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  1. Article: Applications of single-cell RNA sequencing in spermatogenesis and molecular evolution.

    Chen, Wen-Bo / Zhang, Meng-Fei / Yang, Fan / Hua, Jin-Lian

    Zoological research

    2024  Volume 45, Issue 3, Page(s) 575–585

    Abstract: Spermatogenic cell heterogeneity is determined by the complex process of spermatogenesis differentiation. However, effectively revealing the regulatory mechanisms underlying mammalian spermatogenic cell development and differentiation via traditional ... ...

    Abstract Spermatogenic cell heterogeneity is determined by the complex process of spermatogenesis differentiation. However, effectively revealing the regulatory mechanisms underlying mammalian spermatogenic cell development and differentiation via traditional methods is difficult. Advances in technology have led to the emergence of many single-cell transcriptome sequencing protocols, which have partially addressed these challenges. In this review, we detail the principles of 10x Genomics technology and summarize the methods for downstream analysis of single-cell transcriptome sequencing data. Furthermore, we explore the role of single-cell transcriptome sequencing in revealing the heterogeneity of testicular ecological niche cells, delineating the establishment and disruption of testicular immune homeostasis during human spermatogenesis, investigating abnormal spermatogenesis in humans, and, ultimately, elucidating the molecular evolution of mammalian spermatogenesis.
    MeSH term(s) Spermatogenesis/genetics ; Animals ; Single-Cell Analysis/methods ; Male ; Evolution, Molecular ; Sequence Analysis, RNA/methods ; Humans ; Transcriptome ; Testis
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-05-15
    Publishing country China
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ISSN 2095-8137
    ISSN 2095-8137
    DOI 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2024.010
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  2. Article ; Online: Identification and characterization of novel genetic variants in the first Chinese family of mucopolysaccharidosis IIIC (Sanfilippo C syndrome).

    Zhao, Hongjun / Wang, Lijing / Zhang, Mengfei / Wang, Huakun / Zhang, Sizhe / Wu, Junjiao / Tang, Yu

    Journal of cellular and molecular medicine

    2024  Volume 28, Issue 8, Page(s) e18307

    Abstract: Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIC (MPS IIIC) is one of inherited lysosomal storage disorders, caused by deficiencies in lysosomal hydrolases degrading acidic mucopolysaccharides. The gene responsible for MPS IIIC is HGSNAT, which encodes an enzyme that ... ...

    Abstract Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIC (MPS IIIC) is one of inherited lysosomal storage disorders, caused by deficiencies in lysosomal hydrolases degrading acidic mucopolysaccharides. The gene responsible for MPS IIIC is HGSNAT, which encodes an enzyme that catalyses the acetylation of the terminal glucosamine residues of heparan sulfate. So far, few studies have focused on the genetic landscape of MPS IIIC in China, where IIIA and IIIB were the major subtypes. In this study, we utilized whole-exome sequencing (WES) to identify novel compound heterozygous variants in the HGSNAT gene from a Chinese patient with typical MPS IIIC symptoms: c.743G>A; p.Gly248Glu and c.1030C>T; p.Arg344Cys. We performed in silico analysis and experimental validation, which confirmed the deleterious pathogenic nature of both variants, as evidenced by the loss of HGSNAT activity and failure of lysosomal localization. To the best of our knowledge, the MPS IIIC is first confirmed by clinical, biochemical and molecular genetic findings in China. Our study thus expands the spectrum of MPS IIIC pathogenic variants, which is of importance to dissect the pathogenesis and to carry out clinical diagnosis of MPS IIIC. Moreover, this study helps to depict the natural history of Chinese MPS IIIC populations.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Mucopolysaccharidosis III/genetics ; Mucopolysaccharidoses/genetics ; Asian People/genetics ; Acetylation ; China ; Acetyltransferases
    Chemical Substances HGSNAT protein, human (EC 2.3.1.78) ; Acetyltransferases (EC 2.3.1.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2074559-X
    ISSN 1582-4934 ; 1582-4934 ; 1582-1838
    ISSN (online) 1582-4934
    ISSN 1582-4934 ; 1582-1838
    DOI 10.1111/jcmm.18307
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  3. Article: Advances in Catalysts for Urea Electrosynthesis Utilizing CO

    Zhang, Mengfei / Feng, Tianjian / Che, Xuanming / Wang, Yuhan / Wang, Pengxian / Chai, Mao / Yuan, Menglei

    Materials (Basel, Switzerland)

    2024  Volume 17, Issue 9

    Abstract: Electrocatalytic urea synthesis from ... ...

    Abstract Electrocatalytic urea synthesis from CO
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-05-03
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2487261-1
    ISSN 1996-1944
    ISSN 1996-1944
    DOI 10.3390/ma17092142
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  4. Article ; Online: DRTerHGAT: A drug repurposing method based on the ternary heterogeneous graph attention network.

    He, Hongjian / Xie, Jiang / Huang, Dingkai / Zhang, Mengfei / Zhao, Xuyu / Ying, Yiwei / Wang, Jiao

    Journal of molecular graphics & modelling

    2024  Volume 130, Page(s) 108783

    Abstract: Drug repurposing is an effective method to reduce the time and cost of drug development. Computational drug repurposing can quickly screen out the most likely associations from large biological databases to achieve effective drug repurposing. However, ... ...

