Sugars and auxin have important effects on almost all phases of plant life cycle,which are so fundamental to plants and regulate similar processes.However,little is known about the effect of cross-talk between glucose...Sugars and auxin have important effects on almost all phases of plant life cycle,which are so fundamental to plants and regulate similar processes.However,little is known about the effect of cross-talk between glucose and indole-3-acetic acid(IAA)on growth and development of apple trees.To examine the potential roles of glucose and IAA in root architecture,root nitrogen(N)metabolism and photosynthetic capacity in‘Hanfu’(Malus domestica),a total of five treatments was established:single application of glucose,IAA,and auxin polar transport inhibitor(2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid,TIBA),combined application of glucose with TIBA and that of glucose with IAA.The combined application of glucose with IAA improved root topology system and endogenous IAA content by altering the mRNA levels of several genes involved in root growth,auxin transport and biosynthesis.Moreover,the increased N metabolism enzyme activities and levels of genes expression related to N in roots may suggest higher rates of transformation of nitrate(NO3--N)into amino acids application of glucose and IAA.Contrarily,single application of TIBA decreased the expression levels of auxin transport gene,hindered root growth and decreased endogenous IAA content.Glucose combined with TIBA application effectively attenuated TIBA-induced reductions in root topology structure,photosynthesis and N metabolism activity,and mRNA expression levels involved in auxin biosynthesis and transport.Taken together,glucose application probably changes the expression level of auxin synthesis and transport genes,and induce the allocation of endogenous IAA in root,and thus improves root architecture and N metabolism of root in soil with deficit carbon.展开更多
Today the most important challenge facing the pediatrician is the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases. With this regard, pediatricians play a key role in the management of these conditions. The closeness with th...Today the most important challenge facing the pediatrician is the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases. With this regard, pediatricians play a key role in the management of these conditions. The closeness with the family, the knowledge of the clinical case and the care continuity allow the pediatrician to acquire a position of director of every case. When pathological events have a chronic feature, suddenly the quality of life of the whole family changes. For this reason the first communication of chronic disease is very important and the task of the pediatrician should be to provide a positive message to help the family in facing the difficulty of this new challenge. The bronchial asthma is the most common chronic disease worldwide. The incidence, the prevalence, and the mortality of the disease have increased in children over the past decades. These trends are particularly marked above all in preschool children. The success reached by Pediatricians is closely related to the compliance and the implementation of the therapy followed by the little patient and his family. With this regard authors, in this review, focus on the illustration of several strategies, based on the pediatrician’ skills and medicine documents, that can be used for the improvement of communication among pedia- trician-family and child, never forgetting the hu- man aspect of the same doctor, that should con- ciliate with the scientific knowledge in the taking care of a specific chronic disease.展开更多
The delay fault induced by cross-talk effect is one of the difficult problems in the fault diagnosis of digital circuit. An intelligent fault diagnosis based on IDDT testing and support vector machines （SVM） classif...The delay fault induced by cross-talk effect is one of the difficult problems in the fault diagnosis of digital circuit. An intelligent fault diagnosis based on IDDT testing and support vector machines （SVM） classifier was proposed in this paper. Firstly, the fault model induced by cross-talk effect and the IDDT testing method were analyzed, and then a delay fault localization method based on SVM was presented. The fault features of the sampled signals were extracted by wavelet packet decomposition and served as input parameters of SVM classifier to classify the different fault types. The simulation results illustrate that the method presented is accurate and effective, reaches a high diagnosis rate above 95%.展开更多
