Publications by authors named "Liuyang Wang"

As the need for antibody production rises, there is an urgent need to lower the costs and enhance the efficiency of the separation process. Currently, the chromatographic media used for antibody separation and purification often focus on individual properties of antibodies, such as affinity, hydrophobicity, and charge, leading to issues like low purification efficiency or inadequate adsorption capacity. To address this, an electrostatically coupled polypeptide affinity medium (FD7-3, 5-diaminobenzoic acid n-sepharose, FD7-DA-Sepharose) was developed for rapid purification of antibodies from cell culture supernatant.

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Objective: To determine the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) following abdominal surgery, assess its outcome associations, and identify factors associated with postoperative AKI development.

Methods: We performed a systematic search of PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, from January 2004, to December 2024. We included studies reporting AKI based on consensus criteria (RIFLE, AKIN, or KDIGO) in adult abdominal surgery patients.

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Granulomas are classic manifestations of tuberculosis pathogenesis. They result from an ensemble of immune responses to infection, but the identities, arrangement, cellular interactions, and regulation of the cells that comprise them have thus far been incompletely understood. To better understand the composition of granulomas, we conducted spatial and single-cell RNA sequencing of granulomas in biopsy specimens from patients with tuberculosis.

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We report three patients with bilateral lower limb weakness as the initial symptom. Case 1 presented at 37 years old with bilateral lower limb weakness. The condition gradually worsened, eventually leading to wheelchair dependence.

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Yersinia pestis is the bacterium responsible for plague, one of the deadliest diseases in history. To discover human genetic determinants of Y. pestis infection, we utilized nearly 1,000 genetically diverse lymphoblastoid cell lines in a cellular genome-wide association study.

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In moths, sex pheromones are synthesized in pheromone glands (PGs) by a variety of enzymes. Desaturases (DESs) are critical for the introduction of double bonds into pheromones. In , the specific DESs involved in sex pheromone biosynthesis remain unclear.

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The cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is a major pest in cotton production, notorious for its rapid development of resistance to pesticides, which complicates control efforts. A sustainable solution involves combining selective insecticides with biocontrol agents to reduce pest populations while preserving natural enemies. Afidopyropen, a novel transient receptor potential vanilloid-targeted insecticide, was extremely safe for the minute pirate bug Orius sauteri Poppius (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), a common predator of small pests.

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Senescent hepatocytes accumulate in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and are linked to worse clinical outcomes. However, their heterogeneity and lack of specific markers have made them difficult to target therapeutically. Here, we define a senescent hepatocyte gene signature (SHGS) using in vitro and in vivo models and show that it tracks with MASLD progression/regression across mouse models and large human cohorts.

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Background: Luteolin has an anti-inflammatory effect, but the mechanism has not been elucidated in sepsis-induced acute hepatic injury (AHI). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects and potential mechanisms of luteolin on sepsis-induced AHI.

Methods: In this study, we utilized both wild-type (WT) mice and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-deficient (TLR4) mice alongside RAW264.

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Objective: Our study aim is to explore the mechanisms of short peptide passages on intestinal dysfunction in septic mice utilizing a metabolomics approach, which provides a new scientific basis for the clinical study of sepsis.

Methods: Mices were allocated at random into four groups: control (Con), cecal ligation and puncture followed by one, three or 7 day short-peptide-based enteral nutrition group (CLP + SPEN1), (CLP + SPEN3), and (CLP + SPEN7) groups. A liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based metabolomics method was used to analyze changes in serum metabolites in septic mice.

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Insect sex pheromones have been widely used in integrated pest control due to their efficiency, non-toxicity, specificity, and environmental sustainability. They are considered a key component of green pest management techniques. is a phytophagous plant bug on alfalfa ( L.

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Neoadjuvant immunotherapy seeks to harness the primary tumor as a source of relevant tumor antigens to enhance systemic anti-tumor immunity through improved immunological surveillance. Despite having revolutionized the treatment of patients with high-risk early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a significant portion of patients remain unresponsive and succumb to metastatic recurrence post-treatment. Here, we found that optimally scheduled neoadjuvant administration of anti-4-1BB monotherapy was able to counteract metastases and prolong survival following surgical resection.

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In single-cell studies, cells can be characterized with multiple sources of heterogeneity (SOH) such as cell type, developmental stage, cell cycle phase, activation state, and so on. In some studies, many nuisance SOH are of no interest, but may confound the identification of the SOH of interest, and thus affect the accurate annotate the corresponding cell subpopulations. In this paper, we develop B-Lightning, a novel and robust method designed to identify marker genes and cell subpopulations corresponding to an SOH (e.

