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Histological Features of Uterine Myometrial Dysfunction:Possible Involvement of Localized Inflammation

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Current Medical Science 2024年第3期44卷 633-641页

作者： sheng-lan ZHU hui-ting ZHANG Yuan-yuan DU Yi JIANG Shao-shuai WANG Wen-cheng DING Ling FENG National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology Tongji HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430030China Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Tongji HospitalTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430030China

Objective The latest perspective suggests that elevated levels of inflammation and cytokines are implicated in atonic postpartum hemorrhage.Lipopolysaccharide(LPS)has been widely used to induce inflammation in animal models.Therefore,this study aimed to induce uterine inflammation using LPS to investigate whether local inflammation triggers dysfunction and atrophy in the myometrium,as well as the potential underlying molecular mechanisms involved.Methods In vivo,an animal model was established by intraperitoneal injection of 300μg/kg LPS in rats on gestational day 21.Hematoxylin-eosin(H&E)staining and Masson staining were employed to determine morphological changes in the rat uterine smooth muscle.Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)was used to detect inflammatory cytokines.Immunohistochemistry,tissue fluorescence,and Western blotting were conducted to assess the expression levels of the uterine contraction-related proteins Toll-like receptor 4(TLR4)and the nuclear factor kappa-B(NF-κB)signaling pathway.In vitro,human uterine smooth muscle cells(HUtSMCs)were exposed to 2μg/mL LPS to further elucidate the involvement of the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway in LPS-mediated inflammation.Results In this study,LPS induced uterine myometrial dysfunction in rats,leading to a disorganized arrangement,a significant increase in collagen fiber deposition,and widespread infiltration of inflammatory cells.In both in vivo animal models and in vitro HUtSMCs,LPS elevated IL-6,IL-1β,and TNF-αlevels while concurrently suppressing the expression of connexin 43(Cx43)and oxytocin receptor(OXTR).Mechanistically,the LPS-treated group exhibited TLR4 activation,and the phosphorylation levels of p65 and IκBαwere notably increased.Conclusion LPS triggered the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway,inducing an inflammatory response in the myometrium and leading to uterine myometrial dysfunction and uterine atony.

关键词： lipopolysaccharide inflammatory response TLR4 NF-κB myometrium

Monothetic and conductive network and mechanical stress releasing layer on micron-silicon anode enabling high-energy solid-state battery

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Rare Metals 2024年第3期43卷 1017-1029页

作者： Xiang Han Min Xu lan-hui Gu Chao-Fei lan Min-Feng Chen Jun-Jie Lu Bi-Fu sheng Peng Wang Song-Yan Chen Ji-Zhang Chen College of Materials Science and Engineering Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forestry ResourcesNanjing Forestry UniversityNanjing210037China Department of Physics Xiamen UniversityXiamen361005China Western Digital Corporation MilpitasCA95035USA

Silicon has ultrahigh capacity,dendrite-free alloy lithiation mechanism and low cost and has been regarded as a promising anode candidate for solid-state battery.Owing to the low infiltration of solid-state electrolyte(SSE),not the unstable solid-electrolyte interphase(SEI),but the huge stress during lithiation-and delithiation-induced particle fracture and conductivity lost tend to be the main issues.In this study,starting with micron-Si,a novel monothetic carbon conductive framework and a MgO coating layer are designed,which serve as electron pathway across the whole electrode and stress releasing layer,respectively.In addition,the in situ reaction between Si and SSE helps to form a LiF-rich and mechanically stable SEI layer.As a result,the mechanical stability and charge transfer kinetics of the uniquely designed Si anode are significantly improved.Consequently,high initial Coulombic efficiency,high capacity and durable cycling stability can be achieved by applying the Si@MgO@C anode in SSB.For example,high specific capacity of 3224.6 mAh·g^(-1)and long cycling durability of 200 cycles are achieved.This work provides a new concept for designing alloy-type anode that combines surface coating on particle and electrode structure design.