Objective： BCR/ABL oncoprotein-expression is associated with uncontrolled cell growth. Sphingosine kinase 1 （SPK1） regulates the production of sphingosine 1-phosphate （S1P）, a key lipid signal molecular in cell p...Objective： BCR/ABL oncoprotein-expression is associated with uncontrolled cell growth. Sphingosine kinase 1 （SPK1） regulates the production of sphingosine 1-phosphate （S1P）, a key lipid signal molecular in cell proliferation and survival. The objective of this study was to elucidate the roles of S1P and its receptors in bcr/abl positive chronic myeloid leukemia （CML） cells. Methods： The expressions of SIP receptors： S1P1, S1P2 and S1P3 in CML cells were detected by RT-PCR. SPK1 expression, activity and extracellular S1P were determined in ECV304 and HL-60 cells which were transfected with bcr/abl gene. To elucidate the relationship between the BCR/ABL, ERK/MAPK （extracellular signal-regulated kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinase）, SPK/S 1P and S 1P/S 1 P2 signal pathways, bcr/abl positive CML cell line K562 was treated with STI571, PD98059, N,N-dimethyl sphingosine （DMS） and JTE-013. Results： Retrovirus-mediated overexpression of bcr/abl gene in ECV304 and HL-60 cells resulted in upregulation of the expression, activity of SPK1 and increase of the secretion of SIP, whereas treatment of STI571 and PD98059 decreased the BCR/ABL-induced S1P secretion. Treatment of DMS reduced S1P secretion and P42/44MAPK phosphorylation. S1P2-selective antagonist JTE-013 could also decrease P42/44MAPK phosphorylation. Conclusion： These results suggest that BCR/ABL up-regulates extracellular sphingosine 1-phosphate through sphingosine kinase 1 and there is cross-talk between SPK1/S1P/S1P2 and P42/44MAPK in bcr/abl positive CML cells.展开更多
The emerging role of gut microbiota as a key player in the development of neurodegenerative disorders: Mammals have evolved together with commensal microbiota to establish a symbiotic relationship in which they regula...The emerging role of gut microbiota as a key player in the development of neurodegenerative disorders: Mammals have evolved together with commensal microbiota to establish a symbiotic relationship in which they regulate reciprocally by synthesizing and responding to several common chemical substances. In this regard, gut microbiota constitutes a consortium of bacteria that not only participates in the degradation of nutrients, but also produces metabolites, fatty acids and neurotransmitters that can act on the enzymes and receptors expressed in eukaryotic cells, which considerably affects the physiology of the host and contribute to maintaining homeostasis (Lyte, 2013).展开更多
This review addresses the growing interest for potassium-ion full-cells(KIFCs)in view of the transition from potassium-ion half-cells(KIHCs)toward commercial K-ion batteries(KIBs).It focuses on the key parameters of K...This review addresses the growing interest for potassium-ion full-cells(KIFCs)in view of the transition from potassium-ion half-cells(KIHCs)toward commercial K-ion batteries(KIBs).It focuses on the key parameters of KIFCs such as the electrode/electrolyte interfaces challenge,major barriers,and recent advancements in KIFCs.The strategies for enhancing KIFC performance,including interfaces co ntrol,electrolyte optimization,electrodes capacity ratio,electrode material screening and electrode design,are discussed.The review highlights the need to evaluate KIBs in full-cell configurations as half-cell results are strongly impacted by the K metal reactivity.It also emphasizes the importance of understanding solid electrolyte interphase(SEI)formation in KIFCs and explores promising nonaqueous as well as quasiand all-solid-state electrolytes options.This review thus paves the way for practical,cost-effective,and scalable KIBs as energy storage systems by offering insights and guidance for future research.展开更多
Plant development is a complex process influenced by exogenous and endogenous elements.A series of postembryonic developmental events is involved to form the final architecture and contend with the changing environmen...Plant development is a complex process influenced by exogenous and endogenous elements.A series of postembryonic developmental events is involved to form the final architecture and contend with the changing environment.MicroRNA（miRNA） is one of endogenous non-coding RNAs,which plays an important role in plant developmental regulation.In this review,we summarized 34 miRNA families that are closely associated with plant development.Among these families,nine are expressed only in specific organs,whereas 20 families are expressed in at least two different organs.It is known that some miRNAs are expressed across most processes of plant growth,while some appear only at particular developmental stages or under special environmental conditions such as drought,waterlogging and short-day time.These miRNAs execute their diverse functions by regulating developmental gene expression levels,interacting with phytohormone signaling response,participating in the biogenesis of ta-siRNAs and affecting the production of miRNAs.展开更多
