coronavirus disease has resulted in thousands of critically ill patients in China,which is a serious threat to people’s life and health.Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)was reported to share the same receptor,angiotensin-converting enzyme 2(ACE2),with SARS-CoV.Here,based on the public single-cell RNA-sequencing database,we analyzed the mRNA expression profile of putative receptor ACE2 and AXL receptor tyrosine kinase(AXL)in the early maternal-fetal interface.The result indicates that the ACE2 has very low expression in the different cell types of early maternal-fetal interface,except slightly high in decidual perivascular cells cluster 1(PV1).Interestingly,we found that the Zika virus(ZIKV)receptor AXL expression is concentrated in perivascular cells and stromal cells,indicating that there are relatively more AXL-expressing cells in the early maternal-fetal interface.This study provides a possible infection route and mechanism for the SARS-CoV-2-or ZIKV-infected mother-to-fetus transmission disease,which could be informative for future therapeutic strategy development.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51072166 and 51472202)by the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to University(Grant No.B08040)
文摘C/C-HfC-SiC composites prepared by precursor infiltration and pyrolysis process were ablated by oxyacetylene torch under two different flame conditions. The ablation performance of the composites was investigated in the heat flux of 2.38 MW/m2 (HF-L) and 4.18 MW/m2 (HF-H) for 60 s. The mechanical denudation in 4.18 MW/m2 (HF-H) was higher than that in 2.38 MW/m2 (HF-L), while the results indicated that the composites had a similar and good ablation property under two different flame conditions. C/C- HfC-SiC composites can adapt the heat flux from 2.38 MW/m2 to 4.18 MW/m2. The Hf02 was not melted completely in the heat flux of 2.38 MW/m2 (HF-L). So, both Hf02 and Si02 layers acted as an effective barrier to the transfer of heat and oxidative gases into the underlying carbon substrate. SiO2 was severely consumed in 4.18 MW/m2 (HF-H), where the HfO2 molten layer played a more important role in protecting the inner composite.
基金supported by the Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing (NWPU) of China (No. 105QP-2014)the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (No. 2015JM5247)
文摘Influence of cryogenic thermal cycling treatment (from -120 ℃ to 120 ℃ at 1.3 × 10^-3 Pa) on the thermo- physical properties including thermal conductivity (TC), thermal diffusivity (TD), specific heat (SH) and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) ranging from room temperature to 1900 ℃ of carbon/carbon (C/C) composites in x-y and z directions were studied. Test results showed that fiber/matrix interracial debonding, fiber pull-out and microcracks occurred after the cryogenic thermal treatment and they increased significantly with the cycle number increasing, while cycled more than 30 times, the space ofmicrodefects reduced obviously due to the accumulation of cyclic thermal stress. TC, TD, SH and CTE of the cryogenic thermal cycling treated C/C composites were first decreased and then increased in both directions (x-y and z directions) with the increase of thermal cycles. A model regarding the heat conduction in cryogenic thermal cycling treated C/C composites was proposed.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U2167221,21976148,21906133,21902129)the Basic Scientific Research Project of China(No.JCKY2018404C008)+2 种基金the National key research and development Project of China(No.2016YFC1402500)the Project of State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials,Southwest University of Science and Technology(No.18ZXHK04)the Long Shan Talent Project(Nos.18LZX304,18LZXT04)。
文摘Nitrogen enrichment and increased nitrogen content is an effective strategy for enhancing adsorption of uranium by carbon nitride polymers.Herein,we reported the uranium absorption by using a structurally well-defined and nitrogen-rich carbon nitride polymer with C_(3)N_(5) stoichiometry for the first time.In comparison with the adsorption performance of g-C_(3)N_(4) for U(Ⅵ),the conjugation system of the material was increased by connecting the heptazine unit through the azo bridge in the structure of C_(3)N_(5),so that C_(3)N_(5) exhibited several times higher adsorption performance than that of g-C_(3)N_(4).The C_(3)N_(5) has high kinetics for uranyl ions,which can adsorb100 mg/g U(Ⅵ)in only 10 min and reach complete adsorption equilibrium in 60 min;the theoretical maximum adsorption capacity is 207 mg/g,meanwhile,the material exhibits high selectivity.The results of spectral analysis and theoretical calculations indicate that the process of uranyl ion capture by C3N5is a combination of physical and chemical adsorption,and its higher density of electronic states makes the electrostatic binding ability enhanced,which is favorable to the adsorption of uranyl ions by C_(3)N_(5).This work indicates that C_(3)N_(5) has great promise and application in the separation and enrichment of uranyl ions,and also provides a reference for the systematic investigation of the adsorption ability of nitrogenrich carbon nitrogen polymers on uranyl ions.