    Abstract Drug repurposing is an effective method to reduce the time and cost of drug development. Computational drug repurposing can quickly screen out the most likely associations from large biological databases to achieve effective drug repurposing. However, building a comprehensive model that integrates drugs, proteins, and diseases for drug repurposing remains challenging. This study proposes a drug repurposing method based on the ternary heterogeneous graph attention network (DRTerHGAT). DRTerHGAT designs a novel protein feature extraction process consisting of a large-scale protein language model and a multi-task autoencoder, so that protein features can be extracted accurately and efficiently from amino acid sequences. The ternary heterogeneous graph of drug-protein-disease comprehensively considering the relationships among the three types of nodes, including three homogeneous and three heterogeneous relationships. Based on the graph and the extracted protein features, the deep features of the drugs and the diseases are extracted by graph convolutional networks (GCN) and heterogeneous graph node attention networks (HGNA). In the experiments, DRTerHGAT is proven superior to existing advanced methods and DRTerHGAT variants. DRTerHGAT's powerful ability for drug repurposing is also demonstrated in Alzheimer's disease.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1396450-1
    ISSN 1873-4243 ; 1093-3263
    ISSN (online) 1873-4243
    ISSN 1093-3263
    DOI 10.1016/j.jmgm.2024.108783
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  5. Article ; Online: Optimization of a Perovskite Oxide-Based Cathode Catalyst Layer on Performance of Direct Ammonia Fuel Cells

    Jeerh, Georgina / Zou, Peimiao / Zhang, Mengfei / Tao, Shanwen

    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2022 Dec. 27, v. 15, no. 1 p.1029-1041

    2022  

    Abstract: To maximize fuel cell performance, transport pathways for electrons, ions, and reactants should be connected well. This demands a well-constructed microstructure in the catalyst layer (CL). Herein we design and optimize a cathode CL for a direct ammonia ... ...

    Abstract To maximize fuel cell performance, transport pathways for electrons, ions, and reactants should be connected well. This demands a well-constructed microstructure in the catalyst layer (CL). Herein we design and optimize a cathode CL for a direct ammonia fuel cell (DAFC) using a perovskite oxide as the catalyst to reduce reliance on platinum group metals (PGMs). The effects of tailoring carbon, ionomer, and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) content in cathode CLs (CCLs) were explored, and several DAFCs were tested. Using the same catalyst and operating conditions, the lowest maximum current density and peak power density obtained were 85.3 mA cm-² and 5.92 mW cm-², respectively, which substantially increased to 317 mA cm-² and 30.1 mW cm-² through proper carbon, ionomer, and PTFE optimization, illustrating the importance of an effective three-phase interface. The findings reveal that despite employment of an active catalyst for oxygen reduction at the cathode site, the true performance of the catalyst cannot be reflected unless it is supported by proper design of the CCL. The study also reveals that by optimizing the CCL, similar performances to those of Pt/C-based CCLs in literature can be obtained at a cost reduction.
    Keywords ammonia ; carbon ; catalysts ; cathodes ; cost effectiveness ; fuel cells ; fuels ; microstructure ; oxygen ; platinum ; polytetrafluoroethylene ; direct ammonia fuel cell (DAFC) ; perovskite ; cathode ; catalyst layer ; optimization
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-1227
    Size p. 1029-1041.
    Publishing place American Chemical Society
    Document type Article ; Online
    ISSN 1944-8252
    DOI 10.1021/acsami.2c17253
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  6. Article: On four new species of the orb-weaver spider genus

    Wu, Yibei / Wang, Cheng / Wu, Nanfei / Zhang, Mengfei / Mi, Xiaoqi

    ZooKeys

    2023  Volume 1160, Page(s) 169–190

    Abstract: Four new species ... ...

    Abstract Four new species of
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-09
    Publishing country Bulgaria
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2445640-8
    ISSN 1313-2970 ; 1313-2989
    ISSN (online) 1313-2970
    ISSN 1313-2989
    DOI 10.3897/zookeys.1160.101594
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  7. Article ; Online: Recent Progress in Framework Materials for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Chen, Changyun / Zhang, Mengfei / Chen, Quanzhan / Duan, Haibao / Liu, Suli

    Chemical record (New York, N.Y.)

    2023  Volume 23, Issue 6, Page(s) e202200278

    Abstract: Lithium-Sulfur batteries (LSBs) have been considered as a promising candidate for the next generation of energy storage systems due to their high theoretical capacity. However, there are still lots of pending scientific and technological issues to be ... ...

