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Papers by Ying Yu

Oncology reports, 2015

Cisplatin (CDDP) is a chemotherapeutic drug that is often used for the treatment of hepatoblastom... more Cisplatin (CDDP) is a chemotherapeutic drug that is often used for the treatment of hepatoblastoma. However, many patients acquire resistance to therapeutic agents leading to local and distant treatment failure. It has been shown that suppression survivin contributed to the inhibition of tumor growth and enhanced chemotherapeutic sensitivity in several types of cancer. The aim of the present study was to determine whether treatment with sepantronium bromide (YM155), a novel small molecule inhibitor of survivin, enhanced the sensitivity of CDDP to hepatoblastoma cells, leading to the therapeutic efficacy of cisplatin. In vitro and in vivo models were used to examine the anticancer efficacy of YM155, either as a monotherapy or in combination with CDDP to identify more effective therapeutics against hepatoblastoma. The results showed that survivin expression was upregulated in hepatoblastoma tissues and cell lines, and that YM155 inhibited survivin expression in hepatoblastoma cells in...

PloS one, 2015

Previously, we demonstrated that the highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndr... more Previously, we demonstrated that the highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (HP-PRRSV) HuN4 strain causes obvious thymic atrophy and thymocytes apoptosis in infected piglets after birth, which is more severe than that induced by classical PRRSV. In this study, we investigated apoptosis and autophagy in the thymus of piglets infected with the HP-PRRSV HuN4 strain, and found that both apoptosis and autophagy occurred in the thymus of piglets infected with HP-PRRSV. In addition to a few virus-infected cells, CD14+ cells, the main autophagic cells in the thymus were thymic epithelial cells. These findings demonstrated that HP-PRRSV induces apoptosis in bystander cells, and induces autophagy in both infected and bystander cells in the thymus of infected piglets. Herein, we first present new data on the thymic lesions induced by HP-PRRSV, and show that apoptosis and autophagy are key mechanisms involved in cell survival and determinants of the severity of th...

Journal of the American Heart Association, 2015

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3 PUFAs) suppress inflammation through activation of free f... more Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3 PUFAs) suppress inflammation through activation of free fatty acid receptor 4 (FFAR4), but this pathway has not been explored in the context of cardiovascular disease. We aimed to elucidate the involvement of FFAR4 activation by ω3 PUFAs in the process of vascular inflammation and neointimal hyperplasia in mice. We used mice with disruption of FFAR4 (Ffar4(-/-)), along with a strain that synthesizes high levels of ω3 PUFAs (fat-1) and a group of crossed mice (Ffar4(-/-)/fat-1), to elucidate the role of FFAR4 in vascular dysfunction using acute and chronic thrombosis/vascular remodeling models. The presence of FFAR4 in vascular-associated cells including perivascular adipocytes and macrophages, but not platelets, was demonstrated. ω3 PUFAs endogenously generated in fat-1 mice (n=9), but not in compound Ffar4(-/-)/fat-1 mice (n=9), attenuated femoral arterial thrombosis induced by FeCl3. Neointimal hyperplasia and vascular inflammation in the co...

Frontiers in microbiology, 2015

Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a macromolecular transenvelope machine encoded within the geno... more Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a macromolecular transenvelope machine encoded within the genomes of several proteobacteria species. Vibrio parahaemolyticus contains two putative T6SS systems, VpT6SS1 and VpT6SS2, both contributing to adherence to Caco-2 and/or HeLa cells. However, it remains unknown if these systems are involved in cellular responses. In order to exclude the effects of other virulence factors known to induce cytotoxicity or autophagy, a triple deletion mutant dTTT (with deletion of tdh, and T3SS1 and T3SS2 structural protein genes) was used as the parent strain to construct deletion mutants of T6SS genes. The mutant dTTT-ΔicmF2, but not dTTT-ΔicmF1, reduced autophagic response upon 4 h of infection of the macrophage. Further attempt was made to search for the possible effector proteins that might be responsible for direct induction of autophagy by deletion of the genes encoding Hcp2 and VgrG2, two putative translocons of T6SS2 of V. parahaemolyticus. Deletion of...