关键词： Lithium-ion battery(LIB) Solid-state electrolyte(SSE) Silicon anode Stress relief Coating

Electroacupuncture improves myocardial fibrosis in heart failure rats by attenuating ECM collagen deposition through modulation of TGF-β1/Smads signaling pathway

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Traditional Medicine Research 2024年第8期9卷 1-10页

作者： Wen-hui Wang Qian-lan Zeng Jiao-Jiao Zhang Hao-sheng Wu sheng-Bing Wu Mei-Qi Zhou College of Acupuncture and Massage Anhui University of Chinese MedicineHefei 230038China Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Meridian Viscera Correlationship Anhui University of Chinese MedicineHefei 230038China

Background: To explore the effects of electroacupuncture on cardiac function and myocardial fibrosis in rat models of heart failure, and to elucidate the underlying mechanism of electroacupuncture in heart failure treatment. Methods: Healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats were allocated into three groups: Sham group, Model group, and electroacupuncture (Model + EA) group, with each group comprising 8 rats. The model underwent a procedure involving the ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery to induce a model of heart failure. The Model + EA group was used for 7 consecutive days for electroacupuncture of bilateral Shenmen (HT7) and Tongli (HT5), once a day for 30 min each time. Left ventricular parameters in rats were assessed using a small-animal ultrasound machine to analyze changes in left ventricular end-diastolic volume, left ventricular end-systolic volume, left ventricular ejection fraction, and left ventricular fractional shortening. Serum interleukin-1β (IL-1β), cardiac troponin (cTn), and N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide precursor levels were measured using ELISA. Histopathological changes in rat myocardium were observed through HE staining, while collagen deposition in rat myocardial tissue was assessed using the Masson staining method. Picro sirius red staining, immunohistochemical staining, and RT-qPCR were utilized to distinguish between the various types of collagen deposition. The expression level of TGF-β1 and SMAD2/3/4/7 mRNA in rat myocardial tissues was determined using RT-qPCR. Additionally, western blot analysis was conducted to assess the protein expression levels of TGF-β1, SMAD3/7, and p-SMAD3 in rat myocardial tissues. Results: Compared with the Sham group, the left ventricular ejection fraction and left ventricular fractional shortening values of the Model group were significantly decreased (P < 0.01);the left ventricular end-diastolic volume and left ventricular end-systolic volume values were remarkably increased (P < 0.01);serum N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide prec

关键词： heart failure electroacupuncture heart meridian of Hand-Shaoyin collagen deposition TGF-β1/Smads signaling pathway myocardial fibrosis

Surrogate modeling for unsaturated infiltration via the physics and equality-constrained artificial neural networks

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Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 2024年第6期16卷 2282-2295页

作者： Peng lan Jingjing Su sheng Zhang School of Civil Engineering Central South UniversityChangsha410075China Discipline of Civil Surveying and Environmental EngineeringPriority Research Centre for Geotechnical Science and EngineeringThe University of NewcastleCallaghanNSW2308Australia Qinghai University Qinghai810016China

Machine learning(ML)provides a new surrogate method for investigating groundwater flow dynamics in unsaturated soils.Traditional pure data-driven methods(e.***.deep neural network,DNN)can provide rapid predictions,but they do require sufficient on-site data for accurate training,and lack interpretability to the physical processes within the data.In this paper,we provide a physics and equalityconstrained artificial neural network(PECANN),to derive unsaturated infiltration solutions with a small amount of initial and boundary data.PECANN takes the physics-informed neural network(PINN)as a foundation,encodes the unsaturated infiltration physical laws(i.e.Richards equation,RE)into the loss function,and uses the augmented Lagrangian method to constrain the learning process of the solutions of RE by adding stronger penalty for the initial and boundary conditions.Four unsaturated infiltration cases are designed to test the training performance of PECANN,i.***.one-dimensional(1D)steady-state unsaturated infiltration,1D transient-state infiltration,two-dimensional(2D)transient-state infiltration,and 1D coupled unsaturated infiltration and deformation.The predicted results of PECANN are compared with the finite difference solutions or analytical solutions.The results indicate that PECANN can accurately capture the variations of pressure head during the unsaturated infiltration,and present higher precision and robustness than DNN and PINN.It is also revealed that PECANN can achieve the same accuracy as the finite difference method with fewer initial and boundary training data.Additionally,we investigate the effect of the hyperparameters of PECANN on solving RE problem.PECANN provides an effective tool for simulating unsaturated infiltration.

关键词： Richards equation(RE) Unsaturated infiltration Data-driven solutions Numerical modeling Machine learning(ML)

Burning Numbers of Barbells

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Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica 2024年第2期40卷 526-538页

作者： hui-qing LIU Rui-ting ZHANG Xiao-lan HU Hubei Key Laboratory of Applied Mathematics&Faculty of Mathematics and Statistic Hubei UniversityWuhan 430062China Hubei Key Laboratory of Mathematical Sciences&School of Mathematics and Statistics Central China Normal UniversityWuhan 430079China

Motivated by a discrete-time process intended to measure the speed of the spread of contagion in a graph,the burning number b(G)of a graph G,is defined as the smallest integer k for which there are vertices x1,…xk su... 详细信息