    Abstract Lithium-Sulfur batteries (LSBs) have been considered as a promising candidate for the next generation of energy storage systems due to their high theoretical capacity. However, there are still lots of pending scientific and technological issues to be solved. Framework materials show great potential to address the above-mentioned issues due to the highly ordered distribution of pore sizes, effective catalytic activity, and periodically arranged aperture. In addition, good tunability gives framework materials unlimited possibilities to achieve satisfying performance for LSBs. In this review, the recent advances in pristine framework materials, their derivatives, and composites have been summarized. And a short conclusion and outlook regard to future prospects for guiding the development of framework materials and LSBs.
    MeSH term(s) Lithium ; Electric Power Supplies ; Sulfur
    Chemical Substances Lithium (9FN79X2M3F) ; Sulfur (70FD1KFU70)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2044646-9
    ISSN 1528-0691 ; 1527-8999
    ISSN (online) 1528-0691
    ISSN 1527-8999
    DOI 10.1002/tcr.202200278
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  8. Article: The efficient generation of knockout microglia cells using a dual-sgRNA strategy by CRISPR/Cas9.

    Zhang, Mengfei / Yi, Fang / Wu, Junjiao / Tang, Yu

    Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

    2022  Volume 15, Page(s) 1008827

    Abstract: Gene deletion in microglia has become an important and exciting approach for studying neuroinflammation, especially after the development of the CRISPR/Cas9 system for genome editing during the last decade. In this study, we described a protocol for the ... ...

    Abstract Gene deletion in microglia has become an important and exciting approach for studying neuroinflammation, especially after the development of the CRISPR/Cas9 system for genome editing during the last decade. In this study, we described a protocol for the highly efficient generation of knockout microglia cells using a dual-short guide RNA (sgRNA) strategy by CRISPR/Cas9.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-13
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2452967-9
    ISSN 1662-5099
    ISSN 1662-5099
    DOI 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1008827
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  9. Article ; Online: Surgical repair for left coronary artery-right atrium fistula with giant coronary aneurysm.

    Jin, Yan / Zhang, Mengfei / He, Juan

    Journal of cardiothoracic surgery

    2022  Volume 17, Issue 1, Page(s) 104

    Abstract: Background: Coronary artery fistula is a rare coronary anomaly which is defined as a communication between coronary artery and other heart chambers or vascular structures. The coronary artery which supply the fistula with blood can dilated, as a ... ...

    Abstract Background: Coronary artery fistula is a rare coronary anomaly which is defined as a communication between coronary artery and other heart chambers or vascular structures. The coronary artery which supply the fistula with blood can dilated, as a consequence, coronary aneurysm developed.
    Case introduction: Coronary artery fistula is frequently asymptomatic in its early stage, here we report a 26-year-old woman with left coronary artery fistula and left coronary artery aneurysm who presented in our hospital with dyspnea, fatigue and palpitation. The orifice of fistula was closed by continuous suture via right atriotomy. The wall of the aneurysm and enlarged LCA were partially resected along its longitudinal axis so that we can reduce the diameter of LCA to approximately normal.
    Conclusion: This technique provides a safe method for surgical repair of the giant coronary artery aneurysm with CAF.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Coronary Aneurysm/diagnosis ; Coronary Aneurysm/diagnostic imaging ; Coronary Artery Disease ; Coronary Vessels/diagnostic imaging ; Coronary Vessels/surgery ; Female ; Fistula/diagnosis ; Fistula/diagnostic imaging ; Heart Atria/surgery ; Heart Defects, Congenital ; Humans ; Vascular Fistula/diagnosis ; Vascular Fistula/diagnostic imaging
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-07
    Publishing country England
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2227224-0
    ISSN 1749-8090 ; 1749-8090
    ISSN (online) 1749-8090
    ISSN 1749-8090
    DOI 10.1186/s13019-022-01857-z
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  10. Article: [Research progress of ferroptosis in sepsis].

    Zhang, Mengfei / Yu, Jiangquan / Zheng, Ruiqiang

    Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue

    2022  Volume 34, Issue 9, Page(s) 985–990

    Abstract: Sepsis is a systemic disease with severe health consequences, and it was redefined in 2016 as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by an abnormal host response to infection and is a global public health priority. In recent years, there has been ... ...

    Abstract Sepsis is a systemic disease with severe health consequences, and it was redefined in 2016 as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by an abnormal host response to infection and is a global public health priority. In recent years, there has been increasing recognition of the role of dysregulated micronutrient iron metabolism in the pathogenesis of sepsis. The concept of ferroptosis, an iron-dependent, non-apoptotic mode of cell death characterized by the accumulation of lipid reactive oxygen species (ROS), was first proposed by Dixon et al. in 2012. As a novel mode of programmed cell death, ferroptosis differs in morphological and biochemical characteristics from various forms of cell death, such as apoptosis, autophagy, necrosis and lysis. Recent studies have shown that ferroptosis plays an important regulatory role in the development of sepsis and has become a research focus and highlight for the diagnosis and prognosis of related diseases. Therefore, this paper reviews the latest developments in ferroptosis in sepsis, in order to further understanding its pathogenesis and providing new therapeutic targets for sepsis-related organ dysfunction.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Ferroptosis ; Multiple Organ Failure ; Apoptosis ; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism ; Sepsis ; Iron/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Reactive Oxygen Species ; Iron (E1UOL152H7)
    Language Chinese
    Publishing date 2022-11-03
    Publishing country China
    Document type Review ; English Abstract ; Journal Article
    ISSN 2095-4352
    ISSN 2095-4352
    DOI 10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20220329-00313
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