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  1. Article ; Online: Gender differences in prevalence and clinical correlates of anxiety in first-episode and drug-naïve patients with major depressive disorder comorbid with metabolic syndrome.

    Gao, Wenqi / Deng, Zhifang / Cai, Xiaonan / Zhang, Dan / Xiao, Han / Zhang, Xiangyang

    BMC psychiatry

    2024  Volume 24, Issue 1, Page(s) 156

    Abstract: Background: Although gender differences in major depressive disorder (MDD) have been widely reported, there has not been much focus on gender differences in comorbidity. In patients with MDD and comorbid metabolic syndrome (Mets), the goal of this study ...

    Abstract Background: Although gender differences in major depressive disorder (MDD) have been widely reported, there has not been much focus on gender differences in comorbidity. In patients with MDD and comorbid metabolic syndrome (Mets), the goal of this study was to investigate potential gender differences in the prevalence and clinical correlates of concomitant anxiety.
    Methods: Seven hundred and ninety-four first-episode and drug-naïve patients (FEDN) patients with MDD and comorbid Mets were recruited. For each patient, sociodemographic data, thyroid function indicators, and Mets parameters were acquired. Each participant completed the 14-item Hamilton Assessment Scale for Anxiety (HAMA) and the 17-item Hamilton Assessment Scale for Depression (HAMD).
    Results: There were no gender differences in the prevalence of anxiety in patients with MDD and comorbid Mets. Female patients with MDD had a shorter duration of illness. Correlation analysis showed that HAMD score, TSH, TgAb, and TPOAb were associated with anxiety prevalence in female patients, whereas anxiety onset in male patients was only associated with TSH, TgAb, and TPOAb levels. In addition, multiple logistic regression analysis showed that TSH and TgAb predicted anxiety in male patients, whereas HAMD score and age of onset significantly predicted anxiety in female patients.
    Limitations: Cross-sectional design and no control for anxiety-related factors.
    Conclusions: Our study showed no gender differences in the prevalence of anxiety in patients with MDD and comorbid Mets. HAMD score was associated with anxiety in female patients, whereas TSH, TgAb, and TPOAb were associated with anxiety in male patients.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Male ; Female ; Depressive Disorder, Major/complications ; Depressive Disorder, Major/epidemiology ; Metabolic Syndrome/complications ; Metabolic Syndrome/epidemiology ; Prevalence ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Sex Factors ; Anxiety/complications ; Anxiety/epidemiology ; Comorbidity ; Thyrotropin
    Chemical Substances Thyrotropin (9002-71-5)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-22
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2050438-X
    ISSN 1471-244X ; 1471-244X
    ISSN (online) 1471-244X
    ISSN 1471-244X
    DOI 10.1186/s12888-024-05574-w
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  2. Article: The Pyroptosis-Related Signature Predicts Diagnosis and Indicates Immune Characteristic in Major Depressive Disorder.

    Deng, Zhifang / Liu, Jue / He, Shen / Gao, Wenqi

    Frontiers in pharmacology

    2022  Volume 13, Page(s) 848939

    Abstract: Pyroptosis is recently identified as an inflammatory form of programmed cell death. However, the roles of pyroptosis-related genes (PS genes) in major depressive disorder (MDD) remain unclear. This study developed a novel diagnostic model for MDD based ... ...

    Abstract Pyroptosis is recently identified as an inflammatory form of programmed cell death. However, the roles of pyroptosis-related genes (PS genes) in major depressive disorder (MDD) remain unclear. This study developed a novel diagnostic model for MDD based on PS genes and explored the pathological mechanisms associated with pyroptosis. First, we obtained 23 PS genes that were differentially expressed between healthy controls and MDD cases from GSE98793 dataset. There were obvious variation in immune cell infiltration profiles and immune-related pathway enrichment between healthy controls and MDD cases. Then, a novel diagnostic model consisting of eight PS genes (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-19
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2587355-6
    ISSN 1663-9812
    ISSN 1663-9812
    DOI 10.3389/fphar.2022.848939
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  3. Article ; Online: Resurrected and Tunable Conductivity and Ferromagnetism in the Secondary Growth La

    Guo, Jinrui / He, Bin / Han, Yue / Liu, Huan / Han, Jiale / Ma, Xiaoqiao / Wang, Jiaqing / Gao, Wenqi / Lü, Weiming

    Nano letters

    2024  Volume 24, Issue 4, Page(s) 1114–1121

    Abstract: To avoid the epitaxy dilemma in various thin films, such as complex oxide, silicon, organic, metal/alloy, etc., their stacking at an atomic level and secondary growth are highly desired to maximize the functionality of a promising electronic device. The ... ...