PloS one, 2015

Hot spring or hot spa bathing (Onsen) is a traditional therapy for the treatment of certain ailme... more Hot spring or hot spa bathing (Onsen) is a traditional therapy for the treatment of certain ailments. There is a common belief that hot spring bathing has therapeutic effects for wound healing, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. To examine this hypothesis, we investigated the effects of Nagano hot spring water (rich in carbonate ion, 42°C) on the healing process of the skin using a nude rat skin wound model. We found that hot spring bathing led to an enhanced healing speed compared to both the unbathed and hot-water (42°C) control groups. Histologically, the hot spring water group showed increased vessel density and reduced inflammatory cells in the granulation tissue of the wound area. Real-time RT-PCR analysis along with zymography revealed that the wound area of the hot spring water group exhibited a higher expression of matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9 compared to the two other control groups. Furthermore, we found that the enhanced wound healing process i...

PGD2 is a cyclooxygenase (COX) product of arachidonic acid which activates D

PloS one, 2015

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumor associated with a genetic predisposition, Eps... more Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumor associated with a genetic predisposition, Epstein-Barr virus infection and chromosomal abnormalities. Recently, several miRNAs have been shown to target specific mRNAs to regulate NPC development and progression. However, the involvement of miRNAs in processes leading to NPC migration and invasion remains to be elucidated. We predicted that miR-29a/b are associated with dysregulated genes controlling NPC through an integrated interaction network of miRNAs and genes. miR-29a/b over-expression in NPC cell lines had no significant effect on proliferation, whereas miR-29b mildly increased the percentage of cells in the G1 phase with a concomitant decrease in the percentage of cells in S phase. Furthermore, we demonstrated that miR-29a/b might be responsible for increasing S18 cell migration and invasion, and only COL3A1 was identified as a direct target of miR-29b despite the fact that both SPARC and COL3A1 were inhibited by miR-29a/b ...

Scientific Data, 2014

The rat is used extensively by the pharmaceutical, regulatory, and academic communities for safet... more The rat is used extensively by the pharmaceutical, regulatory, and academic communities for safety assessment of drugs and chemicals and for studying human diseases; however, its transcriptome has not been well studied. As part of the SEQC (i.e., MAQC-III) consortium efforts, a comprehensive RNA-Seq data set was constructed using 320 RNA samples isolated from 10 organs (adrenal gland, brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, spleen, thymus, and testes or uterus) from both sexes of Fischer 344 rats across four ages (2-, 6-, 21-, and 104-week-old) with four biological replicates for each of the 80 sample groups (organ-sex-age). With the Ribo-Zero rRNA removal and Illumina RNA-Seq protocols, 41 million 50 bp single-end reads were generated per sample, yielding a total of 13.4 billion reads. This data set could be used to identify and validate new rat genes and transcripts, develop a more comprehensive rat transcriptome annotation system, identify novel gene regulatory networks related to tissue specific gene expression and development, and discover genes responsible for disease and drug toxicity and efficacy.

International journal of cardiology, Jan 24, 2015

Atherosclerosis, 2010

ObjectiveExcess intake of a high-fat diet (HFD) is associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome... more ObjectiveExcess intake of a high-fat diet (HFD) is associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome, which are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. However, it is unclear whether consumption of an HFD at a normal calorific range would be detrimental to metabolism or affect the development of atherosclerosis. Here, we tested the hypothesis that consumption of a normal-calorie HFD would impair

Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2005

Bi2WO6 powder photocatalyst was prepared using Bi(NO3)3 and Na2WO4 as raw materials by a simple h... more Bi2WO6 powder photocatalyst was prepared using Bi(NO3)3 and Na2WO4 as raw materials by a simple hydrothermal method at 150°C for 24h, and then calcined at 300, 400, 500, 600 and 700°C for 2h, respectively. The as-prepared samples were characterized with UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectra, fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and N2 adsorption–desorption measurement.