关键词： burning number short/long barbell isometric subtree cycle

Ground-layer Adaptive Optics for the 2.5 m Wide-field and High-resolution Solar Telescope

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Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 2024年第3期24卷 224-236页

作者： Ying Yang lan-Qiang Zhang Nan-Fei Yan Jin-sheng Yang Zhen Li Teng-Fei Song Xue-Jun Rao Chang-hui Rao Key Laboratory on Adaptive Optics Chinese Academy of SciencesChengdu 610209China Institute of Optics and Electronics Chinese Academy of SciencesChengdu 610209China School of Electronic Electrical and Communication Engineering of the University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100049China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049China School of Astronomy and Space Science Nanjing UniversityNanjing 210023China Key Laboratory of Modern A&A Ministry of EducationNanjing 210023China Yunnan Observatories Chinese Academy of SciencesKunming 650216.China

The 2.5 m wide-field and high-resolution solar telescope(WeHoST)is currently under developing for solar observations.WeHoST aims to achieve high-resolution observations over a super-wide field of view(FOV)of5′×5′,and a desired resolution of 0.3″.To meet the scientific requirements of WeHoST,the ground-layer adaptive optics(GLAO)with a specially designed wave front sensing system is as the primary consideration.We introduce the GLAO configuration,particularly the wave front sensing scheme.Utilizing analytic method,we simulate the performance of both classical AO and GLAO systems,optimize the wave front sensing system,and evaluate GLAO performance in terms of PSF uniformity and correction improvement across whole FOV.The results indicate that,the classical AO will achieve diffraction-limited resolution;the suggested GLAO configuration will uniformly improve the seeing across the full 5′×5′FOV,reducing the FWHM across the axis FOV to less than0.3″(λ≥705 nm,r0≥11 cm),which is more than two times improvement.The specially designed wave front sensor schedule offers new potential for WeHoST’s GLAO,particularly the multi-FOV GLAO and the flexibility to select the detected area.These capabilities will significantly enhance the scientific output of the telescope.

关键词： instrumentation adaptive optics-instrumentation detectors-instrumentation high angular resolution-methods numerical-telescopes-Sun activity

Dynamic foraging strategy adaptation to heterogeneous environments contributes to social aggregation in snub-nosed monkeys

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Zoological Research 2024年第1期45卷 39-54页

作者： lan Zhao sheng-Nan Ji Xiao-Bing Du Jia-hui Liu Bo-Lun Zhang Pei-Hua Li Yi-Jun Yang Bao-Guo Li Yan-Qing Guo Xiao-Guang Qi College of Life Sciences Northwest UniversityXi’anShaanxi 710069China Chengdu Institute of Biology Chinese Academy of SciencesChengduSichuan 610041China State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment Chinese Research Academy of Environmental SciencesBeijing 100012China

The dynamics of animal social structures are heavily influenced by environmental patterns of competition and cooperation.In folivorous colobine primates,prevailing theories suggest that larger group sizes should be favored in rainforests with a year-round abundance of food,thereby reducing feeding competition.Yet,paradoxically,larger groups are frequently found in high-altitude or high-latitude montane ecosystems characterized by a seasonal scarcity of leaves.This contradiction is posited to arise from cooperative benefits in heterogeneous environments.To investigate this hypothesis,we carried out a six-year field study on two neighboring groups of golden snub-nosed monkey(Rhinopithecus roxellana),a species representing the northernmost distribution of colobine primates.Results showed that the groups adjusted their movement and habitat selection in response to fluctuating climates and spatiotemporal variability of resources,indicative of a dynamic foraging strategy.Notably,during the cold,resource-scarce conditions in winter,the large group occupied food-rich habitats but did not exhibit significantly longer daily travel distances than the smaller neighboring group.Subsequently,we compiled an eco-behavioral dataset of 52 colobine species to explore their evolutionary trajectories.Analysis of this dataset suggested that the increase in group size may have evolved via home range expansion in response to the cold and heterogeneous climates found at higher altitudes or latitudes.Hence,we developed a multi-benefits framework to interpret the formation of larger groups by integrating environmental heterogeneity.In cold and diverse environments,even smaller groups require larger home ranges to meet their dynamic survival needs.The spatiotemporal distribution of high-quality resources within these expanded home ranges facilitates more frequent interactions between groups,thereby encouraging social aggregation into larger groups.This process enhances the benefits of collaborative actions and reproductive opportunities,whi

关键词： Social evolution Folivore paradox MLS Rhinopithecus roxellana Multi-benefits framework

Inhibition of EGFR attenuates EGF-induced activation of retinal pigment epithelium cell via EGFR/AKT signaling pathway

