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  1. Article: Verification of a cryptic t(Y;15) translocation in a male with an apparent 45,X karyotype.

    Qin, Shengfang / Wang, Xueyan / Wang, Jin / Zhang, Zhuo / Chen, Ximin / Yin, Yan / Ye, Mengling / Li-Ling, Jesse

    Molecular cytogenetics

    2022  Volume 15, Issue 1, Page(s) 3

    Abstract: ... an apparent 45,X karyotype. STR analysis showed that he possessed a short arm of the Y chromosome, including ... A FISH assay of DXZ1 and DYZ3 probes showed a green signal of the X centromere and a red of the Y ... Background: A rare disease is that an individual with a non-chimeric karyotype of 45,X develops ...

    Abstract Background: A rare disease is that an individual with a non-chimeric karyotype of 45,X develops into a male. We explored the genetic aetiology of an infertile male with an apparent 45,X karyotype, which was subsequently verified as cryptic translocation between chromosomes Y and 15.
    Methods: DNA was extracted from the patient's peripheral blood. A range of genetic testing was performed, including conventional chromosomal karyotyping, short tandem repeat (STR) analysis for azoospermia factor (AZF) region, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with specific probes groups of DXZ1/DYZ3, DYZ3/D15Z1/PML and SRY/D15Z1/PML, and chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) for genomic copy number variations (CNVs).
    Results: The patient was found to have an apparent 45,X karyotype. STR analysis showed that he possessed a short arm of the Y chromosome, including the SRY gene; however, he was missing the long arm of the Y chromosome, including AZFa + b + c and Yqter. A FISH assay of DXZ1 and DYZ3 probes showed a green signal of the X centromere and a red of the Y centromeric signal on a D-group-sized chromosome. By FISH assaying with D15Z1 and DYZ3 probes, chromosomes 15 and Y centromeric signals appeared closely on a single chromosome, as the PML control probe ascertained. A further FISH assay with D15Z1 and SRY probes revealed a signal of the SRY gene at the end of one arm of chromosome 15. The result of the CMA indicated a deletion with an approximate size of 45.31 Mb spanning from Yq11 to Yter.
    Conclusion: Our study enriched the karyotype-phenotype correlation of Y and 15 chromosomes translocation. It strengthened the critical roles of molecular genetic techniques in identifying the chromosomal breakpoints and regions involved. Genetic aetiology can guide early intervention in childhood and assisted reproduction in adulthood.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2420849-8
    ISSN 1755-8166
    ISSN 1755-8166
    DOI 10.1186/s13039-022-00581-6
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  2. Article: Sexually Dimorphic Gene Expression in X and Y Sperms Instructs Sexual Dimorphism of Embryonic Genome Activation in Yellow Catfish (

    Xiong, Yang / Wang, Dan-Yang / Guo, Wenjie / Gong, Gaorui / Chen, Zhen-Xia / Tang, Qin / Mei, Jie

    Biology

    2022  Volume 11, Issue 12

    Abstract: ... genome activation, we compared X and Y sperm and different sexes of embryos before sex determination ... Through transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) and whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) of X and Y sperm, we found a big ... proportion of upregulated genes in Y sperm, supported by the observation that genome-wide DNA methylation ...

    Abstract Paternal factors play an important role in embryonic morphogenesis and contribute to sexual dimorphism in development. To assess the effect of paternal DNA on sexual dimorphism of embryonic genome activation, we compared X and Y sperm and different sexes of embryos before sex determination. Through transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) and whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) of X and Y sperm, we found a big proportion of upregulated genes in Y sperm, supported by the observation that genome-wide DNA methylation level is slightly lower than in X sperm. Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, TGF-beta, and toll-like receptor pathways play important roles in spermatogenesis. Through whole-genome re-sequencing (WGRS) of parental fish and RNA-seq of five early embryonic stages, we found the low-blastocyst time point is a key to maternal transcriptome degradation and zygotic genome activation. Generally, sexual differences emerged from the bud stage. Moreover, through integrated analysis of paternal SNPs and gene expression, we evaluated the influence of paternal inheritance on sexual dimorphism of genome activation. Besides, we screened out
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-14
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2661517-4
    ISSN 2079-7737
    ISSN 2079-7737
    DOI 10.3390/biology11121818
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  3. Book ; Online: Building Multilingual Machine Translation Systems That Serve Arbitrary X-Y Translations

    Eriguchi, Akiko / Xie, Shufang / Qin, Tao / Awadalla, Hany Hassan

    2022  

    Abstract: ... this issue, this paper discusses how to practically build MNMT systems that serve arbitrary X-Y translation ...