BMC proceedings, 2011

Marek's disease virus (MDV) is an oncovirus that induces lymphoid tumors in susceptible chick... more Marek's disease virus (MDV) is an oncovirus that induces lymphoid tumors in susceptible chickens, and may affect the epigenetic stability of the CD4 gene. The purpose of this study was to find the effect of MDV infection on DNA methylation status of the CD4 gene differed between MD-resistant (L63) and -susceptible (L72) chicken lines. Chickens from each line were divided into two groups with one group infected by MDV and the other group as uninfected controls. Then, promoter DNA methylation levels of the CD4 gene were measured by Pyrosequencing; and gene expression analysis was performed by quantitative PCR. Promoter methylation of the CD4 gene was found to be down-regulated in L72 chickens only after MDV infection. The methylation down-regulation of the CD4 promoter is negatively correlated with up-regulation of CD4 gene expression in the L72 spleen at 21 dpi. The methylation fluctuation and mRNA expression change of CD4 gene induced by MDV infection suggested a unique epigenet...

Foodborne pathogens and disease, 2011

Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was used to examine the clonal relationship and genetic diversi... more Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was used to examine the clonal relationship and genetic diversity of 71 Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from clinical and seafood-related sources in southeastern Chinese coast between 2002 and 2009. The tested isolates fell into 61 sequence types (STs). Of 17 clinical isolates, 7 belonged to ST3 of the pandemic clonal complex 3, with 3 strains isolated in 2002. Although there was no apparent clonal relationship found between clinical strains and those from seafood-related sources positive with pathogenic markers, there were clonal relationships between clinical strains from this study and those from environmental sources in other parts of China. Phylogenetic analysis showed that strains of 112 STs (61 STs from this study and 51 retrieved from PUBMLST database covering different continents) could be divided into four branches. The vast majority of our isolates and those from other countries were genetically diverse and clustered into two major branc...

Journal of AOAC International

A method involving LC coupled with MS/MS (LC/MS/MS) was designed for simultaneous quantification ... more A method involving LC coupled with MS/MS (LC/MS/MS) was designed for simultaneous quantification of 10 antifungal drugs (voriconazole, griseofulvin, clotrimazole, bifonazole, econazole, ketoconazole, itraconazole, miconazole, terconazole, and fluconazole) in the liver and muscles of chickens. Homogenized tissue samples were extracted with acetonitrile and subsequently underwent freezing-delipidation. A Waters Acquity Ultra Performance LC BEH C18 column was used to separate the analytes, coupled with MS/MS using an electrospray ionization source. The accuracy of the method was confirmed with a mean recovery of 71-121%, and acceptable coefficients of variation (4-23%, n = 6). The detection capability of these compounds in two different matrixes was 0.50-2.82 microg/kg. This method can be applied for the screening and confirmation of target antifungal drugs in chicken tissues.

Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2012

Heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1), which has been identified as an endogenous cardioprotec... more Heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1), which has been identified as an endogenous cardioprotective factor, possesses considerable anti-inflammatory effects and the ability against oxidative stress. However, the mechanisms have not been fully characterized yet. In this study, we investigated the effects of HSF1-regulated HMGB1 on cardiomyocyte death. Cultured cardiomyocytes were transfected with empty vector or HSF1 plasmid before the exposure to H(2)O(2). Cell death was assessed by cell staining. Additionally, the levels of intracellular and extracellular HMGB1 as well as its subcellular location were detected, and the expression of heat shock proteins (HSP27 and HSP90) in the cardiomyocytes was also determined. Not only did H(2)O(2) significantly increase cell death, but also elevated the levels of intracellular and extracellular HMGB1 and induced its translocation, whereas, as expected, HSF1 overexpression effectively attenuated cell death. Furthermore, HSF1 inhibited the intra...