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Objectives: Our aim was to explore the IL-27 effect in sepsis (SP)-related acute hepatic injury (AHI) as well as its possible mechanism.

Materials And Methods: Herein, we utilized both wild-type (WT) and IL-27 receptor (WSX-1)-deficient (IL-27R) mice alongside RAW264.7 cells.

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Introduction: Transdermal patches offer a unique advantage by providing extended therapeutic benefits while maintaining stable plasma drug concentration. The efficacy and safety of patches depend significantly on their ability to adhere to the skin, a feature influenced by various external and internal factors.

Areas Covered: The review primarily focuses on the fundamental aspects of adhesion in transdermal patches, including basic information about the skin, the underlying principles of adhesion, drug delivery, and adhesion characteristics of pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs), adhesion issues, impact factors, strategies to improve patch adhesion, and relevant molecular mechanisms.

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Most genetic variants identified through genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are suspected to be regulatory in nature, but only a small fraction colocalize with expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs, variants associated with expression of a gene). Therefore, it is hypothesized but largely untested that integration of disease GWAS with context-specific eQTLs will reveal the underlying genes driving disease associations. We used colocalization and transcriptomic analyses to identify shared genetic variants and likely causal genes associated with critically ill COVID-19 and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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Background: Acute lung injury (ALI) significantly impacts the survival rates in intensive care units (ICU). Releasing a lot of pro-inflammatory mediators during the progression of the disease is a core feature of ALI, which may lead to uncontrolled inflammation and further damages the tissues and organs of patients. This study explores the potential therapeutic mechanisms of Dexmedetomidine (Dex) in ALI.

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Objectives: To evaluate the manufacturability, efficacy and safety of allogeneic CD19 chimeric antigen receptor double-negative T cells (CD19-CAR-DNTs) as an off-the-shelf therapeutic cell product.

Methods: A membrane proteome array was used to assess the off-target binding of CD19-CAR. DNTs derived from healthy donors were transduced with lentiviral vectors encoding the CD19-CAR.

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is the gram-negative bacterium responsible for plague, one of the deadliest and most feared diseases in human history. This bacterium is known to infect phagocytic cells, such as dendritic cells and macrophages, but interactions with non-phagocytic cells of the adaptive immune system are frequently overlooked despite the importance they likely hold for human infection. To discover human genetic determinants of infection, we utilized nearly a thousand genetically diverse lymphoblastoid cell lines in a cellular genome-wide association study method called Hi-HOST (High-throughput Human in-vitrO Susceptibility Testing).

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Acute hepatic injury (AHI) is associated with poor prognosis in sepsis patient; however, to date, no specific therapeutic approach has been established for this disease. Therefore, we aimed to explore the effects and action mechanisms of Astragaloside IV (AS) on AHI. C57BL/6 mice, RAW264.

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Article Synopsis
  • Single-cell studies often face challenges from various sources of heterogeneity that can obscure the identification of specific cell subpopulations and their characteristics.
  • The paper introduces B-Lightning, a new method that effectively distinguishes relevant marker genes and cell subpopulations related to specific sources of heterogeneity (like activation status) while minimizing interference from other factors (like cell type or cycle phase).
  • B-Lightning has been shown through various studies to be more sensitive and robust than existing methods, successfully identifying new biological markers in conditions like pulmonary fibrosis and SARS-COV-2 infections, emphasizing its utility in analyzing complex single-cell data.
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This study aims to develop a sustained release patch for bisoprolol (BSP) to address the issue of blood pressure fluctuations caused by traditional dosing methods, ensuring continuous drug release and efficient utilization. Long-chain saturated fatty acids (C-C) were chosen as counterions to precisely control BSP's permeation rate in the patch formulation, and the ion-pairing strategy's mechanism in drug delivery was thoroughly investigated. Molecular docking results revealed significant differences in the adsorption capacities of different ion pairs in the stratum corneum (SC) and epidermis, directly influencing their residence times and thereby regulating BSP's passive diffusion rate.

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Endothelial cells (ECs) are an initial barrier between vascularized organ allografts and the host immune system and are thus well positioned to initiate and influence alloimmune rejection. The mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor rapamycin is known to inhibit T cell activation and attenuate acute allograft rejection. It also has numerous effects on ECs.

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Currently, finasteride (FIN) is approved to treat androgenetic alopecia only orally, and the application of FIN in transdermal drug delivery system (TDDS) has introduced a new approach for treating the disease. This study was aimed to develop a FIN transdermal patch for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia(AGA) by combing ion-pair and O-acylmenthols (AM) as chemical permeation enhancers (CPEs). The formulation of patch was optimized though single-factor investigation and Box-Behnken design.

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