    Abstract Multilingual Neural Machine Translation (MNMT) enables one system to translate sentences from multiple source languages to multiple target languages, greatly reducing deployment costs compared with conventional bilingual systems. The MNMT training benefit, however, is often limited to many-to-one directions. The model suffers from poor performance in one-to-many and many-to-many with zero-shot setup. To address this issue, this paper discusses how to practically build MNMT systems that serve arbitrary X-Y translation directions while leveraging multilinguality with a two-stage training strategy of pretraining and finetuning. Experimenting with the WMT'21 multilingual translation task, we demonstrate that our systems outperform the conventional baselines of direct bilingual models and pivot translation models for most directions, averagely giving +6.0 and +4.1 BLEU, without the need for architecture change or extra data collection. Moreover, we also examine our proposed approach in an extremely large-scale data setting to accommodate practical deployment scenarios.

    Comment: NAACL 2022
    Keywords Computer Science - Computation and Language ; Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
    Subject code 410
    Publishing date 2022-06-29
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  4. Article ; Online: Uniform Lithium Deposition Induced by ZnF x (OH) y for High-Performance Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile-Based Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

    Wanming Teng / Yanyan Li / Ting Ma / Xiuyun Ren / Ding Nan / Jun Liu / Xiaohu Wang / Qin Yang / Jiaojiao Deng

    Polymers, Vol 14, Iss 4494, p

    2022  Volume 4494

    Abstract: ... The Li-S battery with sulfurized polyacrylonitrile cathode and Li-ZnF x (OH) y @Cu anode (N/P ratio of 1 ... 5:1) maintains 95% capacity after 60 cycles, proving the feasibility of ZnF x (OH) y @Cu ... Coulombic efficiencies (CEs) and poor cycle life. In this research, we proposed the modification of ZnF x ...

    Abstract Lithium metal batteries are emerging as the next generation of high-density electrochemical energy storage systems because of the ultra-high specific capacity and ultra-low electrochemical potential of the Li metal anode. However, the uneven Li deposition on commercial Cu current collectors result in low Coulombic efficiencies (CEs) and poor cycle life. In this research, we proposed the modification of ZnF x (OH) y on Cu foils to expand the lifespan. As-generated ZnLi alloy and LiF could promote uniform Li nucleation and deposition, thus resulting in an improved Li plating/stripping CE and extended cycle life. The Li-S battery with sulfurized polyacrylonitrile cathode and Li-ZnF x (OH) y @Cu anode (N/P ratio of 1.5:1) maintains 95% capacity after 60 cycles, proving the feasibility of ZnF x (OH) y @Cu for practical applications.
    Keywords ZnF x (OH) y modification ; current collector ; Li-S battery ; Organic chemistry ; QD241-441
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  5. Article ; Online: Identification of differentially expressed proteins between bull X and Y spermatozoa.

    Chen, Xiaoli / Zhu, Huabin / Wu, Chengjiang / Han, Weidong / Hao, Haisheng / Zhao, Xueming / Du, Weihua / Qin, Tong / Liu, Yan / Wang, Dong

    Journal of proteomics

    2012  Volume 77, Page(s) 59–67

    Abstract: Differential expression of genes leads to variation in phenotypes of X and Y sperm, even ... between X and Y sperm sorted from semen of nine bulls were compared using two-dimensional electrophoresis ... detected in X sperm and Y sperm, respectively, and 42 significant protein spots were differentially ...