Phytopathology, 2012

The resistance and susceptibility of grapevines to downy mildew (DM) disease caused by Plasmopara... more The resistance and susceptibility of grapevines to downy mildew (DM) disease caused by Plasmopara viticola were compared among different cultivars/accessions belonging to Vitis vinifera, V. rotundifolia, and 10 oriental Vitis species. After inoculation with P. viticola pathogen, no symptom was found in V. rotundifolia grapevines at all, while oriental species V. davidii and V. piasezkii, like V. vinifera, were susceptible to DM disease. The other eight oriental Vitis species showed various resistance levels to DM disease. Intraspecific resistant variations were also observed in V. amurensis. Microscopy studies were conducted on various time courses after pathogen infection on grape leaves. P. viticola hyphae were not observed in V. rotundifolia cultivars, while symptoms with varying degrees of severity were observed among the Euvitis species. In general, the DM resistant oriental species showed a slower development of hypha and less formation of haustoria than DM susceptible V. vini...

Nano letters, Jan 10, 2013

We report a new type of single InAs quantum dot (QD) embedded at the junction of gold-free branch... more We report a new type of single InAs quantum dot (QD) embedded at the junction of gold-free branched GaAs/AlGaAs nanowire (NW) grown on silicon substrate. The photoluminescence intensity of such QD is ~20 times stronger than that from randomly distributed QD grown on the facet of straight NW. Sharp excitonic emission is observed at 4.2 K with a line width of 101 μeV and a vanishing two-photon emission probability of g(2)(0) = 0.031(2). This new nanostructure may open new ways for designing novel quantum optoelectronic devices.

Virus research, Jan 22, 2014

Calpain is a family of neutral cysteine proteinase involved in many physiological and pathologica... more Calpain is a family of neutral cysteine proteinase involved in many physiological and pathological processes including virus replication, autophagy and apoptosis. Previous study has indicated the involvement of calpain in pathogenesis of coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3)-induced myocarditis. Besides, many studies demonstrated that host cell autophagy and apoptosis mechanisms participate in virus life cycle. However, role of calpain in CVB3 replication via autophagy/apoptosis mechanisms has not been reported, which was discussed here in H9c2 cardiomyocytes. The data demonstrated that calpain was activated following CVB3 infection. Calpain inhibition decreased autophagy, indicating role of calpain in enhancing autophagy during CVB3 infection. Both calpain activity and autophagy were involved in facilitating CVB3 replication demonstrated by virus titer and CVB3 capsid protein VP1 expression alterations resulting from calpain inhibitor ALLN and autophagy inhibitor 3MA intervention. We also found...

PloS one, 2013

Cryptic species are frequently recovered in plant lineages, and considered an important cause for... more Cryptic species are frequently recovered in plant lineages, and considered an important cause for divergent of morphological disparity and species diversity. The identification of cryptic species has important implications for the assessment of conservation needs of species aggregates. The mechanisms and processes of the origin of cryptic species diversity are still poorly understand based on the lack of studies especially in context of environment factors. Here we explored evidence for cryptic species within the epiphyllous liverworts Cololejeunea lanciloba complex based on two loci, the plastid trnL-F region and the nuclear ribosomal ITS region. Several analytic approaches were employed to delimit species based on DNA sequence variation including phylogenetic reconstruction, statistical parsimony networks analysis and two recently introduced species delimitation criteria: Rosenberg's reciprocal monophyly and Rodrigo's randomly distinct. We found evidence for thirteen genet...

International journal of molecular medicine, 2014

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) the simplest of the water-soluble phospholipids, is produced by activ... more Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) the simplest of the water-soluble phospholipids, is produced by activated platelets, macrophage and endothelial cells. It also evokes various biological responses. When LPA concentrations reach high levels, brain injury, including stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), occurs. Previous studies have shown that LPA is crucial in increasing blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, and the Rho/Rho kinase (ROCK) signaling pathway is involved in the regulation of endothelial permeability. However, the exact mechanism by which the Rho/ROCK pathway mediates BBB disruption induced by LPA remains to be determined. In the present study, we observed that LPA induced the increase of BBB permeability in the right striatum after 10 µl LPA (100 µM) was injected into the ipsilateral caudate nucleus of rats. The ROCK was involved in the expression of proteolytic enzymes, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), leading to LPA-indu...