Background Signaling pathways that regulate the production of cytokines and destructive enzymes have been implicated in rheumatoid arthritis （RA） pathogenesis. There are co-relations between signaling pathways. The ...Background Signaling pathways that regulate the production of cytokines and destructive enzymes have been implicated in rheumatoid arthritis （RA） pathogenesis. There are co-relations between signaling pathways. The aim of this study was to investigate interactions and cross-talks between MEK1/2-extracellular signal-related kinase （ERK1/2） signaling and G protein-couple signaling in synoviocytes of collagen-induced arthritis （CIA） rats by the stimulation of interleukin-1 （IL-1）, U0126, isoprenaline hydrochloride and aminophyline respectively. Methods Twenty Sprague-Dawley （SD） rats were induced by chicken type II collagen. Synoviocytes of CIA rats were isolated and cultured. The expressions of Gi, phosphorylated MEK1/2 （p-MEK1/2） and phosphorylated ERK1/2 （p-ERK1/2） were detected by Western blotting, cAMP level and protein kinase A （PKA） activity were measured by radioimmunoassay and kinase-glo luminescent kinase assay respectively. Results There was remarkable inflammation in CIA rats accompanied by swelling paws, hyperplastic synovium, pannus and cartilage erosion, cAMP level and PKA activity of synoviocytes decreased. Gi, p-ERK1/2 and p-MEK1/2 increased, rlL-la improved the expression of Gi, p-ERK1/2 and p-MEK1/2, cAMP and PKA increased with stimulation of rlL-1α. U0126 inhibited Gi, cAMP and PKA of synoviocytes stimulated by rlL-la. Isoprenaline hydrochloride enhanced Gi, cAMP and PKA, but had no effects on p-MEK1/2 and p-ERK1/2. Aminophyline increased cAMP and PKA, but inhibited p-MEK1/2 and p-ERK1/2. Conclusions Mitogen-activated protein kinases （MAPKs） and G protein-couple signaling are associated with synovitis. There are cross talks between MAPKs and G protein-couple signaling. The two signaling pathways represent potential therapeutic targets for RA.展开更多
In this study, a full-color emission red–green–blue(RGB) quantum-dot(QD)-based micro-light-emitting-diode(micro-LED) array with the reduced optical cross-talk effect by a photoresist mold has been demonstrated. The ...In this study, a full-color emission red–green–blue(RGB) quantum-dot(QD)-based micro-light-emitting-diode(micro-LED) array with the reduced optical cross-talk effect by a photoresist mold has been demonstrated. The UV micro-LED array is used as an efficient excitation source for the QDs. The aerosol jet technique provides a narrow linewidth on the micrometer scale for a precise jet of QDs on the micro-LEDs. To reduce the optical cross-talk effect,a simple lithography method and photoresist are used to fabricate the mold, which consists of a window for QD jetting and a blocking wall for cross-talk reduction. The cross-talk effect of the well-confined QDs in the window is confirmed by a fluorescence microscope, which shows clear separation between QD pixels. A distributed Bragg reflector is covered on the micro-LED array and the QDs' jetted mold to further increase the reuse of UV light.The enhanced light emission of the QDs is 5%, 32%, and 23% for blue, green, and red QDs, respectively.展开更多
A new prototype of large area Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber （MRPC） with long readout strips was built. This Long-strip Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber （LMRPC） is double stacked and has ten 250 μm-thick gas ...A new prototype of large area Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber （MRPC） with long readout strips was built. This Long-strip Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber （LMRPC） is double stacked and has ten 250 μm-thick gas gaps. Signals are read out from the two ends of each strip with an active area of 50 cmx 2.5 cm in each. The detector was tested at FOPI in GSI, using the secondary particles of proton beams （E = 3.5 GeV） colliding with a Pb target. The results show that the LMRPC prototype has a time resolution of about 60- 70 ps; the detecting efficiency is over 98% and the ratio of cross-talk is lower than 2%. The detector also has a good spatial resolution of 0.36 cm along the strip direction.展开更多
We suggest a low cross-talk plasmonic cross-connector based on a metal/insulator/metal cavity and waveguides.We separately investigate the isolated cavity mode, the waveguide mode, and the combination of cavity and wa...We suggest a low cross-talk plasmonic cross-connector based on a metal/insulator/metal cavity and waveguides.We separately investigate the isolated cavity mode, the waveguide mode, and the combination of cavity and waveguide modes using a finite-different time-domain method. Due to resonant tunneling and the cutoff frequency of the odd waveguide mode, our proposed structure achieves a high throughput transmission ratio and eliminates cross-talk. Furthermore, the proposed structure has a broadband tunability of 587 nm, which can be achieved by modulating the cavity air gap thickness. This structure enables the miniaturization of photonic integrated circuits and sensing applications.展开更多