    Abstract Differential expression of genes leads to variation in phenotypes of X and Y sperm, even though some differential gene products are shared through an intercellular bridge. Differentially expressed proteins between X and Y sperm sorted from semen of nine bulls were compared using two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) coupled with mass spectrometry (MS) analysis. Overall, 663±12 and 647±22 protein spots were detected in X sperm and Y sperm, respectively, and 42 significant protein spots were differentially expressed between them (P<0.05). Sixteen of these protein spots were successfully identified by MS and tandem MS and were found to be closely relevant to energy metabolism, stress resistance, cytoskeletal structure and the activity of serine proteases. Expression levels of two of these proteins, CAPZB and UQCRC1, were verified by Western blot. We propose that these differentially expressed proteins may affect the phenotype of X and Y sperm, binding and fusion of sperm/oocyte and development of the zygotic embryo. Our preliminary results provide an overview of differential expression in total protein levels between X and Y spermatozoa. Identification of these altered proteins may provide a theoretical basis for understanding the biological differences between the two types of sperm.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cattle ; Cytoskeleton/metabolism ; Energy Metabolism/physiology ; Gene Expression Regulation/physiology ; Male ; Sperm-Ovum Interactions/physiology ; Spermatozoa/cytology ; Spermatozoa/metabolism ; Stress, Physiological/physiology ; X Chromosome ; Y Chromosome
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-12-21
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2400835-7
    ISSN 1876-7737 ; 1874-3919
    ISSN (online) 1876-7737
    ISSN 1874-3919
    DOI 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.07.004
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  6. Article ; Online: Structural properties and superconductivity of SrFe(2)As(2 - x)P(x) (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) and CaFe(2)As(2 - y)P(y) (0.0 ≤ y ≤ 0.3).

    Shi, H L / Yang, H X / Tian, H F / Lu, J B / Wang, Z W / Qin, Y B / Song, Y J / Li, J Q

    Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal

    2010  Volume 22, Issue 12, Page(s) 125702

    Abstract: The SrFe(2)As(2 - x)P(x) (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) and CaFe(2)As(2 - y)P(y) (0.0 ≤ y ≤ 0.3) materials were ... samples can be successfully obtained for SrFe(2)As(2 - x)P(x) (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) and CaFe(2)As(2 - y)P(y) (0 ... prepared by a solid-state reaction method. X-ray diffraction measurements indicate that the single-phase ...

    Abstract The SrFe(2)As(2 - x)P(x) (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) and CaFe(2)As(2 - y)P(y) (0.0 ≤ y ≤ 0.3) materials were prepared by a solid-state reaction method. X-ray diffraction measurements indicate that the single-phase samples can be successfully obtained for SrFe(2)As(2 - x)P(x) (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) and CaFe(2)As(2 - y)P(y) (0.0 ≤ y ≤ 0.3). Visible contraction of the lattice parameters is determined due to the relatively smaller radius of P ions in comparison with that of As. The spin-density-wave (SDW) instability associated with the tetragonal to orthorhombic phase transition is suppressed noticeably in both systems following the increase in P content. The highest superconducting transitions are observed at about 27 K in SrFe(2)As(1.3)P(0.7) and at about 13 K in CaFe(2)As(1.925)P(0.075), respectively. Structural analysis suggests that lattice contraction could notably affect the superconductivity in these materials.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-03-31
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1472968-4
    ISSN 1361-648X ; 0953-8984
    ISSN (online) 1361-648X
    ISSN 0953-8984
    DOI 10.1088/0953-8984/22/12/125702
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  7. Article ; Online: Sexually Dimorphic Gene Expression in X and Y Sperms Instructs Sexual Dimorphism of Embryonic Genome Activation in Yellow Catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco)

    Xiong, Yang / Wang, Dan-Yang / Guo, Wenjie / Gong, Gaorui / Chen, Zhen-Xia / Tang, Qin / Mei, Jie

    Biology (Basel). 2022 Dec. 14, v. 11, no. 12

    2022  

    Abstract: ... genome activation, we compared X and Y sperm and different sexes of embryos before sex determination ... Through transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) and whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) of X and Y sperm, we found a big ... proportion of upregulated genes in Y sperm, supported by the observation that genome-wide DNA methylation ...

    Abstract Paternal factors play an important role in embryonic morphogenesis and contribute to sexual dimorphism in development. To assess the effect of paternal DNA on sexual dimorphism of embryonic genome activation, we compared X and Y sperm and different sexes of embryos before sex determination. Through transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) and whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) of X and Y sperm, we found a big proportion of upregulated genes in Y sperm, supported by the observation that genome-wide DNA methylation level is slightly lower than in X sperm. Cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction, TGF-beta, and toll-like receptor pathways play important roles in spermatogenesis. Through whole-genome re-sequencing (WGRS) of parental fish and RNA-seq of five early embryonic stages, we found the low-blastocyst time point is a key to maternal transcriptome degradation and zygotic genome activation. Generally, sexual differences emerged from the bud stage. Moreover, through integrated analysis of paternal SNPs and gene expression, we evaluated the influence of paternal inheritance on sexual dimorphism of genome activation. Besides, we screened out gata6 and ddx5 as potential instructors for early sex determination and gonad development in yellow catfish. This work is meaningful for revealing the molecular mechanisms of sex determination and sexual dimorphism of fish species.
    Keywords DNA ; DNA methylation ; GATA transcription factors ; Tachysurus fulvidraco ; Toll-like receptors ; bisulfites ; fish ; gene expression ; genome ; morphogenesis ; sequence analysis ; sex determination ; sexual dimorphism ; spermatogenesis ; spermatozoa ; transcriptome ; transforming growth factor beta
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-1214
    Publishing place Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 2661517-4
    ISSN 2079-7737
    ISSN 2079-7737
    DOI 10.3390/biology11121818
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  8. Article ; Online: Identification and characterization of genes differentially expressed in X and Y sperm using suppression subtractive hybridization and cDNA microarray.