Oncology reports, 2015

Cisplatin (CDDP) is a chemotherapeutic drug that is often used for the treatment of hepatoblastom... more Cisplatin (CDDP) is a chemotherapeutic drug that is often used for the treatment of hepatoblastoma. However, many patients acquire resistance to therapeutic agents leading to local and distant treatment failure. It has been shown that suppression survivin contributed to the inhibition of tumor growth and enhanced chemotherapeutic sensitivity in several types of cancer. The aim of the present study was to determine whether treatment with sepantronium bromide (YM155), a novel small molecule inhibitor of survivin, enhanced the sensitivity of CDDP to hepatoblastoma cells, leading to the therapeutic efficacy of cisplatin. In vitro and in vivo models were used to examine the anticancer efficacy of YM155, either as a monotherapy or in combination with CDDP to identify more effective therapeutics against hepatoblastoma. The results showed that survivin expression was upregulated in hepatoblastoma tissues and cell lines, and that YM155 inhibited survivin expression in hepatoblastoma cells in...

PloS one, 2015

Previously, we demonstrated that the highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndr... more Previously, we demonstrated that the highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (HP-PRRSV) HuN4 strain causes obvious thymic atrophy and thymocytes apoptosis in infected piglets after birth, which is more severe than that induced by classical PRRSV. In this study, we investigated apoptosis and autophagy in the thymus of piglets infected with the HP-PRRSV HuN4 strain, and found that both apoptosis and autophagy occurred in the thymus of piglets infected with HP-PRRSV. In addition to a few virus-infected cells, CD14+ cells, the main autophagic cells in the thymus were thymic epithelial cells. These findings demonstrated that HP-PRRSV induces apoptosis in bystander cells, and induces autophagy in both infected and bystander cells in the thymus of infected piglets. Herein, we first present new data on the thymic lesions induced by HP-PRRSV, and show that apoptosis and autophagy are key mechanisms involved in cell survival and determinants of the severity of th...

Journal of the American Heart Association, 2015

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3 PUFAs) suppress inflammation through activation of free f... more Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3 PUFAs) suppress inflammation through activation of free fatty acid receptor 4 (FFAR4), but this pathway has not been explored in the context of cardiovascular disease. We aimed to elucidate the involvement of FFAR4 activation by ω3 PUFAs in the process of vascular inflammation and neointimal hyperplasia in mice. We used mice with disruption of FFAR4 (Ffar4(-/-)), along with a strain that synthesizes high levels of ω3 PUFAs (fat-1) and a group of crossed mice (Ffar4(-/-)/fat-1), to elucidate the role of FFAR4 in vascular dysfunction using acute and chronic thrombosis/vascular remodeling models. The presence of FFAR4 in vascular-associated cells including perivascular adipocytes and macrophages, but not platelets, was demonstrated. ω3 PUFAs endogenously generated in fat-1 mice (n=9), but not in compound Ffar4(-/-)/fat-1 mice (n=9), attenuated femoral arterial thrombosis induced by FeCl3. Neointimal hyperplasia and vascular inflammation in the co...

Frontiers in microbiology, 2015

Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a macromolecular transenvelope machine encoded within the geno... more Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a macromolecular transenvelope machine encoded within the genomes of several proteobacteria species. Vibrio parahaemolyticus contains two putative T6SS systems, VpT6SS1 and VpT6SS2, both contributing to adherence to Caco-2 and/or HeLa cells. However, it remains unknown if these systems are involved in cellular responses. In order to exclude the effects of other virulence factors known to induce cytotoxicity or autophagy, a triple deletion mutant dTTT (with deletion of tdh, and T3SS1 and T3SS2 structural protein genes) was used as the parent strain to construct deletion mutants of T6SS genes. The mutant dTTT-ΔicmF2, but not dTTT-ΔicmF1, reduced autophagic response upon 4 h of infection of the macrophage. Further attempt was made to search for the possible effector proteins that might be responsible for direct induction of autophagy by deletion of the genes encoding Hcp2 and VgrG2, two putative translocons of T6SS2 of V. parahaemolyticus. Deletion of...