Autophagy is a cellular process in degradation of long-lived proteins and organelles in the cytosol for maintaining cellular homeostasis,which has been linked to a wide range of human health and disease states,includi...Autophagy is a cellular process in degradation of long-lived proteins and organelles in the cytosol for maintaining cellular homeostasis,which has been linked to a wide range of human health and disease states,including viral infection.The viral infected cells exhibit a compli-cated cross-talking between autophagy and virus.It has been shown that autophagy interacts with both adaptive and innate immunity.For adaptive immunity,viral antigens can be processed in autophagosomes by acidic proteases before major histocompatibility complex(MHC)class II presentation.For innate immunity,autophagy may assist in the delivery of viral nucleic acids to endosomal TLRs and also functions as a part of the TLR-or-PKR-downstream responses.Autophagy was also reported to suppress the magnitude of host innate antiviral immunity in certain cases.On the other hand,viruses has evolved many strategies to combat or utilize the host autophagy for their own benefit.In this review we discussed recent advances toward clarifying the cross-talking between autophagy and viral infection in mammalian cells.展开更多
Chemical modifications expand the composition of RNA molecules from four standard nucleosides to over 160 modified nucleosides,which greatly increase the complexity and utility of RNAs.Transfer RNAs(tRNAs)are the most...Chemical modifications expand the composition of RNA molecules from four standard nucleosides to over 160 modified nucleosides,which greatly increase the complexity and utility of RNAs.Transfer RNAs(tRNAs)are the most heavily modified cellular RNA molecules and contain the largest variety of modifications.Modification of tRNAs is pivotal for protein synthesis and also precisely regulates the noncanonical functions of tRNAs.Defects in tRNA modifications lead to numerous human diseases.Up to now,more than 100 types of modifications have been found in tRNAs.Intriguingly,some modifications occur widely on all tRNAs,while others only occur on a subgroup of tRNAs or even only a specific tRNA.The modification frequency of each tRNA is approximately 7% to 25%,with 5-20 modification sites present on each tRNA.The occurrence and modulation of tRNA modifications are specifically noticeable as plenty of interplays among different sites and modifications have been discovered.In particular,tRNA modifications are responsive to environmental changes,indicating their dynamic and highly organized nature.In this review,we summarized the known occurrence order,cross-talk,and cooperativity of tRNA modifications.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2020YFD1000201)National Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.31972359)+1 种基金Earmarked Fund for CARS(Grant No.CARS-27)Agricultural Research and Industrialization Project of Liaoning Province(Grant No.2020JH2/10200028).
文摘Sugars and auxin have important effects on almost all phases of plant life cycle,which are so fundamental to plants and regulate similar processes.However,little is known about the effect of cross-talk between glucose and indole-3-acetic acid(IAA)on growth and development of apple trees.To examine the potential roles of glucose and IAA in root architecture,root nitrogen(N)metabolism and photosynthetic capacity in‘Hanfu’(Malus domestica),a total of five treatments was established:single application of glucose,IAA,and auxin polar transport inhibitor(2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid,TIBA),combined application of glucose with TIBA and that of glucose with IAA.The combined application of glucose with IAA improved root topology system and endogenous IAA content by altering the mRNA levels of several genes involved in root growth,auxin transport and biosynthesis.Moreover,the increased N metabolism enzyme activities and levels of genes expression related to N in roots may suggest higher rates of transformation of nitrate(NO3--N)into amino acids application of glucose and IAA.Contrarily,single application of TIBA decreased the expression levels of auxin transport gene,hindered root growth and decreased endogenous IAA content.Glucose combined with TIBA application effectively attenuated TIBA-induced reductions in root topology structure,photosynthesis and N metabolism activity,and mRNA expression levels involved in auxin biosynthesis and transport.Taken together,glucose application probably changes the expression level of auxin synthesis and transport genes,and induce the allocation of endogenous IAA in root,and thus improves root architecture and N metabolism of root in soil with deficit carbon.