    Abstract To avoid the epitaxy dilemma in various thin films, such as complex oxide, silicon, organic, metal/alloy, etc., their stacking at an atomic level and secondary growth are highly desired to maximize the functionality of a promising electronic device. The ceramic nature of complex oxides and the demand for accurate and long-range-ordered stoichiometry face severe challenges. Here, the transport and magnetic properties of the La
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1530-6992
    ISSN (online) 1530-6992
    DOI 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03651
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  4. Article ; Online: Enhanced hydrolysis and methane yield of temperature-phased dewatered sludge anaerobic digestion by microbial electrolysis cell.

    Peng, Cheng / Wang, Tianfeng / Feng, Yutong / Fan, Xin / Niu, Jiazi / Wang, Jie / Gao, Wenqi / Zhou, Youfei / Hu, Weijie / Zhang, Qingfang

    Bioresource technology

    2024  Volume 400, Page(s) 130682

    Abstract: Temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) and microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) are both able to improve hydrolysis and methane yield during anaerobic digestion (AD) of dewatered sludge. However, the effect of TPAD and MEC integration at different ... ...

    Abstract Temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) and microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) are both able to improve hydrolysis and methane yield during anaerobic digestion (AD) of dewatered sludge. However, the effect of TPAD and MEC integration at different temperatures and different phases is unclear. This study investigated the effect of the integration of intermittent energization MEC in different phases of TPAD on the digestion of dewatered sludge. Thermophilic and MEC hydrolysis could release higher total ammonia nitrogen of 186.0% and 10.3% than control, mesophilic methanogenesis phase integrated with MEC relieved the ammonia inhibition and accelerated the acid utilization leading to the relief of acid accumulation. The ultimate methane yield of the TPAD integrated with MEC was increased by 118.9%, in which the relative abundance of Methanothermobacteria and Methanosarcina was increased. Therefore, intermittent energization MEC integrated TPAD synchronously improved the hydrolysis and methane yield.
    MeSH term(s) Methane/metabolism ; Hydrolysis ; Sewage/microbiology ; Anaerobiosis ; Electrolysis ; Temperature ; Ammonia/metabolism ; Water/chemistry ; Bioreactors
    Chemical Substances Methane (OP0UW79H66) ; Sewage ; Ammonia (7664-41-7) ; Water (059QF0KO0R)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1065195-0
    ISSN 1873-2976 ; 0960-8524
    ISSN (online) 1873-2976
    ISSN 0960-8524
    DOI 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130682
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  5. Article ; Online: Synchronous improvement of methane production and digestate dewaterability in sludge anaerobic digestion by nanobubble.

    Wang, Tianfeng / Wang, Jie / Niu, Jiazi / Guo, Peilin / Peng, Cheng / He, Rixing / Hui, Zhou / Gao, Wenqi / Zhang, Qingfang

    Bioresource technology

    2024  , Page(s) 130791

    Abstract: The subsequence anaerobic digestion (AD) of dewatered sludge (DWS) from wastewater treatment plants necessitates an emphasis on enhancing methane production and dewaterability. The effect of different nanobubble water (NBW) on AD of DWS was investigated ... ...

    Abstract The subsequence anaerobic digestion (AD) of dewatered sludge (DWS) from wastewater treatment plants necessitates an emphasis on enhancing methane production and dewaterability. The effect of different nanobubble water (NBW) on AD of DWS was investigated under mesophilic conditions. Cumulative methane production was improved by 9.0-27.8% with the addition of different NBW (Air, CO
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-05-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1065195-0
    ISSN 1873-2976 ; 0960-8524
    ISSN (online) 1873-2976
    ISSN 0960-8524
    DOI 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130791
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  6. Article ; Online: Molecular engineering and activity improvement of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors: Insights from 3D-QSAR, docking, and molecular dynamics simulation studies.

    Gao, Wenqi / Ma, Xiaohong / Yang, Huijuan / Luan, Yuxia / Ai, Hongqi

    Journal of molecular graphics & modelling

    2022  Volume 116, Page(s) 108239

    Abstract: The carbamate molecule rivastigmine was found to possess promising anti-acetylcholinesterase activity, enabling to target and occupy choline binding sites, and as a result, widely used to improve the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Higher dose of ... ...

    Abstract The carbamate molecule rivastigmine was found to possess promising anti-acetylcholinesterase activity, enabling to target and occupy choline binding sites, and as a result, widely used to improve the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Higher dose of rivastigmine indicates rapid onset but more adverse effects, such as the large fluctuations in plasma concentration level and frequent incidence of gastrointestinal side effect. To solve the dilemma, we developed a three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR), docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation strategy to construct a dismountable nanoplatform of inhibitor engineering, verification and application for improving the inhibitory activity per unit concentration. With the aid of 3D-QSAR method, we constructed a model by using 25 molecules reported, and verified well the rationality of these QSAR models by non-cross validation coefficient (r
    MeSH term(s) Acetylcholinesterase/chemistry ; Cholinesterase Inhibitors/chemistry ; Molecular Docking Simulation ; Molecular Dynamics Simulation ; Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship ; Reproducibility of Results ; Rivastigmine/pharmacology
    Chemical Substances Cholinesterase Inhibitors ; Acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7) ; Rivastigmine (PKI06M3IW0)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-02
    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.2022.108239
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  7. Article ; Online: Deep eutectic solvent-based manganese dioxide nanosheets composites for determination of DNA by a colorimetric method.