PloS one, 2015

Hot spring or hot spa bathing (Onsen) is a traditional therapy for the treatment of certain ailme... more Hot spring or hot spa bathing (Onsen) is a traditional therapy for the treatment of certain ailments. There is a common belief that hot spring bathing has therapeutic effects for wound healing, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. To examine this hypothesis, we investigated the effects of Nagano hot spring water (rich in carbonate ion, 42°C) on the healing process of the skin using a nude rat skin wound model. We found that hot spring bathing led to an enhanced healing speed compared to both the unbathed and hot-water (42°C) control groups. Histologically, the hot spring water group showed increased vessel density and reduced inflammatory cells in the granulation tissue of the wound area. Real-time RT-PCR analysis along with zymography revealed that the wound area of the hot spring water group exhibited a higher expression of matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9 compared to the two other control groups. Furthermore, we found that the enhanced wound healing process i...

PGD2 is a cyclooxygenase (COX) product of arachidonic acid which activates D

PloS one, 2015

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumor associated with a genetic predisposition, Eps... more Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumor associated with a genetic predisposition, Epstein-Barr virus infection and chromosomal abnormalities. Recently, several miRNAs have been shown to target specific mRNAs to regulate NPC development and progression. However, the involvement of miRNAs in processes leading to NPC migration and invasion remains to be elucidated. We predicted that miR-29a/b are associated with dysregulated genes controlling NPC through an integrated interaction network of miRNAs and genes. miR-29a/b over-expression in NPC cell lines had no significant effect on proliferation, whereas miR-29b mildly increased the percentage of cells in the G1 phase with a concomitant decrease in the percentage of cells in S phase. Furthermore, we demonstrated that miR-29a/b might be responsible for increasing S18 cell migration and invasion, and only COL3A1 was identified as a direct target of miR-29b despite the fact that both SPARC and COL3A1 were inhibited by miR-29a/b ...

Scientific Data, 2014

The rat is used extensively by the pharmaceutical, regulatory, and academic communities for safet... more The rat is used extensively by the pharmaceutical, regulatory, and academic communities for safety assessment of drugs and chemicals and for studying human diseases; however, its transcriptome has not been well studied. As part of the SEQC (i.e., MAQC-III) consortium efforts, a comprehensive RNA-Seq data set was constructed using 320 RNA samples isolated from 10 organs (adrenal gland, brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, spleen, thymus, and testes or uterus) from both sexes of Fischer 344 rats across four ages (2-, 6-, 21-, and 104-week-old) with four biological replicates for each of the 80 sample groups (organ-sex-age). With the Ribo-Zero rRNA removal and Illumina RNA-Seq protocols, 41 million 50 bp single-end reads were generated per sample, yielding a total of 13.4 billion reads. This data set could be used to identify and validate new rat genes and transcripts, develop a more comprehensive rat transcriptome annotation system, identify novel gene regulatory networks related to tissue specific gene expression and development, and discover genes responsible for disease and drug toxicity and efficacy.

International journal of cardiology, Jan 24, 2015

Atherosclerosis, 2010

ObjectiveExcess intake of a high-fat diet (HFD) is associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome... more ObjectiveExcess intake of a high-fat diet (HFD) is associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome, which are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. However, it is unclear whether consumption of an HFD at a normal calorific range would be detrimental to metabolism or affect the development of atherosclerosis. Here, we tested the hypothesis that consumption of a normal-calorie HFD would impair

Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2005

Bi2WO6 powder photocatalyst was prepared using Bi(NO3)3 and Na2WO4 as raw materials by a simple h... more Bi2WO6 powder photocatalyst was prepared using Bi(NO3)3 and Na2WO4 as raw materials by a simple hydrothermal method at 150°C for 24h, and then calcined at 300, 400, 500, 600 and 700°C for 2h, respectively. The as-prepared samples were characterized with UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectra, fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and N2 adsorption–desorption measurement.