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International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition) 2024年第6期17卷 1018-1027页

作者： Yu-sheng Zhu Si-Rui Zhou hui-hui Zhang Tong Wang Xiao-Dong Chen Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine Northwest UniversityXi’an 710069Shaanxi ProvinceChina First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University Northwest UniversityXi’an 710069Shaanxi ProvinceChina Department of Ophthalmology Xi’an No.1 HospitalXi’an 710002Shaanxi ProvinceChina Shaanxi Institute of Ophthalmology Shaanxi Provincial Key Lab of OphthalmologyClinical Research Center for Ophthalmology Diseases of Shaanxi ProvinceXi’an 710002Shaanxi ProvinceChina

AIM:To explore the effect of epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR)inhibition by erlotinib and EGFR siRNA on epidermal growth factor(EGF)-induced activation of retinal pigment epithelium(RPE)cells.METHODS:Human RPE cell line(ARPE-19 cells)was activated by 100 ng/mL EGF.Erlotinib and EGFR siRNA were used to intervene EGF treatment.Cellular viability,proliferation,and migration were detected by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT)assay,bromodeoxyuridine(BrdU)staining assay and wound healing assay,respectively.EGFR/protein kinase B(AKT)pathway proteins and N-cadherin,α-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA),and vimentin were tested by Western blot assay.EGFR was also determined by immunofluorescence staining.RESULTS:EGF treatment for 24h induced a significant increase of ARPE-19 cells’viability,proliferation and migration,phosphorylation of EGFR/AKT proteins,and decreased total EGFR expression.Erlotinib suppressed ARPE-19 cells’viability,proliferation and migration through down regulating total EGFR and AKT protein expressions.Erlotinib also inhibited EGF-induced an increase of proliferative and migrative ability in ARPE-19 cells and clearly suppressed EGF-induced EGFR/AKT proteins phosphorylation and decreased expression of N-cadherin,α-SMA,and vimentin proteins.Similarly,EGFR inhibition by EGFR siRNA significantly affected EGF-induced an increase of cell proliferation,viability,and migration,phosphorylation of EGFR/AKT proteins,and up-regulation of N-cadherin,α-SMA,and vimentin proteins.CONCLUSION:Erlotinib and EGFR-knockdown suppress EGF-induced cell viability,proliferation,and migration via EGFR/AKT pathway in RPE cells.EGFR inhibition may be a possible therapeutic approach for proliferative vitreoretinopathy(PVR).

关键词： erlotinib epidermal growth factor receptor protein kinase B epithelial-mesenchymal transition retinal pigment epithelium cell

Small extracellular vesicles derived from human induced pluripotent stem cell-differentiated neural progenitor cells mitigate retinal ganglion cell degeneration in a mouse model of optic nerve injury

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Neural Regeneration Research 2025年第2期20卷 587-597页

作者： Tong Li hui-Min Xing Hai-Dong Qian Qiao Gao sheng-lan Xu Hua Ma Zai-Long Chi State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Optometry and Visual ScienceEye HospitalWenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhouZhejiang ProvinceChina National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases Eye HospitalWenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhouZhejiang ProvinceChina

Several studies have found that transplantation of neural progenitor cells(NPCs)promotes the survival of injured neurons.However,a poor integration rate and high risk of tumorigenicity after cell transplantation limits their clinical application.Small extracellular vesicles(sEVs)contain bioactive molecules for neuronal protection and regeneration.Previous studies have shown that stem/progenitor cell-derived sEVs can promote neuronal survival and recovery of neurological function in neurodegenerative eye diseases and other eye diseases.In this study,we intravitreally transplanted sEVs derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells(hiPSCs)and hiPSCs-differentiated NPCs(hiPSC-NPC)in a mouse model of optic nerve crush.Our results show that these intravitreally injected sEVs were ingested by retinal cells,especially those localized in the ganglion cell layer.Treatment with hiPSC-NPC-derived sEVs mitigated optic nerve crush-induced retinal ganglion cell degeneration,and regulated the retinal microenvironment by inhibiting excessive activation of microglia.Component analysis further revealed that hiPSC-NPC derived sEVs transported neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory miRNA cargos to target cells,which had protective effects on RGCs after optic nerve injury.These findings suggest that sEVs derived from hiPSC-NPC are a promising cell-free therapeutic strategy for optic neuropathy.

关键词： exosome miRNA neural progenitor cell neurodegeneration neuroinflammation neuroprotection optic nerve crush optic neuropathy retinal ganglion cell small extracellular vesicles