文摘Today the most important challenge facing the pediatrician is the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases. With this regard, pediatricians play a key role in the management of these conditions. The closeness with the family, the knowledge of the clinical case and the care continuity allow the pediatrician to acquire a position of director of every case. When pathological events have a chronic feature, suddenly the quality of life of the whole family changes. For this reason the first communication of chronic disease is very important and the task of the pediatrician should be to provide a positive message to help the family in facing the difficulty of this new challenge. The bronchial asthma is the most common chronic disease worldwide. The incidence, the prevalence, and the mortality of the disease have increased in children over the past decades. These trends are particularly marked above all in preschool children. The success reached by Pediatricians is closely related to the compliance and the implementation of the therapy followed by the little patient and his family. With this regard authors, in this review, focus on the illustration of several strategies, based on the pediatrician’ skills and medicine documents, that can be used for the improvement of communication among pedia- trician-family and child, never forgetting the hu- man aspect of the same doctor, that should con- ciliate with the scientific knowledge in the taking care of a specific chronic disease.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China (60374008 ,60501022)
文摘The delay fault induced by cross-talk effect is one of the difficult problems in the fault diagnosis of digital circuit. An intelligent fault diagnosis based on IDDT testing and support vector machines （SVM） classifier was proposed in this paper. Firstly, the fault model induced by cross-talk effect and the IDDT testing method were analyzed, and then a delay fault localization method based on SVM was presented. The fault features of the sampled signals were extracted by wavelet packet decomposition and served as input parameters of SVM classifier to classify the different fault types. The simulation results illustrate that the method presented is accurate and effective, reaches a high diagnosis rate above 95%.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30570782).
文摘Objective： BCR/ABL oncoprotein-expression is associated with uncontrolled cell growth. Sphingosine kinase 1 （SPK1） regulates the production of sphingosine 1-phosphate （S1P）, a key lipid signal molecular in cell proliferation and survival. The objective of this study was to elucidate the roles of S1P and its receptors in bcr/abl positive chronic myeloid leukemia （CML） cells. Methods： The expressions of SIP receptors： S1P1, S1P2 and S1P3 in CML cells were detected by RT-PCR. SPK1 expression, activity and extracellular S1P were determined in ECV304 and HL-60 cells which were transfected with bcr/abl gene. To elucidate the relationship between the BCR/ABL, ERK/MAPK （extracellular signal-regulated kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinase）, SPK/S 1P and S 1P/S 1 P2 signal pathways, bcr/abl positive CML cell line K562 was treated with STI571, PD98059, N,N-dimethyl sphingosine （DMS） and JTE-013. Results： Retrovirus-mediated overexpression of bcr/abl gene in ECV304 and HL-60 cells resulted in upregulation of the expression, activity of SPK1 and increase of the secretion of SIP, whereas treatment of STI571 and PD98059 decreased the BCR/ABL-induced S1P secretion. Treatment of DMS reduced S1P secretion and P42/44MAPK phosphorylation. S1P2-selective antagonist JTE-013 could also decrease P42/44MAPK phosphorylation. Conclusion： These results suggest that BCR/ABL up-regulates extracellular sphingosine 1-phosphate through sphingosine kinase 1 and there is cross-talk between SPK1/S1P/S1P2 and P42/44MAPK in bcr/abl positive CML cells.
基金supported by Programa de Apoyo a Centros con Financiamiento Basal AFB-170004(to Fundación Ciencia&Vida)from “Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica de Chile(CONICYT)”by grants FONDECYT-1170093 from Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico de ChileMJFF-10332.01 and MJFF-15076 from Michael J.Fox Foundation for Parkinson Research
文摘The emerging role of gut microbiota as a key player in the development of neurodegenerative disorders: Mammals have evolved together with commensal microbiota to establish a symbiotic relationship in which they regulate reciprocally by synthesizing and responding to several common chemical substances. In this regard, gut microbiota constitutes a consortium of bacteria that not only participates in the degradation of nutrients, but also produces metabolites, fatty acids and neurotransmitters that can act on the enzymes and receptors expressed in eukaryotic cells, which considerably affects the physiology of the host and contribute to maintaining homeostasis (Lyte, 2013).