BMC proceedings, 2011

Marek's disease virus (MDV) is an oncovirus that induces lymphoid tumors in susceptible chick... more Marek's disease virus (MDV) is an oncovirus that induces lymphoid tumors in susceptible chickens, and may affect the epigenetic stability of the CD4 gene. The purpose of this study was to find the effect of MDV infection on DNA methylation status of the CD4 gene differed between MD-resistant (L63) and -susceptible (L72) chicken lines. Chickens from each line were divided into two groups with one group infected by MDV and the other group as uninfected controls. Then, promoter DNA methylation levels of the CD4 gene were measured by Pyrosequencing; and gene expression analysis was performed by quantitative PCR. Promoter methylation of the CD4 gene was found to be down-regulated in L72 chickens only after MDV infection. The methylation down-regulation of the CD4 promoter is negatively correlated with up-regulation of CD4 gene expression in the L72 spleen at 21 dpi. The methylation fluctuation and mRNA expression change of CD4 gene induced by MDV infection suggested a unique epigenet...

Foodborne pathogens and disease, 2011

Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was used to examine the clonal relationship and genetic diversi... more Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was used to examine the clonal relationship and genetic diversity of 71 Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from clinical and seafood-related sources in southeastern Chinese coast between 2002 and 2009. The tested isolates fell into 61 sequence types (STs). Of 17 clinical isolates, 7 belonged to ST3 of the pandemic clonal complex 3, with 3 strains isolated in 2002. Although there was no apparent clonal relationship found between clinical strains and those from seafood-related sources positive with pathogenic markers, there were clonal relationships between clinical strains from this study and those from environmental sources in other parts of China. Phylogenetic analysis showed that strains of 112 STs (61 STs from this study and 51 retrieved from PUBMLST database covering different continents) could be divided into four branches. The vast majority of our isolates and those from other countries were genetically diverse and clustered into two major branc...

Journal of AOAC International

A method involving LC coupled with MS/MS (LC/MS/MS) was designed for simultaneous quantification ... more A method involving LC coupled with MS/MS (LC/MS/MS) was designed for simultaneous quantification of 10 antifungal drugs (voriconazole, griseofulvin, clotrimazole, bifonazole, econazole, ketoconazole, itraconazole, miconazole, terconazole, and fluconazole) in the liver and muscles of chickens. Homogenized tissue samples were extracted with acetonitrile and subsequently underwent freezing-delipidation. A Waters Acquity Ultra Performance LC BEH C18 column was used to separate the analytes, coupled with MS/MS using an electrospray ionization source. The accuracy of the method was confirmed with a mean recovery of 71-121%, and acceptable coefficients of variation (4-23%, n = 6). The detection capability of these compounds in two different matrixes was 0.50-2.82 microg/kg. This method can be applied for the screening and confirmation of target antifungal drugs in chicken tissues.

Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2012

Heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1), which has been identified as an endogenous cardioprotec... more Heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1), which has been identified as an endogenous cardioprotective factor, possesses considerable anti-inflammatory effects and the ability against oxidative stress. However, the mechanisms have not been fully characterized yet. In this study, we investigated the effects of HSF1-regulated HMGB1 on cardiomyocyte death. Cultured cardiomyocytes were transfected with empty vector or HSF1 plasmid before the exposure to H(2)O(2). Cell death was assessed by cell staining. Additionally, the levels of intracellular and extracellular HMGB1 as well as its subcellular location were detected, and the expression of heat shock proteins (HSP27 and HSP90) in the cardiomyocytes was also determined. Not only did H(2)O(2) significantly increase cell death, but also elevated the levels of intracellular and extracellular HMGB1 and induced its translocation, whereas, as expected, HSF1 overexpression effectively attenuated cell death. Furthermore, HSF1 inhibited the intra...