    Xu, Jia / Yang, Yuan / Du, Juan / Lu, Hui / Gao, Wenqi / Gong, Hongjian / HanXiao

    BMC chemistry

    2023  Volume 17, Issue 1, Page(s) 15

    Abstract: Background: Nucleic acid is the carrier of genetic information and the keymolecule in life science. It is important to establish a simple and feasible method for nucleic acid quantification in complex biological samples.: Methods: Four kinds of ... ...

    Abstract Background: Nucleic acid is the carrier of genetic information and the keymolecule in life science. It is important to establish a simple and feasible method for nucleic acid quantification in complex biological samples.
    Methods: Four kinds of hydrogen bond acceptors (choline chloride (ChCl), L-carnitine, tetrabutylammonium chloride (TBAC) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)) were used to synthesize deep eutectic solvents (DESs) with hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP). DESs based manganese dioxide (MnO2) nanosheets composites was synthesized and characterized. DNA concentration was determined by a UVVis spectrometer. The mechanism of DNA-DES/MnO2 colorimetric system was further discussed.
    Results: The composite composed of DES/MnO2 exhibited excellent oxidase-like activity and could oxidize 3,3',5,5' -tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to produce a clear blue change with an absorbance maximum at 652 nm. When DNA is introduced, the DNA can interact with the DES by hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions, thereby inhibiting the color reaction of DES/MnO2 with TMB. After condition optimization, ChCl/HFIP DES in 1:3 molar ratio was used for the colorimetric method of DNA determination. The linear range of DNA was 10-130 µg/mL and exhibited good selectivity.
    Conclusion: A colorimetric method based on DES/MnO2 was developed to quantify the DNA concentration. The proposed method can be successfully used to quantify DNA in bovine serum samples.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-12
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2661-801X
    ISSN (online) 2661-801X
    DOI 10.1186/s13065-023-00922-5
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  8. Article ; Online: Aggregation Dynamics Characteristics of Seven Different Aβ Oligomeric Isoforms-Dependence on the Interfacial Interaction.

    Guan, Yvning / Li, Ye / Gao, Wenqi / Mei, Jinfei / Xu, Wen / Wang, Chuanbo / Ai, Hongqi

    ACS chemical neuroscience

    2023  Volume 15, Issue 1, Page(s) 155–168

    Abstract: The aggregation of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides has been confirmed to be associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Among the three phases of Aβ aggregation, the lag phase has been considered to be the best time for early Aβ pathological ... ...

    Abstract The aggregation of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides has been confirmed to be associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Among the three phases of Aβ aggregation, the lag phase has been considered to be the best time for early Aβ pathological deposition clinical intervention and prevention for potential patients with normal cognition. Aβ peptide exists in various lengths in vivo, and Aβ oligomer in the early lag phase is neurotoxic but polymorphous and metastable, depending on Aβ length (isoform), molecular weight, and specific phase, and therefore hardly characterized experimentally. To cope with the problem, molecular dynamics simulation was used to investigate the aggregation process of five monomers for each of the seven common Aβ isoforms during the lag phase. Results showed that Aβ(1-40) and Aβ(1-38) monomers aggregated faster than their truncated analogues Aβ(4-40) and Aβ(4-38), respectively. However, the aggregation rate of Aβ(1-42) was slower than that of its truncated analogues Aβ(4-42) rather than that of Aβpe(3-42). More importantly, Aβ(1-38) is first predicted as more likely to form stable hexamer than the remaining five Aβ isoforms, as Aβ(1-42) does. It is hydrophobic interaction mainly (>50%) from the interfacial β1 and β2 regions of two reactants, pentamer and monomer, aggregated by Aβ(1-38)/Aβ(1-42) rather than by other Aβ isoforms, that drives the hexamer stably as a result of the formation of the effective hydrophobic collapse. This paper provides new insights into the aggregation characteristics of Aβ with different lengths and the conditions necessary for Aβ to form oligomers with a high molecular weight in the early lag phase, revealing the dependence of Aβ hexamer formation on the specific interfacial interaction.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/chemistry ; Alzheimer Disease/pathology ; Protein Isoforms ; Molecular Dynamics Simulation ; Peptide Fragments/chemistry
    Chemical Substances Amyloid beta-Peptides ; Protein Isoforms ; Peptide Fragments
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-18
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1948-7193
    ISSN (online) 1948-7193
    DOI 10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00585
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  9. Article ; Online: Combination Analysis of Ferroptosis and Immune Status Predicts Patients Survival in Breast Invasive Ductal Carcinoma.