基金supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche,France(ANR)through the TROPIC project(ANR-19CE05-0026)。
文摘This review addresses the growing interest for potassium-ion full-cells(KIFCs)in view of the transition from potassium-ion half-cells(KIHCs)toward commercial K-ion batteries(KIBs).It focuses on the key parameters of KIFCs such as the electrode/electrolyte interfaces challenge,major barriers,and recent advancements in KIFCs.The strategies for enhancing KIFC performance,including interfaces co ntrol,electrolyte optimization,electrodes capacity ratio,electrode material screening and electrode design,are discussed.The review highlights the need to evaluate KIBs in full-cell configurations as half-cell results are strongly impacted by the K metal reactivity.It also emphasizes the importance of understanding solid electrolyte interphase(SEI)formation in KIFCs and explores promising nonaqueous as well as quasiand all-solid-state electrolytes options.This review thus paves the way for practical,cost-effective,and scalable KIBs as energy storage systems by offering insights and guidance for future research.
基金partially supported by the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)(No.30971743)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863 Program) (No.2008AA10Z125)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘Plant development is a complex process influenced by exogenous and endogenous elements.A series of postembryonic developmental events is involved to form the final architecture and contend with the changing environment.MicroRNA（miRNA） is one of endogenous non-coding RNAs,which plays an important role in plant developmental regulation.In this review,we summarized 34 miRNA families that are closely associated with plant development.Among these families,nine are expressed only in specific organs,whereas 20 families are expressed in at least two different organs.It is known that some miRNAs are expressed across most processes of plant growth,while some appear only at particular developmental stages or under special environmental conditions such as drought,waterlogging and short-day time.These miRNAs execute their diverse functions by regulating developmental gene expression levels,interacting with phytohormone signaling response,participating in the biogenesis of ta-siRNAs and affecting the production of miRNAs.
基金This work was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 30572356） and the Natural Science Foundation of the Education Department of Anhui Province （No. KJ2008B295）.
文摘Background Signaling pathways that regulate the production of cytokines and destructive enzymes have been implicated in rheumatoid arthritis （RA） pathogenesis. There are co-relations between signaling pathways. The aim of this study was to investigate interactions and cross-talks between MEK1/2-extracellular signal-related kinase （ERK1/2） signaling and G protein-couple signaling in synoviocytes of collagen-induced arthritis （CIA） rats by the stimulation of interleukin-1 （IL-1）, U0126, isoprenaline hydrochloride and aminophyline respectively. Methods Twenty Sprague-Dawley （SD） rats were induced by chicken type II collagen. Synoviocytes of CIA rats were isolated and cultured. The expressions of Gi, phosphorylated MEK1/2 （p-MEK1/2） and phosphorylated ERK1/2 （p-ERK1/2） were detected by Western blotting, cAMP level and protein kinase A （PKA） activity were measured by radioimmunoassay and kinase-glo luminescent kinase assay respectively. Results There was remarkable inflammation in CIA rats accompanied by swelling paws, hyperplastic synovium, pannus and cartilage erosion, cAMP level and PKA activity of synoviocytes decreased. Gi, p-ERK1/2 and p-MEK1/2 increased, rlL-la improved the expression of Gi, p-ERK1/2 and p-MEK1/2, cAMP and PKA increased with stimulation of rlL-1α. U0126 inhibited Gi, cAMP and PKA of synoviocytes stimulated by rlL-la. Isoprenaline hydrochloride enhanced Gi, cAMP and PKA, but had no effects on p-MEK1/2 and p-ERK1/2. Aminophyline increased cAMP and PKA, but inhibited p-MEK1/2 and p-ERK1/2. Conclusions Mitogen-activated protein kinases （MAPKs） and G protein-couple signaling are associated with synovitis. There are cross talks between MAPKs and G protein-couple signaling. The two signaling pathways represent potential therapeutic targets for RA.