Phytopathology, 2012

The resistance and susceptibility of grapevines to downy mildew (DM) disease caused by Plasmopara... more The resistance and susceptibility of grapevines to downy mildew (DM) disease caused by Plasmopara viticola were compared among different cultivars/accessions belonging to Vitis vinifera, V. rotundifolia, and 10 oriental Vitis species. After inoculation with P. viticola pathogen, no symptom was found in V. rotundifolia grapevines at all, while oriental species V. davidii and V. piasezkii, like V. vinifera, were susceptible to DM disease. The other eight oriental Vitis species showed various resistance levels to DM disease. Intraspecific resistant variations were also observed in V. amurensis. Microscopy studies were conducted on various time courses after pathogen infection on grape leaves. P. viticola hyphae were not observed in V. rotundifolia cultivars, while symptoms with varying degrees of severity were observed among the Euvitis species. In general, the DM resistant oriental species showed a slower development of hypha and less formation of haustoria than DM susceptible V. vini...

Nano letters, Jan 10, 2013

We report a new type of single InAs quantum dot (QD) embedded at the junction of gold-free branch... more We report a new type of single InAs quantum dot (QD) embedded at the junction of gold-free branched GaAs/AlGaAs nanowire (NW) grown on silicon substrate. The photoluminescence intensity of such QD is ~20 times stronger than that from randomly distributed QD grown on the facet of straight NW. Sharp excitonic emission is observed at 4.2 K with a line width of 101 μeV and a vanishing two-photon emission probability of g(2)(0) = 0.031(2). This new nanostructure may open new ways for designing novel quantum optoelectronic devices.

Virus research, Jan 22, 2014

Calpain is a family of neutral cysteine proteinase involved in many physiological and pathologica... more Calpain is a family of neutral cysteine proteinase involved in many physiological and pathological processes including virus replication, autophagy and apoptosis. Previous study has indicated the involvement of calpain in pathogenesis of coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3)-induced myocarditis. Besides, many studies demonstrated that host cell autophagy and apoptosis mechanisms participate in virus life cycle. However, role of calpain in CVB3 replication via autophagy/apoptosis mechanisms has not been reported, which was discussed here in H9c2 cardiomyocytes. The data demonstrated that calpain was activated following CVB3 infection. Calpain inhibition decreased autophagy, indicating role of calpain in enhancing autophagy during CVB3 infection. Both calpain activity and autophagy were involved in facilitating CVB3 replication demonstrated by virus titer and CVB3 capsid protein VP1 expression alterations resulting from calpain inhibitor ALLN and autophagy inhibitor 3MA intervention. We also found...

PloS one, 2013

Cryptic species are frequently recovered in plant lineages, and considered an important cause for... more Cryptic species are frequently recovered in plant lineages, and considered an important cause for divergent of morphological disparity and species diversity. The identification of cryptic species has important implications for the assessment of conservation needs of species aggregates. The mechanisms and processes of the origin of cryptic species diversity are still poorly understand based on the lack of studies especially in context of environment factors. Here we explored evidence for cryptic species within the epiphyllous liverworts Cololejeunea lanciloba complex based on two loci, the plastid trnL-F region and the nuclear ribosomal ITS region. Several analytic approaches were employed to delimit species based on DNA sequence variation including phylogenetic reconstruction, statistical parsimony networks analysis and two recently introduced species delimitation criteria: Rosenberg's reciprocal monophyly and Rodrigo's randomly distinct. We found evidence for thirteen genet...

International journal of molecular medicine, 2014

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) the simplest of the water-soluble phospholipids, is produced by activ... more Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) the simplest of the water-soluble phospholipids, is produced by activated platelets, macrophage and endothelial cells. It also evokes various biological responses. When LPA concentrations reach high levels, brain injury, including stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), occurs. Previous studies have shown that LPA is crucial in increasing blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, and the Rho/Rho kinase (ROCK) signaling pathway is involved in the regulation of endothelial permeability. However, the exact mechanism by which the Rho/ROCK pathway mediates BBB disruption induced by LPA remains to be determined. In the present study, we observed that LPA induced the increase of BBB permeability in the right striatum after 10 µl LPA (100 µM) was injected into the ipsilateral caudate nucleus of rats. The ROCK was involved in the expression of proteolytic enzymes, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), leading to LPA-indu...