    Yang, Yang / Luo, Dankun / Gao, Wenqi / Wang, Qiang / Yao, Wenchao / Xue, Dongbo / Ma, Biao

    Biomolecules

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 1

    Abstract: Ferroptosis is a new form of iron-dependent cell death and plays an important role during the occurrence and development of various tumors. Increasingly, evidence shows a convincing interaction between ferroptosis and tumor immunity, which affects cancer ...

    Abstract Ferroptosis is a new form of iron-dependent cell death and plays an important role during the occurrence and development of various tumors. Increasingly, evidence shows a convincing interaction between ferroptosis and tumor immunity, which affects cancer patients' prognoses. These two processes cooperatively regulate different developmental stages of tumors and could be considered important tumor therapeutic targets. However, reliable prognostic markers screened based on the combination of ferroptosis and tumor immune status have not been well characterized. Here, we chose the ssGSEA and ESTIMATE algorithms to evaluate the ferroptosis and immune status of a TCGA breast invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) cohort, which revealed their correlation characteristics as well as patients' prognoses. The WGCNA algorithm was used to identify genes related to both ferroptosis and immunity. Univariate COX, LASSO regression, and multivariate Cox regression models were used to screen prognostic-related genes and construct prognostic risk models. Based on the ferroptosis and immune scores, the cohort was divided into three groups: a high-ferroptosis/low-immune group, a low-ferroptosis/high-immune group, and a mixed group. These three groups exhibited distinctive survival characteristics, as well as unique clinical phenotypes, immune characteristics, and activated signaling pathways. Among them, low-ferroptosis and high-immune statuses were favorable factors for the survival rates of patients. A total of 34 differentially expressed genes related to ferroptosis-immunity were identified among the three groups. After univariate, Lasso regression, and multivariate stepwise screening, two key prognostic genes (GNAI2, PSME1) were identified. Meanwhile, a risk prognosis model was constructed, which can predict the overall survival rate in the validation set. Lastly, we verified the importance of model genes in three independent GEO cohorts. In short, we constructed a prognostic model that assists in patient risk stratification based on ferroptosis-immune-related genes in IDC. This model helps assess patients' prognoses and guide individualized treatment, which also further eelucidatesthe molecular mechanisms of IDC.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Ferroptosis/genetics ; Algorithms ; Cell Death ; Iron ; Carcinoma, Ductal
    Chemical Substances Iron (E1UOL152H7)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-11
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2701262-1
    ISSN 2218-273X ; 2218-273X
    ISSN (online) 2218-273X
    ISSN 2218-273X
    DOI 10.3390/biom13010147
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  10. Article ; Online: Identification and characterization of the conformation and size of amyloid-β (42) oligomers targeting the receptor LilrB2.

    Mei, Jinfei / Xu, Wen / Gao, Wenqi / Wang, Chuanbo / Guan, Yvning / Ahmad, Sajjad / Ai, Hongqi

    Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP

    2023  Volume 25, Issue 37, Page(s) 25229–25239

    Abstract: Experimental observations revealed that the amyloid-β 42 oligomer (AβO) can directly bind to the LilrB2 D1D2(LDD) receptor with nanomolar-affinity, leading to changes in synaptic plasticity and cognitive deficits. However, the dependence of neurotoxicity ...

    Abstract Experimental observations revealed that the amyloid-β 42 oligomer (AβO) can directly bind to the LilrB2 D1D2(LDD) receptor with nanomolar-affinity, leading to changes in synaptic plasticity and cognitive deficits. However, the dependence of neurotoxicity on the morphology, size, and aggregation stage (SP1, SP2) of AβO, as well as the specific molecular mechanism of AβO-LDD interaction, remain uncertain. To address these uncertainties, we investigated the interaction between the LDD neuroreceptor and AβO with different Aβ42 species (nontoxic species, toxic species, and protofibril) and sizes. Our results showed that the LDD selectively binds AβO species rather than the Aβ42 monomer, accommodating various Aβ42 dimers and trimers as well as SP2 AβO, in a specific pose in the pocket of the LDD receptor (region I). Additionally, protofibrils with exposed β1/β2 regions can also bind to region I of the LDD receptor, as observed experimentally (Cao,
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/chemistry ; Alzheimer Disease/metabolism ; Carrier Proteins/metabolism ; Molecular Conformation ; Cell Communication
    Chemical Substances Amyloid beta-Peptides ; Carrier Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1476244-4
    ISSN 1463-9084 ; 1463-9076
    ISSN (online) 1463-9084
    ISSN 1463-9076
    DOI 10.1039/d3cp02746e
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