基金Ministry of Science and Technology,Taiwan,China(MOST)(MOST104-3113-E-009-002-CC2,MOST105-2622-E-009-023-CC2)
文摘In this study, a full-color emission red–green–blue(RGB) quantum-dot(QD)-based micro-light-emitting-diode(micro-LED) array with the reduced optical cross-talk effect by a photoresist mold has been demonstrated. The UV micro-LED array is used as an efficient excitation source for the QDs. The aerosol jet technique provides a narrow linewidth on the micrometer scale for a precise jet of QDs on the micro-LEDs. To reduce the optical cross-talk effect,a simple lithography method and photoresist are used to fabricate the mold, which consists of a window for QD jetting and a blocking wall for cross-talk reduction. The cross-talk effect of the well-confined QDs in the window is confirmed by a fluorescence microscope, which shows clear separation between QD pixels. A distributed Bragg reflector is covered on the micro-LED array and the QDs' jetted mold to further increase the reuse of UV light.The enhanced light emission of the QDs is 5%, 32%, and 23% for blue, green, and red QDs, respectively.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (10979003,10875120)Major State Basic Research Development Program (2008CB817702)
文摘A new prototype of large area Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber （MRPC） with long readout strips was built. This Long-strip Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber （LMRPC） is double stacked and has ten 250 μm-thick gas gaps. Signals are read out from the two ends of each strip with an active area of 50 cmx 2.5 cm in each. The detector was tested at FOPI in GSI, using the secondary particles of proton beams （E = 3.5 GeV） colliding with a Pb target. The results show that the LMRPC prototype has a time resolution of about 60- 70 ps; the detecting efficiency is over 98% and the ratio of cross-talk is lower than 2%. The detector also has a good spatial resolution of 0.36 cm along the strip direction.
基金National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)(NRF-2015R1A2A1A15055998,NRF-2013M3C1A3065051,NRF-2016R1C1B2007007)
文摘We suggest a low cross-talk plasmonic cross-connector based on a metal/insulator/metal cavity and waveguides.We separately investigate the isolated cavity mode, the waveguide mode, and the combination of cavity and waveguide modes using a finite-different time-domain method. Due to resonant tunneling and the cutoff frequency of the odd waveguide mode, our proposed structure achieves a high throughput transmission ratio and eliminates cross-talk. Furthermore, the proposed structure has a broadband tunability of 587 nm, which can be achieved by modulating the cavity air gap thickness. This structure enables the miniaturization of photonic integrated circuits and sensing applications.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30700696).
文摘Autophagy is a cellular process in degradation of long-lived proteins and organelles in the cytosol for maintaining cellular homeostasis,which has been linked to a wide range of human health and disease states,including viral infection.The viral infected cells exhibit a compli-cated cross-talking between autophagy and virus.It has been shown that autophagy interacts with both adaptive and innate immunity.For adaptive immunity,viral antigens can be processed in autophagosomes by acidic proteases before major histocompatibility complex(MHC)class II presentation.For innate immunity,autophagy may assist in the delivery of viral nucleic acids to endosomal TLRs and also functions as a part of the TLR-or-PKR-downstream responses.Autophagy was also reported to suppress the magnitude of host innate antiviral immunity in certain cases.On the other hand,viruses has evolved many strategies to combat or utilize the host autophagy for their own benefit.In this review we discussed recent advances toward clarifying the cross-talking between autophagy and viral infection in mammalian cells.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFA0803400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32022040,31971230,31770842)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grants(2020M671253)。
文摘Chemical modifications expand the composition of RNA molecules from four standard nucleosides to over 160 modified nucleosides,which greatly increase the complexity and utility of RNAs.Transfer RNAs(tRNAs)are the most heavily modified cellular RNA molecules and contain the largest variety of modifications.Modification of tRNAs is pivotal for protein synthesis and also precisely regulates the noncanonical functions of tRNAs.Defects in tRNA modifications lead to numerous human diseases.Up to now,more than 100 types of modifications have been found in tRNAs.Intriguingly,some modifications occur widely on all tRNAs,while others only occur on a subgroup of tRNAs or even only a specific tRNA.The modification frequency of each tRNA is approximately 7% to 25%,with 5-20 modification sites present on each tRNA.The occurrence and modulation of tRNA modifications are specifically noticeable as plenty of interplays among different sites and modifications have been discovered.In particular,tRNA modifications are responsive to environmental changes,indicating their dynamic and highly organized nature.In this review,we summarized the known occurrence order,cross-talk,and cooperativity of tRNA modifications.