    Chen, Xiaoli / Yue, Yang / He, Yanan / Zhu, Huabin / Hao, Haisheng / Zhao, Xueming / Qin, Tong / Wang, Dong

    Molecular reproduction and development

    2014  Volume 81, Issue 10, Page(s) 908–917

    Abstract: Differential expression of genes leads to variations in the phenotypes of X and Y sperm ... in bovine X and Y sperm were identified by a combination of suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH ... associated with the differences between X and Y sperm since 27 versus 4 were upregulated in X versus Y sperm ...

    Abstract Differential expression of genes leads to variations in the phenotypes of X and Y sperm, although some differentially expressed gene products are shared through intercellular bridges. Genes differentially expressed in bovine X and Y sperm were identified by a combination of suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), cDNA microarray, and sequence-homology analysis. Microarray data and Significance Analysis of Microarrays software were used to identify 31 differentially expressed genes, only four of which were previously identified. These genes are involved in fundamental life processes of mature sperm, and may be associated with the differences between X and Y sperm since 27 versus 4 were upregulated in X versus Y sperm, respectively. The levels of expression of seven genes-including the known genes UTY, DPH3, CYTB, and ISCU, and the unknown genes X + Y contig 41, X + Y contig 18, and Y + X contig 16-were validated by quantitative real-time PCR, and some genes were clearly differentially expressed by X and Y sperm, despite the presence of intercellular bridges among spermatids. These results provide a theoretical basis for research on gene expression during sperm development, as well as on sex control at the level of sperm.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cattle ; Gene Expression Regulation/physiology ; Male ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis/methods ; Spermatozoa/cytology ; Spermatozoa/metabolism ; Subtractive Hybridization Techniques/methods ; X Chromosome/metabolism ; Y Chromosome/metabolism
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 20321-x
    ISSN 1098-2795 ; 1040-452X
    ISSN (online) 1098-2795
    ISSN 1040-452X
    DOI 10.1002/mrd.22386
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  9. Article ; Online: Electronic and magnetic phase diagram in K(x)Fe(2-y)Se(2) superconductors.

    Yan, Y J / Zhang, M / Wang, A F / Ying, J J / Li, Z Y / Qin, W / Luo, X G / Li, J Q / Hu, Jiangping / Chen, X H

    Scientific reports

    2012  Volume 2, Page(s) 212

    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-01-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/srep00212
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  10. Article: Crystallographic information of intermediate phases in binary Mg-X (X=Sn, Y, Sc, Ag) alloys.

    Liu, Dongyan / Dai, Xuefeng / Wen, Xiaohong / Qin, Gaowu / Meng, Xiangying

    Data in brief

    2015  Volume 4, Page(s) 190–192

    Abstract: ... Mg-X (X=Sn, Y, Sc, Ag) alloys are predicted using ab-initio evolutionary algorithm. The geometry ... structures, and mechanical properties of intermediate phases in binary Mg-X (X=Sn, Y, Sc, Ag ) alloys" by Liu ...

    Abstract The compositions and structures of thermodynamically stable or metastable precipitations in binary Mg-X (X=Sn, Y, Sc, Ag) alloys are predicted using ab-initio evolutionary algorithm. The geometry optimizations of the predicted intermetallic compounds are carried out in the framework of density functional theory (DFT) [1]. A complete list of the optimized crystallographic information (in cif format) of the predicted intermetallic phases is presented here. The data is related to "Predictions on the compositions, structures, and mechanical properties of intermediate phases in binary Mg-X (X=Sn, Y, Sc, Ag ) alloys" by Liu et al. [2].
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-05-27
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2786545-9
    ISSN 2352-3409
    ISSN 2352-3409
    DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2015.05.011
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